states Crossword Puzzles

Logan R Articles X-Word 2024-02-08

Logan R Articles X-Word crossword puzzle
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  1. To pass a new law in the Confederation Congress, you needed what?
  2. Congress didn't have enough money to pay for the supplies that the ______ needed to fight off the British.
  3. What was the date that the constitution was published?
  4. Who are the people that oppose the constitution?
  5. 3 papers founded our country the Bill of Rights, the Constitution, and the _________ __ ______
  6. What state did Shay's rebelion protest taxes on?
  7. The famous phrase "We are the _____"
  8. What power was held exclusively by the national government
  9. Noah Webster wrote a _____ called American/English
  10. The Articles of Confederation was the countries first ______
  11. What was the east boundary that the Americans had won?
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  1. What did Charles Wilson Peal offer to the public
  2. What did congress write in plan to scrap the articles of confederation?
  3. Alexander Hamiltion hated _____ the world and himself
  4. How many states are required to ratify the constitution
  5. The states acted in their own _________ by taxing goods from other states.
  6. Who drafted the Bill of Rights?
  7. The states even minted their own _________!
  8. In 1776, what was established by the Declaration of Independence
  9. Shays Rebellion ______ taxes from Massachutsetts

20 Clues: Who drafted the Bill of Rights? • The famous phrase "We are the _____" • The states even minted their own _________! • What did Charles Wilson Peal offer to the public • Who are the people that oppose the constitution? • What state did Shay's rebelion protest taxes on? • Shays Rebellion ______ taxes from Massachutsetts • ...

U.S. Government 2023-02-14

U.S. Government crossword puzzle
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  1. the idea that you give up certain rights in exchange for protection (two words)
  2. how we really elect the President (two words)
  3. the president's role to the military (three words)
  4. this document made the colonies free from England
  5. the president's power with regards to legislation
  6. the amendment that protects your right to bear arms (two words)
  7. the current Governor of Texas
  8. the number of judges on the Texas Supreme Court
  9. the current President of the United States
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  1. this was the first governing document of the United States
  2. the political party that doesn't like the government
  3. the amendment that protects your right to not self-incriminate (two words)
  4. the amendment that protects your free speech (two words)
  5. the political party that is heavily involved in the economy
  6. the political party that is heavily involved in social issues
  7. the first colony in the United States
  8. this group was in favor of the Constitution
  9. this is the current governing document of the United States
  10. the amendment that protects your right to a fair trial (two words)
  11. he believed in life, liberty, and property

20 Clues: the current Governor of Texas • the first colony in the United States • he believed in life, liberty, and property • the current President of the United States • this group was in favor of the Constitution • how we really elect the President (two words) • the number of judges on the Texas Supreme Court • this document made the colonies free from England • ...

Module 9 Vocab 2023-03-01

Module 9 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. Money and debt
  2. the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world
  3. getting a loan from your brokerage and using the money from the loan to invest in more securities
  4. Decline in prices in good
  5. 31st president of the United States
  6. a line of needy persons. assembled to receive food given as charity
  7. cash payments or “the dole”
  8. a place where people who cannot afford, or do not have the means to feed themselves
  9. the United States stock market crashed
  10. enacted to protect U.S. farmers from foreign competition
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  1. an agency authorized by the U.S. government to loan money to assist the nation's ailing banks after the stock market crash
  2. the highest concrete arch dam in the United States
  3. American statesman who was elected Governor of New York
  4. measures the daily price movements of 30 large American companies
  5. agricultural price support
  6. intended to lower the cost of home ownership by creating a network of government-sponsored banks
  7. the drought-affected south central United States
  8. to review something idly or casually and often inconclusively
  9. A group of almost
  10. Homeless Americans began to build their own camps on the edges of citiesSoup kitchen

20 Clues: Money and debt • A group of almost • Decline in prices in good • agricultural price support • cash payments or “the dole” • 31st president of the United States • the United States stock market crashed • the drought-affected south central United States • the highest concrete arch dam in the United States • American statesman who was elected Governor of New York • ...

participation in government 2023-05-18

participation in government crossword puzzle
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  1. a system of laws
  2. is the county executive of westchester county
  3. The united states follows this way to govern
  4. the way you appoint your leaders
  5. makes all laws
  6. united states senator
  7. court court with people under the ages of 18
  8. a lawsuit brought by the state
  9. is the senior united states senator from new york
  10. the intentional or unintentional act of providing information that will suggest your involvement in a crime
  11. this party believes in small government conservatism
  12. a plan you write down to decide how you will spend your money
  13. they enforce the laws of the land
  14. the right to free speech
  15. the mayor of peekskill
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  1. the united states senator
  2. an arrangement between the prosecutor and defendant
  3. regulations for pieces of land divided
  4. a body of representing the state of the US
  5. vice president of the united states
  6. the process to become a U.S citizen
  7. this party believes in equality of opportunity
  8. when private citizens sue each other
  9. the second amendment
  10. the rights to bear arms
  11. provides each branch of government with individual powers to check the other branches and prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.

26 Clues: makes all laws • a system of laws • the second amendment • united states senator • the mayor of peekskill • the rights to bear arms • the right to free speech • the united states senator • a lawsuit brought by the state • the way you appoint your leaders • they enforce the laws of the land • vice president of the united states • the process to become a U.S citizen • ...

Civil War Crossword 2022-05-25

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Political party that wanted to stop the expansion of slavery to the territories
  2. Slave who sued for their freedom and it went all the way up to the Supreme Court
  3. President of the United States during The Civil War
  4. Actor who shot Abraham Lincoln
  5. Phrase to describe the time in Kansas when over 200 Americans were killed
  6. Bloodiest three day battle in the Civil War
  7. Leader in charge of the Union forces at the end of the war
  8. Military commander of the Confederate forces
  9. Abolitionist novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  10. Single bloodiest day in American History
  11. The leader of the Southern States
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  1. Issued by Lincoln, this freed the slaves in rebelling states
  2. Term for a war between citizens of the same country
  3. The southern group who broke away from the United States
  4. Act that required any citizen to help catch runaway slaves
  5. The era after the Civil War is known as
  6. Battle that started the war
  7. Name of the Ironclad ship from the North
  8. To withdraw from
  9. Lincoln's political party
  10. Term to describe the North in the Civil War
  11. First state to leave the Union

22 Clues: To withdraw from • Lincoln's political party • Battle that started the war • Actor who shot Abraham Lincoln • First state to leave the Union • The leader of the Southern States • The era after the Civil War is known as • Name of the Ironclad ship from the North • Single bloodiest day in American History • Bloodiest three day battle in the Civil War • ...

First Gen: A Memior Crossword Puzzle 2023-12-15

First Gen: A Memior Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Elected official for the US Senate
  2. Capital of the United States
  3. A person whois job is to display products
  4. What you think will happen
  5. A degree that takes around 6 years to attain
  6. A resort town on California's southern coast
  7. A system of governance
  8. First family member to attain citizenship in a foreign country
  9. A prestigious university based in Massachusetts
  10. Where people go for higher education after high school
  11. Where the executive branch of the United States resides
  12. Country south of the United States
  13. A word to describe people originating or descended from Latin America
  14. Famous for Hollywood
  15. An international men's magazine
  16. version verison of the word actor
  17. Alejandra Campoverdi's grandfather
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  1. The author and main character of First Gen: A Memoir
  2. A 4-year degree
  3. Mutation in the cells
  4. Government position which works under the executive director
  5. An organized effort to achieve a goal
  6. What you take to help pay for college
  7. Most populated city in Illinois
  8. A private university based in southern California
  9. The 44th President of the United States
  10. What Alejandra Campoverdi was called as a kid

27 Clues: A 4-year degree • Famous for Hollywood • Mutation in the cells • A system of governance • What you think will happen • Capital of the United States • Most populated city in Illinois • An international men's magazine • version verison of the word actor • Elected official for the US Senate • Country south of the United States • Alejandra Campoverdi's grandfather • ...

Unit 2 Review 2024-03-05

Unit 2 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. party system in the United States
  2. closely associated with a particular party
  3. favoring one idea, person, or group over another
  4. members of the electoral college
  5. the middle of the political spectrum
  6. a candidate must receive this from their party to be on the ballot
  7. the center right of the political spectrum
  8. how 48 states are decided in the electoral college
  9. requires both parties or not relating to either one
  10. third parties that are created by part of the party leaving
  11. third parties with a complete platform
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  1. how people develop their political views
  2. not belonging to either party
  3. the policies that the parties promote
  4. far left, willing to use violence
  5. what public official and the public find important to discuss
  6. the role of the media where they decide what is important
  7. a way to measure public opinion
  8. types of media ex. newspaper, television, website
  9. party system with many parties represented
  10. a particular part of the population
  11. _____ States: States that could go either way in an election
  12. Role of the media where the media sit and waits to report

23 Clues: not belonging to either party • a way to measure public opinion • members of the electoral college • party system in the United States • far left, willing to use violence • a particular part of the population • the middle of the political spectrum • the policies that the parties promote • third parties with a complete platform • how people develop their political views • ...

Civil War 2024-04-11

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. main union general
  2. the main confederate general
  3. the states that stayed neutral in the war, they kept slaves but did not secede
  4. a battle that took place on the Mississippi river
  5. the act of sealing off a place to prevent people or goods from entering or leaving
  6. someone who fights to stop slavery
  7. the battle which led to a union win and gave them a base for the rest of the war
  8. the first official battle of the civil war
  9. the president at the time of the civil war
  10. a military strategy proposed by the union where they blocked off the entire south
  11. the bloodiest battle
  12. the southern states that seceded because they wanted to keep slavery
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  1. issued by lincoln, freed all slaves that were in seceded states
  2. regiment that led the assault on fort wagner
  3. the first engagement of ironclad warships
  4. when a states leaves the country
  5. the battle where the union stopped the confederacy from advancing to maryland
  6. the war fought between the Confederacy and the Union
  7. the northern side of the war that was against slavery
  8. where a battle takes place
  9. the union fort that was attacked by confederacy

21 Clues: main union general • the bloodiest battle • where a battle takes place • the main confederate general • when a states leaves the country • someone who fights to stop slavery • the first engagement of ironclad warships • the first official battle of the civil war • the president at the time of the civil war • regiment that led the assault on fort wagner • ...

U.S Constitution Crossword 2025-06-15

U.S Constitution Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. popular election of senators
  2. Specifying the ratification process for all nine states
  3. Establishes the Judicial branc
  4. suits against states
  5. guarantee to a jury trial
  6. Cruel and unusual punishment
  7. right to vote not denied by race
  8. The law makers blue print
  9. Two term limit on presidency
  10. women’s right to vote
  11. Quartering of soldiers
  12. protecting individuals from self incrimination
  13. income tax
  14. abolition of slavery
  15. search and seizure
  16. repeal of prohibition
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  1. election of president and vice president
  2. establishes The executive branch of the national government
  3. Freedom of religion/speech
  4. congressional compensation
  5. Non-Enumerated rights retained by people
  6. Establishes the relationships between states and the federal government
  7. citizenship rights , war debt , equal protection
  8. The process for amending the constitution
  9. addresses 3 topics ensuring the government will assume responsibility in debts, assert federal law over state laws , and Oaths/affirmations will take place for representatives
  10. Rights reserved to states or people
  11. prohibition of liquor
  12. abolition of poll taxes
  13. presidential vote for D.C
  14. Right to speedy trial
  15. presidential disability and succession
  16. Assembly of congress
  17. right to vote at age 18
  18. the right to bear arms

34 Clues: income tax • search and seizure • suits against states • Assembly of congress • abolition of slavery • prohibition of liquor • Right to speedy trial • women’s right to vote • repeal of prohibition • the right to bear arms • Quartering of soldiers • abolition of poll taxes • right to vote at age 18 • presidential vote for D.C • guarantee to a jury trial • The law makers blue print • ...

The Sumerians 2025-09-17

The Sumerians crossword puzzle
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  1. the earliest form of written language
  2. an invention later used for farming equipment and army chariots
  3. each city-state has one of its own
  4. used to develop the 12 month lunar calendar
  5. the class of slaves, prisoners of war, criminals, and debtors
  6. the cause of war between some city-states
  7. a material created from copper and tin used for tools, weapons, and jewelry
  8. a tiered structure built to honor the gods and worship them
  9. invented by the Sumerians for river transport
  10. the belief in multiple gods who controlled nature and human activity
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  1. located in the city center
  2. an individual city and some of its surrounding land
  3. the class of merchants, farmers, fishermen, and artisans
  4. an epic tale documented in cuneiform
  5. the number of chief gods each city-state had
  6. the gender roles city-states operated with
  7. the formal government structure of city-states
  8. sharpened into a wedge shape and used to write cuneiform
  9. a subject we study today that Sumerians made great discoveries in
  10. one purpose(along with farming) for the 12 month calendar
  11. the original rulers of city-states
  12. the class of kings, priests, warriors, and officials

22 Clues: located in the city center • each city-state has one of its own • the original rulers of city-states • an epic tale documented in cuneiform • the earliest form of written language • the cause of war between some city-states • the gender roles city-states operated with • used to develop the 12 month lunar calendar • the number of chief gods each city-state had • ...

Geometry 11.4-11.6 2014-05-12

Geometry 11.4-11.6 crossword puzzle
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  1. The measurement of the _____________ a circle is half the measure of its intercepted arc
  2. The theorem that states that the measure of an inscribed angle is half the measure of its intercepted arc
  3. The arc created by an inscribed angle
  4. The ___________ Product Theorem states that when two secants intersect, the whole x outside = whole x outside
  5. The measurement of the _____________ the circle is half the sum of the measure of its intercepted arc
  6. The measurement of the _____________ the circle is half the difference of the measure of its intercepted arcs
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  1. Theorem 11-4-3 states that if an intercepted arc is a semicircle, then the angle is ____________
  2. Corollary 11-4-2 states that if two angles intercept the same arc, then the angles are _____________
  3. The ___________ Produce Theorem states that when the secant and tangent intersect, whole x outside = tangent squared
  4. An angle whose vertex is on a circle
  5. The __________ Product Theorem states that the product of the lengths of the segments of the chords are equal
  6. Theorem 11-4-4 states that if a quadrilateral is inscribed in a circle, then opposite angles are ____________

12 Clues: An angle whose vertex is on a circle • The arc created by an inscribed angle • The measurement of the _____________ a circle is half the measure of its intercepted arc • Theorem 11-4-3 states that if an intercepted arc is a semicircle, then the angle is ____________ • ...

United States' Physical Features 2020-05-06

United States' Physical Features crossword puzzle
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  1. the part of a bridge or railroad used by traffic.
  2. a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.
  3. persistent annoyance or harassment.
  4. a day to honor those who died in the military
  5. these highways provide access between major intermodal facilities and the other subsystems making up the National Highway System.
  6. a large open area of country covered with grass, specially one used for grazing.
  7. system of highways that retains it's separate identity with the National Highway System
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  1. the cutting down of trees for the use of companies and production.
  2. the action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it.
  3. a climate that is warm to hot and moist year-round.
  4. a large area covered chiefly with trees.
  5. the coldest season of the year, in the northern hemisphere from December to February and in the southern hemisphere from June to August.
  6. giant trees with thick fibrous bark, native to California and Oregon, usually dark red.
  7. a financial institution where customers can save or borrow money.
  8. a group of people of one nationality or ethnic group living in a foreign city or country.
  9. a holiday that commemorates a harvest festival celebrated by the Pilgrims in 1621.
  10. a main road, especially one connecting major towns or cities
  11. a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them.
  12. a regular gathering of people for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other

19 Clues: persistent annoyance or harassment. • a large area covered chiefly with trees. • a day to honor those who died in the military • the part of a bridge or railroad used by traffic. • a climate that is warm to hot and moist year-round. • a main road, especially one connecting major towns or cities • a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one. • ...

States of Consciousness Vocab 2017-11-27

States of Consciousness Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. Mental Stage where you are at peace.
  2. Sleep Start or Sleep twitch.
  3. (Non-Rapid Eye Movement Stage of Sleep in which the eyes do not move rapidly.
  4. Theory that explains why we dream.
  5. A frightening or unpleasant dream.
  6. Therapy in which someone uses hypnosis to cure problems or habits.
  7. (Rapid Eye Movement) Stage of Sleep in which the eyes move rapidly under the eyelids.
  8. A cycle of bodily rhythm that occurs over a 24 hour period.
  9. Walking around or moving around half awake at night.
  10. A person’s awareness of everything that is going on around them.
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  1. Subject matter of a dream. (Freudian)
  2. Human sleep Pattern.
  3. Inability to fall asleep.
  4. Underlying meaning of symbols in dreams. (Freudian)
  5. Long Slow brainwaves that indicate the deepest stage of sleep.
  6. State where person is especially susceptible to suggestion.
  7. A burst of oscillating brain activity that is visible on an EGG that occurs during Stage 2 of Sleep.
  8. Feeling of great fear when waking during the night.
  9. Falling into REM Sleep during the day without warning.

19 Clues: Human sleep Pattern. • Inability to fall asleep. • Sleep Start or Sleep twitch. • Theory that explains why we dream. • A frightening or unpleasant dream. • Mental Stage where you are at peace. • Subject matter of a dream. (Freudian) • Feeling of great fear when waking during the night. • Underlying meaning of symbols in dreams. (Freudian) • ...

States of Consciousness Vocab 2017-11-27

States of Consciousness Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. Subject matter of a dream. (Freudian)
  2. Walking around or moving around half awake at night.
  3. Theory that explains why we dream.
  4. A person’s awareness of everything that is going on around them.
  5. (Rapid Eye Movement) Stage of Sleep in which the eyes move rapidly under the eyelids.
  6. A frightening or unpleasant dream.
  7. A burst of oscillating brain activity that is visible on an EGG that occurs during Stage 2 of Sleep.
  8. A cycle of bodily rhythm that occurs over a 24 hour period.
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  1. Mental Stage where you are at peace.
  2. Human sleep Pattern.
  3. State where person is especially susceptible to suggestion.
  4. Falling into REM Sleep during the day without warning.
  5. Long Slow brainwaves that indicate the deepest stage of sleep.
  6. Sleep Start or Sleep twitch.
  7. Underlying meaning of symbols in dreams. (Freudian)
  8. Inability to fall asleep.
  9. Therapy in which someone uses hypnosis to cure problems or habits.
  10. (Non-Rapid Eye Movement Stage of Sleep in which the eyes do not move rapidly.
  11. Feeling of great fear when waking during the night.

19 Clues: Human sleep Pattern. • Inability to fall asleep. • Sleep Start or Sleep twitch. • Theory that explains why we dream. • A frightening or unpleasant dream. • Mental Stage where you are at peace. • Subject matter of a dream. (Freudian) • Feeling of great fear when waking during the night. • Underlying meaning of symbols in dreams. (Freudian) • ...

States and Countries - LH 2023-11-20

States and Countries - LH crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Disneyworld
  2. Acropolis Of Athens
  3. Leaning Tower of Pisa
  4. Honolulu
  5. St.Basil's Cathedral
  6. Space Needle
  7. Tokyo Tower
  8. The Great Pyramid Of Giza
  9. The White House
  10. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
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  1. Amazon Theater
  2. Acadia National Park
  3. Paris
  4. Home of peaches
  5. Dallas Cowboys
  6. Niagara Falls
  7. Great Wall of China
  8. Statue of Liberty
  9. Golden Gate Bridge

19 Clues: Paris • Honolulu • Disneyworld • Tokyo Tower • Space Needle • Niagara Falls • Amazon Theater • Dallas Cowboys • Home of peaches • The White House • Statue of Liberty • Golden Gate Bridge • Acropolis Of Athens • Great Wall of China • Acadia National Park • St.Basil's Cathedral • Leaning Tower of Pisa • Rock & Roll Hall of Fame • The Great Pyramid Of Giza

States and Countries - LH 2023-11-20

States and Countries - LH crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Disneyworld
  2. Acropolis Of Athens
  3. Leaning Tower of Pisa
  4. Honolulu
  5. St.Basil's Cathedral
  6. Space Needle
  7. Tokyo Tower
  8. The Great Pyramid Of Giza
  9. The White House
  10. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
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  1. Amazon Theater
  2. Acadia National Park
  3. Paris
  4. Home of peaches
  5. Dallas Cowboys
  6. Niagara Falls
  7. Great Wall of China
  8. Statue of Liberty
  9. Golden Gate Bridge

19 Clues: Paris • Honolulu • Disneyworld • Tokyo Tower • Space Needle • Niagara Falls • Amazon Theater • Dallas Cowboys • Home of peaches • The White House • Statue of Liberty • Golden Gate Bridge • Acropolis Of Athens • Great Wall of China • Acadia National Park • St.Basil's Cathedral • Leaning Tower of Pisa • Rock & Roll Hall of Fame • The Great Pyramid Of Giza

12-2 Review 2022-02-07

12-2 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Which nationalists were angered by the Spain/United States treaty and felt betrayed because the United States now controlled their land?
  2. The nickname of the 9th & 10th African American cavalries that played a major role in winning the Battle of San Juan Hill
  3. Where was the peace treaty between Spain and the United States signed in 1898?
  4. Type of journalist that made the public aware of issues and tried to push for reform/change.
  5. The last name of the President who signed the declaration of war against Spain in 1898.
  6. In the Spanish-American War, what caused the most American deaths (5000+)
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  1. Which country still controlled Cuba in the late 1800s?
  2. It was not until 19_____ that the United States allowed the Filipinos to govern themselves.
  3. Name of Roosevelt's volunteer cavalry regiment that fought in Cuba
  4. Resigned his position as Assistant Secretary of the Navy to fight in the Spanish-American War
  5. Which act gave Puerto Rico limited say in their own affairs?
  6. How long did the Spanish-American war last?
  7. Name of the US ship that exploded; yellow journalists pinned the blame on Spain
  8. The _____________ - American war was the first, all-out Asian war in which the United States fought for years.
  9. Which country gained its independence as a result of the treaty between Spain and the United States in 1989?
  10. Type of journalism that relies on sensational stories and reporting to sell newspapers; stories told were often biased and untrue

16 Clues: How long did the Spanish-American war last? • Which country still controlled Cuba in the late 1800s? • Which act gave Puerto Rico limited say in their own affairs? • Name of Roosevelt's volunteer cavalry regiment that fought in Cuba • In the Spanish-American War, what caused the most American deaths (5000+) • ...

Decode the Hidden States – HMM Criss-Cross Puzzle 2025-10-27

Decode the Hidden States – HMM Criss-Cross Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Probabilities of observed symbols given a state
  2. Algorithm used for re-estimating HMM parameters
  3. The visible sequence generated by the states
  4. Probability of data given model parameters
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  1. Algorithm used to decode hidden states
  2. A series of observations or outputs
  3. Probabilities between states
  4. Representation of the system with states and transitions
  5. The hidden components in a Hidden Markov Model
  6. Process used to estimate model parameters

10 Clues: Probabilities between states • A series of observations or outputs • Algorithm used to decode hidden states • Process used to estimate model parameters • Probability of data given model parameters • The visible sequence generated by the states • The hidden components in a Hidden Markov Model • Probabilities of observed symbols given a state • ...

Chapter 3 Westward We Go! Vocab. Review 2014-01-13

Chapter 3 Westward We Go! Vocab. Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Native American tribe that endured the Trail of Tears
  2. was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States and those of the British Empire. The United States declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions brought about by Britain's ongoing war with France, the impressment of American merchant sailors into the Royal Navy, British support of American Indian tribes against American expansion
  3. huge land purchase by the United States (Thomas Jefferson) in 1803 which effectively doubled the size of the young nation
  4. Wrote the Start Spangled Banner at the Battle of Fort McHenry
  5. an expedition sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the northwestern territories of the United States; led by Meriwether Lewis
  6. buying or obtaining something, like land
  7. a social movement against the use of alcoholic beverages
  8. add/claim territory, with or without the original owner’s permission
  9. The practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters
  10. A thing that causes disgust or hatred
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  1. forced relocation and movement of Native American nations from southeastern parts of the United States
  2. US’ National Anthem
  3. is loyalty to the interests of one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole
  4. tax on imports
  5. was the belief widely held by Americans in the 19th century that the United States was destined to expand across the continent
  6. the formal giving up of rights, property, or territory
  7. The action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution. Normally refers to slavery

17 Clues: tax on imports • US’ National Anthem • A thing that causes disgust or hatred • buying or obtaining something, like land • Native American tribe that endured the Trail of Tears • the formal giving up of rights, property, or territory • a social movement against the use of alcoholic beverages • Wrote the Start Spangled Banner at the Battle of Fort McHenry • ...

Our Puzzling goverment 2021-12-08

Our Puzzling goverment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Allows the powers of congress to stretch
  2. The constitution makes the acts and treaties of the United States supreme
  3. Laws relating to disputes between individuals, groups, or states
  4. Powers the constitution grants or delegates to the national government.
  5. Powers directly expressed or stated in the constitution by the founders
  6. The power the national government may exercise simply because it is a government
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  1. The principal way in which states may do this to negotiate
  2. What expressed powers might also be known as
  3. clause The basis of implied powers
  4. he powers that the national government requires to carry out the powers that are expressly defined in the constitution
  5. The procedure for admission begins when a congress passes
  6. Are the powers that both the national government and the states have
  7. Certain powers reserved strictly for the states

13 Clues: clause The basis of implied powers • Allows the powers of congress to stretch • What expressed powers might also be known as • Certain powers reserved strictly for the states • The procedure for admission begins when a congress passes • The principal way in which states may do this to negotiate • Laws relating to disputes between individuals, groups, or states • ...

History 2023-05-04

History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. (Northern and Western states that fought against the Confederacy)
  2. Slave Laws (punishments related to the return of escaped slaves to their owners)
  3. Kansas (violent confrontation in 1856 between proslavery and antislavery)
  4. state (states in which slavery was legal)
  5. sovereignty (belief that the political power comes from the consent of the people)
  6. of Abominations (taxed things from other countries)
  7. clay (served in Congress for more than 30 years)
Down
  1. Act (resolve the issue of whether slavery would be legal in certain areas)
  2. Party (one of the two major political parties in the United States)
  3. gin (Thing to separate seeds)
  4. Scott (African American man whose status as free or enslaved was decided by the Supreme Court)
  5. Compromise (enter the United States as a free state or slave state)
  6. state (states that did not allow slavery)

13 Clues: gin (Thing to separate seeds) • state (states in which slavery was legal) • state (states that did not allow slavery) • clay (served in Congress for more than 30 years) • of Abominations (taxed things from other countries) • (Northern and Western states that fought against the Confederacy) • Party (one of the two major political parties in the United States) • ...

Unit 3: The Early Republic & The First Five Presidents Vocabulary 2024-09-26

Unit 3: The Early Republic & The First Five Presidents Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. of 1812: A conflict between the United States and Britain (1812-1815), caused by issues like impressment and trade restrictions.
  2. Act of 1789: A law that established the federal judiciary system, including the Supreme Court and lower courts.
  3. The British practice of capturing American sailors and forcing them into the British navy, which was one of the causes of the War of 1812.
  4. Purchase: The 1803 acquisition by the United States of France's Louisiana Territory, which doubled the size of the U.S. and provided access to land west of the Mississippi River.
  5. Government: A principle where governmental power is restricted by law, usually in a written constitution, to prevent tyranny.
  6. A system of government in which power is divided between a national (federal) government and various regional (state) governments.
  7. Hamilton: The first Secretary of the Treasury who established the national bank and supported a strong federal government.
  8. of Confederation: The first constitution of the United States, in effect from 1781 to 1789, which established a weak central government and gave most powers to the states.
  9. Adams: was the second President of the United States (1797-1801) and a Founding Father. He played a major role in the American Revolution and was a strong advocate for independence. During his presidency, he faced challenges like conflicts with France and the controversial Alien and Sedition Acts.
  10. Ordinance of 1785: A law passed to regulate the sale and settlement of land in the western territories. It divided the land into townships to be sold to raise money for the federal government.
  11. of Powers: The division of government responsibilities into distinct branches (executive, legislative, judicial) to prevent any one branch from gaining too much power.
  12. Rebellion: A 1786-1787 uprising led by farmers in Massachusetts, protesting high taxes and debt. It highlighted the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and led to calls for a stronger federal government.
  13. An example or standard set by an earlier event or decision. George Washington set many important precedents during his presidency.
  14. A person who supported the ratification of the U.S. Constitution in the late 1780s, favoring a strong central government.
  15. Doctrine: A U.S. policy, declared in 1823, that warned European nations not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere, asserting U.S. influence in the region.
  16. Monroe: The fifth President of the United States (1817-1825) who is known for the Monroe Doctrine, which opposed European colonialism in the Americas.
Down
  1. and Balances: A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches to prevent abuse of power.
  2. Officially approved or confirmed. For example, the U.S. Constitution was ratified by the states in 1788.
  3. government and threatened states' rights and individual liberties.
  4. A person who opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, fearing it gave too much power to the
  5. A group of advisors to the president, including the heads of the executive departments.
  6. Ordinance of 1787: A policy that established the process for admitting new states from the Northwest Territory and prohibited slavery in the region.
  7. Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions: Written in 1798 and 1799 by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, these documents were responses to the Alien and Sedition Acts. They argued that states had the right to nullify (or cancel) federal laws they believed were unconstitutional, setting the stage for future debates about states' rights.
  8. Rebellion: A 1794 uprising by farmers in Pennsylvania protesting a federal tax on whiskey. It was one of the first major tests of the new U.S. government’s authority.
  9. Act: Also passed in 1798, it illegal to criticize the government, Congress, or the president in writing or speech. This law was highly controversial because it was seen as a violation of free speech, and many believed it was aimed at silencing political opposition.
  10. Washington: The first President of the United States (1789-1797) and a key leader in the American Revolution. He set many important precedents as the first president, such as the creation of a cabinet.
  11. and Clark Expedition: A journey led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark (1804-1806) to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Territory and find a route to the Pacific Ocean.
  12. Madison: The fourth President of the United States (1809-1817), known as the "Father of the Constitution" for his role in drafting it. He led the country through the War of 1812, which was fought between the U.S. and Britain over issues like impressment and trade restrictions.
  13. Acts: Passed in 1798 under President John Adams, were laws that allowed the president to deport foreigners considered dangerous to the U.S. and made it harder for new immigrants to become citizens. These acts were passed during a time of fear about foreign influence and conflict with France.
  14. Hawks: A group of young congressmen, mostly from the South and West, who pushed for war against Britain in the lead-up to the War of 1812.
  15. Jefferson: The third President of the United States (1801-1809) and the main author of the Declaration of Independence. He made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, which doubled the size of the United States by acquiring territory from France.

31 Clues: government and threatened states' rights and individual liberties. • A group of advisors to the president, including the heads of the executive departments. • A person who opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, fearing it gave too much power to the • ...

Crossword Puzzle 2015-04-15

Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. also called Beat Generation
  2. The election where Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckenridge
  3. a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare, in particular
  4. class structure that is determined by birth Most prominent is India but was the basis of the encomienda system used by the Spanish
  5. Americans put the japanese in prison and other kind of detention during WWII.
  6. a town undergoing rapid growth due to sudden prosperity
  7. type of music of black American origin characterized by improvisation, and syncopation
  8. American marine biologist and conservationist whose book Silent Spring and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement
  9. Protestant revival movement during the early 19th century in the United States
  10. the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship
  11. book that “started” the women's movement and 1960s feminism in the United States
  12. fundamental document establishing the United States as a nation, adopted on July 4, 1776
  13. A federal law that authorized federal action against segregation in public accommodations, public facilities, and employment
  14. also called the Korean conflict, fought in the early 1950s between the United Nations, supported by the United States, and the communist Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  15. intergovernmental organisation founded on 10 January 1920 as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War
  16. provided a broad statement of US and British war aims Joint declaration released FDR and Churchill
  17. 32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945)
  18. landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional
  19. created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820 by allowing white male settlers in those territories to determine through popular sovereignty whether they would allow slavery
  20. the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution
  21. series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1938, and a few that came later. They included both laws passed by Congress as well as presidential executive orders during the first term (1933–37) of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  22. a multilateral system of trading in which a country pays for its imports from one country by its exports to another.
  23. 20th-century term for an attitude toward women's roles present in the emerging United States before, during, and after the American Revolution
  24. Germany, Italy, and Japan, which were allied before and during World War II
  25. sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson created by South Carolina's 1832 Ordinance of Nullification
  26. the action or policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile country or influence
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  1. Purchase by Thomas Jefferson to expand the territory of the United States
  2. law passed in 1787 to regulate the settlement of the Northwest Territory, which eventually was divided into several states of the Middle West
  3. An amendment passed by the US Congress in 1914 that provides further clarification and substance to the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
  4. a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering; free enterprise
  5. a commercial bank that is chartered under the federal government and is a member of the Federal Reserve System.
  6. a member or adherent of a political party seeking to represent the interests of ordinary people
  7. A set of laws, passed in the midst of fierce wrangling between groups favoring slavery and groups opposing it, that attempted to give something to both sides
  8. a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
  9. Consisted of United States Armed Forces sent to Europe under the command of General John J Pershing
  10. executive order issued on January 1, 1863, by President Lincoln freeing slaves in all portions of the United States not then under Union control\
  11. era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West. American wages
  12. one of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in US history, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers
  13. war between Spain and the United States, fought in 1898. The war began as an intervention by the United States on behalf of Cuba
  14. Treaties between two or more countries to establish a free trade area where commerce in goods and services can be conducted across their common borders
  15. a member of a militant political organization set up in the US in 1966 to fight for black rights
  16. an opponent of imperialism
  17. major United States naval base in Hawaii that was attacked without warning by the Japanese air force on December 7, 1941, with great loss of American lives and ships
  18. first written constitution of the United States
  19. an advocate or supporter of federalism
  20. the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.
  21. also known as the “New Negro Movement”
  22. a bomb that derives its destructive power dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  23. 36th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Kennedy when Kennedy was assassinated (1908-1973)
  24. the policy of promoting industry in the US by adoption of a high protective tariff and of developing internal improvements by the federal government (as advocated by Henry Clay from 1816 to 1828)
  25. Darwinism theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals

51 Clues: an opponent of imperialism • also called Beat Generation • an advocate or supporter of federalism • also known as the “New Negro Movement” • first written constitution of the United States • a town undergoing rapid growth due to sudden prosperity • the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution • ...

Crossword Puzzle 2015-04-14

Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional
  2. Darwinism theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals
  3. the action or policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile country or influence
  4. a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare, in particular
  5. an advocate or supporter of federalism
  6. American marine biologist and conservationist whose book Silent Spring and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement
  7. a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
  8. class structure that is determined by birth Most prominent is India but was the basis of the encomienda system used by the Spanish
  9. an opponent of imperialism
  10. a member of a militant political organization set up in the US in 1966 to fight for black rights
  11. executive order issued on January 1, 1863, by President Lincoln freeing slaves in all portions of the United States not then under Union control\
  12. The election where Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckenridge
  13. series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1938, and a few that came later. They included both laws passed by Congress as well as presidential executive orders during the first term (1933–37) of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  14. a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering; free enterprise
  15. a bomb that derives its destructive power dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  16. war between Spain and the United States, fought in 1898. The war began as an intervention by the United States on behalf of Cuba
  17. a member or adherent of a political party seeking to represent the interests of ordinary people
  18. a multilateral system of trading in which a country pays for its imports from one country by its exports to another.
  19. era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West. American wages
  20. A federal law that authorized federal action against segregation in public accommodations, public facilities, and employment
  21. first written constitution of the United States
  22. Germany, Italy, and Japan, which were allied before and during World War II
  23. 20th-century term for an attitude toward women's roles present in the emerging United States before, during, and after the American Revolution
  24. fundamental document establishing the United States as a nation, adopted on July 4, 1776
  25. 32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945)
  26. Americans put the japanese in prison and other kind of detention during WWII.
  27. also known as the “New Negro Movement”
  28. created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820 by allowing white male settlers in those territories to determine through popular sovereignty whether they would allow slavery
  29. a commercial bank that is chartered under the federal government and is a member of the Federal Reserve System.
  30. one of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in US history, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers
Down
  1. a town undergoing rapid growth due to sudden prosperity
  2. the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship
  3. also called Beat Generation
  4. the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.
  5. the policy of promoting industry in the US by adoption of a high protective tariff and of developing internal improvements by the federal government (as advocated by Henry Clay from 1816 to 1828)
  6. Purchase by Thomas Jefferson to expand the territory of the United States
  7. book that “started” the women's movement and 1960s feminism in the United States
  8. An amendment passed by the US Congress in 1914 that provides further clarification and substance to the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
  9. Consisted of United States Armed Forces sent to Europe under the command of General John J Pershing
  10. the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution
  11. sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson created by South Carolina's 1832 Ordinance of Nullification
  12. law passed in 1787 to regulate the settlement of the Northwest Territory, which eventually was divided into several states of the Middle West
  13. Treaties between two or more countries to establish a free trade area where commerce in goods and services can be conducted across their common borders
  14. also called the Korean conflict, fought in the early 1950s between the United Nations, supported by the United States, and the communist Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  15. intergovernmental organisation founded on 10 January 1920 as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War
  16. A set of laws, passed in the midst of fierce wrangling between groups favoring slavery and groups opposing it, that attempted to give something to both sides
  17. provided a broad statement of US and British war aims Joint declaration released FDR and Churchill
  18. Protestant revival movement during the early 19th century in the United States
  19. type of music of black American origin characterized by improvisation, and syncopation
  20. 36th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Kennedy when Kennedy was assassinated (1908-1973)
  21. major United States naval base in Hawaii that was attacked without warning by the Japanese air force on December 7, 1941, with great loss of American lives and ships

51 Clues: an opponent of imperialism • also called Beat Generation • an advocate or supporter of federalism • also known as the “New Negro Movement” • first written constitution of the United States • a town undergoing rapid growth due to sudden prosperity • the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution • ...

review project 2020-10-01

review project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. fought in Appomattox County, Virginia, was one of the last battles of the American Civil War
  2. belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
  3. contiguous railroad trackage that crosses a continental land mass
  4. conflict fought between the United States and its allies, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and its allies
  5. the first ten amendments to the US Constitution guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship
  6. document that was approved by the Continental Congress and announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain
  7. political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty
  8. form of government operating on principles adopted from a republic and a democracy
  9. was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico
  10. form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly
  11. declaration that all lands west of the Appalachian Divide were off-limits to colonial settlers
  12. The Trail of Tears was a series of forced relocations of approximately 60,000 Native Americans by the united states government
  13. a U.S. government agency after the Civil War, to direct "provisions, clothing, and fuel ... for the immediate and temporary shelter and supply of destitute and suffering refugees and freedmen and their wives and children
Down
  1. the war in America in which France and its Indian allies opposed England 1754–60
  2. American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
  3. the subdividing of Native American tribal communal landholdings into allotments for Native American heads of families and individuals
  4. state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States
  5. first British parliamentary attempt to raise revenue through direct taxation of all colonial commercial and legal papers, newspapers, pamphlets, cards, almanacs, and dice
  6. a proposal to the United States for the creation of a supreme national government with three branches and a bicameral legislature
  7. prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude"
  8. grant citizenship to “All persons born or naturalized in the United States,” thereby granting citizenship to former slaves
  9. the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France
  10. large farms in the colonies that used the enforced labor of slaves to harvest produce for trade and export
  11. abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime
  12. a 2,170-mile east-west, large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon
  13. unfair taxing of goods like sugar, coffee, and cloth etc. to make revenue
  14. a series of laws passed by the British Parliament that imposed restrictions on colonial trade
  15. a proposal for the structure of the United States Government which called for two houses of Congress, both elected with apportionment according to population
  16. provided Federal government support for the building of the first transcontinental railroad
  17. economic system of trade that generates wealth

30 Clues: economic system of trade that generates wealth • political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty • was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico • contiguous railroad trackage that crosses a continental land mass • form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly • ...

Unit 4:AOC & The Constitution - Part I 2025-02-11

Unit 4:AOC & The Constitution - Part I crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The crime of betraying one's country, defined in the U.S. Constitution as levying war against the United States or aiding its enemies
  2. The agreement at the Constitutional Convention that created a two-house Congress: the Senate, with equal representation for each state, and the House of Representatives, based on population
  3. To formally approve or confirm a decision, such as the ratification of amendments or treaties
  4. A 1786-1787 uprising by farmers in Massachusetts protesting high taxes and economic hardship. The rebellion highlighted the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and the need for a stronger national government
  5. A law passed by Congress that set up a system for dividing and selling land in the western territories to raise money and organize new settlements
  6. Clause A clause in the U.S. Constitution (Article IV, Section 1) requiring each state to recognize and respect the laws, records, and judicial decisions of other states
  7. A proposal made at the Constitutional Convention that suggested each state should have equal representation in Congress, regardless of population, to protect smaller states
  8. The first written plan of government for the United States, created in 1777. It gave most powers to the states and had a weak national government, which caused problems like an inability to collect taxes
  9. The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, added in 1791, which protect individual freedoms like speech, religion, and the right to a fair trial
  10. A union of independent states where the central government has limited power, and the states keep most of the authority
  11. An agreement at the Constitutional Convention that counted each enslaved person as three-fifths of a person when determining a state’s population for representation and taxes
  12. 1787 A law that organized the Northwest Territory and established a process for admitting new states. It also banned slavery in the region and protected civil liberties
  13. A clause in the U.S. Constitution (Article VI, Clause 2) stating that federal law is the supreme law of the land and takes precedence over state laws
Down
  1. Opponents of the U.S. Constitution who feared that a strong national government would take away individual and state rights, and demanded the addition of a Bill of Rights
  2. The introduction to the U.S. Constitution, stating the goals and purposes of the government
  3. A proposal made at the Constitutional Convention that suggested a strong national government with three branches and representation in Congress based on state population
  4. A meeting in 1787 in Philadelphia where delegates from the states came together to write the U.S. Constitution, replacing the Articles of Confederation with a stronger federal government
  5. Compromise An agreement at the Constitutional Convention that allowed the importation of enslaved people to continue until 1808, after which Congress could ban it
  6. The process of returning a person accused or convicted of a crime to the state where the crime was committed for trial or punishment
  7. Supporters of the U.S. Constitution who believed in a strong central government and argued that the Constitution would provide stability and protect individual rights

20 Clues: The introduction to the U.S. Constitution, stating the goals and purposes of the government • To formally approve or confirm a decision, such as the ratification of amendments or treaties • A union of independent states where the central government has limited power, and the states keep most of the authority • ...

Civil War 2021-02-06

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Union nurse known for establishing the American Red Cross organization.
  2. The states who had slaves although they were not apart of the Confederacy.
  3. The fort where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
  4. Lesser fortunate, women who sewed uniforms for Confederate soldiers.
  5. A person paid by a Confederate draftee to enlist in their place in the military.
  6. A law that exempted one white plantation owner from military service for every
  7. The site of a Union attack led by African American soldiers from Massachusetts.
  8. northern states whom opposed the institution of slavery.
  9. wife of an Confederate soldier who wrote a diary about what she witnessed during the Civil War.
  10. Davis President of the Confederate States of America.
  11. A war between opposing groups of citizens of the same country
  12. Southern states who were determined to defend their homeland and perverse their way of life.
  13. The youngest military solider of the Civil War.
Down
  1. A abolitionist who wrote about his meeting with Lincoln discussing the Emancipation Proclamation almost 20 years later.
  2. Slave pilot who surrendered a Confederate ship in the hands Union authorities.
  3. Confederate submarine that was the first to successfully sink an enemy ship.
  4. An officer in the Union Army who left a loving letter to his wife and family before dying of an leg amputation.
  5. Union general who devised the Anaconda Plan.
  6. President of the United States during the Civil War
  7. Union General who was famous for leading the March to Sea on South Carolina.

20 Clues: Union general who devised the Anaconda Plan. • The youngest military solider of the Civil War. • President of the United States during the Civil War • Davis President of the Confederate States of America. • northern states whom opposed the institution of slavery. • The fort where the first shots of the Civil War were fired. • ...

20th Word Puzzle (Imperialism) 2021-12-03

20th Word Puzzle (Imperialism) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an attitude of aggressive nationalism
  2. was popular idea in Britain and the United States
  3. The growing American involvement in foreign affairs caused Roosevelt to expand his “big stick” diplomacy
  4. has a story called World
  5. had an order to take a naval expedition to Japan to negotiate a trade treaty
  6. The idea that the United States and Latin America should work together
  7. powerful senator
  8. an officer in the U.S. Navy who taught at the Naval War College
  9. constitution for cuba
  10. area where a foreign nation controlled economic development such as railroad construction
  11. the imperial power allowed the local rulers to stay in control and pro- tected them against rebellions and invasion
  12. 1897 president of the united states
  13. machinery and equipment developed from the application of scientific knowledge
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  1. Assistant Secretary of the Navy
  2. writers often exaggerated or even made up stories to attract readers
  3. countries should be allowed to trade with China
  4. prepare and issue into a book journal piece of music
  5. has a story called The Journal
  6. ascended the Hawaiian throne
  7. group wipeout “foreign devils” and their Christian converts, whom they believed were corrupting Chinese society
  8. is the economic and political domination of a strong nation over other weaker nations
  9. gave the United States the exclusive right to build and control any proposed canal through Central America
  10. 16 battleships of the new United States Navy
  11. Taft’s policy
  12. a writer and poet who was passionately committed to the cause of Cuban independence

25 Clues: Taft’s policy • powerful senator • constitution for cuba • has a story called World • ascended the Hawaiian throne • has a story called The Journal • Assistant Secretary of the Navy • 1897 president of the united states • an attitude of aggressive nationalism • 16 battleships of the new United States Navy • countries should be allowed to trade with China • ...

nationalism/unification 2018-02-27

nationalism/unification crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a senior state or legal official.
  2. a speech made by Otto von Bismarck about the unification of the German territories.
  3. Prince of Bismarck & Duke of Lauenburg,
  4. a system of politics based on practical ideas
  5. a historical German state
  6. fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea.
  7. between the United States and Japan, opened the ports of Kanagawa and other Japanese cities to trade.
  8. a Commodore of the United States Navy
  9. a German or austrian emperor, or ruler of roman empire
  10. the period when Japan was ruled by Meiji Tenno, modernization and westernization took place
Down
  1. King of Prussia and the first German Emperor
  2. Italian general, politician and nationalist who helped unify Italy. one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland"
  3. patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts.
  4. a conflict between the Second French Empire and the German states of the North German Confederation
  5. name given to people who followed Giuseppe Garibaldi during his Mille expedition to southern Italy.
  6. an Italian politician and journalist who helped unify Italy
  7. fought between the Qing Empire and the Empire of Japan, over influence of Korea.
  8. an agreement between the United States and the Empire of Japan TreatyOfKanagawa the first treaty between the United States and the Tokugawa shogunate.
  9. a war fought in 1866 between the German Confederation and the Kingdom of Prussia.
  10. King of Sardinia from 1849 until 1861. He was the first king of united Italy since the 6th century, until 1878.
  11. Italian statesman and helped unify Italy

21 Clues: a historical German state • a senior state or legal official. • a Commodore of the United States Navy • Prince of Bismarck & Duke of Lauenburg, • Italian statesman and helped unify Italy • patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts. • King of Prussia and the first German Emperor • a system of politics based on practical ideas • ...

Unit 2 Review 2023-10-15

Unit 2 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This step in the amendment process always happens at the national level
  2. Powers that are shared by both the national and state levels of government
  3. Powers of the national government that exists because all countries have these powers
  4. System that allows the branches to restrain the powers of other branches
  5. Change to the written words of the Constitution
  6. This branch interprets and applies laws
  7. Powers of the national government that are actually written in the Constitution
  8. Another name for the Connecticut Compromise
  9. government No government is all powerful
  10. First capital of the United States
  11. Anti-federalists wanted this added to the Constitution
  12. This was replaced by the Constitution
  13. This step in the amendment process always happens at the state level
  14. This branch enforces the laws
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  1. The Constitution is divided into seven _____
  2. People are the source of any and all government power
  3. System in which government powers are divided between state and central government
  4. Author of the Virginia Plan
  5. This Constitutional plan called for equal representation of states in Congress
  6. Number of states needed to ratify the Constitution
  7. The power of the court to determine the Constitutionality of a government action
  8. Powers of the national government that are reasonably suggested by the Constitution
  9. The 3/5 Compromise handled how slaves would be counted toward _____
  10. Powers that are not given to the national government and not denied to the states
  11. This branch makes the laws
  12. Group that supported the ratification of the new Constitution
  13. States the purpose of the Constitution

27 Clues: This branch makes the laws • Author of the Virginia Plan • This branch enforces the laws • First capital of the United States • This was replaced by the Constitution • States the purpose of the Constitution • This branch interprets and applies laws • government No government is all powerful • Another name for the Connecticut Compromise • ...

Civil War Crossword 2023-02-22

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The idea that the South had the authority to nullify tariffs placed on goods.
  2. The south had to fight a _________ war to win.
  3. Who won the election of 1860?
  4. Mainly the northern states, fighting to keep the Union together and to make slavery illegal.
  5. Strategy used by the Union to try and take over the South; take control of mississippi river and split the South in two.
  6. Abraham Lincoln said that he would stop the ______ of slavery.
  7. The speach preformed by Abraham Lincoln stating that in order to end the war, slavery must be abolished.
  8. Used to blockade and stop union ships from entering or leaving.
  9. A person who flees or tries to escape.
  10. The __________ __________ states that all slaves would be free as of January 1, 1863.
  11. The man who created a march that burned and demolished many southern towns and cities.
Down
  1. The compromise that banned slavery north of the 36° 30' line.
  2. When starting the war the Union already had an ____ and a ____.
  3. The act that allowed Kansas and Nebraska to choose if they wanted to be a free or slave state.
  4. The decision to consider slaves as "property" and they would not be free, even in states that didn't allow slavery.
  5. Most people died because of ________ during the Civil War.
  6. The bloodiest battle in American history.
  7. To formally break away in a political state.
  8. Mainly the southern states, fighting for the right to keep slavery legal.
  9. The states that allowed slavery but refused to leave the Union.

20 Clues: Who won the election of 1860? • A person who flees or tries to escape. • The bloodiest battle in American history. • To formally break away in a political state. • The south had to fight a _________ war to win. • Most people died because of ________ during the Civil War. • The compromise that banned slavery north of the 36° 30' line. • ...

unit 4 APHUG crossword 2024-04-17

unit 4 APHUG crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A state whose territory is nearly circular
  2. Transfer of powers from central to local government
  3. Foreign territory enclave within state, outside its jurisdiction
  4. State with disjointed, isolated territory parts
  5. Describing a state that lacks a sea coast
  6. Boundary based on coordinates, not natural features
  7. State's forceful expansion to spread culture, governance
  8. State with autonomous provinces, like United States model
  9. Country controls, occupies, and exploits another territory economically
  10. Region with autonomy, free from external control
  11. Coordinate-based boundary, not reliant on natural features
  12. Redrawing districts for electoral advantage, impacting democratic representation
  13. economic, social forces attract businesses to city centers
  14. State's self-governance right recognized by other states
  15. A state whose territory is long and narrow.
  16. Culturally distinctive group unified by shared ethnicity, beliefs
  17. Economic, social forces drive suburban migration from cities
  18. Strategic waterway where states can block rival shipping
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  1. Boundary set before area became densely populated
  2. Exclusive zone extends 200 nautical miles from coastal state
  3. Geographical study of election organization and district design
  4. Unity, loyalty, identification with state and its goals
  5. Dissident minority seeks independence from existing state
  6. Global hubs of economic power, wealth, innovation, technology
  7. nation A nation that stretches across borders and across states
  8. Recognized right to self-governance as sovereign state
  9. Boundary aligns with cultural division, like religion or language
  10. Border disagreement between neighboring states over policy application
  11. Region of potential conflict between major powers
  12. Analysis of spatial relations shaping political activities

30 Clues: Describing a state that lacks a sea coast • A state whose territory is nearly circular • A state whose territory is long and narrow. • State with disjointed, isolated territory parts • Region with autonomy, free from external control • Boundary set before area became densely populated • Region of potential conflict between major powers • ...

Nicholas Fasullo Sec #3 X-Word 2024-03-21

Nicholas Fasullo Sec #3 X-Word crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Only the federal government had the power to regulate _____________ or trade between different states
  2. With the end of the war of 1812, British goods again poured into the _________
  3. Monroe declared that the ______________ would not interfere in the affairs of European nations or existing colonies of the European nations
  4. _______ Webster, of New Hampshire was perhaps the most skillful public speaker of his time
  5. ________ was allowed to continue
  6. In the case of the Court ruled that states had no right to interfere with federal institutions within their boarders
  7. ________ industry grew quickly until 1815
  8. _______ hoped to create a new sense of national unity
  9. On several occasions, the United States successfully challenged European __________ our direct involvement, in Latin America
Down
  1. By _________, however, many Republicans believed that a bank was needed
  2. Henry________, spoke for the West who pushed for War against Britain in eighteen-twelve
  3. America In ___________ too, a series of revolutions freed colonies from Spanish rule
  4. In another case, ___________, the Supreme Court upheld the power of the federal government to regulate trade between states
  5. The bitter dispute over tariffs reflected the growth of _________
  6. Doctrine Monroe decided to act independently of Britain. In a message to Congress in 1823, he made a bold foreign policy statement known as the ___________
  7. _____ American System never fully went into effect
  8. Spain's former ________ modeled their contitutions on that of the United States
  9. America In 1821, the people of ________ declared independence from Spain
  10. Monroe was the last ____________________ officer to become President
  11. John ________, of The South, was a Sectional Leader, supported slavery
  12. The _________ Treaty took effect in 1821
  13. In Latin America, the term ________ described people born to Spanish parents there
  14. The ______ plan caused dozens of New England businesses to fail

23 Clues: ________ was allowed to continue • The _________ Treaty took effect in 1821 • ________ industry grew quickly until 1815 • _____ American System never fully went into effect • _______ hoped to create a new sense of national unity • The ______ plan caused dozens of New England businesses to fail • The bitter dispute over tariffs reflected the growth of _________ • ...

Lincoln and the Civil War 2023-04-14

Lincoln and the Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. abolitionist; author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
  2. 1854 law that established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and gave their residents the right to decide whether to allow slavery
  3. idea that the states have certain rights that the federal government cannot overrule
  4. to withdraw
  5. 1846 proposal that outlawed slavery in any territory gained from the War with Mexico
  6. Series of laws intended to settle the major disagreements between free states and slave states
  7. Supreme Court chief justice who wrote the majority opinion in the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford
  8. statement of beliefs
  9. federal arsenal in Virginia; captured in 1859 during an anti-slavery revolt
  10. novel published by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  11. Democratic presidential candidate in 1856
  12. 1850 law meant to help slaveholders recapture runaway slaves
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  1. political party organized in 1834 to oppose the policies of Andrew Jackson
  2. petty quarreling
  3. confederation formed in 1861 by the Southern states after their secession from the Union
  4. compromise introduced in 1861 tht might have prevented secession
  5. Illinois Senator who backed the Compromise of 1850
  6. Illinois Republican who ran against Stephen A. Douglas in 1858
  7. anti-immigrant party formed in the 1850’s
  8. political party formed in 1854 by opponents of slavery
  9. Political party dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery
  10. 1856 Supreme Court case in which a slave, Dred Scott, sued for his freedom; the court ruled against scott
  11. a system in which issues are decided by the citizenry or voters
  12. first president of the Confederate States of America
  13. Republican presidential candidate in 1856

25 Clues: to withdraw • petty quarreling • statement of beliefs • novel published by Harriet Beecher Stowe • anti-immigrant party formed in the 1850’s • Republican presidential candidate in 1856 • Democratic presidential candidate in 1856 • abolitionist; author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin • Illinois Senator who backed the Compromise of 1850 • ...

chapter 4 puzzle 2022-11-18

chapter 4 puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. another name for elastic clause
  2. Powers that the government requires to carry out the expressed constitutional powers
  3. A law that requires periodic checks of government agencies to see if they are still needed
  4. Powers the Constitution grants or delegates to the national government
  5. The tax levied on individual and corporate earnings
  6. Powers that the national government may exercise simply because it is a government
  7. the power to locate its own seat in government…
  8. Powers that both the national government and the states have
  9. A position that favors national action in dealing with problems
  10. Powers directly stated in the Constitution
  11. To return a criminal or fugitive who flees across state lines back to the original state
  12. Government administrators
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  1. A law prohibiting public officials from holding meetings not open to the public
  2. RightsPosition A position that favors state and local action in dealing with problems
  3. Powers that belong strictly to the states
  4. A written agreement between two or more states
  5. Statement in Article VI of the Constitution establishing that the Constitution, laws passed by Congress, and treaties of the United States "shall be the supreme Law of the Land"
  6. relating to disputes among two or more individuals or between individuals and the government
  7. Clause in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to make all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out the powers expressed in the other clauses of Article I
  8. The first step in the state admission procedure which enables the people of a territory to prepare a constitution

20 Clues: Government administrators • another name for elastic clause • Powers that belong strictly to the states • Powers directly stated in the Constitution • A written agreement between two or more states • the power to locate its own seat in government… • The tax levied on individual and corporate earnings • Powers that both the national government and the states have • ...

Civil war terms 2022-05-17

Civil war terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports
  2. The cruel killing of a number of helpless or unresisting people
  3. Actively attacking someone
  4. Manufacturing goods from raw materials, such as cloth from cotton or machine parts from iron
  5. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery
  6. said that the people of each territory should be able to decide for themselves if slavery should be allowed in their territory
  7. A smoothbore firearm fired from the shoulder
  8. A place where weapons and other military supplies are stored
  9. A state of bondage in which African Americans (and some Native Americans) were owned by other people
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  1. Also Southern or Rebel
  2. The major political party in America and opposed a strong Federal government
  3. Loyal to the Confederate States and also Southern or Confederate
  4. To lie in wait for an unexpected attack
  5. The largest organizational group of soldiers, made up of one or more corps
  6. Also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States of America, or (by Northerners) the Rebel states
  7. The standard infantry bullet of the Civil War
  8. A Northerner; someone loyal to the Federal government of the United States
  9. A metal blade, like a long knife or short sword, that could be attached to the end of a musket or rifle-musket
  10. A soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in action
  11. the part of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War
  12. Also called the North or the United States

21 Clues: Also Southern or Rebel • Actively attacking someone • To lie in wait for an unexpected attack • Also called the North or the United States • A smoothbore firearm fired from the shoulder • The standard infantry bullet of the Civil War • Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery • A soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in action • ...

Juneteenth Trivia 2023-06-01

Juneteenth Trivia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. In what year did Texas begin to celebrate Juneteenth?
  2. In which Texas city was the announcement of the end of slavery?
  3. Approximately how many millions of slaves were estimated to be in the U.S. in the early 1860s prior to the abolishment of slavery?
  4. A revised red, white and blue flag honoring Juneteenth was introduced in 2000. What symbol is at the center of the flag
  5. What year did Juneteenth officially become a Federal holiday?
  6. Grandmother of Juneteenth?
  7. What was the name of the Texas state representative who put forth the bill to make Juneteenth an official state holiday?
  8. Another name for Juneteenth?
  9. Lincoln’s executive order outlawed slavery in rebel states, but not Union states. Which 1 of 2 Union border states continued to practice slavery up until the constitutional abolition of slavery in 1865?
  10. Which US president wrote and signed the Emancipation Proclamation?
  11. The first legislation to recognize Juneteenth Independence Day was introduced in the U.S House of Representatives by who?
Down
  1. What famous executive order abolished slavery?
  2. Juneteenth is observed on what day?
  3. Which Constitutional Amendment officially abolished slavery across the United States?
  4. In what year did Juneteenth officially become a Texas state holiday?
  5. Juneteenth is commemorated in how many states?
  6. Which state was the first to recognize Juneteenth as a state holiday?
  7. Who delivered General Order No. 3, which announced the emancipation proclamation to Texas?
  8. Which color symbolizes the rich history behind the holiday?
  9. Which war prompted the end of slavery in the U.S.?

20 Clues: Grandmother of Juneteenth? • Another name for Juneteenth? • Juneteenth is observed on what day? • What famous executive order abolished slavery? • Juneteenth is commemorated in how many states? • Which war prompted the end of slavery in the U.S.? • In what year did Texas begin to celebrate Juneteenth? • Which color symbolizes the rich history behind the holiday? • ...

Midterm Review- US History The Early Nation 2026-01-27

Midterm Review- US History The Early Nation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This president was the first Democratic Republican president
  2. This political party pretty much ended after the War of 1812
  3. This was given more power from Marbury v Madison
  4. This branch is responsible for creating laws
  5. The group (NOT necessarily political party) that promoted a strong federal/central government and did not want a large government
  6. The group that wanted a Bill of Rights and protection of the people/states over a powerful central government
  7. Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom to assemble, freedom to petition
  8. What was written during the bombing of Fort McHenry
  9. This was promoted in Washington's Farewell Address
  10. Right to own guns
Down
  1. The Louisiana Purchase was an example of _____ interpretation
  2. This branch is made up of the president and vice president
  3. Right to remain silent
  4. The nation we fought in the War of 1812
  5. _______ review allows the courts to determine if laws are constitutional, making the judicial branch equally powerful to the other branches
  6. The Shawnee leader who was organizing indigenous nations against American expansion before and during the War of 1812
  7. The last name of the third president of the United States
  8. What was a requirement in most states for white males to vote?
  9. The last name of the fourth president of the United States
  10. The last name of the second president of the United States
  11. This act banned speaking against the president and his party
  12. This branch is responsible for evaluating if laws are constitutional
  13. The last name of the first president of the United States
  14. The Democratic Republican Party believed in this form of Constitutional interpretation
  15. This president was the first elected Federalist

25 Clues: Right to own guns • Right to remain silent • The nation we fought in the War of 1812 • This branch is responsible for creating laws • This president was the first elected Federalist • This was given more power from Marbury v Madison • This was promoted in Washington's Farewell Address • What was written during the bombing of Fort McHenry • ...

Government 2020-12-02

Government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Links people and government.
  2. A structure within a society.
  3. Factions are bad, but a necessary evil.
  4. Interest groups causing political chaos.
  5. Powers to the National Gov and States.
  6. Grants of federal money to the states.
  7. Powers exercised by the National Gov’t alone.
  8. Manages party affairs on daily basis.
  9. Belong only because the U.S. is sovereign.
  10. Voting for candidates from multiple parties.
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  1. Influence government policy.
  2. Most interest groups do not have.
  3. Agreements among States.
  4. A criticism of interest groups.
  5. Found directly within the Constitution.
  6. Powers that National and State Gov’t have.
  7. Support all candidates for one party.
  8. Drive or effort put forth.
  9. Writes the laws.
  10. People who share common interest.
  11. Interprets the constitution.
  12. Proposes laws.
  13. Not expressly stated in the Constitution.
  14. Presidential pop. effects congress elections.
  15. American Association of Retired People

25 Clues: Proposes laws. • Writes the laws. • Agreements among States. • Drive or effort put forth. • Influence government policy. • Links people and government. • Interprets the constitution. • A structure within a society. • A criticism of interest groups. • Most interest groups do not have. • People who share common interest. • Support all candidates for one party. • ...

Times top 100 influential people Crossword 2021-10-27

Times top 100 influential people Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Chief Executive Officer of Apple
  2. A Puertorican rapper
  3. An American actor who stared in the show "Ted Lasso"
  4. An american actor who is in the show "Fire Island"
  5. French Actor who played in the show Lupin
  6. American Singer who sang the song Jolene
  7. Project manager of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  8. White house chief of staff
  9. A Chinese filmaker who directed the show "Eternals"
  10. A Brizilian Buisness person
  11. Connecticut State Representive
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  1. A singer who sang the song "Lovely" featuring Khalid
  2. The 46th President of the United States
  3. A rapper who released the song Industry Baby
  4. The 45th President of the United states
  5. Kuma Japanese Architect
  6. CEO of Gro intelligence
  7. United States Senator
  8. Chief Executive officer of General Motors
  9. An Actress who stared in the movie "The Reader"

20 Clues: A Puertorican rapper • United States Senator • Kuma Japanese Architect • CEO of Gro intelligence • White house chief of staff • A Brizilian Buisness person • Connecticut State Representive • Chief Executive Officer of Apple • The 46th President of the United States • The 45th President of the United states • American Singer who sang the song Jolene • ...

Chapter 5 Review 2021-12-03

Chapter 5 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Are appointed by the president and serve for life
  2. Loyalty
  3. form of government in which the people rule
  4. The United States lacked ___ under the Articles
  5. National govt and state govts share power
  6. According to popular sovereignty __ hold the power
  7. Were afraid of the new constitution
  8. Didn't attend the Constitutional Convention
  9. No matter the population, each state has ___ senators
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  1. The Constitutional Convention was held in _
  2. Called for equal representation in Congress
  3. HAD to be added to the new constitution
  4. Bicameral legislature of the United States
  5. A loosely joined group of states
  6. Farmer from Massachusetts who led a rebellion
  7. The only branch of government in the Articles
  8. To change
  9. How many votes each state got under the Articles
  10. The head of the executive branch
  11. To approve

20 Clues: Loyalty • To change • To approve • A loosely joined group of states • The head of the executive branch • Were afraid of the new constitution • HAD to be added to the new constitution • National govt and state govts share power • Bicameral legislature of the United States • The Constitutional Convention was held in _ • Called for equal representation in Congress • ...

Jose Sandoval 1 2017-11-30

Jose Sandoval 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. calendar systems
  2. gods controlled everything that happened on earth
  3. and priests: assisted kings in governing the city-states
  4. below them were
  5. maya rules
  6. fields of corn and other crops and built cities under government direction
  7. the maya set up more than 50 independent
  8. an area where the soil has collapsed into a hollow or depression
  9. and streams: sinkholes gave the maya access to a network of underground
  10. major calendars
  11. at least two women served as ruling
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  1. projects: people of this paid taxes and worked on large
  2. system: the maya city-states had a strict
  3. when the maya
  4. ceremonies to please the gods
  5. sometimes included human sacrifice
  6. who built the city
  7. for advice: maya rulers turned to
  8. each maya city-state was ruled by
  9. forested areas clear together

20 Clues: maya rules • when the maya • below them were • major calendars • calendar systems • who built the city • ceremonies to please the gods • forested areas clear together • for advice: maya rulers turned to • each maya city-state was ruled by • sometimes included human sacrifice • at least two women served as ruling • the maya set up more than 50 independent • ...

Gov Review- Sara Stock, Hailie Laker, Hayli Carter, Harley Copas 2017-05-16

Gov Review- Sara Stock, Hailie Laker, Hayli Carter, Harley Copas crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The position or status of being a citizen
  2. supporters of the federalist papers
  3. All property publicly owned, people paid on their skills and abilities
  4. small group of people have control
  5. legislative, executive, judicial
  6. Right to silence when being arrested
  7. permanent, meets regularly
  8. political powers reserved for the states
  9. Govt system with several states forming unity but independent in affairs
  10. stated specifically in the constitution
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  1. system of government with a king or queen at the head
  2. review by supreme court on validity of leg act
  3. An agreement between countries
  4. logical but not stated
  5. 3 law making bodies: supreme court is highest
  6. states govern themselves
  7. reason for pressing charges/searching
  8. forming a single or uniform entity
  9. do not align themselves with a political party
  10. first 10 minutes: James Madison

20 Clues: logical but not stated • states govern themselves • permanent, meets regularly • An agreement between countries • first 10 minutes: James Madison • legislative, executive, judicial • small group of people have control • forming a single or uniform entity • supporters of the federalist papers • Right to silence when being arrested • reason for pressing charges/searching • ...

The Constitution 2024-06-18

The Constitution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Amendment process
  2. Judicial branch
  3. Executive branch
  4. States' rights
  5. Election of senators
  6. Presidential elections
  7. Equal protection under the law
  8. Federal income tax
  9. No cruel and unusual punishment
  10. Freedom of speech
  11. Rights of the accused
  12. Right to vote at age 18
  13. Legislative branch
  14. Rights retained by the people
  15. Right to a fair trial
  16. Abolition of slavery
  17. Right to bear arms
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  1. States' powers
  2. Federal power
  3. Trial by jury
  4. Repeal of Prohibition
  5. Presidential succession
  6. Women's suffrage
  7. Prohibition of alcohol
  8. Two-term limit for President
  9. Search and seizure
  10. Right to vote
  11. Terms of President and Congress
  12. Ratification
  13. Congressional pay raises
  14. Lawsuits against states
  15. Washington D.C. electoral votes
  16. No quartering of soldiers
  17. Abolition of poll taxes

34 Clues: Ratification • Federal power • Trial by jury • Right to vote • States' powers • States' rights • Judicial branch • Executive branch • Women's suffrage • Amendment process • Freedom of speech • Search and seizure • Federal income tax • Legislative branch • Right to bear arms • Election of senators • Abolition of slavery • Repeal of Prohibition • Rights of the accused • Right to a fair trial • ...

Facts and Terms 2026-01-08

Facts and Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Government censorship before publication
  2. Advertising speech with limited protection
  3. Protections against government interference in personal freedoms
  4. Government must follow fair procedures
  5. Protection against being forced to testify against oneself
  6. Agreement to plead guilty for a lesser sentence
  7. First ten amendments to the Constitution
  8. Punishment considered barbaric or excessive
  9. 1925 case that began selective incorporation
  10. Requires states to treat people equally
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  1. Prevents government from creating an official religion
  2. Protects the right to practice any religion
  3. Extends due process and equal protection to the states
  4. Nonverbal expression protected by the First Amendment
  5. Guarantees freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition
  6. Applies the Bill of Rights to the states
  7. Implied right protecting personal autonomy
  8. Written defamation
  9. Illegally obtained evidence cannot be used
  10. Offensive material lacking serious value

20 Clues: Written defamation • Government must follow fair procedures • Requires states to treat people equally • Government censorship before publication • Applies the Bill of Rights to the states • First ten amendments to the Constitution • Offensive material lacking serious value • Advertising speech with limited protection • Implied right protecting personal autonomy • ...

The expanding Nation 2014-05-11

The expanding Nation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. American sailors into the Royal Navy was the most important for many Americans. The British practice of manning naval ships with "pressed" men, who were forcibly placed into service
  2. American statesman, political theorist and the fourth President of the United States
  3. an order of a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports.
  4. the act of Congress (1809) prohibiting all shipping and trade between the United States and British- or French-controlled ports.
  5. any of the congressmen from the South and West, led by Henry Clay and John Calhoun, who wanted war against Britain in the period leading up to the War of 1812
Down
  1. fourth Chief Justice of the United States. His court opinions helped lay the basis for United States constitutional law and made the Supreme Court of the United States
  2. was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution.
  3. set out in May 1804 to explore and map the American West.
  4. the power of a court to adjudicate the constitutionality of the laws of a government or the acts of a government official.
  5. signed on December 24, 1814- was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
  6. Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy which opposed the United States during the War of 1812.
  7. Lemhi Shoshone woman, who accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition, acting as an interpreter and guide, in their exploration of the Western United States

12 Clues: set out in May 1804 to explore and map the American West. • American statesman, political theorist and the fourth President of the United States • an order of a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports. • ...

The expanding Nation 2014-05-11

The expanding Nation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy which opposed the United States during the War of 1812.
  2. American statesman, political theorist and the fourth President of the United States
  3. the act of Congress (1809) prohibiting all shipping and trade between the United States and British- or French-controlled ports.
  4. fourth Chief Justice of the United States. His court opinions helped lay the basis for United States constitutional law and made the Supreme Court of the United States
  5. an order of a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports.
Down
  1. was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution.
  2. any of the congressmen from the South and West, led by Henry Clay and John Calhoun, who wanted war against Britain in the period leading up to the War of 1812
  3. the power of a court to adjudicate the constitutionality of the laws of a government or the acts of a government official.
  4. set out in May 1804 to explore and map the American West.
  5. American sailors into the Royal Navy was the most important for many Americans. The British practice of manning naval ships with "pressed" men, who were forcibly placed into service
  6. Lemhi Shoshone woman, who accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition, acting as an interpreter and guide, in their exploration of the Western United States
  7. signed on December 24, 1814- was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

12 Clues: set out in May 1804 to explore and map the American West. • American statesman, political theorist and the fourth President of the United States • an order of a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports. • ...

Attack on Pearl Harbor 2025-12-04

Attack on Pearl Harbor crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the United States became upset after Japan invaded and conquered it in 1931
  2. Japan thought they shouldn't be ruled by white imperialist
  3. Japan launched an attack on the United States ___
  4. where did the United States move their Navy from San Diego
  5. what year did Pearl Harbor happen
  6. United States were able to send 31,095 troops in
Down
  1. the Japan placed on the torpedoes to prevent from hitting the bottom of Pearl Harbor
  2. Japan invaded the country and interrupted United States trade
  3. 12 times lost in the past six months
  4. who cut off the trade of oil and metal after Japan conquered French Indochina
  5. No chance of an surprise attack being there
  6. The United Staes wanted to stay _____ to stay out of the war
  7. who was angry with the US rejecting the racial equality proposal

13 Clues: what year did Pearl Harbor happen • 12 times lost in the past six months • No chance of an surprise attack being there • United States were able to send 31,095 troops in • Japan launched an attack on the United States ___ • Japan thought they shouldn't be ruled by white imperialist • where did the United States move their Navy from San Diego • ...

Themes of geographic inquiry: United States´ Climate, Vegetation, Human Environment Interaction, History, and Economy 2020-05-08

Themes of geographic inquiry: United States´ Climate, Vegetation, Human Environment Interaction, History, and Economy crossword puzzle
Across
  1. which most Americans identify themselves.
  2. of ecosystem found to the west of United States.          SanBernardinoMountainsOne of the popular mountains to the north of Los Angeles.    1624 Yearin which he Virginia Company was dissolved, and the Crown took over the colony.
  3. States’ type of economy.
  4. area dominated by trees found to the east of United States.          CoastlinesBeachesA magnificent natural feature of Los Angeles county.              1620 Yearin which the Separatists were founded.
  5. climate.           LosAngelesIt is the second most populous city and metropolitan area in the United States.
Down
  1. who began growing tobacco.
  2. States’ central bank.
  3. and southern coasts of California’s climate.          AngelenosLos Angeles residents.
  4. central and northeastern’ s climate.      NewYorkCityIt is the most populous city and metropolitan area in the United States.    LucasVazquezdeAyllonSpaniard who attempted to find a colony in Carolina.
  5. popular sport in United States.
  6. founded a settlement at St Augustine, Florida, the first permanent Europeansettlement in what is now the USA.

11 Clues: States’ central bank. • States’ type of economy. • who began growing tobacco. • popular sport in United States. • which most Americans identify themselves. • and southern coasts of California’s climate.          AngelenosLos Angeles residents. • climate.           LosAngelesIt is the second most populous city and metropolitan area in the United States. • ...

Themes of geographic inquiry: United States´ Climate, Vegetation, Human Environment Interaction, History, and Economy 2020-05-08

Themes of geographic inquiry: United States´ Climate, Vegetation, Human Environment Interaction, History, and Economy crossword puzzle
Across
  1. which most Americans identify themselves.
  2. of ecosystem found to the west of United States.          SanBernardinoMountainsOne of the popular mountains to the north of Los Angeles.    1624 Yearin which he Virginia Company was dissolved, and the Crown took over the colony.
  3. States’ type of economy.
  4. area dominated by trees found to the east of United States.          CoastlinesBeachesA magnificent natural feature of Los Angeles county.              1620 Yearin which the Separatists were founded.
  5. climate.           LosAngelesIt is the second most populous city and metropolitan area in the United States.
Down
  1. who began growing tobacco.
  2. States’ central bank.
  3. and southern coasts of California’s climate.          AngelenosLos Angeles residents.
  4. central and northeastern’ s climate.      NewYorkCityIt is the most populous city and metropolitan area in the United States.    LucasVazquezdeAyllonSpaniard who attempted to find a colony in Carolina.
  5. popular sport in United States.
  6. founded a settlement at St Augustine, Florida, the first permanent Europeansettlement in what is now the USA.

11 Clues: States’ central bank. • States’ type of economy. • who began growing tobacco. • popular sport in United States. • which most Americans identify themselves. • and southern coasts of California’s climate.          AngelenosLos Angeles residents. • climate.           LosAngelesIt is the second most populous city and metropolitan area in the United States. • ...

Themes of geographic inquiry: United States´ Climate, Vegetation, Human Environment Interaction, History, and Economy 2020-05-08

Themes of geographic inquiry: United States´ Climate, Vegetation, Human Environment Interaction, History, and Economy crossword puzzle
Across
  1. which most Americans identify themselves.
  2. of ecosystem found to the west of United States.          SanBernardinoMountainsOne of the popular mountains to the north of Los Angeles.    1624 Yearin which he Virginia Company was dissolved, and the Crown took over the colony.
  3. States’ type of economy.
  4. area dominated by trees found to the east of United States.          CoastlinesBeachesA magnificent natural feature of Los Angeles county.              1620 Yearin which the Separatists were founded.
  5. climate.           LosAngelesIt is the second most populous city and metropolitan area in the United States.
Down
  1. who began growing tobacco.
  2. States’ central bank.
  3. and southern coasts of California’s climate.          AngelenosLos Angeles residents.
  4. central and northeastern’ s climate.      NewYorkCityIt is the most populous city and metropolitan area in the United States.    LucasVazquezdeAyllonSpaniard who attempted to find a colony in Carolina.
  5. popular sport in United States.
  6. founded a settlement at St Augustine, Florida, the first permanent Europeansettlement in what is now the USA.

11 Clues: States’ central bank. • States’ type of economy. • who began growing tobacco. • popular sport in United States. • which most Americans identify themselves. • and southern coasts of California’s climate.          AngelenosLos Angeles residents. • climate.           LosAngelesIt is the second most populous city and metropolitan area in the United States. • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2021-10-15

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. capital of the United States of America
  2. slave states that did not secede from the Union
  3. a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862
  4. compulsory service in the federal military services
  5. the diplomatic methods employed by the Confederacy during the American Civil War to coerce the Great Britain and France to support the Confederate war effort
  6. a Confederate general who led the South's attempt at secession during the Civil War
  7. an American politician and military leader who served as the 18th president of the United States
Down
  1. a league or alliance, especially of confederate states.
  2. the first major battle of the American Civil War
  3. capital of Virginia
  4. what the north was referred to during the Civil War
  5. military strategy that called for a naval blockade of the Confederate littoral, a thrust down the Mississippi, and the strangulation of the South by Union land and naval forces
  6. president during the Civil War
  7. an American Civil War general and a major architect of modern warfare
  8. fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

15 Clues: capital of Virginia • president during the Civil War • capital of the United States of America • slave states that did not secede from the Union • the first major battle of the American Civil War • what the north was referred to during the Civil War • compulsory service in the federal military services • a league or alliance, especially of confederate states. • ...

Civil War Crossword 2021-11-12

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Slave states that bordered between the Union and Confederacy and did not secede from the Union
  2. “All persons held as slaves within the rebellious states are, and henceforward shall be free”
  3. The period before the Civil War characterized by the polarization between abolitionists and supporters of slavery
  4. People who organized to end the practice of slavery
  5. The government of the 11 southern slave states that seceded from the Union
  6. The remaining part of the US government who fought against the confederacy
  7. A loyalty to one’s own region instead of the country as a whole
Down
  1. The border separating free states from slave states before the war
  2. A term by southerners to describe the people of the Union during the war
  3. A soldier who fought for the South during the war
  4. A very dense cracker that was used to feed soldiers during the war
  5. Withdraw from the country
  6. The Union naval strategy to prevent the Confederacy from trading
  7. A large estate that specializes on growing cash crops
  8. A steam-powered warship protected by iron armor, which replaced the weaker wooden ships before it

15 Clues: Withdraw from the country • A soldier who fought for the South during the war • People who organized to end the practice of slavery • A large estate that specializes on growing cash crops • A loyalty to one’s own region instead of the country as a whole • The Union naval strategy to prevent the Confederacy from trading • ...

Alana Riddell: Our Puzzling Government #2 | Federalism 2022-11-18

Alana Riddell: Our Puzzling Government #2 | Federalism crossword puzzle
Across
  1. act An act that allows a territory wishing to become a state to prepare a constitution
  2. a type of tax which is put on the money that you make
  3. Clause which states that the constitution is the supreme law of the land
  4. state and local governments making their own policies
  5. to return criminals from other states to their state of origin after committing a crime
  6. Powers are not directly stated but can be inferred from other expressed powers
Down
  1. powers held by both the national and state governments
  2. a type of compact made between two different states
  3. Powers given to the states if not given specifically to the government
  4. Powers directly stated in the Constitution by the founders
  5. a position taken on how federalism should run which leans towards national action
  6. One of the last two states admitted to the USA
  7. refers to documents such as mortgages, birth certificates, leases, and deeds
  8. Clause which allows the powers of Congress to stretch if need be
  9. Powers the Constitution grants to the national government

15 Clues: One of the last two states admitted to the USA • a type of compact made between two different states • a type of tax which is put on the money that you make • state and local governments making their own policies • powers held by both the national and state governments • Powers the Constitution grants to the national government • ...

People 2015-01-22

People crossword puzzle
Across
  1. First; King of Great Britain
  2. Full; Spy
  3. Last; General during War of 1812, later President
  4. Full; Composed the Star Spangled Banner
  5. Full; Second President of the United States, Federalist
  6. Last; leader of the Continental Army
  7. Last; Federalist, led the Treasury
  8. Last; "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
  9. Last; Prussian drill instructor
  10. Last; wrote Declaration of Independence
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  1. Last; First President of the United States, Federalist
  2. Full; Traitor
  3. Last; Defeated British General
  4. Last; Frenchman who joined Revolution on side of Washington
  5. Full; wrote Common Sense
  6. Full; Warned of British assault
  7. Last; Third President of the United States, Anti-Federalist

17 Clues: Full; Spy • Full; Traitor • Full; wrote Common Sense • First; King of Great Britain • Last; Defeated British General • Full; Warned of British assault • Last; Prussian drill instructor • Last; Federalist, led the Treasury • Last; leader of the Continental Army • Full; Composed the Star Spangled Banner • Last; wrote Declaration of Independence • ...

Immigration Shaping America 2012-05-09

Immigration Shaping America crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The first serious prohibition of free immigration in all of American history, this legislation bans Chinese migration to the United States for ten years
  2. Significant Chinese migration to the United States begins to ares such as San Francisco
  3. applies to the period of time during the 1630's when Massachusetts's population sky rocketed with the migration of approximately 21,000 immigrants to New EnglandEraofRegulation beginning the long history of immigrant pioneers in the fertile field of the mass culture in the United States.
  4. 1910 sends thousands of Mexicans to the United States. Over the next twenty years, nearly a million enter the United States, seeking work.
  5. brings immigration to a complete halt as hostilities prevent transport across the ocean.
  6. The first arrive in California as political refugees. Racial tensions grow between Asians and other Californians.
  7. interrupts mass immigration to the United States
Down
  1. Mexican residents of the newly acquired territory are allowed to remain. They are subjected to serious discrimination but become the heart of labor for the American Southwest.
  2. 1565 First permanent European settlement in the United States is established at St. Augustine, Florida, by the Spanish.1598 Spanish immigrants settle in what is now Texas and New Mexico.1619 First shipment of African slaves arrives in Virginia.
  3. limiting American citizenship to "white persons and persons of African descent," thereby discriminating against Asian immigrants.
  4. many Americans panic, believing that the nation is threatened by a communist menace.
  5. 1776 The Declaration of Independence charges the king of England with obstructing migration to British North America, thereby indirectly indicating that the colonies were greatly interested in recruiting new settlers. In fact, most colonies are in active competition with other colonies for these prospective settlers.
  6. The treaty pledges to China the right of unrestricted immigration of Chinese citizens to the United States.
  7. considered by Congess to restrict the flow of immigrants and potential terrorists into the U.S.
  8. A literacy test for incoming immigrants finally becomes law
  9. President Eisenhower's border control program. Cut illegal immigration at the cost of anti-Latino discrimination.

16 Clues: interrupts mass immigration to the United States • A literacy test for incoming immigrants finally becomes law • many Americans panic, believing that the nation is threatened by a communist menace. • Significant Chinese migration to the United States begins to ares such as San Francisco • ...

Immigration Shaping America 2012-05-09

Immigration Shaping America crossword puzzle
Across
  1. many Americans panic, believing that the nation is threatened by a communist menace.
  2. limiting American citizenship to "white persons and persons of African descent," thereby discriminating against Asian immigrants.
  3. President Eisenhower's border control program. Cut illegal immigration at the cost of anti-Latino discrimination.
  4. considered by Congess to restrict the flow of immigrants and potential terrorists into the U.S.
  5. brings immigration to a complete halt as hostilities prevent transport across the ocean.
  6. 1910 sends thousands of Mexicans to the United States. Over the next twenty years, nearly a million enter the United States, seeking work.
  7. The first serious prohibition of free immigration in all of American history, this legislation bans Chinese migration to the United States for ten years
  8. The first arrive in California as political refugees. Racial tensions grow between Asians and other Californians.
  9. Significant Chinese migration to the United States begins to ares such as San Francisco
Down
  1. Mexican residents of the newly acquired territory are allowed to remain. They are subjected to serious discrimination but become the heart of labor for the American Southwest.
  2. The treaty pledges to China the right of unrestricted immigration of Chinese citizens to the United States.
  3. interrupts mass immigration to the United States
  4. applies to the period of time during the 1630's when Massachusetts's population sky rocketed with the migration of approximately 21,000 immigrants to New EnglandEraofRegulation beginning the long history of immigrant pioneers in the fertile field of the mass culture in the United States.
  5. 1776 The Declaration of Independence charges the king of England with obstructing migration to British North America, thereby indirectly indicating that the colonies were greatly interested in recruiting new settlers. In fact, most colonies are in active competition with other colonies for these prospective settlers.
  6. 1565 First permanent European settlement in the United States is established at St. Augustine, Florida, by the Spanish.1598 Spanish immigrants settle in what is now Texas and New Mexico.1619 First shipment of African slaves arrives in Virginia.
  7. A literacy test for incoming immigrants finally becomes law

16 Clues: interrupts mass immigration to the United States • A literacy test for incoming immigrants finally becomes law • many Americans panic, believing that the nation is threatened by a communist menace. • Significant Chinese migration to the United States begins to ares such as San Francisco • ...

Immigration Shaping America 2012-05-09

Immigration Shaping America crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 1776 The Declaration of Independence charges the king of England with obstructing migration to British North America, thereby indirectly indicating that the colonies were greatly interested in recruiting new settlers. In fact, most colonies are in active competition with other colonies for these prospective settlers.
  2. Mexican residents of the newly acquired territory are allowed to remain. They are subjected to serious discrimination but become the heart of labor for the American Southwest.
  3. The first arrive in California as political refugees. Racial tensions grow between Asians and other Californians.
  4. considered by Congess to restrict the flow of immigrants and potential terrorists into the U.S.
  5. 1565 First permanent European settlement in the United States is established at St. Augustine, Florida, by the Spanish.1598 Spanish immigrants settle in what is now Texas and New Mexico.1619 First shipment of African slaves arrives in Virginia.
  6. interrupts mass immigration to the United States
  7. President Eisenhower's border control program. Cut illegal immigration at the cost of anti-Latino discrimination.
Down
  1. The treaty pledges to China the right of unrestricted immigration of Chinese citizens to the United States.
  2. Significant Chinese migration to the United States begins to ares such as San Francisco
  3. The first serious prohibition of free immigration in all of American history, this legislation bans Chinese migration to the United States for ten years
  4. many Americans panic, believing that the nation is threatened by a communist menace.
  5. limiting American citizenship to "white persons and persons of African descent," thereby discriminating against Asian immigrants.
  6. 1910 sends thousands of Mexicans to the United States. Over the next twenty years, nearly a million enter the United States, seeking work.
  7. A literacy test for incoming immigrants finally becomes law
  8. applies to the period of time during the 1630's when Massachusetts's population sky rocketed with the migration of approximately 21,000 immigrants to New EnglandEraofRegulation beginning the long history of immigrant pioneers in the fertile field of the mass culture in the United States.
  9. brings immigration to a complete halt as hostilities prevent transport across the ocean.

16 Clues: interrupts mass immigration to the United States • A literacy test for incoming immigrants finally becomes law • many Americans panic, believing that the nation is threatened by a communist menace. • Significant Chinese migration to the United States begins to ares such as San Francisco • ...

Impacts of the Civil War 2020-12-16

Impacts of the Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A campaign made by the North's General Sherman in order to capture Atlanta.
  2. A blockade made by the Union to stop the southern states from trading with foreign countries.
  3. One of the reasons for the Civil War. To leave.
  4. This battle's objective was to capture the city of Chattanooga. Known as the 2nd bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
  5. Invetion that help for communication using morse code.
  6. Means for transportation back then.
  7. One of the reasons for the Civil War. To own another human.
  8. One of the three reasons for the Civil War. States have the right to control their own state.
  9. General of the confederacy. Led the Battle of Gettysburg.
  10. president at the time of the civil war and issued the emancipation proclamation.
  11. A plan made by the Union to hurt the south.
Down
  1. The development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale.
  2. Major crop grown in the south.
  3. The battle that ultimately lost the war for the confederacy. Lasted July 1 - July 3, 1863.
  4. General Sherman marched from Atlanta to Savannah and destroy anything believed would give the confederacy an advantage against them.
  5. Prison that housed thousands of Northern soldiers and was notorious for mistreating prisoners and being overcrowded.
  6. An ultimatum made by President Lincoln towards the "rebellious" states.
  7. Southern a fort demolished via cannon by the Union. It located on Tybee Island.
  8. General of Union Army, led a march to siege Savannah.
  9. The succeeding states' nation army.
  10. The northern states' army.

21 Clues: The northern states' army. • Major crop grown in the south. • Means for transportation back then. • The succeeding states' nation army. • A plan made by the Union to hurt the south. • One of the reasons for the Civil War. To leave. • General of Union Army, led a march to siege Savannah. • Invetion that help for communication using morse code. • ...

Second Semester Texas History Crossword Puzzle 2021-05-18

Second Semester Texas History Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This was transported to northern markets along cattle trails.
  2. These helped on cattle drives/ trails and had a very difficult job.
  3. Major cash crop in Texas
  4. The US _______ War led to the US acquiring the Mexican Cession
  5. One of the two major political parties in the United States that favors less government involvement and spending.
  6. Another name for North during the Civil War
  7. Equal rights organization for African Americans that was established during the Civil Rights Era.
  8. During the Civil War, Texas sided with the _______ states of America.
  9. Also called The Great War.
  10. _________ was the era after the Civil War where southern states were readmitted to the Union.
  11. Country that existed from 1836-1845.
  12. Oil was discovered here in 1901.
Down
  1. Equal rights organization for Hispanic Americans that was established during the Civil Rights Era.
  2. President of Texas who established the Texas Navy
  3. First president of Texas.
  4. Established the Texas Railroad Commission
  5. The ______ of Texas was a major cause of the US Mexican War.
  6. The ____________was a conflict between the Northern and Southern States in the US.
  7. One of the two major political parties in the United States that favors more government involvement and spending.
  8. The ________ of 1850 finalized the borders of Texas.
  9. Major conflict between the Allied and Axis powers.
  10. Transported cattle and were helped regulated by James Hogg.
  11. Major industry in Texas that experiences a boom and bust cycle.
  12. Leader of Germany during World War II.
  13. Immigrant group to Texas that experienced discrimination during the World Wars.

25 Clues: Major cash crop in Texas • First president of Texas. • Also called The Great War. • Oil was discovered here in 1901. • Country that existed from 1836-1845. • Leader of Germany during World War II. • Established the Texas Railroad Commission • Another name for North during the Civil War • President of Texas who established the Texas Navy • ...

Vocab 5 2022-02-10

Vocab 5 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. formally cooperating with another for a military or other purpose
  2. States that the United States would intervene as a last resort to ensure that other nations in the Western Hemisphere fulfilled their obligations to international creditors
  3. It stated that North and South America were no longer open to colonization
  4. Policy of carefully mediated negotiation
  5. identification with one's own nation and support for its interests
  6. A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
  7. secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office
  8. British ocean liner that was sunk
  9. naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States
  10. exaggerated journalism which usually made no sense
Down
  1. The belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability
  2. An American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States
  3. Not helping or supporting either side in a conflict
  4. artificial 82 km waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean
  5. A proposal made by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, outlining his vision for ending World War 1
  6. Sunk Battleship in Havana Harbor
  7. An African-American infantry unit in WW1
  8. an international organization for peace at the end of ww1
  9. a country that has significant influence in international affairs.
  10. General objectives that guide the activities and relationships of one state in its interactions with other states
  11. One of the two main coalitions that fought World War I
  12. A union or association formed for mutual benefit

22 Clues: Sunk Battleship in Havana Harbor • British ocean liner that was sunk • Policy of carefully mediated negotiation • An African-American infantry unit in WW1 • A union or association formed for mutual benefit • exaggerated journalism which usually made no sense • Not helping or supporting either side in a conflict • One of the two main coalitions that fought World War I • ...

Ch. 18: Reconstruction 2021-05-04

Ch. 18: Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A system in which one person owned another person.
  2. To approve a law by voting for it.
  3. The number of people in a place such as a city, state, or country.
  4. A person who rented land from a plantation owner and gave some of the crops to the owner as rent.
  5. The rebuilding of the South after the Civil War.
  6. A very large farm where only one crop is grown.
  7. What were the southern states called during the Civil War?
  8. After the Civil War the slaves were __________.
  9. To go through hard times and come out alive.
  10. What were the northern states called during the Civil War?
  11. Under __________, black children had to go to different schools from the ones that white children went to.
  12. A person who does brave things and is admired by other people.
Down
  1. Unfairness.
  2. To pick or gather crops.
  3. To abolish, or do a way with, a law.
  4. There were four ________ in the presidential election of 1860.
  5. To pay money in order to live in a house or use land or property owned by someone else.
  6. A tax on goods made in other countries and then sold in the United States.
  7. Not the same (in size or treatment, for example).
  8. This amendment ended slavery in the United States.
  9. Having little or no money.
  10. To join together.
  11. The 14th Amendment said that all Americans, black or white, had the same _______.
  12. When Lincoln was elected president, eleven southern states decided to __________.

24 Clues: Unfairness. • To join together. • To pick or gather crops. • Having little or no money. • To approve a law by voting for it. • To abolish, or do a way with, a law. • To go through hard times and come out alive. • A very large farm where only one crop is grown. • After the Civil War the slaves were __________. • The rebuilding of the South after the Civil War. • ...

Ch. 3 What is Your watershed Address 2019-11-12

Ch. 3 What is Your watershed Address crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the 11th-longest river in the United States at 1,280 miles.
  2. the 18th longest river in the United States and the longest river with both its source and its mouth within Texas.
  3. River that runs from Lake Houston in Harris County, Texas, to Galveston Bay.
  4. the process of settling or being deposited as a sediment.
  5. stream or river that has continuous flow in parts of its stream bed all year round during years of normal rainfall.
  6. Forms the border between Texas and neighboring states to the North.
  7. single identifiable source of air, water, thermal, noise or light pollution.
  8. lasting for a very short time.
  9. an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas.
  10. a power plant cooling reservoir in Brazos County.
Down
  1. the area of land drained by a river and its branches.
  2. occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady.
  3. one of the principal rivers in the southwest United States and northern Mexico.
  4. the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.
  5. This is the high ground where precipitation first collects or it can be a spring from which a stream originates.
  6. begins in Van Zandt County west of Rhine Lake and flows for 416 miles through east Texas to its mouth on Sabine Lake near the Rainbow Bridge.
  7. a river in east Texas, United States. It is about 125 miles long.
  8. the upper tributaries of a river.
  9. pollution resulting from many diffuse sources.
  10. a stream that flows to a larger stream or other body of water.

20 Clues: lasting for a very short time. • the upper tributaries of a river. • pollution resulting from many diffuse sources. • a power plant cooling reservoir in Brazos County. • the area of land drained by a river and its branches. • the process of settling or being deposited as a sediment. • the 11th-longest river in the United States at 1,280 miles. • ...

unit 2 2023-08-29

unit 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. limited power to king
  2. Showed the weakness of the Articles; armed rebellion regarding taxes.
  3. Division of power among different levels of government
  4. The first democratically elected legislative body in the U.S
  5. States slaves were to be counted as ⅗ of a person
  6. War between Britain and France over territory in the Ohio River Valley
  7. Each branch has their individual roles and responsibilities
  8. Met between May and September of 1787 to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation.
  9. Established direct democracy, first form of self government in the U.S
  10. Government that only has those powers delegated to it by law, often through a written constitution.
  11. Rule by the people, consent of the governed
  12. Where we got some of our BOR from, gave us the idea of representative government
  13. Supported the constitution as is; no need for additional protections
  14. The nation’s first constitution; it failed due to giving the states too much power.
Down
  1. Ensures one branch does not become too powerful.
  2. Avoid tyranny; the majority can't be allowed to dictate or violate the rights of the minorities.
  3. A compromise that stated the HOR= based off population and Senate= equal in proportion.
  4. States no one is above the law
  5. People directly vote for what they want
  6. Written in 1776, declared us independent of GB.
  7. The supreme law of the United States of America.
  8. The governing body that declared us independent of GB.
  9. Wanted additional protections for people and states.
  10. The power of the judicial branch to declare laws unconstitutional.

24 Clues: limited power to king • States no one is above the law • People directly vote for what they want • Rule by the people, consent of the governed • Written in 1776, declared us independent of GB. • Ensures one branch does not become too powerful. • The supreme law of the United States of America. • States slaves were to be counted as ⅗ of a person • ...

World War 2 Crossword by Brady Meade 2025-01-31

World War 2 Crossword by Brady Meade crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what was the last name of the British prime minister before Churchill
  2. which city did the United States drop their second bomb in
  3. a submarine used by the Germans during World War ll
  4. where did Hitler invade which is known as the start of World War ll
  5. what was the name of the German city where the last major battle took place
  6. what was the name of the treaty that ended ww1 that set the stage for World War 2
  7. what was the United States project to creat the atomic bomb
  8. which city did the United States drop their first atomic bomb in
  9. the leader responseable for 6 million deaths of Jews alone
  10. the mass murdering of the Jews during World War ll
  11. Who was the commander of the Allied forces in europe
  12. what was the name of Germany's secret police
Down
  1. a leader responsable for more deaths then Hitler and the leader of the soviet union
  2. what was the italian dictators last name
  3. Known as the night of the broken glass with 90 deaths and 30,000 jews arrested.
  4. antisemetic laws made by Hitler prohibiting Jews from doing things like Marrying Germanys
  5. who was the president when for the United Sates when they dropped the atomic bombs
  6. the event that brought the United States into war
  7. the most sophisticated, propeller to fly during World War ll
  8. what was the name of the battle that marked the turning point in the Pacific
  9. who was the president of the UNited States for the majority of World War 2

21 Clues: what was the italian dictators last name • what was the name of Germany's secret police • the event that brought the United States into war • the mass murdering of the Jews during World War ll • a submarine used by the Germans during World War ll • Who was the commander of the Allied forces in europe • which city did the United States drop their second bomb in • ...

Cival war crossward puzzle 2021-02-18

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

12 Clues: A writer and former slave • 1st battle of the civilwar • Inventor of the Cotton Gin • 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 • President of the Confederate states of America • ...

Cival war crossward puzzle 2021-02-18

Cival war crossward puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  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
Down
  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 • ...

President's Day 2025-10-22

President's Day crossword puzzle
Across
  1. freed the slaves in the Confederate States
  2. the first president of the United States.
  3. month Presidents’ Day is celebrated
  4. honesty, integrity, and service are all qualities of this
  5. In 1971, the American government moved some holidays to this day
  6. Linconln's birthday
  7. Leaders of the United States Executive Branch
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  1. Another word for declaration
  2. 16th president during the Civil War
  3. War that George Washington helped win
  4. 1863-1865 time when the United States was divided.
  5. February 22 is George Washington's

12 Clues: Linconln's birthday • Another word for declaration • February 22 is George Washington's • 16th president during the Civil War • month Presidents’ Day is celebrated • War that George Washington helped win • the first president of the United States. • freed the slaves in the Confederate States • Leaders of the United States Executive Branch • ...

Reconstruction Crossword 2023-04-21

Reconstruction Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. First african american senator
  2. Laws made to restrict the rights of african americans
  3. government group made to distribute necessary supplies to any displaced southerners, including now freed african americans
  4. To formally charge a president with misconduct while in office
  5. 17th president of the united states
  6. A white southerner who supported the northern republicans during reconstruction
  7. This states that; "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. This states that; "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States"
  2. A legal arrangement in which a land owner of a farm would split up some of their property to give to tenants, who would harvest the crop on their land and give the land owner a share of the crop.
  3. Northerners who moved the south after the civil war
  4. A group of politicians who formed a faction within the republican party, led by Thaddeus Stevens
  5. Rebuilding period after the civil war
  6. Set conditions for states that desired to re-enter the union

13 Clues: First african american senator • 17th president of the united states • Rebuilding period after the civil war • Northerners who moved the south after the civil war • Laws made to restrict the rights of african americans • Set conditions for states that desired to re-enter the union • To formally charge a president with misconduct while in office • ...

civil war crossword 2021-11-20

civil war crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. widely held cultural belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers were destined to expand across North America.
  2. American author and abolitionist.
  3. package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states
  4. Law was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern interests in slavery and Northern Free-Soilers.
  5. enslaved African-American man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom
  6. 11th president of the usa
  7. widely held cultural belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers were destined to expand across North America.
  8. territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
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  1. was a United States federal legislation that stopped northern attempts to forever prohibit slavery's expansion by admitting Missouri as a slave state
  2. American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
  3. In the Treaty, Mexico agreed to surrender all claims to Texas and accept the Rio Grande as the boundary of that state.
  4. loyalty to ones own region or section of the country rather than to the country as a whole.
  5. mini civil war between pro- and anti-slavery forces that occurred in Kansas from 1856 to 1865.
  6. 16th president of the united states

14 Clues: 11th president of the usa • American author and abolitionist. • 16th president of the united states • territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. • enslaved African-American man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom • loyalty to ones own region or section of the country rather than to the country as a whole. • ...

Principles of Training- By Laney :) 2024-08-14

Principles of Training- By Laney :) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. States the magnitude of exertion should be appropriate for the selected physical activity
  2. Impacts an athletes ability to complete certain training activities
  3. The key factors in the design of an appropriate training program
  4. States that training should be planned to ensure gradual increases in training load to ensure that physiological adaptation is appropriate for selected sport
  5. States the length of training time should be appropriate for the selected sport
  6. Will impact an individuals ability to complete certain training activities
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  1. Will impact an athletes ability to complete certain training activities
  2. States a range of different training activities, movement options and training contexts should be included in a training program
  3. States the personal needs, goals, fitness levels, motivation and skills of individual athletes should be considered when creating a training program
  4. An increase in work volume and/or intensity of work, placing the athletes body under stress
  5. States the type of exercise used in training should be relevant to energy systems and fitness requirements for physical activity
  6. States the number of times training occurs in a given period should be appropriate for selected sport
  7. Should be considered when creating a training program as this may affect when an athlete can train and types of training they can partake in

13 Clues: The key factors in the design of an appropriate training program • Impacts an athletes ability to complete certain training activities • Will impact an athletes ability to complete certain training activities • Will impact an individuals ability to complete certain training activities • ...

Reconstruction Vocab 2024-05-13

Reconstruction Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This was the action of putting someone apart from others
  2. Rules that were specifically for one group of people
  3. A tax that was given to people when they voted
  4. This plan was the Reconstruction Act of 1867, it divided the old confederate states into five military districts. This plan also wrote the 14th and 15th amendment
  5. This plan states that 10 percent of confederates states have to swear to oath to the union and work to create new state constitutions
  6. A period of time where the US tried to include African americans in social, political and labor systems
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  1. A test that was given to people to see how good they are at reading and writing
  2. This amendment states that no state should take away the freedoms or privilege's of a person
  3. This amendment allowed African American men to vote
  4. Army forces that were assigned to protect a certain area
  5. This amendment states that slavery should be banned in the united states unless it is a punishment
  6. These were laws that restricted African Americans rights
  7. This plan states that if 10 percent of voters from a state took a pledge to promise to the US, abide by emancipation and agree to the 13th amendment, then they could pick new state constitutions

13 Clues: A tax that was given to people when they voted • This amendment allowed African American men to vote • Rules that were specifically for one group of people • Army forces that were assigned to protect a certain area • This was the action of putting someone apart from others • These were laws that restricted African Americans rights • ...

Civil War 2022-04-01

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. president of the Union
  2. do away with something
  3. Battle ended the civil war
  4. when you are forced to come into the military at a specific age
  5. first battle of the civil war
  6. General of the confederate army
  7. Freedom of the states to make their own rules
  8. A tax on imported or exported goods
  9. The north, all free states
  10. president of the Confederacy
  11. putting loyalty to one section of the area you are in
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  1. The period of rebuilding after the Civil war
  2. Kept free and slave states balanced
  3. No exporting or transporting things in or out
  4. someone running or in hiding from something
  5. A slave state that is still apart of the Union
  6. Someone fighting against slavery
  7. Freedom from slavery
  8. To separate
  9. General of the Union army

20 Clues: To separate • Freedom from slavery • president of the Union • do away with something • General of the Union army • Battle ended the civil war • The north, all free states • president of the Confederacy • first battle of the civil war • General of the confederate army • Someone fighting against slavery • Kept free and slave states balanced • A tax on imported or exported goods • ...

Unit 5 vocab 2023-12-04

Unit 5 vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. wanting a strong central government
  2. agreed on
  3. passes laws
  4. enforces laws
  5. voting for people to represent us
  6. equal representation
  7. the power to govern yourself
  8. the first U.S. constitution it was weak
  9. judges laws
  10. compromise for every 5 slaves 3 votes count
  11. no one branch would become too powerful
  12. porpotional representation where larger states have more votes
  13. rule book for what the government can and can’t do
Down
  1. want a weak central government
  2. each state should have one vote
  3. larger states should get more votes
  4. changes on the constitution
  5. the first ten amendments
  6. Representatives from each state that meet in Philadelphia
  7. a loose friendship of states
  8. make sure that one branch is not two powerful
  9. both groups pass laws
  10. a ruler with total power

23 Clues: agreed on • passes laws • judges laws • enforces laws • equal representation • both groups pass laws • the first ten amendments • a ruler with total power • changes on the constitution • a loose friendship of states • the power to govern yourself • want a weak central government • each state should have one vote • voting for people to represent us • wanting a strong central government • ...

Civil War Crossword 2024-05-15

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. States like Maryland and Kentucky, slave states that remained in the Union during the Civil War
  2. Technological innovation in naval warfare.
  3. Abolitionist's failed rebellion, attempted slave uprising at Harpers Ferry.
  4. Law enforcing the return of escaped slaves to their owners.
  5. Volunteer soldiers, often called upon during times of war.
  6. Pennsylvania battlefield.
  7. Naval tactic to cut off Southern ports.
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  1. Lincoln's proclamation to end slavery.
  2. Lincoln's speech at a cemetery.
  3. Union's military strategy.
  4. Where soldiers fought.
  5. Northern Democrats who opposed the Civil War, anti-war faction.
  6. Southern states' action before the Civil War.
  7. Courthouse where the Civil War ended.
  8. Maryland battle, bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War.
  9. Opposing side to the Union.
  10. South Carolina fort.
  11. Opposite of Confederate.
  12. Virginia battle, the first major battle of the Civil War.
  13. Opponent of slavery.

20 Clues: South Carolina fort. • Opponent of slavery. • Where soldiers fought. • Opposite of Confederate. • Pennsylvania battlefield. • Union's military strategy. • Opposing side to the Union. • Lincoln's speech at a cemetery. • Courthouse where the Civil War ended. • Lincoln's proclamation to end slavery. • Naval tactic to cut off Southern ports. • ...

Unit #5 Physical + Chemical Changes 2024-03-12

Unit #5 Physical + Chemical Changes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a gas law that states when volume increases pressure decreases
  2. a change in appearance
  3. liquid to gas (fast)
  4. a change at a molucular level
  5. liquid to gas (with bubbles)
  6. solid to gas
  7. solid to liquid
  8. liquid to gas (slowly)
  9. liquid to solid
  10. gas to solid
  11. a gas law that states when temperature increases pressure increases
  12. opposite of strong
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  1. total energy of all molecules
  2. group of bonded atoms
  3. bonds between molecules
  4. a state of matter that can be compressed
  5. a state of matter that flows
  6. transfer of energy
  7. energy of motion
  8. gas to liquid
  9. a state of matter that has a fixed volume
  10. changing from one state of matter to another
  11. a gas law that states when temperature increases volume increases
  12. average thermal energy of molecules

24 Clues: solid to gas • gas to solid • gas to liquid • solid to liquid • liquid to solid • energy of motion • transfer of energy • opposite of strong • liquid to gas (fast) • group of bonded atoms • a change in appearance • liquid to gas (slowly) • bonds between molecules • a state of matter that flows • liquid to gas (with bubbles) • total energy of all molecules • a change at a molucular level • ...

Current Event crossword puzzle 2026-01-07

Current Event crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Capital of Ukraine
  2. The major world superpower in Asia
  3. Capital of Russia
  4. The red party of the United States
  5. Fixing problems through peace talk
  6. The region where Hamas and Israel are fighting
  7. Another word for dictator
  8. Taking over a country
  9. Act of violence against people
  10. Military Force fighting Israel
  11. President of Russia
  12. The country fighting Russia
  13. Supplies for country
  14. President of Venezuela
Down
  1. Stopping war temporarily
  2. Blue party in the United States
  3. The authority to rule in a country
  4. Economic system where ownership is owned privately
  5. Political ideology that promotes government control
  6. Natural resource
  7. Economic Punishment
  8. Blocking a country with ships
  9. Organization of countries for global defense
  10. The country who is at war with Gaza
  11. The country who invaded Ukraine
  12. President of United States

26 Clues: Natural resource • Capital of Russia • Capital of Ukraine • Economic Punishment • President of Russia • Supplies for country • Taking over a country • President of Venezuela • Stopping war temporarily • Another word for dictator • President of United States • The country fighting Russia • Blocking a country with ships • Act of violence against people • Military Force fighting Israel • ...

Civil War Crossword 2018-12-18

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Southern plan to use cotton production to get Britain to ally with them during the war.
  2. General Lee surrendered to General Grant here, ending the Civil War.
  3. An overwhelming force that seems to crush everything in its path.
  4. Destroying both civilian and military resources.
  5. Vice-President of the Confederate States of America.
  6. Destroy southern economy by naval blockade and control Mississippi River
  7. To enroll in the army.
  8. Be offensive and destroy Washington.
  9. Best commanding general of the Union army.
  10. 1862 bill encouraging Western migration by offering free land if five years of residence happened before receiving ownership of the land.
  11. The man who made the Anaconda war strategy.
  12. General of the Confederate army.
  13. The first shots of the civil war which made Lincoln ask for 75000 volunteers.
Down
  1. Constitutional protection against going to jail without evidence or trial.
  2. Term used to describe the United States before the outbreak of the Civil War.
  3. Term used when the people of a territory is able to decide for themselves if slavery should be allowed in their territory when it becomes a state.
  4. Bullet used during the Civil War to inflict more damage.
  5. Confederate charge during Gettysburg against the Union that was basically a suicide mission.
  6. An Escaped slave.
  7. 3-5% tax to pay for the costs of the war.
  8. Creator of the Red Cross.
  9. The actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  10. President of the Confederate States of America.
  11. President of the Union (United States)
  12. slave states that did not secede

25 Clues: An Escaped slave. • To enroll in the army. • Creator of the Red Cross. • slave states that did not secede • General of the Confederate army. • Be offensive and destroy Washington. • President of the Union (United States) • 3-5% tax to pay for the costs of the war. • The actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln • Best commanding general of the Union army. • ...

George Washington's Presidency 2014-03-13

George Washington's Presidency crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Head of the Supreme Court is called the _________ Justice.
  2. Alexander Hamilton wanted to create a national _________.
  3. This Act, passed in 1789, created the Federal Court System.
  4. Native American tribes joined together and formed the Western __________.
  5. Pinckney's Treaty gave the US free navigation of this major river.
  6. Act or decision that sets an example for others to follow.
  7. Debt owed to private citizens and American businesses.
  8. The farmers of western Pennsylvania were angry about a government tax on __________.
  9. Blue Jacket was defeated at this battle by Major General Anthony Wayne. (no space)
  10. Tax on a good brought into the country.
  11. The __________ General serves as the chief lawyer of the United States.
  12. Hamilton wanted to pay off all of the __________ debts along with the National debt.
Down
  1. The Secretary of War advises the President on __________ affairs.
  2. The Secretary of state advises the President on _________ affairs.
  3. Thomas Jefferson believed the National Bank was __________.
  4. A settlement in which each side gives up some of its demands to reach an agreement.
  5. Southern states would support Hamilton's plan if Northern States supported a plan to locate the nations __________ in the south.
  6. Pinckney's Treaty was made between the US and __________.
  7. Another word for money.
  8. Cabinet members give the President __________.
  9. The biggest economic problem faced by the United States is the __________ debt.
  10. The Secretary of the __________ enforces tax laws.
  11. 1st President of the United States. (last name)
  12. Pinckney's treaty allowed the US to trade through this port. (No space)
  13. The US signed Jay's treaty with what country?

25 Clues: Another word for money. • Tax on a good brought into the country. • The US signed Jay's treaty with what country? • Cabinet members give the President __________. • 1st President of the United States. (last name) • The Secretary of the __________ enforces tax laws. • Debt owed to private citizens and American businesses. • ...

George Washington's Presidency 2014-03-13

George Washington's Presidency crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Secretary of War advises the President on __________ affairs.
  2. This Act, passed in 1789, created the Federal Court System.
  3. The Secretary of the __________ enforces tax laws.
  4. Thomas Jefferson believed the National Bank was __________.
  5. Hamilton wanted to pay off all of the __________ debts along with the National debt.
  6. Head of the Supreme Court is called the _________ Justice.
  7. Pinckney's treaty allowed the US to trade through this port. (No space)
  8. Act or decision that sets an example for others to follow.
  9. Cabinet members give the President __________.
  10. 1st President of the United States. (last name)
  11. Pinckney's Treaty was made between the US and __________.
  12. Debt owed to private citizens and American businesses.
Down
  1. The biggest economic problem faced by the United States is the __________ debt.
  2. Pinckney's Treaty gave the US free navigation of this major river.
  3. The Secretary of state advises the President on _________ affairs.
  4. Southern states would support Hamilton's plan if Northern States supported a plan to locate the nations __________ in the south.
  5. The __________ General serves as the chief lawyer of the United States.
  6. Another word for money.
  7. Blue Jacket was defeated at this battle by Major General Anthony Wayne. (no space)
  8. Native American tribes joined together and formed the Western __________.
  9. Tax on a good brought into the country.
  10. The US signed Jay's treaty with what country?
  11. The farmers of western Pennsylvania were angry about a government tax on __________.
  12. A settlement in which each side gives up some of its demands to reach an agreement.
  13. Alexander Hamilton wanted to create a national _________.

25 Clues: Another word for money. • Tax on a good brought into the country. • The US signed Jay's treaty with what country? • Cabinet members give the President __________. • 1st President of the United States. (last name) • The Secretary of the __________ enforces tax laws. • Debt owed to private citizens and American businesses. • ...

Civil War Crossword 2023-02-22

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The idea that the South had the authority to nullify tariffs placed on goods.
  2. The south had to fight a _________ war to win.
  3. Who won the election of 1860?
  4. Mainly the northern states, fighting to keep the Union together and to make slavery illegal.
  5. Strategy used by the Union to try and take over the South; take control of mississippi river and split the South in two.
  6. Abraham Lincoln said that he would stop the ______ of slavery.
  7. The speach preformed by Abraham Lincoln stating that in order to end the war, slavery must be abolished.
  8. Used to blockade and stop union ships from entering or leaving.
  9. A person who flees or tries to escape.
  10. The __________ __________ states that all slaves would be free as of January 1, 1863.
  11. The man who created a march that burned and demolished many southern towns and cities.
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  1. The compromise that banned slavery north of the 36° 30' line.
  2. When starting the war the Union already had an ____ and a ____.
  3. The act that allowed Kansas and Nebraska to choose if they wanted to be a free or slave state.
  4. The decision to consider slaves as "property" and they would not be free, even in states that didn't allow slavery.
  5. Most people died because of ________ during the Civil War.
  6. The bloodiest battle in American history.
  7. To formally break away in a political state.
  8. Mainly the southern states, fighting for the right to keep slavery legal.
  9. The states that allowed slavery but refused to leave the Union.

20 Clues: Who won the election of 1860? • A person who flees or tries to escape. • The bloodiest battle in American history. • To formally break away in a political state. • The south had to fight a _________ war to win. • Most people died because of ________ during the Civil War. • The compromise that banned slavery north of the 36° 30' line. • ...

Crossword For Paris Peace Conference 2017-03-13

Crossword For Paris Peace Conference crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The country whose response forced the Conference to modify the terms of Treaty
  2. The kind of person who is practical(like Lloyd George)
  3. one of the new states established because of the broken-up of Austria-Hungary(starts with a C)
  4. One of the states that became independent because of the Treaty of Versailles(starts with Li)
  5. One of the states that became independent because of the Treaty of Versailles(starts with an E)
  6. most obstinate one of the Big Three, who wanted us to suffer harshly!
  7. Where the archduke of Austria-Hungaria was assassinated
  8. It was 6600 million pounds for us! How could we pay such a bill!
  9. The country which gained land from Hungary
  10. What did we lose overseas?
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  1. The country Treaty of Neuilly dealt with
  2. An ancient country which gained land from Bulgaria
  3. One of the states that became independent because of the Treaty of Versailles(starts with La)
  4. The country that once had a genocide
  5. one of the new states established because of the broken-up of Austria-Hungary(starts with a Y)
  6. The organization considering itself as an international police force, which did not involve us!
  7. Compulsory enrollment of persons
  8. It became demilitarized because of the Treaty of Versailles
  9. The kind of person who makes decision depending on his ideals(like the president of the US)
  10. The country that Treaty of Trianon dealt with
  11. The country that Treaty of St. Germain dealt with
  12. Land taken from this country was returned because of Treaty of Versailles

22 Clues: What did we lose overseas? • Compulsory enrollment of persons • The country that once had a genocide • The country Treaty of Neuilly dealt with • The country which gained land from Hungary • The country that Treaty of Trianon dealt with • The country that Treaty of St. Germain dealt with • An ancient country which gained land from Bulgaria • ...

chapter 2 History 2021-09-30

chapter 2 History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. groups of workers who press for better working conditions and member benefits
  2. most famous conductor
  3. taking their states out of the Union
  4. a decree freeing all enslaved persons in states
  5. withdraw, from the Union
  6. moderation in the consumption of alcohol
  7. jackson’s decision formed a new political party
  8. began following his troops seeking food and shelter
  9. the Confederate States of America
  10. the first 10 amendments to the Constitution
  11. On the journey, known to the Cherokee as the the
  12. was the idea that the nation was meant to spread to the Pacific
  13. the wearing down of one side by the other through exhaustion of soldiers and resources
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  1. one of the best senior officers in the United States Army
  2. banning slavery in the United States
  3. a Missouri slave who had been taken north to work in free territory for several years
  4. A key to many African Americans’ escape from the South was the
  5. the practice of appointing people to government jobs based on party loyalty and support
  6. became one of the best-known orations in American history
  7. clear sign from the voters, to end slavery permanently by amending the Constitution
  8. utting off its food and supplies and bombarding the city until its defenders gave up
  9. powers not explicitly listed in the Constitution but necessary for the government to do its job
  10. system to select presidential candidates
  11. who had escaped from slavery in Maryland
  12. the individuals who would head Thomas Jefferson and others favored less government interference in the economy

25 Clues: most famous conductor • withdraw, from the Union • the Confederate States of America • banning slavery in the United States • taking their states out of the Union • system to select presidential candidates • who had escaped from slavery in Maryland • moderation in the consumption of alcohol • the first 10 amendments to the Constitution • ...

Ch. 3 What is Your watershed Address 2019-11-12

Ch. 3 What is Your watershed Address crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the area of land drained by a river and its branches.
  2. lasting for a very short time.
  3. pollution resulting from many diffuse sources.
  4. the 11th-longest river in the United States at 1,280 miles.
  5. one of the principal rivers in the southwest United States and northern Mexico.
  6. This is the high ground where precipitation first collects or it can be a spring from which a stream originates.
  7. a stream that flows to a larger stream or other body of water.
  8. single identifiable source of air, water, thermal, noise or light pollution.
  9. the 18th longest river in the United States and the longest river with both its source and its mouth within Texas.
  10. Forms the border between Texas and neighboring states to the North.
Down
  1. the process of settling or being deposited as a sediment.
  2. River that runs from Lake Houston in Harris County, Texas, to Galveston Bay.
  3. the upper tributaries of a river.
  4. begins in Van Zandt County west of Rhine Lake and flows for 416 miles through east Texas to its mouth on Sabine Lake near the Rainbow Bridge.
  5. stream or river that has continuous flow in parts of its stream bed all year round during years of normal rainfall.
  6. occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady.
  7. a power plant cooling reservoir in Brazos County.
  8. a river in east Texas, United States. It is about 125 miles long.
  9. an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas.
  10. the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.

20 Clues: lasting for a very short time. • the upper tributaries of a river. • pollution resulting from many diffuse sources. • a power plant cooling reservoir in Brazos County. • the area of land drained by a river and its branches. • the process of settling or being deposited as a sediment. • occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady. • ...

KINE P215 Assignment 3 2024-04-02

KINE P215 Assignment 3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A set of attributes or characteristics that people have or achieve that relates to the ability to perform physical activity.
  2. A type of stretching when the muscle is slowly and gently stretched and then held in the stretched position.
  3. A self-rated scale to rate exercise intensity.
  4. This resistance training adaptation primarily occurs at 85% or more of 1 rep max.
  5. A type of stretching that uses reflexes initiated by both muscle and joint nerves to achieve greater training effects​.
  6. This principle states, "in order to see improvements, the stimulus must be increased over time."
  7. The one foot stand test is an example of a _____ test.
  8. This principle states, "everybody is different and responds differently to the same training."
  9. Instrument used to measure an angle at a joint​.
  10. The _____ model describes behavior change across 5 stages.
  11. A type of exercise involving motor skills, proprioceptive exercise training and multifaceted activities to improve physical function.
Down
  1. _____ interviewing is a client-centered approach for facilitating behavior change.
  2. This principle states, "training effects are specific to exercise being performed."
  3. The time required to initiate a response to a given stimulus.
  4. The functional capacity of the joints to move through a full range of motion.
  5. one’s belief in their ability to execute behavior.
  6. The _____ theory states, an individual will be more likely to engage in a behavior if it satisfies their basic psychological needs.
  7. This principle states, "if you don’t use it, you lose it."
  8. The vertical jump test measures _____.
  9. The 6-12 rep range (strength training) primarily targets this training adaptation.

20 Clues: The vertical jump test measures _____. • A self-rated scale to rate exercise intensity. • Instrument used to measure an angle at a joint​. • one’s belief in their ability to execute behavior. • The one foot stand test is an example of a _____ test. • This principle states, "if you don’t use it, you lose it." • ...

1.7 - Comparing State Formation in Era 1 2025-09-15

1.7 - Comparing State Formation in Era 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – Persistence of long-standing practices, such as patriarchy or religious authority in governance.
  2. – Pastoral peoples like the Mongols whose conquests reshaped political structures.
  3. – Administrative system that centralized states used to govern large territories.
  4. – Rise of political units in regions once controlled by earlier empires, like the Delhi Sultanate.
  5. – Reestablishment of earlier political traditions, such as the Byzantine Empire’s continuity with Rome.
  6. – Growth of states into larger territories or influence, often through conquest or trade.
  7. – Form of political authority where power is concentrated under one ruler or government.
  8. – Male-dominated authority system that persisted in political and social structures.
  9. – Organized political structure with authority over a defined territory.
  10. – Islamic form of state leadership that continued under successors to Muhammad.
  11. – Economic activity that supported state wealth and growth, especially along the Silk Roads or Indian Ocean.
  12. – Breakup of larger states into smaller competing polities, as in post-classical Europe.
Down
  1. – Blending of cultural or religious practices in governance, like Neo-Confucianism.
  2. – Political power based on sea trade networks, such as Srivijaya or Venice.
  3. – Process of weakening or collapse experienced by empires such as the Abbasids or Byzantines.
  4. – Diplomatic arrangement where surrounding states recognized Chinese authority in exchange for trade benefits.
  5. – Source of political legitimacy, as seen with Christian monarchs or Muslim rulers.
  6. – Political system with power distributed among local rulers, such as in feudal Europe.
  7. – New political or military practices that helped rulers strengthen their states.
  8. – Independent political unit, common in places like the Swahili Coast or Italian peninsula.

20 Clues: – Organized political structure with authority over a defined territory. • – Political power based on sea trade networks, such as Srivijaya or Venice. • – Islamic form of state leadership that continued under successors to Muhammad. • – Administrative system that centralized states used to govern large territories. • ...

Load up to the civil war 2025-10-20

Load up to the civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the movement to end slavery
  2. system where enslaved people are treated as personal property
  3. a law that created the Kansas and Nebraska territories
  4. a simple machine that separates seeds from cotton fiber,
  5. an American statesman and a key figure in creating compromises
  6. the theory that a state has the right to declare a federal law unconstitutional
  7. a series of laws passed in the United States to settle disputes over slavery between free and slave states
  8. A war in the United States from 1861 to 1865 between the Union and the Confederacy, fought over the issue of slavery and states' rights.
  9. an escaped slave, abolitionist, and reformer who became a powerful voice against slavery
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  1. a secret network of abolitionists, both Black and white, who helped enslaved people escape to freedom
  2. a conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848
  3. a series of laws that required the return of escaped slaves
  4. a period of violent conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers in the Kansas Territory
  5. the idea that the government's authority comes from its people
  6. 1857 Supreme Court ruling that denied citizenship to Black people
  7. a radical abolitionist who believed in using violence to end slavery
  8. the act of being freed from another's control or authority
  9. the formal act of a state withdrawing from a larger political union
  10. the belief that the Southern economy and political power were so dependent on cotton
  11. admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state

20 Clues: the movement to end slavery • a law that created the Kansas and Nebraska territories • a simple machine that separates seeds from cotton fiber, • the act of being freed from another's control or authority • a series of laws that required the return of escaped slaves • admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state • ...

Roaring 20s Vocabulary 2017-05-02

Roaring 20s Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production
  2. A particular market where stocks and bonds are traded; stock exchange.
  3. Italian-born American anarchists who were convicted of murdering a guard and a paymaster
  4. A bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1921 to 1922,
  5. Borrowing money from a broker to purchase stock.
  6. Gangster who terrorized Chicago during prohibition until arrested for tax evasion
  7. A generation of young Western women in the 1920s who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior.
  8. 29th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1921, until his death in 1923
  9. A person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power.
  10. The 30th President of the United States
  11. The movement of 6 million African-Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occurred between 1916 and 1970.
  12. Tennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution;
  13. High school teacher John Thomas Scopes was charged with violating Tennessee's law against teaching evolution instead of the divine creation of man.
  14. An illicit liquor store or nightclub.
  15. An American aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean
  16. A condition in which securities prices fall and widespread pessimism causes the stock market's downward spiral to be self-sustaining.
  17. To make, sell, or transport (alcoholic liquor) for sale illegally.
  18. Believe that the statements in the Bible are literally true.
  19. A Jamaican black-rights activist and loyal leader of the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements.
Down
  1. The natural rise and fall of economic growth that occurs over time.
  2. a law restricting the number of new immigrants to the United States.
  3. A system for paying for goods by installments. installment plan, time plan · regular payment - a payment made at regular times.
  4. A twentieth-century American author known for his short stories and for his novels, including The Great Gatsby and This Side of Paradise.
  5. The rounding up and deportation of several hundred immigrants of radical political views by the federal government in 1919 and 1920.
  6. The United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol
  7. A cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York, spanning the 1920s.
  8. The way of life before World War I, was United States presidential candidate Warren G. Harding's campaign promise in the election of 1920.
  9. An American politician who served as the 31st President of the United States from 1929 to 1933 during the Great Depression.
  10. A financial market of a group of securities in which prices are rising or are expected to rise.
  11. An American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri.

30 Clues: An illicit liquor store or nightclub. • The 30th President of the United States • Borrowing money from a broker to purchase stock. • Believe that the statements in the Bible are literally true. • To make, sell, or transport (alcoholic liquor) for sale illegally. • The natural rise and fall of economic growth that occurs over time. • ...

The Cold War 2023-03-16

The Cold War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The belief that communist countries would spread their influence to other countries in the same region.
  2. A capitalist democracy formed in 1776.
  3. A war that erupted in 1950 between the Communist North Korean forces and the Democratic South Korean forces, and eventually involved Chinese and United Nations forces.
  4. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which was formed in 1949 as a military alliance between the United States and its allies in Western Europe.
  5. The military alliance between the Soviet Union and its satellites in Eastern Europe, created in 1955 in response to NATO.
  6. A system of government where a ruler or a small group of rulers holds absolute political power.
  7. A meeting of leaders from the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union in 1945 to discuss the post-war reorganization of Europe.
  8. Weak countries that are economically dependent on and politically faithful to another more powerful country.
  9. The leader of the Soviet Union from 1924-1953 and one of the key architects of the Cold War.
Down
  1. Different ideas and values held by two powerful countries or groups (in this case, the United States and the Soviet Union) that lead to conflict.
  2. The dissolution of the USSR in 1991 and the end of the Cold War.
  3. The competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to develop and stockpile nuclear weapons.
  4. A policy of relaxed tensions between countries.
  5. A military conflict fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies from 1959 to 1975.
  6. The term used to describe the physical and ideological barrier separating the Soviet Union and its allied countries from the Western world.
  7. A system of government where the state owns all of the means of production and the people have equal rights and opportunities.
  8. A global war fought from 1939 to 1945 primarily between the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allied Powers (Great Britain, France, the United States, the Soviet Union, and many others).
  9. Information, ideas, and opinions that are spread deliberately by an individual or a group to further their own interests.
  10. The use of one country's military resources to fight another country's battles.
  11. An economic system based on private ownership of the means of production and driven by the forces of competition and the profit motive.
  12. A series of airlifts conducted by the United States, Great Britain, France, and others to provide food, fuel, and other supplies to the people of West Berlin after the Soviet Union imposed a blockade on the city in 1948.
  13. Also known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). It was a communist country that was formed out of the Soviet Republics after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
  14. McCarthy: A United States Senator who conducted a high-profile witch-hunt against communists in the United States in the 1950s.
  15. The 33rd president of the United States from 1945 to 1953, succeeding President Franklin Roosevelt.
  16. Attempts to limit or stop the building and stockpiling of weapons, and to reduce the nuclear stockpiles of countries.

25 Clues: A capitalist democracy formed in 1776. • A policy of relaxed tensions between countries. • The dissolution of the USSR in 1991 and the end of the Cold War. • The use of one country's military resources to fight another country's battles. • The leader of the Soviet Union from 1924-1953 and one of the key architects of the Cold War. • ...

Internationalism 2017-12-06

Internationalism crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a program that allows the United States to give financial aid to countries struggling from the effects of World War II
  2. maintaining peace in a country
  3. an organization that promotes economic stability in the Arctic and safeguards the Arctic’s fragile environment
  4. Criminal Court (ICC) an organization that punishes individuals for crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes
  5. an international monetary system that occurred in 1944 that led to the creation of the World Bank and IMF
  6. the policy of a country responding to issues on it’s own without the support of other nations
  7. an agency of the United Nations that promotes programs in science, education and the arts.
  8. a term that describes the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union
  9. an agreement between two countries for the resolution of issues
  10. Council an organ of the United Nations that responds to international crises
  11. (NATO) an organization made up of 29 member states that safeguards the freedom and security of its member states
  12. an organ of the United Nations that allows all member states to have equal representation
  13. the countries of the world linked together because of advances in technology
  14. an international organization that represents countries where French is the mother tongue. It’s goal is to promote French culture
Down
  1. a quick spread of a disease throughout the world
  2. an international organization that works to promote peace and security
  3. like minded people separating into groups that oppose people whose values differ from their own
  4. an international organization that provides relief for victims of war, victims of natural disasters and provides aid for soldiers
  5. the action of bringing peace to a nation in distress
  6. an organization shared between the United States and Canada that deals with missions of aerospace warning and control for North America.
  7. an association of 28 European member states that work to promote peace and economic stability among its associates
  8. the doctrine of several nation-states jointly meeting obstacles and dealing with problems
  9. an international non-profit medical relief institution that provides aid for populations in distress or facing armed conflict
  10. (NGO) non-profit organizations that send help to countries that have been affected by a massive disaster
  11. (WTO) an international organization that promotes trade between nations.
  12. the concept of all members of the global community accepting collective responsibility for the adversities that go on in the world. As well as remembering to respect nation-states during the resolution of issues
  13. an organization that aids countries suffering from financial instability and promotes promotes international trade
  14. an international institution that provides loans to countries in need of financial aid to help reduce poverty
  15. a form of foreign policy where a country provides aid (with strings attached!!) to another country experiencing economic, political or social distress
  16. a global organization that teaches less fortunate children with various educational games
  17. the doctrine of a country to control one’s affairs without the help of any nation-states, resulting in the isolation of one’s self from any international affairs.

31 Clues: maintaining peace in a country • a quick spread of a disease throughout the world • the action of bringing peace to a nation in distress • an agreement between two countries for the resolution of issues • an international organization that works to promote peace and security • (WTO) an international organization that promotes trade between nations. • ...

Citizenship questions 2024-02-11

Citizenship questions crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The idea of self-government in in the first three words of the constitution. What are these words?
  2. What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?
  3. What did the Declaration of Independence do?
  4. The house of representatives has how many voting members?
  5. We elect a president for how many years?
  6. What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?
  7. What are two parts of the U.S Congress?
  8. What is an amendment?
  9. What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?
  10. What is the name of the President of the United States now?
  11. When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?
  12. What is the political party of the President now?
  13. What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?
  14. What is the highest court in the United States?
  15. Who vetoes laws?
  16. What does the judicial branch do?
  17. If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
  18. What is the capital of your state now?
  19. group What are two ways that American can participate in their democracy?
  20. What does the President's cabinet do?
Down
  1. What are the two major political parties in the United States?
  2. What are two Cabinet-level positions?
  3. How many amendments does the Constitution have?
  4. What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
  5. Who is in charge of the executive branch?
  6. How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?
  7. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
  8. What are two right from everyone living in the United States?
  9. How many U.S. senators are there?
  10. If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
  11. Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
  12. In what month do we vote for president?
  13. Who signs bills to become laws?
  14. What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
  15. Name one branch or part of the government.
  16. There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.
  17. How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
  18. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?
  19. Who is the governor of your state now?
  20. You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.
  21. what stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
  22. What does the Congress, Senate of House of Representatives, and U.S legislature do?

42 Clues: Who vetoes laws? • What is an amendment? • Who signs bills to become laws? • How many U.S. senators are there? • What does the judicial branch do? • What are two Cabinet-level positions? • What does the President's cabinet do? • Who is the governor of your state now? • What is the capital of your state now? • What are two parts of the U.S Congress? • ...

Crossword Puzzle 2015-04-14

Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an opponent of imperialism
  2. series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1938, and a few that came later. They included both laws passed by Congress as well as presidential executive orders during the first term (1933–37) of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  3. also called Beat Generation
  4. also known as the “New Negro Movement”
  5. book that “started” the women's movement and 1960s feminism in the United States
  6. sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson created by South Carolina's 1832 Ordinance of Nullification
  7. 32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945)
  8. a member of a militant political organization set up in the US in 1966 to fight for black rights
  9. war between Spain and the United States, fought in 1898. The war began as an intervention by the United States on behalf of Cuba
  10. executive order issued on January 1, 1863, by President Lincoln freeing slaves in all portions of the United States not then under Union control\
  11. landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional
  12. type of music of black American origin characterized by improvisation, and syncopation
  13. Germany, Italy, and Japan, which were allied before and during World War II
  14. a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare, in particular
  15. era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West. American wages
  16. fundamental document establishing the United States as a nation, adopted on July 4, 1776
  17. the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution
  18. Purchase by Thomas Jefferson to expand the territory of the United States
  19. provided a broad statement of US and British war aims Joint declaration released FDR and Churchill
  20. major United States naval base in Hawaii that was attacked without warning by the Japanese air force on December 7, 1941, with great loss of American lives and ships
  21. law passed in 1787 to regulate the settlement of the Northwest Territory, which eventually was divided into several states of the Middle West
  22. the action or policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile country or influence
  23. a town undergoing rapid growth due to sudden prosperity
  24. a commercial bank that is chartered under the federal government and is a member of the Federal Reserve System.
  25. the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.
Down
  1. created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820 by allowing white male settlers in those territories to determine through popular sovereignty whether they would allow slavery
  2. a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering; free enterprise
  3. intergovernmental organisation founded on 10 January 1920 as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War
  4. the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship
  5. Treaties between two or more countries to establish a free trade area where commerce in goods and services can be conducted across their common borders
  6. Consisted of United States Armed Forces sent to Europe under the command of General John J Pershing
  7. first written constitution of the United States
  8. a member or adherent of a political party seeking to represent the interests of ordinary people
  9. An amendment passed by the US Congress in 1914 that provides further clarification and substance to the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
  10. A federal law that authorized federal action against segregation in public accommodations, public facilities, and employment
  11. a multilateral system of trading in which a country pays for its imports from one country by its exports to another.
  12. a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
  13. Protestant revival movement during the early 19th century in the United States
  14. 20th-century term for an attitude toward women's roles present in the emerging United States before, during, and after the American Revolution
  15. The election where Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckenridge
  16. one of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in US history, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers
  17. the policy of promoting industry in the US by adoption of a high protective tariff and of developing internal improvements by the federal government (as advocated by Henry Clay from 1816 to 1828)
  18. A set of laws, passed in the midst of fierce wrangling between groups favoring slavery and groups opposing it, that attempted to give something to both sides
  19. class structure that is determined by birth Most prominent is India but was the basis of the encomienda system used by the Spanish
  20. Americans put the japanese in prison and other kind of detention during WWII.
  21. a bomb that derives its destructive power dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  22. American marine biologist and conservationist whose book Silent Spring and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement
  23. also called the Korean conflict, fought in the early 1950s between the United Nations, supported by the United States, and the communist Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  24. an advocate or supporter of federalism
  25. Darwinism theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals
  26. 36th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Kennedy when Kennedy was assassinated (1908-1973)

51 Clues: an opponent of imperialism • also called Beat Generation • also known as the “New Negro Movement” • an advocate or supporter of federalism • first written constitution of the United States • a town undergoing rapid growth due to sudden prosperity • the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution • ...

CHAPTER 7 2023-11-09

CHAPTER 7 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. States that the United States would not take sides with any European countries that were at war.
  2. The country's first national bank.
  3. Settled the border and trade disputes with Spain.
  4. Money owed by the United States.
Down
  1. Argued that the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional.
  2. Groups that help elect people and shape policies.
  3. Gave United States claim to most Indian lands in the NW territory.
  4. Farmers lashed out against the tax on whiskey.
  5. Wanted a strong federal government and supported industry and trade.
  6. A rebellion of French people against their king in 1789.
  7. Settled disputes that had arisen between the United States and Great Britain in the early 1790s.
  8. Certificates of debt that carry a promise to buy back the bonds at a higher price.
  9. Private ships hired by a country to attack its enemies.

13 Clues: Money owed by the United States. • The country's first national bank. • Farmers lashed out against the tax on whiskey. • Groups that help elect people and shape policies. • Settled the border and trade disputes with Spain. • Private ships hired by a country to attack its enemies. • A rebellion of French people against their king in 1789. • ...

Metaphysics of Mind 2021-01-13

Metaphysics of Mind crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Relating to or deriving from experience
  2. Cannot be reduced
  3. Properties a thing has in and of itself
  4. intrinsic/non-Intentional phenomenal properties
  5. The science of the brain
  6. The "aboutness" property of mental states
  7. A mapping from each of the possible inputs to some state to its output
  8. Country in thought experiment by Block
  9. Theory that the only substance is matter
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  1. A modern form of materialism
  2. A difference or contrast between things
  3. An either/or claim
  4. The study of what exists or being
  5. Mental states are functional states
  6. Capable of being imagined
  7. The reducing of one thing to another
  8. To do with being or real existence
  9. A test to see if a computer can think
  10. The theory that only one kind of substance exists
  11. A proposition asserted to be true

20 Clues: Cannot be reduced • An either/or claim • The science of the brain • Capable of being imagined • A modern form of materialism • The study of what exists or being • A proposition asserted to be true • To do with being or real existence • Mental states are functional states • The reducing of one thing to another • A test to see if a computer can think • ...

crossword creation 2021-05-26

crossword creation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the 38th president
  2. a sport that requires you to pounch others with gloves
  3. the chiefs are a _____ team
  4. the 35th president
  5. the 34th president of the united states
  6. belfast is the capital.
  7. you play this sport with a bat and a ball
  8. Edinburgh is the capital city.
  9. hitler led them
  10. he was the leader of the nazis
Down
  1. made up of england scotland wales and Northern Ireland.
  2. the plane that dropped the atomic bomb
  3. the 33rd president of the united states.
  4. the mass murder of the jewish people
  5. was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army.
  6. cardiff is the capital city.
  7. the leader of france in ww2
  8. London is in what.
  9. led the soviet union through post war reconstruction
  10. the 32nd president of the united states

20 Clues: hitler led them • the 38th president • the 35th president • London is in what. • belfast is the capital. • the chiefs are a _____ team • the leader of france in ww2 • cardiff is the capital city. • Edinburgh is the capital city. • he was the leader of the nazis • the mass murder of the jewish people • the plane that dropped the atomic bomb • the 34th president of the united states • ...

Verbs 2025-04-11

Verbs crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Combination of Main Verb and Preposition or Adverb
  2. Expresses an action.
  3. States a Command
  4. Subject performs the action.
  5. Form of Be and Present Participle of Main Verb
  6. Action Passes from Doer to Reciever
  7. Modifies the Noun.
  8. Expresses a state of being.
  9. States a Fact or Question
  10. Renames the Subject.
Down
  1. Two or more verbs that work together as a unit.
  2. Present, Past, and Future Tense
  3. Verbs that often cause usage problems.
  4. Receives the Direct Object
  5. Action has a Doer and no Reciever.
  6. States an action or stater of being.
  7. What the Action Happens to.
  8. Used in forming tenses, moods, and voices of other verbs.
  9. Uses Form of Do to give Special Force to the Main Verb.
  10. Subject receives the action.
  11. Form of Have and the Past Participle of Main Verb

21 Clues: States a Command • Modifies the Noun. • Expresses an action. • Renames the Subject. • States a Fact or Question • Receives the Direct Object • What the Action Happens to. • Expresses a state of being. • Subject performs the action. • Subject receives the action. • Present, Past, and Future Tense • Action has a Doer and no Reciever. • Action Passes from Doer to Reciever • ...

AP Government Unit 2 Constitution Vocabulary 2022-12-13

AP Government Unit 2 Constitution Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Each state must recognize the validity of the laws, public records, and court decisions of all other states
  2. Court order which requires a person who is charged (must have substantial evidence) with a crime in order to be held in jail
  3. holds guidelines for the Judicial branch
  4. Designed to shield the United States against “corrupting foreign influence” by not allowing the federal government from receiving gifts, emoluments, offices, or titles from foreign states without consent of the United States Congress
  5. The process of proposing, approving, and applying an Amendment
  6. Gives the president the power to pardon and reprieve federal crimes. There are 4 parts: pardons, amnesty, reprieve, and commutation
  7. the Senate ___ (⅔ majority)
  8. bills concern the public
  9. Bills bills affect individuals or certain organizations
  10. a way to override a filibuster with a ⅗ majority vote
  11. The source of Congress’ impliedpowers Gives Congress to increase powers to things that are not listed specifically in the constitution
  12. holds guidelines for Congress
  13. begins in the SCOTUS
  14. Congress can regulate trade with foreign nations and among several states
  15. Passed by both Houses of Congress and has force of law
  16. If Congress goes out of session before a bill is read, it can be dismissed
  17. Reduces punishment
  18. Eliminates criminal punishment
  19. originate in lower courts
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  1. The House ___ (or charges with a simple majority)
  2. holds guidelines for the President
  3. an international agreement made by the executive branch in order to bypass Congress.
  4. Makes something that was done legally in past times illegal and punished in the present. This is NOT allowed in the United States
  5. States cannot discriminate between its citizens and other citizens
  6. Expresses the opinion of both Houses of Congress but does not have the force of law
  7. SCOTUS members serve life terms unless impeached or deemed unable
  8. are international agreements that have ⅔ majority consent of the Senate
  9. The Constitution and the laws of the United States is the supreme law of the land. No one is above the law
  10. Expresses the opinion of a House of Congress but does not have the force of law
  11. All revenue bills must start in the house
  12. An outline of how the executive branch will enforce a law by Congress. More recently, presidents use it to pass laws that go over Congress
  13. Except in cases of treason, a felony, or breach of peace, members of congress can not be arrested while congress is in session. Members are also not liable for anything they say on the Congress floor
  14. Punishing a suspect without a conviction. This is NOT allowed in the United States
  15. Eliminates criminal punishment and expunges the offense from an individual's record
  16. Redistribution of the seats in the House of Representatives every 10 years based on change in population
  17. Postpones carrying out a sentence
  18. The process of returning criminals
  19. when a senator says they do not give consent to debate a bill in order to postpone the debate of a bill
  20. President’s ability to object to a bill

39 Clues: Reduces punishment • begins in the SCOTUS • bills concern the public • originate in lower courts • the Senate ___ (⅔ majority) • holds guidelines for Congress • Eliminates criminal punishment • Postpones carrying out a sentence • holds guidelines for the President • The process of returning criminals • President’s ability to object to a bill • ...

American History 2020-10-01

American History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States and its allies, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain
  2. Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, was established in 1865 by Congress to help millions of former black slaves
  3. belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism
  4. The Navigation Acts were a series of laws passed by the British Parliament that imposed restrictions on colonial trade
  5. founding father who served as the third president
  6. The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
  7. was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787
  8. was an American social reformer and abolitionist
  9. war ended with the treaty of paris in 1763
  10. an act of the British Parliament in 1765 to get revenue from America by imposing a stamp duty
  11. On November 29, 1864, peaceful Southern Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians are massacred by a band of Colonel John Chivington's Colorado volunteers at Sand Creek, Colorado
  12. was a proposal to the United States Constitutional Convention for the creation of a supreme national government with three branches and a bicameral legislature
  13. a person that is anti slavery
  14. This act, passed on July 1, 1862, provided Federal subsidies in land and loans for the construction of a transcontinental railroad across the United States
  15. a series of forced relocations of approximately 60,ooo Native Americans
  16. he was one of the founding fathers of the uninted states
  17. was a small but pivotal for America on Christmas day
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  1. was a former slave that tried to sue for freedom but was rejected because he was told he was property
  2. The United States Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776
  3. It was the first peaceful protest by the sons of liberty
  4. founding father who was the first president
  5. an estate on which crops such as coffee,sugar,and tobacco
  6. was an American stage actor who assassinated President Lincoln
  7. The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France in 1803
  8. fought in Appomattox County, Virginia, on the morning of April 9, 1865, was one of the last battles of the American Civil War
  9. aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses
  10. The Battle of the Little Bighorn, fought on June 25, 1876, near the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory
  11. In 1862, the Pacific Railroad Act chartered the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad
  12. A democratic republic is a form of government operating on principles adopted from a republic and a democracy
  13. the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable
  14. In response to Pontiac's Rebellion, a revolt of Native Americans led by Pontiac, an Ottawa chief

31 Clues: a person that is anti slavery • war ended with the treaty of paris in 1763 • founding father who was the first president • was an American social reformer and abolitionist • founding father who served as the third president • was a small but pivotal for America on Christmas day • It was the first peaceful protest by the sons of liberty • ...

History Ch.7 2025-12-01

History Ch.7 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The 11 states that withdrew from the union to form their own country.
  2. The 15th President; was the last President before the Civil War.
  3. The battle that gave the union Army control of the Mississippi River, cutting the Confederacy and half.
  4. The 14th President; signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
  5. The year of lease surrender to Grant that ended the Civil War.
  6. The 12th U.S. President; nicknamed “Old Rough and Ready,” Was a general in the Mexican-American War.
  7. the turning point in the Civil War.
  8. The union ironclad ship
  9. A person who believes slavery should be abolished or ended.
  10. President of the Confederate states of America
  11. A political party founded on the belief that slavery should not be allowed in the U.S. territories.
  12. An agreement that attempted to balance power in the Senate between free and slave states.
  13. The first major Civil War battle one by the South.
  14. The 16th president of the United States, the first Republican president, president during the Civil War.
  15. The Union general, whose marched to the sea destroyed southern towns and led to the end of the Civil War.
  16. Commander of the confederate army.
  17. Means to withdraw or to leave from.
  18. This divided a section of western land into Kansas, a slave state, and Nebraska, a free state.
  19. The final capital of the Confederate states of America.
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  1. A document that declared that all slaves are free and states that had left the Union.
  2. Early commander of the union army of the Potomac.
  3. Secret roots leading to free northern states and Canada.
  4. The location of the assassination of President Lincoln.
  5. The war fought between the union and the confederate states of America.
  6. The constitutional amendment that outlawed slavery in the U.S.
  7. The actor who shot President Lincoln.
  8. The four in Charleston, South Carolina were the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
  9. A law requiring people in free northern states to return runaway slave slaves to the South.
  10. A law that put a stop to bringing enslaved people to America to be sold.
  11. Commander of all union armies, known as “Unconditional Surrender.”
  12. the deadliest Battle of the Civil War.
  13. The location of the surrender of Robert E Lee and the Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant.
  14. An abolitionist who escaped from slavery; wrote a book about his life as a slave.
  15. The Supreme Court decision that allowed slavery in the U.S. territories.
  16. The Confederate ironclad ship.
  17. The author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
  18. The 13th President; became President after Taylor; Signed into law the Compromise of 1850.
  19. A former slave who led over 70 slaves to freedom by way of the Underground Railroad.
  20. The three minute speech by President Lincoln, that honored both the Union and Confederate fallen soldiers.
  21. The year the American Civil Warbegan.
  22. A Confederate general and most remembered soldier of the First Battle of Bull Run.

41 Clues: The union ironclad ship • The Confederate ironclad ship. • The author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin • Commander of the confederate army. • the turning point in the Civil War. • Means to withdraw or to leave from. • The actor who shot President Lincoln. • The year the American Civil Warbegan. • the deadliest Battle of the Civil War. • President of the Confederate states of America • ...

Immigration Shaping America 2012-05-09

Immigration Shaping America crossword puzzle
Across
  1. many Americans panic, believing that the nation is threatened by a communist menace.
  2. brings immigration to a complete halt as hostilities prevent transport across the ocean.
  3. Mexican residents of the newly acquired territory are allowed to remain. They are subjected to serious discrimination but become the heart of labor for the American Southwest.
  4. A literacy test for incoming immigrants finally becomes law
  5. limiting American citizenship to "white persons and persons of African descent," thereby discriminating against Asian immigrants.
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  1. 1910 sends thousands of Mexicans to the United States. Over the next twenty years, nearly a million enter the United States, seeking work.
  2. 1565 First permanent European settlement in the United States is established at St. Augustine, Florida, by the Spanish.1598 Spanish immigrants settle in what is now Texas and New Mexico.1619 First shipment of African slaves arrives in Virginia.
  3. 1776 The Declaration of Independence charges the king of England with obstructing migration to British North America, thereby indirectly indicating that the colonies were greatly interested in recruiting new settlers. In fact, most colonies are in active competition with other colonies for these prospective settlers.
  4. The first serious prohibition of free immigration in all of American history, this legislation bans Chinese migration to the United States for ten years
  5. interrupts mass immigration to the United States
  6. considered by Congess to restrict the flow of immigrants and potential terrorists into the U.S.
  7. applies to the period of time during the 1630's when Massachusetts's population sky rocketed with the migration of approximately 21,000 immigrants to New EnglandEraofRegulation beginning the long history of immigrant pioneers in the fertile field of the mass culture in the United States.
  8. The first arrive in California as political refugees. Racial tensions grow between Asians and other Californians.
  9. The treaty pledges to China the right of unrestricted immigration of Chinese citizens to the United States.
  10. President Eisenhower's border control program. Cut illegal immigration at the cost of anti-Latino discrimination.
  11. Significant Chinese migration to the United States begins to ares such as San Francisco

16 Clues: interrupts mass immigration to the United States • A literacy test for incoming immigrants finally becomes law • many Americans panic, believing that the nation is threatened by a communist menace. • Significant Chinese migration to the United States begins to ares such as San Francisco • ...