states Crossword Puzzles

Legislative Process 2013-11-26

Legislative Process crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a motion or process in parliamentary procedure aimed at bringing debate to a quick end
  2. laws limiting how long a person may remain in office
  3. an additional provision added to a bill or other measure under the consideration by a legislature, having little connection with the subject matter of the bill.
  4. legislative process of the United States Senate intended to allow consideration of a budget bill with debate limited to twenty hours under Senate rules
  5. permanent legislative panels established by the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate rules
  6. a term in politics that is used to refer to a committee made up of members of both chambers of a bicameral legislature
  7. the address presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress, typically delivered annually
  8. 10 days before end of session-effect a veto
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  1. people who vote for you or in your district
  2. a practice that attempts to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating district boundaries to create partisan advantaged districts
  3. prejudice in favor of a particular cause
  4. John Boehner
  5. term of congress
  6. the power to unilaterally stop an official action, especially the enactment of legislation
  7. responsible to their parent committees
  8. dividing up votes on proportions
  9. the floor leader of the second largest caucus in a legislative body
  10. the place where members sit and make speeches
  11. a parliamentary procedure where debate is extended, allowing one or more members to delay or entirely prevent a vote on a given proposal
  12. leaders of their political parties in each of the houses of the legislature.

20 Clues: John Boehner • term of congress • dividing up votes on proportions • responsible to their parent committees • prejudice in favor of a particular cause • people who vote for you or in your district • 10 days before end of session-effect a veto • the place where members sit and make speeches • laws limiting how long a person may remain in office • ...

WAR 2014-05-12

WAR crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A military alliance of communist nations in eastern Europe
  2. an American actor and politician. He was the 40th President of the United States
  3. The most notable border was marked by the Berlin Wall and its Checkpoint Charlie
  4. the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953.
  5. European union
  6. a communist country
  7. an international relations policy set forth by the U.S. President Harry Truman in a speech[1] on March 12, 1947
  8. completely cut off (by land) West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin
  9. seen as helping to prevent any direct full-scale conflicts between the United States and the Soviet Union
  10. policies of glasnost and perestroika as well as summit conferences with United States President Ronald Reagan
  11. a bomb or missile that uses nuclear energy to cause an explosion.
  12. an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty
  13. a war fought with no valence
  14. he 33rd President of the United States of America (1945–1953)
  15. the single European currency
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  1. theory gained increased prominence as a military strategy during the Cold War with regard to the use of nuclear weapons.
  2. carry supplies to the people in West Berlin
  3. In politics, a nation that is dominated politically by another.
  4. a democratic country
  5. one of the first major international crises of the Cold War.
  6. a group of countries imposing few or no duties on trade with one another and a common tariff on trade with other countries.
  7. plan to give money to Europe to rebuild country'
  8. United States policy to prevent the spread of communism abroad.

23 Clues: European union • a communist country • a democratic country • a war fought with no valence • the single European currency • carry supplies to the people in West Berlin • plan to give money to Europe to rebuild country' • A military alliance of communist nations in eastern Europe • one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. • ...

WAR 2014-05-12

WAR crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953.
  2. he 33rd President of the United States of America (1945–1953)
  3. In politics, a nation that is dominated politically by another.
  4. plan to give money to Europe to rebuild country'
  5. a group of countries imposing few or no duties on trade with one another and a common tariff on trade with other countries.
  6. the single European currency
  7. an American actor and politician. He was the 40th President of the United States
  8. a war fought with no valence
  9. The most notable border was marked by the Berlin Wall and its Checkpoint Charlie
  10. European union
  11. an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty
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  1. A military alliance of communist nations in eastern Europe
  2. theory gained increased prominence as a military strategy during the Cold War with regard to the use of nuclear weapons.
  3. carry supplies to the people in West Berlin
  4. a democratic country
  5. one of the first major international crises of the Cold War.
  6. an international relations policy set forth by the U.S. President Harry Truman in a speech[1] on March 12, 1947
  7. a bomb or missile that uses nuclear energy to cause an explosion.
  8. policies of glasnost and perestroika as well as summit conferences with United States President Ronald Reagan
  9. completely cut off (by land) West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin
  10. seen as helping to prevent any direct full-scale conflicts between the United States and the Soviet Union
  11. United States policy to prevent the spread of communism abroad.
  12. a communist country

23 Clues: European union • a communist country • a democratic country • the single European currency • a war fought with no valence • carry supplies to the people in West Berlin • plan to give money to Europe to rebuild country' • A military alliance of communist nations in eastern Europe • one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. • ...

Reconstruction 2022-10-10

Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the belief that white people is the superior race
  2. law governing the conduct of African American
  3. its a historical term used by southern to describe opportunist northerners who came to the southern states after the American civil war
  4. a political coalition in the southern United States during the reconstruction era that followed after the civil war
  5. an agency of early reconstruction assisting freedmen in the south
  6. Jackson the 17th president of the us served 4 years and was a democrat
  7. a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law making body
  8. first federal law to define citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law
  9. outlawed discrimination based upon race in inns, theaters, common carriers, etc.
  10. the term refers to white people who supported the reconstruction polices smd efforts after the conclusion of the civil war
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  1. granted all African American men the right to vote
  2. abolished slavery and involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime
  3. the U.S. presidential proclamation of amnesty and reconstruction during the American civil war
  4. of 1877 it was an informal ,unwritten deal that settled the dispute in 1876 for the u.s. presidential election
  5. a organized group of political and social terrorist during the reconstruction
  6. the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums
  7. required that 50 percent of all voters in the confederate states, as opposed to Lincolns proposed 10 percent
  8. the period following the civil war in which congress passed laws designed to rebuild the country and bring southern states back into the union
  9. grants citizen to all person born or naturalized in the United States
  10. American politician minister in the African Methodist church and a college administration

20 Clues: law governing the conduct of African American • the belief that white people is the superior race • granted all African American men the right to vote • the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums • an agency of early reconstruction assisting freedmen in the south • grants citizen to all person born or naturalized in the United States • ...

Module 9 Vocabulary Crossword puzzle 2023-03-19

Module 9 Vocabulary Crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Homeless Americans began to build their own camps on the edges of cities, where they lived in shacks and other crude shelters.
  2. the highest concrete arch dam in the United States.
  3. government assistance in maintaining the levels of market prices regardless of supply or demand.
  4. getting a loan from your brokerage and using the money from the loan to invest in more securities than you can buy with your available cash
  5. American politician who served four terms as Governor of New York
  6. United States stock market crashed
  7. a place where people who cannot afford, or do not have the means to feed themselves, can get a free or cheap meal.
  8. cash payments or “the dole”
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  1. a law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United States.
  2. 31st president
  3. the action or process of deflating or being deflated.
  4. agency authorized by the U.S. government to loan money to assist the nation's ailing banks after the stock market crash of 1929 and during the Great Depression that followed.
  5. a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States.
  6. the drought-affected south central United States in the aftermath of horrific dust storms.
  7. the risky nineteenth-century investment practice or strategy of buying cheaply large quantities of land
  8. record of how a person handles money and debt, including credit card accounts and other loans.
  9. intended to lower the cost of home ownership by creating a network of government-sponsored banks and boards to provide mortgage credit.
  10. gathering of probably 10,000 to 25,000 World War I veterans
  11. a line of needy persons assembled to receive food given as charity,
  12. a long and severe recession in an economy or market.

20 Clues: 31st president • cash payments or “the dole” • United States stock market crashed • the highest concrete arch dam in the United States. • a long and severe recession in an economy or market. • the action or process of deflating or being deflated. • gathering of probably 10,000 to 25,000 World War I veterans • ...

Vietnam War 2023-04-22

Vietnam War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What was the nickname for people in the United States who were antiwar?
  2. What did many young people enroll in to avoid the draft?
  3. What was the nickname for people in the United States who supported the war?
  4. What was the country that had colonial rule over Vietnam prewar?
  5. Who was the unofficial communist army in South Vietnam?
  6. What was the communist country that backed North Vietnam?
  7. Who was the leader of the Vietminh?
  8. What was the trail that was used to supply war goods to North Vietnam?
  9. Who was the president when the United States formally joined the war?
  10. In which village did American soldiers massacre more than 400 unarmed citizens?
  11. What was the codename for the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
  12. What did many soldiers who fought in the Vietnam war suffer from afterwards?
Down
  1. The United States backed which country?
  2. What is the United States theory about countries falling to communism if its not contained?
  3. What attack did General Vo Nguyen launch in 1968?
  4. What is the policy of killing as many of the enemy as possible?
  5. Who was the president that signed the Paris Peace accords, officially ending US involvement in the Vietnam war?
  6. Who was the general that mainly led the US army in South Vietnam?
  7. Which conference split Vietnam along the 17th parallel?
  8. What was the other communist country that backed North Vietnam?
  9. Who was the large group of Americans who agreed with protestors but remained quiet about it?
  10. Which country withdrew its forces from Vietnam in 1945?
  11. What were the organized Vietminh fighters rebelling against colonial rule called?
  12. Which president was assasinated in 1963?
  13. At which university did the tragic shooting occur in 1970?

25 Clues: Who was the leader of the Vietminh? • The United States backed which country? • Which president was assasinated in 1963? • What attack did General Vo Nguyen launch in 1968? • Who was the unofficial communist army in South Vietnam? • Which conference split Vietnam along the 17th parallel? • Which country withdrew its forces from Vietnam in 1945? • ...

Unit 2 Project 2023-09-01

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

24 Clues: Limited the power of the 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 • ...

Government Girlypops 2023-05-17

Government Girlypops crossword puzzle
Across
  1. union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a central federal government.
  2. upper chamber of the United States Congress
  3. clause states that the United States Congress shall have power "to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes"
  4. a draft of a proposed law presented to parliament for discussion.
  5. the official power to make legal decisions and judgments.
  6. the act of officially suggesting someone or something for a job, position, or prize
  7. compulsory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed on a taxpayer
  8. device used to cast votes in an election and may be found as a piece of paper or a small ball used in voting.
  9. political procedure in which one or more members of a legislative body prolong debate on proposed legislation so as to delay or entirely prevent decision.
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  1. legal power to unilaterally stop an official action.
  2. opposed the ratification of the 1787 U.S. Constitution
  3. conceptual form of power structure in which power rests with a small number of people.
  4. body of non-elected governing officials or an administrative policy-making group.
  5. an individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law.
  6. a person who brings a case against another in a court of law.
  7. formal or official change made to a law, contract, constitution, or other legal document.
  8. advisory body made up of the heads of the 15 executive departments.
  9. the concept was created by King John of England
  10. expression of the President's forgiveness and ordinarily is granted in recognition of the applicant's acceptance of responsibility for the crime
  11. person who takes part in an organized attempt to influence legislators.

20 Clues: upper chamber of the United States Congress • the concept was created by King John of England • legal power to unilaterally stop an official action. • opposed the ratification of the 1787 U.S. Constitution • the official power to make legal decisions and judgments. • a person who brings a case against another in a court of law. • ...

Unit 4: Political Patterns and Processes 2025-05-21

Unit 4: Political Patterns and Processes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a culturally defined group of people with shared past and common future who relate to territory and government
  2. where individual states come together to work together toward common goals
  3. a defined political entity with a government, territory, population and sovereignty recognized by other states.
  4. the delegation of power to a lower level government or state
  5. the distribution of power and resources
  6. a theoretical perspective that emphasizes the role of material resources and determining power dynamics
  7. Government a government system where the power is shared better the central authority and states
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  1. a theoretical perspective that illuminates how gender shapes power structures and inequalities demonstrating how seemingly neutral systems can reinforce patriarchal dominance
  2. a state whose territory corresponds to that particular ethnicity
  3. the ability to have something or someone do something they normally wouldn't do on its own
  4. a theoretical perspective that highlights the importance of shared ideals, beliefs, and norms in shaping power relations
  5. acquiring territory or gaining control over the political or economic life of other countries
  6. State a country that contains more than one ehtincy with tradition of self-determination
  7. a country’s sense of property and attachment towards its own territory
  8. government a government system where the central authority is weak and the states maintain their power
  9. land politically attached to a larger piece of land but not physically attached
  10. a tax on imported and exported goods
  11. a permanent settlement that maintains ties to the home country
  12. Government a government system where all the power is with the central authority and now power shared to the states
  13. a piece of land totally surrounded by a foreign territory

20 Clues: a tax on imported and exported goods • the distribution of power and resources • a piece of land totally surrounded by a foreign territory • the delegation of power to a lower level government or state • a permanent settlement that maintains ties to the home country • a state whose territory corresponds to that particular ethnicity • ...

5.0 Antebellum Vocab Crossword 2026-02-20

5.0 Antebellum Vocab Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the act of formally withdrawing from the Union
  2. a reform movement during the 18th and 19th centuries often called the antislavery movement. It sought to end the enslavement of Africans all over the world.
  3. a law that made it a crime to help a runaway slave. It allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in free states and required their return to slaveholders
  4. industrial, prohibited ownership of slaves within their borders, loyal to the Union
  5. a large farm that usually specializes in growing one kind of crop for profit
  6. freed
  7. political authority is based on the votes of the people
  8. emotional Christian songs sung by enslaved people in the South that mixed African and European elements and usually expressed a slave’s religious beliefs
  9. the belief that the powers of the states should be greater than the federal government
  10. the idea that people could rise above the material things in life. A popular movement among New England writers and thinkers in the mid-1800s
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  1. rights not given to the federal government are reserved for the states
  2. trading network in which goods and slaves moved between England, the Americas, and Africa
  3. a loose alliance of states
  4. a story that often provides a moral lesson
  5. invented the cotton gin
  6. a settlement of differences by mutual concessions.
  7. a network of people who helped thousands of enslaved people escape to the North by providing transportation and hiding places
  8. added Missouri to the Union as a Slave state and Maine as a Free state
  9. a voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas
  10. agricultural, believes in ownership of slaves, states rights, and the Fugitive Slave Laws

20 Clues: freed • invented the cotton gin • a loose alliance of states • a story that often provides a moral lesson • the act of formally withdrawing from the Union • a settlement of differences by mutual concessions. • political authority is based on the votes of the people • rights not given to the federal government are reserved for the states • ...

lead up to the civil war 2025-10-21

lead up to the civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a book talking about slavery written by harriet beecher stowe
  2. a law that tried to address growing sectional tensions over the issue of slavery
  3. including Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and Stephen A. Douglas, reflecting a bipartisan effort to avoid civil war.
  4. a form of slavery, slaves could be sold, traded,bought
  5. a doctrine that says All political power is vested in and derived from the people
  6. a major religious revival movement in united states
  7. policial to repeal slavery and help the enslaved
  8. secret routes that would help the enslaved escape into freedom
  9. free states had to return slaves and could not help escaped slaves or they would be punished
  10. part of a country or union breaks off and becomes its own.
  11. auctions where they would sell slaves and trade them in horrible dehuminazing ways.
  12. African Americans whether enslaved or free, could not be U.S. citizens and therefore had no right to sue in federal court
  13. a former slave, abolitionist, fought for slave freedom and womens rights
  14. she was a enslaved women, she fought for women's rights, slavery freedom prison reforment and many other things.
  15. repealed the missouri compromise
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  1. invasion of mexico by an american army, leads to guadulupe purchace
  2. there were 11 slave states and 11 free states
  3. an agriculture product that increased slavery in the south
  4. machine designed to remove the seeds of of cotton which increased need for slaves.
  5. that states have the right to declare federal laws unconstitutionaland they do not have to stay on there land only
  6. being held as an slave as property of the owner
  7. An american abolitionist, he fought in bleeding kansas
  8. people who would track down and then return slaves to there owners

23 Clues: repealed the missouri compromise • there were 11 slave states and 11 free states • being held as an slave as property of the owner • policial to repeal slavery and help the enslaved • a major religious revival movement in united states • a form of slavery, slaves could be sold, traded,bought • An american abolitionist, he fought in bleeding kansas • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2014-12-12

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. dry crackers made of flour and salt, used as rations for soldiers during the civil war
  2. where a person owns and forcibly makes another person work for them
  3. Confederate president
  4. the period of time right before the Civil War
  5. the name of the northern states that fought against the Confederacy
  6. name of the southern states that seceded from the US during the Civil War
  7. Union president
  8. first battle of the Civil War, confederate victory
  9. feeling that one section of a country is more important or superior to the rest of the country
  10. the ability for states to choose if they wanted to be a slave state or a free state (2 words)
  11. a political party created in the 1850s; Abraham Lincoln was the first president of this party
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  1. a person against slavery
  2. separating from a country or alliance
  3. a person loyal to the North during the war
  4. famous Union general, later became President of the United States (3 words)
  5. the final battle where Lee surrendered (3 words)
  6. the most bloody, single-day battle in US history,
  7. famous Confederate general (3 words)
  8. Confederate general that had his “march to the sea”, burned down Atlanta (3 words)
  9. a person loyal to the South during the war

20 Clues: Union president • Confederate president • a person against slavery • famous Confederate general (3 words) • separating from a country or alliance • a person loyal to the North during the war • a person loyal to the South during the war • the period of time right before the Civil War • the final battle where Lee surrendered (3 words) • ...

7th Grade 2017-09-26

7th Grade crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the opposite of lack of power.
  2. the opposite of leaving something in the Constitution the way it is.
  3. it set up a "firm league of friendship."
  4. a document had to be _____ by 9 of the 13 states in order for it to be approved.
  5. this is the opposite of approving a law.
  6. the _________ includes 15 departments.
  7. the rights and duties of citizens depend on their country's type of _________.
  8. Many ______ practice their traditions and customs after they move to the United States.
  9. a written plan of government.
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  1. The United States conducts a _____ every 10 years.
  2. besides lawmaking they also control the money for the ntional government.
  3. The legal process by which an alien may become a citizen.
  4. the word comes from an ancient Greek term meaning "rule of the people."
  5. a movement of large numbers of people from region to region, to the cities.
  6. the Supreme Court is the head of the _______.
  7. they belived that the proposed Constitution would proctect neither the states' power nor the people's freedom.
  8. argued that a strong national government was needed to keep the country united.
  9. it is the study of what it means to be a citizen.
  10. the people consent to be ruled by their selected leader.
  11. when you come together to serve as advisers.

20 Clues: a written plan of government. • the opposite of lack of power. • the _________ includes 15 departments. • it set up a "firm league of friendship." • this is the opposite of approving a law. • when you come together to serve as advisers. • the Supreme Court is the head of the _______. • it is the study of what it means to be a citizen. • ...

Alisha Varghese Texas History Crossword 2021-05-03

Alisha Varghese Texas History Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Southern States that left the United States
  2. Someone who brought families over to Texas and sold them land.
  3. One of the four regions of Texas. Frisco is located here.
  4. An association that is a driving force in fighting race-based discrimination in the United States. Their mission is to achieve a fully integrated society with equal rights for all.
  5. Government ruled by one person with unlimited power.
  6. The capital of Texas.
  7. The right to vote.
  8. A Spanish mission that later became a military fort
  9. A branch of government that decides whether a law is constitutional or not.
  10. Built by Spain to control and colonize Texas. Also used to convert Native Americans to Catholicism.
  11. Number one cash crop in the South during the 1800s.
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  1. Economic struggle post WW1 that affected the world.
  2. First ten amendments of the Constitution.
  3. American belief of moving west and gaining land.
  4. A European explorer.
  5. Non-violent disobeying of laws.
  6. 16th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated slaves.
  7. Caring more about your section than the whole.
  8. A non-violent protest in which demonstrators occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met.
  9. Moving from a small farm to a big city

20 Clues: The right to vote. • A European explorer. • The capital of Texas. • Non-violent disobeying of laws. • Moving from a small farm to a big city • First ten amendments of the Constitution. • Southern States that left the United States • Caring more about your section than the whole. • American belief of moving west and gaining land. • ...

crossFord puzzLee 2023-05-04

crossFord puzzLee crossword puzzle
Across
  1. chicken or egg
  2. mike's first employer
  3. mike's fraternity
  4. irene's liquor of choice
  5. most likely to join the HOA
  6. homebase
  7. preferred at-home footwear
  8. where we met
  9. maine home town
  10. school mascot
  11. mike's go-to international liquor
  12. mike's sport
  13. airline of choice
  14. closest costco location
  15. states george michael's been to (so far!)
  16. the country we've been to separately, not together
  17. majors
  18. favorite pancake
  19. number of states foxy's been to
  20. george michael's last known hometown
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  1. number of countries visited together
  2. irene's newest punchy hobby
  3. first date location
  4. state where we got engaged
  5. most frequently flown airport
  6. irene's sport
  7. household favorite fruit
  8. foxys birthday
  9. first international trip together/where irene lost her phone
  10. irene's first employer
  11. fruit tree outside our pasadena bedroom window
  12. irene's minor
  13. large ski resort near our house
  14. where we got teargassed
  15. where irene goes to destress
  16. illegal in our home states
  17. states we've lived in together
  18. you'll never walk alone
  19. shared COVID hobby
  20. irene's sorority
  21. our favorite jazz fest
  22. our names are on this planet
  23. mike's favorite fitness tracker(ask at your own risk)
  24. most likely to fight the HOA

44 Clues: majors • homebase • where we met • mike's sport • irene's sport • irene's minor • school mascot • chicken or egg • foxys birthday • maine home town • irene's sorority • favorite pancake • mike's fraternity • airline of choice • shared COVID hobby • first date location • mike's first employer • irene's first employer • our favorite jazz fest • where we got teargassed • closest costco location • ...

World Geography 2024-05-16

World Geography crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Country south of the United States
  2. Largest river in the world
  3. The movement of people from one area to another
  4. Second largest river in the world
  5. Largest continent on earth
  6. Country north of the United States
  7. Type of government that is ruled by a king or queen
  8. What country has the tallest pyramids in the world
  9. Tallest mountain the world
  10. Ocean that is to the west of the United States
  11. Type of government where the person in charge is in complete control and can do whatever they want
  12. Country shaped like a boot kicking a soccer ball
  13. Continent that is 4 letters
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  1. Continent that we live on
  2. Continent that is home to Great Britain and France
  3. Tallest Mountain range in the world
  4. Contient that is directly south of us, home of countries such as Brazil and Argentina
  5. Ocean that is to the east of the United States
  6. The only continent with zero countries and no people living there
  7. The only continent that is it's own country
  8. Type of government where the people vote for who they want to lead them
  9. Largest country in the world by land mass
  10. largest hot desert in the world

23 Clues: Continent that we live on • Largest river in the world • Largest continent on earth • Tallest mountain the world • Continent that is 4 letters • largest hot desert in the world • Second largest river in the world • Country south of the United States • Country north of the United States • Tallest Mountain range in the world • Largest country in the world by land mass • ...

Causes of the Civil War 2024-04-12

Causes of the Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. A controversial election which caused southern states to secede.
  2. The first republican to become president.
  3. South Carolina nullified a federal tariff that favored Northern manufacturing over Southern agriculture.
  4. A state that didn't support slavery.
  5. Required all escaped slaves to be captured and returned to their owner.
  6. A slave revolts in Virginia in 1831, resulted in 55-65 deaths.
  7. Part of the U.S. that supported slavery.
  8. Someone who believes the act of slavery is unjust.
  9. A state that continued to use slaves.
  10. A set of five bills that temporarily calmed tensions between slave and non-slave states.
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  1. Considered a hero to many of the slaves she helped.
  2. Southern states wanted control of their own laws.
  3. Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state.
  4. Fought between proslavery and antislavery advocates for control of the new territory Kansas.
  5. An escape route led by Harriet Tubman.
  6. Ruled that enslaved people were not citizens of the U.S. and the federal government cannot protect them.
  7. The act of using a person as a workforce without consent.
  8. States had the right to enforce and pass their own laws.
  9. Repealed the Missouri compromise and allowed for popular sovereignty.
  10. Part of the U.S. that did not support slavery.
  11. Taxes on imports.

21 Clues: Taxes on imports. • A state that didn't support slavery. • A state that continued to use slaves. • An escape route led by Harriet Tubman. • Part of the U.S. that supported slavery. • The first republican to become president. • Part of the U.S. that did not support slavery. • Southern states wanted control of their own laws. • ...

Washington - War of 1812 Crossword 2024-03-20

Washington - War of 1812 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. This rebellion occurred in western Pennsylvania after Congress passed a new tax on this product
  2. This was the final Act of a series of laws passed by John Adams that was unconstitutional
  3. led the Corps of Discovery
  4. Governor of the Indiana Territory and led troops in the Battle of Tippecanoe
  5. tried to form Native American Confederation to fight against American westward expansion
  6. This Act prohibited trade with only France and Britain and replaced the Embargo Act
  7. This party supported a strong federal gov. and were loose interpreters of the Constitution
  8. Fourth President of the United States
  9. This party favored a weak federal gov. and were strict interpreters of the Constitution
  10. Chief Justice who ruled on Marbury v Madison
Down
  1. A city in Belgium and also a treaty that ended the War of 1812
  2. Leader of France at the time of the Louisiana
  3. First Secretary of the Treasury and eventual leader of the Federalist Party
  4. First President of the United States
  5. Secretary of ________ oversees foreign relations
  6. Shot and killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel while serving as Vice President
  7. Affair of _____________ or another name for a duel
  8. Third President of the United States
  9. Second President of the United States
  10. Forcing someone to serve militarily for a country outside their own

20 Clues: led the Corps of Discovery • First President of the United States • Third President of the United States • Second President of the United States • Fourth President of the United States • Chief Justice who ruled on Marbury v Madison • Leader of France at the time of the Louisiana • Secretary of ________ oversees foreign relations • ...

Mira Trivedi Articles X-Word 2024-02-10

Mira Trivedi Articles X-Word crossword puzzle
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  1. How many votes were needed to pass a bill?
  2. What was one of the things Congress could do?
  3. The government didn't have the right to ____.
  4. "Better the ____ of one man than the ignorance and passions of the mob."
  5. We had a huge ___ that we owed to France.
  6. The only branch in the government was the _______ due to the Articles of Confederation.
  7. "The Articles of Confederation are _____."
  8. Who lead Shays' rebellion?
  9. When was the first constitution passed?
  10. Shays' rebellion "____ a weakness in the Articles of Confederation."
  11. The Articles of Confederation were a" ____ agreement amongst the states that was the basis of their union."
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  1. Where is the new constitution written?(What hall?)
  2. The ______ of Confederacy were America's first constitution.
  3. "Wealthy ____ in Boston agreed to raise an army of over 4,000 militia to fight Shays' men."
  4. Who was one of the people who could clearly see "the Articles of Confederation are flawed?"
  5. How much power did the Articles of Confederation give the government over the states?
  6. ______ rebellion almost caused a civil war in Massachusetts.
  7. Where was the new constitution written?
  8. "States are putting ____ on each other."
  9. The government only had _____ house.
  10. "Soon Debter ________ are breaking out in all 13 states."

21 Clues: Who lead Shays' rebellion? • The government only had _____ house. • Where was the new constitution written? • When was the first constitution passed? • "States are putting ____ on each other." • We had a huge ___ that we owed to France. • How many votes were needed to pass a bill? • "The Articles of Confederation are _____." • What was one of the things Congress could do? • ...

Kinetic 2024-05-21

Kinetic crossword puzzle
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  1. His law states that volume and temperature of a gas are directly proportional.
  2. Process by which gas particles pass through a tiny opening
  3. Amount of space a gas occupies
  4. Measure of the average kinetic energy of gas particles.
  5. Force exerted by gas particles on the walls of the container.
  6. Type of collision where no kinetic energy is lost
  7. Type of energy associated with the motion of gas particles.
  8. His law states that volume and amount (moles) of gas are directly proportional.
  9. Type of gas that deviates from ideal behavior at high pressures and low temperatures
  10. His law states that pressure and temperature of a gas are directly proportional.
  11. Pressure exerted by a single type of gas in a mixture of gases
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  1. Temperature scale used in gas law calculations
  2. Unit of pressure commonly used in gas calculations.
  3. Device used to measure the pressure of gas in a closed container
  4. Unit for amount of substance used in gas law calculations
  5. His law states that pressure and volume of a gas are inversely proportional.
  6. Instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure
  7. Standard conditions for measuring gases, 0°C and 1 atm.
  8. Process by which gas molecules spread from areas of high concentration to low concentration
  9. PV = nRT represents this law.

20 Clues: PV = nRT represents this law. • Amount of space a gas occupies • Temperature scale used in gas law calculations • Instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure • Type of collision where no kinetic energy is lost • Unit of pressure commonly used in gas calculations. • Standard conditions for measuring gases, 0°C and 1 atm. • ...

North America 2024-08-26

North America crossword puzzle
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  1. A partially self-governing country with close ties to Britain
  2. This is one of the most densely populated regions in the United States
  3. The American colonies set up a federal government that shared powers with the...
  4. This Civilization arose in Mexico in the 1300's A.D.
  5. A civil war was fought in the United States over the issue of...
  6. The tallest mountain in North America
  7. Led the Mexican independence movement
  8. Series of canals and other inland waterways that link the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
  9. Vas expanse of prairie land just east of the Rockies
  10. Sits along the western side of the rockies and is home to the Grant Canyon
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  1. What global event spurred the U.S. economy?
  2. A gold rush happened here in the late 1800's.
  3. Longest river in North America
  4. Was one of the European explorers who first discovered Canada during the age of Exploration
  5. Ocean storms hundreds of miles wide
  6. The oldest mountain range in North America
  7. Most Canadians live along the ____ with the United States
  8. Area of rolling hills just east of the Appalachians
  9. The British captured this important city in 1759 during the French and Indian War
  10. The first Americans crossed a land bridge into what is present day...

20 Clues: Longest river in North America • Ocean storms hundreds of miles wide • The tallest mountain in North America • Led the Mexican independence movement • The oldest mountain range in North America • What global event spurred the U.S. economy? • A gold rush happened here in the late 1800's. • Area of rolling hills just east of the Appalachians • ...

Week Five Crossword 2024-09-14

Week Five Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. First ten amendments to the Constitution.
  2. Period of rebuilding and integrating the Southern states after the Civil War.
  3. Supporters of a strong central government.
  4. People who fought to end slavery.
  5. The state of being free from outside control.
  6. Thinker who advocated for the separation of powers.
  7. The Southern states that seceded from the Union.
  8. The supreme law of the United States.
  9. Opponents of a strong central government.
  10. Site of a major Civil War battle in 1863.
  11. System of forced labor that was a key issue leading to the Civil War.
  12. Changes or additions to the Constitution.
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  1. The act of withdrawing from the Union.
  2. Philosopher who wrote about the social contract.
  3. Conflict between the North and South from 1861 to 1865.
  4. President who led the U.S. during the Civil War.
  5. System of government where power is divided between national and state governments.
  6. Former slaves who were freed after the Civil War.
  7. Philosopher known for the idea of natural rights.
  8. The act of freeing enslaved people.
  9. The Northern states during the Civil War.
  10. Intellectual movement influencing democratic ideas.
  11. Explorer who reached the Americas in 1492.
  12. Document asserting American independence from Britain.
  13. President who never own slaves but did not fully support abolitionism.

25 Clues: People who fought to end slavery. • The act of freeing enslaved people. • The supreme law of the United States. • The act of withdrawing from the Union. • First ten amendments to the Constitution. • The Northern states during the Civil War. • Opponents of a strong central government. • Site of a major Civil War battle in 1863. • Changes or additions to the Constitution. • ...

Civics Questions 2026-01-07

Civics Questions crossword puzzle
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  1. How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?
  2. What is the political party of the President now?
  3. How many U.S. Senators are there?
  4. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
  5. Who is the “Father of Our Country”?
  6. What are the 3 first words of the Constitution?
  7. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
  8. What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?
  9. We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
  10. Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
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  1. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
  2. Who is the Governor of your state now?
  3. Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?
  4. We elect a President for how many years?
  5. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
  6. We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
  7. How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
  8. What is the highest court in the United States?
  9. What is the capital of your state?
  10. What is the supreme law of the land?
  11. Who is in charge of the executive branch?
  12. What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?

22 Clues: How many U.S. Senators are there? • What is the capital of your state? • Who is the “Father of Our Country”? • What is the supreme law of the land? • Who is the Governor of your state now? • We elect a President for how many years? • Who is in charge of the executive branch? • Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? • We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years? • ...

Madison and the early republic 2024-10-31

Madison and the early republic crossword puzzle
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  1. __________ votes out of 13 would be needed to pass laws
  2. taxation without ___________________
  3. Hamilton felt that the nation needed a strong but limited....
  4. place where British surrendered to the the colonies
  5. where the first shots of the civil war took place
  6. Under the A of C, the _______________ would tax and pay money for debts
  7. Commander and Chief of the Continental Army
  8. James Madison was from what state?
  9. Would give Federal Government right to veto any states laws
  10. am really mortified beyond expression" Washington
  11. The rise of prices and devaluing of money
  12. Where the Constitutional Convention took place
  13. British used this against the colonies to pay off debt
  14. The A of C included only this one branch of government
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  1. Gives States independence
  2. were captured over the winter of 1776
  3. First attempt at a federal government
  4. placed taxes on all kinds of documents, from newspapers to licenses
  5. money used to finance the American Revolution
  6. Groups of people who have differing views, goals and passions from the greater society
  7. State that did not attend the Constitutional Congress
  8. Under the A of C, the ______________ controlled foreign and interstate trade
  9. 4th president of the United States
  10. _________ hear around the world
  11. under the A of C, each state delegation got ________ vote
  12. Native populations greatly decreased between 1650-1750 due to __________

26 Clues: Gives States independence • _________ hear around the world • 4th president of the United States • James Madison was from what state? • taxation without ___________________ • were captured over the winter of 1776 • First attempt at a federal government • The rise of prices and devaluing of money • Commander and Chief of the Continental Army • ...

Ohio state 2022-11-01

Ohio state crossword puzzle
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  1. how many first-round quarterbacks from Ohio State
  2. what is held in Cleveland Ohio containing the greatest football athteltes
  3. ohio is a part of this conference
  4. theword ohio state tried to trademark
  5. Ohio rock band
  6. this team has won 8 championships
  7. Ohio states capital
  8. how many players in the NFL came from ohio state
  9. Ohio states mascot
  10. ohios state bird
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  1. the team Ohio state dominates
  2. Ohio state's biggest rival
  3. the best band in college
  4. Ohio states team name
  5. how many roads run through ohio

15 Clues: Ohio rock band • ohios state bird • Ohio states mascot • Ohio states capital • Ohio states team name • the best band in college • Ohio state's biggest rival • the team Ohio state dominates • how many roads run through ohio • ohio is a part of this conference • this team has won 8 championships • theword ohio state tried to trademark • how many players in the NFL came from ohio state • ...

Constitutional Convention 2025-01-30

Constitutional Convention crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plan favoring large states
  2. Sections of the Constitution
  3. Jersy Plan Plan favoring small states
  4. Having a voice in government decisions
  5. The introduction to the Constitution
  6. A written plan for government
  7. Approval of a document or plan
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  1. A change to a document
  2. Power shared between states and the national government
  3. An agreement where both sides give up something
  4. Madison Madison — "Father of the Constitution"
  5. A two-house legislature
  6. Who are the representatives sent to meetings
  7. Compromise — Agreement creating two houses in Congress
  8. and Balances — System that keeps one branch from becoming too powerful

15 Clues: A change to a document • A two-house legislature • Plan favoring large states • Sections of the Constitution • A written plan for government • Approval of a document or plan • The introduction to the Constitution • Having a voice in government decisions • Jersy Plan Plan favoring small states • Who are the representatives sent to meetings • ...

Cold War Crossword Puzzle 2025-09-15

Cold War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Planes flying food and goods into West Berlin.
  2. First word in Cold War.
  3. Country split into East and West after WWII.
  4. Short for the Soviet Union.
  5. Second word in Cold War.
  6. City where planes brought supplies during the blockade.
  7. Countries joining together to help each other.
  8. An agreement between countries.
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  1. First word in United States.
  2. The Soviets’ group of countries.
  3. When the Soviets tried to cut off West Berlin.
  4. Second word in United States.
  5. Continent divided East and West during the Cold War.
  6. City name used for the Soviet alliance.
  7. U.S. and Western Europe’s defense group.

15 Clues: First word in Cold War. • Second word in Cold War. • Short for the Soviet Union. • First word in United States. • Second word in United States. • An agreement between countries. • The Soviets’ group of countries. • City name used for the Soviet alliance. • U.S. and Western Europe’s defense group. • Country split into East and West after WWII. • ...

Bill of Rights and The constitution 2022-02-17

Bill of Rights and The constitution crossword puzzle
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  1. grants citizenship
  2. speedy trial
  3. states or people
  4. repealing elec. proc.
  5. no troops in homes
  6. right to vote
  7. right to not testify
  8. unreasonable search
  9. unlisted rights
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  1. states shielded
  2. freedom of speech
  3. civil cases in jury
  4. right to bear arms
  5. no cruel punishment
  6. slavery abolished

15 Clues: speedy trial • right to vote • states shielded • unlisted rights • states or people • freedom of speech • slavery abolished • grants citizenship • right to bear arms • no troops in homes • civil cases in jury • no cruel punishment • unreasonable search • right to not testify • repealing elec. proc.

The Civil War 2016-04-28

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. was the reason for the Civil War to start
  2. people who looked for escaped slaves
  3. general for the northern army
  4. a law stating it was illegal to help slaves escape
  5. a safe house for the slaves to hide-out on their way to freedom
  6. the northern states
  7. the southern states
  8. person against slavery
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  1. general for the southern army
  2. secret routes for slaves to escape to freedom
  3. President during the Civil War
  4. someone who is your enemy
  5. a large farm
  6. states that broke away from the union
  7. a person who helped slaves along the escape route

15 Clues: a large farm • the northern states • the southern states • person against slavery • someone who is your enemy • general for the southern army • general for the northern army • President during the Civil War • people who looked for escaped slaves • states that broke away from the union • was the reason for the Civil War to start • secret routes for slaves to escape to freedom • ...

HaSS Crossword 2023-02-04

HaSS Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Coming to move permanently to a new country
  2. When states form to make one nation
  3. Every thing the king is in charge of
  4. Former premier of New South Wales
  5. Secret vote
  6. a person who stands for the people
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  1. when a group of states come together
  2. A country allowed to trade with anyone
  3. a policy forbidding any non European citizens from immigrating into Australia
  4. A set of laws
  5. An agreement between states
  6. Former prime minister of Australia
  7. an area controlled and occupied by settlers
  8. A vote to change a constitutional law
  9. A tax

15 Clues: A tax • Secret vote • A set of laws • An agreement between states • Former premier of New South Wales • Former prime minister of Australia • a person who stands for the people • When states form to make one nation • when a group of states come together • Every thing the king is in charge of • A vote to change a constitutional law • A country allowed to trade with anyone • ...

Civil War Crossword 2022-03-03

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Freed slave taken back into slavery because he was not considered a citizen
  2. Equal slave and free states
  3. Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
  4. Act that punished anyone who aided slaves
  5. Someone who sought to end slavery
  6. 16th United States president, was an abolitionist
  7. Tax on imports
  8. Failed rebellion led by John Brown
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  1. What the South called John Brown
  2. Led to secession of multiple states
  3. Nickname given to Kansas after Kansas Nebraska Act
  4. Debate that led to Lincoln gaining supporters
  5. "We the people"
  6. The act of being enslaved
  7. Someone who died for a cause

15 Clues: Tax on imports • "We the people" • The act of being enslaved • Equal slave and free states • Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin • Someone who died for a cause • What the South called John Brown • Someone who sought to end slavery • Failed rebellion led by John Brown • Led to secession of multiple states • Act that punished anyone who aided slaves • ...

North America Physical Geography 2022-08-31

North America Physical Geography crossword puzzle
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  1. flat surface elevated sides
  2. located in central North America
  3. located between Mexico and the United States
  4. relationship between humans and nature
  5. where sea life are caught for profit
  6. small rivers flow into a larger body of water
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  1. in comparison to another location
  2. stretches from Alabama to Quebec
  3. line where elevation prevents growth
  4. located in western North America
  5. largest river in the United States
  6. where you can find a place on a map
  7. is the border for Mexico and the United States
  8. the study of the earth and human interactions
  9. exact location

15 Clues: exact location • flat surface elevated sides • stretches from Alabama to Quebec • located in central North America • located in western North America • in comparison to another location • largest river in the United States • where you can find a place on a map • line where elevation prevents growth • where sea life are caught for profit • relationship between humans and nature • ...

Civil War Vocabulary 2024-05-01

Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The formal release of enslaved people from bondage
  2. A nickname for people in the North
  3. Very hard, quite tasteless crackers eaten by soldiers
  4. President of the Confederate States of America
  5. Economy of the north was mainly
  6. Slave-owning states that did not secede from the Union
  7. Capital of the USA
  8. A nickname for people in the South
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  1. Economy of the south was mainly
  2. The vast majority of Civil War soldiers were ______.
  3. Famous Union general
  4. The selection of citizens for mandatory military service
  5. President of the Union
  6. Capital of the Confederate States of America
  7. Famous Confederate general

15 Clues: Capital of the USA • Famous Union general • President of the Union • Famous Confederate general • Economy of the south was mainly • Economy of the north was mainly • A nickname for people in the North • A nickname for people in the South • Capital of the Confederate States of America • President of the Confederate States of America • ...

Constitutional Convention 2025-01-30

Constitutional Convention crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plan favoring large states
  2. Sections of the Constitution
  3. Jersy Plan Plan favoring small states
  4. Having a voice in government decisions
  5. The introduction to the Constitution
  6. A written plan for government
  7. Approval of a document or plan
Down
  1. A change to a document
  2. Power shared between states and the national government
  3. An agreement where both sides give up something
  4. Madison "Father of the Constitution"
  5. A two-house legislature
  6. Who are the representatives sent to meetings
  7. Compromise — Agreement creating two houses in Congress
  8. and Balances — System that keeps one branch from becoming too powerful

15 Clues: A change to a document • A two-house legislature • Plan favoring large states • Sections of the Constitution • A written plan for government • Approval of a document or plan • The introduction to the Constitution • Having a voice in government decisions • Jersy Plan Plan favoring small states • Who are the representatives sent to meetings • ...

Valerie Lobo 2025-05-13

Valerie Lobo crossword puzzle
Across
  1. War between people of the same country
  2. All citizens can vote
  3. A machine used for separating cotton from its seeds
  4. 16th president of the United States
  5. 7th president of the United States
  6. hideouts for runaway slaves
  7. A person against slavery
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  1. an order issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863
  2. Anybody born in the United States is a citizen
  3. Slavery is illegal
  4. conductor of the underground railroads
  5. Racist laws enforced in the South
  6. Warship that is covered with iron plates
  7. Attempt to repair the South
  8. The place Abraham Lincoln got assassinated

15 Clues: Slavery is illegal • All citizens can vote • A person against slavery • Attempt to repair the South • hideouts for runaway slaves • Racist laws enforced in the South • 7th president of the United States • 16th president of the United States • War between people of the same country • conductor of the underground railroads • Warship that is covered with iron plates • ...

Civil War 2023-01-11

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Weapons for firing missiles.
  2. Military that specializes in fighting on foot.
  3. Sout had many of those where slaves were forced to work.
  4. The deadliest single-day battle.
  5. Southern states
  6. Was President during the Civil War
  7. Lincoln's famous speech.
  8. A person from the north that went to the south after Civil War to earn profit from the reconstruction.
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  1. Ship protected by iron and steel.
  2. Emergency paper currency.
  3. Person who wants to get rid of slavery.
  4. Northern states.
  5. Bag used by soldiers and hikers.
  6. Heavy coursework shoe.
  7. When Southern states left the Union.

15 Clues: Southern states • Northern states. • Heavy coursework shoe. • Lincoln's famous speech. • Emergency paper currency. • Weapons for firing missiles. • The deadliest single-day battle. • Bag used by soldiers and hikers. • Ship protected by iron and steel. • Was President during the Civil War • When Southern states left the Union. • Person who wants to get rid of slavery. • ...

Civil War and Reconstruction in Texas 2020-02-05

Civil War and Reconstruction in Texas crossword puzzle
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  1. Another name for the United States during the Civil War
  2. January 1, 1863; a naval and land battle during the Civil War in Texas; The Confederates expelled occupying Union troops from the city of Galveston
  3. The practice of owning a slave or the condition of a slave being in bondage
  4. gave citizenship to African Americans born in the US
  5. Believe that state’s interests are more important than the interests of the national government
  6. September 8, 1863; Confederate troops prevented the Union troops from invading/occupying part of Texas
  7. Focus/loyal on the interests of one's region
  8. A tax on imported goods
  9. 1860-1865; a war between the north and south over state’s rights and slavery
  10. When part of a country leaves or breaks off from the rest of the country
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  1. Declared that MALE’S right to vote could not be taken away based on race/color
  2. Someone who joined the movement to abolish, or end, slavery
  3. freed slaves everywhere in the United States making slavery illegal
  4. A collection of 11 states, in the south, that seceded from the United States after the election of President Abraham Lincoln
  5. 1865-1877; period in US history when the United States began to rebuild the South after the Civil War
  6. May 12, 1865; the final battle of the Civil War

16 Clues: A tax on imported goods • Focus/loyal on the interests of one's region • May 12, 1865; the final battle of the Civil War • gave citizenship to African Americans born in the US • Another name for the United States during the Civil War • Someone who joined the movement to abolish, or end, slavery • freed slaves everywhere in the United States making slavery illegal • ...

Reconstruction 2023-09-11

Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. laws that put the southern states under U.S. military control and required them to draft new constitutions upholding the 14th Amendment
  2. President Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction
  3. Supreme Court case that established the separate-but-equal doctrine for public facilities
  4. laws that gave African Americans legal rights equal to those of white Americans
  5. gave full rights of citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States, except for American Indians
  6. gave African American men the right to vote
  7. A system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which farmers worked the land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops
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  1. agency established by Congress in 1865 to help poor people in the South
  2. Name the southern Democrats gave to white southern Republicans during Reconstruction
  3. Laws that enforced segregation in the southern states
  4. Laws passed in the southern states during Reconstruction that greatly limited the freedom and rights of African Americans
  5. An agreement to settle the disputed presidential election of 1876;
  6. A special tax that a person had to pay in order to vote
  7. What white Southerners called Republicans from the North who moved to the South during Reconstruction
  8. The process of readmitting the former Confederate States to the Union; lasted from 1865-1877
  9. outlawed slavery

16 Clues: outlawed slavery • President Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction • gave African American men the right to vote • Laws that enforced segregation in the southern states • A special tax that a person had to pay in order to vote • An agreement to settle the disputed presidential election of 1876; • agency established by Congress in 1865 to help poor people in the South • ...

states of matter 2012-09-10

states of matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / A small particle from which all objects are made
  2. / Gas changes to liquid
  3. / Solid changes to gas
  4. point / The temperature that the liquid startes to boil
  5. point / The temperature that the solid startes to melt
  6. / It is an object that can't flow, can't compress, it is difinite shape and already fixed
Down
  1. / The temperature of water goes up
  2. / A particle made from atoms joined together
  3. / Liquid changes to liquid
  4. / Liquid or gas mixed up with liquid or in air
  5. / It is an object that can flow, can't compress much, it is the shape of contaner and already fixed
  6. / It is an object that can flow, can compress, the shape will diffuses to fill the contaner and it is spread out in the air

12 Clues: / Solid changes to gas • / Gas changes to liquid • / Liquid changes to liquid • / The temperature of water goes up • / A particle made from atoms joined together • / Liquid or gas mixed up with liquid or in air • / A small particle from which all objects are made • point / The temperature that the solid startes to melt • ...

Southwest States & Capitals 2014-04-13

Southwest States & Capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Kansas
  2. North Dakota
  3. wisconsin
  4. Indiana
  5. Nebraska
Down
  1. Missouri
  2. Ohio
  3. Minnesota
  4. Iowa
  5. South Dakota
  6. Illinois
  7. Michigan

12 Clues: Ohio • Iowa • Kansas • Indiana • Missouri • Illinois • Nebraska • Michigan • Minnesota • wisconsin • South Dakota • North Dakota

Southwest States & Capitals 2014-04-13

Southwest States & Capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Topeka
  2. Pierre
  3. Lansing
  4. Madison
  5. Jefferson City
  6. Indianapolis
Down
  1. Lincoln
  2. Bismarck
  3. Springfield
  4. Saint Paul
  5. Columbus
  6. Des Moines

12 Clues: Topeka • Pierre • Lincoln • Lansing • Madison • Bismarck • Columbus • Saint Paul • Des Moines • Springfield • Indianapolis • Jefferson City

States of Matter 2013-04-09

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The measure (weight) of how much matter an object has
  2. Something about an object that can be observed (size, shape, color)
  3. a from of matter that changes shape to fits its container
  4. Precipitation in its liquid form
  5. Anything that takes up space and has mass
  6. A small particle that makes up matter
  7. This causes water to change from a liquid to a gas
Down
  1. A form of matter that has no shape or volume of its own
  2. Water in its solid form
  3. A change in size, shape, state or appearance of matter
  4. A form of matter that keeps its own shape and volume
  5. The amount of space an object takes up

12 Clues: Water in its solid form • Precipitation in its liquid form • A small particle that makes up matter • The amount of space an object takes up • Anything that takes up space and has mass • This causes water to change from a liquid to a gas • A form of matter that keeps its own shape and volume • The measure (weight) of how much matter an object has • ...

States of Matter 2015-02-07

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the particles are closest together in this state
  2. liquid matter takes the shape of its ____________
  3. on a warm day, the liquid water in a puddle will ____ and turn to gas
  4. particles a close together but can still move around quite freely in this state
  5. ice thawing is an example of _______
  6. water will ______ at zero degrees
Down
  1. water in gas form is called _____
  2. solid matter does not change ____________
  3. the process of when a gas cools to form a liquid
  4. water will __________ at one humdred degress Celsius
  5. the amount of space that matter takes up is its ___________
  6. water in solid form

12 Clues: water in solid form • water in gas form is called _____ • water will ______ at zero degrees • ice thawing is an example of _______ • solid matter does not change ____________ • the particles are closest together in this state • the process of when a gas cools to form a liquid • liquid matter takes the shape of its ____________ • ...

Great Lakes States 2021-05-18

Great Lakes States crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Slogan for IN
  2. Capital of Crossroads of America
  3. State Abbreviated MN
  4. Capital of OH
  5. State Abbreviated WI
Down
  1. Capital of MI
  2. Slogan for MI
  3. Slogan for OH
  4. Slogan for IL
  5. Capital of IL
  6. Capital of America's Dairyland
  7. Capital of the Land of 10,000 Lakes

12 Clues: Capital of MI • Slogan for MI • Slogan for OH • Slogan for IL • Capital of IL • Slogan for IN • Capital of OH • State Abbreviated MN • State Abbreviated WI • Capital of America's Dairyland • Capital of Crossroads of America • Capital of the Land of 10,000 Lakes

States of Matter 2021-08-14

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. matter that has no definite volume or shape
  2. the change from solid to liquid
  3. the change from gas to liquid
  4. the change from solid to gas
  5. matter that has a definite volume and shape
  6. energy flow between objects of different temperature
  7. vaporisation from within as well as from the surface of a liquid
Down
  1. the change from liquid to gas
  2. the change from liquid to solid
  3. matter that has definite volume but not shape
  4. vaporisation from the surface of a liquid.
  5. the change from gas to solid

12 Clues: the change from solid to gas • the change from gas to solid • the change from liquid to gas • the change from gas to liquid • the change from liquid to solid • the change from solid to liquid • vaporisation from the surface of a liquid. • matter that has no definite volume or shape • matter that has a definite volume and shape • matter that has definite volume but not shape • ...

States Of Matter 2023-09-07

States Of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a gas where its electrons are ripped away from the atoms, forming ionised gas, (plasma)
  2. a behaviour or characteristic/trait belonging to matter
  3. the warning of danger and hazards that may occur during the procedure/event
  4. an object with definite volume and shape
  5. the ability for something to influence and affect matter into taking a different form
  6. a state of matter which does not have a fixed shape or volume, and can expand freely to fill up the space around.
  7. the resistance of a fluid(liquid or gas) and the thickness of it
  8. the process where water vapour becomes a liquid, (the opposite of evaporation)
Down
  1. a substance that is able to flow and fill up the space around it, but still his definite volume
  2. any object that takes up space and has volume
  3. a procedure to make a discovery or confirm a known fact
  4. the process of liquid into the form of gas

12 Clues: an object with definite volume and shape • the process of liquid into the form of gas • any object that takes up space and has volume • a procedure to make a discovery or confirm a known fact • a behaviour or characteristic/trait belonging to matter • the resistance of a fluid(liquid or gas) and the thickness of it • ...

States of Matter 2023-10-02

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. La ley de _____ de la masa establece que en una reacción química la masa ni se crea ni se destruye.
  2. Una medida de la cantidad de materia en un objeto
  3. Una mezcla _____ exhibe una composición uniforme y parece visualmente igual en todas partes
  4. Sustancia pura que no puede descomponerse en sustancias más simples mediante cambios químicos
  5. Todo lo que ocupa espacio y tiene masa
Down
  1. Un ______ tiene un volumen indefinido y una forma indefinida
  2. Sustancias puras que pueden descomponerse en sustancias más simples mediante cambios químicos
  3. Un ______ tiene un volumen definido y una forma indefinida
  4. La partícula más pequeña de un elemento que conserva su identidad en una reacción química
  5. Una mezcla _____ tiene una composición que varía de un punto a otro
  6. Un _____ tiene un volumen definido y una forma definida
  7. La fuerza que la gravedad ejerce sobre un objeto

12 Clues: Todo lo que ocupa espacio y tiene masa • La fuerza que la gravedad ejerce sobre un objeto • Una medida de la cantidad de materia en un objeto • Un _____ tiene un volumen definido y una forma definida • Un ______ tiene un volumen definido y una forma indefinida • Un ______ tiene un volumen indefinido y una forma indefinida • ...

States of Matter 2023-09-22

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - how molecules move when we add energy
  2. - a state of matter in which the molecules are close together and barely move
  3. - what molecules are to each other
  4. - anything that has mass and takes up space
  5. - molecules are always doing this
  6. - the state of matter in which the molecules are not attracted to each other
Down
  1. - how molecules move when we remove energy
  2. - the state of matter that takes the shape of its container
  3. - the last name of the coolest science teacher ever
  4. - this should be everyone's favorite class
  5. - the building blocks of matter
  6. - how much matter something is made of

12 Clues: - the building blocks of matter • - molecules are always doing this • - what molecules are to each other • - how much matter something is made of • - how molecules move when we add energy • - how molecules move when we remove energy • - this should be everyone's favorite class • - anything that has mass and takes up space • ...

States and Capitals 2023-09-28

States and Capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Georgia
  2. Hawaii
  3. Ohio
  4. Pennsylvania
  5. California
  6. New Mexico
Down
  1. Arizona
  2. Florida
  3. Main
  4. Alabama
  5. field Illinois
  6. Moines Iowa

12 Clues: Main • Ohio • Hawaii • Arizona • Florida • Georgia • Alabama • California • New Mexico • Pennsylvania • Moines Iowa • field Illinois

States of Matter 2023-09-07

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. -a behaviour belonging to matter, e.g., able to flow
  2. -when matter is influenced to take a different form
  3. -a particle with negative charge
  4. -when a gas is cooling and becoming a solid or liquid
  5. -a state of matter with no fixed shape and takes the form of its container
Down
  1. -when a liquid is warmed and becomes a gas
  2. -a state of matter which can flow and takes up all space possible
  3. -a particle with positive charge
  4. -a particle with no charge
  5. -a state of matter that is extremely dense and has definite shape
  6. -any object that takes up space and has mass
  7. -resistance of liquid flowing

12 Clues: -a particle with no charge • -resistance of liquid flowing • -a particle with positive charge • -a particle with negative charge • -when a liquid is warmed and becomes a gas • -any object that takes up space and has mass • -when matter is influenced to take a different form • -a behaviour belonging to matter, e.g., able to flow • ...

States of Matter 2023-11-20

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. frozen water
  2. state of matter that takes no specific shape
  3. particles going from liquid to gas
  4. particles going from liquid to solid
  5. anything that has mass and takes up space
  6. state of matter that particles take shape of their container
Down
  1. state of matter that has a fixed shape
  2. measured in ˚C or ˚F
  3. the fourth state of matter
  4. particles going from solid to liquid
  5. particles going from gas to liquid
  6. thermal energy

12 Clues: frozen water • thermal energy • measured in ˚C or ˚F • the fourth state of matter • particles going from gas to liquid • particles going from liquid to gas • particles going from solid to liquid • particles going from liquid to solid • state of matter that has a fixed shape • anything that has mass and takes up space • state of matter that takes no specific shape • ...

STATES OF MATTER 2024-05-15

STATES OF MATTER crossword puzzle
Across
  1. used on cars from time to time a light solid
  2. something everything has
  3. an example of a solid water
  4. the process of gas turning into liquid
  5. what happens when perfume is sprayed into the air
  6. a liquid that we need to survive
Down
  1. measures the temperature of something or someone
  2. what happens when a liquid turns into a gas
  3. a gas that we need to live
  4. they are made when multiple atoms are joined together
  5. a state of matter where the particles are close together and they vibrate
  6. a solid made up of particles an animal

12 Clues: something everything has • a gas that we need to live • an example of a solid water • a liquid that we need to survive • the process of gas turning into liquid • a solid made up of particles an animal • what happens when a liquid turns into a gas • used on cars from time to time a light solid • measures the temperature of something or someone • ...

STATES OF MATTER 2024-05-15

STATES OF MATTER crossword puzzle
Across
  1. used on cars from time to time a light solid
  2. something everything has
  3. an example of a solid water
  4. the process of gas turning into liquid
  5. what happens when perfume is sprayed into the air
  6. a liquid that we need to survive
Down
  1. measures the temperature of something or someone
  2. what happens when a liquid turns into a gas
  3. a gas that we need to live
  4. they are made when multiple atoms are joined together
  5. a state of matter where the particles are close together and they vibrate
  6. a solid made up of particles an animal

12 Clues: something everything has • a gas that we need to live • an example of a solid water • a liquid that we need to survive • the process of gas turning into liquid • a solid made up of particles an animal • what happens when a liquid turns into a gas • used on cars from time to time a light solid • measures the temperature of something or someone • ...

STATES OF MATTER 2024-05-15

STATES OF MATTER crossword puzzle
Across
  1. used on cars from time to time a light solid
  2. something everything has
  3. an example of a solid water
  4. the process of gas turning into liquid
  5. what happens when perfume is sprayed into the air
  6. a liquid that we need to survive
Down
  1. measures the temperature of something or someone
  2. what happens when a liquid turns into a gas
  3. a gas that we need to live
  4. they are made when multiple atoms are joined together
  5. a state of matter where the particles are close together and they vibrate
  6. a solid made up of particles an animal

12 Clues: something everything has • a gas that we need to live • an example of a solid water • a liquid that we need to survive • the process of gas turning into liquid • a solid made up of particles an animal • what happens when a liquid turns into a gas • used on cars from time to time a light solid • measures the temperature of something or someone • ...

Midwest States Crosswords 2023-03-21

Midwest States Crosswords crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Known as the Land Of Lincoln
  2. Mount Rushmore is located in this state
  3. This state borders three of the Great Lakes
  4. The Indy 500 is hosted here
  5. The Mississippi River begins here
Down
  1. Thomas Edison was born in this state
  2. This state is known for its cheese
  3. The Badlands is located in this state
  4. Blue Bunny Ice Cream was created here
  5. The Lewis and Clark expedition started here
  6. Kool-Aid was invented here
  7. This state is famous for Wizard In Oz

12 Clues: Kool-Aid was invented here • The Indy 500 is hosted here • Known as the Land Of Lincoln • The Mississippi River begins here • This state is known for its cheese • Thomas Edison was born in this state • The Badlands is located in this state • Blue Bunny Ice Cream was created here • This state is famous for Wizard In Oz • Mount Rushmore is located in this state • ...

States of Matter 2023-08-14

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. how something changes in shape, area, volume, and density
  2. something that has mass and takes up space
  3. state of matter when particles are close together but have little space
  4. high temperature gas positively and negatively charged
  5. the intent to explain something especially on a specific topic
Down
  1. how something moves in a direction
  2. moves around in states of matter
  3. the measure of something being hot or cold
  4. state of matter when particles are packed closely together
  5. state of matter when particles are free to move around in a lot of space
  6. relating to motion
  7. the basic unit of a chemical element

12 Clues: relating to motion • moves around in states of matter • how something moves in a direction • the basic unit of a chemical element • something that has mass and takes up space • the measure of something being hot or cold • high temperature gas positively and negatively charged • how something changes in shape, area, volume, and density • ...

States of Matter 2023-08-30

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when matter turns from liquid to solid
  2. the amount of heat in a substance
  3. state where particles can be compressed
  4. state where particles are densely packed
  5. state where particles can move around
  6. when matter turns from liquid to gas at any temperature
Down
  1. when matter turns from gas to liquid
  2. the amount of vibration in particles
  3. when matter turns from solid to gas
  4. when matter turns from solid to liquid
  5. when matter turns from gas to solid
  6. when matter turns from liquid to gas at boiling point

12 Clues: the amount of heat in a substance • when matter turns from solid to gas • when matter turns from gas to solid • when matter turns from gas to liquid • the amount of vibration in particles • state where particles can move around • when matter turns from liquid to solid • when matter turns from solid to liquid • state where particles can be compressed • ...

the flora states 2021-09-13

the flora states crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is a flower that is a Hawaiian hibiscus
  2. they come in different colours, like red in Slovakia but orange in Cali with which the name connects
  3. tree in Oklahoma which has purple buds unlike the name
  4. Paylow green in Arizona
  5. an Arizona state flower which is actually a cactus
  6. it is a tree with leaves very red like Johansens first name and it is an oak from D.C.
  7. believed to be earliest known flowering plant with its fossils dating back 100 million years ago
Down
  1. a Nebraska tree that is named by a plant used for making clothes and wood
  2. blooms before its leaves and is well known in Delaware
  3. an loved common pet and what it is told to fetch
  4. grows in Arkansas and many more states and is a very common fruits flower
  5. looks like a sunflower but is smaller and grows in Maryland

12 Clues: Paylow green in Arizona • is a flower that is a Hawaiian hibiscus • an loved common pet and what it is told to fetch • an Arizona state flower which is actually a cactus • blooms before its leaves and is well known in Delaware • tree in Oklahoma which has purple buds unlike the name • looks like a sunflower but is smaller and grows in Maryland • ...

United States Regions! 2021-10-28

United States Regions! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This big hairy animal lives in the Plains region (but it does not have wild wings!)
  2. The midwest is made up of a lot of these and used to grow food
  3. How many main geographical regions the United States has
  4. Region of the U.S. located to the right
  5. Region of the U.S. located in the middle
  6. This mountain range is the tallest in the U.S.
  7. This place in Los Angeles, California is where a lot of actors live
Down
  1. This Eastern Region City is known as the Big Apple and has Times Square in it
  2. Region of the U.S. located to the left
  3. All the regions have a lot of geographic blank
  4. One of the reasons why the Appalachian Mountains have gotten shorter
  5. Most of our nation's blank comes from the Plains Region

12 Clues: Region of the U.S. located to the left • Region of the U.S. located to the right • Region of the U.S. located in the middle • All the regions have a lot of geographic blank • This mountain range is the tallest in the U.S. • Most of our nation's blank comes from the Plains Region • How many main geographical regions the United States has • ...

states of matter 2021-10-28

states of matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When you add heat to a ice you change the _____________ so the ice cube can melt
  2. What is it called when a gas changes to a liquid
  3. _______ are the smallest amount of an element
  4. When a liquid changes to a gas what is it called
  5. What happens when you freeze a liquid
  6. When an ice cube melts what state of matter is it now
  7. When you boil water what does it change into
Down
  1. _________ are two or more atoms chemically bonded
  2. When you test a solid liquid or gas what is it called
  3. When a solid changes to gas what is it called
  4. __________ are two or more different elements chemically bonded
  5. Something that takes up space

12 Clues: Something that takes up space • What happens when you freeze a liquid • When you boil water what does it change into • When a solid changes to gas what is it called • _______ are the smallest amount of an element • What is it called when a gas changes to a liquid • When a liquid changes to a gas what is it called • _________ are two or more atoms chemically bonded • ...

Rocky Mountain States 2021-12-09

Rocky Mountain States crossword puzzle
Across
  1. has a capital of Salt Lake City
  2. capital is Denver
  3. capital of Colorado
  4. capital of Utah
  5. capital of Nevada
Down
  1. capital is Carson City
  2. has a capital of Cheyenne
  3. capital of Montana
  4. capital of Idaho
  5. has a capital of Helena
  6. has a capital of Boise
  7. is the capital of Wyoming

12 Clues: capital of Utah • capital of Idaho • capital is Denver • capital of Nevada • capital of Montana • capital of Colorado • capital is Carson City • has a capital of Boise • has a capital of Helena • has a capital of Cheyenne • is the capital of Wyoming • has a capital of Salt Lake City

States of matter 2021-08-27

States of matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a hot, ionized gas consisting of approximately equal numbers of positively charged ions and negatively charged electrons.
  2. the process in which a solid changes directly into a gas.
  3. that occurs only on the surface of a liquid.
  4. a state of matter that has a definite shape and volume. The particles vibrate.
  5. The change of state from a liquid to a gas.
  6. the process of plasma changing back into a gas.
  7. the process of changing a gas into plasma by giving the atoms a charge.
  8. a state of matter with no definite shape or volume. The particles bounce around freely.
Down
  1. states that all matter is made up of small particles, which are constantly moving.
  2. the change in state from a solid to a liquid.
  3. a state of matter that has no definite shape, but has a definite volume. The particles slide past each other.
  4. the change of state from a gas to a liquid.
  5. vaporization that occurs on and below the surface of a liquid.

13 Clues: The change of state from a liquid to a gas. • that occurs only on the surface of a liquid. • the change of state from a gas to a liquid. • the process of plasma changing back into a gas. • the change in state from a solid to a liquid. • the process in which a solid changes directly into a gas. • ...

States of Matter 2025-05-31

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Process of separating components of a mixture through evaporation and condensation
  2. Doesn't have a fixed shape or volume
  3. Used to separate a solute from a solvent
  4. A method for separating solids from liquids
  5. Takes shape of container
  6. Process of solid turning into liquid
  7. Tiniest portion of matter
Down
  1. Process of solid changing directly into gas
  2. Process of liquid turning into solid
  3. Process of changing gas into liquid
  4. Has mass and takes up space
  5. Has a fixed shape

12 Clues: Has a fixed shape • Takes shape of container • Tiniest portion of matter • Has mass and takes up space • Process of changing gas into liquid • Process of liquid turning into solid • Doesn't have a fixed shape or volume • Process of solid turning into liquid • Used to separate a solute from a solvent • Process of solid changing directly into gas • ...

States of Matter 2022-10-11

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A liquids resistance to flow.
  2. A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object or substance.
  3. A state of matter that has no definite shape but has a definite volume.
  4. The _______ point is the temperature at which a liquid boils.
  5. A state of matter that has a definite shape and a definite volume
  6. Vaporization that only occurs at the surface of a liquid.
Down
  1. The change in state from a gas to a liquid.
  2. A state of matter that doesn't have a definite shape or a definite volume.
  3. A change in state from a solid to a gas without passing through the liquid state.
  4. The ______ point is the temperature at which a substance changes from a solid to a liquid.
  5. This type of energy is the total of kinetic and potential energy of all the particles in an object.
  6. A change in state from a liquid to a gas.

12 Clues: A liquids resistance to flow. • A change in state from a liquid to a gas. • The change in state from a gas to a liquid. • Vaporization that only occurs at the surface of a liquid. • The _______ point is the temperature at which a liquid boils. • A state of matter that has a definite shape and a definite volume • ...

States of Matter 2022-01-26

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. change from liquid to solid
  2. another name for space
  3. particles far apart
  4. small parts of matter
  5. particles closely packed with some space between
  6. anything that has mass and takes up space
  7. particles tightly packed
  8. change from solid to liquid
  9. change from gas to solid
Down
  1. change from gas to liquid
  2. change from solid to gas
  3. change from liquid to gas

12 Clues: particles far apart • small parts of matter • another name for space • change from solid to gas • particles tightly packed • change from gas to solid • change from gas to liquid • change from liquid to gas • change from liquid to solid • change from solid to liquid • anything that has mass and takes up space • particles closely packed with some space between

States of Matter 2025-05-21

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a high-energy state of matter
  2. fits the shape of its container
  3. turning from liquid to gaseous phase
  4. liquid to gas
  5. the degree or intensity of heat
  6. solid to liquid
  7. liquid to solid
Down
  1. definite shape and volume
  2. change the form but not the essence
  3. gas to liquid
  4. turning liquid into vapor
  5. no definite shape or volume

12 Clues: gas to liquid • liquid to gas • solid to liquid • liquid to solid • definite shape and volume • turning liquid into vapor • no definite shape or volume • a high-energy state of matter • fits the shape of its container • the degree or intensity of heat • change the form but not the essence • turning from liquid to gaseous phase

Southeastern States & Capitals 2026-02-05

Southeastern States & Capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Mississippi
  2. Arkansas
  3. Kentucky
  4. Florida
  5. Virginia
  6. Louisiana
  7. North Carolina
Down
  1. South Carolina
  2. West Virginia
  3. Alabama
  4. Tennessee
  5. Georgia

12 Clues: Alabama • Florida • Georgia • Arkansas • Kentucky • Virginia • Tennessee • Louisiana • Mississippi • West Virginia • South Carolina • North Carolina

States of Matter 2025-08-24

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The amount of energy that gas particles have
  2. What can be done to a gas as the particles are forced closer together
  3. The amount of energy in the particles in a solid
  4. State of matter where the particles are flowing ovre each other
  5. How the particles in a solid move
  6. What everything is made from
Down
  1. The strength of the bonds between particles in solids
  2. State of matter where the particles are far apart
  3. The tiny things that make up matter
  4. State of matter where the particles are in fixed positions
  5. The strength of the bonds between gas particles
  6. The shape of a solid is f______

12 Clues: What everything is made from • The shape of a solid is f______ • How the particles in a solid move • The tiny things that make up matter • The amount of energy that gas particles have • The strength of the bonds between gas particles • The amount of energy in the particles in a solid • State of matter where the particles are far apart • ...

States of Matter 2025-10-03

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 5 letter word that means "hot" or "heat"
  2. the state of matter in which its atoms or molecules are separate from each other by empty space and can move independently
  3. the temperature at which a substance changes from a liquid to a gas as thermal energy is added to it
  4. the amount force exerted over a certain area
  5. the state of matter in which atoms or molecules are closely packed and touching one another in fixed positions
  6. the temperature at which a substance changes from a solid to a liquid as thermal energy is added to it
Down
  1. added to a substance that causes a state change
  2. best baseball team in Chicago
  3. make up everything in the world and cannot be seen with our eyes
  4. frozen water or something we put in our water to make it stay cold
  5. the physical form matter takes on as determined by the arrangement and motion of its atoms or molecules
  6. the state of matter in which its atoms or molecules are closely packed and touching one another but are not held in fixed positions.

12 Clues: best baseball team in Chicago • 5 letter word that means "hot" or "heat" • the amount force exerted over a certain area • added to a substance that causes a state change • make up everything in the world and cannot be seen with our eyes • frozen water or something we put in our water to make it stay cold • ...

Find The States! 2026-04-10

Find The States! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What ocean is to the east of the United States?
  2. What state is south of South Dakota?
  3. What state is to the west of California?
  4. What state is north of Missouri?
  5. What state is north of California?
  6. What state is east of Indiana?
Down
  1. What state is southeast from New Mexico?
  2. What state is northwest of New Mexico?
  3. What state is east of California?
  4. What state is west of Kansas?
  5. What state is southwest of West Virginia?
  6. What state is northeast of Maine?

12 Clues: What state is west of Kansas? • What state is east of Indiana? • What state is north of Missouri? • What state is east of California? • What state is northeast of Maine? • What state is north of California? • What state is south of South Dakota? • What state is northwest of New Mexico? • What state is southeast from New Mexico? • What state is to the west of California? • ...

States of Matter 2026-04-09

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. having no definite shape or volume
  2. huge chunks of ice in oceans
  3. change of camphor to gaseous state
  4. process of change from liquid to gas
  5. shape of meniscus formed in mercury
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  1. forms on liquids by force surface tension
  2. process of change from solid to liquid
  3. have definite mass and definite volume
  4. method of heat transfer in liquids
  5. anything which occupies space and has mass
  6. change of water vapor to snow
  7. gaseous state of water

12 Clues: gaseous state of water • huge chunks of ice in oceans • change of water vapor to snow • having no definite shape or volume • method of heat transfer in liquids • change of camphor to gaseous state • shape of meniscus formed in mercury • process of change from liquid to gas • process of change from solid to liquid • have definite mass and definite volume • ...

Values and Principles in the Constitution and Declaration 2024-08-28

Values and Principles in the Constitution and Declaration crossword puzzle
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  1. The Declaration states that we have the right to alter or ____ our government when it violates our natural rights
  2. How many fundamental principles are in our Declaration of Independence?
  3. What is the second "unalienable Right" that the Declaration mentions?
  4. How many fundamental principles are there in the US Constitution?
  5. Checks and ______ is a principle meaning that each branch can limit the power of the others
  6. The Declaration states that we are all given _______ rights by our Creator
  7. _____ of law means that everyone, including our leaders, must follow the law
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  1. Popular _________ is a constitutional principle that means that the people have the right to rule
  2. The Declaration states that governments should not be changed for ______ and transient (short-lived) causes
  3. Civic _________ is a democratic value that refers to citizens being involved in their government
  4. The principle of federalism means that power is shared between the ______ government and the states
  5. Our leaders need the "consent of the _______" in order to rule
  6. The Founders wanted _______ government so that leaders couldn't break the rules
  7. The separation of ______ is a constitutional principle meaning that each branch of our government has its own powers
  8. The Declaration states that "all men are created ______"
  9. The Founders stated that governments should be abolished when there is a long train of ______

16 Clues: The Declaration states that "all men are created ______" • Our leaders need the "consent of the _______" in order to rule • How many fundamental principles are there in the US Constitution? • What is the second "unalienable Right" that the Declaration mentions? • How many fundamental principles are in our Declaration of Independence? • ...

Vocab #5 2026-01-21

Vocab #5 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. piece of land set aside by government for Native Americans; often undesirable land that settlers didn't want
  2. term used to refer to Northerners who moved South during Reconstruction
  3. unjust or prejudicial treatment of different groups of people
  4. voting requirement that forced citizens to prove they could read; used to disenfranchise African Americans
  5. federal law that granted 160 acres of land in the west to anyone
  6. laws passed by Southern states after Civil War to restrict African Americans' freedom; precursor to Jim Crow Laws
  7. first railroad line to go across the United States
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  1. forced abandonment of one's culture in favor of another group's culture
  2. home built from sod
  3. belief that America was destined by God to conquer the west
  4. tax that had to be paid before voting; used in Southern states to disenfranchise African Americans
  5. town that experienced sudden, rapid economic or population growth; often caused by gold rush, railroads, or mining
  6. laws passed by Southern states that legalized racial discrimination/segregation
  7. separation of people based on race
  8. a vast prairie region in the central United States
  9. system where a landowner allowed a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced; often led to a cycle of debt and poverty

16 Clues: home built from sod • separation of people based on race • a vast prairie region in the central United States • first railroad line to go across the United States • belief that America was destined by God to conquer the west • unjust or prejudicial treatment of different groups of people • federal law that granted 160 acres of land in the west to anyone • ...

Government Vocab 2020-12-03

Government Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. citizen participation level and awareness of government decisions.
  2. drive or effort put forth (single issue groups fall into this category).
  3. Labor unions, agricultural, Business, Professional.
  4. very expensive on TV, way to reach many voters, raising campaign costs.
  5. meets every 4 years, nominates President.
  6. and Immunities Clause no State can draw unreasonable distinctions its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States.
  7. Institution links people and government, gives voice to people.
  8. powers are those powers that the Constitution does not grant to the National Government and does not, at the same time, deny to the States.
  9. powers are those found directly within the Constitution. (Most are in Article I Section
  10. powers are not expressly stated in the Constitution, but are reasonably suggested, or implied by, the expressed powers.
  11. Faith and Credit Clause of the Constitution ensures that States recognize the laws and, documents, and court proceedings of the other States.
  12. campaign committee supports party's candidates.
  13. effect Presidential popularity effecting congressional elections (or another popular candidate).
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  1. House Press Corp journalists whose sole job is to follow the President.
  2. is the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State is returned to that State (Article IV, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution.
  3. public interest, environmental
  4. of federal money or other resources to the states and/or their cities, counties, or localities
  5. = an election system in which the candidate with the most votes wins.
  6. powers belong only because the U.S. is sovereign.
  7. Institution a structure within a society that connects the people to the government or other centralized authority.
  8. keep people in office who are sympathetic to group wants and needs.
  9. a system of gov't in which a written constitution divides the powers of government the national gov't (U.S.) and the State governments (50 States).
  10. and Justice racial issues, gender issues,minority issues.
  11. Groups A collection of people who share some common interest or attitude and seek to influence gov't for specific ends. They work w/in the framework of gov't and employ tactics such as lobbying to achieve their goals.

24 Clues: public interest, environmental • meets every 4 years, nominates President. • campaign committee supports party's candidates. • powers belong only because the U.S. is sovereign. • Labor unions, agricultural, Business, Professional. • and Justice racial issues, gender issues,minority issues. • Institution links people and government, gives voice to people. • ...

chapter 2 3 2019-08-28

chapter 2 3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. system of government in which ultimate authority rests with the national government
  2. those who opposed the new constitution
  3. powers retained by the states under the constitution
  4. powers held by both the national and state governments in a federal system
  5. granted states extra representation in the house of reps based on ratio of slaves at the ratio of three fifths
  6. gives congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations
  7. presidential electors selected to represent the cotes of their respective states
  8. those who supported the constitution during ratification period
  9. required states to return runaway slaves
  10. government structure that authorizes each bank of government to share powers with the other branches
  11. makes federal law supreme over state laws
  12. authority of courts to declare laws passed by congress and acts of the executive branch to be unconstitutional
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  1. form of democracy in which political power is exercised directly by citizens
  2. view that states have strong independent authority to resist federal rules under the constitution
  3. to formally withdraw from a nation-state
  4. supreme court decision upholding the right of congress to create a bank
  5. system of government in which ultimate authority rests with the regional governments
  6. broad coalitions of interests organized to win elections
  7. gives congress power to provide for general welfare
  8. initial governing authority of the united states
  9. first ten amendments to the constitution
  10. set off documents that establish the basic rules for how a society is governed
  11. expressly granted to congress by the constitution
  12. powers not expressly stated in the constitution but added through the necessary and proper clause
  13. form of government in which power derives from citizens but public officials makes policy and govern based on existing law
  14. roosevelt's proposal to add new justices to the supreme court so that the court would uphold his policies
  15. rule by the people
  16. process for selecting site judges whereby the original nomination is by appointment
  17. formal process of changing the constitution
  18. system of government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between national and state governments
  19. authority of the president to block legislation passed by congress

31 Clues: rule by the people • those who opposed the new constitution • to formally withdraw from a nation-state • first ten amendments to the constitution • required states to return runaway slaves • makes federal law supreme over state laws • formal process of changing the constitution • initial governing authority of the united states • ...

The Civil War...North vs. South 2014-05-19

The Civil War...North vs. South crossword puzzle
Across
  1. First real battle of the Civil War
  2. To end
  3. Probably the most famous abolitionist, "Black Moses"
  4. He assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  5. Lee sent 12,500 men to march head on into the Union lines on the 3rd day of Gettysburg in this famous "charge"
  6. The Civil War began here on April 12, 1861
  7. Secret paths to help escaped slaves get to the north
  8. A famous book by Harriet Beecher Stowe telling of the cruelty of slavery
  9. Skedaddle Mass exodus of Union troops out of Manassas
  10. The first state to secede from the Union
  11. What type of economy did the Northern states have?
  12. The single bloodiest day battle of the Civil War
  13. Color of the Confederate uniforms
  14. Known for his stubbornness and unwillingness to give up in a fight, he was responsible for winning Bull Run
  15. Famous 3-day battle which was the costliest battle of human life of the war
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  1. To leave or break away from
  2. President of the southern states
  3. This proclamation from Lincoln freed the slaves
  4. "Four score and seven years ago..." What speech?
  5. Someone who wants to abolish slavery
  6. Where "Our American Cousin" was playing the night of Lincoln's death
  7. Color of the Union uniforms
  8. Broke into a gun warehouse to arm slaves to cause a slave rebellion
  9. Leader of the Confederate troops from Virginia
  10. This is the place where Confederate forces surrendered to the Union
  11. This African American earned his freedom only to have it taken from him when his "master" died while they were in the south.
  12. Another name for the United States during the Civil War
  13. The name of the new country of the south
  14. This imaginary line separated the Northern states from the Southern states
  15. When the needs of one area are more important that the needs of the whole country
  16. What type of economy did the Southern states have?
  17. Leader of the Union troops for the second half of the war
  18. He was elected president in 1860, causing great fear in the south
  19. He marched to the sea burning and destroying everything, punishing the south

34 Clues: To end • To leave or break away from • Color of the Union uniforms • He assassinated Abraham Lincoln • President of the southern states • Color of the Confederate uniforms • First real battle of the Civil War • Someone who wants to abolish slavery • The name of the new country of the south • The first state to secede from the Union • The Civil War began here on April 12, 1861 • ...

Chapter 6 2016-01-01

Chapter 6 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the constitutional clause affirming that the Constitution and federal laws are the supreme law of the land
  2. the plan of government of the United States, drafted by the Constitutional Convention in 1787 to replace the Articles of Confederation
  3. the system by which each branch of the federal government can limit, or check, the power of the others
  4. the division of government power into executive, legislative, and judicial branches
  5. a power that the Constitution delegates, or grants, to Congress and therefore to the national government
  6. to charge a government official with an offense committed while in office
  7. the compromise reached during thsentation in Congress, with each state represented equally in the Senate and with representation in the House based on state population
  8. the constitutional clause that gives Congress authority to "make all laws which shall be necessary and proper" to carry out its powers
  9. the nation's first constitution
  10. a power that the Constitution delegates, or grants, to Congress but does not deny to the states
  11. the division of power between the federal and state governments
  12. the legislative branch of the federal government, consisting of the Senate and House of Representatives
  13. a lawmaking body made up of two houses
  14. the power of the Supreme Court to review an action of the legislative or executive branch and declare it unconstitutional
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  1. a body made up of electors from each state who cast votes to elect the president and vice president
  2. a power that the Constitution does not delegate to Congress or deny to the states and is therefore reserved to the states or the people
  3. convention held in Philadelphia in 1787 to draft the Constitution of the United States
  4. the president and the head of the executive branch
  5. a court decision used as a guideline in deciding similar cases
  6. the first part of the Constitution, which states the purposes of the new plan of government
  7. a tax on imported goods
  8. he federal court system, consisting of the Supreme Court and lower federal courts
  9. the approval of a plan of government or of a constitutional amendment

23 Clues: a tax on imported goods • the nation's first constitution • a lawmaking body made up of two houses • the president and the head of the executive branch • a court decision used as a guideline in deciding similar cases • the division of power between the federal and state governments • the approval of a plan of government or of a constitutional amendment • ...

Civics Midterm Review 2023-12-18

Civics Midterm Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Of Representives
  2. The powers granted to the federal government of the United States by the United States Constitution.
  3. The powers that are neither prohibited to be exercised by an organ of government
  4. A political process when one or more lawmakers continue to discuss new laws in an effort to postpone or obstruct decision-making.
  5. Social contract, people would give up unlimited freedom for the security provided by a government, but also that people of the state hold ultimate right to power
  6. A cabinet is a body of high-ranking state officials, typically consisting of the executive branch's top leaders. Members of a cabinet are usually called cabinet ministers or secretaries.
  7. An agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation each state would have under the United States Constitution.
  8. The study of government
  9. Natural law, social contract, religious toleration, and the right to revolution
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  1. Although not directly stated in the Constitution, are implied to be available based on previously stated powers.
  2. Separation of powers and checks and balances
  3. Two chambers
  4. Concurrent powers are powers of a federal state that are shared by both the federal government and each constituent political unit, such as a state or province.
  5. The smaller upper assembly in the US Congress, most US states, France, and other countries.
  6. The elected head of a republic.
  7. A population census or official count that records different information about each person.
  8. Altering (an electoral constituencies) borders to favor one group or another.
  9. Someone who believes in the type of political system in which states or territories share control with a central government.
  10. A proposal to the United States Constitutional Convention for the creation of a supreme national government with three branches and a bicameral legislature.
  11. Powers expressed in the constition
  12. Federal laws made pursuant to it, and treaties made under its authority, constitute the "supreme Law of the Land", and thus take priority over any conflicting state laws.

21 Clues: Two chambers • Of Representives • The study of government • The elected head of a republic. • Powers expressed in the constition • Separation of powers and checks and balances • Altering (an electoral constituencies) borders to favor one group or another. • Natural law, social contract, religious toleration, and the right to revolution • ...

constitution 2023-02-16

constitution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention stating that only three-fifths of the slaves in a state would count when determining a state’s population for representation in the lower house of Congress
  2. increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money
  3. people who opposed ratification of the Constitution
  4. a system established by the Constitution that prevents any branch of government from becoming too powerful
  5. the division of the federal government that includes the president and the administrative departments; enforces the nation’s laws
  6. the division of the government that proposes bills and passes them into laws
  7. American statesman, he was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, the fourth president of the United States, the author of some of the Federalist Papers, and is called the "father of the Constitution" for his proposals at the Constitutional Convention. He led the United States through the War of 1812.
  8. U.S. system of government in which power is distributed between a central government and individual states
  9. a meeting held in Philadelphia at which delegates from the states wrote the Constitution
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  1. the first 10 amendments to the Constitution; ratified in 1791
  2. a set of basic principles that determines the powers and duties of a government
  3. a steep drop in economic activity combined with rising unemployment
  4. official change, correction, or addition to a law or constitution
  5. the division of the federal government that is made up of the national courts; interprets laws, punishes criminals, and settles disputes between states
  6. people who supported ratification of the Constitution
  7. a proposal to create a unicameral legislature with equal representation of states rather than representation by population; rejected at the Constitutional Convention
  8. voting rights
  9. an agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention establishing that a state’s population would determine representation in the lower house of the legislature, while each state would have equal representation in the upper house of the legislature
  10. a tax on imports or exports
  11. the plan for government proposed at the Constitutional Convention in which the national government would have supreme power and a legislative branch would have two houses with representation determined by state population
  12. people who supported ratification of the Constitution
  13. official change, correction, or addition to a law or constitution

22 Clues: voting rights • a tax on imports or exports • people who opposed ratification of the Constitution • people who supported ratification of the Constitution • people who supported ratification of the Constitution • the first 10 amendments to the Constitution; ratified in 1791 • official change, correction, or addition to a law or constitution • ...

Unit 3 social studies 2024-03-27

Unit 3 social studies crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The first written plan of government for the United States. A confederation is an association of states that cooperate for a common purpose.
  2. The system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other two branches.
  3. A law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed.
  4. A region of the United States bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes. The region was given to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
  5. To formally approve a plan or an agreement. The process of approval is called ratification.
  6. Payment given to someone to offset, or make up for, a loss or injury.
  7. The “Age of Reason” in 17th- and 18th-century Europe. Enlightenment thinkers emphasized using rational thought to discover truths about nature and society.
  8. To treat a person or group unfairly.
  9. A formal listing of the basic rights of people in the United States.
  10. Supporting ideas of freedom, change, and progress.
  11. A person who is required to defend himself or herself in a legal action. An example is an accused person who is put on trial for a crime.
  12. To agree or pledge to support someone or something.
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  1. A basic set of ideas used to develop a larger plan.
  2. A written plan that provides the basic framework of a government.
  3. A strong disagreement.
  4. A meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution.
  5. The plan of government adopted at the Constitutional Convention that established a two-house Congress. In the House of Representatives, representation from each state is based on state population. In the Senate, each state is represented by two senators.
  6. The group established by the Constitution to elect the president and vice president. Voters in each state choose their electors.
  7. A difference between two statements or situations that means they cannot both be true.
  8. A country governed by elected representatives.

20 Clues: A strong disagreement. • To treat a person or group unfairly. • A country governed by elected representatives. • Supporting ideas of freedom, change, and progress. • A basic set of ideas used to develop a larger plan. • To agree or pledge to support someone or something. • A written plan that provides the basic framework of a government. • ...

Unit 3 social studies 2024-03-27

Unit 3 social studies crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The first written plan of government for the United States. A confederation is an association of states that cooperate for a common purpose.
  2. The system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other two branches.
  3. A law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed.
  4. A region of the United States bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes. The region was given to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
  5. To formally approve a plan or an agreement. The process of approval is called ratification.
  6. Payment given to someone to offset, or make up for, a loss or injury.
  7. The “Age of Reason” in 17th- and 18th-century Europe. Enlightenment thinkers emphasized using rational thought to discover truths about nature and society.
  8. To treat a person or group unfairly.
  9. A formal listing of the basic rights of people in the United States.
  10. Supporting ideas of freedom, change, and progress.
  11. A person who is required to defend himself or herself in a legal action. An example is an accused person who is put on trial for a crime.
  12. To agree or pledge to support someone or something.
Down
  1. A basic set of ideas used to develop a larger plan.
  2. A written plan that provides the basic framework of a government.
  3. A strong disagreement.
  4. A meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution.
  5. The plan of government adopted at the Constitutional Convention that established a two-house Congress. In the House of Representatives, representation from each state is based on state population. In the Senate, each state is represented by two senators.
  6. The group established by the Constitution to elect the president and vice president. Voters in each state choose their electors.
  7. A difference between two statements or situations that means they cannot both be true.
  8. A country governed by elected representatives.

20 Clues: A strong disagreement. • To treat a person or group unfairly. • A country governed by elected representatives. • Supporting ideas of freedom, change, and progress. • A basic set of ideas used to develop a larger plan. • To agree or pledge to support someone or something. • A written plan that provides the basic framework of a government. • ...

US History 2022-11-10

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. was the only queen regnant and the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
  2. established a civilian government in Puerto Rico
  3. was a major battle of the Spanish–American War
  4. are American terms for journalism and associated newspapers
  5. American statesman and official whose career in government stretched over almost half a century
  6. United States naval officer and historian
  7. Admiral of the Navy
  8. extending a country’s power.
  9. was an uprising against foreigners that occurred in China about 1900, begun by peasants but eventually supported by the government
  10. is a state that is under protection by another state for defence against aggression and other violations of law
  11. treaty between the U.S. and Cuba that attempted to protect Cuba's independence from foreign intervention
  12. He was a key figure in the revolutionary movement that forced out President Porfirio Díaz and brought Francisco I
  13. American politician who served as United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869
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  1. was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt
  2. nickname given to the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry
  3. aimed to secure international agreement to the U.S. policy of promoting equal opportunity for international trade and commerce in China
  4. ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation
  5. nicknamed "Black Jack", was a senior United States Army officer
  6. considered a Cuban national hero because of his role in the liberation of his country from Spain
  7. was a United States Navy ship that sank in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898
  8. he was given the Grand Cross of Maria Cristina for his command of troops in the Philippines
  9. the use of a country's financial power to extend its international influence.
  10. a U.S. naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii
  11. a massive engineering marvel that connects the Pacific Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean through a 50-mile
  12. lawyer and jurist from the Hawaiian Islands
  13. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos
  14. Filipino revolutionary, statesman, and military leader

27 Clues: Admiral of the Navy • extending a country’s power. • a U.S. naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii • United States naval officer and historian • lawyer and jurist from the Hawaiian Islands • was a major battle of the Spanish–American War • established a civilian government in Puerto Rico • Filipino revolutionary, statesman, and military leader • ...

unit 4 vocab. 2025-03-17

unit 4 vocab. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A statement made by Roosevelt that stood up for Western civilization.
  2. The spreading of misleading information often during wartime to spread a specific agenda.
  3. Misleading news reports are often used to attract people's attention.
  4. A league created after WW1 to help maintain worldwide peace between countries
  5. A policy that extends a powers force through diplomacy
  6. An agreement between two warring countries to stop fighting temporarily.
  7. A decrypted note sent by Germany to Latin American country leaders that tried to spark a rebellion.
  8. An amendment created by the United States after the withdrawal from Cuba.
  9. An alliance created between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
  10. An act that authorized the raising of a national army in the United States.
  11. The nickname given to the cavalry in the Spanish-American War.
  12. The fourteen points discussed by President Wilson to create long-lasting peace.
  13. A diplomacy created by the United States to describe how we used financial investments instead of Military power.
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  1. A treaty between Germany and the allied powers to stop WW1
  2. An act passed by Congress which served as a prevention against spies and other forms of espionage
  3. A person who doesn't serve in the military, or support military actions due to personal opinions.
  4. a political ideology that emphasizes the nation's best interest, and puts the interest of native-born citizens above all.
  5. A violent anti-Christain uprising in China.
  6. A United States boat that was sunk by Spain.
  7. A clause created which placed blame on Germany for WW1
  8. A policy that opens trade policies in a certain country
  9. The Archduke of Austria-Hungary whose death is often attributed to WW1
  10. A military Force composed of Russia, Great Britain, and France
  11. A large-scale migration of newly freed African Americans from southern states to northern states.
  12. The treaty that ended the American Revolution in 1783
  13. The political policy that puts the right of the military over the right of the people.
  14. A passenger boat that was bombed by German Submarines was thought to be one of the reasons WW1 started.

27 Clues: A violent anti-Christain uprising in China. • A United States boat that was sunk by Spain. • The treaty that ended the American Revolution in 1783 • A policy that extends a powers force through diplomacy • A clause created which placed blame on Germany for WW1 • A policy that opens trade policies in a certain country • ...

Unit 9 Vocabulary 2025-03-31

Unit 9 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a fixed sum tax levied on all persons
  2. laws passed in the Southern United States after the Civil War to limit the rights of formerly enslaved people
  3. Act a law passed in 1867 that limited the power of the president to remove certain federal officials
  4. the rights of all people to social, economic, and political freedom and equality
  5. a system of beliefs and practices in which White people are considered to be superior to people of other racial backgrounds that is maintained through discrimination
  6. abolished slavery
  7. the right to vote
  8. the period of rebuilding social, economic, and political systems after the Civil War
  9. the status of being a legal citizen of a country and entitled to certain rights
  10. a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
  11. the right of a citizen to be treated fairly by the government when laws are made and enforced
  12. a proposal by President Abraham Lincoln to readmit Confederate states to the Union. The plan was based on the idea that 10% of a state's 1860 voters must swear loyalty to the Union
  13. murder usually under secret attack for political reasons
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  1. a term in the 14th amendment requiring that states guarantee the same rights, privileges, and protections to all people
  2. Males could vote regardless of color (gave suffrage to African Americans)
  3. defined U.S. citizen, which receives due process and equal protection under the law
  4. laws that enforced racial segregation in the United States from the post-Civil War era until the 1960s
  5. rising to an important position
  6. a white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during Reconstruction, often for personal profit
  7. agreement between southern Democrats and the Republicans to settle the result of the 1876 presidential election and marked the end of the Reconstruction era
  8. a system that keeps different groups separate from each other, normally through social pressures and/or laws
  9. a Republican favoring drastic and usually repressive measures against the southern states in the period following the Civil War
  10. to reject; to refuse a law made by legislature

23 Clues: abolished slavery • the right to vote • rising to an important position • a fixed sum tax levied on all persons • to reject; to refuse a law made by legislature • murder usually under secret attack for political reasons • Males could vote regardless of color (gave suffrage to African Americans) • ...

Manifest Destiny 2024-11-11

Manifest Destiny crossword puzzle
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  1. The treaty that ended the Mexican-American War in 1848, ceding vast territories to the United States.
  2. A historic route used by pioneers traveling to Oregon, starting from Missouri and covering about 2,000 miles.
  3. The nickname for a high tariff passed in 1828 that angered the South because it raised the prices of imported goods. It was called the Tariff of ________.
  4. The practice of a political leader rewarding loyal supporters with government jobs.
  5. The final battle of the Texas Revolution where Texas forces, led by Sam Houston, defeated the Mexican army and captured General Santa Anna.
  6. The belief that the United States was destined to expand westward to the Pacific Ocean, spreading democracy and freedom.
  7. A group of unofficial advisers to President Andrew Jackson, separate from his formal cabinet.
  8. A financial crisis in the United States that led to a severe economic depression during Martin Van Buren's presidency.
  9. Gold seekers who traveled to California during the Gold Rush of 1849.
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  1. An agent who was given land grants by the Mexican government to bring settlers to Texas.
  2. The mass migration to California following the discovery of gold in 1848, leading to rapid population growth.
  3. Crisis: A conflict between Southern states, especially South Carolina, and the federal government over states' rights to nullify federal laws.
  4. A pivotal event in the Texas Revolution where a small group of Texans held off a much larger Mexican army before being defeated.
  5. The 1835-1836 rebellion of Texans against Mexican rule, resulting in Texas gaining independence.
  6. A revolt by American settlers in California against Mexican rule in 1846, leading to California's brief independence.
  7. A law passed in 1830 that authorized the forced relocation of Native Americans to lands west of the Mississippi River.
  8. An annual meeting of fur trappers and traders in the wilderness to exchange goods.
  9. The process of incorporating a territory into a country, as seen with Texas joining the United States in 1845.
  10. Fur traders and explorers who roamed the Rocky Mountains, often helping to map the West.
  11. The forced march of Cherokee Native Americans from their homeland to Indian Territory, resulting in the deaths of thousands.

20 Clues: Gold seekers who traveled to California during the Gold Rush of 1849. • An annual meeting of fur trappers and traders in the wilderness to exchange goods. • The practice of a political leader rewarding loyal supporters with government jobs. • An agent who was given land grants by the Mexican government to bring settlers to Texas. • ...

Unit 9: Reconstruction 2025-04-24

Unit 9: Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
  2. a white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during Reconstruction, often for personal profit
  3. to reject; to refuse a law made by legislature
  4. rising to an important position
  5. agreement between southern Democrats and the Republicans to settle the result of the 1876 presidential election and marked the end of the Reconstruction era
  6. a proposal by President Abraham Lincoln to readmit Confederate states to the Union. The plan was based on the idea that 10% of a state's 1860 voters must swear loyalty to the Union
  7. the status of being a legal citizen of a country and entitled to certain rights
  8. laws passed in the Southern United States after the Civil War to limit the rights of formerly enslaved people
  9. a term in the 14th amendment requiring that states guarantee the same rights, privileges, and protections to all people
  10. laws that enforced racial segregation in the United States from the post-Civil War era until the 1960s
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  1. a law passed in 1867 that limited the power of the president to remove certain federal officials
  2. the right to vote
  3. a system of beliefs and practices in which White people are considered to be superior to people of other racial backgrounds that is maintained through discrimination
  4. abolished slavery
  5. the period of rebuilding social, economic, and political systems after the Civil War
  6. a system that keeps different groups separate from each other, normally through social pressures and/or laws
  7. a Republican favoring drastic and usually repressive measures against the southern states in the period following the Civil War
  8. the rights of all people to social, economic, and political freedom and equality
  9. the right of a citizen to be treated fairly by the government when laws are made and enforced
  10. defined U.S. citizen, which receives due process and equal protection under the law
  11. a fixed sum tax levied on all persons
  12. murder usually under secret attack for political reasons
  13. Males could vote regardless of color (gave suffrage to African Americans)

23 Clues: the right to vote • abolished slavery • rising to an important position • a fixed sum tax levied on all persons • to reject; to refuse a law made by legislature • murder usually under secret attack for political reasons • Males could vote regardless of color (gave suffrage to African Americans) • ...

Gilded Age Crossword Puzzle 2022-01-17

Gilded Age Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. a general vote by the electorate on a single political question which has been referred to them for a direct decision
  2. a power reserved to the voters to propose legislation, by petition, that would enact, amend or repeal a City Charter or Code provision
  3. state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States
  4. a power reserved to the voters that allows the voters, by petition, to demand the removal of an elected official.
  5. a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, United States that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. Located on the Near West Side of the city, Hull House opened to serve recently arrived European immigrants. By 1911, Hull House had expanded to 13 buildings.
  6. a United States foreign policy established by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904. It stated that the U.S. would intervene in Latin American countries where European powers sought to collect debts or whose governments were thought to be unstable.
  7. a constructed waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across the Isthmus of Panama.
  8. a peace agreement between Spain and the United States that ended the Spanish-American War. Under the treaty, Cuba gained independence from Spain, and the United States gained possession of the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam.
  9. a person favoring a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
  10. a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal".
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  1. any of a group of American writers identified with pre-World War I reform and exposé writing.
  2. an armed conflict between Spain and the United States. Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence
  3. a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
  4. an American writer, investigative journalist, biographer and lecturer. She was one of the leading muckrakers of the Progressive Era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and pioneered investigative journalism.
  5. an American politician, statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909
  6. a novel portrays the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the United States in Chicago and similar industrialized cities
  7. a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey and Ida B. Wells.
  8. a political philosophy in support of social reform

18 Clues: a political philosophy in support of social reform • state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States • a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force • any of a group of American writers identified with pre-World War I reform and exposé writing. • ...

Warring States Period States and more 2023-05-05

Warring States Period States and more crossword puzzle
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  1. Very Common around the time of the Warring states Peroid
  2. The philosopher who created Confucianism
  3. On the far east side of China
  4. The state that won in the warring states period
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  1. Was the only state powerful enough to oppose the Qin
  2. Located in what is now the Shanxi providence
  3. One of the smallest states
  4. Northeast most Vassal State
  5. believes in ancestor worship
  6. A very Strong and big state and was the second to last on to lose.

10 Clues: One of the smallest states • Northeast most Vassal State • believes in ancestor worship • On the far east side of China • The philosopher who created Confucianism • Located in what is now the Shanxi providence • The state that won in the warring states period • Was the only state powerful enough to oppose the Qin • Very Common around the time of the Warring states Peroid • ...

Abolitionism Crossword 2022-11-22

Abolitionism Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. an American abolitionist leader. First reaching national prominence for his radical abolitionism and fighting in Bleeding Kansas
  2. is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe
  3. this act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two
  4. an exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region over those of a country as a whole.
  5. Pro slavery raiders, that crossed from Missouri into Kansas to ensure it became a slave state.
  6. a prominent American Christian, abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer.
  7. the fifth chief justice of the United States
  8. She was an American author and abolitionist
  9. an African American social activist that went on 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 slaves
  10. This act required that slaves he returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state
  11. a network of clandestine routes and safe houses for slaves to escape to free states
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  1. A series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas.
  2. This legislation admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave State at the same time
  3. The fugitive slave act was amended and the slave trade In Washington D.C. was abolished
  4. an American lawyer and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States
  5. is a short lived coalition political republican party that was absolved into the Republican Party and that was opposed to the expansion of slavery.
  6. Scottv.Sanford1857 a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that held that the United States Constitution was not meant to include American citizenship for people of black African descent
  7. territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty.
  8. is a movement to end slavery
  9. an anti-slavery newspaper
  10. an African American reformer, abolitionists, writer, and statesman that escaped slavery in Maryland

21 Clues: an anti-slavery newspaper • is a movement to end slavery • She was an American author and abolitionist • the fifth chief justice of the United States • territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. • A series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas. • this act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two • ...

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

Alana Riddell: Our Puzzling Government #2 | Federalism crossword puzzle
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  1. an organization of government administrators
  2. Clause which states that the constitution is the supreme law of the land
  3. refers to documents such as mortgages, birth certificates, leases, and deeds
  4. Powers directly stated in the Constitution by the founders
  5. organization made up of all of the USA's govenors
  6. act An act that allows a territory wishing to become a state to prepare a constitution
  7. Powers given to the states if not given specifically to the government
  8. court case that declared Congress overstepped boundaries by banning guns in or near schools
  9. a type of compact made between two different states
  10. Clause which allows the powers of Congress to stretch if need be
  11. laws relating to disputes between people, groups or the state itself (not criminal)
  12. court case which ruled that between a state and national government, the national one is superior
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  1. a type of tax that is put on the money that you make
  2. powers held by both the national and state governments
  3. powers which are refused to all forms of government
  4. Powers the Constitution grants to the national government
  5. a position taken on how federalism should run which leans toward national action
  6. to return criminals from other states to their state of origin after committing a crime
  7. state and local governments making their own policies
  8. a government system which divides power between the state and national governments
  9. Powers are not directly stated but can be inferred from other expressed powers
  10. a law that requires checking government agencies from time to time to see if they are still needed
  11. law which prohibits public officials from holding closed/secret meetings
  12. One of the last two states admitted to the USA

24 Clues: an organization of government administrators • One of the last two states admitted to the USA • organization made up of all of the USA's govenors • powers which are refused to all forms of government • a type of compact made between two different states • a type of tax that is put on the money that you make • state and local governments making their own policies • ...

The Constitution 2022-11-30

The Constitution crossword puzzle
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  1. Amendments Six and Seven preserves the right to have this impartial group convene in a trial.
  2. Refused to sign the Constitution and demanded that a Bill of Rights be added.
  3. Article Four establishes the procedure for forming and admitting these to the union.
  4. To exercise this right one might "plead the fifth."
  5. Shall be issued to conduct reasonable search and seizure.
  6. First Amendment Right Jefferson corresponded regarding with Danbury Baptists.
  7. First Amendment Right securing religious and political verbal intercourse.
  8. First Amendment Freedom securing information to the public.
  9. First Amendment Right for a Redress of Grievances.
  10. Third Amendment.
  11. Both the States and Congress have the authority to do this regarding amendments to the Constitution.
  12. Any rights not enumerated in the constitution are secured by this amendment.
  13. The Legislative Branch.
  14. Fines and Bail shall not exceed the norm, otherwise, they are this.
  15. All executive powers are vested in him.
  16. The branch of government that maintains the court system.
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  1. Father of the Constitution
  2. While negotiated by the President, these need to be ratified by the U.S. Senate.
  3. America is not a democracy, it is this.
  4. First President of the United States under the U.S. Constitution.
  5. Last name of Elizabeth who Benjamin Franklin said, "A republic, ma'am, if you can keep it."
  6. Number of Senators per State.
  7. The Tenth Amendment, recognizing the States possess this, ensures that their rights are secured over all powers not granted to the federal government.
  8. Number of States who sent delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
  9. Number of years of a presidential term.
  10. First Amendment Right securing association in a peaceable manner.
  11. Second Amendment Right.
  12. City where the Constitutional Convention was held in 1787.

28 Clues: Third Amendment. • Second Amendment Right. • The Legislative Branch. • Father of the Constitution • Number of Senators per State. • America is not a democracy, it is this. • Number of years of a presidential term. • All executive powers are vested in him. • First Amendment Right for a Redress of Grievances. • To exercise this right one might "plead the fifth." • ...

Civil War 2019-01-31

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Began career at 25 and began as a Illinois state legislature whig
  2. Fed fort in Charleston South Carolina where first shots were fired
  3. A political agreement that admitted California to the Union as a free state while permitting popular sovereignty in the territories and enacting a stricter fugitive slave law
  4. Union General also 18th president
  5. Abolitionist government of Massachusetts
  6. Civil War battle fought on Union Territory
  7. A military tactic in which a navy prevents vessels from entering or leaving its enemy's ports
  8. Judges son from Ohio renowned Union General during Civil War
  9. During the Civil War a state that allowed slavery but remained in the Union: Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri
  10. Civil War killing 23,000 troops in one day
  11. 2 days of fighting killing nearly 25,000 soldiers
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  1. Law giving 160 acres to citizens willing to live on it for 5 years
  2. Formally withdraw from membership in group or organization
  3. Existed before civil war to help slaves escaped to safety
  4. A term used to describe the violence between proslavery and antislavery supporters in Kansas from 1854 to 1856
  5. Government of 11 states that seceded from United States and fought against Union
  6. Required all citizens to aid in apprehending runaway slaves
  7. Born into slavery in Maryland and escaped to Philadelphia
  8. Anti-slavery political party in mid-1800
  9. Declared free all enslaved people living in confederate states and territories
  10. Southern Planter and became President Confederate states
  11. Anti-slavery novel published by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  12. Principle in which people are a source of government power
  13. African American born to slavery and sued for freedom
  14. Party established on anti-slavery in 1854
  15. Divided the 2 states to let them choose to be a slave or free state

26 Clues: Union General also 18th president • Anti-slavery political party in mid-1800 • Abolitionist government of Massachusetts • Party established on anti-slavery in 1854 • Civil War battle fought on Union Territory • Civil War killing 23,000 troops in one day • 2 days of fighting killing nearly 25,000 soldiers • Anti-slavery novel published by Harriet Beecher Stowe • ...

Thomas Read POLS1011 2019-08-29

Thomas Read POLS1011 crossword puzzle
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  1. A _ system lets states have more power
  2. A _ system lets the central government have more power
  3. When people decide on things directly, it is a _ democracy
  4. The _ and Immunities Clause prohibits states from discriminating against non-state residents
  5. The _ Compromise introduced middle ground to the representation debate
  6. When a power is not explicitly stated, than it is _
  7. The 13th Amendment prohibits _
  8. Separation of _ helps keep
  9. The first try at a written US government. The Articles of _
  10. A power held by the President
  11. Believed in small, limited government
  12. The period after the Civil War that consisted of rebuilding and repairs
  13. The US Government is split into two _
  14. The Constitutional _ is where they meet to organize the Constitution
  15. The Full _ and Credit Clause says that legal decisions from one state are to be honored in other states
  16. The _ College chooses the next president
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  1. Paul _ "The British are coming!"
  2. The scope of government authority was called The Great _
  3. Believed in a strong, central government
  4. The _ clause says that federal laws override state ones
  5. The 10th _ strengthens states and weakens the federal government
  6. The document separating the US from Britain. The Declaration of _
  7. A _ power is a power that may be exercised by the head of state without approval
  8. The _ and Proper gives Congress the ability to do what is appropriate
  9. A government type with an elected president instead of a monarch
  10. When something is examined by the judiciary
  11. The first 10 amendments to the constitution
  12. The _ Slave Clause meant slave owners were entitled to captured escaped slaves
  13. States' _ is the issue of what a state can and can't do
  14. It is a _ when a state secedes

30 Clues: Separation of _ helps keep • A power held by the President • The 13th Amendment prohibits _ • It is a _ when a state secedes • Paul _ "The British are coming!" • Believed in small, limited government • The US Government is split into two _ • A _ system lets states have more power • Believed in a strong, central government • The _ College chooses the next president • ...

Government Crossword Review 2020-12-02

Government Crossword Review crossword puzzle
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  1. links people to government, gives voice to people.
  2. collection of people who share some common interest or attitude and seek to influence government for specific ends.
  3. who were dedicated to the concept of limited government.
  4. What is one of the three ways that makes interest groups powerful?
  5. this is of the Constitution ensures that States recognize the laws and, documents, and court proceedings of the other States.
  6. What is one of the three types of interest groups?
  7. the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State is returned to that State.
  8. a system of government in which a written constitution divides the powers of government between the national government and the State governments.
  9. a system where power is concentrated in a central government.
  10. agreements among states
  11. What powers levy and collect taxes?
  12. what branch proposes the laws?
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  1. 50% of people vote in this election.
  2. what branch writes the laws?
  3. keep people in office who are sympathetic to group wants and needs.
  4. the ___ and Immunities clause is when no State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States.
  5. congressional elections take place every ___ years
  6. assigning certain powers to the National Government and certain powers to the States.
  7. what powers regulate trade and business within the state?
  8. what branch interprets the laws?
  9. the 4th branch of government.
  10. powers found directly within the constitution.
  11. What powers regulate foreign trade?
  12. an elector who does not vote for his state's popular vote would be considered a ___ elector
  13. has a weak central government and strong state governments

25 Clues: agreements among states • what branch writes the laws? • the 4th branch of government. • what branch proposes the laws? • what branch interprets the laws? • What powers regulate foreign trade? • What powers levy and collect taxes? • 50% of people vote in this election. • powers found directly within the constitution. • links people to government, gives voice to people. • ...

Crossword Puzzle 2021-10-26

Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections.
  2. if offered southerners amnesty, or official pardon, for all illegal acts supporting the rebellion.
  3. on the other hand took a harsher stance. They wanted the federal government to force change in the South
  4. These laws divide the South into five districts
  5. an agency providing relief for feed people and certain poor people in the south
  6. an examination to determine whether a person meets the literacy requirements for voting, serving in the armed forces, etc.; a test of one's ability to read and write.
  7. was a special tax people had to pay before they could vote
  8. or laws that greatly limited the freedom of the African Americans
  9. an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses.
  10. United states representative
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  1. the process of remitting the former Confederate states to the union
  2. U.S. History. a clause in the constitutions of some Southern states after 1890 intended to permit white people to vote while disenfranchising Black people: it exempted from new literacy and property qualifications for voting those men entitled to vote before 1867 and their lineal descendants.
  3. 18 president of the United States of America
  4. 17th president of the United states
  5. is the process by a legislative body to bring charges of wrongdoing against a public official.
  6. a tenant farmer who gives a part of each crop as rent.
  7. the forced separation of whites and Africans Americans in public places.
  8. process and period of Reconstruction
  9. a white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during Reconstruction, often for personal profit. The term was used derisively by white Southern Democrats who opposed Reconstruction legislation.
  10. This secret society opposed civil rights, particularly suffrage, for African Americans.

20 Clues: United states representative • 17th president of the United states • process and period of Reconstruction • 18 president of the United States of America • These laws divide the South into five districts • a tenant farmer who gives a part of each crop as rent. • was a special tax people had to pay before they could vote • ...

Crossword Puzzle in Context | 11 Famous Battles That Changed the World 2023-04-17

Crossword Puzzle in Context | 11 Famous Battles That Changed the World crossword puzzle
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  1. Referring to the United States during the American Civil War, where it represented the northern states.
  2. An alliance of different groups or countries working together towards a common goal.
  3. Referring to the ancient Carthaginian Empire, which was based in North Africa and dominated much of the western Mediterranean.
  4. Referring to the Axis Powers, a group of countries led by Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II.
  5. Referring to the Confederate States of America, which was formed by southern states that seceded from the United States during the American Civil War.
  6. People from the ancient Persian Empire, which was located in modern-day Iran.
  7. Referring to the Kingdom of Prussia, a former kingdom located in modern-day Germany.
  8. A region in northern France where the Battle of Normandy was fought in 1944.
  9. A plain in Greece where the Battle of Marathon was fought in 490 BC.
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  1. An act of entering a country or territory by force with the intent of taking it over.
  2. Soldiers who fight on foot.
  3. Infantry soldiers in ancient Greece who fought in a phalanx formation.
  4. A small atoll in the Pacific Ocean where the Battle of Midway was fought in 1942.
  5. Referring to the Soviet Union, a former communist state that existed from 1922 to 1991.
  6. A town in Belgium where the Battle of Waterloo was fought in 1815.
  7. A city-state in ancient Greece known for its military prowess.
  8. A former kingdom located in modern-day Germany.
  9. Soldiers who fight using bows and arrows.
  10. Referring to the ancient Macedonian Empire, which was established by Alexander the Great.
  11. Soldiers who fight on horseback.

20 Clues: Soldiers who fight on foot. • Soldiers who fight on horseback. • Soldiers who fight using bows and arrows. • A former kingdom located in modern-day Germany. • A city-state in ancient Greece known for its military prowess. • A town in Belgium where the Battle of Waterloo was fought in 1815. • A plain in Greece where the Battle of Marathon was fought in 490 BC. • ...

Us history crossword puzzle 2023-05-16

Us history crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Rights Movement Bill which prohibited discrimination based on race
  2. Line separating areas if settlement from less densely populated areas
  3. Type of factor that causes people to leave one place for another
  4. The enforced separation of different racial groups
  5. powers powers Alliance between germany, italy, and japan against the allied
  6. Town that sprang up overnight, often in a mining area
  7. The supply of food ans supplies to west berlin by Britan and American military air transport during the blockade
  8. The government act that granted free land to settlers after improving it for 6 months
  9. Lincoln's ____________ Proclamation declared that slaves in states in rebellion would be free in January 1863
  10. of confederation Initial constitution adopted by the second continental congress that established a loose leage of individual states and was later replced in 1787 by the united states constitution
  11. The 14th Amendment established everyone's right to Due _______
  12. Failed 1961 U.S. invasion of Cuba
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  1. Name of the railroad that was completed in 1869
  2. Just after the Civil War, _____ _____ were written by Southern states to prevent freedmen from having the same rights as whites
  3. Early skirmished between colonists and british troops, sparking
  4. Constitutional Amendment that prohibits slavery throughout the United States
  5. An emancipated slave
  6. Temporary stop in fighting; truce
  7. A person who agitated to end slavery
  8. Term for a freedman who enters into a farming deal with former owner to work the land and divide the harvest
  9. A person who beleives that all forms of goverment are oppressive and should be abolished
  10. a war that affects all countries
  11. Southern white who supported Reconstruction

23 Clues: An emancipated slave • a war that affects all countries • Temporary stop in fighting; truce • Failed 1961 U.S. invasion of Cuba • A person who agitated to end slavery • Southern white who supported Reconstruction • Name of the railroad that was completed in 1869 • The enforced separation of different racial groups • Town that sprang up overnight, often in a mining area • ...

The Civil War Vocabulary 2014-03-14

The Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. the effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports
  2. the term used to describe new soldiers
  3. something that makes a defensive position stronger, they can be man-made or natural
  4. a group of soldiers usually led my a brigadier general
  5. the new nation that the southern states made, it fought against the Union
  6. blanket or other bedding rolled up and carried over the shoulder by a soldier
  7. a soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in action
  8. the states of Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri who didn't join the Confederacy, but supported the south
  9. troops who are only called out to defend the land in an emergency
  10. a boundary that became a symbolic division between the free and the slave states
  11. a branch of the military using ships to conduct warfare
  12. hard crackers often issued to the soldiers of both sides during the Civil War
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  1. a place where weapons and other military supplies are stored
  2. someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery
  3. it said that people of each territory should decide for themselves if slaves should be allowed
  4. troops sent to strengthen a fighting force by adding a number of fresh soldiers
  5. withdrawal from the Federal government of the United States
  6. a branch of the military mounted on horseback
  7. the largest organized group of soldiers
  8. a state of bondage in which African Americans were owned by other people, usually white, and forced to labor on their behalf
  9. the cruel killing of a number of helpless or unresisting people
  10. to lie in wait for an attack

22 Clues: to lie in wait for an attack • the term used to describe new soldiers • the largest organized group of soldiers • a branch of the military mounted on horseback • someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery • a group of soldiers usually led my a brigadier general • a soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in action • ...

Civil War 2014-10-05

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. battle fought July 1-3 1863
  2. graduate of west point and a chief aide in the Mexican American war and assumed command of confederate army
  3. northern commander before Ulysses S. Grant
  4. confederate general
  5. first shots of the Civil War were fired here
  6. northern democrat who supported popular sovereignty
  7. People would vote on rather to allow slavery or not
  8. issued January 1, 1863 and freed the slaves in the states in the rebellion against the union
  9. Created the underground railroad
  10. Written by Harriet Beecher in 1852, motivated people in the north to support abolition
  11. Republican who became president in 1860 and was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
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  1. 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War
  2. opposed slavery in new territories
  3. union morale law after defeat at second battle of bull run
  4. African American Unit
  5. One of the two major political parties in the United States.
  6. sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson created by South Carolina's 1832 Ordinance of Nullification
  7. slave owners could recover slaves who ran away to free states
  8. becomes the president of the confederate states of America
  9. US army general who took control of western front after Grant's appointment
  10. The leading southern politician of the early nineteenth century; he served as vice president under both John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson and then was elected senator from South Carolina.
  11. led by social reformers, William Lloyd Garrison, founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society; writers such as John Greenleaf Whittier and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
  12. Where Robert E. Lee and his troops surrendered
  13. destroyed southern cities and railways to trap
  14. non-supporters of the Civil War

25 Clues: confederate general • African American Unit • battle fought July 1-3 1863 • non-supporters of the Civil War • Created the underground railroad • opposed slavery in new territories • northern commander before Ulysses S. Grant • first shots of the Civil War were fired here • Where Robert E. Lee and his troops surrendered • destroyed southern cities and railways to trap • ...

Cuban Missile Crisis 2016-01-14

Cuban Missile Crisis crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ____ is a Soviet short-range artillery rocket system
  2. A ________ is an effort to cut off supplies, war material or communications from a particular area by force
  3. is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida
  4. the staged invasion from the CIA was called ___ __ ___
  5. to separate and restrict the movement of persons'state of enforced isolation is called __________
  6. Stevenson _____ _________ attempted to force an answer from Soviet Ambassador Valerian Zorin as to the existence of the weapons
  7. ______ was a body of United States government officials that convened to advise President John F. Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis
  8. This was a neclear weapon created by USA and was placed on submarines are called ______
  9. This organizations is abbreviated to UN
  10. The Capital City of USSR is ______
  11. ______ was the place where USA placed missiles pointing towards USSR
Down
  1. The Capital city of Cuba is called ______
  2. _____ revolution was a plan to get rid of the dictator in Cuba
  3. _______ is a unit written into various nuclear weapon control treaties, and gives a sense of destructiveness
  4. is a state in the southeast United States, bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico
  5. __-__ was used for electronic sensor research, satellite calibration, and communications purposes.
  6. This continent is made up of Germany, USSR, France exc.
  7. a system that allows direct communication between the leaders of the United States and Russia
  8. A Surface-to-Air Missile was abbreviated to ___
  9. place of the President of the United States located in Washington, D.C.
  10. Rusk ____ ____ was the United States Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969

21 Clues: The Capital City of USSR is ______ • This organizations is abbreviated to UN • The Capital city of Cuba is called ______ • A Surface-to-Air Missile was abbreviated to ___ • ____ is a Soviet short-range artillery rocket system • the staged invasion from the CIA was called ___ __ ___ • This continent is made up of Germany, USSR, France exc. • ...