states Crossword Puzzles

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
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  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.
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  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
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  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
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  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?
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  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 • ...

American Civil War Crossword 2021-02-05

American Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy.
  2. The Northern States during the Civil War who were against slavery.
  3. Our 16th president and signer of the Emancipation Proclamation.
  4. An enslaved man who freed himself and delivered a boat to the Union
  5. People who have left the country of their birth to live in another country.
  6. An American statesman and politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America
  7. This Confederate submarine was introduced to battle in 1864, but was ineffective in combat.
  8. Partial or complete removal of a limb.
  9. Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation.
  10. Union war plan by Winfield Scott, called for blockade of southern coast, capture of Richmond, capture Mississippi R, and to take an army through heart of south.
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  1. A loose union of independent states; name of government used by the southern states that seceded during the Civil War.
  2. An act or instance of invading or entering as an enemy, especially by an army.
  3. An international organization dedicated to the medical care of the sick or wounded in wars and natural disasters
  4. A proclamation written by Aberaham Lincoln that freed all slaves in America.
  5. Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross.
  6. American abolitionist and writer, he escaped slavery and became a leading African American spokesman and writer.
  7. Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union should be held together by force.
  8. A condition or circumstance that puts one in a favorable or superior position.
  9. General whose march to sea caused destruction to the south, union general, led march to destroy all supplies and resources, beginning of total warfare.
  10. A law requiring people of a certain age to serve in the military.

20 Clues: Partial or complete removal of a limb. • Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation. • Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross. • Our 16th president and signer of the Emancipation Proclamation. • A war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy. • A law requiring people of a certain age to serve in the military. • ...

history stuph 2020-12-03

history stuph crossword puzzle
Across
  1. branch of government that passes laws
  2. document that sets out laws, principles, organization, and processes of a government
  3. gathering of stat representatives on May 25, 1787, to revise the Articles of confederation
  4. a 1786 revolt in Massachusetts led by farmers in reaction to high taxes
  5. principle by which the powers of government are divided among separate branches
  6. plan at the Constitutional Convention, favoured by small states, that called for three braches of government with a single-chamber legislature
  7. first 10 amendments of the United States constitution
  8. people who opposed the constitution and a strong national government
  9. agreement at the constitutional convention
  10. signed in 1215, a British document that contains the basic ideas: Monarchs themselves have to obey the laws, and citizens have basic rights
  11. laws setting up a system for settling the northwest territory
  12. branch of government that decides if the laws are carried out fairly
  13. supporters of the constitution, who favoured a strong federal, or national, government
  14. plan at the constitutional convention, favoured by larger states, that called for a strong national government with three branches and a two-chamber legislature
  15. a 1787 article that set up a government for the northwest territory, guaranteed basic rights to settlers, and outlawed slavery there
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  1. First american constitution, passed in 1777, which created a loose alliance of 13 independent states
  2. written list of freedoms to protect
  3. branch of government that carries out laws
  4. plan at the convention that settled the differences between large and small states
  5. series of essays written by federalists James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jayin support of ratifying the constitution
  6. James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and other leaders who laid the groundwork for the United States
  7. the right that no person can be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime

22 Clues: written list of freedoms to protect • branch of government that passes laws • branch of government that carries out laws • agreement at the constitutional convention • first 10 amendments of the United States constitution • laws setting up a system for settling the northwest territory • people who opposed the constitution and a strong national government • ...

Review Crossword Project 2020-12-15

Review Crossword Project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas.
  2. third President of the United States.
  3. Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, ending the American Civil War.
  4. actor who shot George washington.
  5. both social structure and vote for change
  6. democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly
  7. equal rights for everyone
  8. place where slaves worked
  9. a treaty signed with France in 1803 by which the U.S. purchased for $15,000,000 the land extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.
  10. Washington's raid across the Delaware River
  11. American settlers were destined to expand across North America.
  12. one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
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  1. freedom to slaves in confederate states.
  2. the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution
  3. a route used during the U.S. westward migrations
  4. taxation without representation peaceful political protest
  5. signifies some of the principles and ideas of the founding fathers which the government of the United States follows today.
  6. state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation.
  7. any citizen the right to vote
  8. escaped MA slave/ activist
  9. controversial surprise attack upon a camp of Cheyenneand Arapaho people in southeastern Colorado Territory
  10. abolish slavery
  11. slave who escaped to free state gets taken back as property.
  12. last major battle of the American Revolution
  13. first president of the United States.
  14. Native Americans were marched over 1,200 miles of rugged land.
  15. people who want to get rid of slavery
  16. all legal documents required tax stamp
  17. withdrawing yourself
  18. each state to have one vote in Congress.

30 Clues: abolish slavery • withdrawing yourself • equal rights for everyone • place where slaves worked • escaped MA slave/ activist • any citizen the right to vote • actor who shot George washington. • third President of the United States. • first president of the United States. • people who want to get rid of slavery • all legal documents required tax stamp • ...

Crossword Puzzle 2021-10-26

Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  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 • ...

Civil War in the United States of America 2022-02-02

Civil War in the United States of America crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Union strategy to win the war was called the _____ plan.
  2. The Compromise of 1850 included a strict ____ Slave Act.
  3. Called a "necessary evil" by Thomas Jefferson, was used as a euphemistic term that white southerners used for slavery.
  4. This amendment was a change to the Constitution (1868) granting citizenship to anyone born in the United States and guaranteeing all citizens equal protection of the law.
  5. A former enslaved person who sued for his freedom in the Supreme Court.
  6. Southern states during the Civil War.
  7. The General for the Union, later became 18th President.
  8. Maryland, September 16-18, 1862, bloodiest single day in American military history, 23,000 died
  9. violence over slavery led by John Brown caused the Kansas territory to called ______ ________.
  10. Naval invasion that kicked off the Civil War in Charleston, SC.
  11. freed enslaved people ONLY in the Confederate States.
  12. This amendment was a change to the Constitution (1870) declaring that states cannot deny anyone the right to vote because of race or color, or because the person was formerly enslaved.
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  1. the President of the US during the Civil War.
  2. A person who worked to end slavery.
  3. The Compromise of 1850 allowed ____ to be admitted to the Union as a free state.
  4. The general for the Confederacy.
  5. Northern states during the Civil War.
  6. She was the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad.
  7. The issue of slavery and _______ _______ was the causes of the Civil War.
  8. This amendment was a change to the Constitution (1865) that abolished slavery in US (made it illegal.
  9. Turning point of the War that made it clear the North would win. 50,000 people died, and the South lost its chance to invade the North.

21 Clues: The general for the Confederacy. • A person who worked to end slavery. • Northern states during the Civil War. • Southern states during the Civil War. • the President of the US during the Civil War. • freed enslaved people ONLY in the Confederate States. • The General for the Union, later became 18th President. • The Compromise of 1850 included a strict ____ Slave Act. • ...

Vietnam Crossword Puzzle 2017-01-03

Vietnam Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An apparent difference between what is said or promised and what happens or is true.
  2. The name given to a secret Department of Defense study of U.S. political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967.
  3. American politician, poet, and a long-time Congressman from Minnesota.
  4. Those who advocate an aggressive foreign policy based on strong military power.
  5. One of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War, launched on January 30, 1968, by forces of the Viet Cong.
  6. American diplomat and political scientist.
  7. Where students protesting the bombing of Cambodia by United States military forces, clashed with Ohio National Guardsmen.
  8. A highly flammable sticky jelly used in incendiary bombs and flamethrowers, consisting of gasoline thickened with special soaps.
  9. American lawyer who served as an important political advisor to Democratic Presidents.
  10. United States Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.
  11. Political organization and army that operated in South Vietnam and Cambodia.
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  1. Where the platoon entered one of the village's four hamlets on a search-and-destroy mission on the morning of March 16.
  2. American politician who served as the 38th Vice President of the United States.
  3. A term used by President Richard Nixon to indicate his belief that the great body of Americans supported his policies.
  4. American politician from Massachusetts. He served as the United States junior senator from New York.
  5. political movement mainly in the 1960s and 1970s consisting of issues such as civil rights, gay rights, abortion, gender roles, and drugs.
  6. A defoliant chemical used by the US in the Vietnam War.
  7. Compulsory recruitment for military service.
  8. Try to resolve international conflicts without the threat of force.
  9. American politician who served as the 37th President of the United States.

20 Clues: American diplomat and political scientist. • Compulsory recruitment for military service. • A defoliant chemical used by the US in the Vietnam War. • Try to resolve international conflicts without the threat of force. • American politician, poet, and a long-time Congressman from Minnesota. • ...

Westward Expansion 2017-05-01

Westward Expansion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The name of the president who purchased the Louisiana Territory.
  2. The river that formed the border of the U.S. after the signing of the Treaty of Paris 1783.
  3. The name of the treaty that was signed between Mexico and the United States to end the war.
  4. the ocean that forms the western boundary of the U.S. in 1848.
  5. The country that gave up the Oregon Territory
  6. The name of the treaty that allowed the United States to annex Florida.
  7. The name of the treaty that Texas signed with Mexico to end the revolution.
  8. The trail that was used by settlers to escape religious persecution.
  9. The trail used by pioneers to make a better life for themselves.
  10. the ocean that forms the eastern boundary of the U.S.
  11. The land ceded by Spain to the U.S. in 1819.
Down
  1. Jefferson bought this territory from France in 1803
  2. The treaty that ended the American Revolution.
  3. the mountain range that formed the western most border of the 13 colonies.
  4. The area gained after the Mexican-American war that includes states like California and New Mexico.
  5. The country that gave up Florida and signed the Adams-Onis Treaty
  6. the area given to the United States by Great Britain in 1846.
  7. The trail that was traveled for trade
  8. The area that was purchased to build a transcontinental railroad in 1853.
  9. The dictator that sold the Louisiana territory.
  10. The country that gave up California
  11. The country that the louisiana territory was purchased from.
  12. The president started the Mexican-American war.
  13. the mountains in the western part of the United States.
  14. Territory that was annexed in 1845 by President Polk.

25 Clues: The country that gave up California • The trail that was traveled for trade • The land ceded by Spain to the U.S. in 1819. • The country that gave up the Oregon Territory • The treaty that ended the American Revolution. • The dictator that sold the Louisiana territory. • The president started the Mexican-American war. • ...

The Nation Splits Apart 2013-10-09

The Nation Splits Apart crossword puzzle
Across
  1. war hero and California senator;
  2. southern democratic candidate for president in 1860 election
  3. supreme court ruling that protected the property rights of people who held slaves
  4. president who supported the Compromise in 1850
  5. name the southern states gave to the new nation they formed after leaving the union
  6. Tennessee senator nominated for president in 1860
  7. meeting of people from the northern states and some southern states that tried to find a way to avoid war
  8. opposition to immigration
  9. law giving popular sovereignty to kansas and nebraska
  10. law that made it a federal crime to assist runaway slaves
  11. the idea of letting residents decide what laws to be governed by;
  12. president from 1852 to 1856;
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  1. people who were against the spread of slavery
  2. fighting marked by sabotage, ambushes and other surprise attacks
  3. antislavery leader of the Pottawatomie Massacre
  4. senator from Illinois; led the fight to pass the compromise of 1850
  5. plan to change the constitution to ban slavery north of the old Missouri compromise line separating free and slave states;
  6. political party founded in 1854
  7. killing of five pro-slavery Kansas settlers
  8. author of Uncle Tom's cabin
  9. president of the Confederate States of America
  10. nickname given to kansas because there was so much slavery related violence there
  11. set of five laws that dealt with slavery issues
  12. position put forth by Douglas during a debate with Lincoln;
  13. debates that took place in 1858
  14. Kansas pro-slavery constitution that was rejected by voters
  15. novel about slave life in the south
  16. temporary
  17. antislavery republican elected to the presidency in 1860
  18. president elected in 1856
  19. statement of the principles that a group stands for
  20. a person with extreme views

32 Clues: temporary • opposition to immigration • president elected in 1856 • author of Uncle Tom's cabin • a person with extreme views • president from 1852 to 1856; • political party founded in 1854 • debates that took place in 1858 • war hero and California senator; • novel about slave life in the south • killing of five pro-slavery Kansas settlers • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

Solve the American Puzzle 2026-06-20

Solve the American Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Civil Rights leader and a founder of the NAACP Ida B. _____
  2. Amount of lanterns hung by Robert Newman as a warning
  3. Author of the poem "Paul Revere's Ride"
  4. National Mammal of the United States
  5. A monument in Forest Home Cemetery erected in honor of those executed for the still unsolved bombing dubbed the ________ Affair
  6. Over half of the world's geysers are located in this US National Park
  7. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were both written in this city
  8. July 4th
  9. Abolitionist and activist Harriet Tubman
  10. Forest Park was formerly known by this name
  11. National Flower of the United States
  12. We hold these truths to be self ______
  13. _________ Proclamation
  14. Collective name for a decentralized network of safe houses and routes used to escape to free states
  15. These Airmen were the first African American Military Aviators during WWII
  16. Prominent name in the Women's Suffrage Movement Susan B. ________
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  1. Surprise military maneuver executed on Christmas Day
  2. The Official Bird of the United States
  3. Final Major Land Engagement of the Revolutionary War was The Siege of ________
  4. Land of ______
  5. A well known myth has George Washington cutting down this kind of tree
  6. American Aviation Pioneers Orville and Wilbur
  7. The War to End All Wars
  8. Gift of friendship from France
  9. ______ Purchase
  10. Item Benjamin Franklin used to prove lightning was static electricity
  11. The other famous George Washington sometimes known as "The Peanut Man"
  12. 1964 Law key to integration and making employment discrimination illegal
  13. National Tree of the United States
  14. Current amount of Amendments in the U.S. Constitution
  15. Location of famous Tea Party
  16. The First 10 Amendments
  17. Signer of the Declaration of Independence John ____

33 Clues: July 4th • Land of ______ • ______ Purchase • _________ Proclamation • The War to End All Wars • The First 10 Amendments • Location of famous Tea Party • Gift of friendship from France • National Tree of the United States • National Mammal of the United States • National Flower of the United States • The Official Bird of the United States • We hold these truths to be self ______ • ...

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
Across
  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
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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 "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 Crossword 2023-01-25

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The 16th president of the United States
  2. the war between the north and south states
  3. The remaining states who stayed united
  4. pro-slavery americans who separated from US
  5. the states who separated from the Union
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  1. The speech given by lincoln to end slavery
  2. The founding document of the US
  3. the states who were against slavery and stayed in the Union
  4. The keeping of humans against their will
  5. the date of slavery being officially ended

10 Clues: The founding document of the US • The remaining states who stayed united • The 16th president of the United States • the states who separated from the Union • The keeping of humans against their will • The speech given by lincoln to end slavery • the war between the north and south states • the date of slavery being officially ended • ...

The Congress Crossword Puzzle 2014-11-03

The Congress Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Election: vacancies in the senate
  2. Party: referred to as the Grand Old Party
  3. Government: republic of fifty states that constitutive the United States
  4. of Representatives: makes up congress
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  1. States Census: decennial census the United States Constitution
  2. Party: one of two major contemporary political parties
  3. Party: members of the U.s House of Representatives
  4. stand in for others or a group of others
  5. Legislature: decision making organization
  6. established in Article one of the United States constitution

10 Clues: Election: vacancies in the senate • of Representatives: makes up congress • stand in for others or a group of others • Party: referred to as the Grand Old Party • Legislature: decision making organization • Party: members of the U.s House of Representatives • Party: one of two major contemporary political parties • ...

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 • ...

Crossword Puzzle 2026-02-13

Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. General of the Army of the United States
  2. An addition to the Constitution
  3. The country created by the South states to protect slavery
  4. Being legally let free
  5. The United States of America
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  1. The 17th President and Lincoln's Vice President
  2. Forced servitude
  3. An official announcement
  4. A violent conflict between two states
  5. The 16th President

10 Clues: Forced servitude • The 16th President • Being legally let free • An official announcement • The United States of America • An addition to the Constitution • A violent conflict between two states • General of the Army of the United States • The 17th President and Lincoln's Vice President • The country created by the South states to protect slavery

Chapter 4: Who was to blame for the Cold War 2020-06-17

Chapter 4: Who was to blame for the Cold War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. system in which one person runs a country
  2. conf betwn Truman, Churchill, Atlee (Aug'45)
  3. month President Roosevelt died
  4. USSR cut road rail and canal links to W. Berlin
  5. political/social/economic system of democracy
  6. barrier constructed by E.Ber to block movement
  7. conf between USA,USSR,GB to shape world after WW2
  8. communists took over this state in 1948
  9. nuclear weapons used in WW2
  10. alliance betwn USSR & other states to defend comm
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  1. dominant country able to affect int'l affairs
  2. rule by the military than a civil police force
  3. US economic program to aid W.Eur to stop communism
  4. Churchill's term for separation Comm & Cap states
  5. organisation to spread communist ideas by USSR
  6. political & economic plan behind marshall aid
  7. combined German zones of Britain, France & USA
  8. using aircraft to carry supplies to W.Ber (1948-49)
  9. count saved by comm by GB&USA(US paid GB troops)
  10. north atlantic treaty org formed by USA
  11. political/social/economic system of state control
  12. pro-US Czech minister murdered by communists
  13. Truman's promise to help states against Comm
  14. 20s US policy to not get involved in Int'l disputes
  15. agremnt betwn 2 states to help or defend each other

25 Clues: nuclear weapons used in WW2 • month President Roosevelt died • north atlantic treaty org formed by USA • communists took over this state in 1948 • system in which one person runs a country • conf betwn Truman, Churchill, Atlee (Aug'45) • pro-US Czech minister murdered by communists • Truman's promise to help states against Comm • ...

Constitution Revew 2023-04-22

Constitution Revew crossword puzzle
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  1. To approve
  2. This group had more power under the Articles of Confederation.
  3. A change to the Constitution is called a(n) _____.
  4. The Senate and House of Representatives make up ______.
  5. Which amendment guarantees freedom of the press, speech and religion?
  6. The idea of sharing powers between the state and fedearl government.
  7. Which amendment protects us from illegal searches and seizures?
  8. Which amendment guarantees a speedy and public trial?
  9. How many branches are there in the government of the United States?
  10. King of England during the American Revolution
  11. Introduction to the Constitution
  12. Who is head of the executive branch?
  13. The President in the _____ in chief.
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  1. It is the duty of Legislative branch to make _____.
  2. A group which wanted a strong central government.
  3. Powers given to the Federal government are called ___ powers.
  4. A two-house system.
  5. The Bill of Rights makes up the first ____ amendments.
  6. The supreme law of the land.
  7. How many senators are elected from each state?
  8. The United States president is elected for _____ years.
  9. Powers given to the states are called ____ powers.
  10. Congress is called the _______ Branch.
  11. A way the Executive Branch can "check" the Legislative Branch.
  12. This Compromise resulted in a two-house Legislature.

25 Clues: To approve • A two-house system. • The supreme law of the land. • Introduction to the Constitution • Who is head of the executive branch? • The President in the _____ in chief. • Congress is called the _______ Branch. • How many senators are elected from each state? • King of England during the American Revolution • A group which wanted a strong central government. • ...

Civil War Remembrance 2023-04-26

Civil War Remembrance crossword puzzle
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  1. A formal charge brought against an elected official
  2. The first African American to serve a full term as a US Senator
  3. The rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.
  4. 16th President of the United States - 1860
  5. What did the 13th Amendment do?
  6. The first African American to serve in the US Senate
  7. The seceded states formed the _________
  8. Former slave
  9. Important Civil War battle that took place in Mississippi was over what town?
  10. The right to vote
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  1. Who was appointed governor of MS by President during Reconstruction?
  2. Freedom
  3. What bloody battle took place just north of Corinth, MS?
  4. A set of laws that governed and regulated the lives of freedmen in Mississippi after the Civil War
  5. Whites who wanted to return control to the Democrats
  6. A northerner who remained in the South or moved to the South after the Civil War
  7. To take away the right to vote from a specific person or group
  8. A tactic where armed forces try to capture a fort or fortified town by surrounding it and preventing supplies from reaching it
  9. The main disagreement between the Confederacy and the Union
  10. The North states formed the _____

20 Clues: Freedom • Former slave • The right to vote • What did the 13th Amendment do? • The North states formed the _____ • The seceded states formed the _________ • 16th President of the United States - 1860 • A formal charge brought against an elected official • Whites who wanted to return control to the Democrats • The first African American to serve in the US Senate • ...

7th Grade History Culminating Crossword! 2023-06-04

7th Grade History Culminating Crossword! crossword puzzle
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  1. 1820 compromise admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state
  2. a shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions
  3. built to connect the center of the United States to the Atlantic Ocean
  4. law that prevented the manufacture, sale, and transporting of alcoholic drinks in the United States between 1919 and 1933
  5. Boss
  6. 1857 decision that stunned the nation. The United States Supreme Court upheld enslavement in United States territories, denied the legality of Black citizenship in U.S.A., and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional.
  7. Renaissance
  8. largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal
  9. a merger; union
  10. activist and author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities
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  1. people who have only recently become rich and who have tastes and manners that some people consider vulgar
  2. someone who has influence in how power is distributed
  3. popular clothing item in 1900s
  4. "________________ of the 20,000"
  5. covered in a thin layer of gold
  6. "__________ of industry"
  7. time period after Stock Market crash in U.S.
  8. The process of campaigning in public or working for an organization in order to bring about political or social change.
  9. helped build the formidable American steel industry
  10. previously the head of the Triborough Bridge Authority

20 Clues: Boss • Renaissance • a merger; union • "__________ of industry" • popular clothing item in 1900s • covered in a thin layer of gold • "________________ of the 20,000" • time period after Stock Market crash in U.S. • helped build the formidable American steel industry • someone who has influence in how power is distributed • previously the head of the Triborough Bridge Authority • ...

Americas Benchmark 2017-04-20

Americas Benchmark crossword puzzle
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  1. Which of the following was an effect of the "Dirty War" in Argentina?
  2. Simon Bolivar helped several South American countries gained independence from?
  3. Temperatures in Caribbean South America remain warm year-round because of the regions location near the?
  4. Canada's capital,Ottawa, is located in?
  5. NAFTA is a trade agreement among the United States, Mexico, and?
  6. States About 60 percent pf Canada's imported goods come from which country?
  7. Which of the following statements about Argentina is true?
  8. What Colombian city was a major naval base and commercial port in the Spanish empire?
  9. The United States and Canada share which physical feature?
  10. What is the most important part of the economy of Paraguay?
  11. The physical geography of the Guiana's includes?
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  1. People who are bilingual speak how many languages?
  2. In which country do most people speak Portuguese?
  3. What is Venezuela's economy is based on?
  4. What resource in Canada provides pulp and newsprint?
  5. Which region known for its dense population?
  6. Canada's prime minister oversees the country's?
  7. What physical feature does the Mississippi River and its tributaries drain?
  8. What major river flows through northwestern Brazil?
  9. Many Canadians moved from farms to cities to find?
  10. What country did the United States gain independence from?
  11. What valuable natural resource were the Chibcha known for using?

22 Clues: Canada's capital,Ottawa, is located in? • What is Venezuela's economy is based on? • Which region known for its dense population? • Canada's prime minister oversees the country's? • The physical geography of the Guiana's includes? • In which country do most people speak Portuguese? • People who are bilingual speak how many languages? • ...

Unit 2 Vocabulary 2022-05-02

Unit 2 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. constitution provides for its own
  2. powers powers that the Constitution does not grant
  3. needed to happen in 13 states
  4. Compromise satisfied smaller states
  5. reject acts passed by Congress
  6. powers not expressly stated in the Constitution
  7. gov need for an orderly regulation
  8. rebellion Happened in Western Massachusetts
  9. gov serve the will of the people
  10. power of court to determine constitutionality
  11. sovereignty limited gov, civil rights and liberties
  12. of Rights the first 10 amendments
  13. of Confederation approved on Nov. 15, 1777
  14. & Slave trade compromise agreed to include commerce power
  15. favored ratification
  16. Compromise southern states able to count slaves
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  1. Adams a rising lawyer in Boston
  2. powers can only be exercised by the Nat. Gov
  3. Washington voted against British policies
  4. annual Congress
  5. of powers basic powers distributed among 3
  6. Gov government is restricted
  7. Locke enlightenment thinker
  8. and balances each branch is subject to these
  9. Jefferson joined Virginia delegation in June 1775
  10. declare illegal, null, and void
  11. division of power among a central government
  12. Plan state guaranteed Republican form of gov
  13. powers powers delegated to the National gov
  14. two houses
  15. powers both the Nat. Gov and states possess
  16. the frame of the government
  17. Jersey Plan retained the unicameral Congress
  18. Federalist opposed ratification

34 Clues: two houses • annual Congress • favored ratification • Locke enlightenment thinker • the frame of the government • Gov government is restricted • needed to happen in 13 states • reject acts passed by Congress • Adams a rising lawyer in Boston • declare illegal, null, and void • Federalist opposed ratification • gov serve the will of the people • constitution provides for its own • ...

Articles of Confederation and US Constitution 2024-10-10

Articles of Confederation and US Constitution crossword puzzle
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  1. the US Constitution is divided into seven of these.
  2. named the large states plan and wanted representation in congress based on population.
  3. number of branches of government created by the US Constitution.
  4. group that supported passing the Constitution with no bill of rights.
  5. the idea of dividing the powers of government between multiple branches.
  6. weakness in first form of government. "The government had no power to pass _____".
  7. Consist of President,Vice President,and the Cabinet
  8. the Articles of Confederation were considered too _______.
  9. named the small states plan and wanted each state to be represented equally in congress.
  10. a change to the US Constitution.
  11. created an orderly plan to admit new states to the Union.
  12. a collection of essays written to gain support for the new US Constitution.
  13. introduction to the US Constitution
  14. first ten amendments to the Constitution
  15. location of the writing of the US Constitution.
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  1. interprets the Constitution and federal legislation.
  2. consist of house of representatives and the senate
  3. first president of the united states
  4. amendment that guarantees freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
  5. number of amendments to the US Constitution.
  6. The first government of the US.
  7. group that refused to support the new constitution without a Bill of Rights.

22 Clues: The first government of the US. • a change to the US Constitution. • introduction to the US Constitution • first president of the united states • first ten amendments to the Constitution • number of amendments to the US Constitution. • location of the writing of the US Constitution. • consist of house of representatives and the senate • ...

Civil War Crossword 2026-04-09

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Capital city of the northern states - in Maryland
  2. The side of the south - slave states in rebellion
  3. The Fort attacked by the south that started the war
  4. first name Jefferson - President of the South
  5. Capital city of the southern rebellion states - in Virginia
  6. The site of a significant battle in Maryland - a Union victory by technicality
  7. Emancipation ___________ - a significant executive order regarding slavery
  8. Northern Democrats who wanted to end the war as soon as possible - a type of snake
  9. What the North and South were fighting over
  10. A northern general known for his hesitation and large ego - fired by Lincoln at Antietam
  11. The action of a state leaving to start its own country
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  1. The primary southern general - the big bad guy of the war
  2. A lottery where men get forced to fight in the military
  3. Non-venomous snake the northern war plan was named after
  4. The side of the north - generally free states
  5. A northern general who liked fire and helped in the invasion of Vicksburg
  6. The site of a significant battle in Pennsylvania
  7. Flour and water makes this - goes great with coffee
  8. Nickname of a southern General Jackson - "he's standing there like a _____________"
  9. President of the North

20 Clues: President of the North • What the North and South were fighting over • The side of the north - generally free states • first name Jefferson - President of the South • The site of a significant battle in Pennsylvania • Capital city of the northern states - in Maryland • The side of the south - slave states in rebellion • ...

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 • ...

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? • ...

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.

Vocab #5 2026-01-21

Vocab #5 crossword puzzle
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  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 • ...

General Knowledge Crossword Puzzle 2017-08-31

General Knowledge Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Limits the power of the federal government and guarantee citizens of the United States certain rights.
  2. Leads the Judaical Branch of the United States Federal Government.
  3. The leader of a state or province.
  4. The elected head of the republican state.
  5. Needs to be a US citizen for at least 9 years and over the age 30.
  6. Occupies a central position as the chief, policy-making, and representative organ of the United Nations.
  7. If you are born in the United States you automatically gain _______ of the country.
  8. The leader of the ________ Branch is the President of the United States.
  9. Someone who helps the president conduct his duties.
  10. A form of government with roles and powers given, limited by the law, written in the Constitution.
  11. Deals with disputes between people which can be compensated.
  12. A legal statement that suggests that no one is above the law and governmental decisions must be made only by applying legal knowledge.
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  1. When an ________ is proposed by the Congress, it takes two-and-a-half years for it to be ratified.
  2. A group of people who decide the verdict of a court case.
  3. The ______ __ ____________ is granted by the Constitution the power to impeach an elected official.
  4. It is also called the Legislative Branch and is made of two parts: House of Representatives and The Senate.
  5. Indicates a system of government in which the power is divided by constitutional right between national and local units of government.
  6. In elections we _____ for people who are going to represent us in the government.
  7. Voting used for electing representatives in the United States
  8. Protects certain values, such as life and property.

20 Clues: The leader of a state or province. • The elected head of the republican state. • Protects certain values, such as life and property. • Someone who helps the president conduct his duties. • A group of people who decide the verdict of a court case. • Deals with disputes between people which can be compensated. • ...

Constitutional Underpinnings and Federalism 2017-04-10

Constitutional Underpinnings and Federalism crossword puzzle
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  1. A league of friendship among states, typically with a weak national government
  2. Provision stating Constitution, laws of Congress and treaties are the highest law of the land
  3. Source of Congress' power to pass all laws necessary and proper to carrying out enumerated powers.
  4. States must return a person charged with a crime in another state to that state for punishment
  5. Type of powers that are shared by the state and national government
  6. Grants that give states more discretion and cover a policy area
  7. A group of citizens united around a common interest according to Madison
  8. Landmark case that strengthened national government's power and broadened the definition of commerce
  9. Type of commercial activity regulated by the states
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  1. Process to review constitutionality of laws
  2. A formal change to the Constitution, which can be done 4 ways
  3. Restraints placed on the other two branches of governments so that no one branch becomes too powerful
  4. Landmark case dealing with guns that limited the definition commerce to economic activity.
  5. Tool to direct states and local governments to comply with federal law under threat of penalties or as a condition of receipt of a grant
  6. Amendment stating national government cannot usurp state powers
  7. Transferring of power to lower levels of government
  8. Addition to the Constitution to convince Anti-Federalist to ratify
  9. Grants of a specific purpose
  10. Type of federalism involving spending, taxing and providing grants in the federal system
  11. Type of legislature with a Senate based on equal representation and a House based on population.
  12. State whose plan called representation based on population.
  13. Counted as three-fifths for the purposes of taxation

22 Clues: Grants of a specific purpose • Process to review constitutionality of laws • Transferring of power to lower levels of government • Type of commercial activity regulated by the states • Counted as three-fifths for the purposes of taxation • State whose plan called representation based on population. • A formal change to the Constitution, which can be done 4 ways • ...

Chapter 24 WW2 Estrada 2 2018-04-17

Chapter 24 WW2 Estrada 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. Strategy used to capturing some Japanese held islands
  2. Hostility or prejudice against war
  3. to give up without any concessions
  4. A treaty designed to expand world trade
  5. a measure that insured fair hiring practices
  6. savvy labor leader
  7. tank commander
  8. most concentration camps were designated as this
  9. Willful anhialation of a race or group
  10. mass murder of Jews
  11. FDR established this
  12. A form of economic control.
  13. American officer known as mike
  14. members of specific groups were confined here
  15. Turning point of the war
  16. All-nisei who faught in the Italian campaign
  17. named after the city that served as the spiritual center of Nazism
  18. These trials turned a glaring spotlight on the evils of the Third Reich.
  19. an international agreement governing the humane treatment of wounded soldiers
  20. Serious attack the occurred 9 November 1938
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  1. The United States had the charge for the establishment of the ___
  2. man who ran the scientific aspect of the project
  3. This was issued by the UN
  4. 33rd Presicent of the United States
  5. Big three agreed that certain countries would hold free elections
  6. Commander of the United States Navy
  7. this was considered a counterattack
  8. United States was Partnered with Mexico for this program
  9. Worlds most famous scientist
  10. African American squadron
  11. method used to inflict maximum damage.
  12. Temporary imprisonment of of members of a specific group
  13. closely with the media
  14. the goal of this campaign was to destroy Germany's capacity
  15. project that cost millions of dollars
  16. Event that occurred the Sixth of June 1944
  17. The united States and the Soviet Union were considered this
  18. Pilots who crashed their planes into American ships

38 Clues: tank commander • savvy labor leader • mass murder of Jews • FDR established this • closely with the media • Turning point of the war • This was issued by the UN • African American squadron • A form of economic control. • Worlds most famous scientist • American officer known as mike • Hostility or prejudice against war • to give up without any concessions • ...

Historical Documents 2014-11-10

Historical Documents crossword puzzle
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  1. everyone must follow the law even government officials.
  2. document formed the basis for both the Charters and the Declaration of Independence.
  3. document guaranteed the rights of Englishman to colonists.
  4. How many states are needed to approve a law under the Articles of Confederation?
  5. The major powers of government resided with whom under the Articles of Confederation?
  6. every citizen votes on issues.
  7. This document established the principle of the rule of law.
  8. part of the Intolerable Acts was the harshest in the eyes of the colonists.
  9. Thomas Hobbes introduced the idea that government was an agreement between people and leaders, which he called this.
  10. John Locke wrote that all people were equal and enjoyed these three natural rights.
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  1. served as a model for the Bill of Rights.
  2. The Articles of Confederation was the first form of _________ for independent states.
  3. event gave Britain a large debt, which was hoped to be paid off by taxing the colonists.
  4. freedom to practice the religion of your choice.
  5. By taxing colonists on things that they bought, the British used __________ to try and control the colonists.
  6. Thomas Paine based his pamphlet Common Sense off of the beliefs of this enlightened individual.
  7. The number of states needed to make an amendment to Articles of Confederation.
  8. Government is not all powerful and may only do those things people have given it the power to do.
  9. people are the source of any and all government power
  10. type of government used by the United States.
  11. event led to the beginning of the Revolutionary War with the “Shot Heard Around the World?”

21 Clues: every citizen votes on issues. • served as a model for the Bill of Rights. • type of government used by the United States. • freedom to practice the religion of your choice. • people are the source of any and all government power • everyone must follow the law even government officials. • document guaranteed the rights of Englishman to colonists. • ...

The Cold War 2015-02-19

The Cold War crossword puzzle
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  1. Willingness to go to the edge, or brink, of war
  2. The division of Europe between free and communist countries
  3. U.S. policy of sending aid to any nation trying to prevent a Communist takeover
  4. Soviet leader
  5. Military alliance of the Soviet Union and its satellite nations
  6. Republican Senator who claimed Communists were taking over the federal government
  7. Activists in the American Communist Party who were executed as spies
  8. Country dominated by the Soviet Union
  9. Effort to block Soviet influence by making alliances and supporting weaker nations
  10. Downing of a U.S.spy plane and the capture of its pilot by the Soviet Union in 1960
  11. Defensive military alliance of the United States, Canada, and ten European nations
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  1. Imaginary line that divides Korea at 38 degrees north latitude
  2. FormerStateDepartment official
  3. Resupply of West Berlin by U.S. and British planes during Soviet blockade of 1948
  4. Pilot of an American U-2 spy plane that was shot down
  5. List of people in the Hollywood film industry who were refused jobs because they did not cooperate with HUAC
  6. State of hostility between the Soviet Union and the United States but without military action
  7. Peacekeeping body of nations
  8. President of the United States
  9. House Committee on Un-American Activities
  10. Term used to refer to tactic of accusing people of disloyalty without producing evidence
  11. War begun when North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950
  12. Program under which the United States gave economic aid to rebuild postwar Western Europe
  13. People called to testify before HUAC who did not cooperate
  14. Leader of the Communist forces in China
  15. Hydrogenbomb
  16. Intelligence-gathering,or spy, agency of the United States government

27 Clues: Hydrogenbomb • Soviet leader • Peacekeeping body of nations • FormerStateDepartment official • President of the United States • Country dominated by the Soviet Union • Leader of the Communist forces in China • House Committee on Un-American Activities • Willingness to go to the edge, or brink, of war • Pilot of an American U-2 spy plane that was shot down • ...

Civil War 2022-02-08

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. A city in Georgia which was a major strategic city for the Confederacy
  2. 18th U.S. President; Union General
  3. "the first modern general" Known for command of military strategy
  4. A fort most famous for being the site of the first shots of the Civil War
  5. Battle of Pittsburg Landing; Fought in Western Tennessee
  6. A military strategy that proposed for a naval blockade of the Confederate states
  7. Nicknamed "Little mac" and "Young Napoleon"
  8. First major battle of Civil War
  9. Famous for participation in the Battle of gettysburg; _______'s charge is named after him
  10. Where Robert Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant
  11. Killed by his own Confederate brethren
  12. Friends with Ulysses S. Grant, his cavarly pursued Robert Lee
  13. A steam frigate
  14. A defensive mastermind
  15. He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral and admiral in the United States Navy.
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  1. Known for his peculiar style of dress
  2. Most famous battle; town in Pennslyvania
  3. Brigadier General at Little Round Top who received Medal of Honor
  4. A Cherokee chief who signed the treaty forcing the removal of Cherokees from Georgia
  5. An executive order issued by the President that states, all slaves in rebellious states shall be free
  6. Union General, "the Rock of Chickamauga"
  7. A general for the Union known for his defeat at Chancellorsville by Robert Lee
  8. Ironclad Warship for the Union Navy
  9. Emancipation Proclamation; 16th President
  10. Battle of Sharpsburg
  11. City in Western Mississpi, "the siege of __________
  12. First and only President of Confederate States
  13. Overall commander of the Confederates; Most well-known general
  14. A Union General who led an expeditionary force in North Carolina
  15. Only sitting U.S. senator to be killed during a military engagement
  16. "Camp Sumter"

31 Clues: "Camp Sumter" • A steam frigate • Battle of Sharpsburg • A defensive mastermind • First major battle of Civil War • 18th U.S. President; Union General • Ironclad Warship for the Union Navy • Known for his peculiar style of dress • Killed by his own Confederate brethren • Most famous battle; town in Pennslyvania • Union General, "the Rock of Chickamauga" • ...

Civil war 2022-11-17

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. freedom of choice
  2. Civil War civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865
  3. keep in safety and protect from harm, loss, or destruction
  4. the basic features of a system or organization
  5. the orientation of those who favor government by the people
  6. bringing death
  7. any entry into an area not previously occupied
  8. a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something
  9. civilians trained as soldiers, not part of the regular army
  10. the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
  11. related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal
  12. impossible to split into parts
  13. troops trained to fight on horseback
  14. an offensive against an enemy
  15. the state of being allied
  16. the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
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  1. capable of dissolving
  2. break down, literally or metaphorically
  3. a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
  4. serving as an essential component
  5. of or occurring between or among citizens of the state
  6. an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
  7. brought about or set up or accepted
  8. not producing an intended consequence
  9. run away quickly
  10. the state of being held in low esteem
  11. the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
  12. of a government with central and regional authorities
  13. a statement that is emphatic and explicit
  14. organized opposition to authority
  15. a war measure isolating an area of importance to the enemy
  16. oppose, as in hostility or a competition
  17. a fortified military post where troops are stationed

33 Clues: bringing death • run away quickly • freedom of choice • capable of dissolving • the state of being allied • an offensive against an enemy • impossible to split into parts • serving as an essential component • organized opposition to authority • brought about or set up or accepted • troops trained to fight on horseback • not producing an intended consequence • ...

Jackson and Sectionalism 2020-05-13

Jackson and Sectionalism crossword puzzle
Across
  1. In the 1828 election, there were more ______ because property requirements were eliminated
  2. Northern industrial states favored high ____ to protect manufacturers from foreign competition
  3. Anti-slavery newspaper published by William Lloyd Garrison
  4. Giving government jobs to loyal campaign supporters
  5. Compromises over slavery prior to the Civil War were meant to balance power between free and slave states in this branch of the national government
  6. This state opposed the Tariff of 1832 and threatened secession
  7. Southern states relied on this type of economy before and after the Civil War
  8. Nat Turner and Gabriel Prosser led slave revolts in this state
  9. The Know-Nothings and this political party were formed when the Federalist party died after the War of 1812—WHIGS
  10. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady ______ were leaders of the women's suffrage movement
Down
  1. Event in which Native Americans were forced to march west; many died along the Way
  2. Modeled after the Declaration of Independence, the _______ Declaration outlined reasons to give women the right to vote
  3. America's victory in the Mexican War led to the U.S. acquisition of California,Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and _____.
  4. Power given to the President to prevent passage of legislation
  5. When a new state joined the Union and if forbid slavery, it was called this
  6. This area entered the Union 9 years after fights for, and winning, independence from Mexico
  7. The Missouri Compromise's separation of free and slave state areas deals solely with this territory
  8. Westward expansion and admission of new states to the Union led to increased conflict over this issue
  9. This term means a state can invalidate (void) an act of Congress
  10. Battle where "Texans" were defeated by a superior Mexican army
  11. This person vetoed the re-chartering of the Bank of the United States

21 Clues: Giving government jobs to loyal campaign supporters • Anti-slavery newspaper published by William Lloyd Garrison • Power given to the President to prevent passage of legislation • This state opposed the Tariff of 1832 and threatened secession • Battle where "Texans" were defeated by a superior Mexican army • ...

Ronald Oldenburg Sec #3 X-Word 2024-03-21

Ronald Oldenburg Sec #3 X-Word crossword puzzle
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  1. In the case of _________ vs Ogden, the Supreme Court upheld the power of federal government to regulate trade between states.
  2. Henry Clay's program, known as the, "American System" called for high _________.
  3. When Monroe decided to act independently of Britian, he sent a message to Congress in 1823, this statement is known as the Monroe ________.
  4. The word ______ is to describe people born from Spanish parents.
  5. John _______ of The South, was a sectional leader, who supported slavery.
  6. Both Daniel Webster and Henry Clay opposed the war of _________, but John Calhoun supported the war.
  7. In the case of McCulloch vs ________, the court ruled that the states cant interfere with federal power.
  8. _________ __________ is trade between different states.
  9. Spain sold Florida to the United States for $___________.
Down
  1. Henry Clay was born in Virginia but when he was 20 years old he moved to _______.
  2. Unlike Webster and Clay, Calhoun supported _______.
  3. ____________ is loyalty to one's state or section rather than to the nation as a whole.
  4. John Calhoun, Daniel Webster, and Henry Clay were known as, "The Three _______ Leaders."
  5. John Calhoun's striking features earned him the nickname "__________."
  6. Daniel ______ wanted the federal government to take a bigger role in the economy.
  7. The _____-_____ Treaty took effect in 1821.
  8. The Black Seminoles made one settlement on the Apalachicola River called _____ _____, the fort got shot down by American Forces.
  9. _________ became the president of the independent Republic of Great Colombia.
  10. Around 1810, many people living in Spain's American colonies were eager for ___________.
  11. In the 1800s the United States was having compition from foreign countrys, ______ put up the most compition.
  12. Each Sectional leader represented a different section of the ________.
  13. Daniel Webster thought slavery was ____.

22 Clues: Daniel Webster thought slavery was ____. • The _____-_____ Treaty took effect in 1821. • Unlike Webster and Clay, Calhoun supported _______. • _________ __________ is trade between different states. • Spain sold Florida to the United States for $___________. • The word ______ is to describe people born from Spanish parents. • ...

Federalism 2024-04-08

Federalism crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Powers shared by both the Federal Government and the State Governments.
  2. System of government in which significant power is retained by local or regional governments and not given to the central authority or government.
  3. Chief Executive of State Government.
  4. Nation with a federal system.
  5. Clause in the US Constitution that provides that any conflict between a legitimate action of the national government and a state will be resolved in favor of the national government.
  6. Powers that both the national and state governments are not allowed to exercise.
  7. Amendment to the US Constitution that reserves powers to the states.
  8. Chief executive of city or town government.
  9. Type of Federalism in which the federal government and state governments each have clearly defined spheres of power.
  10. Highest Court in the State of Georgia.
  11. Powers of the national government recognized by all sovereign nations.
  12. Type of Federalism in which federal and state governments share power and collaborate on certain issues
  13. Synonym for "federal" government or "national" government.
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  1. State version of the United States Congress.
  2. System in which power is centralized in one central government.
  3. System that divides power between the national and lower level governments such as state and local governments.
  4. Powers specifically granted to the national government by the Constitution (aka "Express Powers").
  5. Powers belong to the states under the Constitution's 10th Amendment.
  6. Clause in the Constitution that grants Congress the power to pass all laws “necessary and proper” to carry out any of the specific “enumerated powers".
  7. Powers of the states to regulate behavior and enforce order within the state for the betterment of the health, safety, morals, and general welfare.
  8. Chief Executive of National Government.
  9. Powers granted to the United States government that aren't explicitly stated in the Constitution.

22 Clues: Nation with a federal system. • Chief Executive of State Government. • Highest Court in the State of Georgia. • Chief Executive of National Government. • Chief executive of city or town government. • State version of the United States Congress. • Synonym for "federal" government or "national" government. • System in which power is centralized in one central government. • ...

War of 1812 2023-02-03

War of 1812 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Hawks Someone who favours war or continuing to escalate an existing conflict as opposed to other solutions.
  2. The first emperor of France. Known as one of the best commanders of all time.
  3. A battle fought between American soldiers and Native American warriors along the banks of the Keth-tip-pe-can-nunk.
  4. Also known as the battle of Niagara.
  5. A catalyst and victim of the political and military entanglements between Britain and the US.
  6. Most famous for his surrender to the British at Fort Detroit.
  7. This was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom.
  8. The author of the U.S. national anthem.
  9. A trade restriction, typically adopted by a government.
  10. The idea that the United States is destined—by God.
Down
  1. Ninth president of the United States.
  2. Fourth president of the United States. Best known for contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing The Federalist Papers.
  3. What Toronto is now.
  4. Enforcement of military or naval service on able-bodied but unwilling men through crude and violent methods.
  5. This person led his troops through enemy territory to victory in several tide-turning battles. He is well known for his stunning victory at New Orleans.
  6. Shawnee chief and warrior who promoted resistance to the expansion of the United States onto Native American lands.
  7. The first major battle in the War of 1812. Resulting in a British victory.
  8. Known throughout Canada as a heroine of the War of 1812 for her 20-mile journey to warn the British.
  9. Brock British Army officer and colonial administrator from Guernsey.
  10. This person helped the US end the War of 1812 by beating the Royal Navy in the Battle of Lake Erie.

20 Clues: What Toronto is now. • Also known as the battle of Niagara. • Ninth president of the United States. • The author of the U.S. national anthem. • The idea that the United States is destined—by God. • A trade restriction, typically adopted by a government. • Most famous for his surrender to the British at Fort Detroit. • ...

Chapter 15 Lessons 2 - 4 2023-05-30

Chapter 15 Lessons 2 - 4 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The United States and this country both had stakes on Oregon Country before it became solely part of the United States
  2. Texas is this number state in the Union
  3. "________ the Alamo!" would become a famous phrase from this all
  4. In 1808 the United States tried to buy this piece of land from Spain
  5. Texas was once part of this country.
  6. the first people to pass through the South Pass were ______________.
  7. the occupation of the person who found the South Pass
  8. the amount of days Mexico sent cannonballs at the Alamo
  9. This future president was asked to end raids of
  10. This president was advised to tell Spain "govern or get out".
  11. The old mission that was taken over when Santa Anna came to San Antonio
  12. Texans of Mexican descent were known as this.
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  1. This group welcomed runaway enslaved people into their community, much to the anger of some Americans
  2. Texas would remain this for ten years before joining the United States
  3. by 1830, there were this mean thousand Americans in Texas
  4. "_________ or fight!" was a famous slogan attributed to President Polk
  5. those who left for Oregon were often known as ____________.
  6. this group led a small band of explorers to the Oregon Coast
  7. Because of the weather was always ________, the Oregon Country was known as a "pioneers' paradise".
  8. Stephen F. Austin created a colony in Mexico that would become this state
  9. this parallel divides modern day Canada from the United States
  10. _________ country was claimed by four different nations in 1819
  11. this flag means "expect no mercy"
  12. this Mexican general who arrested Stephen F. Austin
  13. Texas had land that well really good for growing ________.

25 Clues: this flag means "expect no mercy" • Texas was once part of this country. • Texas is this number state in the Union • Texans of Mexican descent were known as this. • This future president was asked to end raids of • this Mexican general who arrested Stephen F. Austin • the occupation of the person who found the South Pass • ...

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”
Down
  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 • ...

1950's crossword 2025-04-30

1950's crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An area on the outside of big cities and towns where people live.
  2. An American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who was one of the most influential Rock n roll performers.
  3. A U.S. government agency responsible for science and technology related to air & space.
  4. was a political rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union.
  5. was an American singer and actor and is one of the best-selling artists in history.
  6. was a soviet pilot and cosmonaut who was the first to go to space.
  7. He was a visionary leader and advocate for equality.
  8. is A country in East Asia divided into 2 parts due to the war between the south and north.
  9. A dance originating in the 1950s where you take off your shoes and dance with your socks.
  10. was a style of popular music that originated in the United States in the mid-1950s.
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  1. to stop the buying or using of the goods or services of a certain company or country as a protest.
  2. was an Air Force officer and a record-setting test pilot.
  3. was an Attorney, former Chief Justice, and the 30th governor in California.
  4. was a decision that separated children in public schools based on unconstitutional race.
  5. The first artificial Earth Satellite.
  6. An established organizer and leader in the civil rights movement in Alabama.
  7. was the 33rd president of the United States. He also served as the 34th Vice President of the United States.
  8. was the political repression and persecution of individuals.
  9. was the 34th president of the United States. During World War 2, he was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force.
  10. l was an influential leader of the civil rights movement.

20 Clues: The first artificial Earth Satellite. • He was a visionary leader and advocate for equality. • was an Air Force officer and a record-setting test pilot. • l was an influential leader of the civil rights movement. • was the political repression and persecution of individuals. • An area on the outside of big cities and towns where people live. • ...

chapter 15 crossword puzzle 2026-06-07

chapter 15 crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Many routes of the Underground Railroad led to freedom in this country
  2. Safe houses on the Underground Railroad were called blank
  3. helped thousands of enslaved people escape.
  4. attempted to ease tensions over slavery.
  5. attempted to balance free and slave states.
  6. frightened slaveholders and led to stricter laws.
  7. were often separated in selling of slaves
  8. by 1860 around this number were enslaved in the United States.
  9. led a major slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831.
  10. helped over 300 slaves escape and went back to where she was e
  11. this issue became the nation's biggest political conflict of the time.
  12. planned a large slave revolt in South Carolina.
  13. invented the cotton gin, increasing demand for enslaved labor.
  14. Some enslaved people escaped by following this star
Down
  1. conflicts of slavery eventually contributed to the outbreak of this war
  2. Act of 1850 required escaped enslaved people to be returned
  3. became America's leading export by the mid-1800s.
  4. between enslaved people were often not legally concidered
  5. was sometimes the only day with limited free time
  6. these societies grew throughout the North during the 1830s and 1840s.
  7. these states depended on immigrants for labor
  8. escaped slavery and became a famous speaker and writer
  9. helped many freedom seekers.
  10. was a center of abolitionist activity.
  11. The United States banned the importation of enslaved people from this country in 1808
  12. fought against slavery and later led a raid on Harpers Ferry
  13. these states depended heavily on enslaved labor for agriculture
  14. was a major Southern port connected to slavery.
  15. some enslaved people worked as skilled craftsmen, carpenters, and blank

29 Clues: helped many freedom seekers. • was a center of abolitionist activity. • attempted to ease tensions over slavery. • were often separated in selling of slaves • helped thousands of enslaved people escape. • attempted to balance free and slave states. • these states depended on immigrants for labor • was a major Southern port connected to slavery. • ...

Ohio state 2022-11-01

Ohio state crossword puzzle
Across
  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
Down
  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
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 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
Across
  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.
Down
  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. • ...

Gilded Age Crossword Puzzle 2022-01-17

Gilded Age Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  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".
Down
  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. • ...

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
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  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
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  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
Across
  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
Across
  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
Down
  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) • ...

civil war 2026-05-05

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Sumter: The site in South Carolina where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
  2. The formal act of withdrawing from the Union, first done by South Carolina.
  3. Plan: The Union’s strategic plan to "strangle" the South by blockading ports and controlling the Mississippi.
  4. Brown: Abolitionist who led a famous raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry in 1859.
  5. Run: The first major land battle of the war, fought in Virginia in 1861.
  6. A type of steam-propelled warship protected by iron plates, such as the Monitor or Merrimack.
  7. States: Pro-slavery states like Kentucky and Missouri that did not secede from the Union.
  8. The bloodiest single-day battle in American history, fought in Maryland.
  9. The nickname for paper money issued by the Union during the war.
  10. The location where General Lee officially surrendered to General Grant in 1865.
  11. Major Union victory that gave them control of the Mississippi River.
  12. Davis: The first and only president of the Confederate States of America.
  13. The name of the 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union.
  14. Tubman: Famous "conductor" of the Underground Railroad who also served as a Union spy.
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  1. Jackson: Confederate general who earned his nickname at the First Battle of Bull Run.
  2. E. Lee: The primary Confederate general who led the Army of Northern Virginia.
  3. The name for the Northern states that remained loyal to the federal government.
  4. Barton: Known as the "Angel of the Battlefield" for her nursing work, she later founded the American Red Cross.
  5. Lincoln: The 16th U.S. President who led the Union during the war.
  6. Considered the turning point of the war, this Pennsylvania battle was the bloodiest overall.
  7. Proclamation: President Lincoln’s 1863 executive order that declared slaves in Confederate territory to be free.
  8. S. Grant: The Union's top leader who later became the 18th U.S. President.
  9. Amendment: The constitutional amendment that officially abolished slavery in the United States.
  10. was the state that had more significant battles than any other
  11. to the Sea: General William T. Sherman’s destructive 1864 campaign through Georgia.

25 Clues: was the state that had more significant battles than any other • The name of the 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union. • The nickname for paper money issued by the Union during the war. • Lincoln: The 16th U.S. President who led the Union during the war. • Major Union victory that gave them control of the Mississippi River. • ...

Chapter 24 WW2 Estrada 2 2018-04-17

Chapter 24 WW2 Estrada 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. named after the city that served as the spiritual center of Nazism
  2. savvy labor leader
  3. The United States had the charge for the establishment of the ___
  4. These trials turned a glaring spotlight on the evils of the Third Reich.
  5. an international agreement governing the humane treatment of wounded soldiers
  6. project that cost millions of dollars
  7. Serious attack the occurred 9 November 1938
  8. Turning point of the war
  9. African American squadron
  10. Temporary imprisonment of of members of a specific group
  11. American officer known as mike
  12. A treaty designed to expand world trade
  13. method used to inflict maximum damage.
  14. most concentration camps were designated as this
  15. All-nisei who faught in the Italian campaign
  16. to give up without any concessions
  17. Strategy used to capturing some Japanese held islands
  18. United States was Partnered with Mexico for this program
  19. A form of economic control.
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  1. Big three agreed that certain countries would hold free elections
  2. Hostility or prejudice against war
  3. This was issued by the UN
  4. man who ran the scientific aspect of the project
  5. Commander of the United States Navy
  6. mass murder of Jews
  7. FDR established this
  8. this was considered a counterattack
  9. Event that occurred the Sixth of June 1944
  10. Worlds most famous scientist
  11. The united States and the Soviet Union were considered this
  12. a measure that insured fair hiring practices
  13. closely with the media
  14. members of specific groups were confined here
  15. Pilots who crashed their planes into American ships
  16. the goal of this campaign was to destroy Germany's capacity
  17. Willful anhialation of a race or group
  18. 33rd Presicent of the United States
  19. tank commander

38 Clues: tank commander • savvy labor leader • mass murder of Jews • FDR established this • closely with the media • Turning point of the war • This was issued by the UN • African American squadron • A form of economic control. • Worlds most famous scientist • American officer known as mike • Hostility or prejudice against war • to give up without any concessions • ...

The Civil War Vocabulary 2014-03-14

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

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 branch of the military using ships to conduct warfare • ...

The Underground Railroad Vocabulary Words 2014-09-17

The Underground Railroad Vocabulary Words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. religious songs sung by the slaves to lift their spirits and relay coded information
  2. escaped slave and one of the most famous conductors on the Underground Railroad; helped lead over 300 slaves to freedom
  3. a secret network of people and places that helped runaway slaves get to freedom
  4. a person who assisted in the planning and execution of an escape
  5. those who owned slaves
  6. a person running away to avoid being captured
  7. law passed in 1850 requiring that escaped slaves be returned to their owners no matter where in the United States they were found
  8. to make a difference in treatment or favor based on something other than individual merit
  9. people who guided escaped slaves on the Underground Railroad
  10. men who searched for escaped slaves
  11. used by slaves to find their way north and to freedom
  12. people who wanted to end slavery in the United States
  13. the power to do what you want to and not be controlled by another
  14. a person without freedom who is owned by another and is made to work for free
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  1. slave states that did not secede from the United States.
  2. people who allowed runaway slaves to hide in their homes
  3. issued by President Lincoln, this document declared that slaves in rebel states were free
  4. a person who made money by finding escaped slaves, capturing them, and returning to owners
  5. to be set free from slavery
  6. buying and selling of African American people for profit
  7. after the Fugitive Slave Act was passed, thousands of slaves escaped to Canada where this law was ineffective
  8. a free or enslaved person hired to assigned the job of labor-management of slaves on a particular farm
  9. a place where fleeing slaves could seek food and shelter

23 Clues: those who owned slaves • to be set free from slavery • men who searched for escaped slaves • a person running away to avoid being captured • used by slaves to find their way north and to freedom • people who wanted to end slavery in the United States • slave states that did not secede from the United States. • people who allowed runaway slaves to hide in their homes • ...

Cuban Missile Crisis 2016-01-14

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

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. • ...

Social Studies Week 1 Vocabulary Test 2016-03-25

Social Studies Week 1 Vocabulary Test crossword puzzle
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  1. The first national government framework; considered ineffective and was replaced by the U.S.Constitution
  2. American army defeated American Indians leading to the Treaty of Greenville
  3. Able to act or speak freely; freedom
  4. Receiving fair treatment under the law
  5. Original groups who lived in Ohio before written records. Include: Paleo, Archaic, Woodland, Fort Ancient
  6. issues Disagreements between regions of the United States, especially over whether or not to allow slavery in new territories
  7. Movement that worked to end slavery in the United States
  8. Conflict between the United States and Great Britain and its American Indian allies
  9. Person who comes to a country to live there
  10. Protection of rights included in the Northwest Ordinance including freedom of religion, right to trial by jury, education, ban on slavery
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  1. Law that made it illegal to help slaves escape to freedom
  2. Original groups who lived in Ohio after written records
  3. American colonies announced their decision to free themselves from Great Britain
  4. Person who moves from one place to another within a country
  5. Amount of money that a government requires people to pay on goods purchased
  6. Act by the British government that did not allow the colonists to settle west of the Appalachians
  7. Most American Indians gave up their land claims in much of Ohio after their defeat in the Battle of Fallen Timbers
  8. System of secret routes used by free people to help slaves escape to freedom
  9. Oliver Hazard Perry and American sailors defeated the British navy; ended Indian resistance to American settlement of Ohio
  10. Established a process for the creation of new states and identified democratic ideals to be included in the states of the Northwest Territory

20 Clues: Able to act or speak freely; freedom • Receiving fair treatment under the law • Person who comes to a country to live there • Original groups who lived in Ohio after written records • Movement that worked to end slavery in the United States • Law that made it illegal to help slaves escape to freedom • Person who moves from one place to another within a country • ...

Cold War Crossword 2023-04-24

Cold War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. succeeded Stalin in his rule
  2. a system of using spies to obtain political or militaristic information
  3. ruled Great Britain from 1940-1945
  4. main communist power in the Cold War
  5. European states under control of Soviets in cold war
  6. the legal separation of races
  7. The Pakistani rebel group
  8. wall separating east and west Germany from 1961-1989
  9. fighting in different regions sponsored by Soviets or United States.
  10. the United States crisis of Soviets putting missiles in Cuba
  11. a system for making citizens undergo involuntary military service
  12. the main power against the Soviet powers
  13. ruled communist China from 1949-1976
  14. the act of rebelling against government acts
  15. Vietnamese communist fighters
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  1. a weapon made to deter possible war with Russia.
  2. a way of ruling a region with absolute power
  3. political system of those in NATO
  4. the theory that if one state fell to communism, then they all would
  5. A competition between nations for superiority over creations of weapons
  6. ruler of Soviet Union from 1924-1953
  7. A system to organize society by spreading money evenly
  8. China's current form of government
  9. civil war with split between North Soviet and South NATO support.
  10. a conference with Russia, United States, Britain, to negotiate post war peace after WWII
  11. Soviets response to NATO
  12. A US policy that requires them to support those threatened by communist powers.
  13. the metaphorical barrier separating eastern and western European powers during the cold war.
  14. the fear of those from a differing state of origin
  15. largest oil company in the world

30 Clues: Soviets response to NATO • The Pakistani rebel group • succeeded Stalin in his rule • the legal separation of races • Vietnamese communist fighters • largest oil company in the world • political system of those in NATO • ruled Great Britain from 1940-1945 • China's current form of government • ruler of Soviet Union from 1924-1953 • main communist power in the Cold War • ...

Civil War Crossword 2023-02-22

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The main Confederate Military leader who is famously known for leading the Confederate States into seceding.
  2. Said to be the bloodiest battle of the war, and was considered the turning point of the Civil War
  3. The act of which enslaved African Americans were forced to work for little to no pay, also said to be the main reason of the start to the American Civil War
  4. A series of underground and above ground tunnels, that helped African American Slaves escape to the North.
  5. an act of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering of leaving
  6. The court case of Dred Scott when he brought his owner to the supreme court for making him work in slavery in a free state
  7. The first all black military regiment
  8. Considered the main Union Officer that went on to be the 18th president of the United States of America
  9. A small local army of civilians to be used in emergencies
  10. What General Sherman did when he surrounded Atlanta
  11. To formally withdraw from a membership in a political state
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  1. Sherman was a Union general that led the famous Sherman's March that destroyed anything they passed all the way to Atlanta
  2. The president of the Union States, was said to be the person who freed the slaves
  3. A document that ended slavery in Confederate States (Not Boarder States)
  4. a word meaning "before a war"
  5. A person who favors the abolition of slavery
  6. The South's name in the American Civil War
  7. Clothing for a soldier on either side of the war
  8. The main rifle used by both the North and the South in the American Civil War
  9. The North's name in the American Civil War

20 Clues: a word meaning "before a war" • The first all black military regiment • The South's name in the American Civil War • The North's name in the American Civil War • A person who favors the abolition of slavery • Clothing for a soldier on either side of the war • What General Sherman did when he surrounded Atlanta • A small local army of civilians to be used in emergencies • ...

Government Vocab 2021-01-06

Government Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. government among the legislative, executive,and judicial branches
  2. the first president of the United States
  3. type of democracy based on the protection of individual rights from the tyranny of the majority and on the consent of the governed to establish political authority
  4. king/queen controls all aspect of life: social, economic, and political – often times tied to divine right of kings (authority from God)
  5. the citizens have political authority and are bound by social contract to obey laws with their rights guaranteed by a constitution citizens willingly subordinate their private,selfish interests to the common good
  6. Government is defined by law and serves the people the law is above everyone and it applies to everyone
  7. Belief that monarchs were chosen by God gave the monarch unlimited authority
  8. compromise reached in writing the Constitution to satisfy both small and large states by having one house of Congress
  9. distribution of power between the national government
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  1. First plan of government adopted in the United States after the revolution
  2. intelligent and decisive
  3. Compromise between slave states and free states to count three-fifths of the slave population in a state
  4. author of the Declaration of Independence
  5. Government defined by law and serves the people the law
  6. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to pass all laws “necessary and proper” to carry out the other powers listed in Article I
  7. First ten amendments to the Constitution
  8. government is subject to a number of constitutional restraints, or checks
  9. Explains the purposes of the Constitution
  10. "Father of the constitution"
  11. English political philosopher

20 Clues: intelligent and decisive • "Father of the constitution" • English political philosopher • the first president of the United States • First ten amendments to the Constitution • author of the Declaration of Independence • Explains the purposes of the Constitution • distribution of power between the national government • ...

Government Exam review 2020-12-02

Government Exam review crossword puzzle
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  1. ensures that States recognize the laws and, documents, and court proceedings of the other States
  2. Powers that can be exercised by the National Gov’t alone
  3. fractions are bad but a necessary evil.
  4. journalists whose sole job is to follow the President
  5. responsible for addressing the press daily and answer questions for the president
  6. are those powers that the Constitution does not grant to the National Government and does not, at the same time, deny to the States.
  7. supreme court interprets the Constitution and other laws, reviews lower-court decisions
  8. life, liberty, property
  9. grats that were given for a specific project
  10. Congress writes the laws, confirms presidential appointments, ratifies treaties grants money declares war
  11. links people and government and gives voice to people
  12. grants that come with ''strings'' attached
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  1. powers that both National and State Gov’t have.
  2. Kings get their right to rule by God
  3. controls the media
  4. no State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States.
  5. are powers not expressly stated in the Constitution, but are reasonably suggested, or implied by, the expressed powers.
  6. first 10 Amendments
  7. is the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State is returned to that State
  8. a system of gov’t in which a written constitution divides the powers of government between the national government and the State governments
  9. keep people in office who are sympathetic to group wants and needs
  10. collection of people who share some common interest or attitude and seek to influence gov’t for specific ends.
  11. president proposes laws administers the laws commands armed forces appoints ambassadors and other officials conduct foreign policy negotiates treaties
  12. agreements among states
  13. ''the fourth branch of government

25 Clues: controls the media • first 10 Amendments • agreements among states • life, liberty, property • ''the fourth branch of government • Kings get their right to rule by God • fractions are bad but a necessary evil. • grants that come with ''strings'' attached • grats that were given for a specific project • powers that both National and State Gov’t have. • ...

Chapter 7 10th Gonzalez 2023-11-30

Chapter 7 10th Gonzalez crossword puzzle
Across
  1. warning to European nations not to interfere in the Americas
  2. Speaker of the House of Representatives and political leader from Kentucky
  3. a belief that national interests as a whole should be more important than what one region wants
  4. inventor of interchangeable parts and the cotton gin
  5. 8th president of the United States
  6. Eli Whitney's invention for cleaning cotton
  7. a Senate leader from Massachusetts
  8. treaty that secured the purchase of Florida from Spain
  9. Supreme Court case that denied Maryland the right to tax the Bank of the United States
  10. a change in the making of goods from small workshops to large factories that used machines
  11. the making of goods in large amounts
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  1. National bank established by Congress first in 1791 and then in 1816
  2. a federally funded road, stretching from Maryland to Illinois
  3. party started by Jackson's followers
  4. Clay's plan for economic development
  5. Vice-President and congressional leader from South Carolina
  6. Henry Clay's name for an 1828 tariff increase
  7. standardized parts that can be used in place of one another
  8. political party formed in 1834 to oppose policies of Andrew Jackson
  9. system in which incoming political parties throw out former government workers and replace them with their own friends
  10. 9th president of the United States
  11. agreement that temporarily settled the issue of slavery in the territories
  12. path the Cherokee were forced to travel from Georgia to Indian Territory
  13. 6th president of the United States
  14. a protective tariff designed to help American industries
  15. military hero and 7th president
  16. law that forced Native Americans to move west
  17. 10th president of the United States
  18. canal that connected the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean
  19. a series of financial failures that led to an economic depression

30 Clues: military hero and 7th president • 9th president of the United States • 6th president of the United States • 8th president of the United States • a Senate leader from Massachusetts • 10th president of the United States • party started by Jackson's followers • Clay's plan for economic development • the making of goods in large amounts • ...

Voc 2023-08-28

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

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. • The supreme law of the United States of America • Ensures one branch does not become too powerful. • States slaves were to be counted as ⅗ of a person • ...

Building America 2024-04-10

Building America crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The principle that everyone, including government officials, must follow the law.
  2. Someone who supports a strong central government.
  3. The process of becoming a citizen of a country if you were not born there.
  4. A group of people chosen to elect the President and Vice President of the United States.
  5. The legal requirement that the government must respect all legal rights of an individual.
  6. The right to vote in political elections.
  7. A group of advisors to the President or another leader.
  8. To charge a government official with misconduct.
  9. The system where each branch of government has the power to limit the actions of the other branches.
  10. The branch of government that makes laws (Congress in the United States).
  11. The power of the President or another leader to reject a proposed law.
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  1. Fair treatment and adherence to the law.
  2. A group of states or nations that are united for a common purpose.
  3. The division of government into branches (legislative, executive, judicial) with different roles and responsibilities.
  4. A form of government where people elect representatives to make decisions for them.
  5. The branch of government that interprets laws and administers justice (courts and judges).
  6. system A system of government where power is divided between a central government and individual states or regions.
  7. The part of government that enforces laws (President in the United States).
  8. A place where weapons and military equipment are stored or made.
  9. To approve or confirm, especially regarding a treaty or agreement.
  10. An agreement where both sides give up something to reach a mutual solution.
  11. A change or addition to the Constitution or another legal document.
  12. A proposed law that is being discussed and voted on by a legislature.

23 Clues: Fair treatment and adherence to the law. • The right to vote in political elections. • To charge a government official with misconduct. • Someone who supports a strong central government. • A group of advisors to the President or another leader. • A place where weapons and military equipment are stored or made. • ...

Civil War Crossword Challenge 2025-01-07

Civil War Crossword Challenge crossword puzzle
Across
  1. common color of northern soldiers' uniforms
  2. the name of the slave who came to Minnesota and was not granted his freedom, even though he was in a free state
  3. to break away from or separate. Ex: Confederate states did this to the Union
  4. common color of southern soldiers' uniforms
  5. one who fights to end slavery; ex: Abe Lincoln
  6. The northern army; 23 states formed this
  7. the fort where Charley, and many other MN soldiers, trained in preparation for the Civil War
  8. the north had a ton of these, which allowed them to get to places faster, along with travel and transport goods faster
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  1. the fort which was bombed in 1861 that started the fighting of the Civil War
  2. Lincoln made this statement, which freed slaves in southern states during the Civil War
  3. one of the main reasons for the Civil War; divided the nation into two, even with some Union states that allowed this
  4. the name of the first battle of the Civil War that Charley gets involved in; hint: look at the title of Ch. 4
  5. Charley's last name in the book, "Soldier's Heart"
  6. nickname for the southern army during the Civil War
  7. the city where Charley was originally from in southern Minnesota
  8. change or modification to a document; ex: the Constitution was ___ after the Civil War with new laws
  9. the major cash crop of the south that brought tons of money for rich plantation owners
  10. 11 southern states formed this new nation
  11. nickname for the northern army during the Civil war
  12. the President during the Civil War; leader of the Union

20 Clues: The northern army; 23 states formed this • 11 southern states formed this new nation • common color of northern soldiers' uniforms • common color of southern soldiers' uniforms • one who fights to end slavery; ex: Abe Lincoln • Charley's last name in the book, "Soldier's Heart" • nickname for the southern army during the Civil War • ...

Unit 4 vocab 2025-10-09

Unit 4 vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An uprising of farmers in Massachusetts that showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
  2. People who supported the new U.S. Constitution and a strong central government.
  3. A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches.
  4. Part of the Bill of Rights that protects people against cruel and unusual punishment.
  5. Having two separate chambers or houses in the legislature, like the Senate and House of Representatives.
  6. Says that any power not given to the federal government belongs to the states or the people.
  7. Process: Fair treatment through the normal judicial system, especially as a citizen’s right.
  8. An agreement that counted each enslaved person as three-fifths of a person when figuring out representation.
  9. A group of people who make laws for a country or state.
  10. The written plan for the government of the United States.
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  1. The idea that the government has only the powers that the Constitution gives it.
  2. The first constitution of the United States, which created a weak national government.
  3. People who were against the new Constitution because they wanted more power for the states.
  4. The official approval of a document or law.
  5. An agreement where each side gives up something to reach a solution.
  6. A law that set rules for how new states could be admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory.
  7. The idea that the government’s power comes from the people.
  8. The belief in a government where people elect representatives to make laws.
  9. A system where power is divided between the national and state governments.
  10. To change or improve something, like a law or document.

20 Clues: The official approval of a document or law. • To change or improve something, like a law or document. • A group of people who make laws for a country or state. • The written plan for the government of the United States. • The idea that the government’s power comes from the people. • An agreement where each side gives up something to reach a solution. • ...

11th: Ch 9 - The Jeffersonian Era - PEOPLE 2023-10-06

11th: Ch 9 - The Jeffersonian Era - PEOPLE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812. The poem later became the Star Spangled Banner.
  2. the brother of Tecumseh
  3. Secretary of State, He served as sixth president under Monroe. In 1819, he drew up the Adams-Onis Treaty in which Spain gave the United States Florida in exchange for the United States dropping its claims to Texas. The Monroe Doctrine was mostly Adams' work.
  4. United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812
  5. French Dictator who sold America the Louisiana Purchase
  6. American soldier and explorer whom Pikes Peak in Colorado is named. Mapped much of the southern portion of the Louisiana Purchase
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  1. A skilled mapmaker and outdoorsman appointed by President Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory and lands west to the Pacific Ocean
  2. Army captain appointed by President Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory and lands west to the Pacific Ocean
  3. was an American military leader, politician, the ninth President of the United States, and the first President to die in office. His death created a brief constitutional crisis, but ultimately resolved many questions about presidential succession left unanswered by the Constitution until passage of the 25th Amendment. Led US forces in the Battle of Tippecanoe.
  4. The leader of the army that crushed the Indians of the Northwest Territory in 1794.
  5. (1817-1821) and (1821-1825) The Missouri Compromise in 1821., the fifth President of the United States (1817-1825).His administration was marked by the acquisition of Florida (1819); the Missouri Compromise (1820), in which Missouri was declared a slave state; and the profession of the Monroe Doctrine (1823), declaring U.S. opposition to European interference in the Americas
  6. Distinguished senator from Kentucky, who ran for president five times until his death in 1852. He was a strong supporter of the American System, a war hawk for the War of 1812, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and known as "The Great Compromiser." Outlined the Compromise of 1850 with five main points. Died before it was passed however.
  7. South Carolina Senator - advocate for state's rights, limited government, and nullification; In 1828, he lead the fight against protective tariffs which hurt the south economically. Created the doctrine of nullification which said that a state could decide if a law was constitutional. This situation became known as the Nullification Crisis.
  8. 3rd President of the United States. Responsible for the Louisiana Purchase
  9. "Father of the Constitution," Federalist leader, and fourth President of the United States
  10. American jurist and politician who served as the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1801-1835) and helped establish the practice of judicial review
  11. The seventh President of the United States (1829-1837), who as a general in the War of 1812 defeated the British at New Orleans (1815). As president he opposed the Bank of America, objected to the right of individual states to nullify disagreeable federal laws, and increased the presidential powers.
  12. A Shawnee chief who, along with his brother, Tenskwatawa, a religious leader known as The Prophet, worked to unite the Northwestern Indian tribes. The league of tribes was defeated by an American army led by William Henry Harrison at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. Tecumseh was killed fighting for the British during the War of 1812 at the Battle of the Thames in 1813.

18 Clues: the brother of Tecumseh • French Dictator who sold America the Louisiana Purchase • 3rd President of the United States. Responsible for the Louisiana Purchase • The leader of the army that crushed the Indians of the Northwest Territory in 1794. • "Father of the Constitution," Federalist leader, and fourth President of the United States • ...