states Crossword Puzzles
States Of Matter 2022-11-01
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- A change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid
- a very small piece of matter
- The change of state from a liquid to a gas
- A state of matter that has no definite shape but has a definite volume.
- A state of matter with no definite shape or volume.
- The temperature at which a liquid changes to a gas
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- A representation of an object or event
- At the very high temperatures of stars (and lightning), atoms lose their electrons
- The change of state from a gas to a liquid
- The change in state from a solid to a liquid
- A state of matter that has a definite shape and a definite volume.
11 Clues: a very small piece of matter • A representation of an object or event • The change of state from a gas to a liquid • The change of state from a liquid to a gas • The change in state from a solid to a liquid • The temperature at which a liquid changes to a gas • A state of matter with no definite shape or volume. • ...
States of matter 2022-11-01
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- The change of state from a gas to a liquid
- A change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid
- A representation of an object or event
- At the very high temperatures of stars (and lightning), atoms lose their electrons. The mixture of electrons and nuclei that results is the plasma state of matter.
- a very small piece of matter
- Fills container
- The temperature at which a liquid changes to a gas
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- The change of state from a liquid to a gas
- Free moving
- The change in state from a solid to a liquid
- Has least moving particles
11 Clues: Free moving • Fills container • Has least moving particles • a very small piece of matter • A representation of an object or event • The change of state from a liquid to a gas • The change of state from a gas to a liquid • The change in state from a solid to a liquid • The temperature at which a liquid changes to a gas • ...
States of Matter 2022-10-25
11 Clues: Solid liquid gas • From solid to gas • From gas to liquid • From solid to liquid • From liquid to solid • Highest particle speed • Has its own rigid shape • Forms into its container • From liquid to gas, only surface is • From liquid to gas effects entirety of • Molecule that can go through sublimation
States of matter 2022-10-25
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- liquid to solid
- hottest stable state of matter
- liquid to gas but only on top
- liquid to gas but more bubly
- state of matter that is pretty solid
- state of matter that takes shape of thing
- only state of matter that is not stable
- frozen carbon dioxide
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- gas to liquid
- liquid to gas but the entire thing
- Skip liquid and go straight to gas.
11 Clues: gas to liquid • liquid to solid • frozen carbon dioxide • liquid to gas but more bubly • liquid to gas but only on top • hottest stable state of matter • liquid to gas but the entire thing • Skip liquid and go straight to gas. • state of matter that is pretty solid • only state of matter that is not stable • state of matter that takes shape of thing
states of matter 2023-11-30
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- these thing vibrate or move around more if the matter is heated
- these partcals are slightly together and slightly moving
- the particals move freely and aren't together
- gas to solid
- liquid to gas
- solid to liquid
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- liquid to solid
- solid to gas
- gas to liquid
- made up of tiny particals
- these particals hold tightly together and cant move.
11 Clues: solid to gas • gas to solid • gas to liquid • liquid to gas • liquid to solid • solid to liquid • made up of tiny particals • the particals move freely and aren't together • these particals hold tightly together and cant move. • these partcals are slightly together and slightly moving • these thing vibrate or move around more if the matter is heated
States of matter 2023-10-30
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- fill their containers
- takes the shape of it's container
- the measurement of how much space a substance takes up
- lowest amount of kinetic energy
- The building blocks of matter
- squeezed or pressed together
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- the lowest temperature possible
- the energy of motion
- the measurement of how much matter is in a substance
- particles move freely and far apart
- Anything that has mass and volume
11 Clues: the energy of motion • fill their containers • squeezed or pressed together • The building blocks of matter • the lowest temperature possible • lowest amount of kinetic energy • takes the shape of it's container • Anything that has mass and volume • particles move freely and far apart • the measurement of how much matter is in a substance • ...
States of Matter 2024-02-12
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- has a definite shape and volume
- rapid phase of transition of a liquid to vapor or gas
- brings molecules on the surface closer together
- specific temperature that melting occurs
- amount of space matter fills
- smallest particle of an element
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- temperature at which liquid boils
- change of state from liquid to solid
- can change volume very easily
- vaporization that takes place on the surface of a liquid
- has a definite volume but no shape
11 Clues: amount of space matter fills • can change volume very easily • has a definite shape and volume • smallest particle of an element • temperature at which liquid boils • has a definite volume but no shape • change of state from liquid to solid • specific temperature that melting occurs • brings molecules on the surface closer together • ...
Midwest States Crossword 2024-01-26
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- State bird of Kansas
- The most populous city in the Midwest
- Missouri native who wrote about Tom Sawyer
- Soul music record label from Detroit
- One of the four presidents on Mt. Rushmore
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- Home of the Jackson Five
- Dubbed "The Land of Lincoln"
- Famous curved monument in St. Louis
- Home of the Chiefs and Royals
- Capital of Nebraska
- Capital of North Dakota
11 Clues: Capital of Nebraska • State bird of Kansas • Capital of North Dakota • Home of the Jackson Five • Dubbed "The Land of Lincoln" • Home of the Chiefs and Royals • Famous curved monument in St. Louis • Soul music record label from Detroit • The most populous city in the Midwest • Missouri native who wrote about Tom Sawyer • One of the four presidents on Mt. Rushmore
states of matter 2024-01-26
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- energy that is stored in an object
- the amount of matter or substance that makes up an object
- a form of energy that an object has motion
- makes luquid into to a gas
- somthing that makes luquid into a solid
- when one substance is ruined but dosent make another substance
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- when one substance is transformed and makes antohor substance
- something that you can't see but is every where
- solids turn into luquids
- anything that yoi can hold
- gets you wet
11 Clues: gets you wet • solids turn into luquids • anything that yoi can hold • makes luquid into to a gas • energy that is stored in an object • somthing that makes luquid into a solid • a form of energy that an object has motion • something that you can't see but is every where • the amount of matter or substance that makes up an object • ...
States and Countries 2024-05-09
11 Clues: Area51 • Blue Holes • Black hills • full of snow • Grand Canyon • full of rides • full of Snakes • DC White House • Statue of Liberty • Golden gate bridge • The largest underground cave in the world
states of matter 2024-04-03
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- Melting is changing a ____ into a liquid
- Knowledge of any kind
- Process which in plants use sunlight, water and carbon dioxide
- Conversion of a vapor or gas to a liquid
- Instrument that measures temperature
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- a minute portion of matter
- Movement of molecules in liquid
- The transfer of heat
- Glass container for laboratory use
- The study of life
- Process when an element changes from a liquid state to a gas state
11 Clues: The study of life • The transfer of heat • Knowledge of any kind • a minute portion of matter • Movement of molecules in liquid • Glass container for laboratory use • Instrument that measures temperature • Melting is changing a ____ into a liquid • Conversion of a vapor or gas to a liquid • Process which in plants use sunlight, water and carbon dioxide • ...
United States Government 2024-10-09
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- the people who live in a country and vote are called this
- level of government that oversees towns & cities
- this is another word for federal government
- this person is head of the Executive branch at the state level
- this person is the head of the Executive branch at the federal government
- level of government that oversees the entire country
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- before a law becomes a law is called this word
- if the president denies a bill it is called this
- we live in this state
- this person is the head of the Executive branch at the local level
- level of government that oversees the states
11 Clues: we live in this state • this is another word for federal government • level of government that oversees the states • before a law becomes a law is called this word • if the president denies a bill it is called this • level of government that oversees towns & cities • level of government that oversees the entire country • ...
States of matter! 2023-03-02
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- What everything is made of.
- the act of turning a liquid in to a gas.
- What matter is made of.
- A state of matter with a fixed volume that can flow.
- A state of matter that can't change anything.
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- A tasty solid.
- The most common liquid.
- A common reflective solid.
- The act of turning a solid to a liquid.
- A common gas that is everywhere.
- A state of matter that can change it's volume.
11 Clues: A tasty solid. • The most common liquid. • What matter is made of. • A common reflective solid. • What everything is made of. • A common gas that is everywhere. • The act of turning a solid to a liquid. • the act of turning a liquid in to a gas. • A state of matter that can't change anything. • A state of matter that can change it's volume. • ...
States of Matter 2023-01-19
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- Doesn't have a definitive shape nor volume
- Change from a gas to a solid
- A liquid's resistance to flowing
- Change from a solid to a liquid
- Change from a gas to a liquid
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- Change from a liquid to a gas
- Change from a solid to a gas
- Has a definitive volume but not a definitive shape
- Made of particles of extremely high kinetic energy
- Change from a liquid to a solid
- Has a definitive shape and volume
11 Clues: Change from a solid to a gas • Change from a gas to a solid • Change from a liquid to a gas • Change from a gas to a liquid • Change from a liquid to a solid • Change from a solid to a liquid • A liquid's resistance to flowing • Has a definitive shape and volume • Doesn't have a definitive shape nor volume • Has a definitive volume but not a definitive shape • ...
States of Matter 2023-01-19
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- Doesn't have a definitive shape nor volume
- Change from a gas to a solid
- A liquid's resistance to flowing
- Change from a solid to a liquid
- Change from a gas to a liquid
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- Change from a liquid to a gas
- Change from a solid to a gas
- Has a definitive volume but not a definitive shape
- Made of particles of extremely high kinetic energy
- Change from a liquid to a solid
- Has a definitive shape and volume
11 Clues: Change from a solid to a gas • Change from a gas to a solid • Change from a liquid to a gas • Change from a gas to a liquid • Change from a liquid to a solid • Change from a solid to a liquid • A liquid's resistance to flowing • Has a definitive shape and volume • Doesn't have a definitive shape nor volume • Has a definitive volume but not a definitive shape • ...
States of Matter 2024-12-05
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- smallest particle of matter
- liquid to gas
- liquid to solid
- solid to liquid
- gas to liquid
- particles have no bonds and fly all over
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- solid to gas
- particles have weaker bond and can swim around
- decrease causes particles to move slower
- gas to solid
- increases causes particles to move faster
- particles have strong bonds and low energy
12 Clues: solid to gas • gas to solid • liquid to gas • gas to liquid • liquid to solid • solid to liquid • smallest particle of matter • decrease causes particles to move slower • particles have no bonds and fly all over • increases causes particles to move faster • particles have strong bonds and low energy • particles have weaker bond and can swim around
Constitution 2020-12-13
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- Known as the "Great Compromise"
- Bill of ..... 1st ten amendments
- 9 out of 13 approved in 1788
- Made up of a House of Representatives and Senate
- First to sign Constitution
- First set of rules that governed the original 13 states "Articles of ....."
- meaning "approved"
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- 27 changes to the Constitution
- 39 ..... signed the Constitution
- Constitutional Convention held in ......, PA in 1787
- there are seven and states how to change or amend the constitution
- New ..... plan said each state gets one vote
- "Father of the Constitution
- begins "We the People of the United..."
14 Clues: meaning "approved" • First to sign Constitution • "Father of the Constitution • 9 out of 13 approved in 1788 • 27 changes to the Constitution • Known as the "Great Compromise" • 39 ..... signed the Constitution • Bill of ..... 1st ten amendments • begins "We the People of the United..." • New ..... plan said each state gets one vote • ...
1920s 2024-02-14
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- amendment illegal alcohol cosumtion in united states
- Quota Act placed restrictions of immigrant
- Scare fear of communism spreading to the united states
- Trial creationism vrs evolutionism
- Renaissance a period of artistic and literary advancements for americans.
- The right to vote
- illegal smuggling of alcohol during prohibition era.
- amendment women's suffrage
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- isolation or neutrality
- Illegal bars
- A period of economic boom
- womens who wore short cut fringed dresses, bobber haircuts and bright lipstick.
- & Vanzetti 2 Italians killed for a crime they did not commit.
- amendment illegal selling and making alcohol in the United states.
14 Clues: Illegal bars • The right to vote • isolation or neutrality • A period of economic boom • amendment women's suffrage • Trial creationism vrs evolutionism • illegal smuggling of alcohol during prohibition era. • Quota Act placed restrictions of immigrant • Scare fear of communism spreading to the united states • ...
Unit 5 Review 2023-03-17
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- -273 degrees celcius
- force applied to a surface
- law that states relationship between temperature and volume
- as pressure increases, volume ____________
- definite volume, no definite shape. moves slowly through the container
- law that states relationship between pressure and volume
- as pressure increases, temperature ___________
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- pressure at sea level at standard temperature
- law that states relationship between temperature and pressure
- definite volume and definite shape. moves but not visibly
- gas moves from high concentration to low concentration
- 6.02x10^23
- amount of space something takes up
- particals moves quickly. Takes shape of container. Expands indefinitely.
14 Clues: 6.02x10^23 • -273 degrees celcius • force applied to a surface • amount of space something takes up • as pressure increases, volume ____________ • pressure at sea level at standard temperature • as pressure increases, temperature ___________ • gas moves from high concentration to low concentration • law that states relationship between pressure and volume • ...
United States of America 2023-11-01
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- Which is the national animals?
- What is the capital city of the United States?
- What is the national language of the Unites States??
- How many states are there in the United States?
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- How many white stripes are there in the flag?
- Who lives in "the White house"?
- Which city is the biggest in the United States?
- Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
- Name one American coins?
9 Clues: Name one American coins? • Which is the national animals? • Who lives in "the White house"? • How many white stripes are there in the flag? • Who was the first person to walk on the moon? • What is the capital city of the United States? • How many states are there in the United States? • Which city is the biggest in the United States? • ...
Crossword- Gaby 5E 2022-10-27
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- smallest molecule in matter
- anything that takes up space
- charecteristic of matter
- ice cube melting
- how something reacts
- thick small thin
- mentos in coke
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- no fixed shape or size
- blue, red, orange
- in all the states of matter
- parts of matter,liquid,solid,gas
- something that takes weight of matter
- soft, bumpy
- definite size but not definite shape
- rosy, fresh, rotten
- cheesy salty sour sweet
- rectange, triangle
- matter that has a definite size
18 Clues: soft, bumpy • mentos in coke • ice cube melting • thick small thin • blue, red, orange • rectange, triangle • rosy, fresh, rotten • how something reacts • no fixed shape or size • cheesy salty sour sweet • charecteristic of matter • smallest molecule in matter • in all the states of matter • anything that takes up space • matter that has a definite size • parts of matter,liquid,solid,gas • ...
Module 6 Lesson 1 Vocabulary Crossword 2024-02-02
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- Branch, The division of the federal government that includes the president and the administrative departments; enforces the national laws
- Papers, Series of essays that defended and explained the Constitution and tried to reassure Americans that the states would not be overpowered by the proposed national government
- Jersey Plan, A proposal to create a unicameral legislature with equal representation of states rather than representation by population
- Convention, A meeting in Philadelphia at which delegates from the States wrote the Constitution
- Madison, American statesman he was 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
- U.S. system of government in which power is distributed between a central government and individual states
- Branch, The division of the government that proposes bills and passes them into laws
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- Fifths Compromise, An agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention stating that only three-fifths of the slaves in a state would count when determining its population for representation in the lower house of Congress
- of Rights, The first ten amendments to the Constitution
- Official change, correction, or addition to a law or constitution.
- Plan, The plan for government proposed at the Constitutional Convention in which the national government would have supreme power and a legislative branch would have 2 houses with representation determined by state population
- Sovereignty, The idea that political authority belongs to the people
- Compromise, Plan stating population would determine representation in the lower house of legislature, while each state would have equal representation in the upper house
- People who opposed ratification of the Constitution
- Branch, The division of the federal government that is made up of the national courts; interprets laws, punishes criminals, and settles disputes between states.
- and Balances, A system established by the Constitution that prevents any branch of government from becoming too powerful
- People who supported ratification of the Constitution
17 Clues: People who opposed ratification of the Constitution • People who supported ratification of the Constitution • of Rights, The first ten amendments to the Constitution • Official change, correction, or addition to a law or constitution. • Sovereignty, The idea that political authority belongs to the people • ...
The Constitution 2024-03-25
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- a basic set of ideas used to develop a larger plan
- a written plan that provides the basic framework of a government
- of Confederation the first written plan of government for the United States. A confederation is an association of states that cooperate for a common purpose.
- supporting ideas of freedom, change, and progress
- to formally approve a plan or an agreement. The process of approval is called ratification.
- the group established by the Constitution to elect the president and vice president. Voters in each state choose their electors.
- a strong disagreement
- a country governed by elected representatives
- a meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution
- 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.
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- contradictiona difference between two statements or situations that means they cannot both be true
- a series of essays written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay in support of the ratification of the Constitution by the states
- 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.
- Three-Fifths Compromisean agreement made at the Constitutional Convention stating that enslaved persons would be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining a state’s population for representation in the House of Representatives
- a law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed
- to agree or pledge to support someone or something
- the “Age of Reason” in 17th- and 18th-century Europe. Enlightenment thinkers emphasized using rational thought to discover truths about nature and society.
17 Clues: a strong disagreement • 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 • ...
Impact of Civil War on Georgia 2018-11-12
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- states where slavery was not legal.
- Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States.
- the act of making legally null and void
- Union victory; this one day battle allowed Union forces to inch closer to the city in the Atlanta Campaign; was not the battle that allowed Union Troops to occupy the city.
- compromise that brought Missouri into the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state; in addition, Congress banned slavery north of the 36˚20' line of latitude.
- position supported by several prominent Georgia politicians who supported the Compromise of 1850.
- act that required runaway slaves to be returned to their masters if caught anywhere in the United States.
- the act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent; the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War.
- Confederate victory; largest battle fought in Georgia; led to the battle of Chattanooga.
- infamous Civil War prisoner-of-war camp in Macon County, Georgia. Over 13,000 Union soldiers died in the camp.
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- involuntary servitude of African-Americans or Blacks in the United States from 1619-1865.
- all of the assets that are used or can be used by the enemy are targeted, such as food sources, transportation, communications, industrial resources, and even the people in the area; Sherman employed this policy during his March to the Sea campaign.
- election where Abraham Lincoln defeated three opponents to win the presidency; upon Lincoln's election Southern states seceded from the Union.
- Union strategy during the Civil War which incorporated a plan to blockade Southern ports and capture the Mississippi River. It was called the Anaconda Plan as the strategy resembled an anaconda squeezing its prey to death.
- a series of battles fought in the Western Theater of the American Civil War throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta during the summer of 1864; a Union military campaign led by William T. Sherman from May 1864-September 1864 with the Atlanta as the ultimate objective; Sherman's army marched from Chattanooga to Atlanta. Included the battles of Dalton (Union victory), Resaca (Union victory), and Kennesaw Mountain (Confederate victory; only Union loss during the campaign).
- compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the union in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.
- Union military campaign led by William T. Sherman from November 15-December 25, 1864 with Savannah being the ultimate objective; more importantly Sherman used a "scorched earth" policy to end the South's will to fight.
- The 16th president of the United States, Lincoln preserved the Union during the U.S. Civil War and brought about the emancipation of slaves.
- document that declared all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed if the South did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863.
- the belief that a state's sovereignty is more important than that of the national government.
20 Clues: states where slavery was not legal. • the act of making legally null and void • Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States. • Confederate victory; largest battle fought in Georgia; led to the battle of Chattanooga. • involuntary servitude of African-Americans or Blacks in the United States from 1619-1865. • ...
Crossword Puzzle Review Chapter 1 2022-05-01
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- a speech delivered in 1863 by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the site of one of the most decisive battles of the American Civil War.
- a term used to describe the ongoing struggle over political power in the United States between the federal government and individual states as broadly outlined in the Tenth Amendment and whether the USA is a single entity or an amalgamation of independent nations.
- Stephen Douglas's doctrine that, in spite of the Dred Scott decision, slavery could be excluded from territories of the United States by local legislation.
- a village in central Virginia where the Confederate army under Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant's Union forces on April 9, 1865, effectively ending the American Civil War.
- site of one of the most decisive campaigns of the American Civil War, in which the Confederates were besieged for nearly seven weeks before capitulating.
- loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole.
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- a small town in S Pennsylvania, southwest of Harrisburg: scene of a crucial battle during the American Civil War, in which Meade's Union forces defeated Lee's Confederate army
- a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired in the Mexican–American War.
- a document written in 1854 that described the rationale for the United States to purchase Cuba from Spain while implying that the U.S. should declare war if Spain refused
- admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
- American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865.
- an American lawyer and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
- the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.
- a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.
- repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty
15 Clues: admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state. • American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. • loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole. • ...
The Civil War 2023-10-13
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- - The formal withdrawal of 11 southern states from the United States in 1860-1861, leading to the formation of the Confederate States of America.
- Crisis - A conflict between South Carolina and the federal government in the 1830s over tariffs, which revealed the growing divide between northern and southern states.
- of 1860 - The presidential election in which Abraham Lincoln, a Republican and opponent of slavery, was elected, causing southern states to secede.
- Slave Act - A federal law passed in 1850 that mandated the return of escaped slaves to their owners, leading to increased tensions between the North and South.
- Scott Decision - A Supreme Court ruling in 1857 that said slaves were property and had no right to sue in federal court, ultimately inflaming tensions between the North and South.
- Railroad - A network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved African Americans to escape to free states and Canada.
- Ferry Raid - An unsuccessful attempt by abolitionist John Brown to raid the federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1859, with the goal of starting a slave rebellion.
- Act - A law passed in 1854 that allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to determine whether they would allow slavery, sparking violence and political turmoil.
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- Debates - A series of debates in 1858 between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas during the Illinois Senate election, which famously highlighted their differing views on slavery.
- Brown's Raid - Another term for the Harpers Ferry raid, named after the abolitionist leader John Brown.
- Tom's Cabin - A novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852 that depicted the harsh realities of slavery, helping to increase anti-slavery sentiments.
- Kansas - A violent conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery supporters in Kansas during the 1850s, resulting from the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
- of 1850 - A series of acts passed to address the issue of slavery in the territories acquired from Mexico, including the admission of California as a free state and the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act.
- Compromise - A law passed in 1820 to maintain the balance of power between slave and free states, admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
- - The movement to end slavery, primarily in the United States, which gained momentum in the years leading up to the Civil War.
15 Clues: Brown's Raid - Another term for the Harpers Ferry raid, named after the abolitionist leader John Brown. • Railroad - A network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved African Americans to escape to free states and Canada. • ...
The Civil War 2013-01-12
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- number of the states which broke away was:
- president of the United States during that time
- group pf soldiers
- the attack of this place the war began
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- states which broke away called themselves the...
- Civil War took...years
- remaining states were called the...
- successful leader during the Civil War
- southern states feared that Lincoln would...slavery everywhere DOWN
9 Clues: group pf soldiers • Civil War took...years • remaining states were called the... • successful leader during the Civil War • the attack of this place the war began • number of the states which broke away was: • president of the United States during that time • states which broke away called themselves the... • ...
The Civil War 2023-10-13
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- - The formal withdrawal of 11 southern states from the United States in 1860-1861, leading to the formation of the Confederate States of America.
- Crisis - A conflict between South Carolina and the federal government in the 1830s over tariffs, which revealed the growing divide between northern and southern states.
- of 1860 - The presidential election in which Abraham Lincoln, a Republican and opponent of slavery, was elected, causing southern states to secede.
- Slave Act - A federal law passed in 1850 that mandated the return of escaped slaves to their owners, leading to increased tensions between the North and South.
- Scott Decision - A Supreme Court ruling in 1857 that said slaves were property and had no right to sue in federal court, ultimately inflaming tensions between the North and South.
- Railroad - A network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved African Americans to escape to free states and Canada.
- Ferry Raid - An unsuccessful attempt by abolitionist John Brown to raid the federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1859, with the goal of starting a slave rebellion.
- Act - A law passed in 1854 that allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to determine whether they would allow slavery, sparking violence and political turmoil.
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- Debates - A series of debates in 1858 between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas during the Illinois Senate election, which famously highlighted their differing views on slavery.
- Brown's Raid - Another term for the Harpers Ferry raid, named after the abolitionist leader John Brown.
- Tom's Cabin - A novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852 that depicted the harsh realities of slavery, helping to increase anti-slavery sentiments.
- Kansas - A violent conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery supporters in Kansas during the 1850s, resulting from the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
- of 1850 - A series of acts passed to address the issue of slavery in the territories acquired from Mexico, including the admission of California as a free state and the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act.
- Compromise - A law passed in 1820 to maintain the balance of power between slave and free states, admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
- - The movement to end slavery, primarily in the United States, which gained momentum in the years leading up to the Civil War.
15 Clues: Brown's Raid - Another term for the Harpers Ferry raid, named after the abolitionist leader John Brown. • Railroad - A network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved African Americans to escape to free states and Canada. • ...
US Constitution 2025-02-12
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- Shares power between the states and the national.
- First words of the Constitution.
- Can only interpret and evaluate the laws.
- Supreme law of the land.
- This means to rule.
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- Powers kept by the states.
- People vote for their leaders.
- Can only pass laws.
- Can only enforce the laws.
- A government which is as small as can be.
- Powers shared by the states and national gov.
- Powers given to the national government.
12 Clues: Can only pass laws. • This means to rule. • Supreme law of the land. • Powers kept by the states. • Can only enforce the laws. • People vote for their leaders. • First words of the Constitution. • Powers given to the national government. • A government which is as small as can be. • Can only interpret and evaluate the laws. • Powers shared by the states and national gov. • ...
Toward Civil War 2025-08-15
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- These states entered at the same time under the Missouri Compromise
- John Brown was one
- Who made the five part plan "__"
- The Compromise of 1850 involved "_"
- The Underground Railroad helped slaves get "_"
- A states right to make its own laws is
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- Bleeding "__"
- Were part of a Popular Sovereignty agreement"___"
- Harpers Ferry was raided by "___"
- Person forced to work for no pay"____"
- Was an escaped slave
- Most Union states were"____"
12 Clues: Bleeding "__" • John Brown was one • Was an escaped slave • Most Union states were"____" • Who made the five part plan "__" • Harpers Ferry was raided by "___" • The Compromise of 1850 involved "_" • Person forced to work for no pay"____" • A states right to make its own laws is • The Underground Railroad helped slaves get "_" • Were part of a Popular Sovereignty agreement"___" • ...
Crossword Puzzle 2020-09-06
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- A ______ is the fundamental rules and norms of politics, embodying long-term goals regarding individual freedom and collective equality, where power should reside, and the use of that power.
- States ____________ are states that are able to fulfill basic tasks, like defending territory, making the rules, collecting taxes, and being able to manage the economy.
- Legitimacy _______________________ is the legitimacy that is based on a system of laws and procedures that are highly institutionalized!
- States _____________ are states in which most of the political power exists at the national level, with limited authority.
- __________ is a system in which significant state powers, like taxation, lawmaking, and security, are devolved to regional or local bodies.
- ___________ is the ability of a state to carry out actions or policies within a territory independently from external actors or interval rivals.
- ________ is the ability of the state to hold power to carry out basic tasks, like defending territories, making the rules, collecting taxes, and being able to manage the economy.
- _______ is a word used to refer to a state, government, regime, and the people who live in that political system.
- State A ___________ is a state that is so weak, t a point where its political structures fail, which leads to anarchy and violence.
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- legitimacy _____________________ is a legitimacy that accepts the aspects of politics because they have been institutionalized over a long period.
- legitimacy _____________________ is a legitimacy that is built on the force of the ideas that are embodied by one leader.
- A _____ is the organization that maintains a monopoly of force over a given territory; a set of political institutions to generate and execute policy regarding freedom and equality.
- __________ is a value whereby the public accepts an institution and proper, which gives it authority and power.
- __________ is the process in which political power is sent to lower levels of the state and the government!
- ________ is the ability of the state to hold its power independently of the public.
- A _________ is the leadership or elite in charge of running the whole state.
- States __________ are states that have a difficulty in fulfilling basic tasks like defending territory, making rules, collecting taxes, and managing the economy. It is the opposite of strong states!
17 Clues: A _________ is the leadership or elite in charge of running the whole state. • ________ is the ability of the state to hold its power independently of the public. • __________ is the process in which political power is sent to lower levels of the state and the government! • ...
Riley Hannon - Articles X-word 2024-02-09
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- Congress offered ______ relief to the people who needed it.
- What Article said that the confederacy would be called The United States of America?
- The most important "underlying crisis" in the US was that we were ________.
- Who had the powers to have treaties with other countries and pay the army?
- Was the Articles passed/written before, during, or after the Revolution war?
- One of the things that Hamilton hated.
- True or False: The Massachusetts residents were excited knowing that there were colonists with weapons coming towards them.
- What year the did Constitutional Confederation meet to revise the plan of government?
- Where did people almost start a civil war?
- True or False: Was every state allowed to print their own money?
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- Alexander____ was a foreign born illegitimate who saw a future in the United States.
- Who had the write to have trade with other states and collect taxes?
- One of the things that Hamilton hated.
- How many people were there to represent their state in the Continental Congress?
- The Continental ___ was dismanded after the war ended.
- One of the things that Hamilton hated.
- How many states needed to agree with a law for it to pass?
- The revolutionary war left us in a lot of_____.
- True or False:The colonies could form their own armies.
- Articles are flawed because Congress couldn't ____
20 Clues: One of the things that Hamilton hated. • One of the things that Hamilton hated. • One of the things that Hamilton hated. • Where did people almost start a civil war? • The revolutionary war left us in a lot of_____. • Articles are flawed because Congress couldn't ____ • The Continental ___ was dismanded after the war ended. • ...
history 2022-10-17
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- the states that were slave stats and did not leave the union
- a nickname for the south
- a name given to the states that stayed loyal to the united states
- putting the local intrest's an customs ahead of the entire country
- a term used to describe people who- supported the union
- Lincoln stating that the enslaved in the confederate were to be set free
- a soldier that is injured or hurt
- stack a canvas bag that many civil war soldiers use to carry there food
- a slave that was in a free state had to be returned to their owner
- a long gun with a bore that shoulders shot from there shoulder
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- Scott decision a decision made by the supreme court saying that slavery could not be outlawed
- A term meaning "before war" the people used to describe white d states
- a nickname for the north and also for the union soldier
- a nickname for the northerners who were against the civil war
- a long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket
- when a person is murdered or killed
- a cracker eaten by civil war soldiers made from 3 ingredients
17 Clues: a nickname for the south • a soldier that is injured or hurt • when a person is murdered or killed • a long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket • a nickname for the north and also for the union soldier • a term used to describe people who- supported the union • the states that were slave stats and did not leave the union • ...
D'asia 2023-04-12
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- The number of citizens a state has
- The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves
- A states known and recognized boundaries
- A states right to govern itself
- A state that completely surrounds another
- A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity
- A state that is simply divided or separated by a barrier
- A political entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a central federal government
- A state that has an extension that protrudes from the main territory
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- The boundaries between countries and territories
- Any state whose territorial boundaries do not touch an ocean, gulf, or bay
- A state that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully
- A state that contains more than one ethnicity
- A states political organization and public policy
- A state governed as a single power in which the central government is ultimately supreme
- A state’s supreme and absolute power within its own territory and over its own people
- A state with a long, narrow extended territory
17 Clues: A states right to govern itself • The number of citizens a state has • A states known and recognized boundaries • A state that completely surrounds another • A state that contains more than one ethnicity • A state with a long, narrow extended territory • The boundaries between countries and territories • A states political organization and public policy • ...
Government 2022-09-08
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- An alteration of/or addition to a motion, bill, constitution, etc.
- Great Compromise- Was brokered as an agreement between the large and small states.
- Sovereignty- The doctrine that sovereign power is vested in the people and that those chosen to govern.
- of Powers- The principle or system of vesting in separate branches; the executive, legislative, and judicial powers of government.
- A member or supporter of the federalist party.
- Virginia Plan- A plan, providing for a legislature or two houses with proportional representation of each house.
- Government- confined with limits; restricted or circumscribed.
- General agreement or concord; harmony.
- of Rights- A formal statement of the fundamental rights of the people of the United States.
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- The federal principle of government.
- and Proper Clause- States the congress shall have power to make laws which shall be necessary.
- Clause- Supreme athority or power.
- An agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims.
- Mutual discussion and arrangement of the terms of transaction or agreement.
- The state or fact of being persuaded or convinced.
- and Balances- Limits imposed on all branches of a government by vesting in each branch the right to amend or void acts of another that fall with in its preview.
- of Confederation- The first constitution of the thirteen states.
- An opponent of federalism.
- New Jersey Plan- A plan, providing for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state.
19 Clues: An opponent of federalism. • Clause- Supreme athority or power. • The federal principle of government. • General agreement or concord; harmony. • A member or supporter of the federalist party. • The state or fact of being persuaded or convinced. • Government- confined with limits; restricted or circumscribed. • ...
constitutional convention 2025-01-21
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- — The legislative body of the new government, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
- of Powers — The principle that divides government powers to prevent any one group from becoming too powerful.
- — The number of states that attended the Constitutional Convention.
- — The document that was created at the Constitutional Convention.
- — The leader of the Virginia delegation at the Constitutional Convention.
- — A system in which power is divided between a national government and state governments.
- of Confederation — The document that governed the U.S. before the Constitution.
- Compromise — The compromise that combined the Virginia and New Jersey plans.
- Plan — A plan that favored large states with representation based on population.
- — The branch of government that interprets the law.
- Jersey Plan — A plan that favored small states with equal representation for each state.
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- — He was the president of the Constitutional Convention.
- Island — This state was the last to sign the Constitution.
- — The process of creating a new government structure.
- — A branch of government that enforces laws.
- and Balances — A system where each branch of government has some measure of influence over the other branches.
- Compromise — A compromise related to counting slaves for representation.
- — The state where the Constitutional Convention was held.
- — The proposed branch of government that would have had too much power under the Virginia Plan.
- Britain — The country that the United States separated from, leading to the need for a new constitution.
20 Clues: — A branch of government that enforces laws. • — The branch of government that interprets the law. • — The process of creating a new government structure. • — He was the president of the Constitutional Convention. • — The state where the Constitutional Convention was held. • Island — This state was the last to sign the Constitution. • ...
Revolutionary War Trivia 2015-01-22
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- He shouted “The British are coming! The British are coming!”
- He signed the Declaration of Independence with a bold signature
- Loyal to Britain
- Wrote the pamphlet “Common Sense”
- Founding father and George Washington's Secretary of Treasury
- founding father and 1st chief justice of supreme court
- The Boston _____ resulted with five Americans dead and a strong need for independence from Britain
- 3rd president of United States
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- Loyal to the colonies
- He said “Give me death, or give me liberty.”
- German soldiers hired to fight for the British
- 1st president of the United States
- Founding father and 2nd president of the United States
- The number of original colonies
- He wrote the Constitution
- famous inventor and publisher for the Pennsylvania Gazette
16 Clues: Loyal to Britain • Loyal to the colonies • He wrote the Constitution • 3rd president of United States • The number of original colonies • Wrote the pamphlet “Common Sense” • 1st president of the United States • He said “Give me death, or give me liberty.” • German soldiers hired to fight for the British • Founding father and 2nd president of the United States • ...
Service Learning U.S. History 2023-04-26
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- Part of House that has 435 members
- Fourth of July
- Last name of the 44th president
- President that came after Lincoln
- Last Name of current president(as of 2023)
- Both the House of Representatives and the Senate
- Part of Congress that consists of senators
- Last name of a president who's wife was the first first lady
- Last name of Current Speaker of house
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- Before the 50 States we had 13...
- The United States consist of 50 states and one....
- Last name of president who wrote the Emancipation Proclomation
- The era that followed the Civil War
- Gave the "I have a Dream speech"
- Department instated by president George W Bush
- Last name of the 45th President
16 Clues: Fourth of July • Last name of the 44th president • Last name of the 45th President • Gave the "I have a Dream speech" • Before the 50 States we had 13... • President that came after Lincoln • Part of House that has 435 members • The era that followed the Civil War • Last name of Current Speaker of house • Last Name of current president(as of 2023) • ...
Civil War Crossword 2026-03-12
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- People who wanted to end slavery.
- Democrat who supported popular sovereignty.
- A movement to end slavery.
- Legal membership in a country with rights and protections.
- The United States government.
- Political party divided over slavery.
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- Political party opposed to the expansion of slavery.
- A law requiring escaped enslaved people to be returned to their enslavers.
- Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The government formed by seceding Southern states.
- Radical abolitionist who attacked Harper's Ferry.
- The idea that people in a territory vote to decide if slavery will be allowed.
- When a state leaves the United States.
- Federal armory where the raid occurred.
- Enslaved man who sued for his freedom.
- Republican candidate who opposed the expansion of slavery.
16 Clues: A movement to end slavery. • Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. • The United States government. • People who wanted to end slavery. • Political party divided over slavery. • When a state leaves the United States. • Enslaved man who sued for his freedom. • Federal armory where the raid occurred. • Democrat who supported popular sovereignty. • ...
civil war vocab 2022-02-26
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- Compromise 1820 - Allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state, Maine to enter the union as a free state, prohibited slavery north of latitude 36˚ 30' within the Louisiana Territory (1820).
- of Guadalupe Hidalgo ,Treaty that ended the Mexican War, granting the U.S. control of Texas, New Mexico, and California in exchange for $15 million.
- Rights - the belief that an individual state may restrict federal authority, belief that because the states created the United States, individual states have the power to nullify federal laws.
- K Polk The 11th U.S. President, he led the country during the Mexican War and sought to expand the United States.
- Kansas A sequence of violent events involving abolitionists and pro-Slavery elements that took place in Kansas-Nebraska Territory.
- The adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit.
- Nebraska act This Act set up Kansas and Nebraska as states. Each state would use popular sovereignty to decide what to do about slavery. People who were proslavery and antislavery moved to Kansas, but some antislavery settlers were against the Act. This began guerrilla warfare.
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- Proviso Bill, that would ban slavery in the territories acquired after the War with Mexico
- American War - 1846 - 1848 - President Polk declared war on Mexico over the dispute of land in Texas. At the end, American ended up with 55% of Mexico's land
- Purchase Southwestern territory acquired by the Pierce administration to facilitate a southern transcontinental railroad and completed the lower 48 States
- Slave Act a law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves; allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal and required their return to slaveholders
- - Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole
- of 1850 Includes California admitted as a free state, the Fugitive Slave Act, made popular sovereignty in most other states from Mexican- American War.
13 Clues: The adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit. • - Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole • Proviso Bill, that would ban slavery in the territories acquired after the War with Mexico • ...
The Civil War (Edgardo Salalila.) 2017-02-13
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- the location in Charleston, South Carolina where the first battle of the Civil War began on April 12, 1861.
- during the American Civil War which helped the US to win the war.
- A movement of the Union army troops of General William Tecumseh Sherman from Atlanta,
- was a Mexican War hero, U.S. senator from Mississippi, U.S.
- a league or alliance, especially of confederate states.
- the 18th President of the US
- The bloody and inconclusive Civil War Battle of
- was an executive order issued on January 1, 1863, by President Lincoln freeing slaves in all portions of the United States not then under Union control
- an establishment for traders carrying on business in a foreign country.
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- the action of leading a group of people or an organization.
- 16th President of the United States
- compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces.
- A general of the nineteenth century; the commander of Confederate troops during the Civil War.
- an outline strategy for suppressing the Confederacy at the beginning of the American Civil War.
- eastern U.S. state in the tree-covered Appalachian Mountains.
- is a town in Appomattox County, Virginia, United States.
- a decisive battle in the American Civil War
17 Clues: the 18th President of the US • 16th President of the United States • a decisive battle in the American Civil War • The bloody and inconclusive Civil War Battle of • a league or alliance, especially of confederate states. • is a town in Appomattox County, Virginia, United States. • the action of leading a group of people or an organization. • ...
Land and Water 2023-10-11
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- These are large farms mostly found in the Southeast region.
- The _________________ River is the second longest river in the United States.
- This is a shape of part of the Earth's surface.
- These are areas of land surrounded on all sides by water.
- These are high areas that have steep sides and flat tops.
- These are made up of ice and snow.
- The United States is divided into ____ regions.
- The largest land areas on Earth are the _________ continents.
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- These are areas of flat land that are located near water.
- These are connected to a mainland and usually have water on only three sides.
- The five oceans are the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Arctic Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and the ____________ Ocean.
- The Great ______ cover parts of the Midwest, Southwest, and West.
- This region is one of the flattest areas in the United States.
- Early settlers and American Indians in the Southwest used these to build shelters.
- The Great Lakes in the United States are the __________ freshwater lakes in the world.
- These are usually lower than mountains and have rounded tops.
- These are Earth's largest bodies of salt water.
17 Clues: These are made up of ice and snow. • This is a shape of part of the Earth's surface. • These are Earth's largest bodies of salt water. • The United States is divided into ____ regions. • These are areas of flat land that are located near water. • These are areas of land surrounded on all sides by water. • These are high areas that have steep sides and flat tops. • ...
The American Revolution and the U.S. Conostitution 2020-08-21
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- 1787 & 1788 essays that supported state ratification of the Constitution
- a change attached to the end of the Constitution
- based on both the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan; created a bicameral legislature
- the first ten amendments to the Constitution
- the house in Congress in which each state is represented equally
- outlawed slavery in the Ohio Territory
- the last name of the person who wrote most of the Constitution
- dividing responsibilities and powers among the branches of government
- 1783 agreement between the United States and Britain that ended the war and made the U.S. independent
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- the government that the United States used before it adopted the Constitution
- highest court in the United States
- limiting the powers of the national government to those specifically listed in the Constitution
- a system of government that splits powers and responsibilities between national and state government
- the Supreme Court's power to declare laws unconstitutional
- the last name of the first president of the United States
- the last name of the person who wrote the Declaration of Independence
- the 1765 British legislation that imposed a direct tax on the American colonists and provoked colonial resistance
17 Clues: highest court in the United States • outlawed slavery in the Ohio Territory • the first ten amendments to the Constitution • a change attached to the end of the Constitution • the last name of the first president of the United States • the Supreme Court's power to declare laws unconstitutional • the last name of the person who wrote most of the Constitution • ...
U.S History Vocab 2024-05-03
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- Slave states that bordered the northern free states during the U.S Civil War.
- The settlement of a dispute by concessions on both or all sides.
- A man-made river.
- A law requiring any slaves who escaped to a free state to be returned to their owner in a slave state.
- exhaustion Poorly managed soils are no longer able to support crops or other plant life.
- To give up to the enemy or opponent.
- A person who wants to get rid of the institution of slavery.
- A social change to improve the quality of life of many.
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- The planned murder of an important person for political reasons.
- To leave/the action of leaving the Union.
- A reason for doing something.
- The constitutional theory that individual states can invalidate federal laws or judicial decisions they deem unconstitutional.
- Storage for arms, weaponry, etc. for the military.
- Rights and powers held by individual U.S states rather than by the federal government.
- Compulsory recruitment for military service.
- A devotion to the interests of one region over the interests of the whole country.
- Machine used to pull seeds from cotton.
17 Clues: A man-made river. • A reason for doing something. • To give up to the enemy or opponent. • Machine used to pull seeds from cotton. • To leave/the action of leaving the Union. • Compulsory recruitment for military service. • Storage for arms, weaponry, etc. for the military. • A social change to improve the quality of life of many. • ...
Unit ll Crossword 2021-10-05
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- the Great Compromise, the Three-Fifths Compromise, and the Electoral College: ettled matters of representation in the federal government, settled how the president would be elected
- stated that European powers did not belong in the Americas
- Federalist’s Justice, only supreme to ever be impeached
- father of the constitution; mediate issues between feds and anti-feds
- Corps of discovery, 1st Americans to explore past the Missippi
- ended the war of 1812 between Great Britain
- U.S. and Spain defined limits of the Louisiana Purchase and Spain surrendered its claims to the Pacific Northwest. The United States recognized Spanish sovereignty over Texas.
- kept peace between the U.S. and Great Britain
- Federalist, Washington’s right-hand man, founding son of the new government
- federalist chief justice
- essays urging the citizens of New York to ratify the new United States Constitution
- was a period where there was a sense of unity in the nation, during Monroe
- an anti-federalist and for democracy, was the third president
- trade embargo on all foreign nations that was enacted by the United States Congress
- created two legislative bodies in Congress
- series of federalists meetings
- most towns were shipping points for the export of agricultural products,
- thought banks were against the constitution. This leads to moving the capital to D.C.
- drove the political forces throughout America
- defeat of little turtle's forces; leads to the treaty of Grenville
- a worker in a skilled trade
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- Congress could not raise funds, regulate trade, or conduct foreign policy without the voluntary agreement of the states
- outlined a strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial
- any amendment proposed by that convention must be ratified by three-fourths of the states through a vote of either the state legislature or a state convention convened for that purpose
- system where prices and decisions are determined by the countries citizens and businesses
- established a weak government that gave most power to the states, exposed by Shay’s rebellion
- called for strengthening the federal government in order to put down future uprisings
- federalists attempt to curb opposition to Democratic-Republicans policies
- precedent for future presidents; stay neutral no alliances
- was the capital of the US; from NYC
- led by Andrew Jackson defeated the British
31 Clues: federalist chief justice • a worker in a skilled trade • series of federalists meetings • was the capital of the US; from NYC • led by Andrew Jackson defeated the British • created two legislative bodies in Congress • ended the war of 1812 between Great Britain • kept peace between the U.S. and Great Britain • drove the political forces throughout America • ...
Entrée 2022-03-30
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- 75th governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1967 to 1971.
- the ending of a policy of racial segregation.
- 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981.
- American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesman and leader in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.
- Separating whites and African Americans
- 52 United States diplomats and citizens were held hostage after a group of militarized Iranian college students
- 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
- Jimmy Carters wife
- principal channel of student commitment in the United States to the civil rights movement during the 1960s.
- Court ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional
- held in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, August 28, 1963. The purpose of this was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans.
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- American lawyer and civil rights activist who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991.
- American politician who served as governor of Georgia for a short period in 1947 and then again from 1948 until 1955 then as U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1957 to 1981.
- elections held in the Southern United States in which only white voters were permitted to participate
- they're guarantees of equal social opportunities and protection under the law, regardless of race, religion, or other characteristics.
- when whites and colored people come together
- Beginning his career as a pastor, an early leader in the civil rights movement, serving as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and a close confidant to Martin Luther King Jr.
- a sports team that came to Georgia in 1968
- member of the Democratic Party, he was elected in 1973 at the age of 35 as the first black mayor of Atlanta, Georgia and of any major city in the South.
- desegregation and voters' rights coalition formed in Albany, Georgia, in November 1961.
- American rights leader who is credited with laying the intellectual foundations of the American civil rights movement.
21 Clues: Jimmy Carters wife • Separating whites and African Americans • a sports team that came to Georgia in 1968 • when whites and colored people come together • the ending of a policy of racial segregation. • 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. • 75th governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1967 to 1971. • ...
Unit 1: Foundations of American Government 2021-12-09
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- The first 10 amendments to the Constitution that provide basic freedoms and protections
- The seven main sections of the Constitution
- Decisions made by judges over the centuries in England that helped form the basis of our laws
- The ____ Clause gives Congress the power to regulate interstate trade and transportation
- Constitutional Principle of Popular _____ states that government authority comes from the people.
- The father of the Constitution and the 4th President.
- The Constitution has been altered 27 times by the passage of ____
- The ___ Plan, or Great Compromise suggested bicameral Congress with equal representation in the Senate and proportional representation in the House
- Constitutional Principle of _____ states that everyone, including the government and its officials, must obey the law
- Constitutional Principle of _____ of the Governed states that the government is only legitimate when the people have agreed to giving it authority
- The _______ Plan was small-state suggestion for unicameral Congress with equal representation
- The ____ Plan had a bicameral Congress based on proportional representation
- Constitutional Principle of _____ Government means that the government does not have absolute power over the people
- We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union…
- British medieval document that provided the basis for representative government
- Constitutional Principle of Checks & _____ creates specific ways that the three branches keep each other in check
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- Several ____ were reached in order to get the Constitution passed and sent on to the states for ratification
- Also known as the Necessary and Proper Clause, the ____ Clause gives Congress the ability to create laws necessary for carrying out their enumerated powers
- Constitutional Principle of Separation of _____ splits responsibilities between the three branches to prevent any one from becoming too strong
- The document that provides the basis for our government
- A European movement that influenced America during the revolutionary period
- Group in favor of ratification of the Constitution, led by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay
- The _______ of Independence officially separated the colonies from Britain and serves as a mission statement for the United States
- America’s first national government was under the Articles of _______
- Constitutional Principle of _____ creates a strong national government while also ensuring the power and legitimacy of state governments
- Group opposed to ratification of the Constitution, led by Patrick Henry and George Mason
26 Clues: The seven main sections of the Constitution • The father of the Constitution and the 4th President. • The document that provides the basis for our government • The Constitution has been altered 27 times by the passage of ____ • America’s first national government was under the Articles of _______ • ...
Unit 2 Vocab 2022-01-31
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- Amendment- Any person born in the United States or considered a citizen of the united states will be loyal to their state and country.
- Rights Act of 1964- Prohibits the discrimination between those of different backgrounds such as race, gender, or religion.
- Being loyal to a specific country
- Prejudice against a certain ethnic group, race, religion, gender, etc.
- Those who were selected for DACA
- Amendment-The right to vote would not be obstructed by gender
- children to come to America and pursue education for better opportunities
- Pot Theory”- States the different backgrounds that create the American body will be forgotten as time progresses and mixes the cultures together.
- Adjustment Act 1966- Gave Cuban workers the ability to reside and work in the United States.
- Amendment-A citizen’s right to vote would not be taken away due to the inability to pay taxes.
- Amendment- Alcohol transportation or production would be prohibited but consuming it was allowed.
- but Equal- A doctrine that stated that racial discrimination did not legally violate the 14th amendment
- To be accepted into another country which you are not from.
- To take away the privileges of owning a business.
- To move from one country to another for better opportunities.
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- Amendment- All citizens of the United States, no matter the race, religion, or color have the right to vote.
- participation- events which citizens should participate
- Amendment- Put a stop to slavery and acts that would be done involuntarily unless it is a consequence of a crime.
- To focus more on a rural place to gain benefit.
- IX- A law that prohibits discrimination due to the gender of an individual.
- The separation between a group of people
- Exclusion Act- Prohibits workers of Chinese descent to work for 10 years.
- Refusal to serve customers from an area that was considered low income or consisted of predominantly minority groups.
- Amendments- Claimed that Amendment 18 would not be put into action.
- Foot, Dry Foot” Policy- States that any new immigrants from Cuba would be able to live in America, one year later.
- Amendment- Gave citizens aged 18 or older the right to vote.
- Housing Act- Prohibits discrimination among the location of where people live pertaining to race, religion, or ethnicity.
27 Clues: Those who were selected for DACA • Being loyal to a specific country • The separation between a group of people • To focus more on a rural place to gain benefit. • To take away the privileges of owning a business. • participation- events which citizens should participate • To be accepted into another country which you are not from. • ...
The Real Number System Crossword 2022-02-22
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- a decimal number with a certain number of digits
- the property that states that ifyou shift the parenthesis around in a multiplicaiton or addition problem, you'll get the same answer
- the property that states that you can change the order of numbers in a multiplication or addition problem and get the same answer
- the property that states that if you multiply any number by one, you'll get that same number
- the property that states that if you take any number and you multiply the reciprocal of itself by itself, you'll get 1
- the property that states that if you take any number and add the opposite of itself to itself, you'll get 0
- you can write a division problem as a ________
- a non terminating non repeating decimal that is used to find the curfumference and area of a circle
- a math statement that shows that one number/expression is not equal to another number/expression
- any number below 0
- any number that can be written as a fraction.
- best teacher
- a number with digits below the ones place (e.g. tenths, thousanths, etc)
- Whole numbers, negative numbers, and 0 are all ______
- the property where you distribute numbers in parenthesis to make a new problem.
- a math equation without an equal sign
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- a number in a multiplication problem that you multiply by another number to get the answer.
- a number that doesn't have a whole number for a square root
- a number with a whole number as a square root
- a number that cannot be represented as a fraction
- the property that states that if you add 0 to any number, you get that same number
- the opposite of a certain operation
- any number 0 and above
- any number 1 and above
- a decimal number that has one or multiple digits that endlessly repeat
- any number that isn't attached to or is not a variable
- a number attached to a variable. you multiply the variable by this.
- a letter used to represent an unknown value in a math problem
- a number that you multiply by itself to get another number
- the distance of a number from zero.
30 Clues: best teacher • any number below 0 • any number 0 and above • any number 1 and above • the opposite of a certain operation • the distance of a number from zero. • a math equation without an equal sign • a number with a whole number as a square root • any number that can be written as a fraction. • you can write a division problem as a ________ • ...
SS Vocab 2021-09-29
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- the supreme court ruled that congress had implied power to create the second bank of the united states
- a landmark court case that established the principle of judicial review
- basic principles/laws of a nation
- three fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives
- the elected head of a republic
- friend of the people
- highest judicial court in a country/state
- makes laws,declare war,controls taxing, regulates interstate commerce
- officially made
- a person who opposed the ratification of the Constitution
- a treaty between Spain and the united states
- a process by which executive or legislative actions are subject to review
- relating to the government
- agreement that stopped antagonisms between the US and Britain
- a confrontation between the United States and France that led to the Quasi-war
- principle that people receive what they deserve
- the lower house of the US Congress
- political statements in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures said the Alein and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional
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- in charge of deciding the meaning of laws and how to apply them in real situations
- first ten amendments in the constitution
- a formal meeting or series of meetings for discussion between delegates
- proportional representation in the lower house and equal representation in the upper house
- Americas first constitution
- introduction to the constitution
- a land deal between the United States and France
- a person who advocates/supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority
- four acts passed by the federalists dominated the 5th US Congress
- part of the government that enforces laws
- the smaller upper assembly in the US Congress and most US states
- papers to support the constitution
- a protest for foreclosures of farms for debt
- nickname was given to a group of judges that were appointed by John Adams the night before he left office
- establish the number of
- a violent tax protest
- a group with a certain equality between its members
- a act/statement/gift that is intended to show respect
36 Clues: officially made • friend of the people • a violent tax protest • establish the number of • relating to the government • Americas first constitution • the elected head of a republic • introduction to the constitution • basic principles/laws of a nation • papers to support the constitution • the lower house of the US Congress • first ten amendments in the constitution • ...
Constitution/Federalism Crossword 2019-08-29
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- Separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share power
- Plan proposed by William Patterson where the legislature is unicameral and operated through the states
- Doctrine holding that state governments and the federal government have almost completely separate functions
- Powers held by both the state and national governments in a federal system
- While not specifically mentioned in the constitution, it may be inferred
- First ten amendments of the Constitution
- Powers expressly granted to Congress by the Constitution
- Powers retained by the states under the Constitution
- To formally withdraw from a nation state
- View that states have strong independent authority to resist federal rules under Congress
- Gives Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper to the powers enumerated in the Constitution
- Required colonists to export only certain items to Britain
- Gives Congress the right to regulate commerce with foreign countries, Indian tribes, and various states
- Process for selecting state judges whereby the original nomination is the appointment, and subsequent retention is by a retention election
- Rights of states to invalidate acts of Congress they believe illegal
- Roosevelts proposal for adding new justices to the supreme court so that the Court would uphold his policies
- Branch of government that makes laws
- The authority of the president to reject a law that the legislative bra
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- Plan proposed by James Madison where there is a bicameral legislature and operated through the people
- Proposed the Virginia Plan
- Branch of government that enforces laws and contains the President
- Government structure in which authority is divided among branches, with each having its own powers and responsibility
- Branch of government that reviews laws and contains the Supreme Court
- Form of democracy in which political power is exercised by citizens
- Proposed the New Jersey Plan
- Form of government where power derives from its citizens, but public officials make policy and govern according to the law
- The presidential electors, selected to represent the votes of their respective states, who cast the votes for the president every four years
- Authority of courts to declare laws passed by Congress and acts of the executive Branch to be unconstitutional
- Final document that contains the amendments and provides the guidelines for our government to this day
- Formal process of changing the Constitution
30 Clues: Proposed the Virginia Plan • Proposed the New Jersey Plan • Branch of government that makes laws • First ten amendments of the Constitution • To formally withdraw from a nation state • Formal process of changing the Constitution • Powers retained by the states under the Constitution • Powers expressly granted to Congress by the Constitution • ...
US Geography Crossword 2013-05-23
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- Lake Michigan borders this many states.
- Two thirds of this state is open land.
- How many states are in the Northeastern region?
- How many states border Tennessee?
- Native Americans make up 8.3% of this state's population.
- Which Great Lake has the greatest volume of water?
- In what state is Cape Cod located in?
- This is the only state named after a president.
- What region is prone to hurricanes?
- Which state is the smallest?
- Kansas City is in both Kansas and this state.
- The outer banks are in this state.
- The capital of this state is Des Moines.
- During the 1980's, which state's population fell the most?
- Which state is the biggest?
- What is the most populated state?
- Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Michigan all border this state.
- This is the poorest state in the US.
- What state is Philadelphia located in?
- This is the fourth largest state.
- This state's nickname is the Bluegrass state.
- This state leads the country in carpet making.
- What state in el Paso located in?
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- The Gadsden purchase was in this region.
- How many great lakes are there?
- This state was the 32nd state.
- This purchase almost doubled the size of the US.
- This state has the smallest capital city.
- This state is home to the Portland Timbers.
- The Colorado River stretches from California and Arizona to this state.
- This state has the smallest population.
- The Mississippi river goes from Minnesota to this state.
- This states capital is Columbus.
- The tallest building in US is located in this state.
- What is the only state that touches Maine?
- This state's state flower is the Wild Prairie Rose.
- This state's nickname is the First State.
- This is the nation's second driest state.
- The Jamestown settlement was in what state?
- These four states' borders come together in one place; Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and this state.
- Which state consists of only islands?
- This states capital is Madison.
- In what region is Washington DC located in?
- A limestone monument in this state marks the geographic center of the USA.
- This state's motto is, "I direct."
45 Clues: Which state is the biggest? • Which state is the smallest? • This state was the 32nd state. • How many great lakes are there? • This states capital is Madison. • This states capital is Columbus. • How many states border Tennessee? • What is the most populated state? • This is the fourth largest state. • What state in el Paso located in? • The outer banks are in this state. • ...
Sea Power 2 2016-05-13
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- The modern-day Coast Guard duties are enforcement of maritime laws and _____, search and rescue operations, and enforcement of drug and contraband laws.
- During World War II, the U.S. built and _____ more than 6,000 merchant ships.
- The United States have _____ U.S. territories.
- The seas are our lifeline for survival because they are a barrier between nations, a broad _____ for ships, and a source for food, mineral and metals.
- The effects of _____, aircraft carriers, and radar began to emerge during World War II, which brought forth fewer battles between ships within sight of each other.
- National _____ is the use of naval forces to achieve naval objectives.
- In 1936, Congress enacted the _____ Marine Act.
- Sea control and power _____ are the Navy's mission in support of naval strategy.
- The United States acknowledges freedom of the seas under _____ law.
- National _____ are conditions that are to the advantage of our nation to pursue or protect.
- Strategic nuclear _____, strong naval presence, and security of the sea lines of communication allow the Navy to control the sea and project power.
- In _____, the Military Sealift Command ships nearly 25% of all military cargo on privately owned U.S. flagships and other merchant marine vessels.
- United States Naval Ships (USNS) are Military Sealift Command ships _____.
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- Immediately after the Civil War, the primary role of the U.S. Navy was to _____ the coast and as a commerce raider.
- In 1987 to 1989 was known as the "_____ wars" in the Persian Gulf.
- An _____ advantage for a nation is to produce goods and services and to exchange them with other nations. Those that have failed in commerce have also failed as world powers.
- Captain Alfred Thayer _____ coined the phrase "sea power".
- In peacetime, sea power encompasses commercial _____.
- Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm was an example of Joint _____ operations exercise.
- In peacetime, the U.S. Coastguard is not _____ by the Department of Defense.
- Alaska and Hawaii are outside of the _____ United States.
- Sea power is a nation's ability to protect their Political, Economic and _____ interests.
- During wartime, the Coast Guard operates directly under the Chief of Naval _____.
- The United States produces _____ minerals.
- In 1790 the U.S. Coast Guard was established as the United States _____ Marine.
25 Clues: The United States produces _____ minerals. • The United States have _____ U.S. territories. • In 1936, Congress enacted the _____ Marine Act. • In peacetime, sea power encompasses commercial _____. • Alaska and Hawaii are outside of the _____ United States. • Captain Alfred Thayer _____ coined the phrase "sea power". • ...
History Chapter 6 2023-11-27
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- battle led by Sam Houston in which Santa Anna was defeated
- Mexico’s agreement to sell land to the United States made the Rio Grande part of the border between the two countries
- war between the United States and Mexico over western lands
- act of Congress which forced Native Americans to leave their tribal lands and move farther west
- mining towns that were abandoned when there was no more gold to be found
- 1849 event that brought thousands of people to California to search for gold
- leader of the Texas army that defeated Santa Anna in the battle of San Jacinto first president of the Republic of Texas
- eighth U.S. President helped the United States during its first economic depression
- created the Northwestern border between the United States and Canada
- 2,000 mile trail settlers used to travel from Missouri to Oregon Territory
- 9th president of the U. S. lived only for one month after becoming president
- political party founded by Andrew Jackson’s supporters
- people who traveled to California in 1849 to find gold
- old Spanish mission where Texans fought against the Mexico to be a free and independent state
- American Teacher who wrote The American Spelling Book for school children
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- dictator of Mexico who harshly ruled over American immigrants living in Mexico
- inventor of the cotton gin
- established a northeastern border between the United States and Canada
- Land purchased from Mexico so that a southern Railroad could be built
- 10th U.S. president became president when Harrison died
- inventor of the grain reaper
- location of the 1849 Gold Rush before becoming a state
- Name of the journey which relocated the Cherokee Nation to Oklahoma
- land shared by the United States and England as a result of the Oregon Treaty became the Oregon Territory in 1848
- Father of the American Factory System
- 11th president of the U.S. worked to set the final border between Oregon and Canada
- Wrote McGuffey Readers for American school Children
- improved the steam engine
- leader who has the power to take away individual freedoms from the people
- seventh U.S. president first president of the Democratic Party
- medical missionaries to the Native American tribes in Oregon
- inventor of the Steele plow
32 Clues: improved the steam engine • inventor of the cotton gin • inventor of the Steele plow • inventor of the grain reaper • Father of the American Factory System • Wrote McGuffey Readers for American school Children • location of the 1849 Gold Rush before becoming a state • political party founded by Andrew Jackson’s supporters • ...
Gilded Age 2024-01-22
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- the ability of _________ or individuals to move into a ________ social class.
- an _________ military officer and politician who served as the _____ president of the United States from ______ to 1881. During the American Civil War, _______ served in the ______ Army and earned a reputation for bravery in combat, rising up the ranks to serve as brevet major ________.
- a ____________ urban dwelling, usually ____________ and unsanitary.
- ____________ systems designed to move large numbers of _________ along fixed _______.
- an _________ politician who served as the 22nd and _____ president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from _____ to 1897. In the years before his presidency, he served as a mayor and _________ of New York state, winning fame as an anti-corruption ___________.
- _______ program designed to help __________ assimilate to American ________.
- law, enacted in ______, that established a bipartisan civil ________ commission to make appointments to ___________ jobs by means of the _______ system.
- an American __________ activist, reformer, social worker, __________, public administrator, philosopher, and author. She was an important _______ in the history of _______ work and women's __________ in the United States.
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- a _____ century reform movement based on the belief that ___________ have a responsibility to help _________ working conditions and alleviate ____________.
- an American ___________ who served as the _____ president of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He was a member of the _________ family of Virginia—a grandson of the ninth president, William Henry _________, and a great-grandson of Benjamin _________ V, a Founding Father.
- an American ____________ most notable for being the political boss of ___________ Hall, the Democratic Party's political machine that played a _______ role in the politics of 19th-century New York City and ______.
- a community _________ providing assistance to __________---particularly immigrants---in a ______ neighborhood.
- the ____________ of people into _______ classes by ________.
- an _______ holder’s power to appoint people---usually those who have ________ him or her get elected---to positions in _____________.
- the growth of ______.
- an American politician who served as the _____ president of the United States from _____ to 1885. He was a Republican lawyer from New York who previously served as the 20th vice president under President James A. _________.
- The __________ branches of government ______________.
- The _________ use of political influence for _________ gain.
- An _________ group that controls a political party in a city and offers _________ to voters and businesses in exchange for political and ___________ support.
- _____ president of the United States, serving from March 1881 until his _______ the following September after being shot by an __________ in July.
20 Clues: the growth of ______. • The __________ branches of government ______________. • the ____________ of people into _______ classes by ________. • The _________ use of political influence for _________ gain. • a ____________ urban dwelling, usually ____________ and unsanitary. • _______ program designed to help __________ assimilate to American ________. • ...
Plessy V Ferguson Vocabulary 2024-02-29
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- secretly allow (something considered immoral, illegal, wrong, or harmful) to occur
- related to the adjective candid, refers to straightforward honesty or frankness in speech or expression
- Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction
- the party who brings a legal action or in whose name it is brought
- All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
- the official power to make legal decisions and judgments
- the ability to do something successfully or efficiently
- reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on
- imply or hint
- ruled that a citizen's "privileges and immunities," as protected by the Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment against the states, were limited to those spelled out in the Constitution and did not include many rights given by the individual states
- an unskilled native laborer in India, China, and some other Asian countries
- shorten (a piece of writing) without losing the sense
- a catch-all category of property associated with movable goods
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- the quality of being in accordance with a political constitution
- an urgent need or demand
- a system where an employer compels a worker to pay off a debt with work
- a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument
- mix; blend
- the ability to move from place to place, movement
- consign or dismiss to an inferior rank or position
- accept something reluctantly but without protest
- formal. praise, or an official statement that praises someone:
- a cruel and oppressive ruler.
- (of a task, duty, or responsibility) involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome
- destroy completely; put an end to.
- the condition of being lower in status or quality than another or others
26 Clues: mix; blend • imply or hint • an urgent need or demand • a cruel and oppressive ruler. • destroy completely; put an end to. • accept something reluctantly but without protest • the ability to move from place to place, movement • consign or dismiss to an inferior rank or position • reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on • ...
Unit 8 Vocabulary Quiz 2025-02-24
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- a speech given by a president when they take office
- military historians consider it a stalemate; Even so, the Union kept Confederates confined and enabled Lincoln to release the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862
- the Union would use naval forces to strangle the South by blockading imports of military supplies and exporting cotton
- worked his way up the Union ranks during the Civil War; Lincoln elevated him to the rank of lieutenant general, and named him general-in-chief of the Armies of the United States; later served as President
- to keep something in its original state
- Confederate, earned "Stonewall" nickname because he refused to back down; he was shot by one of his soldiers accidentally and died several days later
- a strategy that included the systematic destruction of any property or supplies, including those belonging to civilians, that are essential to the enemy's ability to wage war (aka hard)
- a war fought exclusively between armies in which only enemy soldiers and military infrastructure are trageted
- the Confederate victory gave the South a surge of confidence and shocked many in the North, who realized the war would not be won as easily as they had hoped
- the battle was a defeat for the Confederacy and halted the Confederate invasion of the North; deadliest battle of the war, with over 50,000 casualties
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- a Union naval officer that led various naval blockades to victory; his biggest accomplishment was planning and executing a joint army-navy operation to take control of Mobile Bay, Alabama in August of 1864
- the United States
- issued on January 1, 1863, by President Lincoln that declared "that all persons held as enslaved people" within the rebellious states were free
- the state of lasting forever
- a collection of southern states that seceded from the United States during the American Civil War
- this Union victory ended any hopes the Confederates had of blocking the Union advance into Northern Mississippi
- President of the Confederate States of america
- President of the Union during the war
- led Virginia's confederate army upon its secession from the Union, became the commander of the entire Confederate Army
- lasting forever
- the Confederate surrender occurred just a day after the Gettysburg surrender and crushed Confederate hopes of receiving foreign recognition
21 Clues: lasting forever • the United States • the state of lasting forever • President of the Union during the war • to keep something in its original state • President of the Confederate States of america • a speech given by a president when they take office • a collection of southern states that seceded from the United States during the American Civil War • ...
Wars in American History 2025-12-01
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- The king of England during the Revolutionary War
- Following the September 11th, 2001 attacks, the United States engaged in war in two countries, this is one of them
- The final battle of the Revolutionary War and the site of British surrender
- The war that saw the U.S. White House burned down
- The _________ war ended slavery
- A war that began in 1939, but which the U.S. entered in 1941. The war would end in 1945.
- This was the United States' main rival during the Cold War
- The United States entered World War II because the ______________ attacked Pearl Harbor.
- This war is sometimes called the Second Gulf War and resulted in the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. The conflicted lasted from 2003-2011.
- The United States entered the Korean War (1950-1953) in an attempt to stop the ____________ of communism
- The treaty of this ended the Mexican-American war
- The U.S. president during the First Gulf War
- The United States entered World War I because _____________ attacked U.S. civilian ships.
- The Mexican-American war ended when?
- The site of the beginning of the Civil War.
- The opponent to the U.S. during the Spanish-American War.
- In this war the United States faced opponents like Germany, Austria Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.
- The U.S. entered this war to force the Iraqi military from Kuwait
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- The U.S. president during the War of 1812
- The U.S. president for the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- The U.S. president during the Civil War
- The U.S. policy following the September 11th, 2001 attacks that included the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
- When was the Spanish-American war fought?
- During the Cold War, this was one of the main concerns of the United States
- Dwight Eisenhower was a general during WWII, but he was president at the end of the __________ war.
- This man was president during the Great Depression and World War II.
- The war Americans fight to win independence from Britain
- The U.S. war between the North and the South (1861-1865)
- The U.S. president during that September 11th, 2001 attacks
- All women gained the constitutional right to vote following which war?
- The U.S. participated in this war from 1955-1975 to try to stop the spread of communism
- A war fought by the US in the 1800s
- Who has the power to declare war?
- The U.S. president during WWI
- The first (and only!)war to use nuclear weapons
35 Clues: The U.S. president during WWI • The _________ war ended slavery • Who has the power to declare war? • A war fought by the US in the 1800s • The Mexican-American war ended when? • The U.S. president during the Civil War • The U.S. president during the War of 1812 • When was the Spanish-American war fought? • The site of the beginning of the Civil War. • ...
Social Studies: Land and Water 2023-10-03
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- This is the study of Earth and its people.
- The _____________ Mountains stretch across the Southeast and Northeast of the United States.
- The _______ Ocean is located east of Africa.
- These are Earth's largest bodies of salt water.
- The _________ Ocean is located west of Europe.
- The ______ Ocean is located north of Asia.
- The Great ______ in the United States are the largest freshwater bodies of water in the world.
- These are the largest land areas on Earth and there are seven of these on Earth.
- These are high areas that have steep sides and flat tops.
- The _____________ River is the second largest river in the United States.
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- The _________ Ocean is located west of the United States.
- These are connected to a mainland and usually surrounded by water on three sides.
- These are landforms made of ice and snow.
- There are five _______ on Earth.
- These are areas if land surrounded on all sides by water.
15 Clues: There are five _______ on Earth. • These are landforms made of ice and snow. • This is the study of Earth and its people. • The ______ Ocean is located north of Asia. • The _______ Ocean is located east of Africa. • The _________ Ocean is located west of Europe. • These are Earth's largest bodies of salt water. • ...
Civil War 2023-03-30
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- the states that made up the United States of America; during the Civil War the states that supported the U.S. government
- a continuous attack with bombs, missiles, or other types of ammunition
- a military strategy aimed at preventing peoplee and goods form entering and leaving an area
- a person who worked to end slavery during the 1700s and 1800s
- the part of the government responsible for making laws
- the act of setting someone or something free
- an area of land
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- allowed or legal under the terms of the U.S. Constitution
- a place where weapons and other military equipment are stored
- when each side in a dispute gives up some of their demands to reach an agreement
- a high-ranking military official
- bullets or shells
- the place where solders fight during a battle
- of or relating to the eleven states
14 Clues: an area of land • bullets or shells • a high-ranking military official • of or relating to the eleven states • the act of setting someone or something free • the place where solders fight during a battle • the part of the government responsible for making laws • allowed or legal under the terms of the U.S. Constitution • ...
vocab 2022-03-11
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- and yellow press are American terms for journalism
- prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.
- is a political philosophy advocating a national foreign policy
- is a state that is controlled and protected by another sovereign state
- of influence is a spatial region or concept division
- is a policy or ideology of extending rule
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- originally were members of the 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army
- in international law, is the forcible
- of the United States, particularly during the Presidency
- atrocities"
- is a form of diplomacy proposed by President Woodrow
- states expand their territory through military empire-building or colonialism.
- Riders was a nickname given to the 1st United States Volunteer
- wicked or cruel act, typically one atrocity,involving physical violence or injury.
14 Clues: atrocities" • in international law, is the forcible • is a policy or ideology of extending rule • and yellow press are American terms for journalism • is a form of diplomacy proposed by President Woodrow • of influence is a spatial region or concept division • of the United States, particularly during the Presidency • ...
International Relations 2023-12-04
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- America signed a ___ with China concerning their
- bring (goods or services) into a country from abroad for sale.
- movement of a group of people or animals from one place to another
- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
- he mutual dependence of states upon each other
- A military alliance between America, Canada and 29 European states
- The unlawful use of violence or threat thereof, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims
- Involving three or more states.
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- The process by which national economies become more connected and more closely integrated with each other.
- Aid A voluntary transfer of resources–economic for anti-poverty programmes or infrastructure projects
- send (goods or services) to another country for sale
- someone who has been forced to flee conflict or persecution and has crossed an international border to seek safety
- is intended to promote free trade among countries of the Pacific Rim, including especially East Asia. See also the Indo-Pacific
- ___is when one country forcibly asserts control and sovereignty over another country’s territory
- Involving two states
- the act of leaving one's own country to settle permanently in another; moving abroad.
- may include trade embargoes, travel bans and asset freezes
17 Clues: Involving two states • Involving three or more states. • Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa • he mutual dependence of states upon each other • America signed a ___ with China concerning their • send (goods or services) to another country for sale • may include trade embargoes, travel bans and asset freezes • ...
Spooky and Smart Gladiator Crossword 2025-10-03
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- The new SS for Relative HHMs only states, when the driver is a nonrelated member of the HH, for any driver process other than FLV/PBV.
- The SS for all HHMs states for FLV/PBV
- The new SS we issue for all HHMs states for any driver process other than FLV/PBV
- Arachnophobia is the fear of _____
- We process a policy _____ when the customer advises the situation has changed, OR the person is no longer a HHM/VO.
- The typical color of pumpkins
- The largest fruit in the world
- A form we can accept even if it is not dated
- A spooky spirit
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- The word for the fear of Halloween (HINT: It is in the newsletter ;)
- The SS for Relative HHMs states for FLV/PBV
- The new SS for Relative HHMs only for any driver process other than FLV/PBV
- We process a policy _____ when the customer confirms the driver was never a HHM/VO.
- The three ____ ?s we use to verify drivers.
- Most famous vampire
- The full moon makes things get hairy for these!
- A state that has mandatory scripting in regard to questions about HHM reqs, POI reqs for exclusions, or adding a driver as nonrated.
17 Clues: A spooky spirit • Most famous vampire • The typical color of pumpkins • The largest fruit in the world • Arachnophobia is the fear of _____ • The SS for all HHMs states for FLV/PBV • The SS for Relative HHMs states for FLV/PBV • The three ____ ?s we use to verify drivers. • A form we can accept even if it is not dated • The full moon makes things get hairy for these! • ...
Great Depression 2021-01-28
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- An American politician and served as the 32nd president of the United States.
- A pact that signed states promised not to use war to settle conflicts.
- Buying stock without paying the full price.
- Repealed the 18th Amendment.
- A American documentarian photographer and photojournalist
- A form of far-right authoritarian characterized by Dictatorial Power
- A group of 43,000 demonstrators that gathered in Washington DC demanding immediate bonus payment for wartime services
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- It was a government corporation administered by the United States Federal Government between 1932 and 1957 that provided financial support to state and local governments
- A American Physician.
- a period of severe dust storms.
- She was the first lady to Frankin Delano Roosevelt.
- It was a law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United States.
- The Investment in stocks, property, or other ventures in the hope of gain but with the risk of loss.
- An American author
- A shanty town built during the Great Depression to house the homeless
- The pledge to buy the unsold shares.
- An action taken during the auction of a foreclosed property to force the sale of the property at a low price.
17 Clues: An American author • A American Physician. • Repealed the 18th Amendment. • a period of severe dust storms. • The pledge to buy the unsold shares. • Buying stock without paying the full price. • She was the first lady to Frankin Delano Roosevelt. • A American documentarian photographer and photojournalist • ...
Force,Mass,Acceleration Vocabulary 2018-02-20
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- a force created by gravity
- states that as long as interacting objects are not influenced by outside force
- a unit of force;the abbreviation is N
- In physics,occurs when the forces on an object are balanced
- the amount of force that overcomes an opposing force to cause motion
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- it does not equal zero
- the force that results from relative motion between objects
- the reluctance of a body to change it's state of motion
- states that whenever one object exerts a force on another the second object exerts an equal and opposite
- states any object at rest will remain at res unless acted upon unbalanced force
- the mass of an object multiplied by it's speed or velocity
- states that the acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the force acting on it
- the attractive force that exists between any two objects that have mass
- a measure of inertia of an object
- A push,a pull or any action that has the ability to change motion
15 Clues: it does not equal zero • a force created by gravity • a measure of inertia of an object • a unit of force;the abbreviation is N • the reluctance of a body to change it's state of motion • the mass of an object multiplied by it's speed or velocity • the force that results from relative motion between objects • In physics,occurs when the forces on an object are balanced • ...
Texas Revolution and Mexican American War 2020-04-13
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- In 1845, Texas joined the United States as the 28th
- Santa Anna was forced to agree to Texan what?
- News of the war reached California after about a..
- The United states then planned a huge attack on the port city of?
- After weeks of bitter fighting the city finally surrendered in September of?
- fighting broke out between the Mexican and American armies where?
- The two countries signed the what?
- In February of 1847, the armies of the United States and Mexico fought the Battle of Buena Vista which resulted in the defeat of the what?
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- In 1833, the Mexican government was taken over by who?
- Between 1820 and 1830, many Americans were invited to settle where?
- led an army that captured Mexican towns in New Mexico
- American settlers started the Bear Flag Revolt and overthrew the Mexican what
- President Polk urged Congress to declare war on who?
- the united states paid how much for the land?
- who angered Texans by executing the surrendered Texans?
15 Clues: The two countries signed the what? • Santa Anna was forced to agree to Texan what? • the united states paid how much for the land? • News of the war reached California after about a.. • In 1845, Texas joined the United States as the 28th • President Polk urged Congress to declare war on who? • led an army that captured Mexican towns in New Mexico • ...
Early Cold War 2024-01-11
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- stop the spread of communism
- government to the united states where the people rule
- plan to help rebuild Europe with the U.S. money
- military alliance between the united states and its allies
- first satellite in space launched by the soviet union in 1957
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- government of the soviet union where the government rules
- - military alliance of the Soviet Union and its satellite nations
- competed with united states during cold war
- a group of 10 film industry members that refused to testify to an anti-communist committee hearing during the Second Red Scare era
- one of the first two countries alongside Greece to receive U.S. money
- blockaded city that resulted in airplanes dropping supplies into the city
- - state of hostility between the Soviet Union and the United States but without military action
- a pattern of competitive acquisition of military capability between two or more countries
- to accuse people without evidence
- war between communist north and democratic south between 1950
15 Clues: stop the spread of communism • to accuse people without evidence • competed with united states during cold war • plan to help rebuild Europe with the U.S. money • government to the united states where the people rule • government of the soviet union where the government rules • military alliance between the united states and its allies • ...
Black Code 2022-03-14
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- a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
- As a young man,who succeeded Abraham Lincoln as president entered politics in Tennessee.
- provided a constitutional basis for the Civil Rights Act.
- states that no one can be kept from voting because of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
- In July 1864,the Radicals responded to the Ten-Percent Plan by passing the
- The Democrats used an equally unflattering name for the Northerners who moved to the South after the
- Congress passed the Civil
- Democrats, opposed to the
- plan for Reconstruction, called white Southerners who joined the Republican Party
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- lives.
- Republicans in Congress, known as
- In February 1866, Congress voted to continue and enlarge the
- period during which the United States began to rebuild after the Civil War, lasting from 1865 to 1877.
- to formally charge him with misconduct in office.
- Act of 1866, which gave African Americans citizenship and forbade states from passing discriminatory laws that severely restricted African
15 Clues: lives. • Congress passed the Civil • Democrats, opposed to the • Republicans in Congress, known as • to formally charge him with misconduct in office. • provided a constitutional basis for the Civil Rights Act. • In February 1866, Congress voted to continue and enlarge the • a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. • ...
Black Code 2022-03-14
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- a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
- As a young man,who succeeded Abraham Lincoln as president entered politics in Tennessee.
- provided a constitutional basis for the Civil Rights Act.
- states that no one can be kept from voting because of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
- In July 1864,the Radicals responded to the Ten-Percent Plan by passing the
- The Democrats used an equally unflattering name for the Northerners who moved to the South after the
- Congress passed the Civil
- Democrats, opposed to the
- plan for Reconstruction, called white Southerners who joined the Republican Party
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- lives.
- Republicans in Congress, known as
- In February 1866, Congress voted to continue and enlarge the
- period during which the United States began to rebuild after the Civil War, lasting from 1865 to 1877.
- to formally charge him with misconduct in office.
- Act of 1866, which gave African Americans citizenship and forbade states from passing discriminatory laws that severely restricted African
15 Clues: lives. • Congress passed the Civil • Democrats, opposed to the • Republicans in Congress, known as • to formally charge him with misconduct in office. • provided a constitutional basis for the Civil Rights Act. • In February 1866, Congress voted to continue and enlarge the • a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. • ...
Founding Documents 2026-03-13
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- Another word for freedom.
- The three separate parts of the U.S. government that share power.
- The document written in 1776 that announced the American colonies were free from Britain.
- The document that explains how the United States government is organized.
- Rights The first ten amendments that protect important freedoms of Americans.
- The city where the Constitution was written in 1787.
- The leader of the executive branch who enforces the laws.
- The highest court in the United States that interprets laws.
- The group of people who make and enforce laws for a country.
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- The right to say your ideas and opinions without unfair punishment.
- The part of government that writes and passes laws.
- A change or addition made to the United States Constitution.
- Freedom from being ruled by another country.
- Freedoms and protections people are guaranteed by law.
- The settlements in North America that were ruled by Britain before the United States was formed.
15 Clues: Another word for freedom. • Freedom from being ruled by another country. • The part of government that writes and passes laws. • The city where the Constitution was written in 1787. • Freedoms and protections people are guaranteed by law. • The leader of the executive branch who enforces the laws. • A change or addition made to the United States Constitution. • ...
MS Math 3 September Vocabulary Review 2023-09-27
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- The law that states an exponential expression with a negative exponent is equal to the reciprocal of the expression.
- Repeated multiplication of a number by itself.
- The number being multiplied in an exponential expression.
- A mathematic expression containing a base raised to an exponent.
- The law that states to add the exponents when multiplying exponential expressions with the same base.
- A precise way of writing very large and very small numbers as a product of a number between 1 and 10 and a power of 10.
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- The law that states to subtract the exponents when multiplying exponential expressions with the same base.
- The number of times the base is multiplied in an exponential expression.
- The law that states to multiply the exponents when raising an exponential expression to another power.
- The law that states any base with an exponent of 0 is equal to 1.
- The law that states when raising a product to a power, each factor must be raised to that power.
11 Clues: Repeated multiplication of a number by itself. • The number being multiplied in an exponential expression. • A mathematic expression containing a base raised to an exponent. • The law that states any base with an exponent of 0 is equal to 1. • The number of times the base is multiplied in an exponential expression. • ...
government 2021-01-14
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- each branch of government is subject to a number of constitutional restraints, or checks, by the other branches so no single branch becomes too powerful
- king/queen controls all aspects of life
- reached in writing the Constitution to satisfy both small and large states by having one house of Congress with an equal number of representatives for each state and the other house’s membership determined by a state’s population
- a compromise between slave states and free states to count three-fifths of the slave population in a state when allocating how many representatives a state was entitled to in the House of Representatives
- power is held at the national level, with very little power being held in political subdivisions, such as provinces, states, counties, parishes, or tow
- 3rd president of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence; he did not take part in writing the Constitution because he was in France at the time. He was a strong advocate for the addition of a Bill of Rights
- belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority
- “Father of the Constitution” and fourth president of the United States; essential to the writing and ratification of the Constitution; he also wrote the first 10 amendments to the Constitution that were ratified as the Bill of Rights
- considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the Constitution and helped write the Federalist Papers
- 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
- the distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union
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- division of the powers in our government among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches; no one branch has too much power
- chosen to preside at the Constitutional Convention; he later became the first president of the United States; he set precedent by stepping down after two terms and initiating a peaceful transition of power
- French writer who introduced the idea of separation of powers and checks and balances to prevent one part of government from becoming too powerful
- believed in natural rights- life, liberty and property; strongest influence on Thomas Jefferson, who wrote natural rights into the Declaration of Independence
- first ten amendments to the Constitution, added by the first Congress in 1791; protects the civil rights and liberties of the people
16 Clues: king/queen controls all aspects of life • belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority • the distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union • considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the Constitution and helped write the Federalist Papers • ...
HGOV Unit 3 Review 2024-10-09
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- Concept that holds that the government and its officers are always subject to the law.
- Article I deals with provision and details regarding the ______ Branch.
- Amendment _____ abolished slavery.
- Powers that both the national government and states possess are called ______.
- _____ is a generic term referring to federal money or other resources given to State, cities, counties and other local units.
- Custom that the Senate will not approve a Presidential appointment opposed by a Senator from the state in which the appointee would serve.
- Amendment _____ gives Congress the power to levy an income tax.
- Group of persons chosen in each State every four years who make a formal selection of the President and Vice President.
- Amendment _____ is big–Congress can’t deny your right to due process, property, not incriminate yourself, tried for the same crime twice.
- Powers that can be exercised by the National Government alone.
- Amendment _____ protects the right to bear arms.
- Amendment _____ says that states can’t deny the right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
- A formal agreement between two or more sovereign states–according to Article II, it's a President’s role to negotiate these with Senate approval.
- Articles IV deals with the relations between the various ______.
- Those powers granted to the National Government by the Constitution.
- Type of Federal grant made for some specifically defined purpose.
- Basic principle that the government and those who govern must obey the constitution.
- Amendment _____ acknowledges that the people have rights in addition to those specifically listed in the Bill of Rights.
- Amendment _____ protects the freedom of religion, assembly, petition, press, and speech.
- He is known as the “Father of the Constitution”
- Change or addition that becomes part of the written language of the Constitution itself through one of the four methods set forth in the Constitution.
- Amendment _____ protects citizens from cruel and unusual punishment + excessive bail.
- Presidential advisory body, traditionally made up of the executive departments–good example of informal Constitutional amendment.
- Amendment _____ states that troops can’t be quartered in your home without the homeowner’s consent.
- Amendment _____ made any person born in the US a citizen plus told the states they can’t deny due process and equal protection of the law.
- _____ refers to powers that belong strictly to the states.
- Article V deals with how to make ______ to the USC.
- Constitution’s requirement that each state accept the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.
- In Article VI, Section 2 you can find the “_______” indicating that the USC is the supreme law of the land.
- Powers that are specifically granted to the National Government in the Constitution; also known as an enumerated power.
- The introduction to the Constitution is known as the ______.
- Type of Federal grant for some particular, but broadly defined area of public policy.
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- Type of Federal grant made for specific projects to States, localities, and private agencies who apply for them.
- A congressional act admitting a new State to the Union.
- _____ refers to something contrary to the constitution and so illegal, null, and void.
- USC stipulation that no State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those from other states.
- Amendment _____ protects citizens from government searches without a warrant based on probable cause.
- One of the seven main divisions of the body of the Constitution.
- Article II deals with provision and details regarding the ______ Branch.
- Amendment _____ says that states can’t deny the vote for those 18 years old and older.
- Amendment _____ states that the Vice President becomes the President if the President dies, resigns, or is removed from office.
- A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
- Chief Executive’s power to reject a bill proposed by a legislature.
- The first step in the state admission procedure which enables the people of a territory to prepare a constitution.
- Those powers of the National government that are suggested by the expressed powers set out in the Constitution.
- The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution are known as the ____________.
- Also called the Necessary and Proper Clause, it grants Congress the authority to enact all laws that are necessary and proper to carrying out its job.
- The division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government.
- System where each branch of government exercises some control over the others
- Powers the Constitution is presumed to have delegated to the National Government because it is the government of a sovereign state.
- Amendment _____ says that states can’t deny the vote based on someone’s gender, thus allowing women to vote.
- Formal agreement entered into with the consent of Congress, between or among States.
- A pact made by the President directly with a head of a foreign state–good example of informal amendment to the USC.
- To return a criminal or fugitive who flees across state lines back to the original state.
- The power of the court to determine the constitutionality of a government action is called ______.
- _____ is a generic term that means to “formally approve”
- Article III deals with provision and details regarding the _______ Branch.
- Amendment _____ protects your rights in a criminal case–a speedy and public trial, impartial jury, hear the accusations, confront witnesses.
58 Clues: Amendment _____ abolished slavery. • He is known as the “Father of the Constitution” • Amendment _____ protects the right to bear arms. • Article V deals with how to make ______ to the USC. • A congressional act admitting a new State to the Union. • _____ is a generic term that means to “formally approve” • _____ refers to powers that belong strictly to the states. • ...
Facts on Ohio by Milly 2021-05-18
12 Clues: region • Capital • governor • state tree • Native bird • state flower • state colors • neighboring states • City next to capital • average summer degree • The month it became a state • states in oklahoma's region
Unit 6 Vocab 2018-02-07
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- Congressman who represented the wants of the western states
- Congressman who represented the wants of the southern states
- road built by the federal government in the early 1800s that extended from Maryland to Illinois
- Mexican territory surrendered to the United States at the end of the war with Mexico
- Spanish mission in San Antonio, Texas; the site of a famous battle of the Texas Revolution in 1836
- practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs.
- Texans defeated the Mexicans, gaining their independence
- 1800s belief the America had the right to spread across the continent
- trappers who explored and hunted in Oregon Territory in the early 1800s
- Treaty ending Mexican War and granting vast territories to the United States
- to add or take over
- led the Mormon migration to Utah
- law passed in 1830 that forced many Native American nations to move west of the Mississippi River
- founder of Texas
- The right to vote.
- Trail from independence Missouri to Oregon used by many pioneers during the 1840s
- Served as a United States Senator.
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- the forced removal of Cherokees and their transportation to Oklahoma
- people who went to California during the gold rush of 1849
- canal completed in 1825 that connected Lake Erie to the Hudson River
- leader of the Texas Revolution and the first president of the Republic of Texas
- Political party formed in 1834 to oppose policies of Andrew Jackson.
- 9th President, he served the shortest term as president, only 31 days
- the right of states to limit the power of the federal government
- 8th President, during his presidency America went through an economic crisis called the Panic of 1837
- A political party formed by supporters of Andrew Jackson after the presidential election of 1824.
- purchase of land from mexico in 1853 that established the present U.S.-mexico boundary
- act passed by South Carolina that declared the 1832 tariff illegal
- an important trade trail west from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico
- to give up
- 11th President, during his presidency America gained Texas, and Mexican Cession, and the Gadsden Purchase
- 10th President, he took over for Harrison when he died
32 Clues: to give up • founder of Texas • The right to vote. • to add or take over • led the Mormon migration to Utah • Served as a United States Senator. • 10th President, he took over for Harrison when he died • Texans defeated the Mexicans, gaining their independence • people who went to California during the gold rush of 1849 • ...
Cold War 2013-04-18
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- the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region.
- a political term for a country that is formally independent, but under heavy political and economic influence or control by another country.
- an international relations policy set forth by the U.S. President Harry Truman in a speech on March 12, 1947, which stated that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent them from falling into the Soviet sphere
- the countries that opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War
- a range of more than 5,500 kilometres (3,400 mi) typically designed for nuclear weapons delivery (delivering one or more nuclear warheads).
- is the capital city of Germany and one of the 16 states of Germany
- a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad.
- symbolized the ideological conflict and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991.
- southern Ukraine, on the north coast of the Black Sea.
- the de facto leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953
- the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953).
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- commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being
- an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
- a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off (by land) West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin.
- Involving atomic energy
- a competition between two or more parties to have the best armed forces.
- the American program to aid Europe, in which the United States gave economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Soviet Communism.
- a constitutionally communist state that existed between 1922 and 1991,
- a mutual defense treaty between eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War.
- the first artificial Earth satellite.
- Action taken by states or alliances of nations against equally powerful alliances to prevent hostile action
21 Clues: Involving atomic energy • the first artificial Earth satellite. • the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953). • southern Ukraine, on the north coast of the Black Sea. • is the capital city of Germany and one of the 16 states of Germany • the countries that opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War • ...
ErinGrove 2013-01-25
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- power to reduce the length of a sentence
- (3 words no space) sworn by the president the day he takes office
- mercy or leniency
- political party's principals
- (2 words no space) Meetings at which delegates vote to pick their Presidential and vice-presidential candidates
- (2 words no space) Electors would be chosen in each state in the same way as members of Congress
- (2 words no space)Each presidential candidate would receive the same share of a states electoral vote as he of she received in the states popular vote
- (3 words no space) An unwelcome person
- (2 words no space) paints a picture of the president as a emperor
- (2 words no space)The scheme by which a presidential vacancy is filled
- (3 words no space) presidents cancellation of a specific dollar amount from congressional spending
- (2 words no space) directive, rule, or regulation that has an effect on the law
- (two words no space) forms of communication(TV and the Internet)
- people who can cast votes
- (2 words no space) The group of people chosen from each state and the District of Columbia to formally select the President and Vice President
- (3 words no space)Would keep much of the electoral college system intact, especially the winner-take-all feature
- (2 words no space) a pact between the president and the head of a foreign state
- (2 words no space) arises from two sources : the constitution and acts of congress
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- (3 words no space) candidate who wins preference automatically wins
- (3 words no space) Ceremonial Head of the government of the United States
- a formal agreement between two sovereign states
- (2words no space) election where a party's voters choose some or all of a state party organization's delegates to their party's organization's delegates
- (2 words no space) any candidate who wins at least 15% of the votes cast in a primary gets the # of that States Democratic convention delegates
- The exclusive power of a president to recognize foreign states
- (2words no space) Usually a "barn-burner"
- (2words no space) The Executive power
- postponement of execution of a sentence
- legal forgiveness of a crime
- (2 words no space) votes cast by electors in the electoral college
- blanket pardon
30 Clues: blanket pardon • mercy or leniency • people who can cast votes • political party's principals • legal forgiveness of a crime • (2words no space) The Executive power • (3 words no space) An unwelcome person • postponement of execution of a sentence • power to reduce the length of a sentence • (2words no space) Usually a "barn-burner" • ...
First Reciever 2021-12-13
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- is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with protecting public health and safety related to nuclear energy.
- emergency management is the organization and management of the resources and responsibilities for dealing with all humanitarian aspects of emergencies.
- Employees at the hospital engaged in decontamination and treatment of patients who were contaminated by a hazardous substance(s) during an emergency incident.
- is a hazardous substance that is on the patient's skin, has been inhaled r ingested by he/her, or has been injected into that individual.
- is committed to achieving and maintaining a safe and healthy environment that advances Temple’s excellence in education, research, and health care
- "improving the health, safety, and well-being of America"
- the patient is subjected to a hazardous substance through any route of entry (inhalation, ingestion, absorption, and/ or injection)
- s the agency in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania responsible for protecting and preserving the land, air, water, and public health through enforcement of the state's environmental laws.
- is "the federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries"
- an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces.
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- is the process of removing or neutralizing a hazardous substance(s) so that it can no longer pose a hazard to the patient.
- Personnel who initially respond to emergencies
- independent executive agency of the United States federal government tasked with environmental protection matters.
- the United States federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness
- the national public health agency of the United States
- Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives
- a large regulatory agency of the United States Department of Labor that originally had federal visitorial powers to inspect and examine workplaces.
- holds those responsibilities within a healthcare facility using ionizing radiation for medical procedures.
- focuses on minimizing human health risks associated with exposure to hazardous substances.
- the U.S. federal government, responsible for occupational safety and health, wage and hour standards, unemployment benefits, reemployment services, and occasionally, economic statistics.
20 Clues: Personnel who initially respond to emergencies • the national public health agency of the United States • Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives • "improving the health, safety, and well-being of America" • focuses on minimizing human health risks associated with exposure to hazardous substances. • ...
Unit 2 Vocab 2022-01-31
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- Amendment- Any person born in the United States or considered a citizen of the united states will be loyal to their state and country.
- Rights Act of 1964- Prohibits the discrimination between those of different backgrounds such as race, gender, or religion.
- Being loyal to a specific country
- Prejudice against a certain ethnic group, race, religion, gender, etc.
- Those who were selected for DACA
- Amendment-The right to vote would not be obstructed by gender
- children to come to America and pursue education for better opportunities
- Pot Theory”- States the different backgrounds that create the American body will be forgotten as time progresses and mixes the cultures together.
- Adjustment Act 1966- Gave Cuban workers the ability to reside and work in the United States.
- Amendment-A citizen’s right to vote would not be taken away due to the inability to pay taxes.
- Amendment- Alcohol transportation or production would be prohibited but consuming it was allowed.
- but Equal- A doctrine that stated that racial discrimination did not legally violate the 14th amendment
- To be accepted into another country which you are not from.
- To take away the privileges of owning a business.
- To move from one country to another for better opportunities.
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- Amendment- All citizens of the United States, no matter the race, religion, or color have the right to vote.
- participation- events which citizens should participate
- Amendment- Put a stop to slavery and acts that would be done involuntarily unless it is a consequence of a crime.
- To focus more on a rural place to gain benefit.
- IX- A law that prohibits discrimination due to the gender of an individual.
- The separation between a group of people
- Exclusion Act- Prohibits workers of Chinese descent to work for 10 years.
- Refusal to serve customers from an area that was considered low income or consisted of predominantly minority groups.
- Amendments- Claimed that Amendment 18 would not be put into action.
- Foot, Dry Foot” Policy- States that any new immigrants from Cuba would be able to live in America, one year later.
- Amendment- Gave citizens aged 18 or older the right to vote.
- Housing Act- Prohibits discrimination among the location of where people live pertaining to race, religion, or ethnicity.
27 Clues: Those who were selected for DACA • Being loyal to a specific country • The separation between a group of people • To focus more on a rural place to gain benefit. • To take away the privileges of owning a business. • participation- events which citizens should participate • To be accepted into another country which you are not from. • ...
Sets 2021-08-04
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- ___law states that (A ∪ B)’ = A’ ∩ B’
- ___intervals are denoted by []
- a set contains ______
- ____set has indefinite number of elements
- ____set has no elements
- _____on sets include union, intersection etc..
- ___diagram are used to represent relations between sets
- Two finite sets A and B are said to be _____ if the number of elements are equal
- set-___ form and roster form are used to represent sets
- A set can have closed and open _____
- ____ form is also known as tabular form
- A set A is said to be a ___set of a set B if every element of B is also an element of A
- ___law states that A intersection (B union C) is equal to (B union A) intersection (C union A)
- __law states that A union (B union C) is equal to (A union B) union C
- ____law states that Set A union to null set or set A intersection to Universal set is equal to set A
- The __ of A and B is the set that consists of all the elements of A and all the elements of B
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- ___set has definite number of elements
- _of a set A is denoted by A'
- ____difference is denoted by the delta sign
- the ___ of the sets A and B in this order is the set of elements which belong to A but not to B
- ___law states that A union B is equal to B union A
- _____law states that the union and intersect of the same set A is equal to set A
- __set contains all elements
- ____set is denoted by = sign
- ___set is also called empty set
- ___intervals are denoted by ()
- ___set is the collection of all subsets of a set
- The __ of sets A and B is the set of all elements which are common to both A and B
- ___set has only 1 element
- A set A is said to be a ___set of a set B if every element of A is also an element of B
- ____is a well-defined collection of objects
- Two sets A and B are said to be ___ sets if they have no elements in common
32 Clues: a set contains ______ • ____set has no elements • ___set has only 1 element • __set contains all elements • _of a set A is denoted by A' • ____set is denoted by = sign • ___intervals are denoted by [] • ___intervals are denoted by () • ___set is also called empty set • A set can have closed and open _____ • ___law states that (A ∪ B)’ = A’ ∩ B’ • ...
Progressive Era 2022-10-21
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- A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
- A period political reform across the United States of America
- Developed to help workers get better conditions, shorter hours and higher wages
- The 26th president of the United States; created the 'Big Stick Diplomacy'
- The last queen of Hawaii
- One of the main leaders and strategists of the campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; Leader of the militant National Woman’s Party
- In the late 1800s the US acquired Puerto Rico, Philippines, Samoa, Guam, Wake Island, and________
- The 28th president of the United States; created the 'Missionary Diplomacy'
- The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- A novel that portrays the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the US
- Substantially lowered tariff rates
- The gun used to push the Spanish forces off of the hills outside of Santiago
- A civil rights activist who led the Niagara Movement and later helped form the NAACP
- Established the Federal Reserve System as the central bank of the United States
- Journalists who exposed the horrible conditions of society in their writings
- A movement dedicated to promoting moderation and complete abstinence in the use of alcohol
- The 27th president of the United States; created the 'Dollar Diplomacy'
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- A movie made in 2004 about women suffrage
- An American writer, muckraker and political activist; Wrote The Jungle
- The leader of the National American Woman’s Association
- A lock-type canal made to allow boats to travel between Atlantic and Pacific easier
- The country the first battle of the Spanish American War was fought
- Refused the US the right to build the Panama Canal
- The country that wanted to be free from Spain
- An international conflict from 1914–1918; also know as the Great War
- U.S. marines played a key role in defending the legations during the siege
- The right to vote in political elections
- Tax charged by a government directly on income
- To make changes in something, typically social, political, or economic in order to improve it
- A United States Navy ship that sank in Havana Harbor due to a mysterious explosion
30 Clues: The last queen of Hawaii • Substantially lowered tariff rates • The right to vote in political elections • A movie made in 2004 about women suffrage • The country that wanted to be free from Spain • Tax charged by a government directly on income • Refused the US the right to build the Panama Canal • The leader of the National American Woman’s Association • ...
Constitution 2022-10-06
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- James Madison's plan proposed bicameral, or two-house, legislature with membership or representation based on population
- a change or addition to the constitution
- the branch of government that interprets the laws and the Constitution.
- the provisions in the U.S. Constitution that prevent any branch of the U.S. government from dominating the other two branches.
- establishes that the federal constitution, and federal law generally, take precedence over state laws, and even state constitutions.
- he lower chamber of the United States Congress, states' number of members is based off of population
- the Constitutional Convention's agreement to count three-fifths of a state's slaves as population for purposes of representation and taxation.
- the branch of government that makes laws.
- a group selected by the states to elect the president and the vice-president, in which each state's number of electors is equal to the number of its senators and representatives in Congress.
- the branch of government that administers and enforces the laws.
- a government that has a two-house legislative system, such as the House of Representatives and the Senate
- the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, added in 1791 and consisting of a formal list of citizens' rightsand freedoms
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- to formally charge an official with misconduct in office. the process of accusing a public official of wrongdoing
- an opponent of a strong central government
- the official approval of the constitution, or of an amendment, by the states.
- the Supreme Court's power to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional
- the group of department heads who serve as the president's chief advisers.
- the upper chamber in a bicameral legislature each state has equal number of members
- The power of the President to refuse to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevent its enactment into law
- the Constitutional Convention's agreement to establish a two-house national legislature, with all states having equal representation in one house and each state having representation based on its population in the other house.
- William Patterson's Plan which proposed a single-house congress in which states had an equal vote
- a series of essays defending and explaining the Constitution, written by alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and john Jay.
- supporters of the Constitution and of a strong national government.
23 Clues: a change or addition to the constitution • the branch of government that makes laws. • an opponent of a strong central government • the branch of government that administers and enforces the laws. • supporters of the Constitution and of a strong national government. • the branch of government that interprets the laws and the Constitution. • ...
AP Government Chapter 3 2024-02-16
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- transferring responsibility for policies from the federal government to state and local governments
- grants distributed according to a formula specified in legislation or in administrative regulations
- Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution's final paragraph; authorizes Congress to pass all necessary law to carry out their "enumerated powers"
- legal process where a state surrenders a person who has committed a crime in another state to that state
- interactions between local, state, and national governments; includes regulations, sharing of information, and transfers of funds
- provision of the Constitution that gives citizens the rights of the state they are in
- 1819 Supreme Court decision that established the supremacy of the national government over state governments
- grants given for specific purposes and awarded on basis of the merits of application
- Article IV clause that requires every state to recognize the judicial proceedings of other states
- pattern of taxing, providing grants, and spending in the federal government
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- clause in Article VI of the Constitution that makes all national laws as well as the Constitution and relevant treaties supreme over state laws, so long as the national government is acting justly
- grants given more or less automatically to states or communities to support broad programs in areas such as community development and social services
- explicitly listed powers that the federal government has according to the Constitution
- powers of the federal government that go beyond those enumerated in the Constitution
- 1824 case in which the Supreme Court interpreted a clause in Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution as defining Congress' power to regulate interstate commerce as encompassing every form of commercial activity
- grants that can only be used for certain categories of state and local spending
- system of government in which states and the national government share powers and policy assignments
- constitutional amendment saying that "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by is to the states are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people"
- a central government that holds the power in a nation
- system of government where the national and state governments are supreme in their own areas with their own responsibilities and powers
- a way of organizing a nation so that authority is divided among government for the good of the people
21 Clues: a central government that holds the power in a nation • pattern of taxing, providing grants, and spending in the federal government • grants that can only be used for certain categories of state and local spending • powers of the federal government that go beyond those enumerated in the Constitution • ...
POLS 1101 Chp 2 & 3 2019-08-29
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- View that states have strong independent authority to resist federal rules under the Constitution.
- sovereignty is constitutionally divided between national and state governments
- ultimate authority rests with the state (or regional) governments.
- – allows Congress to provide for the common defense and common good of the country.
- ultimate authority rests with the national government.
- initial governing authority of the United States
- Gives Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper to the powers enumerated in Article I, Section 8.
- not expressly granted to Congress but added through the necessary and proper clause.
- held by both the national and state governments in a federal system.
- gives Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, with Indian tribes, and the states.
- required states to return runaway slaves; negated by the Thirteenth Amendment
- authorizes each branch of government to share powers with the other branches, thereby holding some scrutiny of and control over the other branches.
- an agreement between the small and large states which defined the legislative structure and representation each state would have.
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- powers retained by the states under the Constitution.
- – rule by the people
- pres. Roosevelt's proposal in 1937 to "reform" the Supreme Court by appointing an additional justice for each justice older than 70.
- where state governments and the federal government basically have separate functions.
- – Federal law is superior to state laws.
- 1819 Supreme Court decision that gave Congress the right to create a bank.
- – court’s authority to declare laws passed by Congress and acts of the executive branch to be unconstitutional
- people who supported the Constitution during the ratification period
- – a set of Electors, elected by the people, who elect a candidate to (
- opposed to a strong central government
- authority is divided among branches, each holding separate and independent powers and areas of responsibility.
- explicitly granted to Congress by the Constitution.
- Initial governing authority of the United States
- Process for selecting state judges whereby the original nomination is by appointment, and subsequent retention is by a retention election.
- Form of democracy; political power is exercised directly by citizens.
- derives from citizens, but public officials make policy and govern according to existing law.
- the supreme law of the US.
30 Clues: – rule by the people • the supreme law of the US. • opposed to a strong central government • – Federal law is superior to state laws. • Initial governing authority of the United States • initial governing authority of the United States • explicitly granted to Congress by the Constitution. • powers retained by the states under the Constitution. • ...
Autumn's CH 18 Review 2023-03-15
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- Money, awarded to someone as a recompense for loss, injury, or suffering
- A person who advocated or supported the abolition of slavery in the U.S.
- One of the 3 states the grand compromise would deal with
- Taken against will/ being forced
- Southern and Northerners fought for slavery to be or to not be in this state
- Intense fear of something
- An agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions
- Not turning out as planed or something going wrong
- The state of being a slave a volume containing several novels or other items previously published separately
- Due to popular sovereignty slavery was allowed to continue here
- An American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
- The wealth and resources of a country or region
- Is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States
- Government land/properties
- A territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
- relating to or involed with politics
- They were named rebels and where the people that made up the Confederacy
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- A State that we got as a result of the Mexican-American War
- Inflicting a penalty or sanction on someone for doing wrong
- An agreement between the United States and Mexico in which the United States agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for a 29,670 square mile portion of Mexico
- Government based on consent of the people
- An act that required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state
- A series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory
- An American author and abolitionist,she became best known for her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin
- The function of senses
- A novel that had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S.
- They were named Yankees and where the people that made up the union
- A package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that temporarily defused tensions between slave and free states
- Where bleeding Kansas took place
- People who live in a town or county
30 Clues: The function of senses • Intense fear of something • Government land/properties • Taken against will/ being forced • Where bleeding Kansas took place • People who live in a town or county • relating to or involed with politics • Government based on consent of the people • The wealth and resources of a country or region • Not turning out as planed or something going wrong • ...
Causes of the Civil War 2025-09-10
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- General who caught John Brown, resulting in the latter's execution
- New political party founded on antislavery principles
- Act of leaving the United States
- Senator and 1844 presidential candidate who developed the American System and wrote the Missouri Compromise
- War between the United States and Mexico that started over a border dispute regarding Texas
- Territory in the southwestern United States that was part of the Mexican Cession and eventually became the name of a state
- Proposed (and failed) law that would ban slavery in the entire Mexican Cession
- War War between 1861-65 that was primarily fought over slavery
- Territory in the Pacific Northwest that was contested between the United States and Britain
- President who initiated the annexation of Texas
- Law that admitted Kansas and Nebraska as territories and officially repealed the Missouri Compromise
- Name of the treaty that ended the Mexican War
- President elected in 1844 who championed Manifest Destiny
- Belief that God wanted America to span from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
- Mineral that was discovered in California that caused its population to rapidly increase
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- Location in (currently West) Virginia that was the site of John Brown's raid
- State that started out as part of Mexico, became an independent country, and then was annexed into the United States
- Slave who sued for his freedom and lost, resulting in the Supreme Court ruling Black people as noncitizens and slaves as property
- Concept of states being allowed to choose whether or not to allow slavery, regardless of their geographic location
- River that serves as Texas' current southern border
- Violence in Kansas between pro- and anti-slavery factions
- Type of law that required runaway slaves to be returned to their owners
- First state to secede in December 1860, causing others to follow
- Collective name for the territory gained from the Mexican War
- State that was admitted as a SLAVE state following the Missouri Compromise
- Act of absorbing one country into another
- Abolitionist who participated in Bleeding Kansas and led the Raid of Harpers Ferry
- 16th president and first republican president
- State drawn from the Mexican Cession that wanted to be admitted as a free state, causing the Compromise of 1850
- State that was admitted as a FREE state following the Missouri Compromise
30 Clues: Act of leaving the United States • Act of absorbing one country into another • 16th president and first republican president • Name of the treaty that ended the Mexican War • President who initiated the annexation of Texas • River that serves as Texas' current southern border • New political party founded on antislavery principles • ...
Final Exam Crossword 2020-06-12
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- A man known for exploring the area of water between Vancouver Island and the Olympic Peninsula
- An encampment of the Lewis and Clark expedition located near the mouth of the Columbia River
- An officer of the British Royal Navy best known for exploring and charting areas along the pacific coast including Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and part of current British Columbia in Canada
- This campaign slogan was used during the Polk campaign of 1944 referencing a disputed portion of Washington State
- A Shoshone woman who helped the Lewis and Clark expedition in achieving their mission objectives by exploring the territory from the Louisiana Purchase
- A fur trading post set on the northern bank of the Columbia River
- A time during 1843 when many emigrants left along the Oregon Trail
- This person helped Spain explore the Pacific Ocean
- A 19th centure cultural belief that the settlers were destined to expand across North America
- This person explored the territory of the Louisiana Purchase with Meriwether Lewis
- A meeting between the United States and many Native American tribes in the Pacific Northwest
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- A German-American fur trader that built a monopoly and became the first multi-millionaire in the United States
- A conflict between the United States and the Yakima primarily taking place around southern Washington
- A fur trading business located around the Hudson Bay in Canada
- A british explorer who made voyages to the Pacific Ocean, finding Australia, New Zealand, and the Hawaiian Islands
- A U.S. Army post located 3 miles north of Colville, Washington
- The first governor of Washington State and had been governor of the Washington State territory
- A confrontation between the United States and the United Kingdom over the British-American border between Vancouver and the State of Washington
- This treaty made the US-Canadian border run along a straight line on the 49th parallel
- A Suquamish and Duwamish chief who made a speech arguing in favor of ecological responsibility and respect of Native American's rights
- A chinook word meaning "by and by" which is the unofficial state motto for Washington
- A group of people who live in the United States and Canada between the Great Lakes and the Rocky Mountains
- A governer of the Territory of Washington and a delegate in the United States House of Representatives
23 Clues: This person helped Spain explore the Pacific Ocean • A fur trading business located around the Hudson Bay in Canada • A U.S. Army post located 3 miles north of Colville, Washington • A fur trading post set on the northern bank of the Columbia River • A time during 1843 when many emigrants left along the Oregon Trail • ...
Chapters 2 & 3 2019-08-26
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- Authority of courts to declare laws passed by Congress and acts of the executive branch to be constitutional
- Give each branch some authority over the powers of the other branches
- Formal process of changing the Constitution
- Authority of the president to block legislation passed by Congress
- System of government where sovereignty is constitutionally divided between national and state government
- A listing of rights retained by the people that Congress not have the authority to take away
- Established a tax on virtually all forms of paper used by colonists
- Those who supported the Constitution named themselves this
- Declared American independence from Great Britain
- Powers not expressly granted to Congress but added through the necessary and proper clause
- Right of states to invalidate acts of Congress they believe to be illegal
- Gives Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper to the powers enumerated in Section 8
- The fundamental law undergirding the structure of government
- Rule by the people
- Powers held by both the national and state governments in a federal system
- Broad coalitions of interests organized to win elections in order to enact a commonly supported set of public policies
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- Those who opposed the new proposed Constitution became known as this
- To formally withdraw from a nation-state
- Compromise on legislative representation whereby the lower chamber is based on population, and the upper chamber provides equal representation to the states.
- Initial government authority of the United States
- Form of government where power derives from citizens, but public officials make policy and govern according to existing law
- Divides the powers that remained with the national government among the three branches
- Meeting in 1787 where twelve states intended to revise the Articles of Confederation but ended up talking about a new constitution
- System of government where ultimate authority rests with the regional government
- System of government where ultimate power rests with the national government
- Powers retained by the states under the Constitution
- Proposed convention of states to consider granting the national government the power to tax and to regulate
- Powers expressly granted to Congress by the Constitution
- The presidential electors
- Revolutionary war hero
30 Clues: Rule by the people • Revolutionary war hero • The presidential electors • To formally withdraw from a nation-state • Formal process of changing the Constitution • Initial government authority of the United States • Declared American independence from Great Britain • Powers retained by the states under the Constitution • ...
FORMING A GOVERNMENT 2021-01-14
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- New federal constitution that would give sovereignty or supreme power to the central government
- People who opposed the Constitution and thought that the Constitutional Convention should not have created a new government
- Includes the president and the departments that help run the government
- Held in May 1787 in Philadelphia's Independence Hall to improve the Articles of Confederation held in May 1787 in Philadelphia's Independence Hall to improve the Articles of Confederation
- Opposed the Constitution and believed the guaranteeing individual rights
- commerce, Trade between two or more states
- The right to vote by allowing any white man who paid taxes to vote
- Land was split into townships which were 36 square miles divided into 36 lots of 640 acres
- He co-wrote The Federalist Papers co-founded the Democratic-Republican Party and served as the fifth United States Secretary of State from 1801 to 1809
- Occurs when there are increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money
- A living document for more than 200 years
- This document declared that no person could be forced to attend a particular church or be required to pay for a church with tax money
- Keeps any branch from becoming too powerful
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- Plan The plan gave each state an equal number of votes and thus an equal voice in the federal government
- Made up of all the national courts
- The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution
- Taxes on imports or exports.
- A document signed by King John in 1215, made the king subject to law.
- These essays supporting the Constitution were written by Alexander Hamilton James Madison and John Jay
- Protest high taxes and heavy debt
- Must be approved by two-thirds majority of both houses of Congress and then ratified by three-fourths of the states before taking effect
- The agreement to make two-house legislature
- A set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government
- Included areas that are now Illinois Indiana Michigan Ohio Minnesota and Wisconsin
- Supporters of the Constitution
- A period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment
26 Clues: Taxes on imports or exports. • Supporters of the Constitution • Protest high taxes and heavy debt • Made up of all the national courts • A living document for more than 200 years • commerce, Trade between two or more states • The agreement to make two-house legislature • Keeps any branch from becoming too powerful • ...
Midterm Exam Review 2021-10-06
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- This Black Nationalist named himself the "provisional President of Africa" in 1922
- She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
- Where was the first tactic of the sit-in protest first used?
- Word used to describe the formal release (or liberation) of slaves from slavery by a master.
- This event took place from 1861 to 1865
- This amendment to the Constitution emancipated all slaves in the U.S. states and territories
- There are this many models of interdisciplinary approaches utilized by Africanists in the study of Africa.
- He was one of the founders of the Black Panther Party
- This Black person ran for president of the United States in 1984 and 1988
- Tuskegee Institute, a historically black educational institution, was organized by this individual, who also called for blacks to "...cast down their buckets" to whites
- This term is broadly defined to mean that people of African descent share a community of interests
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- He was the founder of the Organization of Afro-American Unity
- The era from 1863 to 1877
- She was a well-known African American activist who championed racial equality and women's suffrage in the late 19th and early 20th century
- This amendment to the Constitution states "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude"
- He established the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History.
- Religious abolitionist group
- This Black Nationalist is "universally considered the intellectual godfather of Pan-Africanism" and is heralded as "one of the most important theoreticians of separatists ideology"
- This term describes the process of developing spaces, which included veteran slaves teaching new places working routine
- Vast region known for its black soil, cotton, and black-majority counties.
- This Black person ran for president of the United States in 1972
- This term is used to describe The Supreme Court decision in Plessy vs. Ferguson that declared blacks and whites "separate but equal" in 1896.
- This famous Black Civil Rights leader was assassinated in 1968
23 Clues: The era from 1863 to 1877 • Religious abolitionist group • This event took place from 1861 to 1865 • He was one of the founders of the Black Panther Party • Where was the first tactic of the sit-in protest first used? • He was the founder of the Organization of Afro-American Unity • This famous Black Civil Rights leader was assassinated in 1968 • ...
Divided Nation CrossWord 2023-04-16
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- First and only president of the Confederate States of America after the election of President Abraham Lincoln in 1860 led to the secession of many southern states
- Democratic candidate for president in 1852 and the 14th president of the United States.
- an American politician and pro-slavery nominee for president, he debated against Abraham Lincoln
- Sixteenth president of the United states, he opposed slavery and argues that African Americans had a right to "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"
- a law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves; allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal
- Senator from Tennessee, he supported the Union over slavery and helped found the Constitutional Union Part.
- the dude who beat Charles Sumner with a cane
- the dude who got beat by the cane
- a political party formed in the 1850s to stop the spread of slavery in the West
- a devotion to the interest of one geographic region over the interests of the country as a whole
- a proposal to outlaw slavery in the territory added to the United States by the Mexcian Cession
- an incident in which abolitionist John Brown and 21 other men captured a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia
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- a law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery.
- the nation formed by the southern states when the seceded from the union: also known as the Confederacy
- an incident in which abolitionist John Brown and seven other men murdered pro-slavery Kansas
- Henery Clays proposed agreement that allowed California to enter the union as a free state and divided the rest of the Mexican Cession into two territories
- a statement made by Stephen Douglas during the Lincoln-Douglas debates that pointed out how people could use popular sovereignty to determine if they wanted a free or slave state
- a political party formed in 1860 by a group of northerners and southerners who supported the Union, its laws, and the COnstitiution
- Enslaved African American who filed suit for his freedom stating that his time living in a free state made him a free man.
- a political party formed in 1848 by antislavery northerners who left the Whig and Democratic parties because neither addresses the slavery issue
20 Clues: the dude who got beat by the cane • the dude who beat Charles Sumner with a cane • a political party formed in the 1850s to stop the spread of slavery in the West • a law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery. • Democratic candidate for president in 1852 and the 14th president of the United States. • ...
6th Grade Final Exam Crossword 2023-05-17
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- A Christian monk who was upset with the Catholic Church who later caused division in it was Martin ____________.
- The language spoken in Brazil.
- The empire that was responsible for conquering much of Europe, influencing it greatly.
- The abbreviation for the large communist country created after World War I in Europe.
- The ocean by Antarctica.
- Canada is located in _________ America.
- Military trips made by Europeans to the Christian holy land.
- In communism, everything is supposed to be _________.
- The first permanent settlement in North America is located in what state?
- When Black Americans moved from southern rural areas to northern urban areas, it was known as the Great ___________.
- The oldest and longest mountain chain in the Eastern United States.
- The continent France is located on.
- Egypt is located on this continent.
- The legislative, executive, and _________ are the three branches of the US government.
- The duo who explored the western part of the United States were Lewis and _______.
- The ocean between Africa and Australia.
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- A ranking system that puts people in classes, groups, or orders is a social _____________.
- To change from a farming society to one that makes things in factories.
- Brazil is located in _________ America.
- The first Christian Roman emperor.
- The imaginary line that measures 0 degrees and divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
- Instead of states, Canada has ______________.
- A person who hunts or takes food from the ground is known as a hunter ____________.
- Crops were easy to grow in Europe because they had ________ soil.
- The river that supplies much of the water for people and irrigation in the Western United States.
- Vast rainforests are found in this climate zone.
- The landform that covers much of the area just west of the Mississippi River.
- The continent China is located on.
- The wealth and resources of a country.
- The ocean that touches the EAST coast of the United States.
- The ocean that touches the WEST coast of the United States.
- The only continent that is an island.
- The largest country in South America.
- Another name for a line of longitude.
- The war that lasted for nearly 50 years where no atomic missiles were fired and everyone was nervous.
35 Clues: The ocean by Antarctica. • The language spoken in Brazil. • The first Christian Roman emperor. • The continent China is located on. • The continent France is located on. • Egypt is located on this continent. • The only continent that is an island. • The largest country in South America. • Another name for a line of longitude. • The wealth and resources of a country. • ...
20th Century 2013-01-22
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- modern leader who brought democracy and free market capitalism to the Soviet Union
- A 20th/century competition between the United States and the Soviet Union for supremecy in space exploration
- Alliance of nations including Germany and Japan during WWII
- Alliance of nations including the U.S., Britain, and the Soviet Union during WWII
- The theatre where Allies battled Germany
- non-fighting war between the United States and the Soviet Union over influence in the world
- U.S. ideology stating that if one country fell to communism then neighboring countries would follow suit
- nuclear weapon used to defeat Japan and save American lives
- When money loses value while the costs of goods increases
- Racial discrimination directed towards Jewish people
- U.S. naval base that was bombed by the Japanese forcing the U.S. to enter WWII
- created by the United Nations in 1947 as a Jewish homeland
- Site where Soviet arms were smuggled in order to put military pressure on America
- Communist leader and successor to Vladimir Lenin who developed the Five Year Plan
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- The theatre where the United States fought Japan
- U.S. foreign policy focusing on suppressing the spread of Communism
- country that saw two wars with the United States over territory, resources, and alleged weapons of mass destruction
- Post-World War II alliance headed by the Soviet Union
- military strategy designed to defeat Japan one island at a time
- Bolshevik leader who began the communist Russian Revolution
- the geographic region containing Japan's empire
- work camp; place where prisoners were forced to perform menial tasks
- nation in the middle east punished after World War II for its alliance with Germany
- successor to the League of Nations; designed to prevent future wars
- An unsuccessful military invasion into Cuba to halt Fidel Castro's nationalistic policies
- Avoiding war by making concessions to Hitler's actions
- Treaty that ended WWI and punished Germany
- A 20th/century competition between the United States and the Soviet Union for supremecy in military weaponry
- the systematic mass extermination of the Jewish people
- place where prisoners were sent for extermination
- Post-World War II alliance headed by the United States
31 Clues: The theatre where Allies battled Germany • Treaty that ended WWI and punished Germany • the geographic region containing Japan's empire • The theatre where the United States fought Japan • place where prisoners were sent for extermination • Racial discrimination directed towards Jewish people • Post-World War II alliance headed by the Soviet Union • ...
Chapter 10 - TL 2021-12-09
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- A system of secret routes used by escaping slaves to reach freedom in the North or Canada.
- United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state.
- Successor of Zachary Taylor, and signs into law many compromises.
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court when Dred Scott decision was made.
- Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
- The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.
- Stephen Douglas’s belief in popular sovereignty, stated during the Freeport debate.
- Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that spoke out against slavery.
- Laws passed by Northern states forbidding the imprisonment of slaves.
- Political party formed in 1854, Its main goal was to stop the spread of slavery.
- Explorer/adventurer who led the overthrow of Mexican rule in California after war broke out, ran for president 1856.
- President of the Union who was against slavery.
- 1846 proposal that outlawed slavery in any territory gained from the War with Mexico.
- A law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery.
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- Political party of the 1850s that was anti-Catholic and anti-immigrant.
- A founder of the Republican Party, Abolitionist.
- Law that provided for harsh treatment for escaped slaves and those who helped them.
- Abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia.
- President of the Confederate States of America.
- Term referring to bloodshed over population sovereignty in a particular western territory.
- A policy favoring native-born individuals over foreign-born ones.
- A government in which the people rule by their own consent.
- Illinois politician who helped smooth over sectional conflict in 1850 but then reignited it in 1854.
- Agreement designed to ease tensions caused by the expansion of slavery into western territories.
- Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation.
- Former slave who helped slaves escape on the Underground Railroad.
- A political party formed in 1848 to oppose the extension of slavery into U.S. territories.
- President who supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
- Ran for the Democrat Party in the Election of 1856-won, endorses proslavery Constitution.
- Location of federal arsenal that John Brown raided to get guns to arm slaves.
30 Clues: Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin. • President of the Confederate States of America. • President of the Union who was against slavery. • A founder of the Republican Party, Abolitionist. • President who supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act. • Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation. • A government in which the people rule by their own consent. • ...
Review: States' Rights and Federal Authority 2024-12-02
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- Key U.S. Supreme Court decisions expanded federal _____ through the Civil War and Reconstruction
- In dealing with the _____ , the “New Deal” strengthened the federal government again in the 1930s.
- _____ powers are any powers that state governments keep under the Tenth Amendment.
- Throughout the country’s history, the state and federal governments of the United States have struggled over _____.
- How should power be distributed among local, state, and federal governments?
- _____ governments are responsible for local issues like education, voting, and police protection.
- This is known as the “_____ Clause” because of its flexibility.
- In a _____ central government has limited powers and depends on the consent of the individual units to implement decisions.
- The U.S. Congress also can pass any laws that are “_____” to carry them out.
- Under the Articles of Confederation the states retain _____ and can ignore the central government’s decisions if they choose.
- A system of government that divides government power between a national government and regional governments.
- Expressed,or _____ powers are those listed in the Constitution as belonging to the federal government.
- In a _____ the individual units (states) retain most of the sovereignty and delegate limited powers to a central authority.
- Powers shared by both federal and state governments.
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- The Court ____ federal authority in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
- _____ are usually held together by agreements rather than a strong national constitution.
- More than_____ government is in charge in the United States
- The _____ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, known as the states' rights amendment, is the last amendment in the Bill of Rights.
- The ______ government is responsible for broader governance like the economy and national defense.
- Federal laws take priority over state laws if the two come into conflict due to the _____ Clause.
- _____ laws generally supersede state laws in case of conflict.
- There is typically a strong national _____ that limits the power of regional governments.
- The _____ plays a large role in defining implied powers when it tests whether federal laws are constitutional.
- In a _____ power is shared between a central and regional governments with the central government holding significant authority.
- The federal government also holds _____ powers that aren’t listed in the Constitution but are needed to carry out other powers.
- The states' rights amendment limits the federal government to the _____ powers outlined in the Constitution.
- Confederations are usually held together by _____ rather than a strong national constitution.
- The _____ government has direct authority over both the states and the citizens.
28 Clues: Powers shared by both federal and state governments. • More than_____ government is in charge in the United States • _____ laws generally supersede state laws in case of conflict. • This is known as the “_____ Clause” because of its flexibility. • The Court ____ federal authority in the late 1800s and early 1900s. • ...
Happenings of the Civil War 2025-04-02
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- U.S. currency introduced during the Civil War, not backed by gold but by the Union’s credibility.
- A Union victory that split the Confederacy in two by taking control of the Mississippi River.
- The Union strategy to blockade Southern ports, capture the Mississippi River, and take Richmond to defeat the Confederacy.
- Slave states that remained in the Union during the Civil War.
- The Confederate general who surrendered at Appomattox Court House, ending the war.
- The drafting of citizens for military service.
- A Union general who trained and planned for the Army of the Potomac.
- A Union campaign of destruction through Georgia, an early example of total war.
- Steam-powered warships armored with iron plates, making wooden ships obsolete.
- A Confederate victory in 1861 that ended hopes of a quick Northern triumph.
- A key three-day battle that marked the turning point of the war in favor of the Union.
- A Union general best known for his victory at Gettysburg.
- The Union general who led the North to victory and later became the 18th president of the U.S.
- The 16th president of the United States from 1861 to 1865.
- A faction of Republicans who pushed for greater rights for freed slaves.
- A Union general who led the destruction of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.
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- A speech by Abraham Lincoln emphasizing national unity and honoring fallen soldiers.
- The site in South Carolina where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
- The location in Virginia where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, ending the Civil War.
- The actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre.
- The bloodiest single-day battle in American history, halting Lee’s invasion of the North.
- The first African American military regiment from the North during the Civil War.
- The nation formed by seceding Southern states, led by Jefferson Davis.
- The order by Lincoln that declared enslaved people free in Confederate states.
- Violent protests against conscription in New York City, which turned into racial violence.
- A Confederate general known for his leadership and battlefield tactics.
- The holiday marking the announcement of freedom for enslaved people in Texas on June 19, 1865.
- The president of the Confederate States during the Civil War.
- The 17th president of the United States who took office after Lincoln’s assassination.
29 Clues: The drafting of citizens for military service. • A Union general best known for his victory at Gettysburg. • The 16th president of the United States from 1861 to 1865. • The actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre. • Slave states that remained in the Union during the Civil War. • The president of the Confederate States during the Civil War. • ...
Civil War Unit Review 2025-05-12
Across
- The side in the Civil War that had more factories & railroads
- The 15th Amendment made it illegal to deny citizens the right to ___ based on race
- The Confederates mainly played ___ since the Civil War was fought on their land
- To leave; South Carolina was the first southern states to do this
- The number of human deaths in the first battle of the Civil War
- Which side did Native Americans take
- The number of years the Civil War took
- Tru or Fal: President Lincoln wanted to end slavery & was willing to go to war to make it happen
- The 14th Amendment gave full rights to persons born or naturalized in the U.S. except for who?
- A system where farmers (generally Black) received supplies & land in exchange for a share of the crop/money to the (generally white) landowner
- The ___ Amendment officially ended slavery
- This bureau was created to provide them education, food, housing & medical aid
- States that had ended slavery, were in the North
- Andrew ___ became President after Lincoln's assissination
- Robert E. Lee ended up fighting with the Confederates because his home state of ___ was on their side
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- The Emancipation Proclamation ended slavery only in these states
- The era for the years after the Civil War, 1865-1877
- States that fought with the Union, but continued slavery
- The main issue of the Civil War
- What happened to President Lincoln while at Fords Theater
- After the battle at ___, President Lincoln gave a now famous speech to remind & rally Americans why they were fighting this deadly but important war
- States that broke away from the U.S., were in the South
- The battle at ___ was & still is the bloodiest day in American history
- African American soldiers did not have the same experience as white soldiers
- Control of this river was the importance of the battle at Vicksburg
- The century the Civil War occurred in
- Jefferson ___ was the leader of the Confederacy
- The side in the Civil War that had less food supply to depend on since their main crops were cotton & tobacco
- Name President Lincoln gave southern states
- Ya or No: Women were allowed to participate in the Civil War
- The Confederates surrendered & ended the war at a ___
31 Clues: The main issue of the Civil War • Which side did Native Americans take • The century the Civil War occurred in • The number of years the Civil War took • The ___ Amendment officially ended slavery • Name President Lincoln gave southern states • Jefferson ___ was the leader of the Confederacy • States that had ended slavery, were in the North • ...
States of Matter 2021-05-06
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- when a liquid turns into a gas, 2 types
- a liquid gets cold enough to become solid
- happens over time with gradual addition to thermal energy on the top of the liquid
- a state of matter where the molecules are semi close together and move at the equivalent of walking
- from solid straight to gas
- when thermal energy is added to a solid and it turns into a liquid
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- a gas that humans breathe out and plants convert to oxygen
- water vapor gets cold enough to merge with other water vapor to turn into rain, snow, sleet, extr.
- happens through the liquid once the liquid has reached a certain temperature and pressure
- a state of matter where molecules are spread out and move a lot
- a state of mater when molecules are close together and don't move much, holds its shape
11 Clues: from solid straight to gas • when a liquid turns into a gas, 2 types • a liquid gets cold enough to become solid • a gas that humans breathe out and plants convert to oxygen • a state of matter where molecules are spread out and move a lot • when thermal energy is added to a solid and it turns into a liquid • ...
States of Matter 2021-05-06
Across
- when a liquid turns into a gas, 2 types
- a liquid gets cold enough to become solid
- happens over time with gradual addition to thermal energy on the top of the liquid
- a state of matter where the molecules are semi close together and move at the equivalent of walking
- from solid straight to gas
- when thermal energy is added to a solid and it turns into a liquid
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- a gas that humans breathe out and plants convert to oxygen
- water vapor gets cold enough to merge with other water vapor to turn into rain, snow, sleet, extr.
- happens through the liquid once the liquid has reached a certain temperature and pressure
- a state of matter where molecules are spread out and move a lot
- a state of mater when molecules are close together and don't move much, holds its shape
11 Clues: from solid straight to gas • when a liquid turns into a gas, 2 types • a liquid gets cold enough to become solid • a gas that humans breathe out and plants convert to oxygen • a state of matter where molecules are spread out and move a lot • when thermal energy is added to a solid and it turns into a liquid • ...
States of Matter 2020-06-05
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- what is another way you can make gas
- What is one way you can make gas
- what kind of gas do people cook with
- what is the basic state of mater
- liquid particles have more space between them (true or false)
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- solids are arranged in
- what is the state of matter between solid and gas
- a solid has a stable and defined
- who is my favorite science teacher
- solid forms a liquid or
- is liquid a shape
- when a solid melts above its heating point it turns into
12 Clues: is liquid a shape • solids are arranged in • solid forms a liquid or • a solid has a stable and defined • What is one way you can make gas • what is the basic state of mater • who is my favorite science teacher • what is another way you can make gas • what kind of gas do people cook with • what is the state of matter between solid and gas • ...
