states Crossword Puzzles

Unit 2 Vocab 2022-01-31

Unit 2 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. Amendment- Any person born in the United States or considered a citizen of the united states will be loyal to their state and country.
  2. Rights Act of 1964- Prohibits the discrimination between those of different backgrounds such as race, gender, or religion.
  3. Being loyal to a specific country
  4. Prejudice against a certain ethnic group, race, religion, gender, etc.
  5. Those who were selected for DACA
  6. Amendment-The right to vote would not be obstructed by gender
  7. children to come to America and pursue education for better opportunities
  8. Pot Theory”- States the different backgrounds that create the American body will be forgotten as time progresses and mixes the cultures together.
  9. Adjustment Act 1966- Gave Cuban workers the ability to reside and work in the United States.
  10. Amendment-A citizen’s right to vote would not be taken away due to the inability to pay taxes.
  11. Amendment- Alcohol transportation or production would be prohibited but consuming it was allowed.
  12. but Equal- A doctrine that stated that racial discrimination did not legally violate the 14th amendment
  13. To be accepted into another country which you are not from.
  14. To take away the privileges of owning a business.
  15. To move from one country to another for better opportunities.
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  1. Amendment- All citizens of the United States, no matter the race, religion, or color have the right to vote.
  2. participation- events which citizens should participate
  3. Amendment- Put a stop to slavery and acts that would be done involuntarily unless it is a consequence of a crime.
  4. To focus more on a rural place to gain benefit.
  5. IX- A law that prohibits discrimination due to the gender of an individual.
  6. The separation between a group of people
  7. Exclusion Act- Prohibits workers of Chinese descent to work for 10 years.
  8. Refusal to serve customers from an area that was considered low income or consisted of predominantly minority groups.
  9. Amendments- Claimed that Amendment 18 would not be put into action.
  10. Foot, Dry Foot” Policy- States that any new immigrants from Cuba would be able to live in America, one year later.
  11. Amendment- Gave citizens aged 18 or older the right to vote.
  12. 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

The Real Number System Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. a decimal number with a certain number of digits
  2. the property that states that ifyou shift the parenthesis around in a multiplicaiton or addition problem, you'll get the same answer
  3. the property that states that you can change the order of numbers in a multiplication or addition problem and get the same answer
  4. the property that states that if you multiply any number by one, you'll get that same number
  5. the property that states that if you take any number and you multiply the reciprocal of itself by itself, you'll get 1
  6. the property that states that if you take any number and add the opposite of itself to itself, you'll get 0
  7. you can write a division problem as a ________
  8. a non terminating non repeating decimal that is used to find the curfumference and area of a circle
  9. a math statement that shows that one number/expression is not equal to another number/expression
  10. any number below 0
  11. any number that can be written as a fraction.
  12. best teacher
  13. a number with digits below the ones place (e.g. tenths, thousanths, etc)
  14. Whole numbers, negative numbers, and 0 are all ______
  15. the property where you distribute numbers in parenthesis to make a new problem.
  16. a math equation without an equal sign
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  1. a number in a multiplication problem that you multiply by another number to get the answer.
  2. a number that doesn't have a whole number for a square root
  3. a number with a whole number as a square root
  4. a number that cannot be represented as a fraction
  5. the property that states that if you add 0 to any number, you get that same number
  6. the opposite of a certain operation
  7. any number 0 and above
  8. any number 1 and above
  9. a decimal number that has one or multiple digits that endlessly repeat
  10. any number that isn't attached to or is not a variable
  11. a number attached to a variable. you multiply the variable by this.
  12. a letter used to represent an unknown value in a math problem
  13. a number that you multiply by itself to get another number
  14. 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

SS Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. the supreme court ruled that congress had implied power to create the second bank of the united states
  2. a landmark court case that established the principle of judicial review
  3. basic principles/laws of a nation
  4. three fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives
  5. the elected head of a republic
  6. friend of the people
  7. highest judicial court in a country/state
  8. makes laws,declare war,controls taxing, regulates interstate commerce
  9. officially made
  10. a person who opposed the ratification of the Constitution
  11. a treaty between Spain and the united states
  12. a process by which executive or legislative actions are subject to review
  13. relating to the government
  14. agreement that stopped antagonisms between the US and Britain
  15. a confrontation between the United States and France that led to the Quasi-war
  16. principle that people receive what they deserve
  17. the lower house of the US Congress
  18. political statements in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures said the Alein and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional
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  1. in charge of deciding the meaning of laws and how to apply them in real situations
  2. first ten amendments in the constitution
  3. a formal meeting or series of meetings for discussion between delegates
  4. proportional representation in the lower house and equal representation in the upper house
  5. Americas first constitution
  6. introduction to the constitution
  7. a land deal between the United States and France
  8. a person who advocates/supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority
  9. four acts passed by the federalists dominated the 5th US Congress
  10. part of the government that enforces laws
  11. the smaller upper assembly in the US Congress and most US states
  12. papers to support the constitution
  13. a protest for foreclosures of farms for debt
  14. nickname was given to a group of judges that were appointed by John Adams the night before he left office
  15. establish the number of
  16. a violent tax protest
  17. a group with a certain equality between its members
  18. 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

Constitution/Federalism Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share power
  2. Plan proposed by William Patterson where the legislature is unicameral and operated through the states
  3. Doctrine holding that state governments and the federal government have almost completely separate functions
  4. Powers held by both the state and national governments in a federal system
  5. While not specifically mentioned in the constitution, it may be inferred
  6. First ten amendments of the Constitution
  7. Powers expressly granted to Congress by the Constitution
  8. Powers retained by the states under the Constitution
  9. To formally withdraw from a nation state
  10. View that states have strong independent authority to resist federal rules under Congress
  11. Gives Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper to the powers enumerated in the Constitution
  12. Required colonists to export only certain items to Britain
  13. Gives Congress the right to regulate commerce with foreign countries, Indian tribes, and various states
  14. Process for selecting state judges whereby the original nomination is the appointment, and subsequent retention is by a retention election
  15. Rights of states to invalidate acts of Congress they believe illegal
  16. Roosevelts proposal for adding new justices to the supreme court so that the Court would uphold his policies
  17. Branch of government that makes laws
  18. The authority of the president to reject a law that the legislative bra
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  1. Plan proposed by James Madison where there is a bicameral legislature and operated through the people
  2. Proposed the Virginia Plan
  3. Branch of government that enforces laws and contains the President
  4. Government structure in which authority is divided among branches, with each having its own powers and responsibility
  5. Branch of government that reviews laws and contains the Supreme Court
  6. Form of democracy in which political power is exercised by citizens
  7. Proposed the New Jersey Plan
  8. Form of government where power derives from its citizens, but public officials make policy and govern according to the law
  9. The presidential electors, selected to represent the votes of their respective states, who cast the votes for the president every four years
  10. Authority of courts to declare laws passed by Congress and acts of the executive Branch to be unconstitutional
  11. Final document that contains the amendments and provides the guidelines for our government to this day
  12. 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

US Geography Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Lake Michigan borders this many states.
  2. Two thirds of this state is open land.
  3. How many states are in the Northeastern region?
  4. How many states border Tennessee?
  5. Native Americans make up 8.3% of this state's population.
  6. Which Great Lake has the greatest volume of water?
  7. In what state is Cape Cod located in?
  8. This is the only state named after a president.
  9. What region is prone to hurricanes?
  10. Which state is the smallest?
  11. Kansas City is in both Kansas and this state.
  12. The outer banks are in this state.
  13. The capital of this state is Des Moines.
  14. During the 1980's, which state's population fell the most?
  15. Which state is the biggest?
  16. What is the most populated state?
  17. Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Michigan all border this state.
  18. This is the poorest state in the US.
  19. What state is Philadelphia located in?
  20. This is the fourth largest state.
  21. This state's nickname is the Bluegrass state.
  22. This state leads the country in carpet making.
  23. What state in el Paso located in?
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  1. The Gadsden purchase was in this region.
  2. How many great lakes are there?
  3. This state was the 32nd state.
  4. This purchase almost doubled the size of the US.
  5. This state has the smallest capital city.
  6. This state is home to the Portland Timbers.
  7. The Colorado River stretches from California and Arizona to this state.
  8. This state has the smallest population.
  9. The Mississippi river goes from Minnesota to this state.
  10. This states capital is Columbus.
  11. The tallest building in US is located in this state.
  12. What is the only state that touches Maine?
  13. This state's state flower is the Wild Prairie Rose.
  14. This state's nickname is the First State.
  15. This is the nation's second driest state.
  16. The Jamestown settlement was in what state?
  17. These four states' borders come together in one place; Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and this state.
  18. Which state consists of only islands?
  19. This states capital is Madison.
  20. In what region is Washington DC located in?
  21. A limestone monument in this state marks the geographic center of the USA.
  22. 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

Sea Power 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. The modern-day Coast Guard duties are enforcement of maritime laws and _____, search and rescue operations, and enforcement of drug and contraband laws.
  2. During World War II, the U.S. built and _____ more than 6,000 merchant ships.
  3. The United States have _____ U.S. territories.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. National _____ is the use of naval forces to achieve naval objectives.
  7. In 1936, Congress enacted the _____ Marine Act.
  8. Sea control and power _____ are the Navy's mission in support of naval strategy.
  9. The United States acknowledges freedom of the seas under _____ law.
  10. National _____ are conditions that are to the advantage of our nation to pursue or protect.
  11. Strategic nuclear _____, strong naval presence, and security of the sea lines of communication allow the Navy to control the sea and project power.
  12. In _____, the Military Sealift Command ships nearly 25% of all military cargo on privately owned U.S. flagships and other merchant marine vessels.
  13. United States Naval Ships (USNS) are Military Sealift Command ships _____.
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  1. Immediately after the Civil War, the primary role of the U.S. Navy was to _____ the coast and as a commerce raider.
  2. In 1987 to 1989 was known as the "_____ wars" in the Persian Gulf.
  3. 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.
  4. Captain Alfred Thayer _____ coined the phrase "sea power".
  5. In peacetime, sea power encompasses commercial _____.
  6. Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm was an example of Joint _____ operations exercise.
  7. In peacetime, the U.S. Coastguard is not _____ by the Department of Defense.
  8. Alaska and Hawaii are outside of the _____ United States.
  9. Sea power is a nation's ability to protect their Political, Economic and _____ interests.
  10. During wartime, the Coast Guard operates directly under the Chief of Naval _____.
  11. The United States produces _____ minerals.
  12. 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

History Chapter 6 crossword puzzle
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  1. battle led by Sam Houston in which Santa Anna was defeated
  2. Mexico’s agreement to sell land to the United States made the Rio Grande part of the border between the two countries
  3. war between the United States and Mexico over western lands
  4. act of Congress which forced Native Americans to leave their tribal lands and move farther west
  5. mining towns that were abandoned when there was no more gold to be found
  6. 1849 event that brought thousands of people to California to search for gold
  7. leader of the Texas army that defeated Santa Anna in the battle of San Jacinto first president of the Republic of Texas
  8. eighth U.S. President helped the United States during its first economic depression
  9. created the Northwestern border between the United States and Canada
  10. 2,000 mile trail settlers used to travel from Missouri to Oregon Territory
  11. 9th president of the U. S. lived only for one month after becoming president
  12. political party founded by Andrew Jackson’s supporters
  13. people who traveled to California in 1849 to find gold
  14. old Spanish mission where Texans fought against the Mexico to be a free and independent state
  15. American Teacher who wrote The American Spelling Book for school children
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  1. dictator of Mexico who harshly ruled over American immigrants living in Mexico
  2. inventor of the cotton gin
  3. established a northeastern border between the United States and Canada
  4. Land purchased from Mexico so that a southern Railroad could be built
  5. 10th U.S. president became president when Harrison died
  6. inventor of the grain reaper
  7. location of the 1849 Gold Rush before becoming a state
  8. Name of the journey which relocated the Cherokee Nation to Oklahoma
  9. land shared by the United States and England as a result of the Oregon Treaty became the Oregon Territory in 1848
  10. Father of the American Factory System
  11. 11th president of the U.S. worked to set the final border between Oregon and Canada
  12. Wrote McGuffey Readers for American school Children
  13. improved the steam engine
  14. leader who has the power to take away individual freedoms from the people
  15. seventh U.S. president first president of the Democratic Party
  16. medical missionaries to the Native American tribes in Oregon
  17. 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

Gilded Age crossword puzzle
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  1. the ability of _________ or individuals to move into a ________ social class.
  2. 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 ________.
  3. a ____________ urban dwelling, usually ____________ and unsanitary.
  4. ____________ systems designed to move large numbers of _________ along fixed _______.
  5. 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 ___________.
  6. _______ program designed to help __________ assimilate to American ________.
  7. law, enacted in ______, that established a bipartisan civil ________ commission to make appointments to ___________ jobs by means of the _______ system.
  8. 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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  1. a _____ century reform movement based on the belief that ___________ have a responsibility to help _________ working conditions and alleviate ____________.
  2. 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.
  3. 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 ______.
  4. a community _________ providing assistance to __________---particularly immigrants---in a ______ neighborhood.
  5. the ____________ of people into _______ classes by ________.
  6. an _______ holder’s power to appoint people---usually those who have ________ him or her get elected---to positions in _____________.
  7. the growth of ______.
  8. 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. _________.
  9. The __________ branches of government ______________.
  10. The _________ use of political influence for _________ gain.
  11. An _________ group that controls a political party in a city and offers _________ to voters and businesses in exchange for political and ___________ support.
  12. _____ 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

Plessy V Ferguson Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. secretly allow (something considered immoral, illegal, wrong, or harmful) to occur
  2. related to the adjective candid, refers to straightforward honesty or frankness in speech or expression
  3. 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
  4. the party who brings a legal action or in whose name it is brought
  5. 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.
  6. the official power to make legal decisions and judgments
  7. the ability to do something successfully or efficiently
  8. reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on
  9. imply or hint
  10. 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
  11. an unskilled native laborer in India, China, and some other Asian countries
  12. shorten (a piece of writing) without losing the sense
  13. a catch-all category of property associated with movable goods
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  1. the quality of being in accordance with a political constitution
  2. an urgent need or demand
  3. a system where an employer compels a worker to pay off a debt with work
  4. a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument
  5. mix; blend
  6. the ability to move from place to place, movement
  7. consign or dismiss to an inferior rank or position
  8. accept something reluctantly but without protest
  9. formal. praise, or an official statement that praises someone:
  10. a cruel and oppressive ruler.
  11. (of a task, duty, or responsibility) involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome
  12. destroy completely; put an end to.
  13. 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

Unit 8 Vocabulary Quiz crossword puzzle
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  1. a speech given by a president when they take office
  2. 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
  3. the Union would use naval forces to strangle the South by blockading imports of military supplies and exporting cotton
  4. 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
  5. to keep something in its original state
  6. Confederate, earned "Stonewall" nickname because he refused to back down; he was shot by one of his soldiers accidentally and died several days later
  7. 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)
  8. a war fought exclusively between armies in which only enemy soldiers and military infrastructure are trageted
  9. 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
  10. 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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  1. 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
  2. the United States
  3. issued on January 1, 1863, by President Lincoln that declared "that all persons held as enslaved people" within the rebellious states were free
  4. the state of lasting forever
  5. a collection of southern states that seceded from the United States during the American Civil War
  6. this Union victory ended any hopes the Confederates had of blocking the Union advance into Northern Mississippi
  7. President of the Confederate States of america
  8. President of the Union during the war
  9. led Virginia's confederate army upon its secession from the Union, became the commander of the entire Confederate Army
  10. lasting forever
  11. 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

Wars in American History crossword puzzle
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  1. The king of England during the Revolutionary War
  2. Following the September 11th, 2001 attacks, the United States engaged in war in two countries, this is one of them
  3. The final battle of the Revolutionary War and the site of British surrender
  4. The war that saw the U.S. White House burned down
  5. The _________ war ended slavery
  6. A war that began in 1939, but which the U.S. entered in 1941. The war would end in 1945.
  7. This was the United States' main rival during the Cold War
  8. The United States entered World War II because the ______________ attacked Pearl Harbor.
  9. This war is sometimes called the Second Gulf War and resulted in the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. The conflicted lasted from 2003-2011.
  10. The United States entered the Korean War (1950-1953) in an attempt to stop the ____________ of communism
  11. The treaty of this ended the Mexican-American war
  12. The U.S. president during the First Gulf War
  13. The United States entered World War I because _____________ attacked U.S. civilian ships.
  14. The Mexican-American war ended when?
  15. The site of the beginning of the Civil War.
  16. The opponent to the U.S. during the Spanish-American War.
  17. In this war the United States faced opponents like Germany, Austria Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.
  18. The U.S. entered this war to force the Iraqi military from Kuwait
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  1. The U.S. president during the War of 1812
  2. The U.S. president for the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  3. The U.S. president during the Civil War
  4. The U.S. policy following the September 11th, 2001 attacks that included the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
  5. When was the Spanish-American war fought?
  6. During the Cold War, this was one of the main concerns of the United States
  7. Dwight Eisenhower was a general during WWII, but he was president at the end of the __________ war.
  8. This man was president during the Great Depression and World War II.
  9. The war Americans fight to win independence from Britain
  10. The U.S. war between the North and the South (1861-1865)
  11. The U.S. president during that September 11th, 2001 attacks
  12. All women gained the constitutional right to vote following which war?
  13. The U.S. participated in this war from 1955-1975 to try to stop the spread of communism
  14. A war fought by the US in the 1800s
  15. Who has the power to declare war?
  16. The U.S. president during WWI
  17. 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

Social Studies: Land and Water crossword puzzle
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  1. This is the study of Earth and its people.
  2. The _____________ Mountains stretch across the Southeast and Northeast of the United States.
  3. The _______ Ocean is located east of Africa.
  4. These are Earth's largest bodies of salt water.
  5. The _________ Ocean is located west of Europe.
  6. The ______ Ocean is located north of Asia.
  7. The Great ______ in the United States are the largest freshwater bodies of water in the world.
  8. These are the largest land areas on Earth and there are seven of these on Earth.
  9. These are high areas that have steep sides and flat tops.
  10. The _____________ River is the second largest river in the United States.
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  1. The _________ Ocean is located west of the United States.
  2. These are connected to a mainland and usually surrounded by water on three sides.
  3. These are landforms made of ice and snow.
  4. There are five _______ on Earth.
  5. 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

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. the states that made up the United States of America; during the Civil War the states that supported the U.S. government
  2. a continuous attack with bombs, missiles, or other types of ammunition
  3. a military strategy aimed at preventing peoplee and goods form entering and leaving an area
  4. a person who worked to end slavery during the 1700s and 1800s
  5. the part of the government responsible for making laws
  6. the act of setting someone or something free
  7. an area of land
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  1. allowed or legal under the terms of the U.S. Constitution
  2. a place where weapons and other military equipment are stored
  3. when each side in a dispute gives up some of their demands to reach an agreement
  4. a high-ranking military official
  5. bullets or shells
  6. the place where solders fight during a battle
  7. 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

vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. and yellow press are American terms for journalism
  2. 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.
  3. is a political philosophy advocating a national foreign policy
  4. is a state that is controlled and protected by another sovereign state
  5. of influence is a spatial region or concept division
  6. is a policy or ideology of extending rule
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  1. originally were members of the 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army
  2. in international law, is the forcible
  3. of the United States, particularly during the Presidency
  4. atrocities"
  5. is a form of diplomacy proposed by President Woodrow
  6. states expand their territory through military empire-building or colonialism.
  7. Riders was a nickname given to the 1st United States Volunteer
  8. 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 • ...

Force,Mass,Acceleration Vocabulary 2018-02-20

Force,Mass,Acceleration Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a force created by gravity
  2. states that as long as interacting objects are not influenced by outside force
  3. a unit of force;the abbreviation is N
  4. In physics,occurs when the forces on an object are balanced
  5. the amount of force that overcomes an opposing force to cause motion
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  1. it does not equal zero
  2. the force that results from relative motion between objects
  3. the reluctance of a body to change it's state of motion
  4. states that whenever one object exerts a force on another the second object exerts an equal and opposite
  5. states any object at rest will remain at res unless acted upon unbalanced force
  6. the mass of an object multiplied by it's speed or velocity
  7. states that the acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the force acting on it
  8. the attractive force that exists between any two objects that have mass
  9. a measure of inertia of an object
  10. 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

Texas Revolution and Mexican American War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. In 1845, Texas joined the United States as the 28th
  2. Santa Anna was forced to agree to Texan what?
  3. News of the war reached California after about a..
  4. The United states then planned a huge attack on the port city of?
  5. After weeks of bitter fighting the city finally surrendered in September of?
  6. fighting broke out between the Mexican and American armies where?
  7. The two countries signed the what?
  8. 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?
Down
  1. In 1833, the Mexican government was taken over by who?
  2. Between 1820 and 1830, many Americans were invited to settle where?
  3. led an army that captured Mexican towns in New Mexico
  4. American settlers started the Bear Flag Revolt and overthrew the Mexican what
  5. President Polk urged Congress to declare war on who?
  6. the united states paid how much for the land?
  7. 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

Early Cold War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. stop the spread of communism
  2. government to the united states where the people rule
  3. plan to help rebuild Europe with the U.S. money
  4. military alliance between the united states and its allies
  5. first satellite in space launched by the soviet union in 1957
Down
  1. government of the soviet union where the government rules
  2. - military alliance of the Soviet Union and its satellite nations
  3. competed with united states during cold war
  4. a group of 10 film industry members that refused to testify to an anti-communist committee hearing during the Second Red Scare era
  5. one of the first two countries alongside Greece to receive U.S. money
  6. blockaded city that resulted in airplanes dropping supplies into the city
  7. - state of hostility between the Soviet Union and the United States but without military action
  8. a pattern of competitive acquisition of military capability between two or more countries
  9. to accuse people without evidence
  10. 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

Black Code crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
  2. As a young man,who succeeded Abraham Lincoln as president entered politics in Tennessee.
  3. provided a constitutional basis for the Civil Rights Act.
  4. states that no one can be kept from voting because of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
  5. In July 1864,the Radicals responded to the Ten-Percent Plan by passing the
  6. The Democrats used an equally unflattering name for the Northerners who moved to the South after the
  7. Congress passed the Civil
  8. Democrats, opposed to the
  9. plan for Reconstruction, called white Southerners who joined the Republican Party
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  1. lives.
  2. Republicans in Congress, known as
  3. In February 1866, Congress voted to continue and enlarge the
  4. period during which the United States began to rebuild after the Civil War, lasting from 1865 to 1877.
  5. to formally charge him with misconduct in office.
  6. 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

Black Code crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
  2. As a young man,who succeeded Abraham Lincoln as president entered politics in Tennessee.
  3. provided a constitutional basis for the Civil Rights Act.
  4. states that no one can be kept from voting because of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
  5. In July 1864,the Radicals responded to the Ten-Percent Plan by passing the
  6. The Democrats used an equally unflattering name for the Northerners who moved to the South after the
  7. Congress passed the Civil
  8. Democrats, opposed to the
  9. plan for Reconstruction, called white Southerners who joined the Republican Party
Down
  1. lives.
  2. Republicans in Congress, known as
  3. In February 1866, Congress voted to continue and enlarge the
  4. period during which the United States began to rebuild after the Civil War, lasting from 1865 to 1877.
  5. to formally charge him with misconduct in office.
  6. 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

Founding Documents crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Another word for freedom.
  2. The three separate parts of the U.S. government that share power.
  3. The document written in 1776 that announced the American colonies were free from Britain.
  4. The document that explains how the United States government is organized.
  5. Rights The first ten amendments that protect important freedoms of Americans.
  6. The city where the Constitution was written in 1787.
  7. The leader of the executive branch who enforces the laws.
  8. The highest court in the United States that interprets laws.
  9. The group of people who make and enforce laws for a country.
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  1. The right to say your ideas and opinions without unfair punishment.
  2. The part of government that writes and passes laws.
  3. A change or addition made to the United States Constitution.
  4. Freedom from being ruled by another country.
  5. Freedoms and protections people are guaranteed by law.
  6. 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. • ...

International Relations 2023-12-04

International Relations crossword puzzle
Across
  1. America signed a ___ with China concerning their
  2. bring (goods or services) into a country from abroad for sale.
  3. movement of a group of people or animals from one place to another
  4. Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
  5. he mutual dependence of states upon each other
  6. A military alliance between America, Canada and 29 European states
  7. The unlawful use of violence or threat thereof, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims
  8. Involving three or more states.
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  1. The process by which national economies become more connected and more closely integrated with each other.
  2. Aid A voluntary transfer of resources–economic for anti-poverty programmes or infrastructure projects
  3. send (goods or services) to another country for sale
  4. someone who has been forced to flee conflict or persecution and has crossed an international border to seek safety
  5. is intended to promote free trade among countries of the Pacific Rim, including especially East Asia. See also the Indo-Pacific
  6. ___is when one country forcibly asserts control and sovereignty over another country’s territory
  7. Involving two states
  8. the act of leaving one's own country to settle permanently in another; moving abroad.
  9. 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

Spooky and Smart Gladiator Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 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.
  2. The SS for all HHMs states for FLV/PBV
  3. The new SS we issue for all HHMs states for any driver process other than FLV/PBV
  4. Arachnophobia is the fear of _____
  5. We process a policy _____ when the customer advises the situation has changed, OR the person is no longer a HHM/VO.
  6. The typical color of pumpkins
  7. The largest fruit in the world
  8. A form we can accept even if it is not dated
  9. A spooky spirit
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  1. The word for the fear of Halloween (HINT: It is in the newsletter ;)
  2. The SS for Relative HHMs states for FLV/PBV
  3. The new SS for Relative HHMs only for any driver process other than FLV/PBV
  4. We process a policy _____ when the customer confirms the driver was never a HHM/VO.
  5. The three ____ ?s we use to verify drivers.
  6. Most famous vampire
  7. The full moon makes things get hairy for these!
  8. 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! • ...

MS Math 3 September Vocabulary Review 2023-09-27

MS Math 3 September Vocabulary Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The law that states an exponential expression with a negative exponent is equal to the reciprocal of the expression.
  2. Repeated multiplication of a number by itself.
  3. The number being multiplied in an exponential expression.
  4. A mathematic expression containing a base raised to an exponent.
  5. The law that states to add the exponents when multiplying exponential expressions with the same base.
  6. 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.
Down
  1. The law that states to subtract the exponents when multiplying exponential expressions with the same base.
  2. The number of times the base is multiplied in an exponential expression.
  3. The law that states to multiply the exponents when raising an exponential expression to another power.
  4. The law that states any base with an exponent of 0 is equal to 1.
  5. 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. • ...

The Civil War (Edgardo Salalila.) 2017-02-13

The Civil War (Edgardo Salalila.) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the location in Charleston, South Carolina where the first battle of the Civil War began on April 12, 1861.
  2. during the American Civil War which helped the US to win the war.
  3. A movement of the Union army troops of General William Tecumseh Sherman from Atlanta,
  4. was a Mexican War hero, U.S. senator from Mississippi, U.S.
  5. a league or alliance, especially of confederate states.
  6. the 18th President of the US
  7. The bloody and inconclusive Civil War Battle of
  8. 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
  9. an establishment for traders carrying on business in a foreign country.
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  1. the action of leading a group of people or an organization.
  2. 16th President of the United States
  3. compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces.
  4. A general of the nineteenth century; the commander of Confederate troops during the Civil War.
  5. an outline strategy for suppressing the Confederacy at the beginning of the American Civil War.
  6. eastern U.S. state in the tree-covered Appalachian Mountains.
  7. is a town in Appomattox County, Virginia, United States.
  8. 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

Land and Water crossword puzzle
Across
  1. These are large farms mostly found in the Southeast region.
  2. The _________________ River is the second longest river in the United States.
  3. This is a shape of part of the Earth's surface.
  4. These are areas of land surrounded on all sides by water.
  5. These are high areas that have steep sides and flat tops.
  6. These are made up of ice and snow.
  7. The United States is divided into ____ regions.
  8. The largest land areas on Earth are the _________ continents.
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  1. These are areas of flat land that are located near water.
  2. These are connected to a mainland and usually have water on only three sides.
  3. The five oceans are the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Arctic Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and the ____________ Ocean.
  4. The Great ______ cover parts of the Midwest, Southwest, and West.
  5. This region is one of the flattest areas in the United States.
  6. Early settlers and American Indians in the Southwest used these to build shelters.
  7. The Great Lakes in the United States are the __________ freshwater lakes in the world.
  8. These are usually lower than mountains and have rounded tops.
  9. 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

The American Revolution and the U.S. Conostitution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 1787 & 1788 essays that supported state ratification of the Constitution
  2. a change attached to the end of the Constitution
  3. based on both the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan; created a bicameral legislature
  4. the first ten amendments to the Constitution
  5. the house in Congress in which each state is represented equally
  6. outlawed slavery in the Ohio Territory
  7. the last name of the person who wrote most of the Constitution
  8. dividing responsibilities and powers among the branches of government
  9. 1783 agreement between the United States and Britain that ended the war and made the U.S. independent
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  1. the government that the United States used before it adopted the Constitution
  2. highest court in the United States
  3. limiting the powers of the national government to those specifically listed in the Constitution
  4. a system of government that splits powers and responsibilities between national and state government
  5. the Supreme Court's power to declare laws unconstitutional
  6. the last name of the first president of the United States
  7. the last name of the person who wrote the Declaration of Independence
  8. 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

U.S History Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Slave states that bordered the northern free states during the U.S Civil War.
  2. The settlement of a dispute by concessions on both or all sides.
  3. A man-made river.
  4. A law requiring any slaves who escaped to a free state to be returned to their owner in a slave state.
  5. exhaustion Poorly managed soils are no longer able to support crops or other plant life.
  6. To give up to the enemy or opponent.
  7. A person who wants to get rid of the institution of slavery.
  8. A social change to improve the quality of life of many.
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  1. The planned murder of an important person for political reasons.
  2. To leave/the action of leaving the Union.
  3. A reason for doing something.
  4. The constitutional theory that individual states can invalidate federal laws or judicial decisions they deem unconstitutional.
  5. Storage for arms, weaponry, etc. for the military.
  6. Rights and powers held by individual U.S states rather than by the federal government.
  7. Compulsory recruitment for military service.
  8. A devotion to the interests of one region over the interests of the whole country.
  9. 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. • ...

Great Depression 2021-01-28

Great Depression crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An American politician and served as the 32nd president of the United States.
  2. A pact that signed states promised not to use war to settle conflicts.
  3. Buying stock without paying the full price.
  4. Repealed the 18th Amendment.
  5. A American documentarian photographer and photojournalist
  6. A form of far-right authoritarian characterized by Dictatorial Power
  7. A group of 43,000 demonstrators that gathered in Washington DC demanding immediate bonus payment for wartime services
Down
  1. 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
  2. A American Physician.
  3. a period of severe dust storms.
  4. She was the first lady to Frankin Delano Roosevelt.
  5. It was a law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United States.
  6. The Investment in stocks, property, or other ventures in the hope of gain but with the risk of loss.
  7. An American author
  8. A shanty town built during the Great Depression to house the homeless
  9. The pledge to buy the unsold shares.
  10. 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 • ...

HGOV Unit 3 Review 2024-10-09

HGOV Unit 3 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Concept that holds that the government and its officers are always subject to the law.
  2. Article I deals with provision and details regarding the ______ Branch.
  3. Amendment _____ abolished slavery.
  4. Powers that both the national government and states possess are called ______.
  5. _____ is a generic term referring to federal money or other resources given to State, cities, counties and other local units.
  6. Custom that the Senate will not approve a Presidential appointment opposed by a Senator from the state in which the appointee would serve.
  7. Amendment _____ gives Congress the power to levy an income tax.
  8. Group of persons chosen in each State every four years who make a formal selection of the President and Vice President.
  9. Amendment _____ is big–Congress can’t deny your right to due process, property, not incriminate yourself, tried for the same crime twice.
  10. Powers that can be exercised by the National Government alone.
  11. Amendment _____ protects the right to bear arms.
  12. Amendment _____ says that states can’t deny the right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
  13. 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.
  14. Articles IV deals with the relations between the various ______.
  15. Those powers granted to the National Government by the Constitution.
  16. Type of Federal grant made for some specifically defined purpose.
  17. Basic principle that the government and those who govern must obey the constitution.
  18. Amendment _____ acknowledges that the people have rights in addition to those specifically listed in the Bill of Rights.
  19. Amendment _____ protects the freedom of religion, assembly, petition, press, and speech.
  20. He is known as the “Father of the Constitution”
  21. 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.
  22. Amendment _____ protects citizens from cruel and unusual punishment + excessive bail.
  23. Presidential advisory body, traditionally made up of the executive departments–good example of informal Constitutional amendment.
  24. Amendment _____ states that troops can’t be quartered in your home without the homeowner’s consent.
  25. 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.
  26. _____ refers to powers that belong strictly to the states.
  27. Article V deals with how to make ______ to the USC.
  28. Constitution’s requirement that each state accept the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.
  29. In Article VI, Section 2 you can find the “_______” indicating that the USC is the supreme law of the land.
  30. Powers that are specifically granted to the National Government in the Constitution; also known as an enumerated power.
  31. The introduction to the Constitution is known as the ______.
  32. Type of Federal grant for some particular, but broadly defined area of public policy.
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  1. Type of Federal grant made for specific projects to States, localities, and private agencies who apply for them.
  2. A congressional act admitting a new State to the Union.
  3. _____ refers to something contrary to the constitution and so illegal, null, and void.
  4. USC stipulation that no State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those from other states.
  5. Amendment _____ protects citizens from government searches without a warrant based on probable cause.
  6. One of the seven main divisions of the body of the Constitution.
  7. Article II deals with provision and details regarding the ______ Branch.
  8. Amendment _____ says that states can’t deny the vote for those 18 years old and older.
  9. Amendment _____ states that the Vice President becomes the President if the President dies, resigns, or is removed from office.
  10. A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
  11. Chief Executive’s power to reject a bill proposed by a legislature.
  12. The first step in the state admission procedure which enables the people of a territory to prepare a constitution.
  13. Those powers of the National government that are suggested by the expressed powers set out in the Constitution.
  14. The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution are known as the ____________.
  15. 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.
  16. The division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government.
  17. System where each branch of government exercises some control over the others
  18. Powers the Constitution is presumed to have delegated to the National Government because it is the government of a sovereign state.
  19. Amendment _____ says that states can’t deny the vote based on someone’s gender, thus allowing women to vote.
  20. Formal agreement entered into with the consent of Congress, between or among States.
  21. A pact made by the President directly with a head of a foreign state–good example of informal amendment to the USC.
  22. To return a criminal or fugitive who flees across state lines back to the original state.
  23. The power of the court to determine the constitutionality of a government action is called ______.
  24. _____ is a generic term that means to “formally approve”
  25. Article III deals with provision and details regarding the _______ Branch.
  26. 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. • ...

government 2021-01-14

government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 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
  2. king/queen controls all aspects of life
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. power is held at the national level, with very little power being held in political subdivisions, such as provinces, states, counties, parishes, or tow
  6. 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
  7. belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority
  8. “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
  9. considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the Constitution and helped write the Federalist Papers
  10. 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
  11. the distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union
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  1. division of the powers in our government among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches; no one branch has too much power
  2. 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
  3. French writer who introduced the idea of separation of powers and checks and balances to prevent one part of government from becoming too powerful
  4. believed in natural rights- life, liberty and property; strongest influence on Thomas Jefferson, who wrote natural rights into the Declaration of Independence
  5. 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 • ...

Facts on Ohio by Milly 2021-05-18

Facts on Ohio by Milly crossword puzzle
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  1. Native bird
  2. state flower
  3. governor
  4. Capital
  5. state colors
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  1. region
  2. City next to capital
  3. The month it became a state
  4. states in oklahoma's region
  5. average summer degree
  6. state tree
  7. neighboring states

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

Final Exam Crossword 2020-06-12

Final Exam Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A man known for exploring the area of water between Vancouver Island and the Olympic Peninsula
  2. An encampment of the Lewis and Clark expedition located near the mouth of the Columbia River
  3. 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
  4. This campaign slogan was used during the Polk campaign of 1944 referencing a disputed portion of Washington State
  5. A Shoshone woman who helped the Lewis and Clark expedition in achieving their mission objectives by exploring the territory from the Louisiana Purchase
  6. A fur trading post set on the northern bank of the Columbia River
  7. A time during 1843 when many emigrants left along the Oregon Trail
  8. This person helped Spain explore the Pacific Ocean
  9. A 19th centure cultural belief that the settlers were destined to expand across North America
  10. This person explored the territory of the Louisiana Purchase with Meriwether Lewis
  11. A meeting between the United States and many Native American tribes in the Pacific Northwest
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  1. A German-American fur trader that built a monopoly and became the first multi-millionaire in the United States
  2. A conflict between the United States and the Yakima primarily taking place around southern Washington
  3. A fur trading business located around the Hudson Bay in Canada
  4. A british explorer who made voyages to the Pacific Ocean, finding Australia, New Zealand, and the Hawaiian Islands
  5. A U.S. Army post located 3 miles north of Colville, Washington
  6. The first governor of Washington State and had been governor of the Washington State territory
  7. A confrontation between the United States and the United Kingdom over the British-American border between Vancouver and the State of Washington
  8. This treaty made the US-Canadian border run along a straight line on the 49th parallel
  9. A Suquamish and Duwamish chief who made a speech arguing in favor of ecological responsibility and respect of Native American's rights
  10. A chinook word meaning "by and by" which is the unofficial state motto for Washington
  11. A group of people who live in the United States and Canada between the Great Lakes and the Rocky Mountains
  12. 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

Chapters 2 & 3 crossword puzzle
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  1. Authority of courts to declare laws passed by Congress and acts of the executive branch to be constitutional
  2. Give each branch some authority over the powers of the other branches
  3. Formal process of changing the Constitution
  4. Authority of the president to block legislation passed by Congress
  5. System of government where sovereignty is constitutionally divided between national and state government
  6. A listing of rights retained by the people that Congress not have the authority to take away
  7. Established a tax on virtually all forms of paper used by colonists
  8. Those who supported the Constitution named themselves this
  9. Declared American independence from Great Britain
  10. Powers not expressly granted to Congress but added through the necessary and proper clause
  11. Right of states to invalidate acts of Congress they believe to be illegal
  12. Gives Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper to the powers enumerated in Section 8
  13. The fundamental law undergirding the structure of government
  14. Rule by the people
  15. Powers held by both the national and state governments in a federal system
  16. Broad coalitions of interests organized to win elections in order to enact a commonly supported set of public policies
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  1. Those who opposed the new proposed Constitution became known as this
  2. To formally withdraw from a nation-state
  3. Compromise on legislative representation whereby the lower chamber is based on population, and the upper chamber provides equal representation to the states.
  4. Initial government authority of the United States
  5. Form of government where power derives from citizens, but public officials make policy and govern according to existing law
  6. Divides the powers that remained with the national government among the three branches
  7. Meeting in 1787 where twelve states intended to revise the Articles of Confederation but ended up talking about a new constitution
  8. System of government where ultimate authority rests with the regional government
  9. System of government where ultimate power rests with the national government
  10. Powers retained by the states under the Constitution
  11. Proposed convention of states to consider granting the national government the power to tax and to regulate
  12. Powers expressly granted to Congress by the Constitution
  13. The presidential electors
  14. 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

FORMING A GOVERNMENT crossword puzzle
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  1. New federal constitution that would give sovereignty or supreme power to the central government
  2. People who opposed the Constitution and thought that the Constitutional Convention should not have created a new government
  3. Includes the president and the departments that help run the government
  4. 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
  5. Opposed the Constitution and believed the guaranteeing individual rights
  6. commerce, Trade between two or more states
  7. The right to vote by allowing any white man who paid taxes to vote
  8. Land was split into townships which were 36 square miles divided into 36 lots of 640 acres
  9. 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
  10. Occurs when there are increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money
  11. A living document for more than 200 years
  12. 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
  13. Keeps any branch from becoming too powerful
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  1. Plan The plan gave each state an equal number of votes and thus an equal voice in the federal government
  2. Made up of all the national courts
  3. 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
  4. Taxes on imports or exports.
  5. A document signed by King John in 1215, made the king subject to law.
  6. These essays supporting the Constitution were written by Alexander Hamilton James Madison and John Jay
  7. Protest high taxes and heavy debt
  8. Must be approved by two-thirds majority of both houses of Congress and then ratified by three-fourths of the states before taking effect
  9. The agreement to make two-house legislature
  10. A set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government
  11. Included areas that are now Illinois Indiana Michigan Ohio Minnesota and Wisconsin
  12. Supporters of the Constitution
  13. 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

Midterm Exam Review crossword puzzle
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  1. This Black Nationalist named himself the "provisional President of Africa" in 1922
  2. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
  3. Where was the first tactic of the sit-in protest first used?
  4. Word used to describe the formal release (or liberation) of slaves from slavery by a master.
  5. This event took place from 1861 to 1865
  6. This amendment to the Constitution emancipated all slaves in the U.S. states and territories
  7. There are this many models of interdisciplinary approaches utilized by Africanists in the study of Africa.
  8. He was one of the founders of the Black Panther Party
  9. This Black person ran for president of the United States in 1984 and 1988
  10. Tuskegee Institute, a historically black educational institution, was organized by this individual, who also called for blacks to "...cast down their buckets" to whites
  11. This term is broadly defined to mean that people of African descent share a community of interests
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  1. He was the founder of the Organization of Afro-American Unity
  2. The era from 1863 to 1877
  3. She was a well-known African American activist who championed racial equality and women's suffrage in the late 19th and early 20th century
  4. 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"
  5. He established the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History.
  6. Religious abolitionist group
  7. 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"
  8. This term describes the process of developing spaces, which included veteran slaves teaching new places working routine
  9. Vast region known for its black soil, cotton, and black-majority counties.
  10. This Black person ran for president of the United States in 1972
  11. This term is used to describe The Supreme Court decision in Plessy vs. Ferguson that declared blacks and whites "separate but equal" in 1896.
  12. 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

Divided Nation CrossWord crossword puzzle
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  1. 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
  2. Democratic candidate for president in 1852 and the 14th president of the United States.
  3. an American politician and pro-slavery nominee for president, he debated against Abraham Lincoln
  4. 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"
  5. a law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves; allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal
  6. Senator from Tennessee, he supported the Union over slavery and helped found the Constitutional Union Part.
  7. the dude who beat Charles Sumner with a cane
  8. the dude who got beat by the cane
  9. a political party formed in the 1850s to stop the spread of slavery in the West
  10. a devotion to the interest of one geographic region over the interests of the country as a whole
  11. a proposal to outlaw slavery in the territory added to the United States by the Mexcian Cession
  12. an incident in which abolitionist John Brown and 21 other men captured a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia
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  1. a law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery.
  2. the nation formed by the southern states when the seceded from the union: also known as the Confederacy
  3. an incident in which abolitionist John Brown and seven other men murdered pro-slavery Kansas
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. a political party formed in 1860 by a group of northerners and southerners who supported the Union, its laws, and the COnstitiution
  7. Enslaved African American who filed suit for his freedom stating that his time living in a free state made him a free man.
  8. 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

6th Grade Final Exam Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A Christian monk who was upset with the Catholic Church who later caused division in it was Martin ____________.
  2. The language spoken in Brazil.
  3. The empire that was responsible for conquering much of Europe, influencing it greatly.
  4. The abbreviation for the large communist country created after World War I in Europe.
  5. The ocean by Antarctica.
  6. Canada is located in _________ America.
  7. Military trips made by Europeans to the Christian holy land.
  8. In communism, everything is supposed to be _________.
  9. The first permanent settlement in North America is located in what state?
  10. When Black Americans moved from southern rural areas to northern urban areas, it was known as the Great ___________.
  11. The oldest and longest mountain chain in the Eastern United States.
  12. The continent France is located on.
  13. Egypt is located on this continent.
  14. The legislative, executive, and _________ are the three branches of the US government.
  15. The duo who explored the western part of the United States were Lewis and _______.
  16. The ocean between Africa and Australia.
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  1. A ranking system that puts people in classes, groups, or orders is a social _____________.
  2. To change from a farming society to one that makes things in factories.
  3. Brazil is located in _________ America.
  4. The first Christian Roman emperor.
  5. The imaginary line that measures 0 degrees and divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
  6. Instead of states, Canada has ______________.
  7. A person who hunts or takes food from the ground is known as a hunter ____________.
  8. Crops were easy to grow in Europe because they had ________ soil.
  9. The river that supplies much of the water for people and irrigation in the Western United States.
  10. Vast rainforests are found in this climate zone.
  11. The landform that covers much of the area just west of the Mississippi River.
  12. The continent China is located on.
  13. The wealth and resources of a country.
  14. The ocean that touches the EAST coast of the United States.
  15. The ocean that touches the WEST coast of the United States.
  16. The only continent that is an island.
  17. The largest country in South America.
  18. Another name for a line of longitude.
  19. 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

20th Century crossword puzzle
Across
  1. modern leader who brought democracy and free market capitalism to the Soviet Union
  2. A 20th/century competition between the United States and the Soviet Union for supremecy in space exploration
  3. Alliance of nations including Germany and Japan during WWII
  4. Alliance of nations including the U.S., Britain, and the Soviet Union during WWII
  5. The theatre where Allies battled Germany
  6. non-fighting war between the United States and the Soviet Union over influence in the world
  7. U.S. ideology stating that if one country fell to communism then neighboring countries would follow suit
  8. nuclear weapon used to defeat Japan and save American lives
  9. When money loses value while the costs of goods increases
  10. Racial discrimination directed towards Jewish people
  11. U.S. naval base that was bombed by the Japanese forcing the U.S. to enter WWII
  12. created by the United Nations in 1947 as a Jewish homeland
  13. Site where Soviet arms were smuggled in order to put military pressure on America
  14. Communist leader and successor to Vladimir Lenin who developed the Five Year Plan
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  1. The theatre where the United States fought Japan
  2. U.S. foreign policy focusing on suppressing the spread of Communism
  3. country that saw two wars with the United States over territory, resources, and alleged weapons of mass destruction
  4. Post-World War II alliance headed by the Soviet Union
  5. military strategy designed to defeat Japan one island at a time
  6. Bolshevik leader who began the communist Russian Revolution
  7. the geographic region containing Japan's empire
  8. work camp; place where prisoners were forced to perform menial tasks
  9. nation in the middle east punished after World War II for its alliance with Germany
  10. successor to the League of Nations; designed to prevent future wars
  11. An unsuccessful military invasion into Cuba to halt Fidel Castro's nationalistic policies
  12. Avoiding war by making concessions to Hitler's actions
  13. Treaty that ended WWI and punished Germany
  14. A 20th/century competition between the United States and the Soviet Union for supremecy in military weaponry
  15. the systematic mass extermination of the Jewish people
  16. place where prisoners were sent for extermination
  17. 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

Chapter 10 - TL crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A system of secret routes used by escaping slaves to reach freedom in the North or Canada.
  2. United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state.
  3. Successor of Zachary Taylor, and signs into law many compromises.
  4. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court when Dred Scott decision was made.
  5. Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
  6. The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.
  7. Stephen Douglas’s belief in popular sovereignty, stated during the Freeport debate.
  8. Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that spoke out against slavery.
  9. Laws passed by Northern states forbidding the imprisonment of slaves.
  10. Political party formed in 1854, Its main goal was to stop the spread of slavery.
  11. Explorer/adventurer who led the overthrow of Mexican rule in California after war broke out, ran for president 1856.
  12. President of the Union who was against slavery.
  13. 1846 proposal that outlawed slavery in any territory gained from the War with Mexico.
  14. A law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery.
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  1. Political party of the 1850s that was anti-Catholic and anti-immigrant.
  2. A founder of the Republican Party, Abolitionist.
  3. Law that provided for harsh treatment for escaped slaves and those who helped them.
  4. Abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia.
  5. President of the Confederate States of America.
  6. Term referring to bloodshed over population sovereignty in a particular western territory.
  7. A policy favoring native-born individuals over foreign-born ones.
  8. A government in which the people rule by their own consent.
  9. Illinois politician who helped smooth over sectional conflict in 1850 but then reignited it in 1854.
  10. Agreement designed to ease tensions caused by the expansion of slavery into western territories.
  11. Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation.
  12. Former slave who helped slaves escape on the Underground Railroad.
  13. A political party formed in 1848 to oppose the extension of slavery into U.S. territories.
  14. President who supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
  15. Ran for the Democrat Party in the Election of 1856-won, endorses proslavery Constitution.
  16. 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

Review: States' Rights and Federal Authority crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Key U.S. Supreme Court decisions expanded federal _____ through the Civil War and Reconstruction
  2. In dealing with the _____ , the “New Deal” strengthened the federal government again in the 1930s.
  3. _____ powers are any powers that state governments keep under the Tenth Amendment.
  4. Throughout the country’s history, the state and federal governments of the United States have struggled over _____.
  5. How should power be distributed among local, state, and federal governments?
  6. _____ governments are responsible for local issues like education, voting, and police protection.
  7. This is known as the “_____ Clause” because of its flexibility.
  8. In a _____ central government has limited powers and depends on the consent of the individual units to implement decisions.
  9. The U.S. Congress also can pass any laws that are “_____” to carry them out.
  10. Under the Articles of Confederation the states retain _____ and can ignore the central government’s decisions if they choose.
  11. A system of government that divides government power between a national government and regional governments.
  12. Expressed,or _____ powers are those listed in the Constitution as belonging to the federal government.
  13. In a _____ the individual units (states) retain most of the sovereignty and delegate limited powers to a central authority.
  14. Powers shared by both federal and state governments.
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  1. The Court ____ federal authority in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
  2. _____ are usually held together by agreements rather than a strong national constitution.
  3. More than_____ government is in charge in the United States
  4. The _____ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, known as the states' rights amendment, is the last amendment in the Bill of Rights.
  5. The ______ government is responsible for broader governance like the economy and national defense.
  6. Federal laws take priority over state laws if the two come into conflict due to the _____ Clause.
  7. _____ laws generally supersede state laws in case of conflict.
  8. There is typically a strong national _____ that limits the power of regional governments.
  9. The _____ plays a large role in defining implied powers when it tests whether federal laws are constitutional.
  10. In a _____ power is shared between a central and regional governments with the central government holding significant authority.
  11. The federal government also holds _____ powers that aren’t listed in the Constitution but are needed to carry out other powers.
  12. The states' rights amendment limits the federal government to the _____ powers outlined in the Constitution.
  13. Confederations are usually held together by _____ rather than a strong national constitution.
  14. 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

Happenings of the Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. U.S. currency introduced during the Civil War, not backed by gold but by the Union’s credibility.
  2. A Union victory that split the Confederacy in two by taking control of the Mississippi River.
  3. The Union strategy to blockade Southern ports, capture the Mississippi River, and take Richmond to defeat the Confederacy.
  4. Slave states that remained in the Union during the Civil War.
  5. The Confederate general who surrendered at Appomattox Court House, ending the war.
  6. The drafting of citizens for military service.
  7. A Union general who trained and planned for the Army of the Potomac.
  8. A Union campaign of destruction through Georgia, an early example of total war.
  9. Steam-powered warships armored with iron plates, making wooden ships obsolete.
  10. A Confederate victory in 1861 that ended hopes of a quick Northern triumph.
  11. A key three-day battle that marked the turning point of the war in favor of the Union.
  12. A Union general best known for his victory at Gettysburg.
  13. The Union general who led the North to victory and later became the 18th president of the U.S.
  14. The 16th president of the United States from 1861 to 1865.
  15. A faction of Republicans who pushed for greater rights for freed slaves.
  16. A Union general who led the destruction of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.
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  1. A speech by Abraham Lincoln emphasizing national unity and honoring fallen soldiers.
  2. The site in South Carolina where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
  3. The location in Virginia where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, ending the Civil War.
  4. The actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre.
  5. The bloodiest single-day battle in American history, halting Lee’s invasion of the North.
  6. The first African American military regiment from the North during the Civil War.
  7. The nation formed by seceding Southern states, led by Jefferson Davis.
  8. The order by Lincoln that declared enslaved people free in Confederate states.
  9. Violent protests against conscription in New York City, which turned into racial violence.
  10. A Confederate general known for his leadership and battlefield tactics.
  11. The holiday marking the announcement of freedom for enslaved people in Texas on June 19, 1865.
  12. The president of the Confederate States during the Civil War.
  13. 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. • ...

Unit 6 Vocab 2018-02-07

Unit 6 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Congressman who represented the wants of the western states
  2. Congressman who represented the wants of the southern states
  3. road built by the federal government in the early 1800s that extended from Maryland to Illinois
  4. Mexican territory surrendered to the United States at the end of the war with Mexico
  5. Spanish mission in San Antonio, Texas; the site of a famous battle of the Texas Revolution in 1836
  6. practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs.
  7. Texans defeated the Mexicans, gaining their independence
  8. 1800s belief the America had the right to spread across the continent
  9. trappers who explored and hunted in Oregon Territory in the early 1800s
  10. Treaty ending Mexican War and granting vast territories to the United States
  11. to add or take over
  12. led the Mormon migration to Utah
  13. law passed in 1830 that forced many Native American nations to move west of the Mississippi River
  14. founder of Texas
  15. The right to vote.
  16. Trail from independence Missouri to Oregon used by many pioneers during the 1840s
  17. Served as a United States Senator.
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  1. the forced removal of Cherokees and their transportation to Oklahoma
  2. people who went to California during the gold rush of 1849
  3. canal completed in 1825 that connected Lake Erie to the Hudson River
  4. leader of the Texas Revolution and the first president of the Republic of Texas
  5. Political party formed in 1834 to oppose policies of Andrew Jackson.
  6. 9th President, he served the shortest term as president, only 31 days
  7. the right of states to limit the power of the federal government
  8. 8th President, during his presidency America went through an economic crisis called the Panic of 1837
  9. A political party formed by supporters of Andrew Jackson after the presidential election of 1824.
  10. purchase of land from mexico in 1853 that established the present U.S.-mexico boundary
  11. act passed by South Carolina that declared the 1832 tariff illegal
  12. an important trade trail west from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico
  13. to give up
  14. 11th President, during his presidency America gained Texas, and Mexican Cession, and the Gadsden Purchase
  15. 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

Cold War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region.
  2. a political term for a country that is formally independent, but under heavy political and economic influence or control by another country.
  3. 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
  4. the countries that opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War
  5. a range of more than 5,500 kilometres (3,400 mi) typically designed for nuclear weapons delivery (delivering one or more nuclear warheads).
  6. is the capital city of Germany and one of the 16 states of Germany
  7. a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad.
  8. 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.
  9. southern Ukraine, on the north coast of the Black Sea.
  10. the de facto leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953
  11. the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953).
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  1. commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being
  2. an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
  3. 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.
  4. Involving atomic energy
  5. a competition between two or more parties to have the best armed forces.
  6. 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.
  7. a constitutionally communist state that existed between 1922 and 1991,
  8. a mutual defense treaty between eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War.
  9. the first artificial Earth satellite.
  10. 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

ErinGrove crossword puzzle
Across
  1. power to reduce the length of a sentence
  2. (3 words no space) sworn by the president the day he takes office
  3. mercy or leniency
  4. political party's principals
  5. (2 words no space) Meetings at which delegates vote to pick their Presidential and vice-presidential candidates
  6. (2 words no space) Electors would be chosen in each state in the same way as members of Congress
  7. (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
  8. (3 words no space) An unwelcome person
  9. (2 words no space) paints a picture of the president as a emperor
  10. (2 words no space)The scheme by which a presidential vacancy is filled
  11. (3 words no space) presidents cancellation of a specific dollar amount from congressional spending
  12. (2 words no space) directive, rule, or regulation that has an effect on the law
  13. (two words no space) forms of communication(TV and the Internet)
  14. people who can cast votes
  15. (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
  16. (3 words no space)Would keep much of the electoral college system intact, especially the winner-take-all feature
  17. (2 words no space) a pact between the president and the head of a foreign state
  18. (2 words no space) arises from two sources : the constitution and acts of congress
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  1. (3 words no space) candidate who wins preference automatically wins
  2. (3 words no space) Ceremonial Head of the government of the United States
  3. a formal agreement between two sovereign states
  4. (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
  5. (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
  6. The exclusive power of a president to recognize foreign states
  7. (2words no space) Usually a "barn-burner"
  8. (2words no space) The Executive power
  9. postponement of execution of a sentence
  10. legal forgiveness of a crime
  11. (2 words no space) votes cast by electors in the electoral college
  12. 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

First Reciever crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with protecting public health and safety related to nuclear energy.
  2. emergency management is the organization and management of the resources and responsibilities for dealing with all humanitarian aspects of emergencies.
  3. Employees at the hospital engaged in decontamination and treatment of patients who were contaminated by a hazardous substance(s) during an emergency incident.
  4. 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.
  5. is committed to achieving and maintaining a safe and healthy environment that advances Temple’s excellence in education, research, and health care
  6. "improving the health, safety, and well-being of America"
  7. the patient is subjected to a hazardous substance through any route of entry (inhalation, ingestion, absorption, and/ or injection)
  8. 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.
  9. is "the federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries"
  10. 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.
Down
  1. is the process of removing or neutralizing a hazardous substance(s) so that it can no longer pose a hazard to the patient.
  2. Personnel who initially respond to emergencies
  3. independent executive agency of the United States federal government tasked with environmental protection matters.
  4. the United States federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness
  5. the national public health agency of the United States
  6. Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives
  7. a large regulatory agency of the United States Department of Labor that originally had federal visitorial powers to inspect and examine workplaces.
  8. holds those responsibilities within a healthcare facility using ionizing radiation for medical procedures.
  9. focuses on minimizing human health risks associated with exposure to hazardous substances.
  10. 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

Unit 2 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Amendment- Any person born in the United States or considered a citizen of the united states will be loyal to their state and country.
  2. Rights Act of 1964- Prohibits the discrimination between those of different backgrounds such as race, gender, or religion.
  3. Being loyal to a specific country
  4. Prejudice against a certain ethnic group, race, religion, gender, etc.
  5. Those who were selected for DACA
  6. Amendment-The right to vote would not be obstructed by gender
  7. children to come to America and pursue education for better opportunities
  8. Pot Theory”- States the different backgrounds that create the American body will be forgotten as time progresses and mixes the cultures together.
  9. Adjustment Act 1966- Gave Cuban workers the ability to reside and work in the United States.
  10. Amendment-A citizen’s right to vote would not be taken away due to the inability to pay taxes.
  11. Amendment- Alcohol transportation or production would be prohibited but consuming it was allowed.
  12. but Equal- A doctrine that stated that racial discrimination did not legally violate the 14th amendment
  13. To be accepted into another country which you are not from.
  14. To take away the privileges of owning a business.
  15. To move from one country to another for better opportunities.
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  1. Amendment- All citizens of the United States, no matter the race, religion, or color have the right to vote.
  2. participation- events which citizens should participate
  3. Amendment- Put a stop to slavery and acts that would be done involuntarily unless it is a consequence of a crime.
  4. To focus more on a rural place to gain benefit.
  5. IX- A law that prohibits discrimination due to the gender of an individual.
  6. The separation between a group of people
  7. Exclusion Act- Prohibits workers of Chinese descent to work for 10 years.
  8. Refusal to serve customers from an area that was considered low income or consisted of predominantly minority groups.
  9. Amendments- Claimed that Amendment 18 would not be put into action.
  10. Foot, Dry Foot” Policy- States that any new immigrants from Cuba would be able to live in America, one year later.
  11. Amendment- Gave citizens aged 18 or older the right to vote.
  12. 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

Sets crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ___law states that (A ∪ B)’ = A’ ∩ B’
  2. ___intervals are denoted by []
  3. a set contains ______
  4. ____set has indefinite number of elements
  5. ____set has no elements
  6. _____on sets include union, intersection etc..
  7. ___diagram are used to represent relations between sets
  8. Two finite sets A and B are said to be _____ if the number of elements are equal
  9. set-___ form and roster form are used to represent sets
  10. A set can have closed and open _____
  11. ____ form is also known as tabular form
  12. A set A is said to be a ___set of a set B if every element of B is also an element of A
  13. ___law states that A intersection (B union C) is equal to (B union A) intersection (C union A)
  14. __law states that A union (B union C) is equal to (A union B) union C
  15. ____law states that Set A union to null set or set A intersection to Universal set is equal to set A
  16. 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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  1. ___set has definite number of elements
  2. _of a set A is denoted by A'
  3. ____difference is denoted by the delta sign
  4. the ___ of the sets A and B in this order is the set of elements which belong to A but not to B
  5. ___law states that A union B is equal to B union A
  6. _____law states that the union and intersect of the same set A is equal to set A
  7. __set contains all elements
  8. ____set is denoted by = sign
  9. ___set is also called empty set
  10. ___intervals are denoted by ()
  11. ___set is the collection of all subsets of a set
  12. The __ of sets A and B is the set of all elements which are common to both A and B
  13. ___set has only 1 element
  14. A set A is said to be a ___set of a set B if every element of A is also an element of B
  15. ____is a well-defined collection of objects
  16. 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

Progressive Era crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
  2. A period political reform across the United States of America
  3. Developed to help workers get better conditions, shorter hours and higher wages
  4. The 26th president of the United States; created the 'Big Stick Diplomacy'
  5. The last queen of Hawaii
  6. 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
  7. In the late 1800s the US acquired Puerto Rico, Philippines, Samoa, Guam, Wake Island, and________
  8. The 28th president of the United States; created the 'Missionary Diplomacy'
  9. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  10. A novel that portrays the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the US
  11. Substantially lowered tariff rates
  12. The gun used to push the Spanish forces off of the hills outside of Santiago
  13. A civil rights activist who led the Niagara Movement and later helped form the NAACP
  14. Established the Federal Reserve System as the central bank of the United States
  15. Journalists who exposed the horrible conditions of society in their writings
  16. A movement dedicated to promoting moderation and complete abstinence in the use of alcohol
  17. The 27th president of the United States; created the 'Dollar Diplomacy'
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  1. A movie made in 2004 about women suffrage
  2. An American writer, muckraker and political activist; Wrote The Jungle
  3. The leader of the National American Woman’s Association
  4. A lock-type canal made to allow boats to travel between Atlantic and Pacific easier
  5. The country the first battle of the Spanish American War was fought
  6. Refused the US the right to build the Panama Canal
  7. The country that wanted to be free from Spain
  8. An international conflict from 1914–1918; also know as the Great War
  9. U.S. marines played a key role in defending the legations during the siege
  10. The right to vote in political elections
  11. Tax charged by a government directly on income
  12. To make changes in something, typically social, political, or economic in order to improve it
  13. 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

Constitution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. James Madison's plan proposed bicameral, or two-house, legislature with membership or representation based on population
  2. a change or addition to the constitution
  3. the branch of government that interprets the laws and the Constitution.
  4. the provisions in the U.S. Constitution that prevent any branch of the U.S. government from dominating the other two branches.
  5. establishes that the federal constitution, and federal law generally, take precedence over state laws, and even state constitutions.
  6. he lower chamber of the United States Congress, states' number of members is based off of population
  7. the Constitutional Convention's agreement to count three-fifths of a state's slaves as population for purposes of representation and taxation.
  8. the branch of government that makes laws.
  9. 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.
  10. the branch of government that administers and enforces the laws.
  11. a government that has a two-house legislative system, such as the House of Representatives and the Senate
  12. the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, added in 1791 and consisting of a formal list of citizens' rightsand freedoms
Down
  1. to formally charge an official with misconduct in office. the process of accusing a public official of wrongdoing
  2. an opponent of a strong central government
  3. the official approval of the constitution, or of an amendment, by the states.
  4. the Supreme Court's power to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional
  5. the group of department heads who serve as the president's chief advisers.
  6. the upper chamber in a bicameral legislature each state has equal number of members
  7. The power of the President to refuse to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevent its enactment into law
  8. 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.
  9. William Patterson's Plan which proposed a single-house congress in which states had an equal vote
  10. a series of essays defending and explaining the Constitution, written by alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and john Jay.
  11. 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

AP Government Chapter 3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. transferring responsibility for policies from the federal government to state and local governments
  2. grants distributed according to a formula specified in legislation or in administrative regulations
  3. Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution's final paragraph; authorizes Congress to pass all necessary law to carry out their "enumerated powers"
  4. legal process where a state surrenders a person who has committed a crime in another state to that state
  5. interactions between local, state, and national governments; includes regulations, sharing of information, and transfers of funds
  6. provision of the Constitution that gives citizens the rights of the state they are in
  7. 1819 Supreme Court decision that established the supremacy of the national government over state governments
  8. grants given for specific purposes and awarded on basis of the merits of application
  9. Article IV clause that requires every state to recognize the judicial proceedings of other states
  10. pattern of taxing, providing grants, and spending in the federal government
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  1. 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
  2. grants given more or less automatically to states or communities to support broad programs in areas such as community development and social services
  3. explicitly listed powers that the federal government has according to the Constitution
  4. powers of the federal government that go beyond those enumerated in the Constitution
  5. 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
  6. grants that can only be used for certain categories of state and local spending
  7. system of government in which states and the national government share powers and policy assignments
  8. 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"
  9. a central government that holds the power in a nation
  10. system of government where the national and state governments are supreme in their own areas with their own responsibilities and powers
  11. 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

POLS 1101 Chp 2 & 3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. View that states have strong independent authority to resist federal rules under the Constitution.
  2. sovereignty is constitutionally divided between national and state governments
  3. ultimate authority rests with the state (or regional) governments.
  4. – allows Congress to provide for the common defense and common good of the country.
  5. ultimate authority rests with the national government.
  6. initial governing authority of the United States
  7. Gives Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper to the powers enumerated in Article I, Section 8.
  8. not expressly granted to Congress but added through the necessary and proper clause.
  9. held by both the national and state governments in a federal system.
  10. gives Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, with Indian tribes, and the states.
  11. required states to return runaway slaves; negated by the Thirteenth Amendment
  12. authorizes each branch of government to share powers with the other branches, thereby holding some scrutiny of and control over the other branches.
  13. an agreement between the small and large states which defined the legislative structure and representation each state would have.
Down
  1. powers retained by the states under the Constitution.
  2. – rule by the people
  3. pres. Roosevelt's proposal in 1937 to "reform" the Supreme Court by appointing an additional justice for each justice older than 70.
  4. where state governments and the federal government basically have separate functions.
  5. – Federal law is superior to state laws.
  6. 1819 Supreme Court decision that gave Congress the right to create a bank.
  7. – court’s authority to declare laws passed by Congress and acts of the executive branch to be unconstitutional
  8. people who supported the Constitution during the ratification period
  9. – a set of Electors, elected by the people, who elect a candidate to (
  10. opposed to a strong central government
  11. authority is divided among branches, each holding separate and independent powers and areas of responsibility.
  12. explicitly granted to Congress by the Constitution.
  13. Initial governing authority of the United States
  14. Process for selecting state judges whereby the original nomination is by appointment, and subsequent retention is by a retention election.
  15. Form of democracy; political power is exercised directly by citizens.
  16. derives from citizens, but public officials make policy and govern according to existing law.
  17. 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

Autumn's CH 18 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Money, awarded to someone as a recompense for loss, injury, or suffering
  2. A person who advocated or supported the abolition of slavery in the U.S.
  3. One of the 3 states the grand compromise would deal with
  4. Taken against will/ being forced
  5. Southern and Northerners fought for slavery to be or to not be in this state
  6. Intense fear of something
  7. An agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions
  8. Not turning out as planed or something going wrong
  9. The state of being a slave a volume containing several novels or other items previously published separately
  10. Due to popular sovereignty slavery was allowed to continue here
  11. An American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
  12. The wealth and resources of a country or region
  13. Is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States
  14. Government land/properties
  15. A territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
  16. relating to or involed with politics
  17. They were named rebels and where the people that made up the Confederacy
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  1. A State that we got as a result of the Mexican-American War
  2. Inflicting a penalty or sanction on someone for doing wrong
  3. 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
  4. Government based on consent of the people
  5. An act that required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state
  6. A series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory
  7. An American author and abolitionist,she became best known for her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin
  8. The function of senses
  9. A novel that had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S.
  10. They were named Yankees and where the people that made up the union
  11. A package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that temporarily defused tensions between slave and free states
  12. Where bleeding Kansas took place
  13. 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

Causes of the Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. General who caught John Brown, resulting in the latter's execution
  2. New political party founded on antislavery principles
  3. Act of leaving the United States
  4. Senator and 1844 presidential candidate who developed the American System and wrote the Missouri Compromise
  5. War between the United States and Mexico that started over a border dispute regarding Texas
  6. Territory in the southwestern United States that was part of the Mexican Cession and eventually became the name of a state
  7. Proposed (and failed) law that would ban slavery in the entire Mexican Cession
  8. War War between 1861-65 that was primarily fought over slavery
  9. Territory in the Pacific Northwest that was contested between the United States and Britain
  10. President who initiated the annexation of Texas
  11. Law that admitted Kansas and Nebraska as territories and officially repealed the Missouri Compromise
  12. Name of the treaty that ended the Mexican War
  13. President elected in 1844 who championed Manifest Destiny
  14. Belief that God wanted America to span from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
  15. Mineral that was discovered in California that caused its population to rapidly increase
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  1. Location in (currently West) Virginia that was the site of John Brown's raid
  2. State that started out as part of Mexico, became an independent country, and then was annexed into the United States
  3. Slave who sued for his freedom and lost, resulting in the Supreme Court ruling Black people as noncitizens and slaves as property
  4. Concept of states being allowed to choose whether or not to allow slavery, regardless of their geographic location
  5. River that serves as Texas' current southern border
  6. Violence in Kansas between pro- and anti-slavery factions
  7. Type of law that required runaway slaves to be returned to their owners
  8. First state to secede in December 1860, causing others to follow
  9. Collective name for the territory gained from the Mexican War
  10. State that was admitted as a SLAVE state following the Missouri Compromise
  11. Act of absorbing one country into another
  12. Abolitionist who participated in Bleeding Kansas and led the Raid of Harpers Ferry
  13. 16th president and first republican president
  14. State drawn from the Mexican Cession that wanted to be admitted as a free state, causing the Compromise of 1850
  15. 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 • ...

States of Matter 2021-05-06

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when a liquid turns into a gas, 2 types
  2. a liquid gets cold enough to become solid
  3. happens over time with gradual addition to thermal energy on the top of the liquid
  4. a state of matter where the molecules are semi close together and move at the equivalent of walking
  5. from solid straight to gas
  6. when thermal energy is added to a solid and it turns into a liquid
Down
  1. a gas that humans breathe out and plants convert to oxygen
  2. water vapor gets cold enough to merge with other water vapor to turn into rain, snow, sleet, extr.
  3. happens through the liquid once the liquid has reached a certain temperature and pressure
  4. a state of matter where molecules are spread out and move a lot
  5. 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

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when a liquid turns into a gas, 2 types
  2. a liquid gets cold enough to become solid
  3. happens over time with gradual addition to thermal energy on the top of the liquid
  4. a state of matter where the molecules are semi close together and move at the equivalent of walking
  5. from solid straight to gas
  6. when thermal energy is added to a solid and it turns into a liquid
Down
  1. a gas that humans breathe out and plants convert to oxygen
  2. water vapor gets cold enough to merge with other water vapor to turn into rain, snow, sleet, extr.
  3. happens through the liquid once the liquid has reached a certain temperature and pressure
  4. a state of matter where molecules are spread out and move a lot
  5. 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

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what is another way you can make gas
  2. What is one way you can make gas
  3. what kind of gas do people cook with
  4. what is the basic state of mater
  5. liquid particles have more space between them (true or false)
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  1. solids are arranged in
  2. what is the state of matter between solid and gas
  3. a solid has a stable and defined
  4. who is my favorite science teacher
  5. solid forms a liquid or
  6. is liquid a shape
  7. 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 • ...

States of Matter 2022-03-02

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The state of matter in which materials have a definite shape and definite volume.
  2. A temperature of 0 Kelvins.
  3. The state of matter in which a material has a definite volume but not a definite shape.
  4. A law that states that the volume of a gas is directly proportional to its temperature in kelvins if the pressure and the number of particles of the gas are constant.
Down
  1. During this change the system absorbs energy from its surround
  2. The pressure caused by the collisions of this vapor and the walls of the container is called.
  3. The state of matter in which a material has neither a definite shape nor a definite volume.
  4. The energy an object has due to its motion.
  5. The reversible physical change that occurs when a substance changes from one state of matter to another.
  6. A law that states that the volume of a gas in inversely proportional to its pressure if the temperature and the number of particles are constant.
  7. The result of a force distributed over an area.

11 Clues: A temperature of 0 Kelvins. • The energy an object has due to its motion. • The result of a force distributed over an area. • During this change the system absorbs energy from its surround • The state of matter in which materials have a definite shape and definite volume. • The state of matter in which a material has a definite volume but not a definite shape. • ...

Midwest States Vocabulary 2016-12-01

Midwest States Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the Hawkeye State
  2. the Badger State
  3. the largest city in Missouri
  4. the largest city in Wisconsin
  5. the Show Me State
Down
  1. animals raised in the Midwest
  2. the largest city in Iowa
  3. the largest city in Minnesota
  4. grain grown in the Midwest
  5. the Star of the North state
  6. people go on vacation to visit a state

11 Clues: the Badger State • the Hawkeye State • the Show Me State • the largest city in Iowa • grain grown in the Midwest • the Star of the North state • the largest city in Missouri • animals raised in the Midwest • the largest city in Minnesota • the largest city in Wisconsin • people go on vacation to visit a state

Northeastern States & Capitals 2024-04-30

Northeastern States & Capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The capital of New York
  2. The capital of Delaware
  3. The capital of Rhode Island
  4. The capital of Massachusetts
  5. The capital of New Jersey
  6. The capital of Maine
Down
  1. The capital of Vermont
  2. The capital of Connecticut
  3. The capital of Pennsylvania
  4. The capital of New Hampshire
  5. The capital of Maryland

11 Clues: The capital of Maine • The capital of Vermont • The capital of New York • The capital of Delaware • The capital of Maryland • The capital of New Jersey • The capital of Connecticut • The capital of Pennsylvania • The capital of Rhode Island • The capital of New Hampshire • The capital of Massachusetts

States of Matter 2024-10-01

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When liquid turns to gas
  2. When liquid turns to solid
  3. When solid turns to liquid
  4. Particles are far and fast
  5. Particles are close and slow
Down
  1. When gas turns to liquid
  2. Anything that has mass and volume
  3. The ability to do work
  4. Particles are loose and there's some space
  5. The amount of particles in a substance
  6. The amount of space something takes up

11 Clues: The ability to do work • When gas turns to liquid • When liquid turns to gas • When liquid turns to solid • When solid turns to liquid • Particles are far and fast • Particles are close and slow • Anything that has mass and volume • The amount of particles in a substance • The amount of space something takes up • Particles are loose and there's some space

States of Matter 2023-06-21

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When a gas cools to become a liquid
  2. Particles have spcaes between them and moving fast
  3. How particles in a solid move ever so slightly
  4. Particles are waekly attached to each other
Down
  1. When a liquid becomes a solid
  2. When a solid turns to a liquid
  3. When particles bump into one another they...
  4. When a liquid becomes a gas
  5. a measurement of heat energy
  6. Form of energy that causes particles to vibrate
  7. Particles are close together and vibrating slightly

11 Clues: When a liquid becomes a gas • a measurement of heat energy • When a liquid becomes a solid • When a solid turns to a liquid • When a gas cools to become a liquid • When particles bump into one another they... • Particles are waekly attached to each other • How particles in a solid move ever so slightly • Form of energy that causes particles to vibrate • ...

States Of Matter 2022-11-02

States Of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The temperature scale used by scientists worldwide
  2. is the measure of the average kinetic energy of a substance
  3. Do not take the shape of their container(rigid structure)
  4. This state of matter can be poured
  5. At zero degrees ______, particles would stop moving
Down
  1. We are studying the states of _______
  2. Has particles that are widely spaced
  3. Particles can have kinetic and _____ energy
  4. When you heat ice, the ice will_______
  5. Thermal energy is the measure of potential and _____ energy of a substance
  6. Gases have higher potential ______ than solids

11 Clues: This state of matter can be poured • Has particles that are widely spaced • We are studying the states of _______ • When you heat ice, the ice will_______ • Particles can have kinetic and _____ energy • Gases have higher potential ______ than solids • The temperature scale used by scientists worldwide • At zero degrees ______, particles would stop moving • ...

States Of Matter 2022-11-01

States Of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid
  2. a very small piece of matter
  3. The change of state from a liquid to a gas
  4. A state of matter that has no definite shape but has a definite volume.
  5. A state of matter with no definite shape or volume.
  6. The temperature at which a liquid changes to a gas
Down
  1. A representation of an object or event
  2. At the very high temperatures of stars (and lightning), atoms lose their electrons
  3. The change of state from a gas to a liquid
  4. The change in state from a solid to a liquid
  5. 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 2023-01-19

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Doesn't have a definitive shape nor volume
  2. Change from a gas to a solid
  3. A liquid's resistance to flowing
  4. Change from a solid to a liquid
  5. Change from a gas to a liquid
Down
  1. Change from a liquid to a gas
  2. Change from a solid to a gas
  3. Has a definitive volume but not a definitive shape
  4. Made of particles of extremely high kinetic energy
  5. Change from a liquid to a solid
  6. 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 2022-09-26

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. becoming water vapor
  2. liquid to a gas
  3. having a consistency like that of water or oil
  4. solid to a liquid
  5. liquid to a solid
Down
  1. become a liquid
  2. solid straight to gas
  3. anything that has mass and takes up space
  4. dry ice composed of
  5. firm and stable in shape
  6. substance or matter in a state in which it will expand freely to fill the whole of a container

11 Clues: become a liquid • liquid to a gas • solid to a liquid • liquid to a solid • dry ice composed of • becoming water vapor • solid straight to gas • firm and stable in shape • anything that has mass and takes up space • having a consistency like that of water or oil • substance or matter in a state in which it will expand freely to fill the whole of a container

States of Matter 2022-09-26

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. becoming water vapor
  2. liquid to a gas
  3. having a consistency like that of water or oil
  4. solid to a liquid
  5. liquid to a solid
Down
  1. become a liquid
  2. solid straight to gas
  3. anything that has mass and takes up space
  4. dry ice composed of
  5. firm and stable in shape
  6. substance or matter in a state in which it will expand freely to fill the whole of a container

11 Clues: become a liquid • liquid to a gas • solid to a liquid • liquid to a solid • dry ice composed of • becoming water vapor • solid straight to gas • firm and stable in shape • anything that has mass and takes up space • having a consistency like that of water or oil • substance or matter in a state in which it will expand freely to fill the whole of a container

States of Matter 2022-09-26

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. becoming water vapor
  2. liquid to a gas
  3. having a consistency like that of water or oil
  4. solid to a liquid
  5. liquid to a solid
Down
  1. become a liquid
  2. solid straight to gas
  3. anything that has mass and takes up space
  4. dry ice composed of
  5. firm and stable in shape
  6. substance or matter in a state in which it will expand freely to fill the whole of a container

11 Clues: become a liquid • liquid to a gas • solid to a liquid • liquid to a solid • dry ice composed of • becoming water vapor • solid straight to gas • firm and stable in shape • anything that has mass and takes up space • having a consistency like that of water or oil • substance or matter in a state in which it will expand freely to fill the whole of a container

States of Matter 2022-09-26

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. becoming water vapor
  2. liquid to a gas
  3. having a consistency like that of water or oil
  4. solid to a liquid
  5. liquid to a solid
Down
  1. become a liquid
  2. solid straight to gas
  3. anything that has mass and takes up space
  4. dry ice composed of
  5. firm and stable in shape
  6. substance or matter in a state in which it will expand freely to fill the whole of a container

11 Clues: become a liquid • liquid to a gas • solid to a liquid • liquid to a solid • dry ice composed of • becoming water vapor • solid straight to gas • firm and stable in shape • anything that has mass and takes up space • having a consistency like that of water or oil • substance or matter in a state in which it will expand freely to fill the whole of a container

States of matter 2022-08-31

States of matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. not liquid or solid
  2. not gas or liquid
  3. dry ice is made of
  4. gas to liquid
  5. ___ of matter
  6. solid to gas
  7. liquid to solid
Down
  1. water to steam
  2. what is it when something goes to a different state of matter
  3. Water going from liquid to gas
  4. not solid or gas

11 Clues: solid to gas • gas to liquid • ___ of matter • water to steam • liquid to solid • not solid or gas • not gas or liquid • dry ice is made of • not liquid or solid • Water going from liquid to gas • what is it when something goes to a different state of matter

STATES OF MATTER 2023-08-12

STATES OF MATTER crossword puzzle
Across
  1. process of converting liquid to gas
  2. means hidden heat
  3. ability of substance to flow
  4. Gas----> Solid, directly without liquid state
  5. process of converting solid into liquid state
  6. heat energy required to convert 1kg of liquid to gaseous state at its boiling point at atmospheric pressure
Down
  1. temperature at which a substance converts from Liquid state to gaseous state.
  2. process of converting a solid directly to gaseous state
  3. process of converting liquid into vapor state at temperature below boiling point
  4. Gas----->Liquid
  5. ability of substance to retain shape

11 Clues: Gas----->Liquid • means hidden heat • ability of substance to flow • process of converting liquid to gas • ability of substance to retain shape • Gas----> Solid, directly without liquid state • process of converting solid into liquid state • process of converting a solid directly to gaseous state • ...

States of Matter 2022-10-26

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. no definite shape or volume
  2. change from solid to liquid
  3. resistance of a liquid to flow
  4. change from solid to liquid
  5. definite volume, no definite shape
  6. change from gas to liquid
  7. change from liquid to gas
  8. move back and forth
Down
  1. inward force of attraction in liquids
  2. definite shape, definite volume
  3. degrees Celsius for water to freeze
  4. anything that has mass and takes up space

12 Clues: move back and forth • change from gas to liquid • change from liquid to gas • no definite shape or volume • change from solid to liquid • change from solid to liquid • resistance of a liquid to flow • definite shape, definite volume • definite volume, no definite shape • degrees Celsius for water to freeze • inward force of attraction in liquids • ...

United States Governemnt 2023-05-16

United States Governemnt crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This type of government divides power between state, national, and local
  2. the section of the Constitution that says why it was written
  3. purpose of the Bill of rights is to protect the rights of individual liberty and
  4. The way the state maintains social order, enacts laws, and provides public services is called
  5. First 10 amendments are called
Down
  1. The idea that is the cornerstone of representation in our government is based on
  2. The military draft is an example of what power
  3. Congress is made up of two houses, which is called
  4. This amendment gave women the right to vote
  5. Caused the end of the Articles of Confederation
  6. Type of democracy we have in the United States

11 Clues: First 10 amendments are called • This amendment gave women the right to vote • The military draft is an example of what power • Type of democracy we have in the United States • Caused the end of the Articles of Confederation • Congress is made up of two houses, which is called • the section of the Constitution that says why it was written • ...

States and Capitals 2023-09-27

States and Capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The first state
  2. North Star state
  3. Land of opportunity
  4. The Grand Canyon state
Down
  1. Pelican State
  2. Sunshine state
  3. The golden state
  4. jersey The garden state
  5. The Wolverine State
  6. The sentinel state
  7. Buckeye State
  8. York The empire state

12 Clues: Pelican State • Buckeye State • Sunshine state • The first state • The golden state • North Star state • The sentinel state • The Wolverine State • Land of opportunity • The Grand Canyon state • jersey The garden state • York The empire state

sumerian city-states 2024-11-12

sumerian city-states crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Created Cuneiform
  2. What/ where Sumer is now or what the location of Sumer is now
  3. Temples built by Sumerians
  4. The supply of water to land or crops
  5. A carved stone slab
Down
  1. The Land between two rivers
  2. a tool that allowed farmers to cur grass
  3. A mythical hero of Sumer
  4. A form of writing
  5. What was another name for Sumer
  6. A type of metal

11 Clues: A type of metal • Created Cuneiform • A form of writing • A carved stone slab • A mythical hero of Sumer • Temples built by Sumerians • The Land between two rivers • What was another name for Sumer • The supply of water to land or crops • a tool that allowed farmers to cur grass • What/ where Sumer is now or what the location of Sumer is now

states of matter 2025-06-04

states of matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. I go up
  2. hard like a rock
  3. my atoms spread when I'm doing this
  4. you cant touch it but it can touch you
  5. I get bubbly
  6. I also go up
Down
  1. I can be reversed
  2. you want me on a hot day
  3. some Invisible some smell bad
  4. you cant see me
  5. you need me

11 Clues: I go up • you need me • I get bubbly • I also go up • you cant see me • hard like a rock • I can be reversed • you want me on a hot day • some Invisible some smell bad • my atoms spread when I'm doing this • you cant touch it but it can touch you

States of Matter 2025-09-08

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Energy Energy that comes from something hot and can make things warmer.
  2. The ability to do work or cause change.
  3. Potential Energy Energy stored in something stretchy or springy, like a rubber band, when it is stretched or compressed.
  4. Energy __________ is when energy moves from one object or place to another, like heat moving from a stove to a pot.
  5. Potential Energy Energy stored in an object because of its height, like a ball held up in the air.
  6. _______(Light) Energy is a type of energy that allows us to see things and travels in waves.
  7. Energy Vibrations that travel through air, water, or other materials and can be heard by our ears.
Down
  1. Energy __________ is when energy changes from one form to another, like electrical energy changing into light energy in a bulb.
  2. Energy Energy created by moving electric charges (called electrons), which powers devices like lights and computers.
  3. Energy an object has because it is moving.
  4. Energy Energy stored in substances, like food or fuel, which is released during a chemical reaction.

11 Clues: The ability to do work or cause change. • Energy an object has because it is moving. • Energy Energy that comes from something hot and can make things warmer. • _______(Light) Energy is a type of energy that allows us to see things and travels in waves. • Potential Energy Energy stored in an object because of its height, like a ball held up in the air. • ...

States of Matter 2025-10-20

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. change of state from liquid to solid
  2. particles in a solid move very
  3. particles slow down when you ______ heat energy
  4. particles in a gas move very
  5. change of state from gas to liquid
  6. particles are closely compacted together
Down
  1. change of state from a liquid to a gas
  2. change of state from solid to liquid
  3. particles speed up when you _____ heat energy
  4. particles have LOTS of space between them
  5. particles have space to move past one another

11 Clues: particles in a gas move very • particles in a solid move very • change of state from gas to liquid • change of state from liquid to solid • change of state from solid to liquid • change of state from a liquid to a gas • particles are closely compacted together • particles have LOTS of space between them • particles speed up when you _____ heat energy • ...

United States Government 2025-12-31

United States Government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Shared sovereignty system
  2. Process of formally accusing federal officials
  3. Structural doctrine dividing government powers
  4. Upper chamber of Congress
  5. Foundational governing document
  6. Branch interpreting the law
  7. Number of Supreme Court justices
Down
  1. Lawmaking branch collectively
  2. First Amendment protection often challenged in court
  3. Lawmaking branch collectively
  4. Government power over private property
  5. First ten constitutional amendments, collectively

12 Clues: Shared sovereignty system • Upper chamber of Congress • Branch interpreting the law • Lawmaking branch collectively • Lawmaking branch collectively • Foundational governing document • Number of Supreme Court justices • Government power over private property • Process of formally accusing federal officials • Structural doctrine dividing government powers • ...

States of America 2025-12-05

States of America crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Austin is the capital here
  2. Capital is Springfield
  3. Connected to British Columbia
  4. The sunshine state
  5. Washington D.C is located here
  6. Capital is Olympia
Down
  1. Las Vegas is a popular place here
  2. Our home state
  3. Capital is Madison
  4. Has plenty tropical beaches here
  5. Capital is Boise

11 Clues: Our home state • Capital is Boise • Capital is Madison • The sunshine state • Capital is Olympia • Capital is Springfield • Austin is the capital here • Connected to British Columbia • Washington D.C is located here • Has plenty tropical beaches here • Las Vegas is a popular place here

States/Capitals 1 2026-04-09

States/Capitals 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Salt Lake City
  2. Helena
  3. Santa Fe
  4. Carson City
  5. Wyoming
Down
  1. Sacramento
  2. Colorado
  3. Arizona
  4. Olympia
  5. Salem
  6. Idaho

11 Clues: Salem • Idaho • Helena • Arizona • Olympia • Wyoming • Colorado • Santa Fe • Sacramento • Carson City • Salt Lake City

Types of States 2026-04-29

Types of States crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - A state with multiple distinct ethnic groups within its borders
  2. - A state with a roughly circular shape
  3. - A state with an extremely small amount of land and a low population
  4. - A long, narrow state, with a significantly greater length than width
  5. - A state with no direct access to the ocean
Down
  1. - A state made up of multiple distinct nations
  2. - A state inhabited by a mostly homogenous population
  3. - A state that's land completely surrounds another
  4. - A state consisting of only one city
  5. - A state that's land consists of disconnected pieces
  6. - A mostly compact state with one elongated section

11 Clues: - A state consisting of only one city • - A state with a roughly circular shape • - A state with no direct access to the ocean • - A state made up of multiple distinct nations • - A state that's land completely surrounds another • - A mostly compact state with one elongated section • - A state inhabited by a mostly homogenous population • ...

Paddock AH U2b: Crossword Puzzle 2023-01-04

Paddock AH U2b: Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Stephen Douglas' attempt to allow popular sovereignty to decide the slavery issue in the territories in exchange for the Trans-Continental Railroad linking California and Illinois.
  2. United States abolitionist who published an anti-slavery newspaper called The Liberator
  3. Lewis Cass' idea that locals should decide whether they wanted slavery or not.
  4. Abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1858)
  5. Required that northern states pay to arrest runaways, put them on a commissioner trial and return them to slavery.
  6. United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential writer and lecturer in the North (1817-1895)
  7. Term that refers to guides on the Underground Railroad
  8. United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state
  9. Former slave who helped slaves escape on the Underground Railroad
  10. First state to secede from the Union
  11. 1857 Supreme Court decision ruling that a slave who had escaped to a free state enjoyed no rights as a citizen and that Congress had no authority to ban slavery in the territories.
  12. Laws passed by Northern state governments to counteract the Fugitive Slave Acts and protect escaped slaves, by giving them the right to a jury trial.
Down
  1. Movement to end slavery
  2. Site of a federal arsenal where a militant abolitionist attempted to start a slave rebellion
  3. California = free state, popular sovereignty for Utah and New Mexico, slave trade abolished in DC, and Fugitive Slave Law
  4. Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
  5. A network of Southern Abolitionists that helped slaves escape to freedom in the North
  6. An agreement in 1820 that new states would be introduced as pairs of pro and anti slavery in order to keep the Senate balanced.
  7. Novel which portrayed slavery as brutal and immoral and kept Great Britain from supporting the Confederacy (South) during the US Civil War.
  8. Lincoln, the Republican candidate, won because the Democratic party was split over slavery. As a result, the South no longer felt like it has a voice in politics and a number of states seceded from the Union.
  9. Leader of a slave rebellion in 1831 in Virginia. Revolt led to stricter restrictions on slaves and a "gag rule" in Congress that forbid discussion of slavery.

21 Clues: Movement to end slavery • Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin • First state to secede from the Union • Term that refers to guides on the Underground Railroad • Former slave who helped slaves escape on the Underground Railroad • United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state • ...

History Vocab 2020-12-17

History Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An employee within a system of unfree labor who is bound by signal or Fareed contract
  2. president abraham lincoln issued it, on jan. 1, 1863
  3. Charge for stamps on sale for taxes
  4. In 1651, the British parliament, In the first of what became knew as Nav. Act.
  5. He was a strong federal government and played a key role in defending and ratifying our constitution
  6. Taxed there sugar and Fareed Britain to only trade
  7. Became one of the cornerstones of native American law in the united states
  8. He was the primary draftsman of the united states declaration of independence. he was alive from April 13, 1743- July 4, 1826
  9. His blueprint for reconstruction included the ten percent plan, which specified that southern states could be readmatted
  10. relating to American political party of the early 19th century
  11. A form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiations
  12. was an escaped slavery who became a leader
  13. A historic site. It Includes the remain of 18th century
  14. was the 16th president of the united states
  15. aqustion of the territory
  16. formally known as the bureau of refugees
  17. passed by congress on jan. 31, 1865
Down
  1. Pitted the colonies of British America against these of new France
  2. A planting of crops
  3. Outlined a strong national government with three branches I legislative, executive, and judical.
  4. A belief in the Definitions of profitable trading
  5. People dressed as Indians dropped it all in the water so they couldn't use it and lost money.
  6. 19th century citrine or belief
  7. ratified in 1868, graanted citizenship to all persons born or naturlized in the united states
  8. a conflit fought between the U.S.
  9. granted african american men the right to vote.
  10. A person who favors abollition
  11. It was in july 4, 1776, the 13 colonies servered their political connections to Great Britian
  12. it was a proposal for the structure of the united states government
  13. He was commander in chief of the continental army during the American revolutionary war
  14. action of withdrawing formally
  15. George III, ruled England for almost two centuries. Was the king of Britain during the American revolutionary war.
  16. was an American stage actor who assinated president Abraham Lincoln

33 Clues: A planting of crops • aqustion of the territory • 19th century citrine or belief • A person who favors abollition • action of withdrawing formally • a conflit fought between the U.S. • Charge for stamps on sale for taxes • passed by congress on jan. 31, 1865 • formally known as the bureau of refugees • was an escaped slavery who became a leader • ...

History Vocab 2020-12-17

History Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. was an escaped slavery who became a leader
  2. A planting of crops
  3. a conflit fought between the U.S.
  4. In 1651, the British parliament, In the first of what became knew as Nav. Act.
  5. People dressed as Indians dropped it all in the water so they couldn't use it and lost money.
  6. was an American stage actor who assinated president Abraham Lincoln
  7. president abraham lincoln issued it, on jan. 1, 1863
  8. A person who favors abollition
  9. it was a proposal for the structure of the united states government
  10. 19th century citrine or belief
  11. A belief in the Definitions of profitable trading
  12. passed by congress on jan. 31, 1865
  13. Pitted the colonies of British America against these of new France
  14. aqustion of the territory
  15. It was in july 4, 1776, the 13 colonies servered their political connections to Great Britian
  16. formally known as the bureau of refugees
  17. Taxed there sugar and Fareed Britain to only trade
  18. He was the primary draftsman of the united states declaration of independence. he was alive from April 13, 1743- July 4, 1826
Down
  1. He was a strong federal government and played a key role in defending and ratifying our constitution
  2. He was commander in chief of the continental army during the American revolutionary war
  3. ratified in 1868, graanted citizenship to all persons born or naturlized in the united states
  4. A historic site. It Includes the remain of 18th century
  5. Became one of the cornerstones of native American law in the united states
  6. A form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiations
  7. An employee within a system of unfree labor who is bound by signal or Fareed contract
  8. granted african american men the right to vote.
  9. relating to American political party of the early 19th century
  10. His blueprint for reconstruction included the ten percent plan, which specified that southern states could be readmatted
  11. Outlined a strong national government with three branches I legislative, executive, and judical.
  12. Charge for stamps on sale for taxes
  13. action of withdrawing formally
  14. George III, ruled England for almost two centuries. Was the king of Britain during the American revolutionary war.
  15. was the 16th president of the united states

33 Clues: A planting of crops • aqustion of the territory • A person who favors abollition • 19th century citrine or belief • action of withdrawing formally • a conflit fought between the U.S. • Charge for stamps on sale for taxes • passed by congress on jan. 31, 1865 • formally known as the bureau of refugees • was an escaped slavery who became a leader • ...

FORMING A GOVERNMENT 2021-01-14

FORMING A GOVERNMENT crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Statute for Religious Freedom, 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
  2. Branch, Includes the president and the departments that help run the government
  3. A set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government.
  4. Ordinance of 1785, Land was split into townships which were 36 square miles divided into 36 lots of 640 acres
  5. commerce, Trade between two or more states
  6. Branch, Made up of all the national courts.
  7. Mason, Opposed the Constitution and believed the guaranteeing individual rights
  8. Occurs when there are increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money.
  9. Must be approved by two-thirds majority of both houses of Congress and then ratified by three-fourths of the states before taking effect
  10. Plan, New federal constitution that would give sovereignty or supreme power to the central government
  11. Carta, A document signed by King John in 1215, made the king subject to law.
  12. Papers, These essays supporting the Constitution were written by Alexander Hamilton James Madison and John Jay.
  13. of Confederation, 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.
  14. Convention, Held in May 1787 in Philadelphia's Independence Hall to improve the Articles of Confederation
  15. A period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment
  16. Rebellion, Protest high taxes and heavy debt
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  1. Compromise, The agreement to make two-house legislature
  2. of Rights, A living document for more than 200 years
  3. The right to vote by allowing any white man who paid taxes to vote
  4. People who opposed the Constitution and thought that the Constitutional Convention should not have created a new government
  5. Territory, Included areas that are now Illinois Indiana Michigan Ohio Minnesota and Wisconsin
  6. Supporters of the Constitution
  7. Taxes on imports or exports.
  8. and Balances, Keeps any branch from becoming too powerful
  9. Jersey Plan, The plan gave each state an equal number of votes and thus an equal voice in the federal government
  10. Madison, 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.

26 Clues: Taxes on imports or exports. • Supporters of the Constitution • commerce, Trade between two or more states • Branch, Made up of all the national courts. • Rebellion, Protest high taxes and heavy debt • of Rights, A living document for more than 200 years • Compromise, The agreement to make two-house legislature • ...

Forming a Government 2021-01-16

Forming a Government crossword puzzle
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  1. ten of the proposed amendments intended to protect citizen's rights
  2. a meeting held in Independence Hall in Philadelphia where delegates from the states wrote the constitution (1787)
  3. the idea that political authority is in the hands of the people
  4. the uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debt
  5. a period of low economic activity combined with a rise of unemployment
  6. offical changes
  7. a system of government where power is distributed between a central government and individual states
  8. an agreement made at the constitutional convention establishing that the lower house would be represented by population while in the upper house each state has equal representation
  9. a proposed constitution that would give sovereignty to the central government
  10. trade between two or more states
  11. lands including present day Indiana, Michigan, Illinois,Ohio, and Wisconsion
  12. offical approval
  13. known as the "father of the Constitution" for his ideas about government and his ability to lead the delegates to agreement
  14. an anti-federalist who believed the constitution needed a section guarenteeing individual rights
  15. branch of government responsible for interpreting laws, punishing criminals, and settling disputes between states.
  16. a document that declared no person could be forced to attend a particular church or pay for a church with tax money
  17. a set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government
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  1. taxes on imports or exports
  2. a document that created the first central government for the United States that was later replaced with the constitution
  3. the right to vote
  4. branch of government responsible for making sure laws are carried out
  5. supporters of the constitution
  6. to plead in favor of
  7. a document signed by King John which made the king subject to law
  8. branch of government responsible of propossing and passing laws
  9. an agreement where only three-fifths of a state's slave population counted when determining representation
  10. increased prices of goods and services combined with the reduced value of money
  11. people who opposed the constitution
  12. a system established by the constitution that prevents one branch of government from becoming too powerful
  13. a poor farmer and Revoluntionary War veteran who led hundreds of men in a forced shutdown of the Sumpreme Court

30 Clues: offical changes • offical approval • the right to vote • to plead in favor of • taxes on imports or exports • supporters of the constitution • trade between two or more states • people who opposed the constitution • the uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debt • the idea that political authority is in the hands of the people • ...

Unit 6 Vocab 2018-02-20

Unit 6 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. Mexican territory surrendered to the United States at the end of the war with Mexico
  2. practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs
  3. Congressman who represented the wants of the southern states
  4. 8th President, during his presidency America went through an economic crisis called the Panic of 1837
  5. Spanish mission in San Antonio, Texas; the site of a famous battle of the Texas Revolution in 1836
  6. 11th President, during his presidency America gained Texas, and Mexican Cession, and the Gadsden Purchase
  7. the forced removal of Cherokees and their transportation to Oklahoma
  8. people who went to California during the gold rush of 1849
  9. Treaty ending Mexican War and granting vast territories to the United States
  10. act passed by South Carolina that declared the 1832 tariff illegal
  11. canal completed in 1825 that connected Lake Erie to the Hudson River
  12. purchase of land from mexico in 1853 that established the present U.S.-mexico boundary
  13. Political party formed in 1834 to oppose policies of Andrew Jackson
  14. led the Mormon migration to Utah
  15. to add or take over
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  1. the right to vote
  2. to give up
  3. law passed in 1830 that forced many Native American nations to move west of the Mississippi River
  4. A political party formed by supporters of Andrew Jackson after the presidential election of 1824.
  5. the right of states to limit the power of the federal government
  6. 1800s belief the America had the right to spread across the continent
  7. Texans defeated the Mexicans, gaining their independence
  8. founder of Texas
  9. road built by the federal government in the early 1800s that extended from Maryland to Illinois
  10. trappers who explored and hunted in Oregon Territory in the early 1800s
  11. Congressman who represented the wants of the western states
  12. 9th President, he served the shortest term as president, only 31 days
  13. was an American statesman who served as a diplomat, minister and ambassador to foreign nations, and treaty negotiator, United States Senator, U.S. Representative
  14. an important trade trail west from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico
  15. 10th President, he took over for Harrison when he died
  16. Trail from independence Missouri to Oregon used by many pioneers during the 1840s
  17. leader of the Texas Revolution and the first president of the Republic of Texas

32 Clues: to give up • founder of Texas • the right to vote • to add or take over • led the Mormon migration to Utah • 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 • Congressman who represented the wants of the western states • ...

Gov Week 2 Activity 2019-08-29

Gov Week 2 Activity crossword puzzle
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  1. Form of government where power derives from citizens, but public officials make policy and govern according to existing law
  2. Opposed the new Constitution during the ratification period
  3. Formal process of changing the Constitution
  4. Presidential electors who are selected to represent the votes of their respective states
  5. Required colonists to house British soldiers in their homes
  6. Where the Declaration of Independence was approved and George Washington was made head of Continental Army; second time colonists met
  7. Powers given to Congress by the Constitution
  8. Document that establishes the basic rules for how a society shall be governed
  9. Twelve states met to revise the Articles of Confederation, but they ended up creating an entirely new Constitution
  10. Compromise over slavery the said for every five slaves, three counted towards the states population; this granted slave states more representation
  11. Government authority is divided among three branches: Judicial, Executive, Legislative
  12. Five colonists were killed by British soldiers after a group of colonists were taunting them
  13. Supported the new Constitution during the ratification period
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  1. First 10 Amendments to the Constitution; provide basic rights
  2. Initial governing authority of United States; precursor to Constitution
  3. System of government where sovereignty is divided between national and state governments
  4. Gives Congress power to pass laws that are necessary and proper to ruling the nation
  5. Rejected reconciliation with Britain and sent grievances to King George III; first time colonists met
  6. Document declaring American independence from Great Britain
  7. Authority of courts to declare laws passed by Congress and actions of president as unconstitutional
  8. Placed a tax on almost all paper products
  9. Colonists dumped taxed tea into the Boston Harbor
  10. Government where ultimate authority lies with regional governments
  11. Compromise on legislative representation where the lower chamber is based on population and the upper chamber provides equal representation
  12. Powers not explicitly given to Congress through writing, however Congress assumed them because of the necessary and proper clause
  13. Authority of president to block legislation passed by Congress
  14. Rule by the people
  15. Powers given to states under the Constitution
  16. Broad coalitions of interests organized to win elections in order to enact a commonly supported set of public policies
  17. Government where ultimate authority lies with national government

30 Clues: Rule by the people • Placed a tax on almost all paper products • Formal process of changing the Constitution • Powers given to Congress by the Constitution • Powers given to states under the Constitution • Colonists dumped taxed tea into the Boston Harbor • Opposed the new Constitution during the ratification period • ...

4.2 "The President" Vocabulary 2024-02-07

4.2 "The President" Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. A postponement of a punishment.
  2. This Executive Department is charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the U.S. government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces.
  3. Within the last 10 days Congress is in session the President can choose to take no action on the bill and since Congress is not in session at the end of those 10 days the bill dies and does not become a law.
  4. Individuals in charge of the Executive Departments hold the title of Secretary but some have other titles
  5. A federal law intended to check the U.S. president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress
  6. Formal agreements between two or more nations which require Senate approval
  7. Presidential role that exercises supreme command and control over an armed force or a military branch.
  8. Reduce a sentence imposed by a federal court or the District of Columbia Superior Court.
  9. Executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations
  10. Responsible for the carrying out of government programs and that the laws of Congress are implemented
  11. The head of the US Department of Justice
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  1. Issued only at the time of the signing of a bill, these statements often specify a provision in the law they plan on modifying or ignoring.
  2. The process by which the United States elects the President
  3. The returning of a bill to the originating chamber of Congress unsigned
  4. Executive Department that oversees the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the U.S. Mint.
  5. Executive department tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United States
  6. Instructions for how members of the executive branch will carry out their jobs.
  7. Someone born in the United States or in territory controlled by the United States
  8. Presidential power to absolve someone from the consequences of a fault or crime
  9. A collection of top advisors to the president consisting of the leaders of the various executive departments
  10. An act of clemency by an authority (as a government) by which pardon is granted especially to a group of individuals.
  11. The right of the president and other higher ranking executive officers to refuse to testify before congress or a court

22 Clues: A postponement of a punishment. • The head of the US Department of Justice • The process by which the United States elects the President • The returning of a bill to the originating chamber of Congress unsigned • Formal agreements between two or more nations which require Senate approval • ...

idc 2023-10-18

idc crossword puzzle
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  1. Northern whites who moved to the South and served as Republican leaders during Reconstruction & started businesses.
  2. A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote
  3. 17th President & former VP of Lincoln, vetoed many of the Radical Republicans plans to support freedmen.
  4. allowed people to vote if their father or grandfather had voted before Reconstruction
  5. This secured the rights of freedmen., it gave citizenship to African- Americans
  6. Created by Radical Republicans to provide food, shelter, education & legal protection for newly freed slaves.
  7. Southern laws designed to restrict the rights of the newly freed black slaves
  8. Southern whites who supported Republican's through Reconstruction & wanted them to help rebuild the South.
  9. people who rent a plot of land from another person, and farm it in exchange for a share of the crop
  10. Enslaved people who had been freed by the war
  11. Created by Pres. Lincoln to quickly reunite the North & South by asking Southern states for 10% of loyalty to return to the USA.
  12. Assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  13. Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws
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  1. States cannot deny any person the right to vote because of race.
  2. Political party that favored harsh punishment of Southern states after Civil War
  3. 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were "separate, but equal."
  4. State laws in the South that legalized segregation.
  5. Radical Republican's plan to slowly reunite the North & South by asking Southern states for 50% loyalty to return to the United States.
  6. Civil War general & 18th President of the United States; elected with a majority freedmen votes.
  7. founded in the 1860s in the south; meant to control newly freed slaves through threats and violence.
  8. Act of 1867 Vetoed by Johnson, Radical Republicans tried to remove Southern governments who refused to support freedmen's citizenship.
  9. a requirement that citizens show that they can read before registering to vote
  10. Abolition (end) of slavery
  11. 19th Republican President who ended Reconstruction by making a deal with Democrats.
  12. Idea that the south should industrialize after the Civil War with factory technology; coal, steel & textiles.

25 Clues: Abolition (end) of slavery • Assassinated Abraham Lincoln • Enslaved people who had been freed by the war • State laws in the South that legalized segregation. • States cannot deny any person the right to vote because of race. • A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote • ...

Unit 3: Road to the Constitution 2024-12-04

Unit 3: Road to the Constitution crossword puzzle
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  1. Those fearing a stronger national government were especially concerned that the Constitution did not include one of these.
  2. The Constitution prevented a ban on the slave _______ until 1808 at the earliest.
  3. He is credited with organizing the Constitutional Convention and drafting the Virginia Plan.
  4. This plan proposed a legislature with equal representation at the Constitutional Convention.
  5. Policies focused on issues within the country fall into this category.
  6. This would eventually replace the Articles of Confederation.
  7. Without an executive branch, the Articles of Confederation did not give the national government a way to ________ laws.
  8. This early political party argued in support of the federal Constitution.
  9. A loose alliance of states.
  10. The _______ slave clause required the return of any that were caught escaping.
  11. Proportional representation would use this to determine a state's level representation.
  12. This poor farmer is given much of the credit for bringing down the Articles of Confederation.
  13. The Northwest Ordinance created a way for new __________ to be incorporated into the United States.
  14. The Northwest Ordinance banned this practice in the new land it applied to.
  15. After the Articles of Confederation is replaced, the national government went from one of these to three.
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  1. This branch of government would include the nation's court system.
  2. Small states would have supported this type of representation at the Constitutional Convention.
  3. This group feared a stronger central government that would come from changes to the Articles of Confederation.
  4. The government under the Articles of Confederation lacked the authority to collect these from the states.
  5. The President is the head of this branch of government.
  6. This process required nine of the thirteen states.
  7. This infamous fraction was used to help determine state representation under the Constitution.
  8. Most of the powers the national government had under the Articles of Confederation was related to _________ policy.
  9. This branch of government is responsible for making laws.
  10. Number of states required to ratify the Constitution
  11. A single house legislature
  12. This plan proposed a legislature with proportional representation at the Constitutional Convention.
  13. Delegates at the Constitutional Convention needed this to bridge the gap between competing proposals.
  14. A two house legislature
  15. This city hosted the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention.

30 Clues: A two house legislature • A single house legislature • A loose alliance of states. • This process required nine of the thirteen states. • Number of states required to ratify the Constitution • The President is the head of this branch of government. • This branch of government is responsible for making laws. • This would eventually replace the Articles of Confederation. • ...

American History 2025-09-16

American History crossword puzzle
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  1. To formally withdraw; what Southern states did beginning in 1860, leading to the Civil War.
  2. The era of tension and competition between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II.
  3. The belief that the United States was destined to expand across the North American continent.
  4. A legislature with two houses, such as the U.S. Congress with the Senate and House of Representatives.
  5. Taxes placed on imported goods, often used to protect domestic industries.
  6. A system of racial segregation in South Africa; often compared to segregation in the U.S. during the Civil Rights Movement.
  7. The period in the early 1950s characterized by accusations of communism and blacklists led by Senator Joseph McCarthy.
  8. The act of freeing enslaved people; most famously associated with Lincoln’s 1863 proclamation.
  9. The period after the Civil War when Southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union.
  10. The nationwide ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol from 1920–1933.
  11. The process by which a government official is formally charged with misconduct, such as Andrew Johnson or Bill Clinton.
  12. The growth of factories, machines, and mass production in the 19th century.
  13. The series of programs and reforms Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced to fight the Great Depression.
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  1. The system of government where power is divided between the national and state governments.
  2. The principle that each branch of government has powers that limit the powers of the others.
  3. Someone who opposed ratification of the Constitution and wanted stronger state governments.
  4. A supporter of the Constitution and a strong central government, such as Alexander Hamilton.
  5. The political scandal in the 1970s that led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
  6. A person who worked to end slavery in the United States before the Civil War.
  7. The forced relocation and confinement of Japanese Americans during World War II.
  8. The 1823 foreign policy statement warning European nations not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere.
  9. A massive land purchase in 1803 from France that doubled the size of the United States.
  10. The document written in 1787 in Philadelphia that created the framework for the U.S. government, including separation of powers and checks and balances.
  11. The right to vote, extended over time to African Americans, women, and 18-year-olds.

24 Clues: Taxes placed on imported goods, often used to protect domestic industries. • The growth of factories, machines, and mass production in the 19th century. • A person who worked to end slavery in the United States before the Civil War. • The forced relocation and confinement of Japanese Americans during World War II. • ...

civil war cross word 2025-05-09

civil war cross word crossword puzzle
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  1. president of the confederacy. Led the southern states during the war.
  2. 16th president of the u.s. Led the union during the civil war & issued the emancipation proclamation
  3. 1820 agreement balancing free & slave states. Tried to prevent conflict but eventually failed.
  4. major battle in the 1863 in Penns iuania. Union victory ended confederate inuasion of the north
  5. larg forms using slave labor for crops like cotton. It caused tension between North & South over slavery.
  6. over a million soliders were _______ during the civil war.
  7. states loyal to the US governemnt. Fought to perserue the union & end slavery.
  8. Armored warships used during the war. changed naval warfaire with ships like the USS moniter & CSS virginia
  9. This was a pivotal 3 day battle in the American civil war which ended in a union victory.
  10. Gained revelance during the civil war as union forces sometimes quartered troops in private residences.
  11. Federal fort in south carolina. Site of the first shots of the civil war in April 1861.
  12. the union (the united sates) won the american civil war. war ended in April 1865 when confederate general Robert E. Lee surrended\red to union geneeral Ulysses S. Grant.
  13. During the civil war, both union & confederate soliders used various symbols to identify themselves & their cause.
  14. 1858 debates over slavery & politics. Gave Lincon national attention & highlighted divisions over slavery.
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  1. Formal declaration by to leave the union. Used by southern states to justify secession.
  2. 1863 decree by Lincoln freeing slaves in confederate states
  3. mandatory enlistment into army. Used by both the union & confederacy to fill the army ranks
  4. American abolitionist & activist. After she escaped slavery, they made 13 missions where she rescued about 70 enslaved people.
  5. confederate general who led the army of Northern Virginia. Known for his efforts to restore peace & harmony after the war promting unity.
  6. 1854 law allowing populars savereignty on slavery. Increased tension leading to the civil war.
  7. the official name of the south. It incorperated the states that had seceded the US to for their own nation
  8. A religious group known for their pacifist beleifs. Religious group against slavery.
  9. union general & later president. Led the union victory over the confederacy.

23 Clues: over a million soliders were _______ during the civil war. • 1863 decree by Lincoln freeing slaves in confederate states • president of the confederacy. Led the southern states during the war. • union general & later president. Led the union victory over the confederacy. • states loyal to the US governemnt. Fought to perserue the union & end slavery. • ...

Fourth Grade History Test #5 2025-11-13

Fourth Grade History Test #5 crossword puzzle
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  1. invented the telegraph
  2. a group within the Republican party who wanted government control of Reconstruction
  3. this act of 1867 divided the Southern states into five military districts to aid in recovery during Reconstruction
  4. this was no longer needed after the invention of the telegraph
  5. large sections of land set aside by the government for Native American tribes or "Indians" as they were often called
  6. this act of 1866 declared that all people born in the United States, except Native Americans, were citizens of the United States
  7. first former enslaved Black American who served in Congress
  8. this of 1877 brought an end to Reconstruction
  9. a bureau organized to provide food for freed slaves and any poor Southern family for one year after the Civil War
  10. called the Breadbasket of America
  11. what order are these in: American Civil War ends, Reconstruction of the South, Oklahoma Land Rush
  12. this act made large areas of land available to Native Americans
  13. this act allowed settlers to claim land if they would improve it and live on it for at least five years
  14. the laws in Southern states that only Black Americans had to obey during segregation
  15. hired to build the transcontinental railroad
  16. Northerners who helped rebuild the South
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  1. founded Tuskegee Institute
  2. a person who farmed for a landowner to receive part of the crop's profit
  3. created to ensure the fair treatment of freedmen
  4. this amendment to the Constitution said no man could be kept from voting because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
  5. this act made Native Americans citizens of the United States
  6. this railroad improved transportation from coast to coast
  7. the trail or route Texas cattlemen used to move their cattle toward the cow town of Abilene, Kansas
  8. this act broke up tribal lands for anyone who would take up farming or ranching
  9. America's first Black Senator
  10. led the Sioux nation in the Battle of Little Bighorn
  11. over 200 Native American people were killed by the United States Army during this massacre
  12. the first national park in America
  13. in a cattle drive, cattle were rounded up and herded to the nearest one of these

29 Clues: invented the telegraph • founded Tuskegee Institute • America's first Black Senator • called the Breadbasket of America • the first national park in America • Northerners who helped rebuild the South • hired to build the transcontinental railroad • this of 1877 brought an end to Reconstruction • created to ensure the fair treatment of freedmen • ...

Abraham Lincoln 2021-04-08

Abraham Lincoln crossword puzzle
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  1. Party, Which party formed to stop the spread of slavery?
  2. Who was the last to join the Confederacy?
  3. 20, South Carolina left or seceded from the Union
  4. Where did Lincoln and his family move to?
  5. years, How long did they live there?
  6. Where was his law office located?
  7. Where was Abraham Lincoln born?
  8. Lincoln, Who won the election?
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  1. Douglas, Who was Abraham Lincoln's opponent in the presidential campaign?
  2. How many southern states did Abraham Lincoln win in the election?
  3. When was Lincoln elected into the United States Congress?
  4. State of America, What did the six southern states call themselves that seceded from the union?
  5. To leave
  6. Stephens of Georgia, Who became the vice president of the south?
  7. What year was the presidential election?
  8. When was Abraham Lincoln born?
  9. Nancy, Abraham's parents names
  10. What did Abraham study?

18 Clues: To leave • What did Abraham study? • When was Abraham Lincoln born? • Nancy, Abraham's parents names • Lincoln, Who won the election? • Where was Abraham Lincoln born? • Where was his law office located? • years, How long did they live there? • What year was the presidential election? • Who was the last to join the Confederacy? • Where did Lincoln and his family move to? • ...

CrossWord Review 2023-05-05

CrossWord Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. How slaves go to America
  2. Central / Main Government of United States
  3. Movement to end slavery
  4. part of the country that is mostly against slavery / not allowed.
  5. Popularity vote whether the state should allow slavery.
  6. System where people are forced to work in terrible conditions & without pay.
  7. Secret trail that helped people escape slavery
  8. Follows the Constitution
  9. Compromise where U.S tried balancing # of free & slave states.
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  1. Growing divisions between parts of the country.
  2. Belief that it was America's Destiny to travel west.
  3. Famous woman in the Underground Railroad
  4. Slave that started a rebellion in 1831 and was hanged.
  5. Fights between pro & anti-slavery groups
  6. Part of the country that is mostly against slavery / not allowed.
  7. Used violence to help free slaves
  8. Law that required escaped slaves to be captured even if hiding in free states
  9. State governments should have more power over federal government.
  10. U.S invaded Mexico & took much of their lands.

19 Clues: Movement to end slavery • How slaves go to America • Follows the Constitution • Used violence to help free slaves • Famous woman in the Underground Railroad • Fights between pro & anti-slavery groups • Central / Main Government of United States • U.S invaded Mexico & took much of their lands. • Secret trail that helped people escape slavery • ...

February Crossword 2025-02-14

February Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Song title performed by Kendrick Lamar and SZA at the Super Bowl; Martin ___ King Jr.
  2. The first African American to travel into space.
  3. American rapper who won Rap Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards
  4. Fifth President of the United States; Road intersecting North Sharon Amity Rd
  5. ___ are red, violets are blue…
  6. a card sent to someone anonymously to a person one loves
  7. The First President of the United States
  8. chocolate delicacy by Hershey’s
  9. A muscle the size of your first
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  1. Roman God of Love
  2. the first African American woman to publish poetry
  3. The First African American President of the United States
  4. Valentines but only with friends
  5. colorful explosives used to celebrate
  6. color symbolizing joy, celebration, and vitality in China.
  7. “Fat Tuesday” celebrated in New Orleans with beads and masks
  8. Used by Cupid with an arrow; decorative ribbon
  9. 2025 is the year of the ___

18 Clues: Roman God of Love • 2025 is the year of the ___ • ___ are red, violets are blue… • chocolate delicacy by Hershey’s • A muscle the size of your first • Valentines but only with friends • colorful explosives used to celebrate • The First President of the United States • Used by Cupid with an arrow; decorative ribbon • The first African American to travel into space. • ...

Constitution Part 2.2 2025-04-23

Constitution Part 2.2 crossword puzzle
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  1. The group of people brought to America and sold as slaves.
  2. The capital of the United States.
  3. Before becoming president, Eisenhower was a famous general in this war.
  4. This was NOT an orginal state.
  5. The _______ ______ was fought in the 1800s.
  6. Disagreements over ______ was a main cause of the Civil War.
  7. The colonists fought the British because of high _____.
  8. The _______ River is one of the longest rivers in the U.S.
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  1. This movement tried to end racial discrimination.
  2. The ocean on the West Coast of the U.S.
  3. The national anthem.
  4. The flag has 50 stars to represent the 50 _______.
  5. Where is the Statue of Liberty located?
  6. The Constitution was _______ at the Constitutional Convention.
  7. This states does NOT border Canada.
  8. The war between the north and the south.
  9. The 4th of July is when the U.S. celebrates its ________ ______.
  10. The Emancipation Proclamation stated that the _____ were freed.
  11. A U.S. territory.

19 Clues: A U.S. territory. • The national anthem. • This was NOT an orginal state. • The capital of the United States. • This states does NOT border Canada. • The ocean on the West Coast of the U.S. • Where is the Statue of Liberty located? • The war between the north and the south. • The _______ ______ was fought in the 1800s. • This movement tried to end racial discrimination. • ...

W2 Intro to Reconstruction 2024-02-23

W2 Intro to Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. The Fourteenth Amendment provided a constitutional basis for ________ intervention to protect those rights.
  2. The Civil Rights Act of 1867 was the first United States federal law to define ________ and affirm that all citizens were equally protected by the law.
  3. Under President Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan, a southern state could be readmitted once 10 percent of its voters took an oath of _________ to the Union and accepted the end of slavery.
  4. Lincoln’s was a relatively ________ plan intended to quickly reintegrate the southern states into the Union without imposing harsh punishments.
  5. The ________ Amendment prohibited the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
  6. The withdrawal of federal troops and the end of Reconstruction led to the rise of ________ ________ laws and widespread discrimination against African Americans.
  7. The three Reconstruction amendments altered American life by legally ending slavery, providing citizenship and equal rights to African Americans, and attempting to secure their ________ participation.
  8. Johnson’s actions emboldened Southern states to enact ________ ________ to restrict the rights and freedoms of African Americans.
  9. The Fourteenth Amendment granted ________ to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S., including former enslaved persons.
  10. Rebuilding the economy and addressing issues such as land ________ for freed African Americans was a major challenge.
  11. The Fourteenth Amendment ensured that no state could deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor deny any person equal ________ under the law.
  12. Johnson vetoed the _______ Bureau Bill and the Civil Rights Act of 1866 which were aimed at securing rights and protections for African Americans.
  13. The abolition of slavery was a central goal of the Reconstruction era, aimed at dismantling the economic and social foundations of the ________.
  14. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime whereof the party shall have been duly ________, shall exist within the United States.
  15. The period of time when the federal government dealt with the effects of the Civil War, 1865 to 1877, is known as __________.
  16. Deeply entrenched racial prejudices and social _______ posed significant obstacles to achieving meaningful social change.
  17. It wasn't until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s that further legislative action was taken to address racial ________ in the United States.
  18. Severe acts of terrorism were committed against African Americans in the South by such organizations as the _________.
  19. Johnson granted ________ to many former Confederates.
  20. The period of time when the federal government dealt with the effects of the Civil War from 1865-1877
  21. Southern resistance hindered the ________ of reforms and threatened the safety and rights of African Americans.
  22. The beneficial impact of Reconstruction for African Americans became limited by the eventual ________ of federal troops in 1877.
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  1. Despite the granting of citizenship and equal protection under the law, African Americans faced widespread _______.
  2. Johnson’s approach ________ significantly from Lincoln’s in his resistance to civil rights for freed slaves.
  3. The impact of the Reconstruction and Civil Rights acts was limited by Southern ________ and the eventual withdrawal of federal troops in 1877.
  4. Secure the right to vote, own property, and access education for the newly _________ African Americans.
  5. The Fifteenth Amendment aimed to ________ African American men, granting them the right to vote and participate in the political process.
  6. The Civil Rights Act of 1875 prohibited ________ in public accommodations and facilities, such as hotels, theaters, and transportation.
  7. It wasn’t until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s that further legislative action was taken to address ________ ________ in the United States.
  8. It was also necessary to rebuild the Southern ________, which had been devastated by the Civil War.
  9. The abolition of slavery was a significant legal and social ________.
  10. The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was intended to protect all citizens in their civil and legal rights, regardless of ________.
  11. Disagreements, political tensions, and conflicts emerged over the ________ of the newly freed African Americans.
  12. Reconstruction involved ________ development and federal assistance to former Confederate states.
  13. Despite this amendment, African Americans still faced significant barriers to voting, including ________ practices such as poll taxes, literacy tests, and intimidation tactics.
  14. The process for readmitting Confederate states to the Union was defined by the ________ ________ of 1867.
  15. The primary __________ was to bring the Southern states back into the Union and restore their representation in Congress.
  16. The Reconstruction Amendments provided a constitutional basis for federal ________ to protect those rights.
  17. Republicans in Congress also wanted to secure ________ ________ for newly emancipated African Americans, including the right to vote, own property, and access education.
  18. The Fourteenth Amendment ensured that state could not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without _______ process of law.
  19. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall ________ the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States
  20. The new state governments established in the South were also required to include ________ ________ participation.
  21. Johnson’s plan, similar to Lincoln’s plan, is often referred to as ________ Reconstruction.
  22. The Fifteenth Amendment prohibited the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race, ethnicity, or previous condition of ________.
  23. President Lincoln’s approach to Reconstruction was characterized by a desire for leniency and ________.
  24. Bring the Southern states back into the Union and restore their ________ in Congress.
  25. Under the Reconstruction Acts of 1867 seceded states were required to ratify the ________ Amendment as a condition of their readmission.
  26. A frequent source of contention between the states and the federal government was the extent of federal ________ in enforcing Reconstruction policies.
  27. President Johnson took a more lenient approach towards the Southern states than many in ________ desired.
  28. One major political challenge facing the federal government during Reconstruction was ________ the Southern states back into the Union.
  29. The ________ Amendment abolished slavery in the U.S. – a significant legal and social transformation.
  30. Between May and December of 1865, Congress was not in session, giving President ________ control over Reconstruction.

52 Clues: Johnson granted ________ to many former Confederates. • The abolition of slavery was a significant legal and social ________. • Bring the Southern states back into the Union and restore their ________ in Congress. • Johnson’s plan, similar to Lincoln’s plan, is often referred to as ________ Reconstruction. • ...

unit 5 vocab choice board 2018-02-06

unit 5 vocab choice board crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the power of the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional
  2. President Monroe's foreign policy statement warning European nations not to interfere in Latin America
  3. a supporter of a strong federal government
  4. explorers that traveled through the Louisiana Purchase from 1804-1806
  5. a peace treaty signed by Britain and the United States in 1814 to end the War of 1812
  6. an 1803 court case in which the Supreme Court ruled that it had the power to decide whether laws passed by Congress were constitutional
  7. in 1811, a battle over white settlement in the Indiana Territory
  8. the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1801 to 1835.
  9. laws created in 1798 that permitted the President to expel foreigners, made it harder for immigrants to become citizens, and allowed for citizens to be fined or jailed if they criticized the government or its officials
  10. the declarations passed in 1798 and 1799 that claimed that each state has the right to decide whether a federal law is constitutional
  11. a member of the political party
  12. an 1821 treaty between Spain and the United States in which Spain agreed to sell Florida to the United States
  13. at the end of the War of 1812, a battle between British and U.S. forces, led by Andrew Jackson, that ended in a victory for the United States
  14. the right of states to limit the power of the federal government
  15. a 1797 French attempt to demand a bribe of money
  16. loyalty to a state or section rather than to the whole country
  17. a 1795 agreement between Britain and the United States
Down
  1. a 1794 protest over a tax on all liquor
  2. an 1807 law that imposed a total ban on foreign trade
  3. a payment by a weaker party to a stronger party in return for protection
  4. a 1793 statement by President Washington
  5. a plan of action by a nation toward other nations
  6. the members of Congress from the South and the West who called for war with Britain prior to the War of 1812
  7. the practice of forcing people into military service
  8. the group of officials who head government departments
  9. the treaty signed by some Native Americans in 1795, giving up land that would later become part of Ohio
  10. a law that created the structure of the Supreme Court
  11. a devotion to one's nation and its interests
  12. the vast territory extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, purchased from France in 1803
  13. an act or decision that sets an example for others to follow
  14. to cancel

31 Clues: to cancel • a member of the political party • a 1794 protest over a tax on all liquor • a 1793 statement by President Washington • a supporter of a strong federal government • a devotion to one's nation and its interests • a 1797 French attempt to demand a bribe of money • a plan of action by a nation toward other nations • ...