states Crossword Puzzles

ss 2026-01-26

ss crossword puzzle
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  1. submarine attacks, including unrestricted submarine warfare, threatened American ships and lives.
  2. ties and trade increasingly linked the United States to the Allied Powers.
  3. lived in harsh conditions in trenches, facing disease, mud, and constant danger.
  4. Germany---------limited submarine warfare after the Sussex Pledge.
  5. was divided into two major alliances: the Allied Powers
  6. New military including machine guns, poison gas, submarines, and airplanes, made the war especially deadly.
  7. American---------helped turn the tide of the war in favor of the Allies.
  8. warfare became common on the Western Front, leading to a long and brutal stalemate.
  9. soldiers helped boost Allied morale and strength.
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  1. The-----------Telegram proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the United States.
  2. General--------J. Pershing commanded American forces in Europe.
  3. At the beginning of World War I, the United States declared-------.
  4. The---------Service Act created a military draft to build the armed forces.
  5. World War------ began in Europe in 1914 after rising nationalism, militarism, imperialism, and the formation of alliances.
  6. the sinking of the--------increased tensions between the United States and Germany.

15 Clues: soldiers helped boost Allied morale and strength. • was divided into two major alliances: the Allied Powers • General--------J. Pershing commanded American forces in Europe. • Germany---------limited submarine warfare after the Sussex Pledge. • At the beginning of World War I, the United States declared-------. • ...

10 2021-11-12

10 crossword puzzle
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  1. – 1865) - The 16th president of the United States, Lincoln preserved the Union during the U.S. Civil War and brought about the emancipation of slaves.
  2. - Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States.
  3. of 1850.
  4. (1850) - act that required runaway slaves to be returned to their masters if caught anywhere in the United States.
  5. position supported by several prominent Georgia politicians who supported the
  6. machine invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 that quickly removed seeds from the cotton fibers.
  7. - important Georgia politician who was a U.S. Senator, Georgia governor, and Vice-President of the Confederate States of America (C.S.A.).
  8. the act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent; the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War.
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  1. where Abraham Lincoln defeated three opponents to win the presidency; upon lincoln’s election Southern states seceded from the Union. -
  2. compromise between the North and South that allowed California to ener the union in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.
  3. - compromise that brought Missouri into the Union as a slave state and maine as a free state; in addition, Congress banned slavery north of the 36˚20’ line of latitude.
  4. act of making legally null and void.

12 Clues: of 1850. • act of making legally null and void. • position supported by several prominent Georgia politicians who supported the • - Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States. • machine invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 that quickly removed seeds from the cotton fibers. • ...

WTP Lesson 17-22 Review Crossword 2023-03-15

WTP Lesson 17-22 Review Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. a form of government in which power is divided in shared between a central government and state and local governments
  2. party First political organization formed in opposition to the Federalist Party by the supporters of Thomas Jefferson.
  3. A person or group having the highest authority or power in a country or state.
  4. Marbury started his case in the Supreme Court, but was wrong to do so
  5. A Judicial body that hears appeals from a lower court
  6. This amendment states, in effect, that the Bill of Rights is only a partial listing of the rights of the people
  7. A law passed by the first Congress to establish the federal court system. The act determined the organization and jurisdiction of the courts
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  1. Amendment 12 fixed the process to select the president
  2. This amendment includes that the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or the people. The Tenth Amendment embodies the principle of federalism.
  3. An essay written by James Madison that warned people about factions in a direct democracy
  4. the Constitution, laws passed by Congress, And treaties of the United States shall be the supreme law of the land and binding on the states.
  5. Of no legal or binding force, invalid

12 Clues: Of no legal or binding force, invalid • A Judicial body that hears appeals from a lower court • Amendment 12 fixed the process to select the president • Marbury started his case in the Supreme Court, but was wrong to do so • A person or group having the highest authority or power in a country or state. • ...

Federalism 2021-11-02

Federalism crossword puzzle
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  1. sovereignty-supreme power or authority.
  2. states rights- rights and power held by each individual state
  3. clause-the federal constitution takes precedence over state laws
  4. government- government in presidential systems
  5. concurrent powers shared powers between the state and federal governments.
  6. “necessary and proper” clause (elastic clause)-provided an avenue for expansion into the realm of “implied powers”
  7. mandate- when a state or local government has to perform certain actions or offer certain programs but doesn't get any federal funds to make it happen.
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  1. powers-powers granted to the states
  2. powers-political Powers granted to the states
  3. block grants- federal funds earmarked for specific state or local programs
  4. clause-gives congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations
  5. enumerated (expressed) powers-the remainder of powers going to the states.
  6. federalism-system of government where power is divided between the central government and a federal government.
  7. cooperative federalism-characterized by partnerships between the national government and governments at the state and local
  8. dual federalism-clear division of federal power

15 Clues: powers-powers granted to the states • sovereignty-supreme power or authority. • powers-political Powers granted to the states • government- government in presidential systems • dual federalism-clear division of federal power • states rights- rights and power held by each individual state • clause-the federal constitution takes precedence over state laws • ...

CrossWord puzzle. 2023-03-03

CrossWord puzzle. crossword puzzle
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  1. The natural harbor of Brunswick, located 70 miles south of Savannah, had a long maritime history before the outbreak of World War II.
  2. "The Father of the Two-Ocean Navy".
  3. American politician who served as the 69th Governor of Georgia
  4. transformed Marietta—and helped the Allies win World War II.
  5. one of the largest movements of people in United States history.
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  1. served as mayor of Atlanta for six terms
  2. chaired the Armed Services Committee during two major wars
  3. a massive military conflict in Europe
  4. gubernatorial election
  5. set up a system that would allow the United States to lend or lease war supplies to any nation deemed "vital to the defense of the United States."
  6. the site of the unprovoked aerial attack on the United States by Japan
  7. served as the 70th Governor of Georgia from 1947 to 1948
  8. a prefabricated US-built freighter of World War II.
  9. a Democrat, served during a time of political transition, both in Georgia and nationally.
  10. a pivotal leader in the struggle to establish civil rights for African-Americans.

15 Clues: gubernatorial election • "The Father of the Two-Ocean Navy". • a massive military conflict in Europe • served as mayor of Atlanta for six terms • a prefabricated US-built freighter of World War II. • served as the 70th Governor of Georgia from 1947 to 1948 • chaired the Armed Services Committee during two major wars • ...

WH Ch. 21- US Expansion 2023-03-28

WH Ch. 21- US Expansion crossword puzzle
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  1. State purchased by the United States in 1867 for 7 million dollars
  2. United States Naval Base located in Hawaii
  3. Presidents James Monroe's statement against Europe setting to set up new colonies in North and South America
  4. outlawed slavery in areas rebelling against the union
  5. allowed the United states to build a canal after they got their independence from Columbia
  6. railroad that connected the eastern and western parts of the country
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  1. Us bought Louisiana territory from France which doubled the size of America.
  2. Treaty signed which ended the war between Mexico and American war and Territory from Mexico that included Utah, California, Nevada
  3. Mexican General who made himself dictator of Mexico in 1834
  4. The Spanish-America war was between the United States and _________
  5. old Spanish mission in San Antonio that Texas used as a fort
  6. "_________ the Alamo was the battle cry for Texan forces in the war with Mexico
  7. boundry between Mexico and Texas
  8. war between the north and South from 1861-1865
  9. state that belonged to the republic of Mexico

15 Clues: boundry between Mexico and Texas • United States Naval Base located in Hawaii • state that belonged to the republic of Mexico • war between the north and South from 1861-1865 • outlawed slavery in areas rebelling against the union • Mexican General who made himself dictator of Mexico in 1834 • old Spanish mission in San Antonio that Texas used as a fort • ...

Manifest Destiny 2022-08-30

Manifest Destiny crossword puzzle
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  1. F
  2. D
  3. ...
  4. A
  5. Terrioty
  6. E
  7. Territory in mid-western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million.
  8. The idea that God gave American the land to the west and wanted them to spread their civilization" there.
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  1. Treaty with Britain in 1846 that set the border at the 49th parallel.
  2. ...
  3. during the Texas Revolution where every American inside was killed.
  4. Gave the US California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo in 1848 after they won the Mexican-American War.
  5. Agreement in which Spain gave up all of Florida to the United States in 1819.
  6. 846-1848 between the United States and Mexico in which the United States acquired one half of the Mexican territory as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
  7. Strip of land in Arizona bought from Mexico for $10 million in 1854 to provide a good railroad route to California.
  8. People who went to California looking for gold in 1849.
  9. The acquisition of Texas in 1845 and started the Mexican-American War.

17 Clues: F • D • A • E • ... • ... • Terrioty • People who went to California looking for gold in 1849. • during the Texas Revolution where every American inside was killed. • Treaty with Britain in 1846 that set the border at the 49th parallel. • The acquisition of Texas in 1845 and started the Mexican-American War. • ...

Manifest Destiny 2022-08-30

Manifest Destiny crossword puzzle
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  1. F
  2. D
  3. ...
  4. A
  5. Terrioty
  6. E
  7. Territory in mid-western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million.
  8. The idea that God gave American the land to the west and wanted them to spread their civilization" there.
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  1. Treaty with Britain in 1846 that set the border at the 49th parallel.
  2. ...
  3. during the Texas Revolution where every American inside was killed.
  4. Gave the US California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo in 1848 after they won the Mexican-American War.
  5. Agreement in which Spain gave up all of Florida to the United States in 1819.
  6. 846-1848 between the United States and Mexico in which the United States acquired one half of the Mexican territory as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
  7. Strip of land in Arizona bought from Mexico for $10 million in 1854 to provide a good railroad route to California.
  8. People who went to California looking for gold in 1849.
  9. The acquisition of Texas in 1845 and started the Mexican-American War.

17 Clues: F • D • A • E • ... • ... • Terrioty • People who went to California looking for gold in 1849. • during the Texas Revolution where every American inside was killed. • Treaty with Britain in 1846 that set the border at the 49th parallel. • The acquisition of Texas in 1845 and started the Mexican-American War. • ...

SS8H6 Civil War and Reconstruction 2017-04-25

SS8H6 Civil War and Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. sixty-nine African-Americans served as delegates to Georgia’s constitutional convention or served
  2. Confederate victory; largest battle fought in Georgia
  3. gave African-American men the right to vote
  4. infamous Civil War prisoner-of-war camp in Macon County, Georgia. Over 13,000 Union soldiers died in the camp.
  5. the belief that a state’s sovereignty is more important that that of the national government.
  6. Reconstruction period where Congress took responsibility for bringing the South back into the Union.
  7. ended slavery in the United States.
  8. compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the union
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  1. Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States
  2. document that declared all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed if the South did not return to the Union
  3. private Southern ships that attempted to “break” the Union blockade
  4. the act of making legally null and void
  5. election where Abraham Lincoln defeated three opponents to win the presidency
  6. Union strategy during the Civil War which incorporated a plan to blockade Southern ports and capture the Mississippi River
  7. gave African-Americans United States citizenship.

15 Clues: ended slavery in the United States. • the act of making legally null and void • gave African-American men the right to vote • gave African-Americans United States citizenship. • Confederate victory; largest battle fought in Georgia • private Southern ships that attempted to “break” the Union blockade • ...

Roaring 1920's! 2018-02-25

Roaring 1920's! crossword puzzle
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  1. A style of dance music, popular especially in the 1920s.
  2. A saloon or nightclub selling alcoholic beverages illegally, especially during Prohibition.
  3. United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs.
  4. Informal. smuggled or illicitly distilled liquor, especially corn liquor asillicitly distilled chiefly in rural areas of the southern U.S.
  5. Filmmaker and actor who did most of his work in the United States.
  6. Alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes.
  7. United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during prohibition.
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  1. Way of transmitting publicity, music, etc.
  2. A secret hate group in the southern U.S., active for several years after the Civil War, which aimed to suppress the newly acquired rights of black people and to oppose carpetbaggers from the North, and which was responsible for many lawless and violent proceedings.
  3. Famous entertainment in 1920.
  4. United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
  5. Man who revolutionized the automotive industry
  6. Drink banned in 1920
  7. Way to transmit advertising, movies, etc.
  8. A young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional conduct and dress.

15 Clues: Drink banned in 1920 • Famous entertainment in 1920. • Way to transmit advertising, movies, etc. • Way of transmitting publicity, music, etc. • Man who revolutionized the automotive industry • A style of dance music, popular especially in the 1920s. • United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during prohibition. • ...

Our Unit So Far 2023-09-25

Our Unit So Far crossword puzzle
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  1. The ancient warriors who formed a town that is in what is now Canada
  2. The other groups that are a part of the Executive Branch
  3. The first travellers who came to the United States so that they could have religious freedom
  4. The Articles of __________ were the first version of the Constitution
  5. What the President does if he doesn't want a law to pass
  6. The _________ Court is the most powerful court in the country
  7. The half of Congress where the number of congresspeople that states have is based on their population
  8. What the states were called when England ruled the United States
  9. The President's branch of the government
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  1. The branch of the government that has the courts
  2. The name of one of the first ships to sail to America
  3. A popular Italian dish that wouldn't exist if tomatoes weren't discovered in America
  4. The half of Congress that only has 2 congresspeople per state
  5. It's also known as Congress
  6. The man who is credited for discovering America, but who actually fought the Natives

15 Clues: It's also known as Congress • The President's branch of the government • The branch of the government that has the courts • The name of one of the first ships to sail to America • The other groups that are a part of the Executive Branch • What the President does if he doesn't want a law to pass • The half of Congress that only has 2 congresspeople per state • ...

Key Terms 2024-05-20

Key Terms crossword puzzle
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  1. - A time period of US History immediately after the Civil War
  2. - 16th president during the Civil War
  3. - Name of the unrecognized country temporarily created by southern states that seceded from the union
  4. - An abolitionist who led attacks in Kansas during ¨Bleeding Kansas
  5. - A war between citizens of the same country
  6. - Numerous laws enacted in the former Confederate states limited the rights and liberties of African Americans
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  1. - Slave states that stayed with the union
  2. - Required all escaped slaves to be returned to their masters
  3. - A law allowed those territories to decide for themselves whether to allow or not allow slavery by utilizing voting
  4. - An anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  5. - The owner of a plot of land lets someone work the land in exchange for ½ or more of the crop
  6. - Southern states believed they had the right to decide to keep slaver and not pay tariffs
  7. - Enslaved African American man who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom
  8. - To set free
  9. - California joined as a free state and the slave trade was banned in Washington

15 Clues: - To set free • - 16th president during the Civil War • - Slave states that stayed with the union • - A war between citizens of the same country • - An anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe • - Required all escaped slaves to be returned to their masters • - A time period of US History immediately after the Civil War • ...

Articles of Confederation 2023-10-03

Articles of Confederation crossword puzzle
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  1. There was no _______ branch to settle problems between states
  2. The Central government could declare war, but they had no way to raise an _______ to fight it.
  3. A rebellion of farmers that made the government realize it was not effective.
  4. The Articles of Confederation was our ________ constitution
  5. There was no _______ branch to enforce laws
  6. The colonists feared a ______central government because of how the king was so abusive
  7. each state acted _______ instead of a united country
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  1. They created a confederation because they were afraid of an _______ leader
  2. Under the AoC, the colonie were a ______ system
  3. Because there was no executive branch, there was no way to enforce the ______ that the Congress made.
  4. The amount of the states that needed to agree to change the AoC.
  5. The Central government did not have enough money because they had no power to _____.
  6. The only branch of government that existed under AoC.
  7. There was no way to settle disagreements between states because there was no national ________ system.
  8. The amount of the states that were needed to pass a law under AoC.

15 Clues: There was no _______ branch to enforce laws • Under the AoC, the colonie were a ______ system • each state acted _______ instead of a united country • The only branch of government that existed under AoC. • The Articles of Confederation was our ________ constitution • There was no _______ branch to settle problems between states • ...

myon puzzle 2020-07-27

myon puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. its aplace very hauted }
  2. somthing than is terrorific
  3. Revival hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, United States. Approximately five miles from the entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park, the Stanley offers panoramic views of Lake Estes, the Rockies and especially Long's Peak
  4. ; the main prison building was built in 1910–1912 as a United States Army military prison. The United States Department of Justice acquired the United States Disciplinary Barracks, Pacific Branch, on
  5. is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.5 million residents across a total area of about 163,696 square miles
  6. is a 500-year-old Tudor Gothic historic site known as “the house that love built.” We’d love to welcome you for an enchanting overnight visit, for your fairy-tale wedding, or other special event preserved and
  7. real estate developer, had previously started more than a hundred towns across the western United States.[6][7] Whitley arranged to buy the 480-acre (190 ha) E.C. Hurd ranch. They agreed on a price and shook hands on the deal. Whitley shared his plans for the new town with General Harrison Gray Otis, publisher of the Los Angeles Times,
  8. operating hotel in Southeast Alaska.
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  1. s a retired British ocean liner that sailed primarily on the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line
  2. is a state in the western United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion
  3. was built in 1913 by four men in six months time
  4. is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that can appear to the living
  5. is the name of aperson of the history jeromegrandhotel Our Hotel in Arizona is at the top of the Town, overlooking the entire Verde Valley, and features the award-winning Asylum Restaurant, serving lunch and dinner daily
  6. e is an 1857 Greek Revival style residence, a California Historical Landmark,[2] and museum located in Old Town, San Diego, California. It is currently maintained
  7. aclass where you can read books in english

15 Clues: somthing than is terrorific • its aplace very hauted } • operating hotel in Southeast Alaska. • aclass where you can read books in english • was built in 1913 by four men in six months time • is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that can appear to the living • ...

American History(Page 51-69):Bryan Orencia 2019-04-25

American History(Page 51-69):Bryan Orencia crossword puzzle
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  1. The idea that governments should be based on the consent of the people
  2. Agreement made by the Consitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house
  3. Power given to separate branches of government to keep any one from getting too much power
  4. The set of laws that established the first government of the United States
  5. A loose alliance of states
  6. A government in which the people elect representatives to govern
  7. Agreement that allowed states to count three-fifths of their slaves as part of the population
  8. The divison of power bewteen the federal and state governments
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  1. The branch of government that enforces the laws
  2. The branch of government that makes laws
  3. Law that organized the Northwest Territories
  4. A group selected to elect the president,in which each state's number of electors is equal to the number of its senators and representatives in Congress
  5. A law that set up a plan for surveying land west of the Appalachin Mountains
  6. Anti-tax protest by farmers
  7. Thr branch of government that interprets the laws and the Constitution
  8. One of fhe leaders of the Consitutional Convention

16 Clues: A loose alliance of states • Anti-tax protest by farmers • The branch of government that makes laws • Law that organized the Northwest Territories • The branch of government that enforces the laws • One of fhe leaders of the Consitutional Convention • The divison of power bewteen the federal and state governments • ...

WWll 2023-04-19

WWll crossword puzzle
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  1. june 6 1944 storming of normady beach
  2. 32nd president
  3. a group of African American military pilots and airmen who fought in World War II. They formed the 332d Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Forces.
  4. normal working person
  5. being apart from alliances and affairs
  6. one of the most transformative events of the 20th century
  7. naval submarines operated by germans
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  1. skipping over heavily fortified islands in order to seize lightly defended locations that could support the next advance
  2. bombing on december 7 1941
  3. german leader during world war 2
  4. Passed on March 11, 1941, this act set up a system that would allow the United States to lend or lease war supplies to any nation deemed "vital to the defense of the United States.
  5. 33rd president
  6. political ideology
  7. created a code based on the complex, unwritten Navajo language
  8. an allegorical cultural icon in the United States who represents the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies. These women sometimes took entirely new jobs replacing the male workers who joined the military
  9. bomb made of pluetonioum or uranium radioactive

16 Clues: 33rd president • 32nd president • political ideology • normal working person • bombing on december 7 1941 • german leader during world war 2 • naval submarines operated by germans • june 6 1944 storming of normady beach • being apart from alliances and affairs • bomb made of pluetonioum or uranium radioactive • one of the most transformative events of the 20th century • ...

Voting 2023-10-02

Voting crossword puzzle
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  1. turnout / The number of people who decide to vote
  2. / When people vote on officials to make important decisions for them
  3. / Last name of our current Vice President of the United States
  4. / Some people argue that making election day a federal ______ would increase voter turnout
  5. / Month of the year that citizens vote for the President of the United States
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  1. / Last name of our current President of the United States
  2. / Gets voted on every fouryears
  3. six / The United States ranks this out of 32 countries in voter turnout
  4. / The age you must be to vote in the UnitedStateses
  5. / People go here to vote
  6. / Government system that allows people to vote

11 Clues: / People go here to vote • / Gets voted on every fouryears • / Government system that allows people to vote • turnout / The number of people who decide to vote • / The age you must be to vote in the UnitedStateses • / Last name of our current President of the United States • / Last name of our current Vice President of the United States • ...

Government 2022-05-25

Government crossword puzzle
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  1. What is the power of the Legislative Branch?
  2. A type of government where all citizens take part in making laws.
  3. How many rights are in the U.S. Bill of Rights?
  4. A set of written rules which set up a government is called the ________?
  5. ____________, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are the rights taken from the preamble of the Constitution of the United States.
  6. The United States has what type of government?
  7. Who is the head of the Executive Branch?
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  1. What was written in the U.S. Declaration of Independence?
  2. What branch makes up the federal court system and the U.S. Supreme Court?
  3. Who was the United States declaring their independence from when they wrote the Declaration of Independence?
  4. This is a system that allows each branch of government to prevent another branch from exerting too much power.
  5. How many branches of government are in the United States of America?
  6. A set of written rules?
  7. Who wrote the first draft of the U.S. Declaration of Independence?

14 Clues: A set of written rules? • Who is the head of the Executive Branch? • What is the power of the Legislative Branch? • The United States has what type of government? • How many rights are in the U.S. Bill of Rights? • What was written in the U.S. Declaration of Independence? • A type of government where all citizens take part in making laws. • ...

Civics Unit 9 Vocab 2024-01-22

Civics Unit 9 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. the power to direct the actions of people or to make decisions
  2. in complete agreement
  3. to lessen or diminish
  4. absolute, fixed, unconditional
  5. the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution
  6. the process of formally approving something; ratification of the U.S. Constitution
  7. the first constitution of the United States
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  1. a legislative body with one chamber
  2. a system of government where power is located with the independent states and there is little power in the central government; a confederation is also known as a confederal system
  3. the introduction to a constitution; it states that the people establish the government, and it lists the purposes of the government
  4. a change to a constitution
  5. a group of people in the early United States who favored the establishment of a strong national government and who worked for ratification of the U.S. Constitution
  6. a numbered chapter or section of a contract, treaty, or constitution
  7. a meeting to select a candidate or promote a policy

14 Clues: in complete agreement • to lessen or diminish • a change to a constitution • absolute, fixed, unconditional • a legislative body with one chamber • the first constitution of the United States • the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution • a meeting to select a candidate or promote a policy • the power to direct the actions of people or to make decisions • ...

Articles of Confederation 2024-07-30

Articles of Confederation crossword puzzle
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  1. The number of states required to change the Articles
  2. A band of Massachusetts farmers who rebelled at the prospect of losing their land
  3. This was perhaps the most pressing problem since we had borrowed heavily from foreign creditors
  4. In February 1787 he persuaded the Confederation Congress to come to Philadelphia to revise the Articles
  5. This established a plan for settling the Northwest Territory
  6. The number of states required to pass any major legislation
  7. Independence from Britain was secured by this in 1783
  8. In June 1776, they turned their attention to creating a national government
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  1. The first plan of government for the United States
  2. The Articles denied Congress the power to do this
  3. The Articles called for this type of Congress with just one vote per state
  4. The last state to pass the Articles in 1781
  5. Congress didn't have the sole power to do this so there was lots of different kinds being circulated
  6. formally approved by all of the states

14 Clues: formally approved by all of the states • The last state to pass the Articles in 1781 • The Articles denied Congress the power to do this • The first plan of government for the United States • The number of states required to change the Articles • Independence from Britain was secured by this in 1783 • The number of states required to pass any major legislation • ...

American Revolution: Founding Fathers 2022-11-02

American Revolution: Founding Fathers crossword puzzle
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  1. A protest that happened in Boston in 1773; it is considered a catalyzer for the Revolution.
  2. considered the father of the Constitution; Fourth President of the United States of America.
  3. what the colonies agreed to start against the British Crown.
  4. the name of the King when the Revolution happened; the third of his name.
  5. Washington's right hand in the war of independence; had a difficult character; brave and ambitious.
  6. Third President of the United States; founded a party to oppose the Federalist Party.
  7. first vice president; Second President of the United States of America.
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  1. What the colonies sought through war; they signed this Declaration in 1776.
  2. Founding Father; ambassador to Spain during the revolution.
  3. the only Founding Father to sign the Declaration of Independence, the Treaty of Paris, and the Constitution; inventor and polymath
  4. First President of the United States.
  5. ideology supported by Jefferson and his supporters.
  6. ideology supported by Hamilton and his supporters.
  7. the great ally, alongside Spain, of the Revolutionary side during the war against British forces.

14 Clues: First President of the United States. • ideology supported by Hamilton and his supporters. • ideology supported by Jefferson and his supporters. • Founding Father; ambassador to Spain during the revolution. • what the colonies agreed to start against the British Crown. • first vice president; Second President of the United States of America. • ...

Farmer's Struggles 2018-11-18

Farmer's Struggles crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Granger Laws / series of laws passed in several midwestern states of the United States
  2. / Sooner state
  3. Alliance / organized agrarian connected in the west economic movement among American farmers
  4. Army / a protest march by unemployed workers from the United States, led by Ohio businessman Jacob Coxey.
  5. Kelly / Founder of the National Grange
  6. Strike / nationwide railroad strike
Down
  1. Party / Another term for Populist Party
  2. Jennings Bryan / Canidate who got defeated by William McKinley in the presidential election.
  3. Coxey / Leader of the Coxey Army
  4. Act / several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain
  5. Grange / fraternal organization that encourages families to band together to promote the economic and political well-being of the community and agriculture.
  6. lease / advocate of the suffrage movement but she was best known for her work with the People's Party.
  7. Bugs / persons who are extremely bullish on the commodity gold as an investment
  8. Hanna / US Senator from Ohio as well as chairman of the Republican National Committee.

14 Clues: / Sooner state • Coxey / Leader of the Coxey Army • Strike / nationwide railroad strike • Kelly / Founder of the National Grange • Party / Another term for Populist Party • Bugs / persons who are extremely bullish on the commodity gold as an investment • Granger Laws / series of laws passed in several midwestern states of the United States • ...

Cold War Crossword 2024-04-15

Cold War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. seized and nationalized by pro-soviet Egypt, allowing them to control shippingIsrael invades Egypt and the UN orders a ceasefire to prevent a larger conflict
  2. Lasted for seven years
  3. Agreed to an armistice, creating a demilitarized zone between North and South Korea
  4. preventing Greece and Turkey from being influenced by communism
  5. the action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits.
  6. satellite states occupied areas liberated in Eastern Europe during WWII
  7. was built entirely inside of East German territory, maintaining an existing balance of power.
Down
  1. European Recovery Plan (aid to rebuild Europe and improve their economies)
  2. People were worried about the US space program lagging behind the Soviets.
  3. committed the United States to the containment of Soviet expansionism in Europe.
  4. East Germany preventing supplies into West Berlin
  5. speeches and actions inspired creation of stories about leadership and patriotism.
  6. made people scared and forced them to follow the crowd.
  7. included the United States; protected member states in Western Europe

14 Clues: Lasted for seven years • East Germany preventing supplies into West Berlin • made people scared and forced them to follow the crowd. • preventing Greece and Turkey from being influenced by communism • included the United States; protected member states in Western Europe • the action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits. • ...

Delight's Understanding the constitution - from Holt McDougal United States History 7th grade text 2018-12-12

Delight's Understanding the constitution - from Holt McDougal United States History 7th grade text crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The name for a change in the constitution (p202)
  2. A system that divided powers between the states and federal government (p182)
  3. Legislative body in congress that has two representatives from each state (p190)
  4. Name for a idea that would like to become a law (p192)
  5. Name for the legislative body in congress where population decides how many representatives you have (p189)
  6. Name for the branch of the government that interprets the laws
  7. To vote to bring charges of serious crimes against a president (p184 )
Down
  1. Freedom from punishment granted by the president of the United States (p185)
  2. Name for the branch of the government that makes laws
  3. Commands given by the president of the united states (p 185)
  4. If someone believes the trial was unfair they may challenge the ruling in this court (p186)
  5. Considered the father of the constitution (p187)
  6. The nine person highest court in the United States (p186)
  7. Name for the branch of the government that enforces the laws

14 Clues: The name for a change in the constitution (p202) • Considered the father of the constitution (p187) • Name for the branch of the government that makes laws • Name for a idea that would like to become a law (p192) • The nine person highest court in the United States (p186) • Commands given by the president of the united states (p 185) • ...

Reconstruction Vocuabulary 2025-05-13

Reconstruction Vocuabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Used by Southern states to restrict voting rights, particularly targeting black voters.
  2. Racist terrorist organization that targeted African Americans
  3. Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction to seek political and economic opportunities
  4. System where farmers worked land owned by someone else and split the crops as payment
  5. Southern whites who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party
  6. An organization created to help former slaves and poor people after the Civil War
  7. Laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States
  8. Constitutional amendment that abolished slaver
Down
  1. A clause in voting laws that exempted people whose grandfathers could vote before 1867
  2. Constitutional amendment that guaranteed equal protection under the law
  3. Laws passed in Southern states to limit the rights of African Americans after the Civil War
  4. Constitutional amendment that gave African American men the right to vote
  5. Period after the Civil War when the United States tried to rebuild and reunite the country
  6. A tax that had to be paid before voting, often used to prevent African Americans from voting

14 Clues: Constitutional amendment that abolished slaver • Racist terrorist organization that targeted African Americans • Laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States • Southern whites who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party • Constitutional amendment that guaranteed equal protection under the law • ...

APUSH 2015-04-13

APUSH crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Jazz is a genre of music that originated in African American communities during the late 19th and early 20th century.
  2. a joint declaration released by U.S. President FranklinDRoosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on August 14, 1941 following a meeting of the two heads of state in Newfoundland.
  3. Lengthened Sherman Anti-Trust Act's list of practices. Exempted labor unions from being called trusts, legalized strikes and peaceful picketing by labor union members.
  4. applied biological concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest to sociology and politics.
  5. the name given to the cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem between the end of World War I and the middle of the 1930s; black writers, artists, musicians
  6. era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West. American wages, especially for skilled workers, were much higher than in Europe, which attracted millions of immigrants.
  7. First "hot war" of the Cold war. The Korean War began in 1950 when the Soviet-backed North Koreans invaded South Korea before meeting a counter-offensive by UN Forces, dominated by the United States. The war ended in stalemate in 1953.
  8. Protestant revival movement during the early 19th century in the United States.
  9. American force of 14,500 that landed in France in June 1917 under the command of General John Pershing. Both women and blacks served during the war, mostly under white officers.
  10. the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.
  11. 36th president; democrat
  12. a community that undergoes sudden and rapid population and economic growth.
  13. surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base
  14. a system of segregation of people, each with a traditional hereditary occupation.
  15. a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of US intervention in the Cuban War of Independence.
  16. Thurgood Marshall argued that a separate but equal violated equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. Warren decided separate educational facilities were inherently unequal.
  17. a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering.
  18. the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
  19. package of five bills sent in September 1850. It defused a four year confrontation between the southern slave states and the northern Free states following the Mexican American War. Drafted by Whig Henry Clay and brokered by Democrat Stephen Douglas it temporarily avoided secession or civil war at the time and it quieted a sectional conflict for 4 years.
  20. won by JFK
  21. a group of American post-World War II writers who came to prominence in the 1950s, as well as the cultural phenomena that they both documented and inspired.
Down
  1. The document that establishes the rights and liberties of the American people. It created a federal government of three branches---legislative, judicial, and executive. It separates powers among the three branches and establishes a system of checks and balances among them and defines the distribution of power between the federal government and the states.
  2. was organized in St. Louis in 1892 to represent the common folk—especially farmers—against the entrenched interests of railroads, bankers, processers, corporations, and the politicians in league with like interests.
  3. wrote Silent Spring
  4. built mainly with the support of bankers and businessmen in order to support Hamilton's fiscal policies.
  5. defined the process by which new states could be admitted into the Union from the Northwest Territory. the ordinance forbade slavery in the territory but allowed citizens to vote on the legality of slavery once statehood had been established.
  6. best ways to open up foreign markets to U.S. exporters.
  7. was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory
  8. Passed by LBJ, outlawed public segregation and discrimination, forbade racial discrim in the workplace
  9. practiced militant self-defense of minority communities against the U.S. government, and fought to establish revolutionary socialism through mass organizing and community based programs.
  10. a bank owned by the state
  11. the action or policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile country or influence.
  12. it was one of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in US history, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers.
  13. The relocation of Japanese-Americans during WWII.
  14. executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, as a war measure during the American Civil War, directed to all of the areas in rebellion and all segments of the executive branch (including the Army and Navy) of the United States.
  15. a series of domestic programs enacted in the United States; FDR
  16. a tariff to protect and promote American industry; a national bank to foster commerce; and federal subsidies for roads, canals, and other "internal improvements" to develop profitable markets for agriculture.
  17. United States dropped these on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
  18. a 20th-century term for an attitude toward women's roles present in the emerging United States before, during, and after the American Revolution
  19. Written by Betty Friedan
  20. created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820
  21. a historical term indicating trade among three ports or regions.
  22. an international organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes.
  23. the first written constitution of the United States. Stemming from wartime urgency, its progress was slowed by fears of central authority and extensive land claims by states before was it was ratified on March 1, 1781.
  24. approved by Congress on July 4, 1776. drafted by Thomas Jefferson, it formalized the colonies' separation from Britain and laid out the Enlightenment values (best expressed by John Locke) of natural rights to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" upon which the American Revolution was based.
  25. Southerners declared federal protective tariffs null and void, Jackson responded with Force bill and suggested compromising over tariff; John C Calhoun was a big advocate
  26. signed the Tripartite Pact.
  27. was a state of political and military tension after World War II between U.S. and Soviet Union
  28. in opposition of the acquisition of lands.
  29. the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution.
  30. created New Deal

51 Clues: won by JFK • created New Deal • wrote Silent Spring • Written by Betty Friedan • 36th president; democrat • a bank owned by the state • signed the Tripartite Pact. • in opposition of the acquisition of lands. • was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory • The relocation of Japanese-Americans during WWII. • best ways to open up foreign markets to U.S. exporters. • ...

APUSH 2015-04-13

APUSH crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the action or policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile country or influence.
  2. 36th president; democrat
  3. The relocation of Japanese-Americans during WWII.
  4. the name given to the cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem between the end of World War I and the middle of the 1930s; black writers, artists, musicians
  5. Southerners declared federal protective tariffs null and void, Jackson responded with Force bill and suggested compromising over tariff; John C Calhoun was a big advocate
  6. American force of 14,500 that landed in France in June 1917 under the command of General John Pershing. Both women and blacks served during the war, mostly under white officers.
  7. was a state of political and military tension after World War II between U.S. and Soviet Union
  8. Thurgood Marshall argued that a separate but equal violated equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. Warren decided separate educational facilities were inherently unequal.
  9. the first written constitution of the United States. Stemming from wartime urgency, its progress was slowed by fears of central authority and extensive land claims by states before was it was ratified on March 1, 1781.
  10. a community that undergoes sudden and rapid population and economic growth.
  11. a joint declaration released by U.S. President FranklinDRoosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on August 14, 1941 following a meeting of the two heads of state in Newfoundland.
  12. a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of US intervention in the Cuban War of Independence.
  13. surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base
  14. a series of domestic programs enacted in the United States; FDR
  15. created New Deal
  16. the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.
  17. a tariff to protect and promote American industry; a national bank to foster commerce; and federal subsidies for roads, canals, and other "internal improvements" to develop profitable markets for agriculture.
  18. The document that establishes the rights and liberties of the American people. It created a federal government of three branches---legislative, judicial, and executive. It separates powers among the three branches and establishes a system of checks and balances among them and defines the distribution of power between the federal government and the states.
  19. Lengthened Sherman Anti-Trust Act's list of practices. Exempted labor unions from being called trusts, legalized strikes and peaceful picketing by labor union members.
Down
  1. a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering.
  2. Written by Betty Friedan
  3. practiced militant self-defense of minority communities against the U.S. government, and fought to establish revolutionary socialism through mass organizing and community based programs.
  4. in opposition of the acquisition of lands.
  5. package of five bills sent in September 1850. It defused a four year confrontation between the southern slave states and the northern Free states following the Mexican American War. Drafted by Whig Henry Clay and brokered by Democrat Stephen Douglas it temporarily avoided secession or civil war at the time and it quieted a sectional conflict for 4 years.
  6. a group of American post-World War II writers who came to prominence in the 1950s, as well as the cultural phenomena that they both documented and inspired.
  7. First "hot war" of the Cold war. The Korean War began in 1950 when the Soviet-backed North Koreans invaded South Korea before meeting a counter-offensive by UN Forces, dominated by the United States. The war ended in stalemate in 1953.
  8. applied biological concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest to sociology and politics.
  9. a bank owned by the state
  10. it was one of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in US history, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers.
  11. a 20th-century term for an attitude toward women's roles present in the emerging United States before, during, and after the American Revolution
  12. executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, as a war measure during the American Civil War, directed to all of the areas in rebellion and all segments of the executive branch (including the Army and Navy) of the United States.
  13. an international organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes.
  14. Jazz is a genre of music that originated in African American communities during the late 19th and early 20th century.
  15. defined the process by which new states could be admitted into the Union from the Northwest Territory. the ordinance forbade slavery in the territory but allowed citizens to vote on the legality of slavery once statehood had been established.
  16. won by JFK
  17. era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West. American wages, especially for skilled workers, were much higher than in Europe, which attracted millions of immigrants.
  18. the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
  19. approved by Congress on July 4, 1776. drafted by Thomas Jefferson, it formalized the colonies' separation from Britain and laid out the Enlightenment values (best expressed by John Locke) of natural rights to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" upon which the American Revolution was based.
  20. Passed by LBJ, outlawed public segregation and discrimination, forbade racial discrim in the workplace
  21. built mainly with the support of bankers and businessmen in order to support Hamilton's fiscal policies.
  22. Protestant revival movement during the early 19th century in the United States.
  23. a historical term indicating trade among three ports or regions.
  24. signed the Tripartite Pact.
  25. was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory
  26. best ways to open up foreign markets to U.S. exporters.
  27. a system of segregation of people, each with a traditional hereditary occupation.
  28. created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820
  29. United States dropped these on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
  30. wrote Silent Spring
  31. was organized in St. Louis in 1892 to represent the common folk—especially farmers—against the entrenched interests of railroads, bankers, processers, corporations, and the politicians in league with like interests.
  32. the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution.

51 Clues: won by JFK • created New Deal • wrote Silent Spring • Written by Betty Friedan • 36th president; democrat • a bank owned by the state • signed the Tripartite Pact. • in opposition of the acquisition of lands. • was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory • The relocation of Japanese-Americans during WWII. • best ways to open up foreign markets to U.S. exporters. • ...

Word Wall Quiz 2023-12-01

Word Wall Quiz crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The British response to the Boston Tea Party
  2. Roger Williams started religious tolerant
  3. Agreement that decided how many representatives large and small states would send to Congress
  4. Fishing, lumbering, shipbuilding, harbors
  5. Turning point of war
  6. Wealth, religion, expand empires, claim territory
  7. Law establishing a way for admitting new states to the United States
  8. British controlled colonial trade
Down
  1. Distance from Britain, Mayflower compact (social contract), Virginia House of Burgesses
  2. believed it needed a bill of rights
  3. Agreement over how slaves would count for representation and taxation purposes
  4. Claimed Florida, Texas, California & built missions
  5. Claimed land in New World to profit from fur trading
  6. life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
  7. believed it created a more stable Union
  8. Balances helps to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful
  9. Law forbid colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains

17 Clues: Turning point of war • British controlled colonial trade • believed it needed a bill of rights • life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness • believed it created a more stable Union • Roger Williams started religious tolerant • Fishing, lumbering, shipbuilding, harbors • The British response to the Boston Tea Party • Wealth, religion, expand empires, claim territory • ...

Start of the Civil War 2024-02-22

Start of the Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. South hoped it would economically provide with international trade.
  2. Lincoln sent these in to Sumter to prepare for battle.
  3. This plan would cut off the south and suffocate them.
  4. Call of duty to fight.
  5. Led in the area of strong military tradition.
  6. Provided a stronger infrastructure for the North.
  7. Union Major at Fort Sumter.
  8. If states could voluntarily join the union could they voluntarily leave?
  9. Amount of fatalities at Fort Sumter.
  10. These states were less enthusiastic about secession but would follow the South.
Down
  1. Strength of the north, provided more troops.
  2. Secretary of State of the United States.
  3. Confederate General at Fort Sumter.
  4. Winner of the 1860 Presidential election.
  5. Said, "Only a fool would wait until the first shot has been fired."
  6. Fort outside of Charleston, SC where the Civil War started.
  7. President of the Confederate States of America.
  8. Constantly on the offensive

18 Clues: Call of duty to fight. • Union Major at Fort Sumter. • Constantly on the offensive • Confederate General at Fort Sumter. • Amount of fatalities at Fort Sumter. • Secretary of State of the United States. • Winner of the 1860 Presidential election. • Strength of the north, provided more troops. • Led in the area of strong military tradition. • ...

Newton and The Laws of Motion 2026-02-17

Newton and The Laws of Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - an equal force on an object in opposite directions.
  2. - The resistance to change in motion
  3. - a push or pull
  4. - speed in a certain direction.
  5. - unit for force
  6. - a force that is opposite to the motion of objects that touch as they move past eachother.
  7. - The law that states objects in motion stay in motion
  8. - The law that states on object acted on by an unbalanced force will accerate in that direction.
Down
  1. - The law that states for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
  2. - the cause for an object shifting direction, acceration, deacceration, ect.
  3. - the force of attraction between objects due to their masses.
  4. -all of the forces acting on an object, added together.
  5. -A increasing change in speed
  6. - distance divided by time.
  7. - a change in it's position over time.
  8. -force x distance
  9. - Made the 3 laws, english scientist

17 Clues: - a push or pull • - unit for force • -force x distance • - distance divided by time. • -A increasing change in speed • - speed in a certain direction. • - The resistance to change in motion • - Made the 3 laws, english scientist • - a change in it's position over time. • - an equal force on an object in opposite directions. • ...

Unit 9 2024-05-14

Unit 9 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. provided african americans with food, jobs, housing, etc
  2. another name for the ten percent plan
  3. states that stayed with the United states after 11 states seceded
  4. person who rises up in opposition to something or someone
  5. ownership of someone as your property, usually in regard to labor
  6. period after civil war to rebuild south
  7. laws used to limit african americans power
Down
  1. act of killing someone
  2. offered southerners who participated in the civil war pardon
  3. removing a government official from office
  4. white supremacist group founded in 1865
  5. combine people of different social classes
  6. laws passed to promote segregation

13 Clues: act of killing someone • laws passed to promote segregation • another name for the ten percent plan • white supremacist group founded in 1865 • period after civil war to rebuild south • removing a government official from office • combine people of different social classes • laws used to limit african americans power • ...

Venezuela is a state 2026-02-25

Venezuela is a state crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Formal agreements between states
  2. Independence in foreign affairs
  3. The political authority that runs laws and institutions
  4. A political actor with defined territory, population and government
  5. A South American country bordering Venezuela to the west
  6. A South American country bordering Venezuela to the south
Down
  1. The lines that separate one state from another
  2. A clearly recognised area of land controlled by a state
  3. Formal discussion between states
  4. A country involved in a territorial dispute with Venezuela
  5. People who live permanently within a state
  6. International buildings representing states abroad
  7. The capital city of Venezuela

13 Clues: The capital city of Venezuela • Independence in foreign affairs • Formal agreements between states • Formal discussion between states • People who live permanently within a state • The lines that separate one state from another • International buildings representing states abroad • A clearly recognised area of land controlled by a state • ...

Martin G, Kevin F, Jackie P=P 2013-03-14

Martin G, Kevin F, Jackie P=P crossword puzzle
Across
  1. who entered the union as a free state.
  2. what is nationalism
  3. in 1800's what were united states roads made out of mostly
  4. Ran from Albany New York to Buffalo New York
  5. how many states did the union have as free states
Down
  1. where were slaves prohibited to cross
  2. Disagreements between different regions between
  3. Settled conflict from Missouri's application for statehood
  4. who entered the union as a slave state
  5. Henry clay is known as the
  6. who won the election of 1824
  7. who claimes that adams had made a corrupt bargain
  8. ran from 1815 to 1825

13 Clues: what is nationalism • ran from 1815 to 1825 • Henry clay is known as the • who won the election of 1824 • where were slaves prohibited to cross • who entered the union as a free state. • who entered the union as a slave state • Ran from Albany New York to Buffalo New York • Disagreements between different regions between • who claimes that adams had made a corrupt bargain • ...

Drugs of Abuse Crossword 2023-03-19

Drugs of Abuse Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Name for synthetic THC
  2. Generic name of over the counter antidiarrheal opioid
  3. Need for a larger and larger dose to achieve desired effect
  4. Drug that causes lack of pain reflex
  5. First two states in the United States to legalize marijuana recreationally
  6. First state in the United States to decriminalize marijuana
Down
  1. Street Name for methamphetamines
  2. A resin concentrate high in THC
  3. Type of flower Opium is derived from
  4. Organ that metabolizes methamphetamines
  5. Most common drug causing deadly drug overdose in 2021
  6. Receptor that THC binds to
  7. Drug that blocks dopamine reuptake transporters
  8. Drug derived from the cocoa plant

14 Clues: Name for synthetic THC • Receptor that THC binds to • A resin concentrate high in THC • Street Name for methamphetamines • Drug derived from the cocoa plant • Type of flower Opium is derived from • Drug that causes lack of pain reflex • Organ that metabolizes methamphetamines • Drug that blocks dopamine reuptake transporters • ...

Causes of the Civil War 2021-11-12

Causes of the Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The 16th president of the United States, Lincoln preserved the Union during the U.S. Civil War and brought about the emancipation of slaves.
  2. the belief that a state’s sovereignty is more important than that of the national government
  3. election where Abraham Lincoln defeated three opponents to win the presidency; upon Lincoln’s election Southern states seceded from the Union.
  4. Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States
  5. important Georgia politician who was a U.S. Senator, Georgia Governor, and Vice-President of the Confederate States of America (C.S.A.).
  6. the act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent; the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War.
Down
  1. act that required runaway slaves to be returned to their masters if caught anywhere in the United States.
  2. the act of making legally null and void.
  3. involuntary servitude of African-Americans or Blacks in the United States from 1619-1865.
  4. of 1850 Compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the union in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.

10 Clues: the act of making legally null and void. • Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States • involuntary servitude of African-Americans or Blacks in the United States from 1619-1865. • the belief that a state’s sovereignty is more important than that of the national government • ...

Social Studies: Chapter 5 Vocabulary 2014-10-06

Social Studies: Chapter 5 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Official change, correction, or addition to a law or constitution.
  2. Rebellion: An uprising of farmers in western Massachusetts that shut down the courts so that farmers would not lose their farms for tax debts.
  3. and Balances: A system established by the Constitution that prevents any branch of government from becoming too powerful.
  4. A set of basic principles that determines the powers and duties of a government.
  5. Madison: American statesman, he was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, the fourth president of the United States, the author of some of the Federalist Papers, and is called the father of the Constitution.
  6. Compromise: An agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention establishing that a state's population would determine representation in the lower house of the legislature, while each state would have equal representation in the upper house of the legislature.
  7. Increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money.
  8. Territory: Lands including present-day Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; organized by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.
  9. Branch: The division of the federal government that includes the president and the administrative departments; enforces the nation’s laws.
  10. Sovereignty: The idea that political authority belongs to the people.
  11. Ordinance of 1787: Legislation passed by Congress to establish a political structure for the Northwest Territory and create a system for the admission of new states.
  12. Jersey Plan: A proposal to create a unicameral legislature with equal representation of states rather than representation by population; rejected at the Constitutional Convention.
  13. People who opposed ratification of the Constitution.
  14. Carta: A charter of liberties agreed to by King John of England, it made the king obey the same laws as citizens.
  15. People who supported ratification of the Constitution.
  16. of Confederation: The document that created the first central government for the United States; was replaced by the Constitution in 1789.
  17. Comprise: An agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention stating that enslaved people would be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining a state’s population for representation in the lower house of Congress.
  18. Ordinance of 1785: Legislation passed by Congress authorizing surveys and the division of public lands in the western region of the country.
  19. Branch: The division of the government that proposes bills and passes them into laws.
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  1. Papers: A series of essays that defended and explained the Constitution and tried to reassure Americans that the states would not be overpowered by the proposed national government.
  2. Convention: A meeting held in Philadelphia at which delegates from the states wrote the Constitution.
  3. Branch: The division of the federal government that is made up of the national courts; interprets laws, punishes criminals, and settles disputes between states.
  4. Commerce: Trade between two or more states.
  5. A steep drop in economic activity combined with rising unemployment.
  6. Plan:The plan for government proposed at the Constitutional Convention in which the national government would have supreme power and a legislative branch would have two houses with representation determined by state population.
  7. Voting rights.
  8. of Rights: The first 10 amendments to the Constitution; ratified in 1791.
  9. Shays: Revolutionary War officer who led Shays’s Rebellion.
  10. An official approval.
  11. A tax on imports or exports.
  12. U.S. system of government in which power is distributed between a central government and individual states.
  13. To plead in favor of.
  14. Mason: American Patriot who became an Antifederalist and refused to sign the Constitution.

33 Clues: Voting rights. • An official approval. • To plead in favor of. • A tax on imports or exports. • Commerce: Trade between two or more states. • People who opposed ratification of the Constitution. • People who supported ratification of the Constitution. • Shays: Revolutionary War officer who led Shays’s Rebellion. • ...

Test Review - Civil War & Reconstruction 2021-03-02

Test Review - Civil War & Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. The principle of popular sovereignty was an important part of the __________-Nebraska Act.
  2. The practice of slavery was officially ended in the United States with passage of the __________ Amendment.
  3. One way in which Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Sojourner Truth are similar is that they all supported the __________ movement.
  4. Throughout the Civil War, an important advantage the North had over the South was that the North had greater __________ capabilities.
  5. After the Civil War, many owners of large plantations in the South responded to the loss of enslaved labor by creating tenant farms and __________.
  6. Slave owners benefited most directly from the Supreme Court decision in __________ v. Sanford?
  7. Implementation of the __________ Codes was an attempt by southern state governments after the Civil War to limit the rights of African Americans?
  8. When President __________ was inaugurated several southern states had already seceded from the Union.
  9. After the Civil War, the most common occupations for freedmen were sharecroppers and __________ farmers.
  10. After the Civil War, a significant cause of the conflict between President Andrew __________ and the Radical Republicans in Congress was disagreement over the plans for restoring Southern states to the Union.
  11. One major result of the __________’s victory in the Civil War was that the supremacy of the national government was upheld?
  12. … In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to “preserve, protect, and defend it.” … President Lincoln made this statement in an effort to urge Congress to convince __________ that he posed no threat to their way of life.
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  1. The common goal of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution was to grant basic ___________ to formerly enslaved persons.
  2. … The whole military force of the State is at the service of a Mr. Suttle, a slaveholder from Virginia, to enable him to catch a man whom he calls his property; but not a soldier is offered to save a citizen of Massachusetts from being kidnapped! The author of this statement is expressing dissatisfaction with the __________ -slave law, a provision included in the Compromise of 1850.
  3. election of Abraham Lincoln as president led directly to the ___________ of several Southern states from the Union?
  4. President Abraham Lincoln believed that secession is unlawful and treasonous. Everything possible must be done to preserve the ___________.
  5. The __________ formed during Reconstruction with the purpose of keeping African-Americans from exercising rights.
  6. Abraham Lincoln’s 1858 warning that “a house divided against itself cannot stand” referred to sectional differences over the issue of __________.
  7. Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were used in the South after 1890 to deny __________ rights to African Americans.
  8. As a result of the Missouri Compromise (1820) the ___________ of power between free and slave states was maintained.
  9. Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and Kansas-Nebraska Act all contributed to the rise of __________ in the United States.
  10. The Compromise of 1877 brought an end to Radical Reconstruction by providing for the removal of federal __________ from Southern states.
  11. At the start of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln stated that the major reason for fighting the war was to uphold the Constitution by preserving the __________.
  12. During the late 1800s, most __________ voters in the South solidly supported the Democratic Party primarily because Democrats disliked the Reconstruction programs of the Republicans.

24 Clues: The principle of popular sovereignty was an important part of the __________-Nebraska Act. • Slave owners benefited most directly from the Supreme Court decision in __________ v. Sanford? • When President __________ was inaugurated several southern states had already seceded from the Union. • ...

Great Depression and New Deal Vocabulary 2017-12-13

Great Depression and New Deal Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. inconvertible paper money made legal tender by a government decree.
  2. also known as the Wheeler-Rayburn Act, was a law that was passed by the United States Congress to facilitate regulation of electric utilities, by either limiting their operations to a single state, and thus subjecting them to effective state regulation, or forcing divestitures so that each became a single integrated system serving a limited geographic area.
  3. The longest-serving U.S. President
  4. the largest and most ambitious American New Deal agency, employing millions of people (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads.
  5. 28 evening radio addresses given by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt between 1933 and 1944
  6. a monetary system in which the standard economic unit of account is based on a fixed quantity of gold.
  7. establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards affecting employees in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local governments.
  8. a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter on May 18, 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development to the Tennessee Valley
  9. a series of federal programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted in the United States during the 1930s in response to the Great Depression.
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  1. established a system of old-age benefits for workers, benefits for victims of industrial accidents, unemployment insurance, aid for dependent mothers and children, the blind, and the physically handicapped.
  2. the purchase of an asset by paying the margin and borrowing the balance from a bank or broker.
  3. ratified in 1951, limiting presidential terms to two for any one person, or to one elected term if the person has completed more than two years of another's term.
  4. an act passed by the United States Congress in March 1933 in an attempt to stabilize the banking system.
  5. a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that invalidated regulations of the poultry industry according to the nondelegation doctrine and as an invalid use of Congress' power under the commerce clause.
  6. a shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States of America.
  7. a legislative initiative proposed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to add more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court.
  8. created in 1933 to maintain public confidence and encourage stability in the financial system through the promotion of sound banking practice
  9. a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried, men from relief families as part of the New Deal.
  10. Persuaded Congress to approve the early payment to bonuses due to World War I
  11. a U.S. government agency that oversees securities transactions, activities of financial professionals and mutual fund trading to prevent fraud and intentional deception.
  12. an area of Oklahoma, Kansas, and northern Texas affected by severe soil erosion (caused by windstorms) in the early 1930s, which obliged many people to move.
  13. an American engineer, businessman, and politician who served as the 31st President of the United States from 1929 to 1933 during the Great Depression.
  14. a federal law passed in 1933 as part of U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. The law offered farmers subsidies in exchange for limiting their production of certain crops. The subsidies were meant to limit overproduction so that crop prices could increase.

23 Clues: The longest-serving U.S. President • inconvertible paper money made legal tender by a government decree. • Persuaded Congress to approve the early payment to bonuses due to World War I • the purchase of an asset by paying the margin and borrowing the balance from a bank or broker. • ...

Reconstruction Review 2023-09-07

Reconstruction Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Rutherford B. Hayes became president of the United States, by removing the remaining federal troops from the South and appointing a Southern Democrat to his cabinet.
  2. Concept that encapsulates the Confederacy's demise and a post-war Southern desire to restore old ways, particularly concerning African Americans' roles and rights.
  3. The association of Southern U.S. states that split away from and fought against the Union in the U.S. Civil War.
  4. Taxes, often placed on imported goods to protect domestic industries
  5. 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.
  6. The Union’s three-part Civil War strategy, designed to capture the confederate capital in Richmond, block southern ports, and control the Mississippi River.
  7. Northerners that moved to the South for economic and political gain.
  8. Discriminatory laws passed mainly in Southern states to deny African Americans equal economic, political, and social treatment.
  9. Declared that African Americans were citizens and deserved the protections that came with that.
  10. Refusal of a President to sign a bill within 10 days of its passage and the adjournment of Congress causes the bill to be rejected.
  11. The withdrawal of a state from a country or nation.
  12. Officially repealed the Missouri Compromise and gave residents the right to decide whether to allow slavery in their territories
  13. Name given to African American soldiers by Native Americans.
  14. This theory argued that the Constitution was an agreement among the states, and therefore states could reject laws they say as unconstitutional
  15. A member of Congress during the Civil War and Reconstruction who wanted to permanently end slavery and guarantee equal rights for African Americans.
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  1. The idea that residents of an area can vote to decide an issue
  2. Within these cases, the Supreme Court declared that the 14th Amendment did not alter traditional federalism, and that many rights of citizens still remained under state control.
  3. Law designed to assimilate Native Americans by dividing up tribal reservation land and giving it to individuals who would become farmers.
  4. Abolished slavery.
  5. Agreement that divided the country in half by dictating that any state lying south of 36°30’ north latitude would be open to slavery and any state above that line would be considered free
  6. The movement of African Americans from the South during the early 1900s.
  7. Bringing charges against a public official.
  8. The lowest point, or bottom; the term was used to describe relations between African Americans and whites in the South between 1877 and 1920.
  9. A war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or people involved, or the objectives pursued, especially when the laws of war are disregarded.
  10. Established to assist formerly enslaved individuals in their needs for food, clothing, and shelter, as well as protecting travelers, legalizing marriages, and negotiating work agreements.
  11. To rebuild; referring to the period of 1865-1877 in the U.S. when former confederate states were under control of the federal government.
  12. The 1864 slaughter of over 150 inhabitants of a winter camp of Cheyenne and Arapaho.
  13. Land reserved by the U.S. government for use of Native Americans.
  14. The act of freeing those held captive; in this case it refers to the freeing of slaves
  15. stated that anyone whose father or grandfather had been eligible to vote before January 1, 1867 was guaranteed the right to vote.

30 Clues: Abolished slavery. • Bringing charges against a public official. • The withdrawal of a state from a country or nation. • Name given to African American soldiers by Native Americans. • The idea that residents of an area can vote to decide an issue • Land reserved by the U.S. government for use of Native Americans. • ...

The American Revolution: Key Terms - Ritchie 2021-10-30

The American Revolution: Key Terms - Ritchie crossword puzzle
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  1. __________ was the king of Great Britain and Ireland during the American Revolution.
  2. James Madison's __________ outlined a strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. The plan called for a legislature divided into two bodies (the Senate and the House of Representatives) with proportional representation.
  3. __________ was a decisive victory for the British. George Washington and the Continental Army were eventually forced to retreat all the way to Pennsylvania.
  4. A person who opposed the adoption of the U.S. Constitution and was against federalists.
  5. A person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority.
  6. It is considered the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War. The Continental Army led by General George Washington, won a decisive victory against the British Army, led by General Lord Charles Cornwallis. Cornwallis was forced to surrender after being surrounded by Washington's army.
  7. __________ was an American political leader, military general, statesman, and Founding Father, who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797
  8. An agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution.
  9. The __________ was signed by U.S. and British Representatives on September 3, 1783, ending the War of the American Revolution. Based on a 1782 preliminary treaty, the agreement recognized U.S. independence and granted the U.S. significant western territory.
  10. __________ was an uprising in western Massachusetts in opposition to high taxes and stringent economic conditions. In September 1786 Daniel Shays and other local leaders led several hundred men in forcing the Supreme Court in Springfield to adjourn.
  11. Written by James Madison, the purpose of __________ was to demonstrate that the proposed government was not likely to be dominated by any faction. Contrary to conventional wisdom, Madison argued, the key to mending the evils of factions is to have a large republic—the larger, the better.
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  1. The __________ was a document issued by British Army General Sir Henry Clinton on June 30, 1779, intended to encourage slaves to run away and enlist in the Royal Forces.
  2. A form of government that combines elements of democracy, aristocracy and monarchy.
  3. __________ was an American statesman, diplomat, expansionist, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817.
  4. The __________ was principally written by James Cannon, George Bryan, and Benjamin Franklin. Widely considered the most democratic constitution of its time, it granted all tax-paying men the right to vote.
  5. The __________ established a government for the Northwest Territory, outlined the process for admitting a new state to the Union, and guaranteed that newly created states would be equal to the original thirteen states.
  6. Placed on the use of currency for various types of transactions.
  7. William Paterson's __________ proposed a unicameral (one-house) legislature with equal votes of states and an executive elected by a national legislature. This plan maintained the form of government under the Articles of Confederation while adding powers to raise revenue and regulate commerce and foreign affairs.
  8. The __________ was a turning point in the Revolutionary War. The American defeat of the superior British army lifted patriot morale, furthered the hope for independence, and helped to secure the foreign support needed to win the war.
  9. __________ was where the American Continental Army made camp during the winter of 1777-1778. It was here that the American forces became a true fighting unit.

20 Clues: Placed on the use of currency for various types of transactions. • A form of government that combines elements of democracy, aristocracy and monarchy. • __________ was the king of Great Britain and Ireland during the American Revolution. • A person who opposed the adoption of the U.S. Constitution and was against federalists. • ...

Year-Long Crossword 2025-06-04

Year-Long Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Branch of government responsible for interpreting laws, headed by the Supreme Court
  2. Second U.S. President and a leading figure in the independence movement
  3. Term used for emancipated African Americans after the Civil War
  4. The term for the United States government and northern states during the Civil War
  5. Historic 1776 document stating the American colonies' separation from Britain
  6. Virginia courthouse where Confederate General Lee surrendered to Grant
  7. Historic mission in San Antonio, site of a famous battle for Texan independence
  8. The act of southern states withdrawing from the Union before the Civil War
  9. Lincoln's 1863 proclamation freeing slaves in Confederate-held territory
  10. American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the Revolution
  11. Co-leader of the Corps of Discovery expedition into the Louisiana Territory
  12. The Bill of ____ includes the first ten amendments to the Constitution
  13. American inventor, diplomat, writer, and a key Founding Father
  14. Manifest ______, the 19th-century belief in westward expansion of the U.S.
  15. System of government where power is divided between national and state levels
  16. System of forced labor and servitude, a primary cause of the Civil War
  17. Revolutionary War battle considered a major turning point for the Americans
  18. Ship that transported Pilgrims to Plymouth in 1620
  19. Growth of factories and manufacturing, especially in the northern states
  20. The war fought by American colonists for independence from Great Britain
  21. Massachusetts city, site of a famous Tea Party and Massacre
  22. The elected head of the executive branch of the U.S. government
  23. Vast territory purchased by the U.S. from France in 1803
  24. Official changes or additions made to the Constitution
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  1. Alliance of southern states that seceded from the U.S., leading to the Civil War
  2. Nickname for British soldiers, due to their uniform color
  3. Main author of the Declaration of Independence, later third U.S. President
  4. The movement to end slavery in the United States
  5. The advancing line of settlement separating wilderness from settled areas
  6. Site of the decisive battle where the British surrendered in the Revolutionary War
  7. 16th U.S. President who led the country through the Civil War
  8. Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and first U.S. President
  9. Explored the Louisiana Purchase with Meriwether Lewis
  10. Colony established by the Pilgrims in present-day Massachusetts
  11. Early settlers who migrated westward into new territories
  12. A formal agreement between two or more countries, such as the one ending the Revolution
  13. Colonists who supported the movement for independence from Britain
  14. Religious group known for peace advocacy, influential in Pennsylvania
  15. The right to vote in political elections
  16. The legislative branch of the U.S. government, consisting of the Senate and House
  17. Pivotal Civil War battle in Pennsylvania and site of a famous Lincoln address
  18. Leading Union general during the Civil War, later became the 18th U.S. President
  19. Early European settlements in North America, often thirteen
  20. First U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and a key Federalist
  21. The period after the Civil War for rebuilding the South and readmitting states
  22. "No ______ without representation!" was a key grievance of the colonists
  23. First permanent English settlement in North America (1607)
  24. The supreme law of the United States, outlining the frame of government
  25. Rapid migration of people to a newly discovered goldfield, as in California
  26. Considered the "Father of the Constitution" and was the fourth U.S. President

50 Clues: The right to vote in political elections • The movement to end slavery in the United States • Ship that transported Pilgrims to Plymouth in 1620 • Explored the Louisiana Purchase with Meriwether Lewis • Official changes or additions made to the Constitution • Vast territory purchased by the U.S. from France in 1803 • ...

AP Gov 2025-12-09

AP Gov crossword puzzle
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  1. A public assistance program designed to provide healthcare to poor Americans. (Compare to Medicare)
  2. Advisory council for the president consisting of the heads of the executive departments, the vice president, and a few other officials selected by the president. Cabinet departments are created by Congress
  3. The redrawing of congressional and other legislative district lines following the census, to accommodate population shifts and keep districts as equal as possible in population.
  4. funds given by Congress to states and localities that are earmarked by law for specific categories such as education or crime prevention
  5. powers, derived from the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution, that are not specifically delegated to the national government or denied to the states
  6. Constitutional basis for civil rights and equality under the law
  7. A federal program of health insurance for persons 65 years of age and older
  8. A law making body made of two houses (bi means 2). Example: Congress (our legislature) is made of two house - The House of Representatives and The Senate.
  9. A system of hiring and promotion based on the merit principle and the desire to create a nonpartisan government service.
  10. An action by the House of Representatives to accuse the president, vice president, or other civil officers of the United States of committing "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."
  11. Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, which delegates to Congress the power "to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the several states and with Indian Tribes." This clause was interpreted by the Supreme Court to favor national power over the economy
  12. Makes the laws. It is composed of Congress (the House of Representatives and the Senate).
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  1. A procedural practice in the Senate whereby a senator refuses to relinquish the floor and thereby delays proceedings and prevents a vote on a controversial issue. Used only in the Senate
  2. Chief executive's (president's) power to reject a bill passed by a legislature
  3. the principle that states should oppose increases in the authority of the national government. This view was most popular before the Civil War.
  4. a written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states. Weakly organized the 13 states under a central congress.
  5. the system of government in which a constitution divides power betweem a central government and a regional government
  6. powers derived from the necessary and proper clause (Article I, Section 8) of the Constitution. Such powers are not specifically expressed but are implied through the expansive interpretation of delegated powers
  7. An agreement by two or more lawmakers to support each other's bills
  8. 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.
  9. Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting a party, group, or incumbent
  10. Enforces the laws. It is headed by the President and includes the Vice President and federal agencies.
  11. Interprets the laws and the Constitution. It consists of the Supreme Court and lower federal courts.
  12. the mechanism through which each branch of government is able to participate in and influence the activities of the other branches

24 Clues: Constitutional basis for civil rights and equality under the law • An agreement by two or more lawmakers to support each other's bills • A federal program of health insurance for persons 65 years of age and older • Chief executive's (president's) power to reject a bill passed by a legislature • ...

Taxes 2024-04-01

Taxes crossword puzzle
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  1. In addition, some states, like ____, may impose local levies known as school district taxes to help fund education costs
  2. A tax bracket is a range of taxable income that is subject to a specific tax _________.
  3. In some states, a smaller city tax may be added to the _____ tax.
  4. The U.S. _____________ gives the federal government the authority, and the states the right, to impose taxes on their residents.
  5. A number of states impose higher "____ ______" on cigarettes and liquor
  6. There are ________ states with no personal income tax, as of 2024.
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  1. The largest single tax bill that is received by most people is the local residential __________ tax imposed on homeowners.
  2. Among the common types of taxes that many states impose are personal income tax, corporate income tax, estate tax, fuel tax, and _______ tax
  3. Education, public safety, and road ____________ are among the priorities of local governments.
  4. If you are on the lower edge of a tax bracket, claiming a ________ may get you into a lower one
  5. If you are trying to determine how much of your income to withhold for taxes then your ____________ tax rate typically will give you a better answer than your marginal tax rate
  6. ______ _________rely on using your taxable income to determine your federal income tax bill

12 Clues: In some states, a smaller city tax may be added to the _____ tax. • There are ________ states with no personal income tax, as of 2024. • A number of states impose higher "____ ______" on cigarettes and liquor • A tax bracket is a range of taxable income that is subject to a specific tax _________. • ...

U.S. History Chapter 12 Crossword 2023-04-20

U.S. History Chapter 12 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Were known for their opposition to slavery, their efforts to ensure emancipation and civil rights for Blacks, and their strong opinions on post-war Reconstruction.
  2. This amendment granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States," including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws,” extending the provisions of the Bill of Rights to the states.
  3. Provided assistance to tens of thousands of formerly enslaved people and impoverished whites in the Southern States and the District of Columbia in the years following the war
  4. To formally charge a public official of misconduct committed while in office
  5. White Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War
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  1. The era after the Civil War ended
  2. Northerners who moved to the South after the war, supposedly in an effort to get rich or acquire political power.
  3. Laws passed at different periods in the southern United States to enforce racial segregation and curtail the power of Black voters.
  4. The first African American member of the United States Senate
  5. Elected as president after Lincoln was assasinated
  6. A system where poor farmers were granted access to farm small plots of land
  7. A bill that provided for the admission to representation of rebel states upon meeting certain conditions.

12 Clues: The era after the Civil War ended • Elected as president after Lincoln was assasinated • The first African American member of the United States Senate • A system where poor farmers were granted access to farm small plots of land • To formally charge a public official of misconduct committed while in office • ...

Chapter 2 Vocabulary Review/Test 2024-03-07

Chapter 2 Vocabulary Review/Test crossword puzzle
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  1. Journalists who exposed corruption and problems in society through their investigative reporting.
  2. An amendment to the United States Constitution that allows Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states.
  3. The amendment to the U.S. Constitution that established Prohibition.
  4. A law passed in 1906 that aimed to improve food and drug quality and safety by regulating the production and distribution of these products.
  5. Amendment An amendment to the United States Constitution that granted women the right to vote.
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  1. Legislation that created the Federal Reserve System in 1913, which is the central banking system of the United States.
  2. The period from 1920 to 1933 when the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages were banned in the United States.
  3. A direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal, often a law.
  4. An amendment to the United States Constitution that established the direct election of U.S. Senators by popular vote.
  5. The process by which voters can remove an elected official from office before their term is finished.
  6. A federal agency that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties.
  7. A process that allows citizens to propose new laws or amendments to the constitution through a petition.

12 Clues: The amendment to the U.S. Constitution that established Prohibition. • Amendment An amendment to the United States Constitution that granted women the right to vote. • Journalists who exposed corruption and problems in society through their investigative reporting. • ...

part 5 2024-04-11

part 5 crossword puzzle
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  1. Revels - Republican politician, minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and a college administrator
  2. Codes - laws passed at different periods in the southern United States to enforce racial segregation and curtail the power of Black voters
  3. was a time of significant transformation within the United States.
  4. largely historical pejorative used by Southerners to describe allegedly opportunistic or disruptive Northerners who came to the Southern states
  5. Dave Bills - as a bill "to guarantee to certain States whose governments have been usurped or overthrown a republican form of government,"
  6. - process by which a legislative body or other legally constituted tribunal initiates charges against a public official for misconduct.
  7. Bureau - An Act to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees
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  1. - the pejorative scalawag referred to white Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War.
  2. Amendment - No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States
  3. - system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop
  4. Republicans- were a faction within the Republican Party originating from the party's founding in 1854
  5. Johnson - was an American politician who served as the 17th president of the United States from 1865 to 1869.

12 Clues: was a time of significant transformation within the United States. • Bureau - An Act to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees • Republicans- were a faction within the Republican Party originating from the party's founding in 1854 • - system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop • ...

Currencies in 15 Countries 2023-12-02

Currencies in 15 Countries crossword puzzle
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  1. Euro (EUR)
  2. Japanese Yen (JPY)
  3. Zealand New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
  4. Indian Rupee (INR)
  5. Swiss Franc (CHF)
  6. Russian Ruble (RUB)
  7. Kingdom British Pound Sterling (GBP)
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  1. Canadian Dollar (CAD)
  2. Korea South Korean Won (KRW)
  3. States United States Dollar (USD)
  4. Chinese Yuan (CNY)
  5. Australian Dollar (AUD)
  6. Brazilian Real (BRL)
  7. Africa South African Rand (ZAR)
  8. Mexican Peso (MXN)

15 Clues: Euro (EUR) • Swiss Franc (CHF) • Chinese Yuan (CNY) • Japanese Yen (JPY) • Indian Rupee (INR) • Mexican Peso (MXN) • Russian Ruble (RUB) • Brazilian Real (BRL) • Canadian Dollar (CAD) • Australian Dollar (AUD) • Korea South Korean Won (KRW) • Africa South African Rand (ZAR) • Zealand New Zealand Dollar (NZD) • States United States Dollar (USD) • Kingdom British Pound Sterling (GBP)

Civil War Practice 2023-01-20

Civil War Practice crossword puzzle
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  1. a large gun
  2. a person killed because of their beliefs
  3. to leave or withdraw
  4. the act of joining
  5. to make sacred
  6. extreme loyalty to your section of the country
  7. the way buildings are used in a town
  8. reb name for a southern soldier
  9. a collection of weapons
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  1. killed, wounded, captured or missing
  2. sovereignty people power
  3. rights states have more power than the government
  4. strained relationship
  5. to be freed
  6. league of alliances
  7. union soldier
  8. to agree
  9. having to do with farming

18 Clues: to agree • a large gun • to be freed • union soldier • to make sacred • the act of joining • league of alliances • to leave or withdraw • strained relationship • a collection of weapons • sovereignty people power • having to do with farming • reb name for a southern soldier • killed, wounded, captured or missing • the way buildings are used in a town • a person killed because of their beliefs • ...

Form Of Government Crossword 2020-09-17

Form Of Government Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. power resides in a centralized government
  2. Not having to do with religion
  3. Association of independent states
  4. Interchangeable with dictatorship
  5. Supreme law of the United States
  6. Government bases laws off of the people
  7. One person has unlimited power
  8. Inherited Power
  9. Example of theocracy
  10. Legislative body of government
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  1. Laws are based of off religious beliefs
  2. Example of constitutional monarchy
  3. Small group of people ruling the government
  4. Dictator hold unlimited authority
  5. government that divides power
  6. Elected officials representing groups
  7. Indirect form of democracy
  8. Another word for oligarchy

18 Clues: Inherited Power • Example of theocracy • Indirect form of democracy • Another word for oligarchy • government that divides power • Not having to do with religion • One person has unlimited power • Legislative body of government • Supreme law of the United States • Dictator hold unlimited authority • Association of independent states • Interchangeable with dictatorship • ...

EWB Crossword!!!! 2020-09-14

EWB Crossword!!!! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Guatemala & Ethiopia _______
  2. Ethiopia local project
  3. Subject of most of our projects
  4. 16th president of the United States
  5. Not River Road, but ...
  6. Cost of flying
  7. Name of a scheduling tool
  8. A trip to check in on a past project
  9. Combination of growing fish and plants
  10. Act of building things
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  1. A trip to construct your design
  2. Objects needed to construct
  3. Not within the United States
  4. Scientific study of plants
  5. Paul's twin
  6. A sample of a design
  7. A trip to gather Data
  8. Another word for bright light

18 Clues: Paul's twin • Cost of flying • A sample of a design • A trip to gather Data • Ethiopia local project • Act of building things • Not River Road, but ... • Name of a scheduling tool • Scientific study of plants • Objects needed to construct • Guatemala & Ethiopia _______ • Not within the United States • Another word for bright light • A trip to construct your design • ...

SSUSH11d 2024-01-21

SSUSH11d crossword puzzle
Across
  1. things passed down from generation to generation; such as food, music, religion, clothing, etc.
  2. a person who leaves their home country to move permanently to another country
  3. salary or pay
  4. having to do with the way goods and services are produced, sold, and bought
  5. an immigrant processing center on the east coast of the United States, off the coast of New York
  6. an immigration processing center on the west coast of the United States, off the coast of California
  7. immigrants who came from any country on the continent of Asia
  8. practicing the religion of Judaism
  9. a train route that crossed the entire United States from the east coast to the west coast that was finished in 1869
  10. lack of money; being poor
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  1. the way that people living in groups make decisions
  2. immigrants who came from any country on the continent of Europe
  3. immigrants that arrived in the United States after the Civil War
  4. a part of the Pacific Ocean that is right off the coast of California
  5. a part of the Atlantic Ocean that is right off the coast of New York
  6. practicing the religion of Catholicism

16 Clues: salary or pay • lack of money; being poor • practicing the religion of Judaism • practicing the religion of Catholicism • the way that people living in groups make decisions • immigrants who came from any country on the continent of Asia • immigrants who came from any country on the continent of Europe • immigrants that arrived in the United States after the Civil War • ...

Constitution & Bill of Rights 2022-05-09

Constitution & Bill of Rights crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The right to bear arms
  2. Powers reserved to the states
  3. The men who founded our nation and our Constitution- George Washington, James Madison, and Benjamin Franklin.
  4. person who didn't support the Constitution because they felt that it didn't guarantee the rights of the people
  5. Their rebellion caused the Constitutional Convention.
  6. system of government in which power is shared between the central government and the states
  7. The first written-down plan of government for the United States.
  8. right to grand jury, indictment, no double jeopardy, freedom from self-incrimination, due process of law
  9. They were essays that answered the Antifederalist attacks
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  1. Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures
  2. A convention of 55 delegates from 12 states where they discussed a new form of government, the Constitution, in Philadelphia in 1787
  3. freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly, freedom of the press, freedom to petition.
  4. The first 10 amendments to the Constitution. They protected the rights of the people
  5. person who supported a strong central government and the Constitution
  6. Right to a fair, speedy, public trial
  7. A type of government in which people choose representatives to govern them. Each state gets 1 vote.

16 Clues: The right to bear arms • Powers reserved to the states • Right to a fair, speedy, public trial • Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures • Their rebellion caused the Constitutional Convention. • They were essays that answered the Antifederalist attacks • The first written-down plan of government for the United States. • ...

Division of power -Lucy&Madisyn 2016-04-07

Division of power -Lucy&Madisyn crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the governing body of a municipality
  2. the organization through which political authority is exercised at the national level, government of the united states
  3. the powers specifically named and assigned to the federal government or prohibited to be exercised by the states under the U.s constitution , also known as delegated powers
  4. the clause that states that the U.s constitution is a supreme law of the land, and that national laws are supreme over state laws , found in article VI
  5. a system of government in which power is divided and shared between national, state, and local government
Down
  1. the organization through which political authority is exercised at the state level, government of a specific state
  2. the powers specifically named and assigned to the federal government or prohibited to be exercised by the states under the U.s constitution also known as enumerated powers
  3. Powers shared by the national, state, and/or local government
  4. powers that are not guaranteed to the federal government that belong to (are reserved to) the states and the people, see tenth amendment
  5. The final amendment in the bill of rights , it states:’’ the powers not delegated to the U.S by the constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people’’

10 Clues: the governing body of a municipality • Powers shared by the national, state, and/or local government • a system of government in which power is divided and shared between national, state, and local government • the organization through which political authority is exercised at the state level, government of a specific state • ...

Recent American History... 2022-09-14

Recent American History... crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
  2. What major event happened on September 11, 2001?
  3. During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
  4. What do we celebrate on July 4th?
  5. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?
  6. What President was a general in World War II?
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  1. Who did the United States fight in World War II?
  2. Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
  3. Name one war faught by the United States in the 1900s.
  4. Who was President during World War I?
  5. Which of the following is an American Indian tribe in the United States?

11 Clues: What do we celebrate on July 4th? • What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do? • Who was President during World War I? • What President was a general in World War II? • Who did the United States fight in World War II? • What major event happened on September 11, 2001? • What movement tried to end racial discrimination? • Name one war faught by the United States in the 1900s. • ...

New Mexico Review 2021-12-01

New Mexico Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An animal that big game hunters hunted that was not a mastodon
  2. House above ground
  3. One of the states that's larger than New Mexico starting with an A
  4. People who lived in Northern New Mexico
  5. One of the states that's larger than New Mexico starting with a T
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  1. One of the states that's larger than New Mexico stating with a M
  2. Yes or No: The Navajos and Apaches speak related languages.
  3. People who follow their food
  4. One of the states that's larger than New Mexico starting with a C
  5. The larget tribe in the U.S.
  6. The empire that New Meixco was apart of for 200 years

11 Clues: House above ground • People who follow their food • The larget tribe in the U.S. • People who lived in Northern New Mexico • The empire that New Meixco was apart of for 200 years • Yes or No: The Navajos and Apaches speak related languages. • An animal that big game hunters hunted that was not a mastodon • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2022-04-14

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Gettysburg _________
  2. A battle in which the Union tried to dislodge Confederates from their bunkers. This failed miserably and the Union lost two times as many men as the Confederates
  3. the first major land battle of the American Civil War. the South pushed the Union Army back to DC since the southerners won. 1861, was guarded by PGT Beauregard. South victory led to boosted morale. People picnicked to watch, we're shocked by death.
  4. Union commander who took over for Scott during the first part of the war
  5. 16th president of the United States; helped preserve the United States by leading the defeat of the secessionist Confederacy;
  6. Harriet ________
  7. A smoothbore gun with a long barrel that fired lead balls.
  8. Place where the Civil War's Battle of Gettysburg took place
  9. was An American statesman and politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history from 1861 to 1865.
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  1. Grant besieged the city from May 18 to July 4, 1863, until it surrendered, yielding command of the Mississippi River to the Union.
  2. A person who wanted to end slavery in the United States
  3. A person who wanted slavery in the United States
  4. _____________ Proclamation
  5. Grant besieged the city from May 18 to July 4, 1863, until it surrendered, yielding command of the Mississippi River to the Union.
  6. Bloodiest day in American Civil War and American History, with 25,000 casualties.

15 Clues: Harriet ________ • Gettysburg _________ • _____________ Proclamation • A person who wanted slavery in the United States • A person who wanted to end slavery in the United States • A smoothbore gun with a long barrel that fired lead balls. • Place where the Civil War's Battle of Gettysburg took place • ...

Room #2 2020-04-01

Room #2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / Name one right only for United States citizens.
  2. / What is the highest court in the United States?
  3. / What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
  4. / Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
  5. / Who is the current Supreme Court Chief Justice?
  6. / During the Cold War, what was the main concern of The United States
  7. / Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
Down
  1. / How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?
  2. / Who is the speaker of the house of representatives?
  3. / What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
  4. / When must all men register for the Selective Service?
  5. / What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

12 Clues: / Who is the Commander in Chief of the military? • / Name one right only for United States citizens. • / What is the highest court in the United States? • / Who is the current Supreme Court Chief Justice? • / What movement tried to end racial discrimination? • / Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived? • ...

Aarav Pattani's Civil War crossword puzzle 2022-04-21

Aarav Pattani's Civil War crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A speech Abe Lincoln made to end Slavery
  2. people that believed slavery was good
  3. 16th president of the United states and was president of the union during the civil war.
  4. Southern General
  5. a war between the north and the south over slavery and states rights.
  6. union general and 18th president of the united states.
Down
  1. a system that allows people to sell and buy whatever
  2. president of confederate states
  3. a fort in ruins after a siege by the south which started the civil war
  4. the civil wars most bloody battle which the Union won
  5. People that fought in the civil war against slavery

11 Clues: Southern General • president of confederate states • people that believed slavery was good • A speech Abe Lincoln made to end Slavery • People that fought in the civil war against slavery • a system that allows people to sell and buy whatever • the civil wars most bloody battle which the Union won • union general and 18th president of the united states. • ...

Aarav Pattani's Civil War crossword puzzle 2022-04-21

Aarav Pattani's Civil War crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A speech Abe Lincoln made to end Slavery
  2. people that believed slavery was good
  3. 16th president of the United states and was president of the union during the civil war.
  4. Southern General
  5. a war between the north and the south over slavery and states rights.
  6. union general and 18th president of the united states.
Down
  1. a system that allows people to sell and buy whatever
  2. president of confederate states
  3. a fort in ruins after a siege by the south which started the civil war
  4. the civil wars most bloody battle which the Union won
  5. People that fought in the civil war against slavery

11 Clues: Southern General • president of confederate states • people that believed slavery was good • A speech Abe Lincoln made to end Slavery • People that fought in the civil war against slavery • a system that allows people to sell and buy whatever • the civil wars most bloody battle which the Union won • union general and 18th president of the united states. • ...

Vietnam War 2014-02-18

Vietnam War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The side that the United States were trying to aid.
  2. The common assault rifle for United States troops.
  3. Nickname for a Vietcong soldier.
  4. The political leader for the United States at the time.
  5. The president who sent troops into the war in Vietnam.
  6. The type of government in North Vietnam.
  7. The most common type of transport helicopter used in combat.
  8. The type of rocket launcher used by the NVA.
Down
  1. Which animal did soldiers have to watch out for in the jungle?
  2. The type of fire bomb dropped on the NVA in the jungle.
  3. The communist party in the war.
  4. When did the war officially end?
  5. Something used to stop enemy movement or progress.
  6. A common creature that would latch onto skin and suck blood.
  7. The most common vehicle used for ground transportation.
  8. Plastic explosive used for tactical blasts.
  9. A common bug ridden disease that troops came down with.

17 Clues: The communist party in the war. • When did the war officially end? • Nickname for a Vietcong soldier. • The type of government in North Vietnam. • Plastic explosive used for tactical blasts. • The type of rocket launcher used by the NVA. • The common assault rifle for United States troops. • Something used to stop enemy movement or progress. • ...

Civil War Crossword 2022-05-03

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ___ states were slave states that did not secede from the Union.
  2. Which fort did the first battle of the war take place?
  3. What was the Confederacy's capital?
  4. What was the group of seceded states called?
  5. Who assassinated President Lincoln?
  6. Who was the Confederacy's president?
  7. Who was the main speaker at the Gettysburg Address?
  8. What was the U.S. side of the war called?
Down
  1. What were Northern Democrats who favored peace with the South called?
  2. Who was the commander of the Union army?
  3. Which battle took place in Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee?
  4. Who was the president of the U.S. during the Civil War?
  5. Which battle had the most casualities & was a turning point in the war?
  6. The 54th ___ Regiment was the first African American regiment.
  7. What is the term for leaving the Union?
  8. What court house did General Lee surrender in?
  9. What is the term for the enlistment/draft to the army?

17 Clues: What was the Confederacy's capital? • Who assassinated President Lincoln? • Who was the Confederacy's president? • What is the term for leaving the Union? • Who was the commander of the Union army? • What was the U.S. side of the war called? • What was the group of seceded states called? • What court house did General Lee surrender in? • ...

Quarter 4 VAP 4 2024-05-06

Quarter 4 VAP 4 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a state that has no slaves is a _____
  2. this was discovered in California in 1848
  3. to free slaves
  4. a piece of land owned by a country (not a state)
  5. first state to become a state after the original 13 states
  6. kind of energy that comes from the sun
  7. animal that is on the California flag
  8. the use of raw materials to make products
  9. a black, non-renewable natural resource
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  1. resource that can be made and used again and again
  2. a state that has slaves is a _____
  3. the rules and laws for a country or state
  4. the leaders of America are called ____
  5. state that was made when Virginia broke into two states
  6. to get rid of a law, to take the law back
  7. the leader of America is the ____
  8. number of states in America that have natural resources

17 Clues: to free slaves • the leader of America is the ____ • a state that has slaves is a _____ • a state that has no slaves is a _____ • animal that is on the California flag • the leaders of America are called ____ • kind of energy that comes from the sun • a black, non-renewable natural resource • the rules and laws for a country or state • ...

Ch.4 Imperialism Review 2025-12-03

Ch.4 Imperialism Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the act of expanding your territory by conquering others
  2. small island in the pacific
  3. US President that promoted imperialism
  4. territory purchased to expand the USA
  5. sea where European countries and the United States wanted to conquer
  6. United States put a military base here after the Spanish-American War
  7. the most common way that land is taken
  8. Wanted freedom from Spain but then was taken by United States
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  1. led the US to "help" Philippines defeat spain
  2. island that was taken during Spanish-American War
  3. military branch used to control the seas
  4. popular crop that needed tropical climate
  5. common type of food fished from the seas
  6. Land was taken from here during wars in the 1800s
  7. land was taken here to build a canal
  8. Pacific island that was conquered by the Dole company
  9. companies needed this to grow certain types of crops

17 Clues: small island in the pacific • land was taken here to build a canal • territory purchased to expand the USA • US President that promoted imperialism • the most common way that land is taken • military branch used to control the seas • common type of food fished from the seas • popular crop that needed tropical climate • led the US to "help" Philippines defeat spain • ...

Vietnam War 2014-02-18

Vietnam War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A creature that would latch onto skin and suck blood.
  2. The communist party in the war.
  3. When did the war officially end?
  4. The most common type of transport helicopter used in combat.
  5. The political leader for the United States at the time.
  6. The president who sent troops into the war in Vietnam.
  7. The type of government in North Vietnam.
  8. The most common vehicle used for ground transportation.
Down
  1. A common bug ridden disease that troops came down with.
  2. The side that the United States were trying to aid.
  3. Which animal did soldiers have to watch out for in the jungle?
  4. The common assault rifle for United States troops.
  5. Nickname for a Vietcong soldier.
  6. Something used to stop enemy movement or progress.
  7. Plastic explosive used for tactical blasts.
  8. The type of fire bomb dropped on the NVA in the jungle.
  9. The type of rocket launcher used by the NVA.

17 Clues: The communist party in the war. • When did the war officially end? • Nickname for a Vietcong soldier. • The type of government in North Vietnam. • Plastic explosive used for tactical blasts. • The type of rocket launcher used by the NVA. • The common assault rifle for United States troops. • Something used to stop enemy movement or progress. • ...

science 2023-08-30

science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The amount of force needed to move an object in a certain direction.
  2. Energy in motion.
  3. back on the first
  4. and decreases with increased mass.
  5. States that the acceleration of an object increases with increased
  6. back on the first
  7. States that every time one object exerts a force on another object,
  8. second object exerts a force that is equal in size and opposite in
  9. Unequal forces that cause a change in motion
  10. The rate of change of the velocity of an object with respect to time.
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  1. Equal forces that cause no change in motion
  2. Energy that is stored
  3. States that objects at rest remain at rest, and objects in motion
  4. Energy being converted to another form of energy.
  5. States that every time one object exerts a force on another object,
  6. forced.
  7. Speed traveled in a certain direction.
  8. Distance traveled in a certain amount of time.
  9. second object exerts a force that is equal in size and opposite in
  10. in motion with the same velocity, unless acted on by an

20 Clues: forced. • Energy in motion. • back on the first • back on the first • Energy that is stored • and decreases with increased mass. • Speed traveled in a certain direction. • Equal forces that cause no change in motion • Unequal forces that cause a change in motion • Distance traveled in a certain amount of time. • Energy being converted to another form of energy. • ...

Governments 2025-08-25

Governments crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A form of government where people have the supreme power.
  2. Government where one person has absolute power.
  3. A Government where power is limited by a constitution.
  4. Government where states hold supreme power over everything.
  5. Power is shared with state and central governments.
  6. Government where authority is spread among branches equally.
  7. The government can govern itself without interference.
  8. One person holds absolute power over everyone else and denies civil rights.
  9. Monarchy where power is limited by a constitution.
  10. Government where one person is born into power.
Down
  1. A group of people have control over everyone else(usually based on power and wealth)
  2. Government where power is shared between state and central governments.
  3. Everyone has equal rights.
  4. A democracy where an elected representatives lead the government.
  5. States form a group but still have most of their power.
  6. Central governments have complete power over states.
  7. Government where religion is the supreme leader.

17 Clues: Everyone has equal rights. • Government where one person has absolute power. • Government where one person is born into power. • Government where religion is the supreme leader. • Monarchy where power is limited by a constitution. • Power is shared with state and central governments. • Central governments have complete power over states. • ...

Vocab Module 3 2025-05-21

Vocab Module 3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. held motionless as in wonder or astonishment; fascinated
  2. a feature of the landscape that is easy to see and recognize
  3. gotten rid of; removed
  4. having to do with farming
  5. not working; not active
  6. having to do with the activities of people who are members of a country
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  1. having to do with southern states that separated from the United States or Union
  2. in a way that shows you are distracted and thinking about something else
  3. help given during a time of need; assistance
  4. to break away, leave
  5. having to do with producing items
  6. the owning of a person by another person
  7. against, opposite
  8. a form of language that is spoken in a specific region by a specific group of people; a way of speaking
  9. northern states that stayed under a single government
  10. those who live in a country who are not citizens of that country
  11. foot, feet

17 Clues: foot, feet • against, opposite • to break away, leave • gotten rid of; removed • not working; not active • having to do with farming • having to do with producing items • the owning of a person by another person • help given during a time of need; assistance • northern states that stayed under a single government • held motionless as in wonder or astonishment; fascinated • ...

The Civil War and Texas 2023-02-26

The Civil War and Texas crossword puzzle
Across
  1. last name of the leader of the Texas Brigade
  2. War that was fought when the southern state left the United States
  3. Last name of the Governor of Texas who was forced to step down when he refused to take the oath of loyality to the Confederacy
  4. legal document freeing the enslaved people in southern states
Down
  1. agreement allowing Maine and Missouri to join the United States
  2. the southern states who left the United States
  3. the northern states who remained a part of the United States
  4. Port that was captured by the Union in October of 1862

8 Clues: last name of the leader of the Texas Brigade • the southern states who left the United States • Port that was captured by the Union in October of 1862 • the northern states who remained a part of the United States • legal document freeing the enslaved people in southern states • agreement allowing Maine and Missouri to join the United States • ...

Civil war and Reconstruction 2023-03-06

Civil war and Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. didn't want African Americans to have more rights
  2. freed all slaves in confederate states
  3. the war between the southern states and the northern states
  4. ordered by Lincoln to stop shipment to the south
  5. a person who has been freed from slavery
  6. helped former slaves face the challenges of being free
  7. part of a state or other area marked off for a special purpose
  8. a crop farmers couldn't use during the blockade
Down
  1. governor of Texas
  2. a person who punishes criminals
  3. rule by an army instead of the usual civil authourities
  4. rights belonging to all citizens
  5. a time of making changes to rejoin the union
  6. refusal by a head of government to sign a bill passed by the legislature
  7. a change made to a law, bill or document
  8. which group of people opposed the republican party
  9. assigned African Americans second-class status

17 Clues: governor of Texas • a person who punishes criminals • rights belonging to all citizens • freed all slaves in confederate states • a change made to a law, bill or document • a person who has been freed from slavery • a time of making changes to rejoin the union • assigned African Americans second-class status • a crop farmers couldn't use during the blockade • ...

U.S. Constitution 2020-11-19

U.S. Constitution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a representative form of government
  2. created the three branches and established representation in the legislative branch.
  3. favored by large states that wanted three branches and representation to be based of population.
  4. Led by Thomas Jefferson that did not support the U.S. Constitution and wanted a Bill of Rights
  5. counted slaves as three/fifth of the population for representation and taxation.
  6. system where the national government shares powers with state government.
  7. a change to the U.S. Constitution
  8. to approve
Down
  1. how the states interact with each other.
  2. favored by small states that wanted equal representation.
  3. the place were the delegates created the U.S. Constitution.
  4. ten amendments that protect individual rights.
  5. explains the the powers of the president.
  6. known as the father of the constitution.
  7. Led by Alexander Hamilton who supported the U.S. Constitution.
  8. the national government is the supreme law of the land.
  9. explains the duties of the legislative branch.

17 Clues: to approve • a change to the U.S. Constitution • a representative form of government • how the states interact with each other. • known as the father of the constitution. • explains the the powers of the president. • ten amendments that protect individual rights. • explains the duties of the legislative branch. • the national government is the supreme law of the land. • ...

Ch 5 (A More Perfect Union) 2021-10-11

Ch 5 (A More Perfect Union) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The main author of the Federalist Papers (last name)
  2. First Ten Amendments to the new Constitution
  3. Group that was NOT present at the Constitutional Convention
  4. Antifederalist from Virginia (2 Words)
  5. power shared between the Federal Government and the States
  6. This group ACTUALLY elects the President (2 Words)
  7. Taxes and this led to farmers rebellion
  8. The Articles of Confederation gave them the power to set taxes
  9. Author of the Bill of Rights (last name)
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  1. Leader of Farmer Rebellion in Massachusetts (2 Words)
  2. Two English Documents that served as models for the Constitution were the _____ and the English Bill of Rights (2 Words)
  3. first ten amendments to the Constitution (3 words)
  4. The idea for three branches of government came from him
  5. State that was NOT represented at the Constitutional Convention (2 Words)
  6. Supporters of the new Constitution
  7. This Compromise created a 2-House Legislature
  8. This was outlawed in several Northern states
  9. Form of Government in which people choose representatives

18 Clues: Supporters of the new Constitution • Antifederalist from Virginia (2 Words) • Taxes and this led to farmers rebellion • Author of the Bill of Rights (last name) • First Ten Amendments to the new Constitution • This was outlawed in several Northern states • This Compromise created a 2-House Legislature • first ten amendments to the Constitution (3 words) • ...

Crossword 2022-09-07

Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. How many cintinents are there?
  2. What is the name of our English teacher?
  3. Who won the most gold medal in the Winter Olympics?
  4. How many students are there in the class now?
  5. What is the largest fastfood chain in the world?
  6. How many states does the United States of America have?
  7. What is the easiest language in the world?
  8. How many years did wolrd war 2 last?
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  1. What is the highest mountian in Austria?
  2. What is the most popular country in the world?
  3. How many liters does one person consume per day in Austria?
  4. What ist the capital of Turkey?
  5. How many teeth does an adult human normally have?
  6. How many countries does Europe have?
  7. What is the capital of the Croatia?
  8. How many federap states are in Austria?
  9. What ist the Name of the Director from HLSP?

17 Clues: How many cintinents are there? • What ist the capital of Turkey? • What is the capital of the Croatia? • How many countries does Europe have? • How many years did wolrd war 2 last? • How many federap states are in Austria? • What is the highest mountian in Austria? • What is the name of our English teacher? • What is the easiest language in the world? • ...

Review Project 2020-09-30

Review Project crossword puzzle
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  1. A 1,912 mile railroad line constructed between 1864 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern us rail with the pacific coast.
  2. The widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the old world.
  3. Military conflict in which the contenders are willing to make any sacrifice in lives and other resources to obtain a complete victory.
  4. A faction of the Republican party during the American Civil War.
  5. An estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor.
  6. It authorized the President of the United States to subdivide Native American tribal communal landholdings into allotments for Native American heads of families and individuals.
  7. Communication that is used primarily to influence an audience and further an agenda.
  8. A cop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower.
  9. Warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs.
  10. A prolonged war or period of conflict during which each side seeks to gradually wear out the other by a series of small-scale actions.
  11. A steel-making process in which carbon, silicon, and other impurities are removed.
  12. First 10 amendments to the Constitution.
  13. The act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place.
  14. The action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body.
  15. An agreement among the thirteen original states that served as its first constitution.
  16. American colonists who stayed loyal to the British crown during the American Revolutionary War.
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  1. The flagship Indian boarding school in the United States from 1879 through 1918.
  2. Loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole.
  3. and balances A system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch.
  4. The principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people.
  5. An employee within a system of unfree labor who is bound by a signed or forced contract to work without pay.
  6. The first successful permanent English settlement in what would become the United States.
  7. The 19th century belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
  8. The purchase of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France in 1803.
  9. A legal destination for an area of land managed by a federally recognized Indian tribe.
  10. Colonists of the thirteen colonies who rejected British rule during the American Revolution.
  11. A presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States president Abraham Lincoln.
  12. A series of laws passed by the British Parliament that imposed restrictions on colonial trade.
  13. Belief in the benefits of profitable trading.
  14. The movement to end slavery.

30 Clues: The movement to end slavery. • First 10 amendments to the Constitution. • Belief in the benefits of profitable trading. • A faction of the Republican party during the American Civil War. • The act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place. • A cop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower. • ...

Nationalism/Unification Assignment 2018-02-26

Nationalism/Unification Assignment crossword puzzle
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  1. is the German word for "emperor"
  2. a conservative Prussian statesman who dominated German and European affairs from the 1860s until 1890
  3. Commodore of the United States Navy and commanded a number of ships. He served in several wars, most notably in the Mexican-American War and the War of 1812
  4. agreement that secured commercial and diplomatic privileges for the United States in Japan and constituted the basis for Western economic penetration of Japan
  5. a system of politics or principles based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations
  6. the Japanese government, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade and permitting the establishment of a U.S. consulate in Japan
  7. Patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts
  8. Italian politician, journalist, activist for the unification of Italy and spearhead of the Italian revolutionary movement.
  9. a senior state or legal official
  10. The war of 1870–71 between France (under Napoleon III) and Prussia, in which Prussian troops advanced into France and decisively defeated the French at Sedan. The defeat marked the end of the French Second Empire.
  11. war between Prussia on the one side and Austria, Bavaria, Saxony, Hanover, and certain minor German states on the other. It ended in a Prussian victory, which meant the exclusion of Austria from Germany
  12. a Polish theatre and film actor, notable for his roles in two of the most popular Polish television series
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  1. white supremacist paramilitary groups that were active in the late 19th century in the last years and after the end of the Reconstruction era of the United States
  2. was the King of Sardinia from 1849 until 17 March 1861. At that point, he assumed the title of King of Italy and became the first king of a united Italy since the 6th century, a title he held until his death in 1878
  3. was an agreement between the United States and the Empire of Japan negotiated between United States Secretary of State Elihu Root and Japanese Ambassador to the United States Takahira Kogorō
  4. the name given to a speech made by Otto von Bismarck given on 30 September 1862, at the time when he was Minister President of Prussia, about the unification of the German territories
  5. a prominent historical German state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg
  6. was fought between the Qing Empire and the Empire of Japan, primarily over influence of Korea
  7. Italian general, politician and nationalist who played a large role in the history of Italy
  8. fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea
  9. was an Italian statesman and a leading figure in the movement toward Italian unification
  10. the period when Japan was ruled by the emperor Meiji Tenno, marked by the modernization and westernization of the country

22 Clues: is the German word for "emperor" • a senior state or legal official • Patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts • was an Italian statesman and a leading figure in the movement toward Italian unification • Italian general, politician and nationalist who played a large role in the history of Italy • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2023 2023-02-28

Black History Month Crossword 2023 crossword puzzle
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  1. The 44th President of the United States who was also the first African American to serve as president of the United States.
  2. An African American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted the use of alternative crops to cotton in order to prevent soil depletion.
  3. An author and social activist who detailed her experiences throughout the civil rights movement.
  4. An African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who advocated for Black empowerment and the civil rights of African Americans.
  5. An African American sociologist, socialist, historian, and activist who was the first-ever African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard University.
  6. An African American politician, statesman, diplomat, and United States Army officer, who was the first African American Secretary of State.
  7. The first African American general in the United States Air Force.
  8. An African American adviser to many presidents of the United States who took the role of the leading voice for former slaves and their descendants
  9. A Jamaican political activist, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator, who is recognized as the founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association.
  10. An author who is known for being the first African American author of a published book of poetry.
  11. An African American blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He created an unique style of playing the electric guitar which would influence many blues electric guitar players in the future.
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  1. An African American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker, who revealed many racial struggles that African Americans experience.
  2. An African American journalist and educator who was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. She dedicated her life to combating prejudice, violence, and the fight for African-American equality.
  3. A French dancer born in the United States who showcased the beauty of African American culture.
  4. An African American activist during the civil rights movement who refused to give up a bus seat in order to advocate for the abolishment of segregation.
  5. An African American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist, who is best known for the creation of jazz poetry. He is also famously recognized as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance.
  6. An enslaved African American man who fought for freedom alongside his wife, Harriet Robinson Scott, and their two children.
  7. An African American diplomat and political scientist who currently works as the director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. She was the first female African-American secretary of state and the first woman to serve as a national security advisor in the United States.
  8. An enslaved African American abolitionist and social activist who freed hundreds of slaves using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad
  9. An African American Baptist minister and activist who led nonviolent protests to advance the civil rights of African Americans and other people of color.

20 Clues: The first African American general in the United States Air Force. • A French dancer born in the United States who showcased the beauty of African American culture. • An author and social activist who detailed her experiences throughout the civil rights movement. • ...

Unit 5 Review 2024-02-23

Unit 5 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Acronym for the military group created for Black soldiers.
  2. This group of people vote directly for the President of the United States.
  3. The first state to declare that they were leaving the Union.
  4. After a brief period as an independent republic, this state was admitted as a slave state in 1845.
  5. In an infamous 1857 decision, the Supreme Court stated that a descendent of African slaves can never one of these.
  6. Free state admitted to the U.S. along with Missouri.
  7. The location of the surrender of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
  8. Many women served in this role during the Civil War, tending to the injuries of soldiers on both sides of the conflict.
  9. Also known as Bull Run, this was the first major battle of the Civil War.
  10. Nat Turner and Gabrielle Prosser both let one of these against slaveholders.
  11. The northern states had a much higher ________, which made it easier for them to replenish their army with more soldiers.
  12. The Union had many more miles of __________ than the south, making it easier for them to move and get supplies to their army.
  13. The first shots of the Civil War were fired here.
  14. The Union general that accepted the surrender of Robert E. Lee.
  15. Free state admitted to the U.S. as part of the Compromise of 1850.
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  1. This Union general led the March to the Sea to deliver the final blow in the south.
  2. President during the Civil War.
  3. The Supreme Court ruled in 1857 that slaves were not people, but should instead be treated as ______.
  4. The states in the Union that allowed slaver are collectively known as the _______ states.
  5. Collective name of the states in rebellion during the Civil War.
  6. In 1857, the Supreme Court ruled that federal laws limiting the spread of slavery were _________.
  7. The concept that it is acceptable during war to attack all aspects of the enemy, even if it has the potential to harm non-military civilians in the process.
  8. To formally leave the United States (before the Civil War).
  9. Another word for weapons, which were produced in many factories with women employees during the Civil War.
  10. Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860 without winning a single state in this region.
  11. The location of the cemetery where Lincoln gave his famous "address".
  12. A secret network that aided in the escape of enslaved people.
  13. He sued for his freedom after living for a period of time in free states.
  14. Lincoln was uable to secure this in the Election of 1860's popular vote, but was able to reach it in the Electoral vote.
  15. In 1863, a proclamation orderd the __________ of slaves in the south.
  16. Some women had this job during the Civil War, gathering and relaying information about the enemy in secret.

31 Clues: President during the Civil War. • The first shots of the Civil War were fired here. • Free state admitted to the U.S. along with Missouri. • Acronym for the military group created for Black soldiers. • To formally leave the United States (before the Civil War). • The first state to declare that they were leaving the Union. • ...

Civil War Terms 2026-02-23

Civil War Terms crossword puzzle
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  1. This person was the first president of the Confederate States of America.
  2. This was a warship that was built for the US navy at the time.
  3. This Person was a confederate army officer known for being apart of the battle of Gettysburg and Pickett's Charge.
  4. This person was a Cherokee chief and was also a Confederate General.
  5. This was a site that was a part of the first battle of the Civil war.
  6. This person was the commanding general for the Confederate States during the civil war.
  7. This meant that enslaved people who were a part of Confederate States would be set free.
  8. This person was known for being the top Confederate general, which meant he was under Robert.
  9. This person was a union general that organized the Army of Potomac.
  10. This battle resembled the surrender of Robert E. Lee to Ulysess Grant which meant the American civil war was heading to the direction of its ending.
  11. This was a prison that was also called Camp Sumter.
  12. This person was the 16th president of the United States and was known for bringing the emancipation of slaves.
  13. This was the first major battle of the Civil War.
  14. This person was a Union general and a United States Army officer.
  15. This person was an Oregon senator and also died in combat.
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  1. This was a battle that was named one of the bloodiest in history, with a little over 22,000 deaths.
  2. This battle was the worst and most horrible battle in the Civil War. It had over 50,000 deaths and was the battle with the most deaths.
  3. This was a big Naval engagement in Hampton Roads, Virginia.
  4. This person was an Army Military Officer and also served as the 24th governor of New Jersey.
  5. This person was known for fighting very strongly in the Battle of Gettysburg.
  6. This person was the 18th president, starting presidency around the late 1860s.
  7. This was a strategy made by Union General Winfield Scott and was aimed to suppress The Confederacy.
  8. This person was part of the Battle of Shiloh, and after that battle, he was promoted to major general.
  9. This person was a Confederate general and was famously known for having excellent skills and plans during the Civil War.
  10. This battle had a name that was supposed to represent a place of peace.
  11. This was a battle that was started with the Atlanta campaign.
  12. This person never lost a battle as a Civil War general.
  13. This person was known as a flag officer for the United States Army.
  14. This battle had over 37,000 deaths and was very violent.
  15. This person was a cavalry general for the Confederate States of America.
  16. This person replaced McClellan to be in charge in command for the Army of Potomac.

31 Clues: This was the first major battle of the Civil War. • This was a prison that was also called Camp Sumter. • This person never lost a battle as a Civil War general. • This battle had over 37,000 deaths and was very violent. • This person was an Oregon senator and also died in combat. • This was a big Naval engagement in Hampton Roads, Virginia. • ...

Civil War Crossword 2026-02-17

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A secret network that aided in the escape of enslaved people.
  2. Free state admitted to the U.S. along with Missouri.
  3. After a brief period as an independent republic, this state was admitted as a slave state in 1845.
  4. Free state admitted to the U.S. as part of the Compromise of 1850.
  5. He sued for his freedom after living for a period of time in free states.
  6. This group of people vote directly for the President of the United States.
  7. In 1857, the Supreme Court ruled that federal laws limiting the spread of slavery were _________.
  8. Acronym for the military group created for Black soldiers.
  9. Another word for weapons, which were produced in many factories with women employees during the Civil War.
  10. Collective name of the states in rebellion during the Civil War.
  11. The Union general that accepted the surrender of Robert E. Lee.
  12. This Union general led the March to the Sea to deliver the final blow in the south.
  13. The location of the surrender of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
  14. The location of the cemetery where Lincoln gave his famous "address".
  15. The Supreme Court ruled in 1857 that slaves were not people, but should instead be treated as ______.
  16. In an infamous 1857 decision, the Supreme Court stated that a descendent of African slaves can never one of these.
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  1. President during the Civil War.
  2. The Union had many more miles of __________ than the south, making it easier for them to move and get supplies to their army.
  3. Also known as Bull Run, this was the first major battle of the Civil War.
  4. The states in the Union that allowed slaver are collectively known as the _______ states.
  5. Nat Turner and Gabrielle Prosser both let one of these against slaveholders.
  6. The northern states had a much higher ________, which made it easier for them to replenish their army with more soldiers.
  7. In 1863, a proclamation orderd the __________ of slaves in the south.
  8. To formally leave the United States (before the Civil War).
  9. Many women served in this role during the Civil War, tending to the injuries of soldiers on both sides of the conflict.
  10. Some women had this job during the Civil War, gathering and relaying information about the enemy in secret.
  11. Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860 without winning a single state in this region.
  12. The concept that it is acceptable during war to attack all aspects of the enemy, even if it has the potential to harm non-military civilians in the process.
  13. Lincoln was uable to secure this in the Election of 1860's popular vote, but was able to reach it in the Electoral vote.
  14. The first state to declare that they were leaving the Union.
  15. The first shots of the Civil War were fired here.

31 Clues: President during the Civil War. • The first shots of the Civil War were fired here. • Free state admitted to the U.S. along with Missouri. • Acronym for the military group created for Black soldiers. • To formally leave the United States (before the Civil War). • The first state to declare that they were leaving the Union. • ...

african city states 2024-05-06

african city states crossword puzzle
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  1. The activity of buying and selling goods and services, especially on a large scale. Commerce was a fundamental aspect of African city-states, which often served as major trading hubs facilitating the exchange of goods across regions and civilizations.
  2. Defensive structures built to protect a city or settlement from external threats, such as attacks from rival states or invaders. Many African city-states constructed fortifications, such as walls, ramparts, and moats, to defend against hostile forces.
  3. A sovereign state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory. In the context of Africa, city-states were urban centers that served as political and economic hubs within their regions.
  4. The buying and selling of goods and services, often involving the exchange of commodities between different regions or civilizations. African city-states were often involved in extensive trade networks, both within the continent and with external regions such as the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean.
  5. A formal agreement or partnership between two or more parties for mutual benefit or protection. African city-states often formed alliances with neighboring states or foreign powers to bolster their military strength or secure trade routes.
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  1. The authority of a state to govern itself and make decisions independently, without interference from external forces. African city-states exercised varying degrees of sovereignty over their territories, often competing with neighboring states for power and resources.
  2. The customs, beliefs, social institutions, and achievements of a particular group of people. African city-states were centers of cultural exchange, where ideas, traditions, and technologies were shared among diverse populations.
  3. The process of population concentration in urban areas, typically associated with the growth of cities and towns. African city-states experienced significant urbanization as people migrated to these centers in search of economic opportunities and protection.
  4. A sequence of rulers from the same family or line of descent. Some African city-states were ruled by dynastic monarchies, where power was passed down through generations within a ruling family.
  5. A social and political system characterized by the exchange of land for loyalty and military service. While not as prevalent in Africa as in other regions, some African city-states exhibited feudalistic tendencies, with rulers granting land and privileges to vassals in exchange for their allegiance and support.

10 Clues: A sovereign state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory. In the context of Africa, city-states were urban centers that served as political and economic hubs within their regions. • ...

Civil War Crossword puzzle 2023-03-07

Civil War Crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. taxation and southern didn't like it
  2. military leader for the north
  3. added factories to the north.
  4. increased trade
  5. Didn't like slavery
  6. Lincoln election in 1860
  7. blockage of goods
  8. president of the union
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  1. government said slaves are properties
  2. leader for he south
  3. military leader for the south
  4. people separate states
  5. rights for all states
  6. a worker for life
  7. A woman wrote a book about slavery
  8. begin to replace hand goods
  9. farms, planting, and animals

17 Clues: increased trade • a worker for life • blockage of goods • leader for he south • Didn't like slavery • rights for all states • people separate states • president of the union • Lincoln election in 1860 • begin to replace hand goods • farms, planting, and animals • military leader for the south • military leader for the north • added factories to the north. • ...

Volume 4 Review 2023-05-05

Volume 4 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. has style, trendy
  2. a flyer or paper containing information
  3. referring to a person's race
  4. a person who does magic tricks
  5. a story that isn't true
  6. very important
  7. a state in the United States
  8. a song sung in church
  9. used to create an explosion
  10. referring to finances (money)
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  1. someone who works with electricity
  2. used when skydiving
  3. a win
  4. a city in the United States
  5. a person who studies chemistry
  6. your ability to see
  7. a place to get medicine

17 Clues: a win • very important • has style, trendy • used when skydiving • your ability to see • a song sung in church • a story that isn't true • a place to get medicine • a city in the United States • used to create an explosion • referring to a person's race • a state in the United States • referring to finances (money) • a person who does magic tricks • a person who studies chemistry • ...

Aftermath of World War II 2020-08-05

Aftermath of World War II crossword puzzle
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  1. The place in Germany where trials were held for WW2 war criminals
  2. at this conference the allied powers decided to prevent German militarization
  3. Plan set by the United States to aid Europe after WW2
  4. Stalin was the leader of this country
  5. United States would provide economic, military, and political to any nations in danger of losing its democracy
  6. This is what Roosevelt insisted on. This had much more success than the League of Nations.
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  1. Conflict in Greece over the rise in Communism
  2. The wall dividing East and West Germany
  3. Nuclear armed cuban missiles were installed in cuba in proximity of the Florida Coast of the US, bringing anxiety to Americans
  4. Competition between the United States and the USSR over who can reach Space first
  5. Best History 54 teacher
  6. A war between the USSR and the United States where there was no actual fighting
  7. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

13 Clues: Best History 54 teacher • Stalin was the leader of this country • The North Atlantic Treaty Organization • The wall dividing East and West Germany • Conflict in Greece over the rise in Communism • Plan set by the United States to aid Europe after WW2 • The place in Germany where trials were held for WW2 war criminals • ...

Mass Incarceration 2018-04-11

Mass Incarceration crossword puzzle
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  1. / Prison-____ Complex
  2. / Police ____
  3. facto / in fact
  4. / What is my name?
  5. / 1 in __ prisoners in the world are incarcerated in the United States.
  6. Stevenson / Amazing Activist whom I've mentioned several times in my presentation
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  1. / Presumption of ____
  2. Amendment / The amendment that states, "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."
  3. / First type of social effect
  4. / 1 out of __ Black Men between the ages of 18 to 30 is in jail, in prison, on parole or probation .
  5. / The United States has __ percent of the world’s population but nearly 25 percent of its prisoners.
  6. / Mass incarceration can be traced back to as far as ____.
  7. incarceration / The increase in the jail and prison population from less than 200,000 in 1972 to 2.2 million

13 Clues: / Police ____ • facto / in fact • / What is my name? • / Presumption of ____ • / Prison-____ Complex • / First type of social effect • / Mass incarceration can be traced back to as far as ____. • / 1 in __ prisoners in the world are incarcerated in the United States. • Stevenson / Amazing Activist whom I've mentioned several times in my presentation • ...

History of Earth 2025-01-14

History of Earth crossword puzzle
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  1. gives the age of rock layers using numbers
  2. 18th century farmer and physician who developed the idea of uniformitarianism
  3. states that sedimentary rocks will remain in horizontal layers unless acted upon by an outside force
  4. the time it takes for half of a radioactive sample to decay
  5. states that older rock layers are on the bottom and younger rock layers are on top
  6. remains of living organisms in hardened tree sap
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  1. evidence of past animal movement such as footprints, tracks or borings
  2. states that the same forces that shaped Earth millions of years ago are the same forces that shape Earth today
  3. breaks in the rock record
  4. a fossil that is used to establish the age of rock due to the short time it lived
  5. the study of fossils
  6. the remains or traces of animals or plants
  7. states the age of rock layers in terms of older or younger

13 Clues: the study of fossils • breaks in the rock record • gives the age of rock layers using numbers • the remains or traces of animals or plants • remains of living organisms in hardened tree sap • states the age of rock layers in terms of older or younger • the time it takes for half of a radioactive sample to decay • ...

Crossword Puzzle 2024-02-23

Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. softened or muffled
  2. the 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States in 1860 and 1861,
  3. being serious and dignified in appearance or behavior
  4. a U.S. abolitionist who helped many slaves escape to the North through the Underground Railroad in the 1850s and 1860s
  5. firm or determined
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  1. doing something lawfully
  2. the 16th president of the United States
  3. spread here and there or scattered
  4. the war (1861-1865) fought between the United States and the Confederacy
  5. off center

10 Clues: off center • firm or determined • softened or muffled • doing something lawfully • spread here and there or scattered • the 16th president of the United States • being serious and dignified in appearance or behavior • the war (1861-1865) fought between the United States and the Confederacy • the 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States in 1860 and 1861, • ...

8.2 Creating the Constitution (Troy Klauer) 2022-04-14

8.2 Creating the Constitution (Troy Klauer) crossword puzzle
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  1. Every state gets one vote benefits smaller states(2 words)
  2. Number of votes depended on how big the population is(2 words)
  3. Read over 100 books in preparation for Constitutional Convention
  4. Southern States had this instead of taxes
  5. Made changes to the Articles of Confederation
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  1. Plan to benefit both big and small states
  2. Became President of the Constitutional Convention
  3. Name for our founding fathers
  4. Three-Fifths of _____ were counted for direct taxes to states
  5. who offered a plan for the government

10 Clues: Name for our founding fathers • who offered a plan for the government • Plan to benefit both big and small states • Southern States had this instead of taxes • Made changes to the Articles of Confederation • Became President of the Constitutional Convention • Every state gets one vote benefits smaller states(2 words) • ...

Constitution Era I 2025-07-16

Constitution Era I crossword puzzle
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  1. plan that supported all states have equal representation in congress
  2. violent response to courthouses in Massachusetts over high taxes and seizure of property
  3. father of the constitution
  4. America's first constitution
  5. states with large population of slaves favored this plan
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  1. debate that centered around how much power the federal government should have
  2. the agreement when states clashed over the issue of slavery
  3. method used to make states out of territories
  4. written to garner support in ratifying the constitution
  5. considered oppressive and unjust

10 Clues: father of the constitution • America's first constitution • considered oppressive and unjust • method used to make states out of territories • written to garner support in ratifying the constitution • states with large population of slaves favored this plan • the agreement when states clashed over the issue of slavery • ...

Constitutional Crossword 2024-01-29

Constitutional Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A group of people who believed the United States should take on world powers
  2. The presidents three advisors
  3. First president of the United States
  4. Washington's Secretary of War
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  1. Second president of the United States
  2. Third president of the United States
  3. Jefferson's first Vice President
  4. Washington's Secretary of Treasury
  5. The party Andrew Jackson belonged to

9 Clues: The presidents three advisors • Washington's Secretary of War • Jefferson's first Vice President • Washington's Secretary of Treasury • Third president of the United States • The party Andrew Jackson belonged to • First president of the United States • Second president of the United States • A group of people who believed the United States should take on world powers

American History 2015-02-11

American History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A 1906 novel written by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair
  2. A formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations to cooperate for specific purposes.
  3. A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
  4. Journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.
  5. Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
  6. The effort of the United States particularly over President William Howard Taft, to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries.
  7. Reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, and surety.
  8. The central banking system of the United States.
  9. The system in which support is given only to countries whose moral beliefs are analogous to that of the nation.
  10. The United States Constitution prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of gender.
  11. Refers to reform-minded journalists who wrote largely for all popular magazines and continued a tradition of investigative journalism reporting
  12. Is characterized by an absence of competition, which often results in high prices and inferior products.
  13. British ocean liner, holder of the Blue Riband, and briefly the largest passenger ship.
  14. An international organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes.
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  1. A belief, creed or political ideology that involves an individual identifying with, or becoming attached to, one's nation.
  2. Addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904
  3. A United States Congress Act that works to prevent adulterated or misbranded meat and meat products from being sold as food and to ensure that meat and the products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions.
  4. Refers to the pursuit of foreign policy objectives with the aid of conspicuous displays of naval power.
  5. Secret telegram saying that in the event of war with the United States, Mexico should be asked to enter the war as a German ally.
  6. The state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement.
  7. One of the peace treaties at the end of World War I.
  8. A policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
  9. A term for the attitude prevalent during the 19th century period of American expansion that the United States not only could, but was destined to, stretch from coast to coast.
  10. A plan made by Woodrow Wilson's in a speech Wilson gave to the American Congress in January 1918.
  11. A German Submarine.
  12. The first U.S. Navy ship to be named after the state of Maine and was commissioned in 1895.
  13. The right to vote in political elections.

27 Clues: A German Submarine. • The right to vote in political elections. • The central banking system of the United States. • One of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. • Reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, and surety. • Journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration. • ...

Unit 4 Keywords - U.S. History A 2022-05-16

Unit 4 Keywords - U.S. History A crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the surrender of the Confederacy occurred here ending the war.
  2. debates between republican party Lincoln and democratic part Douglas over Senate of Illinois.
  3. the person residing on the land of landlord contributing their crops and profits to them.
  4. an era after the civil war from 1865 to 1877 where America faced challenges of bringing United States together with new laws.
  5. a law requiring slaves be returned to their owners even if they were in a free state.
  6. people who went to the South or applied to republican parties and radical parties to get rich quick during reconstruction.
  7. a group of republicans known for the opposition of slavery who took over in congress during reconstruction.
  8. a set of rules that restricted African Americans from doing almost anything.
  9. two generals of the Confederacy were Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.
  10. decision by the supreme court saying that an enslaved person did not have freedom even when in a free state/territory.
  11. repealed the Missouri compromise creating two new territories allowing popular sovereignty.
  12. two generals of the Union wereUlysses S. Grant and William Sherman.
  13. a bureau established for the newly freedmen and African Americans who needed shelter and food.
  14. one of the major political parties that exists in the United States to this day.
  15. the period of battles between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces with creation of territory of Kansas.
  16. a slave revolt led by abolitionist John Brown.
  17. the withdrawal of a group from a larger group, like the Southern states from the Union.
Down
  1. a white supremacist organiztion made to raise terror against radical republicans and people who supported them.
  2. military strategy making use of a naval blockade to surround the confederate states.
  3. the principle that the government of a state and its law are governed through the people and their wishes.
  4. American actor who assasinated president Abraham Lincoln.
  5. these amendments were designed to ensure the equality of all people no matter the race and for the recently emancipated slaves.
  6. the first officially recognized black military unit in the Unions forces.
  7. a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe showing the injustices of slavery.
  8. a proclamation during the civil war issued by Abraham Lincoln declaring the slaves in rebellious states free.
  9. president of the Confederate states during the civil war.
  10. 11 articles of impeachment against the president making it the first in history to be impeached.
  11. this compromise gave Rutherford B. Hayes position of president and removed the troops from Southern states.
  12. laws passed that dealt with territorial expansion and slavery issues.
  13. a form of farming where they contribute their land to others to get a profit of what they plant and make.

30 Clues: a slave revolt led by abolitionist John Brown. • American actor who assasinated president Abraham Lincoln. • president of the Confederate states during the civil war. • the surrender of the Confederacy occurred here ending the war. • a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe showing the injustices of slavery. • ...

Westward Expansion Crossword Puzzle 2020-06-02

Westward Expansion Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Move to a new place.
  2. Divide Basin, An area of land in Wyoming where none of the falling rain water drains into any ocean.
  3. Wagon, The vehicle pioneers used to store and move their belongings, food, and weapons, along the Oregon Trail.
  4. Gold Rush, The rush of settlers to California once gold was found.
  5. and Clark, The two men who lead the exploration of the land purchased from the French, and traveled to the Pacific Coast.
  6. Purchase, When the United States government bought a large amount of land West of the Mississippi River from the French in 1803.
  7. Lands, The land where Native American Tribes lived before they were forced to move.
  8. Plural of ox. Large animals farmers used to pull heavy loads.
  9. of Guadalupe Hidalgo, The treaty that ended the Mexican American War, defined the Texas- Mexico Border, and sold the territories of Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah to the United States.
  10. Railroad, A train route across the United States competed in 1869 that connected the East to the West.
  11. Flat open land covered in grass.
  12. A natural formation of sand that makes a hill or dune.
  13. Mines, An excavation site in the Earth for extracting gold.
Down
  1. Destiny, The belief that the citizens of the United States were meant to settle the West.
  2. Expansion, The term used for the settlement of the Western United States.
  3. Battle of Little Bighorn, The last large battle between the U.S. Military and the Sioux Tribe. Took place by the Little Bighorn River..
  4. Train, The group of wagons pioneers and wagons that all left for the West at the same time and traveled together for safety.
  5. The land the U.S. Government set aside for the Native American tribes to live on after the Indian Removal Act.
  6. The surface of an area of land. Example: mountainous, flat, forested, rocky, wet.
  7. Last Stand, Another name for the Battle of Little Bighorn as battle was General Custer’s final battle with the Sioux Tribe.
  8. Removal Act, The law issued in 1830 that gave the President of the United States the power to negotiate the removal of Native American Tribes from their ancestral land to federal land West of the Mississippi River.
  9. To change yourself to act, talk, and dress like those around you, to “fit in.”
  10. The young Native American woman who led, hunted, and interpreted for Lewis and Clark on their expedition across the West.
  11. Schools, Schools where students go to live away from home and attend classes.
  12. American War, A war between the United States and Mexico over the placement of the Texas-Mexico border.
  13. Oregon Trail, A trail that leads from Independence, Missouri to the state of Oregon, traveled by pioneers in covered wagons.
  14. of Tears, The forced march of the Cherokee Tribe and other Native American Tribes from their ancestral lands to the reservations.

27 Clues: Move to a new place. • Flat open land covered in grass. • A natural formation of sand that makes a hill or dune. • Mines, An excavation site in the Earth for extracting gold. • Plural of ox. Large animals farmers used to pull heavy loads. • Gold Rush, The rush of settlers to California once gold was found. • ...

Chapter 2 and 3 Vocab 2019-08-30

Chapter 2 and 3 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Five colonists killed by British soldiers; led parliment to repel all Townsend Act except for tea tax
  2. System of government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between national and state governments
  3. Colonists dumped taxed tea into Boston Harbor
  4. Rejected Reconciliation with Britain and sent grievances to King George III
  5. Meeting in 1787 at which twelve states intended to revise the Articles of Confederation but ended up proposing a constitution
  6. Acted as the national government of states, approved Declaration of Independence and approved George Washington as commander of army
  7. initial governing authority of the United States
  8. Judicial authority of the United States in one Supreme Court and other inferior courts that Congress might choose to establish
  9. First ten amendments to the Constitution, which provide basic political rights
  10. Government structure in which authority is divided among branches with each holding separate and independent powers and areas of responsibility
  11. makes the laws and is made up of two chambers
  12. The presidential electors, selected to represent the votes of their respective states, who meet every four years to cast the electoral votes for president and Vice President
Down
  1. Required colonists to export certain items only to Britain
  2. those who opposed the new proposed Constitution during the ratification period
  3. Imposed taxes on almost all paper products; boycotts and riots followed
  4. The 1776 document declaring American independence from Great Britain and calling for equality, human rights, and citizen participation
  5. Compromise on legislative representation whereby the lower chamber is based on population, and the upper chamber provides equal representation to the states
  6. Government structure that authorizes each branch of government to share powers with the other branches thereby holding some scrutiny of and control over the other branches
  7. Required colonists to house British soldiers in their homes
  8. Authority of the president to block legislation passed by Congress.
  9. Powers expressly granted to Congress by the Constitution
  10. Document or set of documents that establish the basic rules and procedures for how a society should be governed
  11. Imposed New taxes on all imports; led to rallying cry "no taxation without representation
  12. Formal process of changing the Constitution
  13. Restricted political freedoms in Massachusetts
  14. Compromise over slavery at the Constitutional Convention that granted states extra representation in the House of Representatives based on their number of slaves at the ratio of three-fifths
  15. Initially, those who supported the Constitution during the ratification period; later the name of the political party established by Hamilton
  16. Authority of courts to declare laws passed by Congress and acts of the executive branch to be unconstitutional
  17. consists of a unitary president chosen for a four year term by an Electoral College
  18. Form of government in which power derives from citizens, but public officials make policy and govern according to existing law.

30 Clues: Formal process of changing the Constitution • Colonists dumped taxed tea into Boston Harbor • makes the laws and is made up of two chambers • Restricted political freedoms in Massachusetts • initial governing authority of the United States • Powers expressly granted to Congress by the Constitution • Required colonists to export certain items only to Britain • ...

WWI 2023-02-15

WWI crossword puzzle
Across
  1. British ocean liner, the sinking of which by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915, contributed indirectly to the entry of the United States into World War I.
  2. the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.
  3. His death sparked the war.
  4. The Sedition Act of 1918 curtailed the free speech rights of U.S. citizens during time of war. Passed on May 16, 1918, as an amendment to Title I of the Espionage Act of 1917, the act provided for further and expanded limitations on speech.
  5. identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
  6. When a stronger country takes control/over a weaker country
  7. Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire
  8. Worldwide group who's goal was to maintain world peace.
  9. WW1 propaganda can be defined as information designed to get people's thinking aligned with government interests concerning the war.
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  1. the state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement, etc.; impartiality.
  2. Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47, was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917 during World War I.
  3. Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Canada, Japan and the United States
  4. allow each person to have only a fixed amount of
  5. Principles Used For Peace Negotiations
  6. The Zimmermann Telegram was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico if the United States entered World War I against Germany. With Germany's aid, Mexico would recover Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico.
  7. German Submarines
  8. The Selective Service Act of 1917 or Selective Draft Act authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription.
  9. Trench warfare is the type of land warfare using occupied lines largely comprising military trenches, in which troops are well-protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery.
  10. a type of naval warfare in which submarines sink merchant ships such as freighters and tankers without warning,
  11. Formally Ended The War
  12. The current president of the U.S. during WWI
  13. A liberty bond was a war bond that was sold in the United States to support the Allied cause in World War I. Subscribing to the bonds became a symbol of patriotic duty in the United States and introduced the idea of financial securities to many citizens for the first time.
  14. a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.

23 Clues: German Submarines • Formally Ended The War • His death sparked the war. • Principles Used For Peace Negotiations • The current president of the U.S. during WWI • allow each person to have only a fixed amount of • Worldwide group who's goal was to maintain world peace. • Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire • ...

Final Exam 2020-06-02

Final Exam crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Oregon Territory. ... Polk called for expansion that included Texas, California, and the entire Oregon territory.
  2. the daughter of a Shoshone chief, was captured by an enemy tribe and sold to a French Canadian trapper who made her his wife around age 12. In November 1804, she was invited to join the Lewis and Clark expedition as a Shoshone interpreter.
  3. an example of a small incident that grew to an international confrontation. The Oregon Treaty of 1846 established the boundary between Canada and the United States from the Rocky Mountains westward to the coast.
  4. a U. S. Army post in the Washington Territory
  5. statute that permitted the entrance of Montana and Washington into the United States of America, as well as the splitting of Territory of Dakota into two states
  6. Spanish Basque explorer of the Pacific Northwest.
  7. people of mixed European and Indigenous ancestry, and one of the three recognized Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
  8. another meaning for the Spanish Armament.
  9. a hot dry wind from the Southern Alps.
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  1. ur magnate and founder of a renowned family of Anglo-American capitalists, business leaders, and philanthropists. His American Fur Company is considered the first American business monopoly.
  2. chartered 2 May 1670, is the oldest incorporated joint-stock merchandising company in the English-speaking world.
  3. a war between the usa and the yakima valley
  4. another way of saying Wagon Train of 1843
  5. a meeting in the Pacific Northwest between the United States and sovereign tribal nations
  6. a mountain pass in the northwest United States, through the Cascade Range in Washington.
  7. the encampment of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in the Oregon Country near the mouth of the Columbia River during the winter of 1805-1806.
  8. Chinook word meaning by and by
  9. U.S. policy toward the Western Hemisphere
  10. a British fur trading post built in 1824 to optimize the Hudson's Bay Company's operations in the Oregon Country
  11. American frontiersman who won fame as an explorer by sharing with Meriwether Lewis the leadership of their epic expedition to the Pacific Northwest (1804–06).
  12. soft underlayer of skin.
  13. the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
  14. an American explorer, soldier, politician, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery, with William Clark.
  15. Ioannis Phokas
  16. a treaty between the United States and Britain that set the 49th parallel as the boundary between British North America and the US across the West.
  17. an American career Army officer and politician, who served as governor of the Territory of Washington from 1853 to 1857, and later as its delegate to the United States House of Representatives.

26 Clues: Ioannis Phokas • soft underlayer of skin. • Chinook word meaning by and by • a hot dry wind from the Southern Alps. • another way of saying Wagon Train of 1843 • U.S. policy toward the Western Hemisphere • another meaning for the Spanish Armament. • a war between the usa and the yakima valley • a U. S. Army post in the Washington Territory • ...

On the Back of People Enslaved: Vocabulary Part 1 2021-09-22

On the Back of People Enslaved: Vocabulary Part 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. emotional Christian songs created by enslaved people in the South that mixed African and European elements and usually expressed the religious beliefs and experiences of enslaved people
  2. an increase in population that occurs when the number of births is greater than the number of deaths
  3. the sale, exchange, and forced migration of enslaved people within the United States
  4. Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania when they were part of colonial America before the founding of the United States
  5. an 1839 revolt of African captives aboard a Spanish slave ship that led to court cases in the United States and eventual freedom for the captives
  6. the transportation of captured Africans across the Atlantic Ocean by slave traders, primarily to islands in the Caribbean and to North and South America
  7. a belief that White people are superior to and should be able to control people of other races
  8. Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia when they were part of colonial North America before the founding of the United States
  9. an enslaved blacksmith and leader of a major, but unsuccessful, slave revolt in Richmond, Virginia, in 1800
  10. a group of animals, prisoners, or enslaved people chained together in a line
  11. Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island when they were part of colonial America before the founding of the United States; today New England includes Maine and Vermont
  12. a phrase used to describe the political and economic importance of cotton production in the United States in the years leading up to the Civil War
  13. a historical term for islands in the Caribbean that were formerly under British control, including the Bahamas, Saint Lucia, Antigua, Grenada, Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad
Down
  1. laws passed in the colonies to control enslaved people
  2. an idea that suggests any one racial group is inferior or superior to another racial group
  3. any measure or custom that produces or reinforces inequities between racial groups; also known as systemic racism, structural racism or institutional racism
  4. a large farm usually specializing in a single crop
  5. a ship used to transport slaves
  6. a system in which enslaved people are considered property that can be bought, sold, given, or inherited, and are denied all rights and legal authority over themselves and their children
  7. the forced migration of approximately 1 million enslaved people from states in the Upper to the Lower South; another term for the domestic slave trade
  8. the transatlantic trip from West Africa to the Americas endured by captured Africans aboard slavers
  9. workers who accepted free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years, usually four to seven years
  10. men hired by enslavers to oversee and direct the work of enslaved people on plantations

23 Clues: a ship used to transport slaves • a large farm usually specializing in a single crop • laws passed in the colonies to control enslaved people • a group of animals, prisoners, or enslaved people chained together in a line • the sale, exchange, and forced migration of enslaved people within the United States • ...

From War of 1812 to the Civil War 2022-01-19

From War of 1812 to the Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and Kansas-Nebraska Act contributed to the rise of ____________________ in the United States.
  2. The Compromise of 1850 was an attempt to resolve the issue of ____________________ in the territories US acquired from Mexico.
  3. ____________________ benefited most directly from the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford.
  4. President ____________________ expanded presidential powers by replacing many government workers with his supporters, vetoing the extention of US Bank, and refusing to enforce Worcester v. Georgia decision.
  5. Defenders of popular ____________________ believed that the right way to settle the question of slavery in the territories is to let the people who live there determine if their state is to be slave or free.
  6. The constitutional principle of ____________________ to break away from the Union was the main focus of the North–South conflicts that led to the Civil War.
  7. President Andrew Jackson used the ____________________ system to reward supporters with United States government jobs.
  8. ____________________ was issued primarily to prevent European nations from future colonization in Latin America.
  9. The United States government is creating memorials along the ____________________ because it was the location of injustices against many Native American Indians.
  10. During the 1840s, supporters of ____________________ favored acquiring Texas and California.
  11. who opposed slavery.
  12. _____________________ Proclamation freed the slaves in the Confederate States and prompted many freedmen to enlist in the U.S. army.
  13. Violent Abolitionist, ____________________ ,was executed for his attack on Harper's Ferry.
  14. The principle of ___________________ sovereignty was an important part of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
  15. President ____________________ believed that secession is unlawful and treasonous. Everything possible must be done to preserve the Union.
  16. In the 1840s, President James K. Polk’s belief in Manifest Destiny led to a war with ____________________.
Down
  1. As a result of the ____________________ Compromise (1820) the balance between free and slave states was maintained.
  2. One reason the decision in ____________________ v. Sanford (1857) was so controversial is that it ruled that Congress had no power to limit slavery in the territories.
  3. ____________________ Convention supported the movement for women’s rights.
  4. In his First Inaugural Address, President Lincoln tried to convince ____________________ that he posed no threat to their way of life.
  5. In the 1830s, President Andrew Jackson supported the Indian removal policy because white settlers desired the land on which ____________________ lived.
  6. Harriet Beecher Stow wrote ____________________.
  7. Desire for full control of the port of ____________________ on the Mississippi River had the greatest influence on President Thomas Jefferson’s decision to purchase the Louisiana Territory in 1803.
  8. Election of Abraham Lincoln as president led directly to the ____________________ of several Southern states from the Union.
  9. A goal that was established at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was achieved in 1920 by the adoption of national woman’s ___________________.
  10. The constitutional controversy that led directly to the start of the ____________________ concerned the right of states to secede from the Union.
  11. As the Civil War began the North had greater military and ____________________ strength than the South.

27 Clues: who opposed slavery. • Harriet Beecher Stow wrote ____________________. • ____________________ Convention supported the movement for women’s rights. • Violent Abolitionist, ____________________ ,was executed for his attack on Harper's Ferry. • During the 1840s, supporters of ____________________ favored acquiring Texas and California. • ...

Roaring 20's 2023-12-15

Roaring 20's crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the development of the Harlem neighborhood in New York City as a Black cultural mecca in the early 20th Century
  2. an agreement to outlaw war signed on August 27, 1928
  3. limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota
  4. to describe the condition of the United States prior to its entry into World War I
  5. is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
  6. was a Jamaican political activist
  7. period of public fear and anxiety over the supposed rise of communist or socialist ideologies in a noncommunist state.
  8. sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition
  9. His economical and understated style—which included his iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his adventurous lifestyle and public image brought him admiration from later generations
  10. 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929.
  11. trial reflected our fears of immigration, immigrant crime, and anarchy
  12. a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
  13. One of the earliest innovators of the literary art form called jazz poetry
  14. bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923.
  15. They created the first airplane
  16. in which a high school teacher, John T. Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which had made it illegal for teachers to teach human evolution in any state-funded school.
  17. best known for overseeing the Palmer Raids during the Red Scare of 1919–20.
Down
  1. an arrangement where a product is moved from worker to worker, with each person performing a single task in the making of the product
  2. was one of the largest movements of people in United States history. Approximately six million Black people moved from the American South to Northern, Midwestern, and Western states
  3. legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States from 1920 to 1933
  4. he made the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris, a distance of 3,600 miles, flying alone for 33.5 hours
  5. young women known for their energetic freedom, embracing a lifestyle viewed by many at the time as outrageous, immoral or downright dangerous.
  6. Between 1921 and 1922, the world's largest naval powers gathered in Washington, D.C. for a conference to discuss naval disarmament and ways to relieve growing
  7. he was one of the most popular sitting U.S. presidents.
  8. He is best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age
  9. Founder of Ford
  10. First famous sports player.

27 Clues: Founder of Ford • First famous sports player. • They created the first airplane • was a Jamaican political activist • an agreement to outlaw war signed on August 27, 1928 • 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929. • he was one of the most popular sitting U.S. presidents. • trial reflected our fears of immigration, immigrant crime, and anarchy • ...

Rishita Gorle Sec. 3 and 4 X-Word 2024-03-21

Rishita Gorle Sec. 3 and 4 X-Word crossword puzzle
Across
  1. President James Monroe declared the policy,the _______ Doctrine, in 1823 that stated the U.S. could not interfere in any affairs of any existing colony in the European nation or the European nation itself, get control of any new, independent nations in Latin America, and proved that the U.S. tried to keep European powers out of the Western Hemisphere.
  2. The three "sections" that Americans felt this loyalty to were the Westerners,__________, and Northerners.
  3. Andrew Jackson went with a force of 3,000 soldiers to destroy the "________ Fort" after Spain refused to demolish it themselves.
  4. In 1816,James _______ became the president of our nation at 60 years old.
  5. John C. Calhoun was against any policy that would strengthen and support the power the _______ government had.
  6. The Supreme Court confirmed the federal government's power to control the _______ between states in the court case Gibbons v. Ogden.
  7. ______ was one of the three sectional leaders in our country, and he spoke for the West.
  8. Daniel Webster thought the idea of __________ was evil.
  9. The idea of _____________ meant that there was "loyalty to one's state or section rather than the nation as a whole".
  10. Daniel Webster was from the state of ____ ___________.
  11. The U.S. wanted to control _________, which is now one of the U.S. states, instead of Spain.
  12. In the court case McCulloch v. Maryland, the Supreme Court ruled that _______ are not given the right to interfere with any federal institutions that are within their borders.
Down
  1. Florida was given to the United States in a $____ million dollar exchange with Spain in 1821.
  2. Henry Clay wanted the central government to be part of promoting the ______ of our nation more.
  3. Though there were disputes among the different "sections" of our country, the entire nation enjoyed an "era of ____ feelings" after the War of 1812.
  4. America "cheered"about Latin American Nations winning their __________, or their rights and freedom, in the early 1800s.
  5. Henry Clay's plan, American System, was aimed to promote the growth of our country's _________.
  6. ________ Jackson was an American General who went with a force of 3,000 soldiers to take one of Spain's forts.
  7. For enslaved African Americans, Florida was a _______, which meant a place for escape.
  8. The _______-Onís Treaty in 1821 gave Florida to the United States with Spain's approval.
  9. Only the federal government was given the power to control interstate commerce, which was the trade between _________ states.
  10. John C. Calhoun was from a frontier ________ on South Carolina.
  11. When Andrew Jackson and his force went to Florida to try to get Fort Negro taken down, Spain was too busy fighting _______ in Latin America, but Spain still protested.
  12. ________ from the North defended the idea of slavery.
  13. _______ sometimes raided settlements in Georgia and were from Florida.
  14. The court case McCulloch v. Maryland allowed the ______ of the United States to continue, which would eventually contribute to our nations' economy expanding.(This is the place where people get money.)

26 Clues: ________ from the North defended the idea of slavery. • Daniel Webster was from the state of ____ ___________. • Daniel Webster thought the idea of __________ was evil. • John C. Calhoun was from a frontier ________ on South Carolina. • _______ sometimes raided settlements in Georgia and were from Florida. • ...

Women's History Month 2024-03-18

Women's History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a writer and feminist activist, best known for her book "The Feminine Mystique"
  2. an African-American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement, known for her pioneering work in documenting and publicizing the horrors of lynching in the United States.
  3. a Pakistani education activist known for her advocacy of girls' education and human rights. She survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban and became the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate.
  4. the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States
  5. an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist known for her powerful speeches and advocacy for the rights of both women and African Americans.
  6. a social reformer and women's rights activist who helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention, the first women's rights convention in the United States, and played a key role in the suffrage movement.
  7. a feminist icon and social-political activist known for co-founding Ms. magazine and her leadership in the women's liberation movement
  8. a pioneering mathematician and physicist who made significant contributions to NASA's space programs during the early years of space exploration.
  9. the first African-American woman elected to the United States Congress and the first African-American major-party candidate for President of the United States
Down
  1. a prominent figure in American politics, serving as First Lady and later as a diplomat and human rights activist
  2. an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist known for her powerful writings, including the memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
  3. a civil rights activist known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Her refusal to give up her seat to a white man sparked a wave of protests and became a symbol of the civil rights movement.
  4. a labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the National Farmworkers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers, and played a key role in organizing the Delano grape strike and boycott.
  5. an African-American abolitionist and political activist who escaped slavery and then made numerous missions to rescue enslaved people using the Underground Railroad
  6. a leading figure in the women's suffrage movement in the United States
  7. a marine biologist and conservationist whose book "Silent Spring" is credited with sparking the modern environmental movement by exposing the dangers of pesticides
  8. a media mogul, television host, and philanthropist, and advocate for social issues and education
  9. a politician, diplomat, and lawyer who served as First Lady of the United States, U.S. Senator from New York, and Secretary of State.
  10. known as the "Queen of Soul," was a legendary singer and musician whose powerful voice and iconic songs, such as "Respect" and "Natural Woman," made her a cultural icon and a symbol of female empowerment.
  11. an astronaut and physicist who became the first American woman in space when she flew aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983

20 Clues: the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States • a leading figure in the women's suffrage movement in the United States • a writer and feminist activist, best known for her book "The Feminine Mystique" • a media mogul, television host, and philanthropist, and advocate for social issues and education • ...

Module 10 2025-02-13

Module 10 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a dispute led by John C. Calhoun that said that states could ignore federal laws if they believed those laws violated the Constitution
  2. Florida Seminole leader, he resisted removal by the U.S government despite an earlier treaty that Seminole leaders had been forced to sign. He was eventually captured and died in prison
  3. a political party formed in 1834 by opponents of Andrew Jackson and who supported a strong legislature
  4. the belief that the power of the states should be greater than the power of the federal government
  5. American politician, he served as the governor of Indian Territory and fought Tecumseh in the Battle of Tippecanoe. He was the ninth president of the U.S
  6. American Indian scholar and craftsman, he created a writing system for the Cherokee language and taught literacy to many Cherokee.
  7. a financial crisis in the United States that led to an economic depression
  8. president Andrew Jackson's group of informal advisers; so called because they often met in the White House kitchen
  9. U.S supreme court case that declared the Second Bank of the United States was constitutional and that Maryland couldn't interfere with it
  10. and area covering most of present-day Oklahoma to which most Native Americans in the Southeast were forced to move in the 1830s
  11. American politician and secretary of state under Andrew Jackson, he later became the eighth president of the United States
  12. an 800-mile forced march made by the Cherokee by their homeland in Georgia to Indian territory, resulted in the deaths of almost one-fourth of the Cherokee people
Down
  1. a political party formed by supporters of Andrew Jackson after the presidential election of 1824
  2. American politician and supporter of slavery and states' rights, he served as vice president to Andrew Jackson and was instrumental in the South Carolina nullification crisis
  3. the nickname given to a tariff by southerners who opposed it
  4. Native American leader of Fox and Sauk Indians, he resisted the U.S ordered removal of Indian nations from Illinois and raided settlements and fought the U.S army
  5. the supreme court ruling that stated that the Cherokee nation was a distinct territory over which only the federal government had authority; ignored by both President Andrew Jackson and the state of Georgia
  6. a meeting at which a political party selects its presidential and vice presidential candidate;first held in the 1820s
  7. a politician's practice of giving government jobs to his or her supporters
  8. a congressional act that authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Misissippi River
  9. an expansion of voting rights during the popular Andrew Jackson administration
  10. a government agency created in the 1800s to oversee federal policy toward Native Americans
  11. American lawyer and statesman, he spoke out against nullification and states rights, believing that the country should stay unified

23 Clues: the nickname given to a tariff by southerners who opposed it • a politician's practice of giving government jobs to his or her supporters • a financial crisis in the United States that led to an economic depression • an expansion of voting rights during the popular Andrew Jackson administration • ...