states Crossword Puzzles
Chapter 12 2025-01-09
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- the first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress
- a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction
- assisted thousands of previous slaves
- outlawed slavery and encouraged a free labor market in the United States
- 17th President of the United States
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- No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States
- a white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans
- to charge with a crime or misdemeanor
- grants the right to vote for all male citizens regardless of their ethnicity or prior slave status
- a system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop
- restricted black peoples rights
- was a time of significant change in the U.S
- to guarantee freedmen equal protection before the law.
13 Clues: restricted black peoples rights • 17th President of the United States • to charge with a crime or misdemeanor • assisted thousands of previous slaves • was a time of significant change in the U.S • to guarantee freedmen equal protection before the law. • the first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress • ...
The "Federal" in Federalism 2022-04-25
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- Powers that are actually stated in the constitution
- The country that ruled the American colonies before the Revolutionary War
- The federal government gets all of its power from this
- Division of power between a central government and state governments
- Special name for powers that both the states and federal government share
- Powers that are not actually stated in the Constitution
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- Clause that says federal laws are superior to state laws
- When America was born, each state already had one of these
- A word that describes the relationship of the states in America
- Type of government where the central government gets its power from the states
- Type of government where the central government has all the power
- Type of government where states and a central government share power
- The necessary and proper clause is also known as the[ BLANK] clause
13 Clues: Powers that are actually stated in the constitution • The federal government gets all of its power from this • Powers that are not actually stated in the Constitution • Clause that says federal laws are superior to state laws • When America was born, each state already had one of these • A word that describes the relationship of the states in America • ...
American History Ch. 5 Wordsearch 2022-11-22
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- the idea that political authority belongs to the people
- A system for surveying and dividing western lands
- the sharing of power between a central government and the states that make up a country.
- official changes.
- The document that declared that no person could be forced
- a document signed by King John in 1215
- official approval
- A period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment
- The uprising of farmers that protested high taxes and heavy debt
- occurs when there are increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money
- keeps any branch of government from becoming too powerful.
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- trade between two or more states
- taxes on imports or exports
- A set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government
- the essays supporting the Constitution written anonymously
- people who opposed the Constitution
- 10 of the proposed amendments intended to
- The ordinance established the Northwest Territory
- attend a particular church
- supporters of the Constitution
- citizens’ rights.
21 Clues: official changes. • citizens’ rights. • official approval • attend a particular church • taxes on imports or exports • supporters of the Constitution • trade between two or more states • people who opposed the Constitution • a document signed by King John in 1215 • 10 of the proposed amendments intended to • A system for surveying and dividing western lands • ...
government, federalism 2022-11-18
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- sum of money given to state etc
- ability of state to make their own policies
- agreement between two or more states
- action government takes to some issue or problem
- federal order
- powers both national government and states have
- powers that the national government may excercise simply
- laws relating to disputes between groups and states
- hand over
- require periodic checks of government agencies to see if they are still needed
- favors national actions in dealing with matters
- favors state and local action in dealing with matters
- powers the constitution grants to the national government
- allows powers of congress to stretch
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- forbidding racial discrimination 9n public accommodations
- preperation for a constitution
- organization of government administrators to carry out legislation
- power to assume responsibility for a state government function
- tax imposed on individuals
- those directly expressed in the constitution
- prohibiting public officials from holding closed meetings
- powers government requires to be carried out
- requirement set by congress that prohibits a local or state government from exercising a certain power
- reserved strictly for the state
24 Clues: hand over • federal order • tax imposed on individuals • preperation for a constitution • sum of money given to state etc • reserved strictly for the state • agreement between two or more states • allows powers of congress to stretch • ability of state to make their own policies • those directly expressed in the constitution • powers government requires to be carried out • ...
Government Final Project Crossword 2022-12-21
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- Made by legislative branch
- “We the people…”
- The case to “fire” someone part of the government
- A person part of the Supreme Court
- The party associated with the color blue
- House of Representatives
- Something that is allowed because it is said in the Constitution
- To deny an official government document
- The current president of the United States
- The branch the president is in charge of
- An agreement between countries
- The branch that makes laws
- The number of articles in the Constitution
- An official legal decision made by a judge in a ______
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- The branch in charge of managing the decisions of other branches
- Supreme Court
- Changes in the Constitution
- The party associated with the color red
- Someone with more power than other people has this
- Something presidents have
- Supreme power/a self-governing state
- Number of years for a term in the branch of representatives
- An official document written by James Madison setting forth the three principal branches of the federal government
- Last president of the United States
- First president of the United States
25 Clues: Supreme Court • “We the people…” • House of Representatives • Something presidents have • Made by legislative branch • The branch that makes laws • Changes in the Constitution • An agreement between countries • A person part of the Supreme Court • Last president of the United States • Supreme power/a self-governing state • First president of the United States • ...
Civil War - Ashleigh Griffis 2019-12-02
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- the Civil War was turned into a War for _________.
- Union draft for the Civil War
- veteran of Mexican War, commanded army of Northern Virginia, offered command of Union army before Virginia seceded
- draft for Confederate soldiers in Civil War
- General leading "March to the Sea" and burnt Atlanta
- the turning point in the Union's favor following victory at Gettysburg
- slave states that remained loyal to the Union
- President of the Union
- overcrowded Prisoner of War camp in Georgia
- shot and killed President Lincoln
- Union General that defeats Lee
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- Confederate General killed by own troops at Chancellorsville
- surprise attack on Grant's (Union General) army
- the first state to secede from the Union
- blockade of Southern ports to capture Mississippi river
- the end of the war; Lee surrendered
- freed slaves in rebellious states (in Confederacy)
- first battle of Civil War
- conflict between the Union and the Confederacy
- the states that seceded formed the _____________.
- Lee's invasion of the North ended in conflict in ____________;bloodiest engagement of war
- Lee's troops invade Maryland for needed supplies
22 Clues: President of the Union • first battle of Civil War • Union draft for the Civil War • Union General that defeats Lee • shot and killed President Lincoln • the end of the war; Lee surrendered • the first state to secede from the Union • draft for Confederate soldiers in Civil War • overcrowded Prisoner of War camp in Georgia • slave states that remained loyal to the Union • ...
Key Terms & People Chapter 7 Crossword 2019-02-20
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- claim to most Indian lands
- could not side with any European countries that were at war
- Native American chief
- First U.S president
- First Lady
- farmers lashed
- wanted to limit the federal government's power
- aide for Washington and a delegate to four Continental Congress
- the people who buy items at low prices and hope the value will rise
- Constitution specifically says it can do
- groups that helped elect people
- money owed by the United States
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- first national bank
- Constitution does not specifically forbid
- settled the border and trade disputes with Spain
- disagreed with how Hamilton's idea cheated bond holders out of money
- wanted a stronger federal government
- argued the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional
- rebellion of french people
- a body of electors
- settled the disputes that had arisen between the United States and Great Britain
- three levels of federal courts
- Native Americans fought Wayne's troops
- certificates of debt
- private ships
- laws passed to protect the United States
- an action or decision that later served as an example
27 Clues: First Lady • private ships • farmers lashed • a body of electors • first national bank • First U.S president • certificates of debt • Native American chief • rebellion of french people • claim to most Indian lands • three levels of federal courts • groups that helped elect people • money owed by the United States • wanted a stronger federal government • ...
US Government 2021-01-08
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- belief that monarchs were chosen by God
- division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branch
- introduced idea of separation of powers and checks and balances
- 1st plan of government adopted after the revolution
- government attempts to control everything
- explains the purpose of the Constitution
- guaranteed in the 9th amendment
- ¨Father of the Constitution"
- article I,Section 8,clause 18 of the constitution
- power is held at the national level,with very little power being held in political subdivisions
- 1st 10 amendments in the Constitution
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- king/queen control all aspects of life
- people are the only source of power for any and all government actions
- distribution of power between the national government and states within a union
- compromise between slave states and free states
- each branch of government is subject to a number of constitutional restraints or checks
- man must give up his freedom to government in exchange for his protection of natural rights
- 3rd president of the US
- 1st president of the US
- Social contract theory
20 Clues: Social contract theory • 3rd president of the US • 1st president of the US • ¨Father of the Constitution" • guaranteed in the 9th amendment • 1st 10 amendments in the Constitution • king/queen control all aspects of life • belief that monarchs were chosen by God • explains the purpose of the Constitution • government attempts to control everything • ...
History Chapter 3 - Canada 2021-09-16
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- has the house of commons and senate as part of its 2 houses
- Most Canadians live ______ near the border to the United States.
- Canada's longest river
- Viking who discovered the North American continent
- world's second tallest freestanding tower, found in Toronto
- largest group of freshwater lakes that make up 1/5 of the Earth's freshwater supply
- The capital of Canada
- one of Canada's most important natural resources
- The province of Saskatchewan is known for this crop
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- Canada is divided into 10 of these
- Canada's largest province
- only walled in city in Canada or United States
- first modern explorer to discover the New World
- a horshoe-shaped region that covers about half of Canada, surrounding the Hudson Bay is called the Canadian __________
- Canada's largest city
- one of the world's most beautiful waterfalls that has one part in the United States and in Canada
- second largest city in Canada
- symbol of Canada
- Canada's form of government is a constitutional ___________?
- National animal of Canada
- how many territories in Canada
21 Clues: symbol of Canada • Canada's largest city • The capital of Canada • Canada's longest river • Canada's largest province • National animal of Canada • second largest city in Canada • how many territories in Canada • Canada is divided into 10 of these • only walled in city in Canada or United States • first modern explorer to discover the New World • ...
Theme 2 Evaluation 2021-11-09
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- First president of the United States
- Act where it was illegal to criticize the government
- Power that is shared between state and national authorities
- Type of power that can be done by both state and national governments
- made up of one branch
- Group that wanted to strengthen the National Government
- A plan that wanted representation based on population
- Second President of the US, federalist
- The first ten amendments
- A plan that wanted equal representation
- judges that are chosen at the last minute
- Type of power that is given to the national government, such as declaring war
- Type of power that is saved for the state such as establishing speed limits
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- First written form of government in the United States
- Made up of two branches
- A resolution that declared the Sedition Act unconstitutional
- Everything east of the states
- An act that gave power to deport and arrest citizens of other countries in the U.S.
- The father of the Constituion
- Secretary Of State in Washingtons cabinet
20 Clues: made up of one branch • Made up of two branches • The first ten amendments • Everything east of the states • The father of the Constituion • First president of the United States • Second President of the US, federalist • A plan that wanted equal representation • Secretary Of State in Washingtons cabinet • judges that are chosen at the last minute • ...
Civil War Crossword 2023-02-15
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- The type of war the Confederates used
- Where the Civil War mostly took place
- Where the Civil War started
- The battle between to ironclad ships
- The name of the Union's strategy at the beginning of the Civil War
- The submarine of the Confederates
- The first full-scaled battle in the Civil War
- Elected president in 1860 which made Southern States secede
- Sealing off an area to prevent the enemy to get foreign goods
- A role that women started to have
- States that left the Union
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- The battle that was the turning point of the war
- When General Sherman brought 60,000 soldiers to invade the South
- The war between the North and South
- States that use slavery but didn't leave the Union
- Little ships the Confederates used to pass by the blockade
- The city where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant
- The type of war that the Union used
- An advantage the Confederates had
- The side that had the advantage of railroad mileage and number of factories
20 Clues: States that left the Union • Where the Civil War started • The submarine of the Confederates • An advantage the Confederates had • A role that women started to have • The war between the North and South • The type of war that the Union used • The battle between to ironclad ships • The type of war the Confederates used • Where the Civil War mostly took place • ...
Civil War crossword 2023-02-23
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- The battle in which the civil war ended
- An act of prevent goods or people to enter or leave
- The first union plan agaisnt the confederacy
- To set free
- Made up of 7 states
- The person who won the elections in 1860
- A person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding
- The state that enter as a slave state allowing slavery
- Breaking away/to leave
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- The first battle of the civil war
- The compromise that outlawed slavery above the 36º 30' line in the remainder of the Louisiana Territory
- Name for the Union Army
- Another name for the Battle of Bull Run
- A word that come from the spanish and is used to describe the period before the war
- Another name for the battle of Antietam
- The movement to end slavery in the United States
- Enslave people who were freed
- To do away with
- The state that enter as a free state with no slavery allowed
- The way they used to call the United States
20 Clues: To set free • To do away with • Made up of 7 states • Breaking away/to leave • Name for the Union Army • Enslave people who were freed • The first battle of the civil war • The battle in which the civil war ended • Another name for the Battle of Bull Run • Another name for the battle of Antietam • The person who won the elections in 1860 • ...
Science Crossword Puzzle 2023-04-11
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- one of the three states of matter that can change in shape and volume
- a group of combined atoms
- the amount of space something takes up
- a celestial body that of which is in orbit of the sun, and has enough mass for self-gravity
- the amount of heat in something or somewhere
- anything that takes up space
- something made from multiple different elements that are chemically combined
- one of the three states of matter,has a fixed shape and volume
- particle with a positive electric charge
- a common state of matter, an electrically charged gas
- an atom and or molecule containing a net charge
- the amount of mass in something
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- found in nature, it cannot be broken or changed
- the most basic unit of matter
- organelle that contains chromosomes
- particle with a negative charge
- a material that is able to be easily reformed
- particle with a neutral charge
- the force (invisible) that pulls/keeps things together
- one of the three states of matter that can change and adapt in shape but volumes stays the same
20 Clues: a group of combined atoms • anything that takes up space • the most basic unit of matter • particle with a neutral charge • particle with a negative charge • the amount of mass in something • organelle that contains chromosomes • the amount of space something takes up • particle with a positive electric charge • the amount of heat in something or somewhere • ...
Civil War crossword puzzle 2013-02-20
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- Northern general who took control of the Mississippi
- States leaving or breaking apart from the Union
- "Popular _____" States vote on slave laws
- Pivotal turning point in the war ( Battle of ...)
- The idea of problems becoming more regional
- The fort where the first shots of the war were fired
- Northern Democrats who want peace
- The courthouse where Robert E. Lee surrended
- The act of a state denying or disobeying a federal law
- The party started in 1854 to end the growth of slavery
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- The name given to the Norths war plan
- Southern Fortress that received a 40-day siege
- The act of getting someone else to serve for you
- Being selected to serve a military sentence
- The ___________ Proclamation -Lincoln
- Fiber that was grown on a large scale in South
- The Underground ________ was used to help escaped slaves
- The type of tax implemented by both sides to fund the war
- Name given to the succeeded South
- Name given to the Northern states during the war
- Surname of President elected in 1860
21 Clues: Northern Democrats who want peace • Name given to the succeeded South • Surname of President elected in 1860 • The name given to the Norths war plan • The ___________ Proclamation -Lincoln • "Popular _____" States vote on slave laws • Being selected to serve a military sentence • The idea of problems becoming more regional • The courthouse where Robert E. Lee surrended • ...
Civil War Crossword- Christian Phillips 2013-02-22
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- Northern general who took control of the Mississippi
- States leaving or breaking apart from the Union
- The party started in 1854 to end the growth of slavery
- The Underground ________ was used to help escaped slaves
- The act of getting someone else to serve for you
- Surname of President elected in 1860
- The fort where the first shots of the war were fired
- Name given to the succeeded South
- The ___________ Proclamation -Lincoln
- The type of tax implemented by both sides to fund the war
- The courthouse where Robert E. Lee surrended
- Being selected to serve a military sentence
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- Pivotal turning point in the war ( Battle of ...)
- "Popular _____" States vote on slave laws
- Name given to the Northern states during the war
- Southern Fortress that received a 40-day siege
- The act of a state denying or disobeying a federal law
- Northern Democrats who want peace
- The idea of problems becoming more regional
- Fiber that was grown on a large scale in South
- The name given to the Norths war plan
21 Clues: Northern Democrats who want peace • Name given to the succeeded South • Surname of President elected in 1860 • The ___________ Proclamation -Lincoln • The name given to the Norths war plan • "Popular _____" States vote on slave laws • The idea of problems becoming more regional • Being selected to serve a military sentence • The courthouse where Robert E. Lee surrended • ...
U.S. History Vocabulary Terms & Names 2017-04-01
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- an American sociologist, historian, and civil right activist
- an American Industrialist and a founder of standard oil
- "speak softly , and carry a ....."
- authorized the federal government to raise a national army
- movement of 6 million African American out of the rural
- a founder of Tuskegee in Alabama
- connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean
- tropical viral disease affecting the liver and kidneys
- goals of the United States in the peace negotiations
- consists of debt securities issued by a government for the purpose of financing
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- a war between Spain and United States
- an addition to the Monroe Doctrine
- an act of the United States Congress
- sixteen battleship fleet that sailed on a world voyage
- policy or status of a nation
- policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire
- promise made by Germany to the US
- a formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations
- investigative journalists
- a group of ships sailing together for protection
- a belief or desire a government or people
- ship sunk by a German submarine
22 Clues: investigative journalists • policy or status of a nation • ship sunk by a German submarine • a founder of Tuskegee in Alabama • promise made by Germany to the US • an addition to the Monroe Doctrine • "speak softly , and carry a ....." • an act of the United States Congress • a war between Spain and United States • a belief or desire a government or people • ...
Pacific theater of WW2 2022-03-01
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- first country to make a nuclear bomb
- battle where the Japanese had position in the mountains
- important weapon of warfare
- a march where prisoners were forced to walk over 70 miles
- battle of midway set the Japanese into a ____
- japan was blocked from this
- a big part of pacific warfare and was used to carry fighter piolets
- popular vacation spot for Japanese
- Japanese attack on the u.s that had a goal of destroying their navy.
- Japanese suicide bombers
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- the united states had 3 of these
- Japanese were trying to build this
- ship that delivered atomic bomb materials
- left on FDR's desk warning about Pearl Harbor
- United States code-breakers who intercepted Japanese messages
- Japan wanted this place because it had natural resources
- The United States practice plan on pearl harbor
- was damaged at coral sea but came back to fight at midway
- japanese planes dropped these during pearl harbor
- beginning of the end for Japan
- did double duty during midway after the Yorktown was sunk
21 Clues: Japanese suicide bombers • important weapon of warfare • japan was blocked from this • beginning of the end for Japan • the united states had 3 of these • Japanese were trying to build this • popular vacation spot for Japanese • first country to make a nuclear bomb • ship that delivered atomic bomb materials • left on FDR's desk warning about Pearl Harbor • ...
the national judiciary 2022-03-29
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- jurisdiction -appeals from lower courts
- -side to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances.
- bader -american lawyer
- of columbia -washington d.c
- kagan -nominated by president of obama
- thomas -nominated by president george w bush
- -an individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law
- -the official power to make legal decisions and judgments.
- jurisdiction - a original court hearing for the first time
- day -retired attorney
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- - grief
- brief -an official document attesting a certain fact
- activism -regardless of the law as it is written.
- restraint -the refusal to overview
- marshall-civil rights activists
- madison -ho served as the 4th president of the United States from 1809 to 1817.
- courts -limited
- review - is a process under which executive, legislative and administrative actions are subject to review by the judiciary.
- - jurisdiction -. National courts play a key role in the enforcement of European competition policy.
- marbury -highly successful American businessman and one of the "Midnight Judges"
- marshall - fourth chief justice of the United States from 1801 until his death in 1835
- sotomayor- justice of the supreme court
- jefferson -served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.
23 Clues: - grief • courts -limited • day -retired attorney • bader -american lawyer • of columbia -washington d.c • marshall-civil rights activists • restraint -the refusal to overview • kagan -nominated by president of obama • jurisdiction -appeals from lower courts • sotomayor- justice of the supreme court • thomas -nominated by president george w bush • ...
For father 2023-08-20
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- a bird and a fruit
- the capitol of greenland
- capitol of Ukraine
- Canada's least populated territory
- Japanese treat made from sweet rice dough
- the best selling video game of all time
- Italy's second largest island
- united states #1 crop
- extensively eroded sedimentary rock thats has multi colored layers
- half of Mongolian population lives in this city
- first fast food restaurant in the United States
- the lifeless body of a flat burrowing sea urchin
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- the tallest mountain in the continental unites states
- An ex soviet country now divided into 7 separate countries
- The primary home of nomadic herders tribes in Europe and asia
- longest mountain range in russia
- the country with the lowest population density
- the national cheese of france
- traditional Slavic soup
- Australia's national dish
- Swedish car manufacturer that closed in 2014
- norweigan archipelago covered by glaciers, known for having 24 hours of darkness during winter months
- a rare amphibian endemic to high altitude lakes around Mexico city, that is now a popular pet
- romanias most well known character
24 Clues: a bird and a fruit • capitol of Ukraine • united states #1 crop • traditional Slavic soup • the capitol of greenland • Australia's national dish • the national cheese of france • Italy's second largest island • longest mountain range in russia • Canada's least populated territory • romanias most well known character • the best selling video game of all time • ...
American Government Review 2023-12-05
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- highest elected official at the state level
- leader of the Supreme Court
- name given to the legislative branch of the United States
- the first 10 amendments to the Constitution
- this branch consists of the US Supreme Court and smaller federal courts
- the power to throw a law out
- second highest official in the United States and President of the Senate
- two house legislature
- considered the upper house and consists of 100 members (2 from each state)
- number of Supreme Court justices
- leader of the House of Representatives
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- this party is the more conservative party in American Politics
- this party is the more liberal party in American politics
- the written laws and rules a nation follows
- the ability of one branch to check the powers of another branch
- the number of articles found in the US Constitution
- leader of the Executive Branch and highest elected official in the US
- first President of the United States
- this branch consists of the President and his cabinet
- this branch consists of the Senate and House of Representatives
20 Clues: two house legislature • leader of the Supreme Court • the power to throw a law out • number of Supreme Court justices • first President of the United States • leader of the House of Representatives • highest elected official at the state level • the written laws and rules a nation follows • the first 10 amendments to the Constitution • ...
Civil war Puzzle 2023-09-06
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- number of north states
- this was the union's war strategy
- can cut off a limb in just ten minutes
- established a network of union spies made up of former slaves
- Known as union, federals, Yankees
- Sumter
- Large number of women signed up for this
- was dispatched to lead troops in the west against the native americans
- number of south states
- America's first tool of mass communication
- this caused gory images of the battle field to reach every home
- this general is where the term sideburns came from number of South states
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- Won the Election of 1860
- this became rare by the end of the war
- Lincolns hidden weapon in the war
- Known as confederacy or rebels
- this keeps body's free from any signs of decomposition
- War did not end between this group of people just because there was a war going on
- this nation sided with the confederates
- became military targets
- he was sent to the west to command Union forces in the 1862 dakota war
- If a bullet doesn't kill you this will
22 Clues: Sumter • number of north states • number of south states • became military targets • Won the Election of 1860 • Known as confederacy or rebels • this was the union's war strategy • Lincolns hidden weapon in the war • Known as union, federals, Yankees • this became rare by the end of the war • can cut off a limb in just ten minutes • If a bullet doesn't kill you this will • ...
civil war 2023-10-26
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- John brown led raid in what place on october 16 1859
- who crossed the border into Kansas from Missouri
- who two senators debated against each other in 1858
- what douglas argued during his debates against lincoln
- required northern citizens to return slaves
- republican party was formed
- enslaved man who sued for freedom but it was denied
- when south states threatened to leave
- People determine the issue of stuff
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- who took President Taylor's place after he died
- When Charles Sumner criticized people who were pro slavery
- the person who wrote Uncle Toms Cabin
- who won the lincoln douglas debates
- slavery be banned in any territory accquired through the mexican cessian
- Henry Clay came up with this compromise in 1850
- keep new territories free of slavery
- people marched into kansas to try and get it to be either a slave or non slave territory
- who had the campaign slogan of 'Free Soil. Free Men and Fremont'
- He was seen as a martyr in northern states
- became the 16th president of the united states
20 Clues: republican party was formed • who won the lincoln douglas debates • People determine the issue of stuff • keep new territories free of slavery • the person who wrote Uncle Toms Cabin • when south states threatened to leave • He was seen as a martyr in northern states • required northern citizens to return slaves • became the 16th president of the united states • ...
Executive branch 2023-10-31
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- What the constitution requires the president to execute
- the way the president should act and represent the people of the United States
- a formal qualification to be president
- Carrying out constitutional and statutory duties
- To conduct in a manner that is more than what the constitution states
- Besides having a primary this is another way for a state to choose a delegate
- The head of the branch
- A description of the president
- To charge a official of the federal government for treason, bribery, or other high crimes
- the 25th amendment
- formal agreement between two or more independent states or country
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- the vote after state votes among candidates running for office
- The speech opening a national convention
- Reagan The president the disability provision of 25th amendment came into play
- Help advise the president
- The act of acknowledging the legal existences of a country and its government
- to deny a bill
- someone who has not made up their mind during campaign
- a duty of this branch
- A partys formal statement of principles
20 Clues: to deny a bill • the 25th amendment • a duty of this branch • The head of the branch • Help advise the president • A description of the president • a formal qualification to be president • A partys formal statement of principles • The speech opening a national convention • Carrying out constitutional and statutory duties • someone who has not made up their mind during campaign • ...
Chapter 16&17 Ariana Paitich 2024-02-12
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- A _______ is someone who suffers greatly or even dies do to their beliefs/actions.
- They tried to _______ the government.
- If a person went missing during the war, they are shown as having a _______.
- A _______ is a bank note with green ink on it.
- The barrier held _______ to the attacks.
- A _______ flows into a river or stream.
- Abraham Linclon made the _______ which is marked as one of the greatest speech’s of all time.
- A _______ is a person that runs away from something. (Ex. Authorities)
- _______ Means that the state makes its own laws.
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- _______ are states that own slaves.
- They kept weapons in the _______ .
- She received a ______ for arresting the criminal.
- They had to _______ the barrier to protect their land.
- The North and South of America fought against each other in the _______.
- They tried to _______ themselves in court.
- The South had many _______ on the states.
- They had to form a _______ to
- _______ destories any chance of survival for the opposing side.
- They _______ed their ideas into society.
- He ______ed in the army.
20 Clues: He ______ed in the army. • They had to form a _______ to • They kept weapons in the _______ . • _______ are states that own slaves. • They tried to _______ the government. • A _______ flows into a river or stream. • The barrier held _______ to the attacks. • They _______ed their ideas into society. • The South had many _______ on the states. • ...
Causes of the Civil War 2024-04-11
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- what was the first battle of the Civil War?
- which side was mostly against slavery?
- how many total states left the union
- what party was Abraham Lincoln in?
- which slave was taken to a free state and tried to sue his enslaver
- Which event was disproven as a result of the Civil War
- what president won the election of 1860
- how many border states were there total?
- what year did the Civil War start?
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- what was another name for the anaconda plan
- Which state was allowed to be a free state, but outlawed slave trade in D.C
- which compromise had to do with the 36”30’ line
- what state left the union first
- what state is split in half to join the union
- what side was mostly for slavery?
- what was the nullification crisis mainly about?
- what fight did the Kansas Nebraska act lead to?
- what was the plan in which the union built a blockade?
- what event caused South Carolina to leave the union?
- How many states were there originally?
20 Clues: what state left the union first • what side was mostly for slavery? • what party was Abraham Lincoln in? • what year did the Civil War start? • how many total states left the union • which side was mostly against slavery? • How many states were there originally? • what president won the election of 1860 • how many border states were there total? • ...
Causes of the Civil War Crossword by Johny 2024-04-14
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- A strong love for your country or area of origin.
- The nation the south created as a way to secede from the north.
- Is the US a country or collection of random states with similar laws?.
- The President during the civil war.
- Caused the north to pass laws to protect fugitive slaves.
- What the south wanted after problems with the north.
- Lincoln won the...
- What the states did to leave the union.
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- Northern citizens had to help catch runaway slaves.
- Caused bleeding Kansas; allowed slavery based on vote, economic competition between north and south
- Where the first shots of the war were fired.
- tax on imports or exports.
- John C. Calhoun believed this was a state's right.
- Sued his owner to become free but failed.
- States above 36"30 line can't have slaves.
- Slavery made the south a lot of this...
- A dark time in Kansas similar to a real-life purge.
- Judging people based on the tone of their skin.
- Mainly used in the south; manual labor.
- The year the Civil War started.
20 Clues: Lincoln won the... • tax on imports or exports. • The year the Civil War started. • The President during the civil war. • Slavery made the south a lot of this... • Mainly used in the south; manual labor. • What the states did to leave the union. • Sued his owner to become free but failed. • States above 36"30 line can't have slaves. • ...
Reconstruction and The West 1860's-1890's 2024-05-17
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- Formal charge of wrongdoing against a public official
- Paths used by cowboys to drive cattle to market
- Rapidly growing towns often associated with mining
- People who herded cattle in the Old West
- Group that gained freedom and civil rights after the Civil War
- Famous silver ore deposit in Nevada
- State where the Gold Rush of 1849 occurred
- 19th President of the United States who ended Reconstruction
- 17th President of the United States who succeeded Lincoln
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- Precious metal that helped spur mining booms in the West
- Abandoned towns often after resources were depleted
- Process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War
- Nevada city known for its silver mines
- Direction associated with frontier expansion in the US
- Political party favoring states' rights and segregation after the Civil War
- Networks that connected the country, facilitating westward expansion
- Livestock commonly herded in the Old West
- State known for its cattle ranches and oil
- Political party that led the Reconstruction era
- Precious metal discovered in large quantities in the West
20 Clues: Famous silver ore deposit in Nevada • Nevada city known for its silver mines • People who herded cattle in the Old West • Livestock commonly herded in the Old West • State known for its cattle ranches and oil • State where the Gold Rush of 1849 occurred • Paths used by cowboys to drive cattle to market • Political party that led the Reconstruction era • ...
"First" Black Women 2025-02-10
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- Black female Vice-president of the United States (2021)
- Black woman to fly a plane (1922)
- "E" in stem
- African American woman to receive a doctorate in chemistry in the United States.
- first Black woman to serve as a federal judge
- "T" in stem
- Black woman to earn a Ph.D in economics (1921)
- "M" in stem
- one of the first African-American women to work as a NASA scientist. Prominent person in the "hidden figures" movie
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- black woman to be elected to the Supreme Court in 2021 (full name)
- Black female astronaut (1992)
- Black female millionaire (1910)(full name)
- Black woman to publish a book (1770)
- Crumpler Black woman to get a medical degree in the US and was the first Black female physician in the United States in 1864.
- Black woman to get a college degree (1862)
- Black woman to be elected to U.S. congress (1968)
- Black female billionaire
- opened the first Black hospital in Daytona Beach (full name)
- "S" in stem
- Black female nurse (1879)
20 Clues: "E" in stem • "S" in stem • "T" in stem • "M" in stem • Black female billionaire • Black female nurse (1879) • Black female astronaut (1992) • Black woman to fly a plane (1922) • Black woman to publish a book (1770) • Black female millionaire (1910)(full name) • Black woman to get a college degree (1862) • first Black woman to serve as a federal judge • ...
Westward Expansion and Evangelism 2025-01-08
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- Catherine __________ was the woman responsible for the 1st Sunday school in NY
- wrote the "Star Spangled Banner"
- guide of William of Clark
- mission where Texans fought the Mexican army to the last man
- the author of a children's reading series
- purchase that makes up the states of California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of other southwest states
- trail blazed by Daniel Boone through the Cumberland gap
- Adoniram ___________ "Father of American Missions"
- minuteman, preacher, and patriot
- English founder of the Methodist Church
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- purchase that more than doubled the size of the US
- purchase that makes up the southern parts of the states of New Mexico and Arizon
- President during the War of 1812
- "Father of Western African Missions"
- black preacher that ministered in Civil War hospitals
- America's greatest contribution to the field of music
- wrote the 1st American dictionary
- Daniel ____________ was the most famous pioneer of colonial times
- President responsible for the Louisiana Purchase
- America's 1st missionary to a foreign land
- empty,deserted towns left after gold miners had moved on were called _towns
21 Clues: guide of William of Clark • President during the War of 1812 • wrote the "Star Spangled Banner" • minuteman, preacher, and patriot • wrote the 1st American dictionary • "Father of Western African Missions" • English founder of the Methodist Church • the author of a children's reading series • America's 1st missionary to a foreign land • ...
J'Lynn Unit 1 Crossword 2024-09-19
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- Who wrote most of the representatives of Independence?
- agreement where the English king gave the colonists the right to establish a colony.
- Who is the father of the constitution?
- where did the seeds of democracy take root?
- three ideals of American democracy?
- Formally approved.
- John lockes natural rights?
- which type of colony enjoyed the most independence from the crown?
- example of a public good?
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- one of the English documents that limited the power of the English monarchy.
- after which document was signed did civil war in English break out?
- What does the date April 1775 become known as?
- The Boston Tea Party was the response to what event?
- most governments consist of what three parts?
- How many states sent represenitves to meet in Philadelphia?
- example of government theory?
- who became king of England in 1760?
- How many delConstitutionaled the Constitutinal Convention?
- To become the law of the land, how many states had to ratify the constitution?
- How many of the states ended up ratifying the constitution?
20 Clues: Formally approved. • example of a public good? • John lockes natural rights? • example of government theory? • who became king of England in 1760? • three ideals of American democracy? • Who is the father of the constitution? • where did the seeds of democracy take root? • most governments consist of what three parts? • What does the date April 1775 become known as? • ...
President Puzzle #8, 9, 10 2020-04-08
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- The 10th President of the United States
- The 8th President of the United States
- Harrison was the governor of ______ Territory.
- All three of these Presidents had served as the ______ of a state or territory.
- Van Buren's political party
- The 9th Presdent of the United States
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- From 1816-1819 Van Buren was the _______ _______ of New York
- From 1827-1836 Tyler served as a U.S. ________ from Virginia.
- Van Buren was governor of this state
- Office Tyler was elected to in 1841
- Where Harrison died
- Tyler and Harrison were members of the ________ party.
- New York city where Van Buren was born and died
- At the Battle of ________ Harrison defeated the Shawnee Indians
14 Clues: Where Harrison died • Van Buren's political party • Office Tyler was elected to in 1841 • Van Buren was governor of this state • The 9th Presdent of the United States • The 8th President of the United States • The 10th President of the United States • Harrison was the governor of ______ Territory. • New York city where Van Buren was born and died • ...
cross word 2023-10-12
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- a large farm or estate in a tropical zone
- declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
- Sumter the battle of
- wished to take slavery into the western territories
- a lost battle
- to agree to stop fighting
- Compromise of 1850
- A nickname for the Confederate States of America or the Confederacy
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- the ____ of 1850
- south Caroline was the first to
- A state of bondage in which African Americans were owned by other people
- A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery
- one of the five major events in the civil war
- used to describe people who supported the Union
- The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government
15 Clues: a lost battle • the ____ of 1850 • Compromise of 1850 • Sumter the battle of • to agree to stop fighting • south Caroline was the first to • a large farm or estate in a tropical zone • one of the five major events in the civil war • used to describe people who supported the Union • wished to take slavery into the western territories • ...
Harriet Tubman: Soldier and Spy Article 2024-05-16
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- The mission was _____________.
- Was she paid for her service to the U.S. military?
- What did the Confederate states do in 1861?
- She was a solider and spy for the _______ Army.
- The goal of her mission was to rescue __________ people.
- The Union was made up of _________ states.
- Harriet Tubman could read and write. True or False?
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- The Confederacy was made up of _____________ states.
- The mission took place on the _____________ River.
- Harriet Tubman's role in the Underground Railroad
- In their mission they planned to destroy _______ plantations.
- She partnered with Colonel James ________ for her mission.
- The mission was a defeat for the ___________.
- Harriet Tubman became the first woman to lead a __________ mission in the U.S.
14 Clues: The mission was _____________. • The Union was made up of _________ states. • What did the Confederate states do in 1861? • The mission was a defeat for the ___________. • She was a solider and spy for the _______ Army. • Harriet Tubman's role in the Underground Railroad • The mission took place on the _____________ River. • ...
The Congress 2013-10-20
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- a legislative chamber in the bicameral legislature of the United States of America
- a political concept in which a group of members are bound together by covenant with a governing representative head
- a formal assembly of representatives, as of various nations, to discuss problems.
- the supreme law of the United States of America
- a written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states
- when they all in the same house
- a convention of delegates from twelve colonies
- a formal process in which an official is accused of unlawful activity, the outcome of which, depending on the country, may include the removal of that official from office as well as criminal or civil punishment.
- to make a deal between different parties where each party gives up part of their demand
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- is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States along with the younger Republican Party
- what our president is paying for
- the limits on political authority
- a person who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making
- a summation of all the organisms of the same group or species, who live in the same are
- an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods
- a system of society or group living in which there is no private property
- something that do every year to elect officials
- one of the founding fathers
18 Clues: one of the founding fathers • when they all in the same house • what our president is paying for • the limits on political authority • a convention of delegates from twelve colonies • the supreme law of the United States of America • something that do every year to elect officials • a written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states • ...
History Crossword 2022-01-19
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- the 26th president
- exposed unfair practices of the Standard Oil Company
- a direct vote by the electorate on a particular proposal or issue
- book depicted the poverty of factory workers and the unsanitary and corrupt practices of the meat-packing industry.
- “separate but equal” doctrine
- waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across the Isthmus of Panama.
- a United States foreign policy established by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904
- a petition signed by a certain number of registered voters can force a government to choose either to enact a law or hold a public vote
- armed conflict between Spain and the United States.
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- a group of writers who tried to expose the problems that existed in American society
- opposes involvement in the political affairs, and especially the wars, of other countries.
- rule by an emperor
- one of the first settlement houses in the United States providing for slum children, fighting for child labor laws, and helping immigrants become U.S. citizens.
- peace agreement between Spain and the United States that ended the Spanish-American War
- interracial American organization created to work for the abolition of segregation and discrimination in housing, etc
- a political philosophy in support of social reform
- a power reserved to the voters that allows the voters, by petition, to demand the removal of an elected official.
- state and local laws that enforced racial segregation
18 Clues: the 26th president • rule by an emperor • “separate but equal” doctrine • a political philosophy in support of social reform • armed conflict between Spain and the United States. • exposed unfair practices of the Standard Oil Company • state and local laws that enforced racial segregation • a direct vote by the electorate on a particular proposal or issue • ...
Mexican National Era 2024-10-15
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- priest from Dolores, Mexico who was a leader in the fight for Mexican independence
- white settlers from the United States
- a law that further opened Texas to settlement and immigration by giving land to new settlers
- this battle was by Gutierrez-Magee lost but encouraged others to revolt against the Spanish rule
- a deal in which France sold Louisiana to the United States for $15 million
- Texas settlers of Spanish descent
- a rebel from Mississippi who fought unsuccessfully for Texas
- a businessman who first got permission from Mexico to bring Anglo settlers to Texas
- agreement signed by Spain and the United States in 1819 which set the boundary between their territories
- a horse trader killed by Spanish soldiers after entering Texas illegally
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- Guiterrez and Magee's expedition was known as
- officials who represent countries in foreign affairs
- widow of filibuster James Long who held her own land grant in Austin’s colony
- the original 297 families and single men who received land grants in Stephen Austin’s first colony
- son of Moses Austin, he established a colony of settlers in Texas and was called the Father of Texas
- military adventurers who tried to stir up rebellion in other countries
- the territory between the Sabine River and the Arroyo Hondo declared by the Spanish and the United States to be neutral
- ended the Mexican war for Independence
18 Clues: Texas settlers of Spanish descent • white settlers from the United States • ended the Mexican war for Independence • Guiterrez and Magee's expedition was known as • officials who represent countries in foreign affairs • a rebel from Mississippi who fought unsuccessfully for Texas • military adventurers who tried to stir up rebellion in other countries • ...
US-QUARTERLY REVIEW - 2ND MP 2025-12-16
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- fear of communism in United States during 1920s
- Selective Service ran this during WW I. It involved the requirement that young men serve in the military
- caused by nationalism, militaarism plus imperialism
- popular female financial style during 1920s
- position of the United States in trying to stay out of World War One
- attempt by President Roosevelt to save financial institutions by temporarily closing them and stabilizing them
- Zimmmermann Telegram was an offer for this country to join the Central Powers against the United States
- Woodrow Wilson's plan for promoting peace
- ___________ Renaissance was significant AA achievement in the arts and writing during the 1920s
- legal trial of the 1920s involving arguments over the teaching of evolution
- event which provided the employment needed to pull the nation out of the Depression
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- theory that certain races were superior to others. Therefore, some groups should not be allowed to have children
- Great Migration was the movement of large numbers of this group away from Southern discrimination to Northern cities
- speakeasies were illegal versions of these during Prohibitions
- feelings of hatred foreigners during the 1920's
- American president who received blame for the Depression since American felt he didn't do enough to help Americans
- investments the United States sold to raise money for the WW I war effort
- buy now, pay later policy used for purchases in 1920s
18 Clues: Woodrow Wilson's plan for promoting peace • popular female financial style during 1920s • fear of communism in United States during 1920s • feelings of hatred foreigners during the 1920's • caused by nationalism, militaarism plus imperialism • buy now, pay later policy used for purchases in 1920s • speakeasies were illegal versions of these during Prohibitions • ...
We, The People 2012-07-16
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- What we can expect to have provided by the government.
- 50 states of America.
- President during the war between the North and South.
- Helped write the Declaration of Independence and third president.
- What we should as citizens to do our part.
- Father of our Country.
- Transportation, education, safety, recreation.
- Leader on the Mayflower.
- A person who is a member of a community.
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- Courageous woman who stood up against unfair laws.
- Oldest of the 55 people who wrote the United States Constitution.
- What is formed to give people safety, fair laws, and services.
- All children in the United States have a right to this.
- Police officers work for the city government to privide this.
- Type of government in which citizaens elect representatives to speak for them
- What we say to give allegiance.
16 Clues: 50 states of America. • Father of our Country. • Leader on the Mayflower. • What we say to give allegiance. • A person who is a member of a community. • What we should as citizens to do our part. • Transportation, education, safety, recreation. • Courageous woman who stood up against unfair laws. • President during the war between the North and South. • ...
The First 5 Presidents 2025-05-05
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- On what date did Jefferson and Adams both die?
- What country did the U.S. fight in the War of 1812?
- What state was James Madison from?
- Who was the first President of the United States?
- Who was the fifth President of the United States?
- Who led troops across the Delaware River?
- Who wrote the Declaration of Independence and was the third President?
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- What doctrine warned Europe to stay out of the Americas?
- Republican What party did Jefferson belong to?
- What document lists the first ten amendments?
- What party did John Adams belong to?
- Who was President during the War of 1812?
- What was the name of the first U.S. capital?
- What territory did Jefferson buy from France?
- Who was the second President of the United States?
- What political party did George Washington belong to?
16 Clues: What state was James Madison from? • What party did John Adams belong to? • Who was President during the War of 1812? • Who led troops across the Delaware River? • What was the name of the first U.S. capital? • What document lists the first ten amendments? • What territory did Jefferson buy from France? • On what date did Jefferson and Adams both die? • ...
2025 American Politics 2025-11-24
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- The mode of persuasion that uses the speaker's own credibility.
- The surname of the first Vice President of colour.
- The current and 47th president of the United States.
- The mode of persuasion that appeals to logic.
- The left-wing and liberal party in the US.
- The surname of the 1st American president.
- The surname of the first Afro-American president.
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- The number of states in USA.
- The founding document of American democracy.
- The right-wing and conservative party in the US.
- The mode of persuasion that appeals to emotions.
- The name of both the House of Representatives and the US Senate.
- The current Vice President
- The former and Democrat president of the United States.
- The chamber where each state has two senators.
- The movement that supports Donald Trump within the Republican Party.
16 Clues: The current Vice President • The number of states in USA. • The left-wing and liberal party in the US. • The surname of the 1st American president. • The founding document of American democracy. • The mode of persuasion that appeals to logic. • The chamber where each state has two senators. • The right-wing and conservative party in the US. • ...
recounstruction 2021-09-02
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- Allowed anyone born in the United States to automatically be considered a citizen and have equal rights as a citizen.
- A group of politicians in Congress who wanted to punish the South for the war.
- Allowed men of all races to vote, but not women.
- Local laws passed in the South that controlled freedmen's rights such as poll taxes or literacy tests.
- Banned slavery in the United States.
- Learning a skill or trade (working with your hands)
- A former slave, he supported banning slavery and voting rights for African Americans.
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- Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan which required 10 percent of Southern state voters to pledge loyalty to the Union.
- A test given to African Americans as they attempted to vote. Many times, the freed slaves had no education and the test was un-passable, which local law makers used to prohibit the freed slaves the right to vote.
- The 16th President of the United States who did not live to see the Reconstruction or Reunification of the Union.
- The President of the United States whose Reconstruction Plan was similar to Lincoln's but needed more requirements from Southern States.
- A period of time when the Government wanted to re-build the damage from the Civil War in the South.
- Local laws passed in the South that controlled freedmen's rights such as poll taxes or literacy tests.
- An secret organization in the South that used violence towards African Americans.
- Attitudes towards other races, opinions, and beliefs different than your own.
- A Northerner who moved to the South and try and benefit from the Southerners.
- State laws that forced segregation and discrimination of the African American race in public places.
17 Clues: Banned slavery in the United States. • Allowed men of all races to vote, but not women. • Learning a skill or trade (working with your hands) • Attitudes towards other races, opinions, and beliefs different than your own. • A Northerner who moved to the South and try and benefit from the Southerners. • ...
Shawn Madsen Application 6 2022-07-18
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- A rectangle has four of these
- ≅ means
- The angles that are formed when two parallel lines are intersected by the transversal are
- When a side is not between two angles it is
- Three sided shape
- A triangle congruence rule that states if two sides and the included angle of one triangle are equal to two sides and the included angle of another triangle, the triangles are congruent
- A triangle congruence rule where it states that if all three sides of one triangle are equal to all three corresponding sides of another triangle, the two triangles are considered to be congruent
- △WQE ≅ △RTY is an example of a
- The other two sides of a triangle that are not the hypotenuse
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- A triangle congruence rule where it states if two angles of one triangle, and the side contained between these two angles,are congruent to two angles of another triangle and the side contained between them,then the two triangles will be congruent
- When a side is between two angles it is
- The longest side of a triangle
- A triangle congruence rule that states when two right triangles are congruent if the hypotenuse and one leg of one right triangle are congruent to the other right triangle's hypotenuse and leg side
- A triangle congruence rule where it states that if two angles and the non included side of one triangle are congruent to two angles and the included side of another triangle, then the two triangles are congruent
- Type of triangle that has a right angle
- A triangle has three of these
16 Clues: ≅ means • Three sided shape • A rectangle has four of these • A triangle has three of these • The longest side of a triangle • △WQE ≅ △RTY is an example of a • When a side is between two angles it is • Type of triangle that has a right angle • When a side is not between two angles it is • The other two sides of a triangle that are not the hypotenuse • ...
Shawn Madsen Application 6.3 2022-07-18
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- A rectangle has four of these
- ≅ means
- The angles that are formed when two parallel lines are intersected by the transversal are
- When a side is not between two angles it is
- Three sided shape
- A triangle congruence rule that states if two sides and the included angle of one triangle are equal to two sides and the included angle of another triangle, the triangles are congruent
- A triangle congruence rule where it states that if all three sides of one triangle are equal to all three corresponding sides of another triangle, the two triangles are considered to be congruent
- △WQE ≅ △RTY is an example of a
- The other two sides of a triangle that are not the hypotenuse
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- A triangle congruence rule where it states if two angles of one triangle, and the side contained between these two angles,are congruent to two angles of another triangle and the side contained between them,then the two triangles will be congruent
- When a side is between two angles it is
- The longest side of a triangle
- A triangle congruence rule that states when two right triangles are congruent if the hypotenuse and one leg of one right triangle are congruent to the other right triangle's hypotenuse and leg side
- A triangle congruence rule where it states that if two angles and the non included side of one triangle are congruent to two angles and the included side of another triangle, then the two triangles are congruent
- Type of triangle that has a right angle
- A triangle has three of these
16 Clues: ≅ means • Three sided shape • A rectangle has four of these • A triangle has three of these • The longest side of a triangle • △WQE ≅ △RTY is an example of a • When a side is between two angles it is • Type of triangle that has a right angle • When a side is not between two angles it is • The other two sides of a triangle that are not the hypotenuse • ...
The Iron Curtain. 2024-05-08
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- An American foreign policy that pledges American "support for democracies against authoritarian threats."
- An American diplomat and historian, best known for his role in shaping U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War
- He held power as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1952
- A collective defense treaty among the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe during the Cold War
- A U.S. government agency, established in 1949, responsible for regulating the development and use of nuclear energy
- Churchill used the speech to emphasize the necessity for the United States and Britain to act as the guardians of peace and stability against the menace of Soviet communism
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- A line that marks the limits of an area
- A U.S. foreign policy strategy aimed at preventing the spread of communism by isolating and restricting Soviet influence
- Was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989
- Was a period of political and social change in the Russian Empire, starting in 1917
- Was a dividing line in Europe during the Cold War
- A far-left faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
- Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955
- Most of the European states west of the Iron Curtain that allied together with Canada, the United states, and the United Nations
- Combine or unite for mutual benefit
- Geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union
16 Clues: Combine or unite for mutual benefit • A line that marks the limits of an area • Was a dividing line in Europe during the Cold War • Geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union • A far-left faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party • Was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989 • ...
Creating Territories 2021-01-25
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- people who supported expanding the size of the United States
- a discussion between nations with the goal of reaching an agreement
- group of islands that the US and Britain "fought" over for 12 years (3 words)
- capital of Oregon Territory
- lasting from 1861-1865, this war between northern and southern states over slavery, states' rights, and westward expansion was the bloodiest conflict in American history (2 words)
- "war" that started in 1859 after an American farmer shot and killed a pig belonging to his British neighbor with the pig being the only casualty of the conflict (2 words)
- president of the United States during the Civil War
- capital of Washington Territory
- the belief that it was the divine mission of Americans to spread their political and religious values to others (2 words)
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- to step in and settle a dispute or a disagreement
- famed Union general who also served at Fort Vancouver before the Civil War and would later become the 18th US president (name with middle initial)
- name for the northern forces of the Civil War who fought to end slavery
- name Congress rejected when deciding what to call Washington Territory, claiming it would be confused with the nation's capital
- law that allowed for the creation of Washington Territory in 1853 (2 words)
- first governor of Washington Territory who was also named the Secretary of Indian Affairs and later died fighting for the Union in the Civil War (2 words)
- added more territory to the US than any other president, including Oregon Territory (2 words)
- 1946 document that determined the border between the US and Canada at the 49th parallel (2 words)
- people who live in these can vote for their elected representatives but those representatives are not allowed to vote in Congress
- name for the southern forces of the Civil War after southern states ceded (left) the US over slavery
19 Clues: capital of Oregon Territory • capital of Washington Territory • to step in and settle a dispute or a disagreement • president of the United States during the Civil War • people who supported expanding the size of the United States • a discussion between nations with the goal of reaching an agreement • ...
Chapter 7.1 and 7.2 2022-11-20
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- What was the compromise called between the south and the north about slaves representation?
- What did Shays´ rebellion show our nation our government was?
- What was the plan called that was a compromise between the New Jersey plan and the Virginia plan?
- What did the delegates agree the goveremnt should control?
- What plan did larger states like?
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- Why were the Articles of Confederation created?
- How many states did the Northwest Territory become?
- What is one thing our nation struggled with during this time?
- What did the Virginia plan what to seperate the government into?
- What plan did smaller states like?
- What did the states not want when it came to a new government?
- Because there was no chief executive what did the Articles of confederation lack?
12 Clues: What plan did larger states like? • What plan did smaller states like? • Why were the Articles of Confederation created? • How many states did the Northwest Territory become? • What did the delegates agree the goveremnt should control? • What is one thing our nation struggled with during this time? • What did Shays´ rebellion show our nation our government was? • ...
Founding Fathers Knard 2016-09-07
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- proposed the great compromise
- this delegate was overseas at a diplomatic post, but did write home to encourage the delegates (Not Thomas Jefferson)
- Presented the New Jersey Plan
- Spoke for the small states. He quoted “some of the members from the small states wish for two branches general legislative and are friends to a good national government.
- the first president of the United States of America
- was a famous scientist
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- nominated preside to be president
- He read more than a hundred books in preparation for the meeting
- this delegate was overseas at a diplomatic post (Not John Adams)
- he called for the states to send representatives to Philadelphia
- The governor of Virginia
- this founding father refused to attend because he “smelled a rat in Philadelphia, leaning towards monarchy”.
12 Clues: was a famous scientist • The governor of Virginia • proposed the great compromise • Presented the New Jersey Plan • nominated preside to be president • the first president of the United States of America • He read more than a hundred books in preparation for the meeting • this delegate was overseas at a diplomatic post (Not John Adams) • ...
Memorial Day 2024-04-30
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- What is a traditional activity on Memorial Day?
- _____ 500 is the famous car race on Memorial Day
- What is the traditional flower for Memorial Day?
- River that flows through 4 states
- Where was the birthplace of Memorial Day?
- In what year did the United States begin to recognize Memorial Day on the last Monday in May?
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- ______ National Cemetery is one of two cemeteries in the United States National Cemetery System that are maintained by the United States Army.
- Memorial Day was once called ______ Day
- A ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something
- Approximately 620,000 American soldiers died in the ______ war
- Approximately 116,000 American soldiers died in ______.
- After Federal law was passed officially acknowledging the name of the holiday as "Memorial Day" in what year?
12 Clues: River that flows through 4 states • Memorial Day was once called ______ Day • Where was the birthplace of Memorial Day? • What is a traditional activity on Memorial Day? • _____ 500 is the famous car race on Memorial Day • What is the traditional flower for Memorial Day? • A ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something • ...
North America 2021-10-28
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- a country in North America south of the United States
- The total dollar value of all goods and services produced in a country in a single year.
- the exchange of one thing for another
- an area where people who are similar in culture live
- a trade agreement between Mexico, the United States and Canada
- One nation depends on another nation for something
- countries wanted to expand their empire, get land, and find resources.
- many cultures are present
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- where everyone has t follow the rules
- Teens in the United States like BTS
- reasons people move to other countries
- many early settlements were located here
- getting your nails done at a spa
- The Mississippi River is a transportation-
- A physical feature of North America
- Mexico City and Los Angles are considered to be _______ areas
16 Clues: many cultures are present • getting your nails done at a spa • Teens in the United States like BTS • A physical feature of North America • where everyone has t follow the rules • the exchange of one thing for another • reasons people move to other countries • many early settlements were located here • The Mississippi River is a transportation- • ...
The Road to the Constitution 2025-01-24
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- This Amendment gave Black people their freedom
- This person is responsible for the military of the United States
- Finish this sentence, "Presidential Elections happen every ...... years"
- This keeps the Branches of Government balanced in power
- Advocated for a Strong National Government
- This Branch of Government Judges or Interprets the Law
- The President is over this Branch of Government
- You must be a ...... in order to run for President of the United States
- This Branch is where the Senate and House of Representatives get their power
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- This document declared war against Britain
- Finish this sentence, "The Articles of ..."
- Presided over the Constitutional Convention
- States couldn't do this with Articles of Confederation
- This Amendment allows people to own a gun
- Guarantees freedom of speech
- This Amendment gave Women the right to Vote
16 Clues: Guarantees freedom of speech • This Amendment allows people to own a gun • This document declared war against Britain • Advocated for a Strong National Government • Finish this sentence, "The Articles of ..." • Presided over the Constitutional Convention • This Amendment gave Women the right to Vote • This Amendment gave Black people their freedom • ...
ch 5 1st 11 words 2020-10-15
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- land ordinance 1785
- set requirements of the new states
- slaveholders in the south
- a two house congress
- the modern day political party meant different things different american
- new system of government
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- two levels of government shared fundamental powers
- he was a leader in 1786
- it is equal in the states
- government in which citizens rule
- they divided power between the national government and the states government
11 Clues: land ordinance 1785 • a two house congress • he was a leader in 1786 • new system of government • it is equal in the states • slaveholders in the south • government in which citizens rule • set requirements of the new states • two levels of government shared fundamental powers • the modern day political party meant different things different american • ...
The Great Depression 2021-01-30
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- an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States
- guaranteeing payment in case loss or damage occurs.
- A collective action taken during the auction of a foreclosed property to force the sale of the property at a low price, then returning the property to its previous owner.
- Ratified, repealing the 18th Amendment and bringing an end to the era of national prohibition of alcohol in America.
- a shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States.
- an American author and the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature winner
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- a government corporation administered by the United States Federal Government between 1932 and 1957 that provided financial support to state and local governments and made loans to banks and other businesses.
- the forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence.
- a law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United States
- a 1928 international agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve conflicts
- an American documentary photographer and photojournalist
- an American physician who was best known for his revolving old-age pension proposal during the Great Depression
- World War I veterans, together with their families and affiliated groups who gathered in Washington, D.C. in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service certificates.
- A period of severe dust storms that damaged american and canadian prairies in the 1930’s.
- far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power
- borrowing money from a broker in order to purchase stock.
16 Clues: guaranteeing payment in case loss or damage occurs. • an American documentary photographer and photojournalist • borrowing money from a broker in order to purchase stock. • the forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence. • an American author and the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature winner • ...
Articles of Confederation/Shays' Rebellion 2023-08-08
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- taxes on imports or exports imposed by Britain on American merchants
- This country was not turning over their forts with “all convenient speed”
- He led a rebellion of Massachusetts farmers in closing down the courthouse, the group was eventually stopped by state troops in January 1787
- Congress would become the single branch of the national government, but it would have limited powers in order to protect the liberties of the people
- the right to vote
- established the Northwest territory as well as a system for bringing new states into the union
- set up a system of dividing western lands into townships which were 36 square miles divided into 36 lots of 640 acres each
- A Constitutional Convention is planned here in May 1787 to edit and revise the Articles of Confederation
- trade two or more states--states had various trade laws which made it difficult for merchants to trade across state lines
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- After 1783, travel and trade stopped in the British_____
- a document signed by King John in 1215 that made the king subject to law
- closed off the lower Mississippi River
- when the value of goods goes down and the price of goods goes up, caused by overdue taxes, wartime debts, and printing large amounts of paper money without the gold/silver to back it
- official approval--AoC was ratified November 15, 1777
- Some examples in the AoC: most power held by states, one branch of government, legislative branch has very little power
- a set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government
16 Clues: the right to vote • closed off the lower Mississippi River • official approval--AoC was ratified November 15, 1777 • After 1783, travel and trade stopped in the British_____ • taxes on imports or exports imposed by Britain on American merchants • a document signed by King John in 1215 that made the king subject to law • ...
Vocab crossword APUSH periods 2-5 2021-06-16
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- The law authorized the president to negotiate with southern Native American tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for white settlement of their ancestral lands.
- uprising of farmers and distillers in western Pennsylvania in protest of a whiskey tax enacted by the federal government.
- objectives and activities in relation to its interactions with other states/countrys
- the exchange of diseases, ideas, food. crops, and populations between the New World and the Old World
- the indigenous peoples of the United States
- second vice president of the United States
- a meeting held in New York, New York, consisting of representatives from some of the British colonies in North America.
- prohibited Anglo-American colonists from settling on lands acquired from the French following the French and Indian War.
- extension of a state's territory
- a tax imposed by a government of a country
- Those who opposed the ratification of the Constitution in favor of small localized government
- a measurement of how much the government owes its creditors
- an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes
- political revolution in Europe led millions to immagrate
- a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber.
- In the spring, slaves would plant the rice seeds.
- came in multitudes during the Potato Famine
- requiring colonial authorities to provide food, drink, quarters, fuel, and transportation to British forces stationed in their towns or villages.
- the American War of Independence
- a nativist political party and movement in the United States in the mid-1850s.
- the religious tradition and theology of the Latter Day Saint movement of Restorationist Christianity started by Joseph Smith
- the battle of _____ gave a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War
- an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early 1790s
- Those who supported the Constitution and a stronger national republic
- announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain.
- , "a struggle for global primacy between Britain and France
- 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.
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- an economic policy that is designed to maximize the exports and minimize the imports for an economy.
- The British Parliament enacted a series of taxes on the colonies for the purpose of raising revenue
- American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War
- the first President of the United States
- first permanent English settlement in North America
- It stated that the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain.
- officially ended the American Revolutionary War
- the relocation of more than 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest and West
- It set up a standardized system whereby settlers could purchase title to farmland in the undeveloped west
- 8 colony's administered by the Government of the United Kingdom within the British Empire.
- a central bank proposed by Alexander Hamilton
- designed to eliminate slavery within the land acquired as a result of the Mexican War
- an armed rebellion held by Virginia settlers
- movement of people from one place to another with intentions of settling
- European immigrants who “came mainly from Northern and Central Europe
- organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a country's elections
- the transportation of enslaved African people, mainly to the Americas
- _______ _________ being for the sake of their economy, religion and glory.
- the British Crown policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws, especially trade laws, as long as British colonies remained loyal to the government of, and contributed to the economic growth of their parent country
- A court system made up of federal and state. Jurisdiction. The authority to hear and decide a case. Executive Jurisdiction.
- three distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial, whose powers are vested by the U.S. Constitution
- someone forbidden to quit their service for another person
- a political and diplomatic episode in 1797 and 1798, early in the presidency of John Adams, involving a confrontation between the United States and Republican France that led to the Quasi-War
- An Indian uprising after the French and Indian War, led by an Ottowa chief named Pontiac
- stretches from the Chesapeake Bay to the Appalachian Mountains, It's one of the 13 original colonies
- a member of the British reforming and constitutional party that sought the supremacy of Parliament
- They rejected British rule during the American Revolution, and declared the United States of America an independent nation
- a series of laws passed by the British Parliament that imposed restrictions on colonial trade
- a war the United States fought between northern and Pacific states and southern states that voted to secede and form the Confederate States of America
- people elect representatives to deliberate and decide on legislation, such as in parliamentary or presidential democracy.
- America's fourth President
- an act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents
59 Clues: America's fourth President • extension of a state's territory • the American War of Independence • the first President of the United States • second vice president of the United States • a tax imposed by a government of a country • the indigenous peoples of the United States • came in multitudes during the Potato Famine • an armed rebellion held by Virginia settlers • ...
Westward Expansion 2020-09-02
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- of Tears when the United States government forced Native Americans to move from their homelands in the Southern United States to Indian Territory in Oklahoma; nearly 4,000 died.
- a song
- Purchase region of the west central U.S. between the Mississippi River and the Rockies purchased in 1803 from France; it doubled the size of the United States
- moving in large numbers
- a journey or excursion undertaken for a specific purpose
- a place that has a very quick population. Usually mining towns where an important mineral resource such as gold has been found.
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- an agreement or arrangement made by negotiation
- one of the first to settle in a territory
- of 1812 also known as the second American war for independence which was fought between the United States and the United Kingdom
- Destiny idea that drove territorial expansion; the belief that the United States was destined—by God, to expand across the entire North American continent
- the building in which the U.S. Congress meets at Washington
- the state of being independent; not subject to control; free
- a Texas fort where every Texan soldier was killed fighting for independence from Mexico in 1836
13 Clues: a song • moving in large numbers • one of the first to settle in a territory • an agreement or arrangement made by negotiation • a journey or excursion undertaken for a specific purpose • the building in which the U.S. Congress meets at Washington • the state of being independent; not subject to control; free • ...
Citizenship vocabulary 2021-12-08
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- Loyalty or commitment of a subordinate to a superior or of an individual to a group or cause
- of rights Comprises the first ten amendments to the united states constitution
- constitution The constitution of the united states of the supreme law of the united states of America
- of Allegiance Official oath of allegiance that must be taken and subscribed by every lawful permanent resident who wishes to become a national of the united states
- An American multinational financial services corporation based in Boston, Massachusetts
- an addition or alternation made to a constitution, statue, or legislative bill or resoloution
- card Identity document which shows that a person has permanent residency in the united states
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- factor those that drive people away from a place and draw people to a new location.
- The admittance of a foreigner to the citizenship of a country.
- the crime of betraying one's country
- v. responsibilities Rights are freedoms we have that are protected by our laws, while responsibilities are duties or things that we should do
- CHarter A municipal charter is the basic document that defines the organization, powers, functions and essentials procedures of the city government.
- a piece of legislation enacted by a municipal authority.
13 Clues: the crime of betraying one's country • a piece of legislation enacted by a municipal authority. • The admittance of a foreigner to the citizenship of a country. • of rights Comprises the first ten amendments to the united states constitution • factor those that drive people away from a place and draw people to a new location. • ...
Philadelphia Cityscape 2024-12-16
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- a Philadelphia neighborhood
- the oldest street in the United States
- a famous bell
- professional football team
- once a well known Philadelphia department store
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- 1790-1800 was the capital of the United States
- a view of a city
- contains 700 rooms
- the largest one in any United States city
- one of the Philadelphia Squares
10 Clues: a famous bell • a view of a city • contains 700 rooms • professional football team • a Philadelphia neighborhood • one of the Philadelphia Squares • the oldest street in the United States • the largest one in any United States city • 1790-1800 was the capital of the United States • once a well known Philadelphia department store
Foundations of Democracy 2022-10-12
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- Group that rebelled against the British
- Branch the Writes laws
- Taxed all paper
- British King
- First Constitution in the United States
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- Tax on imported Goods
- Had all the power in the Articles of Confederation
- First President of the United States
- Branch that Enforces Laws
- Event where five colonists were killed
10 Clues: British King • Taxed all paper • Tax on imported Goods • Branch the Writes laws • Branch that Enforces Laws • First President of the United States • Event where five colonists were killed • Group that rebelled against the British • First Constitution in the United States • Had all the power in the Articles of Confederation
Obtaining States 2014-01-15
7 Clues: What is the 50th State? • Blown up on December 7, 1941. • Guaranteed the safety of Spain. • Exported from Hawaii free of charge. • U.S. declared ___ against Spain in 1898. • On March 30, 1867 the 49th state was bought. What was it? • A Cuban patriot who led the movement for independence from Spain.
India states 2020-04-25
7 Clues: hear of India • State of river • IT hub of India • narendramodi birth state • most covid19 cases india • first planned city of India • city of temple and silver City
Indian States 2022-08-29
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- The state with the second-highest mountain peak in India
- Abhangs, a form of poetry, originated in this state
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- The dance form of Gotipua originated in this state
- And Kashmir, the state famous for shikaras or wooden boats
- The state that hosts the Hornbill Festival annually
- The state where the Gidda dance is performed by women
- Sangam literature was composed in the official language of this state
7 Clues: The dance form of Gotipua originated in this state • The state that hosts the Hornbill Festival annually • Abhangs, a form of poetry, originated in this state • The state where the Gidda dance is performed by women • The state with the second-highest mountain peak in India • And Kashmir, the state famous for shikaras or wooden boats • ...
American States 2019-11-17
American states 2024-11-03
7 Clues: Bought from Russia • Where is Grand Canyon • the northernmost state • Biggest dam in the USA • Named for a famous river • Support for women suffrage • Current president from this state
Indian states 2025-09-07
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- This state is home to 8 UNESCO world heritage sites
- Golden temple is the holy shrine
- Famous for Kanha National Park and Satpura National park
- Durga Puja is the most celebrated festival
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- Home to several important religious sites including Varanase, Ayodhya
- Renowned for its Muga silk and Eri silk
- Only home of the Asiatic lions
7 Clues: Only home of the Asiatic lions • Golden temple is the holy shrine • Renowned for its Muga silk and Eri silk • Durga Puja is the most celebrated festival • This state is home to 8 UNESCO world heritage sites • Famous for Kanha National Park and Satpura National park • Home to several important religious sites including Varanase, Ayodhya
Women in American History 2023-04-26
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- An abolitionist, suffragist, and former slave, first African American woman to win a custody battle against a white man, and delivered a speech at the Women’s Rights Convention in 1885
- The Declaration of _______; a list of demands regarding women’s rights that was drafted at the very first Women’s Rights Convention, modeled after the Declaration of Independence
- Women-led group that was pivotal in achieving Women’s Suffrage in the US in the early 20th century
- 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution
- The first state to allow women to vote in political elections after the 19th amendment to the constitution was ratified
- First Indigenous American female medical doctor in the United States; fought for medical care equality after witnessing a Cherokee woman die due to a white doctor refusing to care for her
- Told John Adams to “Remember the Ladies” when drafting the constitution
- First woman elected to be a part of the United States House of Representatives in 1917
- Where the first Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women held
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- One of the first leaders in the Women’s Suffrage movement as well as a supporter of the Abolitionist movement
- The first African American female medical doctor in the United States
- Catalyzed the bus boycott during the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s
- Educator, reporter, former slave, and one of the Founding members of the NAACP
- Women outnumbered the amount of anti-slavery petitions in the _______ part of the US
- A pioneer in women’s rights regarding Women’s Suffrage, equal pay, and equal work
- A leader in the abolitionist movement, a former slave, and who freed more than 70 enslaved African Americans
- The first female medical doctor in the United States
17 Clues: 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution • The first female medical doctor in the United States • Where the first Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women held • The first African American female medical doctor in the United States • Catalyzed the bus boycott during the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s • ...
Civil war 2021-11-12
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- a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September1850
- gave African-Americans or Blacks United States citizenship.
- officially ended slavery in the United States.
- south wanted this and north didn't
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- The first shot of the civil war
- gave African-American or Black men the right to vote.
- the rights or powers retained by the regional governments of a federal union under the provisions of a federal constitution. the action of a
- 16th president elected in 1860
- states impeding or attempting to prevent the operation and enforcement within its territory of a law of the U.S.
- sued the state based on the belief that his time spent in the free states made him a free man.
10 Clues: 16th president elected in 1860 • The first shot of the civil war • south wanted this and north didn't • officially ended slavery in the United States. • gave African-American or Black men the right to vote. • gave African-Americans or Blacks United States citizenship. • a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September1850 • ...
8.2 creating the constitution (Glenn mast 4th hour) 2022-04-14
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- the virginia plan helped the _________ states.
- read over one hundred books on the government in preparation for the constitutional convention.
- robert morris nominated ______________ to be the next president of the U.S.
- in early july the committee offered the great ___________________ to satisfy the smaller states.
- under this compromise ________-_______ of the slave population would be counted when setting direct taxes on the states.
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- led by __________ of New York, he called for the states to send representatives to philadelphia to discuss changes in the articles of confederation.
- in the constitutional convention they argued for over a __________.
- this plan benefited the small states.(two words)
- there were 55 delegates who showed up to the constitutional ________________ in philadelphia.
- the _______ rebellion consisted of 1500 farmers.
10 Clues: the virginia plan helped the _________ states. • this plan benefited the small states.(two words) • the _______ rebellion consisted of 1500 farmers. • in the constitutional convention they argued for over a __________. • robert morris nominated ______________ to be the next president of the U.S. • ...
8.2 creating the constitution (Glenn mast 4th hour) 2022-04-14
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- the virginia plan helped the _________ states.
- read over one hundred books on the government in preparation for the constitutional convention.
- robert morris nominated ______________ to be the next president of the U.S.
- in early july the committee offered the great ___________________ to satisfy the smaller states.
- under this compromise ________-_______ of the slave population would be counted when setting direct taxes on the states.
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- led by __________ of New York, he called for the states to send representatives to philadelphia to discuss changes in the articles of confederation.
- in the constitutional convention they argued for over a __________.
- this plan benefited the small states.(two words)
- there were 55 delegates who showed up to the constitutional ________________ in philadelphia.
- the _______ rebellion consisted of 1500 farmers.
10 Clues: the virginia plan helped the _________ states. • this plan benefited the small states.(two words) • the _______ rebellion consisted of 1500 farmers. • in the constitutional convention they argued for over a __________. • robert morris nominated ______________ to be the next president of the U.S. • ...
8.2 creating the constitution (Glenn mast 4th hour) 2022-04-14
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- the virginia plan helped the _________ states.
- read over one hundred books on the government in preparation for the constitutional convention.
- robert morris nominated ______________ to be the next president of the U.S.
- in early july the committee offered the great ___________________ to satisfy the smaller states.
- under this compromise ________-_______ of the slave population would be counted when setting direct taxes on the states.
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- led by __________ of New York, he called for the states to send representatives to philadelphia to discuss changes in the articles of confederation.
- in the constitutional convention they argued for over a __________.
- this plan benefited the small states.(two words)
- there were 55 delegates who showed up to the constitutional ________________ in philadelphia.
- the _______ rebellion consisted of 1500 farmers.
10 Clues: the virginia plan helped the _________ states. • this plan benefited the small states.(two words) • the _______ rebellion consisted of 1500 farmers. • in the constitutional convention they argued for over a __________. • robert morris nominated ______________ to be the next president of the U.S. • ...
8.2 creating the constitution (Glenn mast 4th hour) 2022-04-14
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- the virginia plan helped the _________ states.
- read over one hundred books on the government in preparation for the constitutional convention.
- robert morris nominated ______________ to be the next president of the U.S.
- in early july the committee offered the great ___________________ to satisfy the smaller states.
- under this compromise ________-_______ of the slave population would be counted when setting direct taxes on the states.
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- led by __________ of New York, he called for the states to send representatives to philadelphia to discuss changes in the articles of confederation.
- in the constitutional convention they argued for over a __________.
- this plan benefited the small states.(two words)
- there were 55 delegates who showed up to the constitutional ________________ in philadelphia.
- the _______ rebellion consisted of 1500 farmers.
10 Clues: the virginia plan helped the _________ states. • this plan benefited the small states.(two words) • the _______ rebellion consisted of 1500 farmers. • in the constitutional convention they argued for over a __________. • robert morris nominated ______________ to be the next president of the U.S. • ...
8.2 creating the constitution (Glenn mast 4th hour) 2022-04-14
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- the virginia plan helped the _________ states.
- read over one hundred books on the government in preparation for the constitutional convention.
- robert morris nominated ______________ to be the next president of the U.S.
- in early july the committee offered the great ___________________ to satisfy the smaller states.
- under this compromise ________-_______ of the slave population would be counted when setting direct taxes on the states.
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- led by __________ of New York, he called for the states to send representatives to philadelphia to discuss changes in the articles of confederation.
- in the constitutional convention they argued for over a __________.
- this plan benefited the small states.(two words)
- there were 55 delegates who showed up to the constitutional ________________ in philadelphia.
- the _______ rebellion consisted of 1500 farmers.
10 Clues: the virginia plan helped the _________ states. • this plan benefited the small states.(two words) • the _______ rebellion consisted of 1500 farmers. • in the constitutional convention they argued for over a __________. • robert morris nominated ______________ to be the next president of the U.S. • ...
8.2 creating the constitution (Glenn mast 4th hour) 2022-04-14
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- the virginia plan helped the _________ states.
- read over one hundred books on the government in preparation for the constitutional convention.
- robert morris nominated ______________ to be the next president of the U.S.
- in early july the committee offered the great ___________________ to satisfy the smaller states.
- under this compromise ________-_______ of the slave population would be counted when setting direct taxes on the states.
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- led by __________ of New York, he called for the states to send representatives to philadelphia to discuss changes in the articles of confederation.
- in the constitutional convention they argued for over a __________.
- this plan benefited the small states.(two words)
- there were 55 delegates who showed up to the constitutional ________________ in philadelphia.
- the _______ rebellion consisted of 1500 farmers.
10 Clues: the virginia plan helped the _________ states. • this plan benefited the small states.(two words) • the _______ rebellion consisted of 1500 farmers. • in the constitutional convention they argued for over a __________. • robert morris nominated ______________ to be the next president of the U.S. • ...
Vocab 2025-02-07
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- infamous Civil War prisoner-of-war camp in Macon County, Georgia. Over 13,000 Union soldiers died in the camp due to disease and inhumane conditions
- War – a war when the United States was divided and fought against itself; the North and South had differences in culture, economics, and opinions about the Constitution
- Stephens (1812-1873) – Georgia politician who argued against secession, but went along with it anyway; he became Vice President of the Confederate States of America
- Blockade the US Navy’s strategy to prevent the Confederacy from trading so they could not get supplies, weapons, ammunition and other materials; “blockade runners” slipped past the US ships to sneak to Great Britain to get goods
- of 1860 – an election where Abraham Lincoln defeated John Breckenridge, John Bell, and Stephen Douglas to win the presidency; upon Lincoln’s election Southern states seceded from the Union
- Proclamation Lincoln’s statement that all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed if the South did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863
- Campaign the Union Army’s plan to capture Atlanta in the summer of 1864; Sherman’s army marched from Chattanooga, winning battles of Dalton, Resaca, Peachtree Creek, Ezra Church, and Atlanta. The Confederates won the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
- Earth Policy all of the assets that are used or can be used by the enemy are targeted, such as food sources, transportation, communications, industrial resources, and even the people in the area
- – a system of forced labor of African Americans; made worse by the South depending more on cotton as a cash crop, largely because of the invention of the cotton gin
- of Chickamauga a three day battle in 1863 near the Tennessee border; it was a Confederate victory and the second bloodiest battle of the Civil War with 34,000 deaths; after the loss, the Union army retreated back to Chattanooga, Tennessee
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- – separating from a nation and becoming independent; eleven southern states seceded and formed a confederation called the Confederate States of America (CSA)
- States of America nation formed by the states which seceded from the Union, including Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia; Jefferson Davis was their President
- to the Sea Union military campaign led by William T. Sherman from November 15 to December 25, 1864 marching from Atlanta to Savannah; Sherman used a “scorched earth” policy to end the South’s will to fight, destroying almost everything in his path
- Campaign the Union Army’s plan to capture Atlanta in the summer of 1864; Sherman’s army marched from Chattanooga, winning battles of Dalton, Resaca, Peachtree Creek, Ezra Church, and Atlanta. The Confederates won the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
- William T. Sherman (1820-1891)a Union Army leader known for "the March to the Sea;” he and his troops laid waste to Georgia as he tried to “make Georgia howl” and break their desire to keep fighting the war
- Lincoln (1809 – 1865) – The 16th president of the United States, Lincoln preserved the Union during the Civil War and brought about the emancipation (or freedom) of enslaved people
16 Clues: infamous Civil War prisoner-of-war camp in Macon County, Georgia. Over 13,000 Union soldiers died in the camp due to disease and inhumane conditions • Proclamation Lincoln’s statement that all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed if the South did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863 • ...
US History Crossword 2020-06-20
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- group opposed ratifying constitution
- how slaves counted in population
- deemed too weak to govern
- essay to support ratifying Constitution
- US minister to France (1785)
- decided states legislative representation
- first 10 amendments to constitution
- proposed government assume states debts
- unanimously elected president
- meeting to fix weak Articles
- allows punishment for threatening US
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- Washington's last warnings to America
- tax protest in Pennsylvania
- 3 Frenchmen gave demands to diplomats
- group supported ratifying constitution
- 2nd President; Federalist
- outlawed slavery in new territory
- revolt caused by heavy taxes
- opposed Hamilton and supported Jefferson
- treaty for Northwest natives' boundaries
20 Clues: 2nd President; Federalist • deemed too weak to govern • tax protest in Pennsylvania • revolt caused by heavy taxes • US minister to France (1785) • meeting to fix weak Articles • unanimously elected president • how slaves counted in population • outlawed slavery in new territory • first 10 amendments to constitution • group opposed ratifying constitution • ...
Parker 2022-01-21
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- Christmas in Spanish
- first major land battle of the Civil War
- early metal battleships
- a version of french braid but on top of your
- southern states, pro-slavery
- not letting anything in or out
- a way to greet someone in English
- greatest singer of all time sang Wonder
- northern states, ant-slavery
- biggest jellyfish
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- HEY SISTERS!!!
- seemingly absurd or self-contradicting
- frees slaves in the South, makes the war about slavery
- can be changed
- first confederate president
- help you see
- self-control or freedom
- made from red and yellow
- a national pandemic
- keeps your pants from falling down
20 Clues: help you see • HEY SISTERS!!! • can be changed • biggest jellyfish • a national pandemic • Christmas in Spanish • early metal battleships • self-control or freedom • made from red and yellow • first confederate president • southern states, pro-slavery • northern states, ant-slavery • not letting anything in or out • a way to greet someone in English • keeps your pants from falling down • ...
preamble crossword puzzle 2022-02-09
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- ordinary,frequent
- name for the United States
- good things that come from God
- to gurantee something
- without flaw
- an association of people with similar interests
- attach something so it can't be loosened
- advance to a higher rank
- action of resisting an attack
- being free without restrictions on your rights
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- officially decree something
- health, happiness and fortunes of someone
- permenantly set in place a system
- document that contains America's written laws and principles
- politically joined
- relating to the events going on in the home
- future generations
- state of being calm
- fair treatment
- territory considered to be under one government
20 Clues: without flaw • fair treatment • ordinary,frequent • politically joined • future generations • state of being calm • to gurantee something • advance to a higher rank • name for the United States • officially decree something • action of resisting an attack • good things that come from God • permenantly set in place a system • attach something so it can't be loosened • ...
Crossword Puzzle 100 pts. 2013-01-29
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- Another word for suitcases
- Negotiations between two or more states or countries
- Police IDs
- Hits the slopes
- States or nations
- My parents go to Walmart for ______
- Some are super
- You put letters in them
- Military men
- Where kings and queens live
- Firmly held opinions or ideas
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- A low area of land between hills or mountains
- It has lots of "keys"
- Courteous or honorable men
- Bread units
- Journals
- People in a novel
- Some literary pieces
- The heads or rulers of a tribe or tribes
- Metal bars with catches and levers to keep doors shut
20 Clues: Journals • Police IDs • Bread units • Military men • Some are super • Hits the slopes • People in a novel • States or nations • Some literary pieces • It has lots of "keys" • You put letters in them • Another word for suitcases • Courteous or honorable men • Where kings and queens live • Firmly held opinions or ideas • My parents go to Walmart for ______ • ...
government 2023-10-19
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- two branches of government
- creates laws
- gov branches check on each other so one doesn't get too powerful
- first 10 ammendments to the constitution
- introduction
- makes changes to the constitution
- favored big states
- America's second attempt ad government
- government based on the opinion of the peopl
- 2 representatives for each state
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- enforces laws
- father of the constitution
- accuse a congress member of wrongdoing
- first kind of government in america
- favored smaller states
- president of the senate
- compromise of the virginia and new jersey plan
- evaluates laws
- interpret laws
- process we use to vote for president
20 Clues: creates laws • introduction • enforces laws • evaluates laws • interpret laws • favored big states • favored smaller states • president of the senate • father of the constitution • two branches of government • 2 representatives for each state • makes changes to the constitution • first kind of government in america • process we use to vote for president • ...
Gov. Crossword Puzzle 2022-10-07
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- governmental power is divided
- written plan made by pilgrims
- approved
- Father of the Constitution
- yielded
- yielded
- wrote the federalist papers
- agreement prohibiting trade
- to change
- to vote approval of
- document passed by parliament in 1688
- law
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- document declaring independence from britain
- tax on sugar
- to decide the meaning of
- collected from taxes
- Coercive acts
- power of the monarch or government is limited
- government in which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government
- first president of the U.S.
- Trade among states
- single chamber
- single chamber
- a group of individuals
- laws
- states that band together for a common
26 Clues: law • laws • yielded • yielded • approved • to change • tax on sugar • Coercive acts • single chamber • single chamber • Trade among states • to vote approval of • collected from taxes • a group of individuals • to decide the meaning of • Father of the Constitution • first president of the U.S. • wrote the federalist papers • agreement prohibiting trade • governmental power is divided • ...
Jake Unit 1 crossword 2024-09-19
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- Painted the Sistine Chapel
- Worldy rather than spiritual
- Who were the majority of witchcraft victims
- Wrote the Decameron
- What are city-states
- What occurs in Europe years after the 95 theses
- What was the penalty for practicing witchcraft
- Who invented the printing press
- What does renaissance mean
- A movement for religious reform
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- Common language
- Orignal Rennissance man
- Showing 3 dimension on a flat surface
- Wrote the Prince
- What was the Roman inquistion
- Set aside marriage
- Luther and his followers
- Where is the center of the Papal states
- Formal statements
- Denial of church teachings
20 Clues: Common language • Wrote the Prince • Formal statements • Set aside marriage • Wrote the Decameron • What are city-states • Orignal Rennissance man • Luther and his followers • Painted the Sistine Chapel • Denial of church teachings • What does renaissance mean • Worldy rather than spiritual • What was the Roman inquistion • Who invented the printing press • A movement for religious reform • ...
Historical people & events 2025-02-23
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- Blocked trades with foreign nations
- 2 years exploring the west
- Native war
- An important document
- To keep peace
- The people who help the president
- French demanding bribes
- A person in charge of the u.s
- A violent form of fighting
- The first American president
- purchase Doubled the size of states
- Wanted a big government
- Arguments with the states
- The American vice President
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- The third American President
- Tax for Alcohol during Washington’s presidency
- Who wanted a big government?
- Killed by Arron Burr in a duel
- Wanted a small government
- Who wanted a small government?
20 Clues: Native war • To keep peace • An important document • French demanding bribes • Wanted a big government • Wanted a small government • Arguments with the states • 2 years exploring the west • A violent form of fighting • The American vice President • The third American President • Who wanted a big government? • The first American president • A person in charge of the u.s • ...
2024-2025 5th grade 2025-05-16
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- people who didn't have a lot of rights
- something that happens to you
- play it
- it comes from your voice
- starts with a P but the long version
- we live in these
- go fast with fingers now
- they need to do it to win the war
- just cool in genial
- what's the differents
- the old states
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- Americans a long time ago
- go fast with feet
- what do you think
- what did we learn on plants
- shapes
- numbers on top
- we all live on one
- you in this city
- look at a book and hallucinate
20 Clues: shapes • play it • numbers on top • the old states • you in this city • we live in these • go fast with feet • what do you think • we all live on one • just cool in genial • what's the differents • it comes from your voice • go fast with fingers now • Americans a long time ago • what did we learn on plants • something that happens to you • look at a book and hallucinate • ...
The Jackson Era 2023-02-12
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- a person sent or authorized to represent others
- An American politician and lawyer who served as the fourth chief justice of the U.S.
- the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the union in 1860, leading to the Civil War
- a financial crisis in the United States
- a derogatory term for state banks selected by the U.S Department of Treasury to receive surplus Treasury funds in 1833
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- the 1824 United States presidential election,the Compromise of 1877, and Gerald Fords 1974 Pardon of Richard Nixon
- one of the indigenous peoples of the southeastern Woodlands of the United States
- the right to vote in politicial elections
- the constitutional theory that individual states can invalidate federal laws or judicial decisions they deem unconstitutional
- a conservative political party that existed in the U.S. during the middle 19th century
- the practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters
11 Clues: a financial crisis in the United States • the right to vote in politicial elections • a person sent or authorized to represent others • one of the indigenous peoples of the southeastern Woodlands of the United States • the practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters • ...
Civil war 2022-01-13
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- sumter-allowed the Confederates to create a valuable hole in the Union blockade of the Atlantic seaboard
- -contributed to both the Union and Confederate war effort
- was the union general who led his troops south through virginia?
- can get caused and end bad
- What is this whole thing about?
- what was the turning point in the Civil Wa
- commanded the Army of Northern Virginia
- did the confederate troops get called by the northerners
- What is it called when you own something?
- do you make things in?
- is it called when multiple people die?
- not Supported slavery
- the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy
- What were the union troops called by the southerners?
- What did a lot of slaves have to do for work
- Provided fresh supplies of arms, men, equipment, horses, and medical supplies on a direct route to where armies were camped
- was apart of the south
- what is it called when you don't have to work
- What do you do for someone to get elected?
- enacted the nation's first Federal income tax.
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- support slavery
- is it called when its only one person
- is it when people are punching or hitting each other?
- is it called when you win?
- you through in a white flag what is it called
- lincoln-Who was the 16th president of the united states
- are a group of soldiers called
- did they have to do because of a lot of damage?
- lee-who commanded the Army of Northern Virginia
- practices-What overwhelmed people in the 1800s during the war?
- do you need when you go to war or even to an adventure?
- What happens when a group of people go against another?
- was apart of the north
- run-marked the first major land battle of the American Civil War
- Proclamation- was an edict issued by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln that freed the slaves of the Confederate states in rebellion against the Union.
- many Slave states
- is a navy thing
- is it called when you go against another army like gettysburg
- do soldiers wear?
- states-what were the states called around the edge of the united states
40 Clues: support slavery • is a navy thing • many Slave states • do soldiers wear? • not Supported slavery • do you make things in? • was apart of the north • was apart of the south • is it called when you win? • can get caused and end bad • are a group of soldiers called • What is this whole thing about? • is it called when its only one person • is it called when multiple people die? • ...
HISTORY KEY TERMS LIST 04 2019-01-06
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- The Constitutional principle that the different levels of government {national, state, and local} have different powers
- Information or ideas designed to change people's opinion
- To formally approve
- The constitutional compromise in which their would be two house of Congress. The Senate would have two representatives from each state and a House of Representatives in which representation was determined by population
- The clause in the Constitution that prevents punishment for doing an action that was legal at the time but later illegal
- The Constitutional principle that the powers of government should be divided into three branches
- The Constitutional principle that it is the government's job to rights of the citizens and that those rights can never be taken away
- The written framework of the government of the United States and the contract between the people and the government
- Document that served as the first government of the United States
- The Constitutional principle that people exercise their power through electing representatives
- The Constitutional principle that different branches of government can limit the power of the other branches
- Those who were against the ratification of the new Constitution
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- A person accused of a crime in one state and flees that state should be returned to that state for trial
- Those who supported the ratification of the new Constitution
- The Constitutional Principle that a person cannot be tried twice for the same crime
- The clause in the Constitution that states a person cannot be punished for the crimes of his family
- A 1787 law that guaranteed Republican Government and forbade slavery in the Northwest Territory
- The first ten amendments to the Constitution
- The constitutional compromise in which three-fifths of slaves are counted as population for the purpose of representation and taxes
- The clause in the Constitution that states have to honor contracts, and court rulings from other states
- The Constitutional principle that the power of government belongs to the people
- A 1786-87 tax rebellion in Massachusetts that showed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation
- The legal principle that a person detained by the government must be physically brought before a judge and told why he is being detained
- A 1785 law that set the rules of the surveying and selling land in the Northwest Territory
- To make war against the United States or give aid and comfort to the enemy
25 Clues: To formally approve • The first ten amendments to the Constitution • Information or ideas designed to change people's opinion • Those who supported the ratification of the new Constitution • Those who were against the ratification of the new Constitution • Document that served as the first government of the United States • ...
WW1 2023-11-15
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- Gardens the Food Administration asked Americans to eat less, and encouraged them to raise their own vegetables in their own small gardens,, Allied troops and civilians depended on American farmers as well for food from these gardens.
- Draft to make the Army larger, Congress passed the Selective Service Act as a way to bring people into the Army.
- an agreement to stop fighting.
- Zimmerman Telegram was a 1917 diplomatic proposal from the German Empire for Mexico to join an alliance with Germany in the event of the United States entering World War I against Germany.
- devotion to one's country.
- Powers Germany, Australia-Hungary, and Turkey.
- Technology poisonous gas, trench warfare, tanks, submarines, airplanes, gas masks.
- Land the land not held by either side but filled with barbed wire and land mines, or bombs buried in the ground.
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- the building of a strong military to frighten or defeat other countries.
- Boys American soldiers were called this, it is an informal term for a member of the United States Army or Marine Corps
- of Versailles the Allied Powers were victorious in WWI when this was signed in France.
- to create more supplies for the soldiers, the government set limits on the amount of some goods civilians could have, such as meat.
- Warfare this new battle tactic involved soldiers on both sides digging big holes in the ground for protection when fighting, barbed wire protected the front of these holes, the middle ground between the holes was called no-man's land.
- Mondays and Wheatless Wednesdays although the United States did not have food rationing in World War I, it relied heavily on propaganda campaigns to persuade the public to moderate their food consumption, through slogans such as "Food Will Win the War",the United States Food Administration under Herbert Hoover reduced national consumption by 15%
- at the beginning of WWI, the United States took on this idea, choosing to stay neutral and let the other countries fight.
- Wilson president during WWI, he wanted to stay neutral during WWI, however, when Germany attacked the U.S. and tried to turn Mexico against us, the U.S. decided to join the Allied Powers in World War I.
- Powers United States, Russia, Serbia, France, Belgium, Great Britain, and Italy.
- information designed to help or hurt a cause, information used to shape people's thinking.
- the building of empires by adding colonies.
- partnerships with other countries.
20 Clues: devotion to one's country. • an agreement to stop fighting. • partnerships with other countries. • the building of empires by adding colonies. • Powers Germany, Australia-Hungary, and Turkey. • the building of a strong military to frighten or defeat other countries. • Powers United States, Russia, Serbia, France, Belgium, Great Britain, and Italy. • ...
UNIT 9 VOCAB 2025-03-31
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- (n.) to reject; to refuse a law made by legislature
- of Office Act (n.) a law passed in 1867 that limited the power of the president to remove certain federal officials
- process (n.) the right of a citizen to be treated fairly by the government when laws are made and enforced
- (n.) a white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during Reconstruction, often for personal profit
- of 1877 (n.) agreement between southern Democrats and the Republicans to settle the result of the 1876 presidential election and marked the end of the Reconstruction era
- Codes (n.) laws passed in the Southern United States after the Civil War to limit the rights of formerly enslaved people
- tax (n.) a fixed sum tax levied on all persons
- amendment Amendment (n.) defined U.S. citizen, which receives due process and equal protection under the law
- (n.) the period of rebuilding social, economic, and political systems after the Civil War
- (n.) rising to an important position
- (n.) the status of being a legal citizen of a country and entitled to certain rights
- Crow Laws (n.) laws that enforced racial segregation in the United States from the post-Civil War era until the 1960s
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- (n.) a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
- Republicans (n.) a Republican favoring drastic and usually repressive measures against the southern states in the period following the Civil War
- protection (n.) a term in the 14th amendment requiring that states guarantee the same rights, privileges, and protections to all people
- rights rights (n.) the rights of all people to social, economic, and political freedom and equality
- (n.) a system that keeps different groups separate from each other, normally through social pressures and/or laws
- amendment Amendment (n.) Males could vote regardless of color (gave suffrage to African Americans)
- Percent Plan (n.) a proposal by President Abraham Lincoln to readmit Confederate states to the Union. The plan was based on the idea that 10% of a state's 1860 voters must swear loyalty to the Union
- (n.) the right to vote
- (n.) murder usually under secret attack for political reasons
- supremacy (n.) a system of beliefs and practices in which White people are considered to be superior to people of other racial backgrounds that is maintained through discrimination
- amendment Amendment (n.) abolished slavery
23 Clues: (n.) the right to vote • (n.) rising to an important position • tax (n.) a fixed sum tax levied on all persons • amendment Amendment (n.) abolished slavery • (n.) to reject; to refuse a law made by legislature • (n.) murder usually under secret attack for political reasons • (n.) the status of being a legal citizen of a country and entitled to certain rights • ...
American Government: Chp. 4 - The Constitution 2025-02-06
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- Provided for the surveying of western lands in the Northwest Territory and the orderly sale of the land to settlers.
- Powers not given to the federal government, but left to the states.
- The man who literally wrote the final draft of the Constitution.
- State that proposed a unicameral legislature with each state receiving equal representation.
- A formal agreement or contract between two or more parties.
- The only state to NOT send delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
- Also known as the Pennsylvania State House and the site of the Constitutional Convention.
- Territory that was bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and also the Great Lakes.
- System where areas of authority were divided between the states and the national government.
- The youngest delegate to the Constitutional Convention.
- System with officials chosen to represent the people and the states.
- Rebellion in Massachusetts that attempted to stop governmental foreclosure on debt-ridden farms.
- The only branch of government in the Articles of Confederation.
- Chosen to be the "president" of the Constitutional Convention proceedings.
- This state's constitution was written by delegates sent to a constitutional convention.
- The oldest delegate to the Constitutional Convention.
- This branch of government is to interpret laws and try cases involving federal laws.
- Powers given to the national government by the Constitution.
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- This branch of government's duty is to enforce laws, make appointments, command the armed forces.
- Two house legislature
- Began writing essays in NY newspapers promoting the passage of the Constitution.
- The Great Compromise is sometimes called this compromise due to the work of this state's delegation.
- The last state to ratify the ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION.
- This compact can be called the forerunner of the written constitution in America.
- State that proposed a two-house legislature system.
- Abbreviation for the city which was a temporary home for the new government formed by the Constitution.
- Abbreviated name for the lower house of the U.S. Congress.
- Compromise on how slaves were to be counted for representation and taxation.
- Upper house of the United States Congress.
- Supporters of the new Constitution.
- Central government is subordinate to state governments and has only the powers which the states grant it.
- Said that the greatest enemy to liberty is tyranny.
- Emphasized the relationship between the king and the colonies.
- Introduction to the Constitution.
- Number of states that attended the Annapolis Convention in 1786.
35 Clues: Two house legislature • Introduction to the Constitution. • Supporters of the new Constitution. • Upper house of the United States Congress. • State that proposed a two-house legislature system. • Said that the greatest enemy to liberty is tyranny. • The oldest delegate to the Constitutional Convention. • The last state to ratify the ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION. • ...
US Constitution Vocabulary 2025-12-04
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- College the group established by the Constitution to elect the president and vice president. Voters in each state choose their electors.
- and balances A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other two branches
- a written plan that provides the basic framework of a government
- branch of the government that carries out, or executes, the laws
- of Powers a key constitutional principle that divides the functions of government among three branches, legislative, executive, and judicial, to prevent any one branch from gaining too much power
- Compromise an agreement made at the Constitutional Convention stating that enslaved persons would be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining a state's population for representation in the House of Representatives
- to formally approve a plan or an agreement. The process of approval is called ratification.
- Federalist Papers a series of essays written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay in support of the ratification of the Constitution by the states
- Compromise the plan of government adopted at the Constitutional Convention that established a two-house Congress. In the House of Representatives, representation from each state is based on state population. In the Senate, each state is represented by two senators.
- the constitutional system that shares power between the national and state governments
- jeopardy putting a person on trial more than once for the same crime
- Sovereignty the idea that the government's authority comes from the people
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- Territory a region of the United States bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes. The region was given to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
- process the concept that the government must follow clear rules and act reasonably as it carries out the law
- of Confederation the first written plan of government for the United States. A confederation is an association of states that cooperate for a common purpose.
- branch of the government, consisting of the Supreme Court and lower federal courts, that interprets the laws
- the "Age of Reason" in 17th- and 18th-century Europe. Enlightenment thinkers emphasized using rational thought to discover truths about nature and society.
- Convention a meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution
- Ordinance a law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed
- a country governed by elected representatives
- Review, power of the Supreme Court to decide whether the acts of a president or laws passed by Congress are constitutional
- of Rights a formal listing of the basic rights of U.S. citizens
22 Clues: a country governed by elected representatives • a written plan that provides the basic framework of a government • branch of the government that carries out, or executes, the laws • of Rights a formal listing of the basic rights of U.S. citizens • jeopardy putting a person on trial more than once for the same crime • ...
Civil War Crossword :^) 2019-06-11
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- Grant Surrounded the city
- Conflit from 1861 to 1865
- Made slavery illegal in the South
- First to secede.
- Turning point of the war
- North didnt get bridges
- General of the South
- President of the Confederacy
- Stonewall Jackson got his name here
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- Someone who wanted to abolish slavery
- The general at Fort Sumter
- Capital of the South
- Stonewalk Jackson is killed after this battle
- let states decide on slavery
- Number of boarder states
- Had a larger industry
- Better military leaders
- General during Battle of Richmond
- won the election of 1860
19 Clues: First to secede. • Capital of the South • General of the South • Had a larger industry • North didnt get bridges • Better military leaders • Number of boarder states • Turning point of the war • won the election of 1860 • Grant Surrounded the city • Conflit from 1861 to 1865 • The general at Fort Sumter • let states decide on slavery • President of the Confederacy • ...
Famous African Americans 2023-06-19
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- Douglass (Abolitionist and writer)
- Hughes (Poet and writer)
- Harris (Vice President of the United States)
- Angelou (Author and poet)
- Morrison (Author and Nobel laureate)
- Tubman (Abolitionist and activist)
- Williams (Tennis player)
- Truth (Abolitionist and women's rights activist)
- Kaepernick (Former NFL player and activist)
- X (Civil rights activist)
- Parks (Civil rights activist)
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- Rice (Former U.S. Secretary of State)
- Mandela (South African anti-apartheid revolutionary)
- Obama (44th President of the United States)
- Jordan (Basketball player)
- Parks (Civil rights activist)
- Luther King Jr. (Civil rights leader)
- (Singer and actress)
- Winfrey (Media mogul and philanthropist)
- Ali (Boxing legend and activist)
20 Clues: (Singer and actress) • Hughes (Poet and writer) • Williams (Tennis player) • Angelou (Author and poet) • X (Civil rights activist) • Jordan (Basketball player) • Parks (Civil rights activist) • Parks (Civil rights activist) • Ali (Boxing legend and activist) • Douglass (Abolitionist and writer) • Tubman (Abolitionist and activist) • Morrison (Author and Nobel laureate) • ...
American Civil War 2022-11-23
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- - person who favours the abolition of slavery.
- - The Northern States who opposed slavery.
- - the name of the southern states.
- - an area of land under the jurisdiction of a ruler.
- - The name of an act that said states could decide for themselves if they wanted to be slave or free states.
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- - set up in 1854 as a new political party as an anti-slavery party.
- - slang for an American.
- - Withdrawal of states from the United States of America.
8 Clues: - slang for an American. • - the name of the southern states. • - The Northern States who opposed slavery. • - person who favours the abolition of slavery. • - an area of land under the jurisdiction of a ruler. • - Withdrawal of states from the United States of America. • - set up in 1854 as a new political party as an anti-slavery party. • ...
8.2 creating the constitution (Glenn mast 4th hour) 2022-04-14
Across
- the virginia plan helped the _________ states.
- read over one hundred books on the government in preparation for the constitutional convention.
- robert morris nominated ______________ to be the next president of the U.S.
- in early july the committee offered the great ___________________ to satisfy the smaller states.
- under this compromise ________-_______ of the slave population would be counted when setting direct taxes on the states.
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- led by __________ of New York, he called for the states to send representatives to philadelphia to discuss changes in the articles of confederation.
- in the constitutional convention they argued for over a __________.
- this plan benefited the small states.(two words)
- there were 55 delegates who showed up to the constitutional ________________ in philadelphia.
- the _______ rebellion consisted of 1500 farmers.
10 Clues: the virginia plan helped the _________ states. • this plan benefited the small states.(two words) • the _______ rebellion consisted of 1500 farmers. • in the constitutional convention they argued for over a __________. • robert morris nominated ______________ to be the next president of the U.S. • ...
8.2 creating the constitution (Glenn mast 4th hour) 2022-04-14
Across
- the virginia plan helped the _________ states.
- read over one hundred books on the government in preparation for the constitutional convention.
- robert morris nominated ______________ to be the next president of the U.S.
- in early july the committee offered the great ___________________ to satisfy the smaller states.
- under this compromise ________-_______ of the slave population would be counted when setting direct taxes on the states.
Down
- led by __________ of New York, he called for the states to send representatives to philadelphia to discuss changes in the articles of confederation.
- in the constitutional convention they argued for over a __________.
- this plan benefited the small states.(two words)
- there were 55 delegates who showed up to the constitutional ________________ in philadelphia.
- the _______ rebellion consisted of 1500 farmers.
10 Clues: the virginia plan helped the _________ states. • this plan benefited the small states.(two words) • the _______ rebellion consisted of 1500 farmers. • in the constitutional convention they argued for over a __________. • robert morris nominated ______________ to be the next president of the U.S. • ...
8.2 creating the constitution (Glenn mast 4th hour) 2022-04-14
Across
- the virginia plan helped the _________ states.
- read over one hundred books on the government in preparation for the constitutional convention.
- robert morris nominated ______________ to be the next president of the U.S.
- in early july the committee offered the great ___________________ to satisfy the smaller states.
- under this compromise ________-_______ of the slave population would be counted when setting direct taxes on the states.
Down
- led by __________ of New York, he called for the states to send representatives to philadelphia to discuss changes in the articles of confederation.
- in the constitutional convention they argued for over a __________.
- this plan benefited the small states.(two words)
- there were 55 delegates who showed up to the constitutional ________________ in philadelphia.
- the _______ rebellion consisted of 1500 farmers.
10 Clues: the virginia plan helped the _________ states. • this plan benefited the small states.(two words) • the _______ rebellion consisted of 1500 farmers. • in the constitutional convention they argued for over a __________. • robert morris nominated ______________ to be the next president of the U.S. • ...
8.2 creating the constitution (Glenn mast 4th hour) 2022-04-14
Across
- the virginia plan helped the _________ states.
- read over one hundred books on the government in preparation for the constitutional convention.
- robert morris nominated ______________ to be the next president of the U.S.
- in early july the committee offered the great ___________________ to satisfy the smaller states.
- under this compromise ________-_______ of the slave population would be counted when setting direct taxes on the states.
Down
- led by __________ of New York, he called for the states to send representatives to philadelphia to discuss changes in the articles of confederation.
- in the constitutional convention they argued for over a __________.
- this plan benefited the small states.(two words)
- there were 55 delegates who showed up to the constitutional ________________ in philadelphia.
- the _______ rebellion consisted of 1500 farmers.
10 Clues: the virginia plan helped the _________ states. • this plan benefited the small states.(two words) • the _______ rebellion consisted of 1500 farmers. • in the constitutional convention they argued for over a __________. • robert morris nominated ______________ to be the next president of the U.S. • ...
8.2 creating the constitution (Glenn mast 4th hour) 2022-04-14
Across
- the virginia plan helped the _________ states.
- read over one hundred books on the government in preparation for the constitutional convention.
- robert morris nominated ______________ to be the next president of the U.S.
- in early july the committee offered the great ___________________ to satisfy the smaller states.
- under this compromise ________-_______ of the slave population would be counted when setting direct taxes on the states.
Down
- led by __________ of New York, he called for the states to send representatives to philadelphia to discuss changes in the articles of confederation.
- in the constitutional convention they argued for over a __________.
- this plan benefited the small states.(two words)
- there were 55 delegates who showed up to the constitutional ________________ in philadelphia.
- the _______ rebellion consisted of 1500 farmers.
10 Clues: the virginia plan helped the _________ states. • this plan benefited the small states.(two words) • the _______ rebellion consisted of 1500 farmers. • in the constitutional convention they argued for over a __________. • robert morris nominated ______________ to be the next president of the U.S. • ...
The 2016 US elections 2016-10-10
Across
- Voters
- Colour of the US president's house
- They defend American conservatism
- Come to a country of which one is not a native
- American citizens can legally possess one
- “Stronger …” is her slogan
- Symbol of the Democratic Party
- They represent the 50 states on the American flag
- American currency
- Obligatory financial contributions
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- Pink's open letter is addressed to him
- The authorities
- Democratic presidential nominee in 2016
- Stand up against
- Where the states choose the presidential candidates
- Self-assured
- Either political or military
- Name of the current US president
- discussion on the main issues, often televised
- Republican presidential nominee in 2016
20 Clues: Voters • Self-assured • The authorities • Stand up against • American currency • “Stronger …” is her slogan • Either political or military • Symbol of the Democratic Party • Name of the current US president • They defend American conservatism • Colour of the US president's house • Obligatory financial contributions • Pink's open letter is addressed to him • ...
Ukraine 2022-04-11
Across
- a collection of three states on the baltic sea
- capital of ukraine
- united nations
- how the war is going for russia
- what russia is suffering under
- What's happening in ukraine
- Leader of russia
- capital of russia
- whats happening in russia
- type of government of ukraine
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- What zelensky's position of government is
- the government type of russia
- southern ukrainian city under seige
- biggest baltic state
- whats happening to civilians
- who's fault is it
- what russia is doing
- northernmost baltic state
- What zelensky is
- capital of poland
- russian currency
21 Clues: united nations • Leader of russia • What zelensky is • russian currency • who's fault is it • capital of russia • capital of poland • capital of ukraine • biggest baltic state • what russia is doing • northernmost baltic state • whats happening in russia • What's happening in ukraine • whats happening to civilians • the government type of russia • type of government of ukraine • ...
American History Topic 4 2022-11-03
Across
- first president of the united states
- power given to the state government
- an undeclared naval war
- extended the time to become a citizen from 5-14 years
- support the government
- discussed trade
- presidents power to arrest
- power given to the national and state governments
- 1 legislative body
- necessary and proper
- area of representation
- french minister
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- first written form of government
- power mentioned in the constitution
- father of the constitution
- first vice president and second president of the united states
- power given to the national government
- power not mentioned in the constitution
- protects individual rights
- 2 legislative bodies
20 Clues: discussed trade • french minister • 1 legislative body • necessary and proper • 2 legislative bodies • support the government • area of representation • an undeclared naval war • father of the constitution • presidents power to arrest • protects individual rights • first written form of government • power mentioned in the constitution • power given to the state government • ...
