states Crossword Puzzles

mps 2026-05-04

mps crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Payment mechanics under pressure from cuts and clawbacks
  2. Intensified monitoring across Medicaid programs and payments
  3. Sensitive policy area intersecting with eligibility tracking
  4. Core lever shaping who can access coverage
  5. State-level battlefield over Medicaid growth and rollback
  6. Maternal health benefit gaining traction across states
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  1. Capacity constraint driving funding and policy decisions
  2. Federal push requiring states to recheck provider eligibility
  3. Government priority focusing on program accuracy and trust
  4. Increasing burden on states, providers, and administrators
  5. Multi-state efforts targeting improper payments and abuse
  6. Data system at center of reporting, compliance, and controversy

12 Clues: Core lever shaping who can access coverage • Maternal health benefit gaining traction across states • Capacity constraint driving funding and policy decisions • Payment mechanics under pressure from cuts and clawbacks • Multi-state efforts targeting improper payments and abuse • State-level battlefield over Medicaid growth and rollback • ...

vocabulary quiz 2013-01-14

vocabulary quiz crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a large scale farm where cash crops are farmed such as cotton
  2. a person who wants to favor the union
  3. based on factories,slaves were not needed
  4. politicla theory that states have certain rights that the gov. can't take away
  5. tax on imported goods
  6. refers to the southern states
  7. the line of latitude that divided the union from the confederacy
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  1. individuals that sought to end slavery
  2. based on cash crops
  3. war between regions of the same country
  4. to formally withdraw
  5. refers to the northern states

12 Clues: based on cash crops • to formally withdraw • tax on imported goods • refers to the northern states • refers to the southern states • a person who wants to favor the union • individuals that sought to end slavery • war between regions of the same country • based on factories,slaves were not needed • a large scale farm where cash crops are farmed such as cotton • ...

Economic Imperialism in Latin America 2019-10-13

Economic Imperialism in Latin America crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Who did the Creoles replace as the ruling class?
  2. People from the United States and others moved to ___________ to revolt.
  3. The era of reform was known as __________.
  4. Imperial nations included ____________ and _________________.
  5. ___________________ a liberal reformer of Zapotec Indian heritage, and other reformers gained power and opened the era of reform.
  6. The Treaty of ____________ ended the war between Mexico and the United States,but this embarrassing defeat caused a new violence: liberals and conservatives.
  7. Who hoped to bring the nations of Latin America together?
  8. ____________ and __________________ are still separated.
  9. Local strongmen, called ___________, assembled private armies to resist the central government. These people stole the treasury and ruled as dictators.
Down
  1. In 1863, Napoleon III sent troops to Mexico and set up Australian Archduke ___________ as emperor.
  2. When France withdrew its troops, the Australian Archduke was ________ and ___________.
  3. __________ is the only country that speaks Portuguese in Latin America, as the other countries speak Spanish.
  4. In 1845, the United States _____________ Texas and the Mexicans saw it as a declaration of war.
  5. The _________ discouraged European interference. It helped prevent further colonization of America by European powers.
  6. Benito Juarez and the others revised the Mexican constitution, which stripped the ___________ of power and ended the privileges of the _____________.
  7. _______________ and _____________ were controlled by the United States and still are.
  8. Who defended the traditional social order,favored press censorship,and strongly supported the Catholic Church?
  9. Latin America was taken over due to the tales of ___________.
  10. People of liberal views.

19 Clues: People of liberal views. • The era of reform was known as __________. • Who did the Creoles replace as the ruling class? • ____________ and __________________ are still separated. • Who hoped to bring the nations of Latin America together? • Imperial nations included ____________ and _________________. • Latin America was taken over due to the tales of ___________. • ...

Unit 2 Summative Assessment Crossword Puzzle 2021-10-15

Unit 2 Summative Assessment Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. A body of water that is bordered by the United States, Mexico, and Cuba.
  2. A former slave who had started the Haitian Revolution.
  3. To repay
  4. A country in Latin America that had to pay reparations to France for "stealing" their slaves.
  5. The highest social class in the Encomienda System.
  6. The time period where the European powers had control over Latin America.
  7. The feudal labor system that was used by the Peninsulares to exploit the indigenous people.
  8. A group of islands south of the United States and north of South America.
  9. A territory or the people in the territory.
  10. The prince son of the King of Portugal who brought Brazil to being independent.
  11. A famous French general turned ruler.
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  1. A mountain range that stretches throughout Mexico.
  2. The children of Peninsulares, who had fewer rights but more power then the indigenous people.
  3. When the people of a country wants a ruler that is born from their country.
  4. A canal that was funded by the United States and is located somewhere in Latin America.
  5. A Creole aristocrat who was a military general and led multiple Latin American nations to revolutions.
  6. When the people of a nation overthrows their government.
  7. A large region south of the United States.
  8. How a group of people see and think about themselves, think about people different from them, and think about what they want for the people that they consider a part of their country.

19 Clues: To repay • A famous French general turned ruler. • A large region south of the United States. • A territory or the people in the territory. • A mountain range that stretches throughout Mexico. • The highest social class in the Encomienda System. • A former slave who had started the Haitian Revolution. • When the people of a nation overthrows their government. • ...

US Constitution 2022-01-25

US Constitution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Highest Court in Federal Government.
  2. is when there is one strong main government for the entire United States that has a lot of power.
  3. A branch of the U.S. government is called Congress.
  4. of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation.
  5. The legislature of the federal government of the United States
  6. A political ideology centered on citizenship in a state organized as a republic.
  7. The principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people.
  8. review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
  9. Each branch of government with individual powers to check the other branches and prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful
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  1. the principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people.
  2. A branch carries out and enforces laws.
  3. A decision rule that selects alternatives which have a majority
  4. The division of government responsibilities into distinct branches to limit any one branch from exercising the core functions of another.
  5. The first ten amendments.
  6. A constitutional amendment is a modification of the constitution of a polity.
  7. A United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry
  8. is responsible for the execution and enforcement of the laws created by Congress.
  9. A branch that explain the laws.
  10. The supreme law of the United States of America.
  11. The process by which a legislative body or other legally constituted tribunal initiates charges against a public official for misconduct.

20 Clues: The first ten amendments. • A branch that explain the laws. • Highest Court in Federal Government. • A branch carries out and enforces laws. • The supreme law of the United States of America. • A branch of the U.S. government is called Congress. • of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation. • ...

History Cross Word Puzzle 2025-05-06

History Cross Word Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Inventor of the Assembly Line
  2. Hoover ___
  3. Pay As Able
  4. Germany invaded ______ in 1939
  5. _______ 20s
  6. ____ Bowl
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  1. Where the Japanese attacked the United States
  2. Separationration of Power
  3. When states work with the country, it is called __________
  4. Leader of the Nazis
  5. ______ Blanket
  6. Check and ________

12 Clues: ____ Bowl • Hoover ___ • Pay As Able • _______ 20s • ______ Blanket • Check and ________ • Leader of the Nazis • Separationration of Power • Inventor of the Assembly Line • Germany invaded ______ in 1939 • Where the Japanese attacked the United States • When states work with the country, it is called __________

Washington/NY 2012-10-01

Washington/NY crossword puzzle
Across
  1. one of the four swing states
  2. museum
  3. secretary of state
  4. number of us-states
  5. US Parliament
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  1. river in Washington DC
  2. Obama's wife
  3. 4 july
  4. chamber
  5. stars and stripes
  6. a previous us president

11 Clues: museum • 4 july • chamber • Obama's wife • US Parliament • stars and stripes • secretary of state • number of us-states • river in Washington DC • a previous us president • one of the four swing states

American History 1400s to 2005 2013-12-18

American History 1400s to 2005 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to set apart, typically because of race or religion
  2. a person who uses violence and fear to achieve their goals
  3. name of the Hurricane that destroyed parts of Louisiana in 2005
  4. because of the Indian Removal Act the Cherokee were forced to move and it was called this
  5. caused war with Mexico, and the belief that the United States borders should expand
  6. a person who believes slavery is immoral
  7. the disease that killed millions of indigenous peoples when the first Spaniards arrived
  8. a period in time when the nation had to "rebuild" after war
  9. when this president was elected, the south seceded shortly after
  10. this invention created the expansion of more cotton land, and the need for more slaves
  11. an island that the United States acquired during the Spanish-American War
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  1. a chemical used in warfare that caused mass destruction by exposing chemicals to the land
  2. this doubled the size of the United States
  3. war in which a country was divided by the United States into 2 at the 38th parallel
  4. these were built by the Haida people to memorialize who they were when they lived
  5. American citizens were angry they had to pay these on Tea and threw the boxes overboard
  6. name of the war American citizens fought to forge their independence from England
  7. the name of the servants who signed a contact to come over to the New World
  8. the murder of 6 million Jewish people in Europe
  9. a period in time when the "arms race" between the Soviet Union took place

20 Clues: a person who believes slavery is immoral • this doubled the size of the United States • the murder of 6 million Jewish people in Europe • to set apart, typically because of race or religion • a person who uses violence and fear to achieve their goals • a period in time when the nation had to "rebuild" after war • ...

Chapter 17 - Reconstruction 2015-04-22

Chapter 17 - Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Republicans who wanted to force change in the South
  2. controlled Congress during Reconstruction
  3. plan created by Lincoln to admit states back into the Union as quickly as possible
  4. assassinated President Lincoln
  5. largest group of southern Republican voters
  6. this amendment made slavery illegal in the United States
  7. sharing the crop
  8. right to vote
  9. agency that provided relief for freed people and certain poor people
  10. harsh critic of President Johnson and his Reconstruction plans
  11. the process of readmitting the former Confederate states to the Union
  12. became president after Lincoln's death
  13. first African American Senator
  14. created to prevent people from voting in the South
  15. amendment that gave African Americans suffrage
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  1. group that used terror and violence against African Americans
  2. forced separation of whites and African Americans
  3. location of Lincoln's assassination
  4. white southern Republicans
  5. won the election of 1876 to become president
  6. laws that enforced segregation
  7. segregation is allowed if "separate but equal" facilities were provided
  8. amendment giving full rights of citizenship to all born or naturalized in the U.S.
  9. won the election of 1868 to become president
  10. Northern Republicans who moved South to hold public offices
  11. process used by the legislature to bring charges of wrongdoing against a public official
  12. Panic of 1873 was this type of crisis
  13. laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans
  14. alternative plan by Congress to admit states back into the Union
  15. the amount of electorl votes to decide winner of 1876 election

30 Clues: right to vote • sharing the crop • white southern Republicans • assassinated President Lincoln • laws that enforced segregation • first African American Senator • location of Lincoln's assassination • Panic of 1873 was this type of crisis • became president after Lincoln's death • controlled Congress during Reconstruction • largest group of southern Republican voters • ...

Constitution Crossword Puzzle 2021-02-05

Constitution Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the maximum number of times someone can be elected president
  2. the amendment that repealed prohibition (the 18th amendment)
  3. a group of people with a common cause
  4. a written change to the constitution
  5. to reject
  6. These people were afraid of a strong central government and felt that the new rights that citizens had been given would be threatened.
  7. the number of members in the senate
  8. to approve
  9. The eighteenth amendment abolished the sale of manufacturing of this item in the United States.
  10. The amendment that gives US citizens the right to bear arms
  11. The nineteenth amendment gave this group the right to vote
  12. division of power between the national gov and state gov
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  1. This settled the debate between the states by having one house based on population and another where the states are represented equally
  2. no one or nothing is above the law
  3. the senate requires you to be this many years of age before you can become a member
  4. The Supreme Court is made up of nine of these
  5. The eighteenth amendment allows any person this many years of age or over to vote
  6. Explains the goals and function of government
  7. the length of a supreme court member’s term
  8. betraying your country
  9. The fifteenth amendment gave this group the right to vote
  10. people in favor of the constitution
  11. plan of government
  12. James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and this person wrote the Federalist Papers
  13. The thirteenth amendment abolished this in the entire United States

25 Clues: to reject • to approve • plan of government • betraying your country • no one or nothing is above the law • the number of members in the senate • people in favor of the constitution • a written change to the constitution • a group of people with a common cause • the length of a supreme court member’s term • The Supreme Court is made up of nine of these • ...

crossword puzzle 2021-11-08

crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. one option as to how the United States would be governed (big states)
  2. branch of government that can create laws
  3. an introduction
  4. an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions
  5. decision to allow a person to be relieved of some or all of the legal consequences resulting from a criminal conviction
  6. current speaker of the house
  7. someone who is a us citizen by birth
  8. the action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid.
  9. generally the highest court in a country
  10. the smaller upper assembly in the US Congress
  11. a national legislative body
  12. current Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
  13. the political and parliamentary leader of the House of Representatives
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  1. one option as to how the United States would be governed (small state)
  2. group of the Presidents top advisors
  3. cancel or reject
  4. form of government in which "power" is held by the people and their elected reps
  5. formal or official change made to a law, contract, constitution, or other legal document
  6. a piece of writing included with others in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication
  7. crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance
  8. an opportunity for the president to set the legislative agenda by initiating proposals and directing public attention to the executive's goals
  9. current president pro tempore
  10. use one's authority to reject or cancel
  11. current president

24 Clues: an introduction • cancel or reject • current president • a national legislative body • current speaker of the house • current president pro tempore • group of the Presidents top advisors • someone who is a us citizen by birth • use one's authority to reject or cancel • generally the highest court in a country • branch of government that can create laws • ...

Constitution Review 8th-9th 2022-02-03

Constitution Review 8th-9th crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A process of approving a formal document
  2. A Meeting in the summer of 1787 to discuss changes to the first US Constitution
  3. Writer of Federalist Paper #10
  4. A branch of government dealing with the court system
  5. Equal representation among states, with each getting two votes
  6. The first constitution of the United States
  7. Written to support the ratification of the new constitution
  8. An agreement to create a bicameral legislature, with one based on population and the other with equal representation
  9. A method for describing a legislature with two houses or groups of representatives
  10. According to the Federalist Papers, it is better to allow differing _____________, than lose your liberty
  11. of Representatives, where each state receives votes based on population
  12. Debaters agreed the federal government would control this, and only tax imports
  13. A branch of government that makes laws, also called Congress
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  1. Did not support the idea of a strong central government, but rather let states have more power and decisions
  2. One writer of the Federalist Papers
  3. The national government could not get this money under the first US Constitution
  4. Supporters of a strong national government
  5. A branch of government lead by the president
  6. Kept in control by the checks and balances in the Constitution, so no single branch can have control over everything
  7. For every five of these people, it only counted as three; also, there would be no ban on more for at least 20 years
  8. Describes how the first US Constitution was at keeping the 13 states working together
  9. The framework of government

22 Clues: The framework of government • Writer of Federalist Paper #10 • One writer of the Federalist Papers • A process of approving a formal document • Supporters of a strong national government • The first constitution of the United States • A branch of government lead by the president • A branch of government dealing with the court system • ...

Chapter 4 - Your Puzzling History Gov't II - Haydn McDonnell 2022-11-18

Chapter 4 - Your Puzzling History Gov't II - Haydn McDonnell crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the part of the United States government that makes laws
  2. part of the United States government administering justice
  3. of a government with central and regional authorities
  4. the royal charter of political rights given to rebellious English barons by King John in 1215
  5. the system or form by which a community is ruled
  6. approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
  7. a political system governed by a few people
  8. a form of government in which the ruler is unconstrained
  9. the legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebel colonies who met during and after the American Revolution; they issued the Declaration of Independence and framed Articles of Confederation
  10. a form of government in which the ruler is unconstrained
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  1. a written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states; it provided a legal symbol of their union by giving the central government no coercive power over the states or their citizens
  2. government divided between central and regional powers
  3. part of U.S. government responsible for carrying out laws
  4. the orientation of those who favor government by the people
  5. a theory favoring collectivism in a classless society
  6. a state of lawlessness and disorder
  7. making something valid by formally confirming it
  8. a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch
  9. a cruel and oppressive dictator
  10. the act of forming or establishing something
  11. a ruler who is unconstrained by law
  12. a statement that is added to a proposal or document
  13. government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator
  14. a statement of fundamental freedoms and privileges
  15. a nation's ruler usually by hereditary right

25 Clues: a cruel and oppressive dictator • a state of lawlessness and disorder • a ruler who is unconstrained by law • a political system governed by a few people • the act of forming or establishing something • a nation's ruler usually by hereditary right • making something valid by formally confirming it • the system or form by which a community is ruled • ...

Government word puzzle chapter 2 2022-10-07

Government word puzzle chapter 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the total amount of income generated by the sale of goods or services
  2. the division of a state's government into branches
  3. an authoritative order
  4. to have a single legislative chamber.
  5. to act beyond the authority of the law
  6. a series of violent attacks on courthouses and other government properties in Massachusetts
  7. a Founding Father of the United States
  8. an American Founding Father, merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot
  9. The state or quality of being independent.
  10. the legislature of the federal government
  11. a royal charter of rights
  12. someone who supported the Constitution and a stronger national republic
  13. the concept of a government limited in power.
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  1. transacting or transportation of products, services, or money across state borders.
  2. a type of government comprised of politicians who represent certain individuals or groups.
  3. the supreme law of the United States of America
  4. an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.
  5. 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
  6. a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.
  7. a state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority.
  8. to give up
  9. an organic act of the Congress of the Confederation
  10. an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America
  11. sign or give formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement
  12. an American attorney, planter, politician and orator

25 Clues: to give up • an authoritative order • a royal charter of rights • to have a single legislative chamber. • to act beyond the authority of the law • a Founding Father of the United States • the legislature of the federal government • The state or quality of being independent. • the concept of a government limited in power. • the supreme law of the United States of America • ...

History Crossword 2022-09-30

History Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the power to decide whether laws are constitutional and to strike down those that are not
  2. citizens of each new territory made when mexico went into Annexation should be allowed to decide for themselves if they wanted to permit slavery
  3. Led settlers in Northern California
  4. Maryland’s attempt to tax the Baltimore branch of the Second Bank of the United States
  5. taking their states out of the Union
  6. Gave the idea of Nullification
  7. the idea that “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist.” in any territory the United States gained from Mexico
  8. the practice of appointing people to government jobs based on party loyalty and support
  9. 2,000 Cherokee died of starvation, disease, and exposure while being forced out of their home
  10. the idea that the nation was meant to spread to the Pacific
  11. military rule
  12. the powers specifically mentioned in the Constitution
  13. taking their states out of the Union
  14. absorption by the United States
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  1. powers not explicitly listed in the Constitution but necessary for the government to do its job
  2. party led by former National Republicans against Andrew Jackson
  3. A form of national currency made in 1860
  4. the first 10 amendments to the Constitution
  5. forcing people through a draft into military service
  6. began a campaign to seize control of the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers
  7. the individuals who would head the executive departments
  8. official order to do something
  9. the wearing down of one side by the other through exhaustion of soldiers and resources
  10. to choose the party’s nominee
  11. withdraw

25 Clues: withdraw • military rule • to choose the party’s nominee • Gave the idea of Nullification • official order to do something • absorption by the United States • Led settlers in Northern California • taking their states out of the Union • taking their states out of the Union • A form of national currency made in 1860 • the first 10 amendments to the Constitution • ...

Reconstruction Vocabulary 2022-10-11

Reconstruction Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. white southerners who joined the republicans party
  2. the belief that white people constitute a superior race and should therefore dominate society
  3. abolished slavery in the U.S.
  4. southern democrat who became president after Lincoln’s assassination
  5. the 1st black senator
  6. the right to vote in political elections
  7. gave African Americans citizenship and forbade discrimination and black codes
  8. bill that proposed that Congress be responsible for reconstruction and majority of the states voters had to swear to the union
  9. constitutional right to reject a decision made by law-making body
  10. government program that assisted former slaves and poor whites in the south
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  1. granted citizenship to all persons born/naturalized in the U.S. (including former slaves) “equal protection of the laws”
  2. laws passed by southern states which restricted black peoples rights
  3. violent terrorist group with the goal of restoring white supremacy and preventing African Americans from using political rights
  4. compromise where Democrats agreeed to have a republican president and in return U.S. military government control would be removed from the south.
  5. guaranteed African Americans equal treatment in public accommodation, transportation, and prohibited exclusion form jury service.
  6. name for northerners who moved south after the civil war to make a profit
  7. name given to southern Democrats that reclaimed control of their state legislatures during reconstruction
  8. plan by Lincoln that confederate states could be readmitted to the union when 10% of the states voters swore allegiance to the union
  9. 19th president
  10. guaranteed African-American men the right to vote

20 Clues: 19th president • the 1st black senator • abolished slavery in the U.S. • the right to vote in political elections • guaranteed African-American men the right to vote • white southerners who joined the republicans party • constitutional right to reject a decision made by law-making body • laws passed by southern states which restricted black peoples rights • ...

8th Grade Test Review 2023-11-16

8th Grade Test Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. states added under the northwest ordinance were not allowed to have this
  2. the american revolution was won using these warfare tactics
  3. the federal government did not have the power to do this under the articles of confederation
  4. number of votes each state had under the articles of confederation
  5. this country provided military assistance to the colonist during the revolutionary war
  6. states under the articles of confederation were very
  7. This compromise involved how to count slaves as part of the south's population
  8. the first 10 amendments to the constitution
  9. this event lasted from 1775 until 1783
  10. part of the legislative branch where the number of members for each state is based on population
  11. this branch of government interprets the laws
  12. set up rules for adding new states in Ohio Valley/Midwest
  13. this branch of government makes laws
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  1. document that formally declared that the colonists were breaking away from Great Britain
  2. how many branches are part of the US government
  3. part of the legislative branch where each state gets 2 members
  4. the federal government struggled to pay this after the revolutionary war
  5. first government of the United States
  6. legislature with two parts
  7. a group of revolutionary war vets losing their farms led to this
  8. in total there have been 27 of these added to the constitution
  9. the federal government under the articles of confederation was very
  10. This person is the leader of the executive branch
  11. this group is considered the leaders of the judicial branch
  12. this branch of government enforces laws

25 Clues: legislature with two parts • this branch of government makes laws • first government of the United States • this event lasted from 1775 until 1783 • this branch of government enforces laws • the first 10 amendments to the constitution • this branch of government interprets the laws • how many branches are part of the US government • ...

8th Grade Test Review 2023-11-16

8th Grade Test Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. states added under the northwest ordinance were not allowed to have this
  2. the american revolution was won using these warfare tactics
  3. the federal government did not have the power to do this under the articles of confederation
  4. number of votes each state had under the articles of confederation
  5. this country provided military assistance to the colonist during the revolutionary war
  6. states under the articles of confederation were very
  7. This compromise involved how to count slaves as part of the south's population
  8. the first 10 amendments to the constitution
  9. this event lasted from 1775 until 1783
  10. part of the legislative branch where the number of members for each state is based on population
  11. this branch of government interprets the laws
  12. set up rules for adding new states in Ohio Valley/Midwest
  13. this branch of government makes laws
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  1. document that formally declared that the colonists were breaking away from Great Britain
  2. how many branches are part of the US government
  3. part of the legislative branch where each state gets 2 members
  4. the federal government struggled to pay this after the revolutionary war
  5. first government of the United States
  6. legislature with two parts
  7. a group of revolutionary war vets losing their farms led to this
  8. in total there have been 27 of these added to the constitution
  9. the federal government under the articles of confederation was very
  10. This person is the leader of the executive branch
  11. this group is considered the leaders of the judicial branch
  12. this branch of government enforces laws

25 Clues: legislature with two parts • this branch of government makes laws • first government of the United States • this event lasted from 1775 until 1783 • this branch of government enforces laws • the first 10 amendments to the constitution • this branch of government interprets the laws • how many branches are part of the US government • ...

Government review crossword 2020-12-02

Government review crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. those powers that the Constitution does not grant to the National Government and does not, at the same time, deny to the States.
  2. First step on becoming the president of the United States
  3. Final step on becoming president of the United States
  4. A collection of people who share some common interest or attitude and seek to influence gov’t for specific ends
  5. Relaxed limitations on media ownership
  6. how many steps are there to becoming the president
  7. Freedom to press
  8. party members vote for the best possibe canidate that will represent them in the general election
  9. must be a what to become president
  10. Federal Communications Commission
  11. ability of the media to draw public attention to certain issues and to ignore other issues
  12. people across the country vote for one president and one vice president
  13. an act directing people of the territory to frame a proposed constitution
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  1. known as congress
  2. the fourth branch of government
  3. one who tries to influence journalists with interpretations of events that are favorable to the candidate
  4. Intrest groups want to
  5. all three branches
  6. the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State is returned to that State
  7. A member of the electoral college
  8. an act creating a new state
  9. a system of gov’t in which a written constitution divides the powers of government between the national gov’t (U.S.) and the State governments (50 States)
  10. known as supreme court
  11. known as the president
  12. place to make announcements or advertise government

25 Clues: Freedom to press • known as congress • all three branches • Intrest groups want to • known as supreme court • known as the president • an act creating a new state • the fourth branch of government • A member of the electoral college • Federal Communications Commission • must be a what to become president • Relaxed limitations on media ownership • ...

Review Crossword Project 2020-09-30

Review Crossword Project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tax on sugar, molasses, coffee, and indigo
  2. Rights meant to protect the people from the government
  3. Abolished Slavery
  4. Constitution to build transcontinental railroad
  5. Founding documents of United States
  6. Large farm
  7. Impassioned Champion of a strong federal government
  8. First President of the United States
  9. A person that favors the abolishment of slavery
  10. A direct tax on the printed materials
  11. Withdrawal of a group from a larger entity
  12. Belief in profitable trading
  13. Hessian army was crushed in Washington's raid across the Delaware river
  14. Belief that it is a god given right to expand from ocean to ocean
  15. U.S. bought 828,000 square miles for 15 million dollars
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  1. Laws in the south designed to restrict black people from their freedom
  2. Grants all people the right to vote
  3. It made all slaves in rebel states free
  4. Grants citizenship to all people born in the U.S.
  5. People decide on policy initiatives directly
  6. Abolitionist, Social Reformer, and Writer
  7. People elect representatives
  8. King of Britain during American Revolutionary War
  9. French and American forces trapped the British in a siege in Yorktown and won the war
  10. Railroad that connects the West and East of the United States
  11. Made to help millions of black slaves and poor white people in the south after the civil war
  12. Laws to restrict colonial trade
  13. Famous actor who murdered Abraham Lincoln
  14. Primary Draftsmen of the Declaration of Independence
  15. Act that breaks up tribal lands authorized by the federal government

30 Clues: Large farm • Abolished Slavery • People elect representatives • Belief in profitable trading • Laws to restrict colonial trade • Grants all people the right to vote • Founding documents of United States • First President of the United States • A direct tax on the printed materials • It made all slaves in rebel states free • Abolitionist, Social Reformer, and Writer • ...

Gov Crossword 2020-12-04

Gov Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Act of accusing a government official of crimes and getting them removed
  2. To reject a bill and prevent it from being a law
  3. System that gives each branch some control of the actions of the other
  4. 45th President
  5. A contribution to state revenue
  6. Freedom Of speach and press
  7. A system where the goverments powers are restricted
  8. Thought political party's would divide the nation
  9. Where the White House is Also Known As DC
  10. one of the two major contemporary politicalparties its Blue
  11. of the government that carries out Laws
  12. legislature of the federal government
  13. main means of mass communication
  14. the federal principle or system of government
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  1. one of the two major contemporary political parties Red
  2. A states Right to rule itself
  3. economic system with an open market based on private ownership
  4. Had extremely large handwriting on the Declaration Of Independence
  5. agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution
  6. a political party in the United States that promotes civil liberties, non-interventionism
  7. Where the president lives
  8. a political party that plays a smaller role than a major party
  9. There are this many amendments
  10. use various forms of advocacy in order to influence public opinion
  11. Economic system that advocates for the goverment to own the means of products
  12. system of goverment that the goverment controls the means of production
  13. Intro to the US constitution
  14. The system of rules that we obey

28 Clues: 45th President • Where the president lives • Freedom Of speach and press • Intro to the US constitution • A states Right to rule itself • There are this many amendments • A contribution to state revenue • main means of mass communication • The system of rules that we obey • legislature of the federal government • of the government that carries out Laws • ...

APUSH CROSSWORD 2024-05-13

APUSH CROSSWORD crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Want a strong central government; liked Constitution
  2. A Founding Father of the United States who advocated for a strong central government
  3. An intellectual movement that stressed the importance of science and reason in the pursuit of truth
  4. Organizations of workers that formed to promote their interests and protect their rights
  5. Increasing interconnectedness and interdependence of economies, cultures, and societies on a global scale
  6. Last name of the women who refused to give up her seat to a white passenger, causing the Montgomery Bus Boycott
  7. The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia
  8. the period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union
  9. Party led by Jackson
  10. a Baptist minister and major leader of the Civil Rights Movement
Down
  1. Colonists who supported the British government during the American Revolution
  2. 16th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves
  3. Programs created by Franklin D Roosevelt
  4. The amendment that gave women the right to vote
  5. English dissenters who broke from Church of England
  6. Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites
  7. Were essential to westward expansion because they made it easier to travel to and live in the west
  8. Political scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974
  9. Corporations that gain complete control of the production of a single good or service
  10. A system of enforced servitude in which some people are owned by other people

20 Clues: Party led by Jackson • Programs created by Franklin D Roosevelt • The amendment that gave women the right to vote • English dissenters who broke from Church of England • Want a strong central government; liked Constitution • Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites • a Baptist minister and major leader of the Civil Rights Movement • ...

Biographies: Abraham Lincoln & Jefferson Davis 2024-04-09

Biographies: Abraham Lincoln & Jefferson Davis crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  2. Jefferson Davis was the secretary of was under this president
  3. Lincoln ran for the U.S. _____ in 1858
  4. Lincoln's wife
  5. Position Jefferson Davis held in the Confederate States of America
  6. On November 6, 1860, Lincoln won the presidential election without the support of a single _____
  7. Number of Lincoln's children who lived to adulthood
  8. Number of years on Jefferson Davis's term of office as President
  9. Lincoln was the _____ President of the United States
  10. Freed slaves in Southern states where Lincoln’s forces had no control
  11. Political party Abraham Lincoln was a part of
  12. Lincoln described himself as a "_____ lawyer"
  13. Davis's father was a soldier in this war
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  1. In 1845, Davis was elected to the U.S. _____
  2. Jefferson Davis's book was "The _____ of the Confederate Government"
  3. State where Jefferson Davis was born
  4. The Civil War began with the Confederate bombardment of _____, South Carolina, on April 12, 1861
  5. Davis attended the U.S. Military Academy at _____ in 1824
  6. What was the Latin meaning of Jefferson Davis's middle name "Finis"
  7. City Jefferson Davis died in in 1889
  8. Davis fought in this war in 1846
  9. Shortly after the end of the war in 1865, Davis was captured by the North was imprisoned at _____
  10. Davis was a _____ candidate to lead the Confederacy chosen to appease both the moderate and radical factions in the Congress
  11. Lincoln felt it was his sacred duty as President of the United States to preserve the _____ at all costs
  12. In his second inauguration speech, Lincoln called for "_____ towards none"

25 Clues: Lincoln's wife • Assassinated Abraham Lincoln • Davis fought in this war in 1846 • State where Jefferson Davis was born • City Jefferson Davis died in in 1889 • Lincoln ran for the U.S. _____ in 1858 • Davis's father was a soldier in this war • In 1845, Davis was elected to the U.S. _____ • Political party Abraham Lincoln was a part of • ...

US Constitution Test Vocab 2024-03-26

US Constitution Test Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Having to deal with disputes between two people and/or companies
  2. A person accused of a crime shall be tried before a court before getting punished
  3. To reject
  4. A piece of legislation that declares a person or group of people guilty without a trial. It is prohibited by 1:9:3
  5. Having to deal with people breaking the law
  6. The power given to a court to hear a case
  7. Not having to do with making laws
  8. A formal accusation against a government official
  9. The sharing of powers between the national and state governments
  10. Having the most power. This clause states that the federal government has more power than the states
  11. The people government officials have been elected to represent
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  1. A group of people selected to make decisions regarding a certain topic
  2. This clause (in 4:1) says that all states must acknowledge the laws and decisions of the other states
  3. Explicitly or clearly stated
  4. The approval of
  5. Dividing the government's responsibilities between three branches and giving each branch their own powers to prevent tyranny
  6. A system that allows each branch of government to keep the other branches from abusing their powers
  7. The Supreme Court's power of being able to decide if a law is unconstitutional
  8. To change
  9. Suggested without being clearly stated
  10. A law that prohibits something after it has already been done. It is prohibited by 1:9:3
  11. Looking at a case after the first decision has been made
  12. To revoke or rescind
  13. Less serious crime
  14. More serious crime

25 Clues: To reject • To change • The approval of • Less serious crime • More serious crime • To revoke or rescind • Explicitly or clearly stated • Not having to do with making laws • Suggested without being clearly stated • The power given to a court to hear a case • Having to deal with people breaking the law • A formal accusation against a government official • ...

Reconstruction Crossword Puzzle 2023-05-30

Reconstruction Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Who were the people who wanted the southern states to change even more than they did?
  2. What did Lincoln offer to the Southerners that is an official pardon?
  3. Who was the first African American to be in the Senate?
  4. What was the plan that Louisiana elected a new state legislature?
  5. Who was the President elected after Lncolns death?
  6. What was a special tax people had to pay before they could vote?
  7. What were southern Democrats called?
  8. What acts divided the south into 5 districts?
  9. What Bureau helped poor people in the south?
  10. What were the laws that required segregation?
  11. Under what bill did states have to meet two conditions to rejoin the Union?
Down
  1. What was the amendment that the republicans proposed in the summer of 1866
  2. Who was the person that assassinated Lincoln?
  3. What were northern-born Republicans that had moved to the south after the war called?
  4. What made slavery illegal throughout the United States?
  5. Where was Lincoln shot?
  6. What act did the republicans respond with in 1866
  7. Who was the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate?
  8. Who won the election of 1868?
  9. What was the case that came from a man getting arrested on a train?
  10. What type of laws/codes were passed by all southern states?
  11. Who was the leader of the radical republican for Pennsylvania?
  12. What was the name of the secret society group that opposed civil rights?
  13. What is the amendment that gave African American men across the U.S. the right to vote?

24 Clues: Where was Lincoln shot? • Who won the election of 1868? • What were southern Democrats called? • What Bureau helped poor people in the south? • Who was the person that assassinated Lincoln? • What acts divided the south into 5 districts? • What were the laws that required segregation? • What act did the republicans respond with in 1866 • ...

FQC Revision Sec D 2025-11-13

FQC Revision Sec D crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Black box transformation whose action encodes a Boolean function queried by an algorithm
  2. Principle stating that a vector sum of two physical states is itself a permissible state
  3. Descriptor for states of two qubits that cannot be written as simple tensor products
  4. Feature of a gate set capable of approximating any unitary transformation
  5. Surname associated with the vector space framework used to describe quantum states
  6. Irreversible reduction of superposition that occurs after measurement of algorithmic registers
  7. Hypothetical operation that would map an arbitrary qubit and an ancilla to two identical states
  8. Complex valued object whose modulus squared governs detection likelihood in interference
  9. Effect where a function value modifies the phase of a control qubit during oracle evaluation
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  1. Gate that flips a target if and only if the control is in the one state
  2. Class of operators equal to their own adjoint representing measurable observables
  3. One of the maximally entangled two qubit configurations used as a teleportation resource
  4. Phenomenon causing nonadditive intensity patterns when two amplitudes combine
  5. Category of transformations that preserve inner products under evolution
  6. Scalar returned when a state is left unchanged except for scale under measurement
  7. Operation that constructs composite state spaces from individual subsystems
  8. Gate that maps a computational basis vector to an equal superposition
  9. Name attached to the three two by two matrices generating rotations of spin one half
  10. Limitation arising from attempts to refine both position and momentum via optical resolution
  11. Gate whose matrix exchanges the tensor order of two qubits

20 Clues: Gate whose matrix exchanges the tensor order of two qubits • Gate that maps a computational basis vector to an equal superposition • Gate that flips a target if and only if the control is in the one state • Category of transformations that preserve inner products under evolution • Feature of a gate set capable of approximating any unitary transformation • ...

USA - Geography & History 2025-10-08

USA - Geography & History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Music genre that originated in the US starting with J___
  2. Standardized test for college admission in the US
  3. One of the world’s largest companies, based in the US
  4. The first national park in the USA, famous for geysers and wildlife
  5. One of the two chambers of Congress
  6. Technology hub in California
  7. Colonial protest against British taxes that helped spark the American Revolution
  8. A massive canyon in Arizona carved by the Colorado River
  9. Female student social organization at universities
  10. The supreme law of the United States
  11. Popular US sport often called “America’s pastime”
  12. The building where Congress meets
  13. A desert valley in California, known for being one of the hottest places on Earth
  14. The legislative branch of the US government
  15. The president who abolished slavery in the USA
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  1. Male student social organization at universities
  2. A war between the northern and southern states in the 19th century
  3. Famous university for science, engineering, and technology
  4. The leader of a US state
  5. The largest state in the USA, located in the northwest corner of North America
  6. The first president of the United States
  7. Theater district in New York City
  8. One of the longest rivers in the USA, flowing from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico
  9. Famous US electric car company
  10. The currency of the United States
  11. Author of the Declaration of Independence
  12. One of the oldest and most famous US universities
  13. Famous US film industry center
  14. A major US holiday in November
  15. Famous financial district in New York City

30 Clues: The leader of a US state • Technology hub in California • Famous US electric car company • Famous US film industry center • A major US holiday in November • Theater district in New York City • The currency of the United States • The building where Congress meets • One of the two chambers of Congress • The supreme law of the United States • ...

STAAR Review 2026-03-26

STAAR Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Term to describe giving up something or land
  2. Woman that wrote Uncle Toms Cabin
  3. Location of the gold rush
  4. Trail taken by settlers moving west
  5. state that gained independence from Mexico before the U.S Mexican War
  6. Baseball team
  7. Invention that increased demand for enslaved labor in the South
  8. Last name of a Union general that adopted "total War"
  9. Movement to ban alcohol
  10. Region in the United States known for Mining and Bison
  11. The guy that established Transcendentalism and Civil Disobedience
  12. Attempted a rebellion in Harpers Ferry
  13. Manmade waterways that allowed for easier transportation
  14. Railroad that connected the United States from East to West
  15. Term that describes loyalty to Region rather than country
  16. Turning point of the Civil War
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  1. Meeting of womens rights formed by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
  2. The right to vote
  3. Abolitionist that wrote the liberator
  4. name of Frederick Douglass Abolitionist Newspaper
  5. Region in the United States with Cash crops such as Cotton
  6. The ideology to America to expand west
  7. Region in the United States that is industrialized
  8. 1/3rd of Mexico's land given up to the U.S
  9. Immigrant group that established Kindergarten and Oktoberfest
  10. President of the Confederacy
  11. City of Angels established by the Spanish
  12. Animal that suffocates its prey before it eats it
  13. Immigrant group that settled on the west coast. Helped build railroads in the west.
  14. the active, nonviolent refusal to obey government laws, demands, or commands to highlight injustice and force social change

30 Clues: Baseball team • The right to vote • Movement to ban alcohol • Location of the gold rush • President of the Confederacy • Turning point of the Civil War • Woman that wrote Uncle Toms Cabin • Trail taken by settlers moving west • Abolitionist that wrote the liberator • The ideology to America to expand west • Attempted a rebellion in Harpers Ferry • ...

WW1 Cross Word 2022-11-29

WW1 Cross Word crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A german submarine sank this ship with women and children on board
  2. Germany sent a note to Mexico on taking Arizona Texas New Mexico Great Britain intercepted note and warned United States
  3. regulate prroduction and manufacturing
  4. to greater your world power in many ways
  5. Comander of U.s soliders
  6. Area near Russia
  7. Global pandemic that shocked the world right after ww1 killing over 600,000 Americans
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  1. An over patritoic thought that is extreme to your country
  2. Black southerns relocte to northern states
  3. United states russia great britan romaina
  4. Wilson came up with this after ww1
  5. a big cause in ww1(Formed secrets of these)
  6. Area of France
  7. A nation or group with simlar thoughts
  8. making amends for one has done maybe paying money towards them

15 Clues: Area of France • Area near Russia • Comander of U.s soliders • Wilson came up with this after ww1 • regulate prroduction and manufacturing • A nation or group with simlar thoughts • to greater your world power in many ways • Black southerns relocte to northern states • United states russia great britan romaina • a big cause in ww1(Formed secrets of these) • ...

World War 1 2023-05-30

World War 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Who did Austria-Hungary declare war on?
  2. What were Great Britain, France, Italy, and the United States called?
  3. What rapid fire guns was heavily used?
  4. Which side won World War 1?
  5. What country lost the most after World War 1.
  6. An allied country that is an island.
  7. Who was the greatest hero of World War 1.
  8. Who was the youngest soldier to die (15 years old).
Down
  1. Where was trench warfare used at?
  2. Where did the United States first land in World War 1.
  3. Which country surrendered first in World War 1.
  4. Who got all the blame for World War 1.
  5. What treaty was signed after World War 1?
  6. The battle of __ was the first battle the Untied States joined.
  7. Whos assasinating started World War 1(last name)?

15 Clues: Which side won World War 1? • Where was trench warfare used at? • An allied country that is an island. • What rapid fire guns was heavily used? • Who got all the blame for World War 1. • Who did Austria-Hungary declare war on? • What treaty was signed after World War 1? • Who was the greatest hero of World War 1. • What country lost the most after World War 1. • ...

Module 1 Review 2026-09-03

Module 1 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 14 P&I protects narrow rights of national citizenship
  2. Company town does a public function, so 1A applies(jehova)
  3. First incorporation was takings via due process
  4. Capital defendants get appointed counsel
  5. Jury verdicts must be unanimous in state courts
  6. New residents get equal benefits, no waiting period
  7. 2A binds state and local governments via DPC
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  1. Jury trial right binds states in serious cases
  2. Courts may not enforce racial covenants(judic-state action)
  3. 2A is an individual right to arms for self-defense
  4. PA on state property subjected const. protection (GovReg)
  5. Speech and press apply to states via 14A
  6. Excessive fines clause applies to the states
  7. Bill of Rights binds only the federal government
  8. Regulated private utility is not a state actor(monopoly)

15 Clues: Speech and press apply to states via 14A • Capital defendants get appointed counsel • Excessive fines clause applies to the states • 2A binds state and local governments via DPC • Jury trial right binds states in serious cases • First incorporation was takings via due process • Jury verdicts must be unanimous in state courts • ...

Civil war vocabulary 2023-02-15

Civil war vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a blocking off of goods and products
  2. Withdraw from a federal union
  3. commonly used gun
  4. putting the states needs in front of the country’s
  5. a long knife attached to a musket
Down
  1. A person who wants to abolish slavery
  2. a type of slang used for confederates
  3. the southern states
  4. the northern states
  5. many of these became battlefield nurses

10 Clues: commonly used gun • the southern states • the northern states • Withdraw from a federal union • a long knife attached to a musket • a blocking off of goods and products • A person who wants to abolish slavery • a type of slang used for confederates • many of these became battlefield nurses • putting the states needs in front of the country’s

Civil War vocabulary 2018-09-30

Civil War vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. States that own slaves but are not the South
  2. The South
  3. Issued by Lincoln to free slaves in some states
  4. Strategy of the North
  5. Properties of white people before the civil war
Down
  1. Strategy of the South
  2. Separate from the original country
  3. Participate by all citizens
  4. The North
  5. period before the war

10 Clues: The South • The North • Strategy of the South • Strategy of the North • period before the war • Participate by all citizens • Separate from the original country • States that own slaves but are not the South • Issued by Lincoln to free slaves in some states • Properties of white people before the civil war

Civil War 2026-05-28

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. President during the war
  2. New Hampshire Governor from 1861 to 1863
  3. What states who seceded called themselves
  4. Leader of the south
  5. First state to secede
Down
  1. What the States who didn't secede were called
  2. In some states, slavery was decided by popular ____
  3. Famous abolitionist who attacked Harper's Ferry
  4. U.S History teacher in pod 11
  5. Lincoln's political party

10 Clues: Leader of the south • First state to secede • President during the war • Lincoln's political party • U.S History teacher in pod 11 • New Hampshire Governor from 1861 to 1863 • What states who seceded called themselves • What the States who didn't secede were called • Famous abolitionist who attacked Harper's Ferry • In some states, slavery was decided by popular ____

U.S. Civil War 2024-01-10

U.S. Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the northern US states
  2. when a person is owned, has no rights
  3. against the law
  4. another name for soldiers in the Confederacy
  5. the southern US states
Down
  1. the northern and southern US states fought over slavery
  2. another name for Union soldiers
  3. large farms in the south
  4. how people make and spend money
  5. to break away from a country

10 Clues: against the law • the northern US states • the southern US states • large farms in the south • to break away from a country • another name for Union soldiers • how people make and spend money • when a person is owned, has no rights • another name for soldiers in the Confederacy • the northern and southern US states fought over slavery

The Parthenon 2023-02-08

The Parthenon crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a famous site in Athens
  2. this surounds and is in the parthenon
  3. the most famous leader in athens
  4. citys that also act as states
Down
  1. pillars that hold up the parthenon
  2. various branches of creativity
  3. based off athena
  4. athens and other city-states were in this country
  5. immortal beings
  6. the goddess of war and wisdom

10 Clues: immortal beings • based off athena • a famous site in Athens • the goddess of war and wisdom • citys that also act as states • various branches of creativity • the most famous leader in athens • pillars that hold up the parthenon • this surounds and is in the parthenon • athens and other city-states were in this country

Coming to Terms with Silence 2022-01-06

Coming to Terms with Silence crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens
  2. When citizens willingly subordinate their private, selfish interests to the common good
  3. Wrote natural rights in the Declaration of Independence
  4. Division of power between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches
  5. Supporter of the new Constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited government and check and balances
  6. In constitution to satisfy both small and large states with equal number of representatives
  7. Government in which it's powers' are limited
  8. Government in which is defined by law and serves the people; the law is above everyone and it applies to everyone
  9. King/Queen controls all aspect of life: social, economic, and political
Down
  1. First ten amendments to the Constitution
  2. Compromise between slave states and free stats to count slaves in an equivalence to a normal citizen
  3. explains the purpose of the Constitution
  4. The people are the only source of power for any and all government actions
  5. First president of the United States
  6. Essential to writing and ratification of the Constitution
  7. A representative democracy in which a small group of leaders, represent concerns of the people; the interests of the majority take precedence
  8. Gave rights to congress to pass all laws "necessary & proper" to carry out the other powers listed in Article I
  9. Third president of the United States
  10. First plan of government adopted in the U.S.
  11. English philosopher whose Social Contract Theory believed individuals in a society give up their natural rights to a higher authority for the sake of protection

20 Clues: First president of the United States • Third president of the United States • First ten amendments to the Constitution • explains the purpose of the Constitution • Government in which it's powers' are limited • First plan of government adopted in the U.S. • Wrote natural rights in the Declaration of Independence • ...

Progressive Puzzle 2014-02-16

Progressive Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. submission of law, proposed or already in effect, to a direct vote of the electorate.
  2. allows Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states.
  3. French passenger steamer that was torpedoed by the Germans in March 1916.
  4. one of the deadliest industrial disasters in New York City history, killed 126 people.
  5. states that US senators shall be elected by popular vote
  6. Woodrow Wilson's political philosophy of reforming tariffs, bankers, and trusts.
  7. consisted of Germany and Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria.
  8. Theodore Roosevelt's political philosophy to increase the federal government's power to remedy economic and social abuse.
Down
  1. writers who specialized in exposing corruption of businesses, government, etc.
  2. doctrine developed by US Supreme Court in the case of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey vs. United States.
  3. a German submarine
  4. decreed that all meat shipped over state lines would be subject to federal inspection.
  5. British passenger liner that killed 1,198 people, including 128 Americans.
  6. designed to prevent adulteration and mislabeling of foods and pharmaceuticals.
  7. the Republicans who supported President Taft during the campaign of the 1912 elections.
  8. President Taft's efforts to further its aims in Latin America and Asia through use of economic power.
  9. British liner that killed two American lives in August 1915.
  10. consisted of France, Britain, and Russia, and later Japan and Italy.
  11. procedure where voters can present proposed legislation directly to the electorate.
  12. states the prohibition of selling and manufacturing liquor.
  13. procedure for removing an official from office through popular election.

21 Clues: a German submarine • states that US senators shall be elected by popular vote • states the prohibition of selling and manufacturing liquor. • British liner that killed two American lives in August 1915. • consisted of Germany and Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria. • consisted of France, Britain, and Russia, and later Japan and Italy. • ...

American History 1400s to 2005 2013-12-18

American History 1400s to 2005 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. name of the Hurricane that destroyed parts of Louisiana in 2005
  2. because of the Indian Removal Act the Cherokee were forced to move and it was called this
  3. the disease that killed millions of indigenous peoples when the first Spaniards arrived
  4. caused war with Mexico, and the belief that the United States borders should expand
  5. an island that the United States acquired during the Spanish-American War
  6. a period in time when the "arms race" between the Soviet Union took place
  7. war in which a country was divided by the United States into 2 at the 38th parallel
  8. a person who believes slavery is immoral
  9. to set apart, typically because of race or religion
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  1. name of the war American citizens fought to forge their independence from England
  2. when this president was elected, the south seceded shortly after
  3. this doubled the size of the United States
  4. a period in time when the nation had to "rebuild" after war
  5. the name of the servants who signed a contact to come over to the New World
  6. a person who uses violence and fear to achieve their goals
  7. a chemical used in warfare that caused mass destruction by exposing chemicals to the land
  8. American citizens were angry they had to pay these on Tea and threw the boxes overboard
  9. the murder of 6 million Jewish people in Europe
  10. these were built by the Haida people to memorialize who they were when they lived
  11. this invention created the expansion of more cotton land, and the need for more slaves

20 Clues: a person who believes slavery is immoral • this doubled the size of the United States • the murder of 6 million Jewish people in Europe • to set apart, typically because of race or religion • a person who uses violence and fear to achieve their goals • a period in time when the nation had to "rebuild" after war • ...

The Civil War 2013-04-08

The Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. True or False, The Confederate States of America was viewed as their own country since they succeeded from the Union?
  2. Emancipation Proclamation What did Lincoln call his “greatest and most endearing contribution to the history of the war?”
  3. Davis Who was the President of the Confederacy?
  4. Sumter Where were the first shots of the war fired?
  5. When states succeeded from the Union, they would go on to create a Union of their own. What was the new Union's name?
  6. What was the most common disease among southern soldiers?
  7. Where was the battle of Olustee?
  8. Who won the American Civil War?
  9. Theatre Where was Lincoln assassinated?
  10. True or False, African-Americans were allowed to fight in the American Civil War?
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  1. What was the name of the play President Lincoln attended at Ford's Theater on April 14, 1865?
  2. How many days after Robert E. Lee's surrender was Abraham Lincoln shot and killed?
  3. What city was chosen as the Confederate capital in 1861?
  4. On May 4, 1865, Lincoln was buried in ____________, Illinois.
  5. Lincoln wrote the _________ Address.
  6. Wade Who was the only civilian killed at Gettysburg?
  7. How many states eventually ended up succeeding from the Union?
  8. What Northern state first called for the enlistment of Black troops in the Civil War?
  9. Which General led the March to the Sea?
  10. Lincoln Who was elected U.S. President in 1860?
  11. How many states had succeeded when Lincoln took office?
  12. Wilkes Booth Who assassinated Lincoln?
  13. Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation?
  14. Which side was against high tariffs?

24 Clues: Who won the American Civil War? • Where was the battle of Olustee? • Lincoln wrote the _________ Address. • Which side was against high tariffs? • Wilkes Booth Who assassinated Lincoln? • Which General led the March to the Sea? • Theatre Where was Lincoln assassinated? • Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation? • Davis Who was the President of the Confederacy? • ...

Joel Marlow- Forces And Motion.. 6th period 2015-02-20

Joel Marlow- Forces And Motion.. 6th period crossword puzzle
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  1. a push or a pull
  2. states that the acceleration of an object increases with increased force and decreases with increased mass
  3. is a measure of how fast something moves or the distance it moves
  4. a location to which you compare other locations
  5. force the overall force acting on an object when all the forces are combined
  6. a force that resist the motion between two surfaces in contact
  7. differs from the friction between solid surfaces
  8. is a speed in a specific direction
  9. states that every time one object exerts a force on another object , the second object exerts a force that is equal in size and opposite in direction back on the first object
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  1. states that object at rest remain in rest, and object in motion stays in motion
  2. any force that keeps an object moving in a circle
  3. is the measure of mass in motion
  4. the measure of how quickly the velocity is changing
  5. states that the total momentum of a system of objects does not change as long as no outside forces are acting upon that system
  6. is a measure of how much force is acting on a certain area
  7. is a quantity that has both size and direction
  8. a situation in which two objects in close contact exchange energy and momentum
  9. is the change of position over time
  10. the resistance of an object to a change in a speed or the direction of its motion
  11. a place or an object is the location of that place or object

20 Clues: a push or a pull • is the measure of mass in motion • is a speed in a specific direction • is the change of position over time • is a quantity that has both size and direction • a location to which you compare other locations • differs from the friction between solid surfaces • any force that keeps an object moving in a circle • ...

Patterns of Interactions 2022-12-05

Patterns of Interactions crossword puzzle
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  1. Was destroyed by terrorist on 9/11/2001
  2. a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east
  3. one of the nation's most important industrial centers for coal, steel and railroads
  4. a violent terrorist and founder of al Qaeda who killed thousands of innocent men, women, and children before his death in 2011
  5. the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims
  6. an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe.
  7. the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense
  8. an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran
  9. nations in the process of becoming industrialized
  10. the largest and one of the oldest municipal police departments in the United States
  11. term used to describe how trade and technology have made the world into a more connected and interdependent place
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  1. a space project involving 16 nations
  2. the copying of genes to reproduce an identical organism
  3. an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009
  4. nations with advanced business infrastuctures
  5. the linkage of computer networks spanning the world
  6. a national effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States
  7. a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia
  8. a multinational militant Sunni Islamic extremist network composed of Salafist jihadists
  9. a republic in SW Asia, between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf

20 Clues: a space project involving 16 nations • Was destroyed by terrorist on 9/11/2001 • nations with advanced business infrastuctures • nations in the process of becoming industrialized • the linkage of computer networks spanning the world • the copying of genes to reproduce an identical organism • a republic in SW Asia, between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf • ...

John F. Kennedy's Policies 2023-04-21

John F. Kennedy's Policies crossword puzzle
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  1. This act was the source of immigrants transferred in 1965 under the Kennedy administration.
  2. Kennedy ordered American educated Cubans to overthrow the communist government.
  3. Kennedy supported the rights of these peripheral groups.
  4. He ensures that the lessons learned from the space program have military value.
  5. United States policy that employs many strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad.
  6. This confrontation lasted 13 days between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side and the United States on the other.
  7. Kennedy signed an executive order to create this.
  8. This is an easing monetary policy to keep interest rates low.
  9. Military Assistance Command Vietnam.
  10. This would promised federal funding for education and health care for the elderly.
  11. Mutual Assured Destruction.
  12. Kennedy called for this in his inaugural address.
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  1. Kennedy proposed this to lower income tax rates.
  2. This is aimed at economic cooperation between the United States and Latin America.
  3. Agency for International Development.
  4. Kennedy's policy focused on tacit support.
  5. Kennedy strengthened US involvement in Vietnam with this act in 1962.
  6. This has led American volunteers to work in developing countries.
  7. A system that allows direct communication between the leaders of the U.S. and Russia.
  8. United States Agency for International Development.
  9. This expanded while inflation remained stable.
  10. This was when American ships headed to Cuba to prepare for war.
  11. This was a program Kennedy was known to have extended.
  12. In this policy, it was dominated by America's confrontation with the USSR.
  13. Inaugurated as the 35th President on January 20, 1961.

25 Clues: Mutual Assured Destruction. • Military Assistance Command Vietnam. • Agency for International Development. • Kennedy's policy focused on tacit support. • This expanded while inflation remained stable. • Kennedy proposed this to lower income tax rates. • Kennedy signed an executive order to create this. • Kennedy called for this in his inaugural address. • ...

The Early Republic 2017-12-11

The Early Republic crossword puzzle
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  1. Who was voting for Andrew Jackson in the election of 1828?
  2. Forced relocation of Indian tribes from their ancestral territories to lands west of the Mississippi River
  3. Waterway that connected Albany to Buffalo, connecting the east and west
  4. The long-distance transmission of textual or symbolic messages without the physical exchange of an object bearing the message
  5. A mechanism for removing the seeds from upland cotton
  6. These immigrants included a large number of learned, cultured professional people- doctors, lawyers, teachers, engineers
  7. John Adams belonged to this political party
  8. New technology that transformed inland water transportation
  9. The outcome of long hours, low pay, and bad working conditions
  10. This new ocean transportation doubled the speed of older merchant ships
  11. The Election of 1800 was between the Federalists and the...
  12. A violent protest against excise taxes on whiskey
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  1. United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas
  2. When groups claimed to prove their patriotism by hating foreigners and Catholics
  3. When John Quincy Adams gained the presidency and then named Henry Clay his secretary of State
  4. John Adams signed these into law, making it more difficult for immigrants to become US citizens, and included a provision criminalizing false statements critical of the federal government
  5. New transportation technology that gained supremacy for its speed, carrying capacity, and reliability
  6. Doubled the size of the United States, reshaping the environmental and economic makeup of the country
  7. A lot of these people came to the United States because of the potato famine
  8. Jackson 7th President of the United States

20 Clues: Jackson 7th President of the United States • John Adams belonged to this political party • A violent protest against excise taxes on whiskey • A mechanism for removing the seeds from upland cotton • Who was voting for Andrew Jackson in the election of 1828? • New technology that transformed inland water transportation • ...

USH Unit 2 2023-10-12

USH Unit 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. Principe that government officials should be elected using an electoral process
  2. A midnight judge who did not get his appointment sent out my Jefferson, so he took matters to the Supreme Court.
  3. "____________ Compromise" created the House of Representatives and the Senate
  4. the 13th state to ratify the Constitution
  5. The leader of the Constitutional Convention
  6. Addition to the Constitution that was put in place to appease those who did not originally support the document.
  7. The number of states needed to ratify the Constitution
  8. the amendment passed after the Election of 1800
  9. Democratic-Republicanemocratic Republican party
  10. A group of people who opposed the US Constitution
  11. Person who Louisiana was purchased from
  12. Life, Liberty, and Property
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  1. ess Principle that government must follow fair procedures before taking away life, liberty, or property
  2. The meeting where the Constitution was written (The Constitutional________)
  3. "New _________ Plan" wanted representation to be equal for all states
  4. Power given to the Supreme Court after Marbury v. Madison that says they have the right to interpret the Constitution
  5. A pioneer of the Federalist Party
  6. The Articles of _______________
  7. "__________ Plan" wanted representation to be based on population
  8. "___________ Compromise" created the Electoral College
  9. A war between the United States and England over Native American land. "War of ________"
  10. "_________ Compromise" decided how to account for slaves for representation and taxation purposes
  11. became a murderer after he lost the election of 1800
  12. Group who supported the Constitution; also the name of one first-everst ever political parties
  13. Purchase which more than doubled the size of the United States

25 Clues: Life, Liberty, and Property • The Articles of _______________ • A pioneer of the Federalist Party • Person who Louisiana was purchased from • the 13th state to ratify the Constitution • The leader of the Constitutional Convention • the amendment passed after the Election of 1800 • Democratic-Republicanemocratic Republican party • ...

Units 1-3 Vocab!! 2025-12-08

Units 1-3 Vocab!! crossword puzzle
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  1. The president’s top advisors who head major executive departments
  2. A Senate tactic where a senator talks for a long time to block a vote
  3. Drawing voting district lines to help one political part
  4. Says any powers not given to the federal government go to the states or the people
  5. The president’s right to keep certain communications private
  6. President's advisory department heads
  7. Says that powers not given to the federal government are reserved for the states
  8. Federal money given to states for a specific, restricted purpose
  9. The president’s yearly speech explaining priorities and policy goals
  10. The branch of government that interprets laws and the Constitution
  11. A system where power is divided between the national government and the states
  12. Giving government jobs to political supporters instead of qualified workers
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  1. Government jobs earned through qualifications instead of political connections
  2. When the president ignores a bill for 10 days while Congress is not in session, killing the bill
  3. A deal the president makes with another country that doesn’t need Senate approval
  4. Courts that review decisions made by lower courts
  5. Powers shared by both the federal and state governments (like taxing)
  6. Official instructions from the president that act like law
  7. Government agencies and departments that carry out laws and policies
  8. Leader of the House of Representatives; controls debate and the legislative agenda
  9. Federal money given to states with broad guidelines on how it can be used
  10. A statement written by a justice who disagrees with the majority in a Supreme Court case
  11. Redrawing district boundaries based on population changes
  12. The federal trial courts where cases start

24 Clues: President's advisory department heads • The federal trial courts where cases start • Courts that review decisions made by lower courts • Drawing voting district lines to help one political part • Redrawing district boundaries based on population changes • Official instructions from the president that act like law • ...

Use Unit 1, 2, & 3 Vocab words as your word bank to complete the crossword below 2025-11-06

Use Unit 1, 2, & 3 Vocab words as your word bank to complete the crossword below crossword puzzle
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  1. the first 10 amendments
  2. the principle that gives each branch it's own responsibilities
  3. the system we use to elect the president
  4. to run for office
  5. label used to describe right leaning traditional ideology
  6. the clause that says the national government is the highest law in the land
  7. framework for government
  8. a political party's statement of beliefs
  9. principle which states that everyone is held equally accountable to the law
  10. the leader of a city
  11. someone a government official represents
  12. the principle that says people are the ultimate authority over the government (abbv.)
  13. the clause that is the source of implied powers
  14. powers that are explicitly listed in the Constitution
  15. label used to describe left leaning progressive ideology
  16. means two houses
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  1. held every 4 years by each political party to officially nominate their presidential candidate
  2. principle that allows each branch to limit the power of another
  3. people give up some rights to the gov't in return for protection
  4. someone already in office who is running again
  5. the leader of a state
  6. the leader of the national executive branch
  7. the kind of government we have in the united states
  8. an individuals beliefs about life, government, culture, society
  9. a change or addition to the constitution
  10. a potential law
  11. the powers left to the states based on the 10th amendment
  12. one of seven parts of the constitution
  13. lack of government
  14. institution through which leaders exercise power affecting people under their control
  15. the division of powers between the national government and states

31 Clues: a potential law • means two houses • to run for office • lack of government • the leader of a city • the leader of a state • the first 10 amendments • framework for government • one of seven parts of the constitution • the system we use to elect the president • a change or addition to the constitution • a political party's statement of beliefs • ...

New Nation-Expansion Vocab 2026-02-03

New Nation-Expansion Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. Voting Rights .
  2. Land bought from France in 1803.
  3. Action or decision that later serves as an example
  4. The federal government can only take actions the COnstitution specifically lists.
  5. Factories begin to replace craftsmen to increase production.
  6. The United States will not take sides with any European countries at war.
  7. Movement aimed to ban slavery.
  8. Second president of the United States.
  9. French agents attempt to bribe US diplomats to cease attacks on US ships.
  10. Set up three levels of federal courts.
  11. The federal government can take reasonable actions the Constitution does not speccifically forbid.
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  1. First president of the United States
  2. First lady of the United States
  3. Small farmers protest in Pennsylvania against whiskey tax.
  4. Party that supports weak federal government and agriculture.
  5. Certificates of debt, carry a promise to be bought back at a higher price.
  6. First Secretary of the State
  7. People who buy items at low prices in hopes the value will increase.
  8. Agreement between USA and Britain to work out problems over northwestern lands, seizure of US ships, and US debts owed to Britain.
  9. Law that forbid speaking out/acting out against the government.
  10. A body of electors who represent people's vote in choosing president.
  11. First Secretary of the Treasury
  12. Party that supports strong federal government, industry and trade.
  13. Agreement between USA and Spain that changed Floridas border and use of the New Orleans port.
  14. The idea that the US was chosen by God to expand farther West.

25 Clues: Voting Rights . • First Secretary of the State • Movement aimed to ban slavery. • First lady of the United States • First Secretary of the Treasury • Land bought from France in 1803. • First president of the United States • Second president of the United States. • Set up three levels of federal courts. • Action or decision that later serves as an example • ...

Chapter 15 Global Security 2026-05-25

Chapter 15 Global Security crossword puzzle
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  1. Classical Greek philosopher and historian who wrote The History of the Peloponnesian War.
  2. A realist concept (along with power and anarchy) that explains the reasons behind conflicts.
  3. The type of security that emphasizes how external threats influence internal security issues.
  4. In 2001, the United States declared a War on ________ as retaliation to 9/11.
  5. The absence of a world government in the international system.
  6. A security ________ is the difficulty of increasing a state's security without inadvertently decreasing the security of other states.
  7. Conflicts are often the result of state ________ toward other states.
  8. As part of its global effort, Washington called on the support of all its ________.
  9. The concept of global security points out that security is an issue for the entire ________.
  10. Along with Afghanistan, the Philippines sent troops to this country to support the US.
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  1. The last name of the Harvard professor who coined the term "Thucydides's Trap".
  2. Realism assumes that all actions of states are directed toward achieving their ________.
  3. In contemporary times, security issues heavily affect global ________.
  4. Realism assumes that the ________ is like an enlarged individual.
  5. Building up military capacity to protect survival creates a ________ of power.
  6. Tension between an established and a rising power is often referred to as Thucydides's ________.
  7. The rising ancient power that clashed with Sparta in 431 BC.
  8. The established ancient power that feared the growing power of Athens.
  9. One of the oldest theories in the field of politics and international relations.
  10. The H1N1 virus is mentioned as a fatal strain of this disease.

20 Clues: The rising ancient power that clashed with Sparta in 431 BC. • The absence of a world government in the international system. • The H1N1 virus is mentioned as a fatal strain of this disease. • Realism assumes that the ________ is like an enlarged individual. • Conflicts are often the result of state ________ toward other states. • ...

Unit 5 Early Republic Events, Acts, Treaties 2018-01-19

Unit 5 Early Republic Events, Acts, Treaties crossword puzzle
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  1. an 1803 court case in which the Supreme Court ruled that it had the power to decide whether laws passed by Congress were constitutional
  2. an 1807 law that imposed a total ban on foreign trade
  3. a peace treaty signed by Britain and the United States in 1814 to end the War of 1812
  4. the declarations passed in 1798 and 1799 that claimed that each state has the right to decide whether a federal law is constitutional
  5. in 1811, a battle over white settlement in the Indiana Territory
  6. President Monroe's foreign policy statement warning European nations not to interfere in Latin America
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  1. the vast territory extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, purchased from France in 1803
  2. a law that created the structure of the Supreme Court and set up a system of district courts and circuit courts for the nation
  3. a 1794 protest over a tax on all liquor made and sold in the United States
  4. laws created in 1798 that permitted the President to expel foreigners, made it harder for immigrants to become citizens, and allowed for citizens to be fined or jailed if they criticized the government or its officials
  5. a 1795 agreement between Britain and the United States that settled differences and put off a threat of military conflict between the two nations
  6. a 1797 French attempt to demand a bribe of money from the United States before discussing French seizure of neutral American ships
  7. the treaty signed by some Native Americans in 1795, giving up land that would later become part of Ohio
  8. an 1821 treaty between Spain and the United States in which Spain agreed to sell Florida to the United States

14 Clues: an 1807 law that imposed a total ban on foreign trade • in 1811, a battle over white settlement in the Indiana Territory • a 1794 protest over a tax on all liquor made and sold in the United States • a peace treaty signed by Britain and the United States in 1814 to end the War of 1812 • ...

American Revolution crossword puzzle 2023-03-28

American Revolution crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. was an American-born military officer who served during the Revolutionary War. He fought with distinction for the American Continental Army and rose to the rank of major general before defecting to the British side of the conflict in 1780.
  2. was a British-born American Founding Father who, as a representative of Georgia to the Continental Congress, was one of the signers of the United States Declaration of Independence.
  3. was King of Great Britain and of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820
  4. dutifully enforced the 1765 Stamp Act, which helped to spark the American Revolution.
  5. was a rebel heroine of the American Revolutionary War. Outsmarted Tory soldiers and killed some outright. Died in 1830.
  6. helped negotiate the treaty of peace. Was the second president of the united states.
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  1. was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father. Was the first president of the united states.
  2. was an American Founding Father, merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress
  3. a Founding Father of the United States, signed the United States Declaration of Independence while representing Georgia in the Continental Congress.
  4. was among the few heroes of the Revolutionary War from Georgia. He was wounded several times.
  5. was an enslaved African American who fought against the British in the American Revolutionary War.
  6. entered politics in 1775, serving as a member of the Second Continental Congress, a position he held until 1780
  7. He died in a duel against Aaron burr. Died in 1804. served as the first United States secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795.
  8. was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father. Born in 1743. Died in 1826.

14 Clues: helped negotiate the treaty of peace. Was the second president of the united states. • was King of Great Britain and of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820 • dutifully enforced the 1765 Stamp Act, which helped to spark the American Revolution. • was among the few heroes of the Revolutionary War from Georgia. He was wounded several times. • ...

legislative 2025-02-18

legislative crossword puzzle
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  1. The Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII) to the United States Constitution established the direct election of United States senators in each state.
  2. (in a legislative assembly) a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote.
  3. the lower chamber of the United States Congress
  4. manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class.
  5. Apportionment is the process by which seats in a legislative body are distributed among administrative divisions, such as states or parties, entitled to representation.
  6. A filibuster is a political procedure in which one or more members of a legislative body prolong debate on proposed legislation so as to delay or entirely ...
  7. (of a legislative body) having two branches or chambers.
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  1. The idea behind this amendment is to reduce corruption in the legislative branch by requiring an election before a congressperson's salary increase takes effec
  2. The speaker is the political and parliamentary leader of the House and is simultaneously its presiding officer, de facto leader of the body's majority party A term limit is a legal restriction on the number of terms a person may serve in a particular elected office.
  3. A term limit is a legal restriction on the number of terms a person may serve in a particular elected office.
  4. The Necessary and Proper Clause refers to Clause 18 under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. It reads that Congress has the legislative power.
  5. The Supremacy Clause refers to the foundational principle that, in general, federal law takes precedence over any conflicting state law.
  6. The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress
  7. the act or action of coming together and meeting

14 Clues: the lower chamber of the United States Congress • the act or action of coming together and meeting • (of a legislative body) having two branches or chambers. • The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress • (in a legislative assembly) a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote. • ...

Chapter 3 Terms 2018-10-14

Chapter 3 Terms crossword puzzle
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  1. of aid Terms set by the national government that states must meet if they are to receive certain federal funds
  2. Terms set by the national government that states must meet whether or not they accept federal grants
  3. Procedure whereby voters can remove an elected official from office
  4. grants Federal grants for specific purposes, such as building an airport
  5. A decision by an administrative agency granting some other part permission to violate a law or rule that would otherwise apply to it
  6. The transfer of power from the national government to the state and local governments
  7. The doctrine that a state can declare null and void a federal law that, in the state's opinion, violates the Constitution
  8. federalism Idea that the federal and state governments share power in many policy areas
  9. Government authority shared by national and local governments
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  1. and proper clause Section of the Constitution allowing Congress to pass all laws "necessary and proper" to its duties, and that has permitted Congress to exercise powers not specifically given to it by the Constitution
  2. in aid Money given by the national government to the states
  3. Process that permits voters to put legislative measures directly on the ballot
  4. federalism Doctrine that the national government is supreme in its sphere, the states are supreme in theirs, and the two spheres should be kept separate
  5. Procedure enabling voters to reject a measure passed by the legislature
  6. of democracy Idea that different states can implement different policies, and the successful ones will spread

15 Clues: in aid Money given by the national government to the states • Government authority shared by national and local governments • Procedure whereby voters can remove an elected official from office • Procedure enabling voters to reject a measure passed by the legislature • grants Federal grants for specific purposes, such as building an airport • ...

Module 1 Lessons 5, 6, 7 2023-09-11

Module 1 Lessons 5, 6, 7 crossword puzzle
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  1. Ratified in 1865, the amendment stated “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States”
  2. Supreme court case whose ruling stated that non-citizens (slaves) could not sue in federal court
  3. a system in which landowners divided their land and assigned each head of household a few acres of land along with seeds and tools
  4. General of Confederate army who drove McClellan away from the confederate capital of Richmond
  5. Prevented states from denying rights and privileges to any US citizen. This amendment overruled the Dred Scott decision.
  6. The most notorious and widespread southern vigilante group that used violence to intimidate African Americans
  7. General of the Union Army
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  1. Issued by President lincoln, it stated that all slaves in areas currently under rebellion would be freed immediately
  2. The period during which the United States began to rebuild after the Civil War, lasting from 1865 to 1877
  3. Bureau that assisted formers slaves and poor whites in the South by distributing clothing and food
  4. Ratified in 1870, this amendment stated that no one can be kept from voting because of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude”
  5. The Confederate States of America, formed from states that seceded from the Union
  6. A minority of Republicans in Congress who wanted to destroy the political power of former slaveholders
  7. The president who succeeded Abraham Lincoln and oversaw much of Reconstruction
  8. Laws that severely restricted African Americans’ lives

15 Clues: General of the Union Army • Laws that severely restricted African Americans’ lives • The president who succeeded Abraham Lincoln and oversaw much of Reconstruction • The Confederate States of America, formed from states that seceded from the Union • General of Confederate army who drove McClellan away from the confederate capital of Richmond • ...

Branches of Government Cross Word 2024-12-18

Branches of Government Cross Word crossword puzzle
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  1. one where legalized force is restricted through delegated and enumerated authorities.
  2. a doctrine in political theory that government is created by and subject to the will of the people
  3. those specifically identified in the Constitution.
  4. an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies.
  5. having the power to make laws.
  6. an assembly or council usually possessing high deliberative and legislative functions
  7. a governing body of a Nation, state, community
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  1. powers that are shared by both the federal government and state governments.
  2. gives the Supreme Court and federal courts the authority to interpret the constitition
  3. government actors must follow certain procedures before they may deprive a person of a protected life, liberty, or property interest.
  4. the process to become a U.S. citizen if you were born outside of the United States.
  5. political powers granted to the United States government that aren't explicitly stated in the Constitution.
  6. an organization which consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance or league.
  7. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people
  8. a national legislative body, especially that of the US. The US Congress, which meets at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., was established by the Constitution of 1787 and is composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

15 Clues: having the power to make laws. • a governing body of a Nation, state, community • those specifically identified in the Constitution. • powers that are shared by both the federal government and state governments. • the process to become a U.S. citizen if you were born outside of the United States. • ...

Word Work List #12 - Relative & Absolute Dating 2022-11-17

Word Work List #12 - Relative & Absolute Dating crossword puzzle
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  1. - States that sedimentary layers are laid down originally in horizontal layers and so if they are titled something has disturbed them
  2. - States that an inclusion must be older than the rock it is enclosed in.
  3. - States that an igneous rock, fault, or other geologic feature must be younger than any rock across which it cuts; used to determine relative age.
  4. - Enables scientists to determine the numerical age of rocks and other objects
  5. - The study of rock layers (strata) and the sequence of events they reflect
  6. - A technique used to determine the absolute age of a fossil on the basis of the amount of a radioactive element it contains.
  7. - A break in the earth's crust; younger than the rocks it cuts across.
  8. - States that processes that occur on Earth today also occurred in the past in the same manner.
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  1. - Distinctive fossils used to establish and correlate the relative ages of rock layers and the fossils they contain.
  2. - Layers of rock, representing various periods of deposition.
  3. - Dating of earth's history using rocks and fossils
  4. - A way to describe the age of one object or event compared to another object or event; does not use numbers.
  5. - States that younger layers of rock are deposited on top of older layers; used to determine relative age.
  6. - The length of time required for half of the radioactive atoms in a sample to decay.
  7. - An igneous rock layer formed when magma hardens beneath Earth's surface; younger than the rocks it cuts across.

15 Clues: - Dating of earth's history using rocks and fossils • - Layers of rock, representing various periods of deposition. • - A break in the earth's crust; younger than the rocks it cuts across. • - States that an inclusion must be older than the rock it is enclosed in. • - The study of rock layers (strata) and the sequence of events they reflect • ...

procurement principles 2025-02-09

procurement principles crossword puzzle
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  1. states that the procurement process should treat every player equally including the women, people with disability and youths
  2. states that the procurement process should take into consideration the environment, social and economic impact throughout the product lifecycles
  3. states that information provided to stakeholders should be open and with high level of honesty
  4. States that procurement process should achieve its intended objectives and outcomes
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  1. states that all information in the tendering process should be availed with no favoritism or biasnee
  2. states that procurement process should allow value for money and allow healthy competition
  3. states that all individuals involved in purchasing process should be held responsible for their decision
  4. States that goods should be procured in the lowest possible cost and without wasting time

8 Clues: States that procurement process should achieve its intended objectives and outcomes • States that goods should be procured in the lowest possible cost and without wasting time • states that procurement process should allow value for money and allow healthy competition • ...

The Ten Commandments 2020-11-24

The Ten Commandments crossword puzzle
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  1. Thou shalt not _______.
  2. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's ______.
  3. which commandment(the number)states to not covet thy neighbour's goods?
  4. Which Commandment(the number) states not to kill?
  5. Remember to keep holy the _______ day.
  6. I am the ______ thy God. Thou shalt have no strange gods before me.
  7. Which Commandment(the number) states to honour your father and mother?
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  1. Thou shalt not bear false ______ against thy neighbour.
  2. Thou shalt not ______ adultery
  3. Thou shalt not ______.
  4. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's ______.
  5. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in ______.
  6. _____ thy father and thy mother.

13 Clues: Thou shalt not ______. • Thou shalt not _______. • Thou shalt not ______ adultery • _____ thy father and thy mother. • Remember to keep holy the _______ day. • Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's ______. • Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's ______. • Which Commandment(the number) states not to kill? • Thou shalt not bear false ______ against thy neighbour. • ...

Document D 2023-01-29

Document D crossword puzzle
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  1. needs to be taken within 3 years of the Constitution's ratification
  2. number of years a senator is in office
  3. home of the infamous tea party
  4. one of the states with eight representatives
  5. one representative per ___thousand
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  1. state with fewest initial representatives in Congress
  2. House of representatives based on
  3. Each state shall have at least one of these
  4. The combined legislative power of the House and the Senate
  5. The smaller of the two states with 6 representatives
  6. states with five representatives
  7. composed of 2 representatives per state

12 Clues: home of the infamous tea party • states with five representatives • House of representatives based on • one representative per ___thousand • number of years a senator is in office • composed of 2 representatives per state • Each state shall have at least one of these • one of the states with eight representatives • The smaller of the two states with 6 representatives • ...

The Lincoln Memorial 2018-03-01

The Lincoln Memorial crossword puzzle
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  1. Each column stands for the different ________________.
  2. Who killed the president?
  3. Who made the sculpture?
  4. What states were African Americans free in?
  5. Workers put thirty-six ________________ around the building.
  6. What stone was used to build the memorial?
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  1. What sits in the center of the memorial?
  2. Something that helps us remember someone is a _____________.
  3. What war did Lincoln lead the country in?
  4. Parts of Lincoln's ______________ are on the walls inside the memorial.
  5. African Americans were slaves in what states?
  6. Lincoln reunited the country and made slavery _____________.

12 Clues: Who made the sculpture? • Who killed the president? • What sits in the center of the memorial? • What war did Lincoln lead the country in? • What stone was used to build the memorial? • What states were African Americans free in? • African Americans were slaves in what states? • Each column stands for the different ________________. • ...

Starting A New Nation Crossword 2021-09-16

Starting A New Nation Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A Document in 1787, Establishes 5 New States.
  2. Part of the Legislative Branch, Supporting Larger States.
  3. Part of the Legislative Branch, Supporting Smaller States.
  4. The 1st U.S. Constitution, Purposely Meant to be Ineffective.
  5. 60% of Slaves Counting As Part of The Population.
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  1. The Political Party Standing in Support of the Wealthy, Led by Alexander Hamilton.
  2. A Series of Published Papers Meant to Advertise and Encourage the Use of the New Constitution.
  3. The First 10 Amendments Meant to Protect the People from the Government.
  4. Angry Farmers Rebel Over High War Taxes.
  5. Compromises Meant to Satisfy Both Large and Small States.
  6. The Political Party Standing in Support of the Common Man, Led by Thomas Jefferson.

11 Clues: Angry Farmers Rebel Over High War Taxes. • A Document in 1787, Establishes 5 New States. • 60% of Slaves Counting As Part of The Population. • Compromises Meant to Satisfy Both Large and Small States. • Part of the Legislative Branch, Supporting Larger States. • Part of the Legislative Branch, Supporting Smaller States. • ...

Civil War by Ava 2022-04-26

Civil War by Ava crossword puzzle
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  1. a small bag that is carried on the shoulder or back used by a soldier or hikers
  2. a warship covered or protected with Iron
  3. a leather shoe that reaches to the ankle
  4. the North part of the United States that wanted to get rid of Slavery
  5. the south part of the United States that wanted to keep Slavery
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  1. a person whos from the northern states who went to the southern states after the Civil war to collect money from the reconstruction
  2. a field that grows cotton, vegetables, and
  3. a dollar bill
  4. Someone who didn't want Slavery
  5. soldiers marching or fighting
  6. a military detachment for armed forces that uses large guns

11 Clues: a dollar bill • soldiers marching or fighting • Someone who didn't want Slavery • a warship covered or protected with Iron • a leather shoe that reaches to the ankle • a field that grows cotton, vegetables, and • a military detachment for armed forces that uses large guns • the south part of the United States that wanted to keep Slavery • ...

Gas Laws-word bank: pressure, Boyles, Charles, Avogadros, inverse, direct, Pascals, Archimedes, sink, float, Pascals, Newtons 2020-11-14

Gas Laws-word bank: pressure, Boyles, Charles, Avogadros, inverse, direct, Pascals, Archimedes, sink, float, Pascals, Newtons crossword puzzle
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  1. _________ Law states that as the number of molecules of a gas increase, the volume increases.
  2. Force is measured in _________.
  3. ________ = Force / Area
  4. __________ Principle states that when a force is applied to a fluid, that increase in pressure is transmitted equally to all parts of the fluid.
  5. _________ Law states that as the temperature of a gas increases, the volume increases.
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  1. Boyle's Law is an __________relationship
  2. If the buoyant force is greater than or equal to the weight of an object then it will_______.
  3. __________ Law states that as the pressure of a gas increases, the volume decreases.
  4. Pressure is measured in _________.
  5. Charles' Law is a __________ relationship
  6. ___________ Principle states that the buoyant force of an object is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object.
  7. If the buoyant force is less than the weight of the object then it will ______.

12 Clues: ________ = Force / Area • Force is measured in _________. • Pressure is measured in _________. • Boyle's Law is an __________relationship • Charles' Law is a __________ relationship • If the buoyant force is less than the weight of the object then it will ______. • __________ Law states that as the pressure of a gas increases, the volume decreases. • ...

Civil War Era 2026-03-12

Civil War Era crossword puzzle
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  1. Organized bodies of soldiers.
  2. A person who supported the Southern states that seceded.
  3. Soldiers who fought on horseback.
  4. A 1787 law that established a process for admitting new states to the Union.
  5. A 1790 act that organized territory south of the Ohio River, allowing slavery.
  6. A campaign designed to take initiative and attack the enemy.
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  1. A high protectionist tax passed in 1828 that caused major economic tension for the South.
  2. A common nickname for a soldier fighting for the Confederacy.
  3. A nickname for a Union soldier or a Northerner.
  4. The Northern states that remained in the United States.
  5. A military blockade aimed at forcing a city or fort to surrender, such as at Vicksburg.

11 Clues: Organized bodies of soldiers. • Soldiers who fought on horseback. • A nickname for a Union soldier or a Northerner. • The Northern states that remained in the United States. • A person who supported the Southern states that seceded. • A campaign designed to take initiative and attack the enemy. • A common nickname for a soldier fighting for the Confederacy. • ...

Domain 9: The U.S. Civil War 2025-03-06

Domain 9: The U.S. Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. the northern states that did not secede from the United States
  2. the forcing of people to work without pay as enslaved people, denying them freedom to live their lives
  3. the way in which something is useful or important
  4. large farms where crops are grown
  5. the nickname given to the Confederate Soldiers
  6. a war between different groups of people within one country
  7. the system in which people make, buy, sell, and trade items or their services
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  1. failure to win
  2. a point or something in question or being talked about
  3. people who want to abolish or end slavery
  4. the government formed by the states in the south after they withdrew from the United States

11 Clues: failure to win • large farms where crops are grown • people who want to abolish or end slavery • the nickname given to the Confederate Soldiers • the way in which something is useful or important • a point or something in question or being talked about • a war between different groups of people within one country • ...

victor 2026-01-26

victor crossword puzzle
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  1. Selective Service Act created a military draft to build the armed forces.
  2. At the beginning of , the United States declared neutrality.
  3. commanded American forces in Europe.
  4. favored neutrality due to tradition, trade interests, and a desire to avoid European conflicts.
  5. Selective Service Act created a military draft to build the armed forces.
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  1. troops were known as the American Expeditionary Force (AEF).
  2. submarine attacks, including unrestricted submarine warfare, threatened American ships and lives.
  3. soldiers helped boost Allied morale and strength.
  4. Eastern Front was more fluid than the Western Front, with fewer trenches and more movement.
  5. was divided into two major alliances: the Allied Powers (
  6. in the United States declared war on Germany.
  7. military technology, including machine guns, poison gas, submarines, and airplanes, made the war especially deadly.
  8. States focused on training troops before sending them into combat.
  9. the beginning of World War I, the United States declared neutrality.

14 Clues: commanded American forces in Europe. • in the United States declared war on Germany. • soldiers helped boost Allied morale and strength. • was divided into two major alliances: the Allied Powers ( • troops were known as the American Expeditionary Force (AEF). • At the beginning of , the United States declared neutrality. • ...

AP GOV PROJECT 2024-12-12

AP GOV PROJECT crossword puzzle
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  1. exercise, protects individuals right to practice their religion without government interference
  2. Clause, gives Congress the power to regulate commerce Supremacy Clause, constitution is law of the land.
  3. United v. Federal Election Commission, A case in which The Court held that corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in elections cannot be limited under the First Amendment.
  4. Incorporation, the legal doctrine where the Supreme Court applies individual rights from the Bill of Rights to state governments on a case-by-case-basis
  5. a previous court decision that is used as a guiding principle to decide similar cases in the future Nine, how many supreme court judges are there?
  6. PACs, committees that may receive unlimited contributions from individuals, corporations, labor unions and other PACs for the purpose of financing independent expenditures and other independent political activity.
  7. v. Yoder, dealt with the balance between state interests and individual religious freedoms.
  8. York Times Co. v. United States, dealt with the First Amendment and the freedom of press.
  9. v. Maryland, addressed the balance of power between the federal government and the states.
  10. v. Wade, addressed the issue of abortion rights in the United States.
  11. clause, prohibits the government from establishing a religion or favoring one religion over another
  12. powers, are powers of the United States government that are not explicitly stated in the Constitution, but are suggested to be applicable in some or all cases.
  13. opinion, a written opinion by a judge who agrees with the majority decision in a case, but provides different reasoning or justification for reaching that decision
  14. v. United States, dealt with limited speech.
  15. v. Vitale, This case addressed the issue of state-sponsored prayer in public schools.
  16. the political manipulation of electoral district boundaries to advantage a party, group, or socioeconomic class within the constituency.
  17. v. Carr, established the "one person, one vote doctrine, gave federal courts power to hear redistricting cases.
  18. clause, gives Congress the power to create laws that are not explicitly listed in the Constitution.
  19. States v. Lopez, dealt with the limits of Congress's power under the Commerce Clause.
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  1. Court, The pinnacle of the American judicial system. The Court ensures uniformity in interpreting national laws, resolves conflicts among states, and maintains national supremacy in law. it has both original jurisdiction and appellate jurisdiction.
  2. v. Chicago, addressed the issue of gun rights in the United States.
  3. opinion, a written statement by one or more judges that disagrees with the majority opinion in a legal case
  4. decisis, A Latin phrase meaning "let the decision stand." Most cases reaching appellate courts are settled on this principle.
  5. amendment, freedom of speech
  6. and proper clause, allows congress the ability to make laws or to act where the constitution doesn't give it authority to act. Sometimes thought of as implied powers.
  7. v. Madison, led to the creation of judicial review and reestablished check and balances among the branches of government.
  8. v. Board of Education, created integration for all public schools in America.
  9. laws, resolves conflicts among states, and maintains national supremacy in law. it has both original jurisdiction and appellate jurisdiction.
  10. speech, non-verbal actions that are intended to convey a particular message or statement, and are considered protected under the First Amendment as a form of speech
  11. review, review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
  12. rights, the legal rights that law enforcement must inform a suspect of after arresting them Executive privilege, the authority of the President to withhold documents or information in his possession or in the possession of the Executive Branch from the Legislative or Judicial Branch of the government. .
  13. privilege, the authority of the President to withhold documents or information in his possession or in the possession of the Executive Branch from the Legislative or Judicial Branch of the government.
  14. the division of power between the national government and state governments.
  15. rights, legal protections that guarantee equal social opportunities and protection under the law for all people, regardless of their race, religion, or other characteristics.
  16. v. Des Moines, addressed the issue of free speech in public schools.
  17. how many supreme court judges are there?
  18. process, the idea that the government must follow fair procedures before taking away a person's life, liberty, or property.
  19. v. Wainwright, significantly impacted the rights of defendants in criminal cases.
  20. protection clause, part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution that requires the law to treat people in similar situations equally. It states that no state can deny any person within its jurisdiction equal protection under the law.
  21. v. Reno, unconstitutional to segregate voters based on race.
  22. restraint, a government action that prevenis the publication or distribution of speech or information before it is released to the public
  23. protection clause, part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution that requires the law to treat people in similar situations equally. It states that no state can deny any person within its jurisdiction equal protection under the law.

42 Clues: amendment, freedom of speech • how many supreme court judges are there? • v. United States, dealt with limited speech. • v. Reno, unconstitutional to segregate voters based on race. • v. Chicago, addressed the issue of gun rights in the United States. • v. Des Moines, addressed the issue of free speech in public schools. • ...

8.2 creating the constitution (Marshal) 2022-04-14

8.2 creating the constitution (Marshal) crossword puzzle
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  1. This plan wanted to give every state 1 vote so smaller states could change laws (2 Words)
  2. The new government meant to protect these for citizens
  3. This plan was made to favor the larger state with a greater population
  4. He read over 100 government books so that he can fix the States movements
  5. The southern states relied on this because it was not taxed by the government
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  1. 55 delegates met in Philadelphia to decide he the states were to be governed
  2. This convention stated that slaves would be counted for the state's tax
  3. The city that 5 delegates showed up to plan Shay's rebellion
  4. Washington was elected this of the convention
  5. These men were elected to lead the states in the right direction.

10 Clues: Washington was elected this of the convention • The new government meant to protect these for citizens • The city that 5 delegates showed up to plan Shay's rebellion • These men were elected to lead the states in the right direction. • This plan was made to favor the larger state with a greater population • ...

8.2 creating the constitution (Glenn mast 4th hour) 2022-04-14

8.2 creating the constitution (Glenn mast 4th hour) crossword puzzle
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  1. the virginia plan helped the _________ states.
  2. read over one hundred books on the government in preparation for the constitutional convention.
  3. robert morris nominated ______________ to be the next president of the U.S.
  4. in early july the committee offered the great ___________________ to satisfy the smaller states.
  5. under this compromise ________-_______ of the slave population would be counted when setting direct taxes on the states.
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  1. led by __________ of New York, he called for the states to send representatives to philadelphia to discuss changes in the articles of confederation.
  2. in the constitutional convention they argued for over a __________.
  3. this plan benefited the small states.(two words)
  4. there were 55 delegates who showed up to the constitutional ________________ in philadelphia.
  5. 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

8.2 creating the constitution (Glenn mast 4th hour) crossword puzzle
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  1. the virginia plan helped the _________ states.
  2. read over one hundred books on the government in preparation for the constitutional convention.
  3. robert morris nominated ______________ to be the next president of the U.S.
  4. in early july the committee offered the great ___________________ to satisfy the smaller states.
  5. under this compromise ________-_______ of the slave population would be counted when setting direct taxes on the states.
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  1. led by __________ of New York, he called for the states to send representatives to philadelphia to discuss changes in the articles of confederation.
  2. in the constitutional convention they argued for over a __________.
  3. this plan benefited the small states.(two words)
  4. there were 55 delegates who showed up to the constitutional ________________ in philadelphia.
  5. 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

8.2 creating the constitution (Glenn mast 4th hour) crossword puzzle
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  1. the virginia plan helped the _________ states.
  2. read over one hundred books on the government in preparation for the constitutional convention.
  3. robert morris nominated ______________ to be the next president of the U.S.
  4. in early july the committee offered the great ___________________ to satisfy the smaller states.
  5. under this compromise ________-_______ of the slave population would be counted when setting direct taxes on the states.
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  1. led by __________ of New York, he called for the states to send representatives to philadelphia to discuss changes in the articles of confederation.
  2. in the constitutional convention they argued for over a __________.
  3. this plan benefited the small states.(two words)
  4. there were 55 delegates who showed up to the constitutional ________________ in philadelphia.
  5. 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

8.2 creating the constitution (Glenn mast 4th hour) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the virginia plan helped the _________ states.
  2. read over one hundred books on the government in preparation for the constitutional convention.
  3. robert morris nominated ______________ to be the next president of the U.S.
  4. in early july the committee offered the great ___________________ to satisfy the smaller states.
  5. under this compromise ________-_______ of the slave population would be counted when setting direct taxes on the states.
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  1. led by __________ of New York, he called for the states to send representatives to philadelphia to discuss changes in the articles of confederation.
  2. in the constitutional convention they argued for over a __________.
  3. this plan benefited the small states.(two words)
  4. there were 55 delegates who showed up to the constitutional ________________ in philadelphia.
  5. 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 1920s 2013-03-13

The 1920s crossword puzzle
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  1. combination of a capitalist economic system
  2. United states aviator
  3. He took over politics
  4. commercials
  5. being productive
  6. a system of government
  7. to protest
  8. Nations that compete
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  1. treaty signed in 1928
  2. United States labor
  3. made cheap cars
  4. a series of government attacks

12 Clues: to protest • commercials • made cheap cars • being productive • United States labor • Nations that compete • treaty signed in 1928 • United states aviator • He took over politics • a system of government • a series of government attacks • combination of a capitalist economic system

Test II Extra Credit 2022-02-11

Test II Extra Credit crossword puzzle
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  1. The process by which people move from rural to urban areas.
  2. Possessing supreme political authority within a geographic area.
  3. A militant farmers’ movement of the late nineteenth century that fought for improved conditions for farmers.
  4. The legal structure of a government, which establishes its power and authority as well as the limits on that power.
  5. A system of government in which power is divided between a central government and regional governments.
  6. A proposed law that has been sponsored by a member of the legislature and submitted to the clerk of the House or Senate.
  7. Occurring every two years.
  8. Possessing supreme political authority within a geographic area.
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  1. Powers to act in a particular area are exclusively granted by the Constitution to the national government and cannot be interfered with by the states.
  2. The Confederate States of America, those southern states that seceded from the United States in late 1860 and 1861 and argued that the power of the states was more important than the power of the central government.
  3. Under the Texas Constitution, the formal charge by the House of Representatives that leads to trial in the Senate and possible removal of a state official.
  4. Comprising one body or house, as in a one-house legislature.
  5. A person who is represented by an elected official.
  6. Having a legislative assembly composed of two chambers or houses.
  7. According to James Madison, the concentration of power in any one branch of government.

15 Clues: Occurring every two years. • A person who is represented by an elected official. • The process by which people move from rural to urban areas. • Comprising one body or house, as in a one-house legislature. • Possessing supreme political authority within a geographic area. • Possessing supreme political authority within a geographic area. • ...

Romina crossword TX creation 2021-05-03

Romina crossword TX creation crossword puzzle
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  1. southern states that left the united states in 1861
  2. location of an important battle for Texans fighting for independence from Mexico. ... After a lifetime of service to his country, the event for which he is most well known is his role in the independence of Texas.
  3. the mexican american civil rights movement of the 1960s with the stated goal of achieving mexican american empowerment.
  4. first european to map the coast of Texas
  5. judicial,legislative,executive
  6. president of the United States (1861–65), who preserved the Union during the American Civil War
  7. nonviolent form of protest where people go to places and stay seated without doing or saying anything.
  8. the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution
  9. laws from the magna carta
  10. To leave or withdraw from a place
  11. 1800s belief that Americans had the right to spread across the continent
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  1. spanish explorer that was captured by the karankawa tribe.
  2. took command of the Mexican army that invaded Texas in 1836
  3. A major war that started with two countries and then more countries started to join.
  4. Mexican catholic priest known because of his speech "Grito de dolores" and key figure of the mexican independence
  5. action or protest that it is not violent
  6. not obeying the laws
  7. served as the first and third president of the Republic of Texas, and was one of the first two individuals to represent Texas in the United States Senate.
  8. a tax on imported goods
  9. French explorer looking for the Mississippi river that was killed by his men.

20 Clues: not obeying the laws • a tax on imported goods • laws from the magna carta • judicial,legislative,executive • To leave or withdraw from a place • action or protest that it is not violent • first european to map the coast of Texas • the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution • southern states that left the united states in 1861 • ...

Dr.Cash Period 5 Stuff 2022-11-28

Dr.Cash Period 5 Stuff crossword puzzle
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  1. He first became famous for leading a small band of fighters in Bleeding Kansas, killing several proslavery supporters
  2. President of texas, and advocated annexation by the United States
  3. A republic declared in 1836
  4. Sixteenth president whose 1860 election triggered the secession of several states, and deftly led the Union through the ensuing Civil War
  5. An unrecognized independent California led by John C. Fremont and annexed into the United States under the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
  6. Antislavery advocates from various political parties founded this to oppose the expansion of slavery into the new Western territories
  7. A package of several bills that alleviated some of the tension between the North and South
  8. Tenth President
  9. The nickname for a period of bloody conflict in what became Kansas
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  1. Advocates for ending slavery
  2. A Tennessee Whig nominated by the Constitutional Union Party in 1860
  3. God’s will for the United States to expand westward
  4. Nickname for an influx of immigrants to California in 1849 seeking riches in the gold rush
  5. The site of a famous battle in San Antonio, Texas
  6. A financial crisis that lasts from 1837 until the mid-1840s
  7. this novel expressed Northern abolitionist frustrations with the Fugitive Slave Act
  8. A statesman and orator from Kentucky, Clay was known as “The Great Compromiser”
  9. The population of California ballooned as prospectors flocked to the state to seek a fortune in mining gold
  10. Also known as the Grand Old Party
  11. Families traveled up to six months in caravans

20 Clues: Tenth President • A republic declared in 1836 • Advocates for ending slavery • Also known as the Grand Old Party • Families traveled up to six months in caravans • The site of a famous battle in San Antonio, Texas • God’s will for the United States to expand westward • A financial crisis that lasts from 1837 until the mid-1840s • ...

Reconstruction Era 2022-10-15

Reconstruction Era crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an informal, unwritten deal that settled the disputed 1876 U.S. Presidential election
  2. restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans
  3. a violent secret fraternal society founded in 1915 in Georgia to maintain white Protestant cultural and political power
  4. the belief that white people constitute a superior race and should therefore dominate society
  5. granted African American men the right to vote
  6. someone who repays, recovers, saves, or exchanges something for something else
  7. was vice president before he became the 17th president
  8. abolished slavery in the United States
  9. An Act to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees
  10. a white Southerner acting in support of the reconstruction governments after the American Civil War often for private gain
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  1. affirmed the “equality of all men before the law” and prohibited racial discrimination in public places and facilities such as restaurants and public transportation
  2. the era previous to the Civil War
  3. required that 50% of all voters in the Confederate states, must pledge allegiance to the Union before reunification
  4. to refuse to admit or approve
  5. the right to vote in political elections
  6. a Northerner in the South after the American Civil Wat usually seeking private gain under the Reconstruction governments
  7. declared all persons born in the United States to be citizens, "without distinction of race or color, or previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude
  8. granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States
  9. 19th U.S. president
  10. a plan for the South pit toward by Abraham Lincoln in 1863
  11. first African American senator in 1870

21 Clues: 19th U.S. president • to refuse to admit or approve • the era previous to the Civil War • first African American senator in 1870 • abolished slavery in the United States • the right to vote in political elections • granted African American men the right to vote • was vice president before he became the 17th president • ...

Citizenship Test: Je'da Kyles, 2nd 2023-01-09

Citizenship Test: Je'da Kyles, 2nd crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What prevents the government from passing laws that treat people unfairly
  2. Which house of congress is presided over by the vice president
  3. What is it called when the government spends more money than it has
  4. What is our nation's first form of government as an independent nation
  5. A formal agreement between two or more countries
  6. What do lawyers use to try to prove their client's side of the story
  7. Life liberty and property are your
  8. What is it called when all of the budget deficits are added up
  9. What is a group of judges called
  10. A plan for how the government brings in and spends revenue
  11. Which is the highest court of the government
  12. What is the interest group that surrounds the general public
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  1. The money collected by the government
  2. What amendment gave voting rights to women
  3. What is the interest group that advocates for professions
  4. What limit of government demonstrates protection in every group of society
  5. The relationship between other states
  6. What is the name of the House of Representatives and Senate
  7. The division of power among a national government and smaller state governments
  8. What do interest groups create to raise money
  9. The official document that states how the government runs
  10. The rule of law states that the justice system is available to everyone to enforce their rights
  11. The role of government that utilizes the military
  12. How old do you need to be to qualify for naturalization
  13. What court system deals with disputes about laws that apply to the entire United States

25 Clues: What is a group of judges called • Life liberty and property are your • The money collected by the government • The relationship between other states • What amendment gave voting rights to women • Which is the highest court of the government • What do interest groups create to raise money • A formal agreement between two or more countries • ...

Citizenship Test: Je'da Kyles, 2nd 2023-01-09

Citizenship Test: Je'da Kyles, 2nd crossword puzzle
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  1. Which is the highest court of the government
  2. A plan for how the government brings in and spends revenue
  3. What is the name of the House of Representatives and Senate
  4. What is a group of judges called
  5. What is the interest group that surrounds the general public
  6. What limit of government demonstrates protection in every group of society
  7. The relationship between other states
  8. What amendment gave voting rights to women
  9. What is the interest group that advocates for professions
  10. The rule of law states that the justice system is available to everyone to enforce their rights
  11. What is it called when the government spends more money than it has
  12. What prevents the government from passing laws that treat people unfairly
  13. Life liberty and property are your
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  1. What is our nation's first form of government as an independent nation
  2. What do interest groups create to raise money
  3. A formal agreement between two or more countries
  4. What is it called when all of the budget deficits are added up
  5. The money collected by the government
  6. What court system deals with disputes about laws that apply to the entire United States
  7. The official document that states how the government runs
  8. What do lawyers use to try to prove their client's side of the story
  9. How old do you need to be to qualify for naturalization
  10. Which house of congress is presided over by the vice president
  11. The role of government that utilizes the military
  12. The division of power among a national government and smaller state governments

25 Clues: What is a group of judges called • Life liberty and property are your • The money collected by the government • The relationship between other states • What amendment gave voting rights to women • Which is the highest court of the government • What do interest groups create to raise money • A formal agreement between two or more countries • ...

Richard Nixon 2023-02-06

Richard Nixon crossword puzzle
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  1. a relaxation intensions, between the United States and these Communist nations
  2. Asked to be Attorney General after working with Nixon’s campaign in New York
  3. imposed an embargo, or ban, on shipping oil to the United States
  4. spacecraft
  5. became Nixon’s national security advisor and later his secretary of state
  6. where was the break in at
  7. spending more money in a year than the government receives in revenues
  8. states were asked to assume greater responsibility for the well-being of their citizens,
  9. first president to visit China
  10. officially titled Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force
  11. sworn in as the new president
  12. president Nixon felt ____ was threatened
  13. what were Woodward and Bernstein
  14. what month did Nixon visit China
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  1. the United States went through what during Nixon's first few years in office
  2. what month did they land on the moon
  3. a list of prominent people seen as unsympathetic to the administration
  4. what are listening devices called
  5. who was Nixon’s belligerent Vice-President
  6. what was Ellsberg's maximum sentence
  7. a strategy that aimed to reduce American involvement in the Vietnam War by transferring all military responsibilities to South Vietnam
  8. first man to walk on the moon
  9. Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty is known as _____
  10. A period of high inflation combined with economic stagnation, unemployment, or economic recession that occurred during the 1970's
  11. what was Ellsberg charged with 12 counts under
  12. how was Nixon involved in the Watergate incident

26 Clues: spacecraft • where was the break in at • first man to walk on the moon • sworn in as the new president • first president to visit China • what were Woodward and Bernstein • what month did Nixon visit China • what are listening devices called • what month did they land on the moon • what was Ellsberg's maximum sentence • president Nixon felt ____ was threatened • ...

American History 1400s to 2005 2013-12-18

American History 1400s to 2005 crossword puzzle
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  1. this invention created the expansion of more cotton land, and the need for more slaves
  2. the name of the servants who signed a contact to come over to the New World
  3. a chemical used in warfare that caused mass destruction by exposing chemicals to the land
  4. a person who believes slavery is immoral
  5. name of the Hurricane that destroyed parts of Louisiana in 2005
  6. a period in time when the nation had to "rebuild" after war
  7. the murder of 6 million Jewish people in Europe
  8. caused war with Mexico, and the belief that the United States borders should expand
  9. American citizens were angry they had to pay these on Tea and threw the boxes overboard
  10. a period in time when the "arms race" between the Soviet Union took place
  11. to set apart, typically because of race or religion
  12. a person who uses violence and fear to achieve their goals
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  1. name of the war American citizens fought to forge their independence from England
  2. this doubled the size of the United States
  3. the disease that killed millions of indigenous peoples when the first Spaniards arrived
  4. because of the Indian Removal Act the Cherokee were forced to move and it was called this
  5. when this president was elected, the south seceded shortly after
  6. these were built by the Haida people to memorialize who they were when they lived
  7. an island that the United States acquired during the Spanish-American War
  8. war in which a country was divided by the United States into 2 at the 38th parallel

20 Clues: a person who believes slavery is immoral • this doubled the size of the United States • the murder of 6 million Jewish people in Europe • to set apart, typically because of race or religion • a person who uses violence and fear to achieve their goals • a period in time when the nation had to "rebuild" after war • ...

U.S. Expansion Crossword 2018-02-16

U.S. Expansion Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The separation of blacks and whites in the South.
  2. The year that the United States Annexed Texas.
  3. As white settlers moved west during the 19th century, the government continued to remove these people from their land.
  4. Another word that means to withdraw.
  5. This was the South’s main cash crop that they grew.
  6. In 1853, this purchase from Mexico brought the lower continental U.S. to its present boundaries.
  7. Between May of 1846 and February of 1848, war raged between these two countries.
  8. Abraham Lincoln made this document that declared all slaves in the Confederate states were free.
  9. The people who searched West to see what was on the land and how it was.
  10. The idea that the United States had the right and duty to rule the North America from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
  11. When the confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter , a federal fort in Charleston, South Carolina. This started what war?
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  1. Industrialization occurred very quickly due to this factor.
  2. Period when union troops occupied the South and enforced constitutional protections.
  3. When Mexico had gained its independence from Spain in 1821, their territory included Western lands of which area?
  4. Bought the Louisiana Territory from France.
  5. This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
  6. Majority of the civil war occurred in this area.
  7. Elected president in 1961.
  8. The law that enabled the federal government force Native Americans living in the east to the west.
  9. This system linked farm areas to city areas and boosted trade and industry.

20 Clues: Elected president in 1961. • Another word that means to withdraw. • Bought the Louisiana Territory from France. • The year that the United States Annexed Texas. • Majority of the civil war occurred in this area. • The separation of blacks and whites in the South. • This was the South’s main cash crop that they grew. • ...

Cladistic terms 2 2018-08-10

Cladistic terms 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. name for tree diagram on which branch lengths are shown in propotion to the inferred number of evolutionary changes [9]
  2. study group whose phylogeny is being assessed [7]
  3. two groups or terminal that together form a monophyletic group, i.e., form the two branches from a dichotomous node on a phylogenetic tree [6,6]
  4. criterion used in cladistic analyses for identifying preferred hypotheses of relationships [9]
  5. character with only two states [6]
  6. method of determining the polarity of character states in a dataset [8,10]
  7. group on a phylogenetic tree that shares a unique common ancestor [12]
  8. type of cladistic tree search that estimates the lengths of all possible trees for a set of taxa [10]
  9. group on a phylogentic tree including some but not all descendants of an inferred ancestor [12]
  10. character type with more than two states [10]
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  1. similarity due to independent evolutionary change; this can be through convergence/parallel evolution (= analogy), or reversal (= loss) [9]
  2. a monophyletic group [5]
  3. adjective describing primitive or ancestral character state [13]
  4. derived character state unique to one terminal taxon in a phylogenetic analysis [12]
  5. branch-point on a tree/cladogram [4]
  6. A measure of the parsimony fit of a character to a tree, or of the average fit of all characters to a tree [11,5]
  7. shared, derived character state [12]
  8. type of cladistic tree search typically used for larger datasets [9]
  9. character with multiple states, between which all transitions are given the same cost when calculating tree length [9]
  10. branch-point in a tree at which more than two branches are joined [8]

20 Clues: a monophyletic group [5] • character with only two states [6] • shared, derived character state [12] • branch-point on a tree/cladogram [4] • character type with more than two states [10] • study group whose phylogeny is being assessed [7] • adjective describing primitive or ancestral character state [13] • ...

Unit 5 Vocab 2022-03-22

Unit 5 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. An act to Establish the Judicial Courts of the United States.
  2. Was a violent tax protest in the United States.
  3. Was an American politician and lawyer who served as the fourth chief justice of the U.S.
  4. Made his reputation during the Revolutionary War and became one of America's most influential founding fathers.
  5. 4th president of the U.S.
  6. A period of major social upheaval in 1787 and ended in 1799.
  7. The principal author of the Declaration of independence.
  8. Were political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799.
  9. A system of government in which the same territory is controlled by two levels of government.
  10. U.S. victory against great Britain in a war of 1812 and the final major battle of that conflict.
  11. 6th president of the U.S.
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  1. A form of government operating on the principle adopted from a republic and democracy.
  2. An exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region over those of a country as a whole.
  3. John Adams signed it, which were later passed by the federalists dominated 5th United states congress.
  4. Was land between the United States and France.
  5. A Harvard-educated lawyer.
  6. A statement of U.S. foreign policy expressing opposition to the extension of Europian control or influence in the western hemisphere.
  7. Established for the first time that federal courts had the power to overturn an act of Congress on the ground that it violated the U.S. constitution.
  8. 7th president of the U.S.
  9. An ideology that emphasizes loyalty, devotion, or allegiance to a nation or nation-state.

20 Clues: 4th president of the U.S. • 7th president of the U.S. • 6th president of the U.S. • A Harvard-educated lawyer. • Was land between the United States and France. • Was a violent tax protest in the United States. • Were political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799. • The principal author of the Declaration of independence. • ...

Reconstruction 2022-02-24

Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The number of votes the Senate failed to convict Johnson by
  2. What happened to Union Troops in 1877 that brought renewed attempts to Strip African Americans of their rights
  3. Who Required written evidence of employment for the coming year from freed slaves
  4. The number of military districts that divided the South
  5. Who approved the Fourteenth Amendment in 1867
  6. Refers to the period following the Civil War of rebuilding the United States
  7. The kind of Republicans that impeached President Johnson
  8. The number of presidential pardons given
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  1. Where would freed slaves go to work if they could not provide evidence of employment
  2. Chose Andrew Johnson to be his Vice President
  3. Lincoln's Vice President that took office when he was assassinated
  4. Confederate officials and owners of large taxable estates were forced to apply individually for what kind of pardon
  5. The kind of Republicans that joined the Radicals to overturn Johnson's Civil Rights Veto
  6. What animal were freed slaves taxed on
  7. amendment that granted the right to vote to African-American males
  8. amendment that prohibited states from depriving any male citizen of equal protection under the law, regardless of race
  9. Johnson got what kind of power being a backer of a small farmer
  10. What state had freed slaves pay a special tax f they weren't farmers or servants
  11. A group that hurt Black people and the people that helped them, and was founded in the reconstruction era
  12. The amendment that abolished slavery in the United states and territories

20 Clues: What animal were freed slaves taxed on • The number of presidential pardons given • Chose Andrew Johnson to be his Vice President • Who approved the Fourteenth Amendment in 1867 • The number of military districts that divided the South • The kind of Republicans that impeached President Johnson • The number of votes the Senate failed to convict Johnson by • ...

Constitutional Vocab 2023-10-16

Constitutional Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plan proposed that every 5 enslaved people count for 3 votes.
  2. To give official approval to
  3. Loose joining of states to form a nation while being loyal to their own state
  4. Law that lays out how territories can apply for statehood (3 requirements)
  5. Special group of voters selected by their state voters to vote for the President and Vice President, Congress plus 3 people from Washington D.C.
  6. Corresponding or equal in size
  7. Plan proposed that representation in Congress should be equal across all states, regardless of population size.
  8. The right of the Supreme Court to determine if a law is unconstitutional, precedent set during Marbury v Madison 1803
  9. Government in which the people rule through elected representatives
  10. Powers belonging only to the federal government
  11. A person opposed to the Constitution, wanted a Bill of Rights added to protect individual rights
  12. Consisting of two houses, or chambers, especially in the legislature
  13. Plan proposed that representation in Congress should be based on population, larger the population the more votes a state has
  14. America’s first Constitution, provided a new central government, which the states had the most power.
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  1. Powers not specifically mentioned in the Constitution
  2. Compromised agreed upon at the Constitutional Convention, created a bicameral Congress (2 house)
  3. An addition to a formal document
  4. Powers shared by the state and federal government
  5. Introduction to a formal document
  6. Part of a document, such as the Constitution, the deals with a single subject
  7. Powers reserved by the states
  8. A person that supports the Constitution
  9. A written formal plan of government

23 Clues: To give official approval to • Powers reserved by the states • Corresponding or equal in size • An addition to a formal document • Introduction to a formal document • A written formal plan of government • A person that supports the Constitution • Powers belonging only to the federal government • Powers shared by the state and federal government • ...

Chapter 7: Section 2 and 3 Crossword 2023-08-31

Chapter 7: Section 2 and 3 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Plan for the Constitution that favored large states
  2. Section of the U.S. government led by Congress, responsible for making the law
  3. Roger Sherman combined the best ideas of the New Jersey and Virginia plans to craft this
  4. A formal change to a law
  5. The first ten amendments to the Constitution
  6. Meeting to discuss changes to the Articles of Confederation
  7. A person chosen or elected to represent a group of people
  8. A person who opposed the stronger form of central government that is stated in the Constitution
  9. The system established by the U.S. Constitution that gives each branch of government the power to limit the power of the other two
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  1. Agreement that determined that three-fifths of the total population of enslaved persons will be counted towards population
  2. Founding father who co-wrote The Federalist with John Jay and James Madison
  3. The highest court in the U.S.
  4. Plan for the Constitution that favored small states
  5. The concept that states had certain powers the federal government cannot overrule
  6. The group that elects the U.S. President
  7. The division of governmental power among the three branches of U.S. government
  8. Delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention
  9. A group of countries/states that allow the members to trade freely among themselves
  10. Section of the U.S. government that includes the courts and legal system, responsible for interpreting the law
  11. A person in favor of the stronger form of central government that is stated in the Constitution
  12. Section of the U.S. government headed by the President, responsible for enforcing law

21 Clues: A formal change to a law • The highest court in the U.S. • The group that elects the U.S. President • The first ten amendments to the Constitution • Delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention • Plan for the Constitution that favored large states • Plan for the Constitution that favored small states • A person chosen or elected to represent a group of people • ...

Juliet Kelly Sec. #3 X-Word 2024-03-21

Juliet Kelly Sec. #3 X-Word crossword puzzle
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  1. Henry Clays plan "American System" was to _______ economic growth.
  2. The United States wanted to buy Florida from who?
  3. Congress passed the ______ in 1816 which made imported goods more expensive.
  4. How many sections were there that Americans felt loyal to.
  5. Loyalty to a state or section, rather than the whole nation, is called...
  6. Monroe created the Monroe ________ which was a bold foreign policy statement.
  7. Who were the people who refuged to Florida which caused the US to want to buy Florida.
  8. Which section disliked Clays plan because many roads and streets weren't being built?
  9. Despite some of the tensions between the different sections, they all liked the "Era of ____ feelings."
  10. In 1816 the Republican candidate for president, James ______, easily got rid of the Federalist Rufus King.
  11. Who supported the statement to enforce the Monroe Doctrine?
  12. America "cheered" because Latin Americans won _________.
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  1. After the war of 1812,leaders like the Calhoun had to undergo plenty of economic ______.
  2. Daniel Websters thought that slavery was ____.
  3. Who was one of the sectional leaders who defended slavery?
  4. _______ VS Ogden upheld the power of the federal government.
  5. Which treaty took effect in 1821 after the US bought Florida?
  6. The federal government was the only one who could regulate what?
  7. McCulloch VS ________ ruled that states had to interfere with federal institution.
  8. The US ended up buying Florida for 5 _______ dollars.
  9. Gibbons VS Odgen gave the government power to regulate _____ between states.
  10. The United States wanted to buy Florida because Indians ______ Florida.
  11. Henry Clay spoke for the ____.

23 Clues: Henry Clay spoke for the ____. • Daniel Websters thought that slavery was ____. • The United States wanted to buy Florida from who? • The US ended up buying Florida for 5 _______ dollars. • America "cheered" because Latin Americans won _________. • Who was one of the sectional leaders who defended slavery? • How many sections were there that Americans felt loyal to. • ...

Chapter 10 10th The Union in Peril 2024-02-13

Chapter 10 10th The Union in Peril crossword puzzle
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  1. series of measures that were meant to settle the disagreements between free states and slave states
  2. location of federal arsenal that John Brown raided to get guns to arm slaves
  3. formed in 1861 by the Southern states that seceded from the Union
  4. 13th president
  5. law that split Nebraska into the territories of Nebraska and Kansas and allowed for popular sovereignty
  6. idea that any territory could ban slavery by simply refusing to pass laws supporting it
  7. president of the Confederacy
  8. antislavery novel
  9. formed to opposed extending slavery in the territories
  10. newspaper editor supporting the Republican party
  11. laws passed by Northern states forbidding the imprisonment of escaped slaves
  12. formed to stop the influence of immigrants
  13. senator who worked to pass the Compromise of 1850
  14. secret network of people who hid fugitive slaves who went north to freedom
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  1. bill that would ban slavery in the territories acquired after the War with Mexico
  2. idea that people living in a territory should make their own decisions to allow slavery
  3. nickname given to the Kansas Territory because of the bloody violence
  4. slave who was briefly taken by his owner into free territory
  5. famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad
  6. Chief Justice who ruled in the Dred Scott case
  7. decision by a state to leave the Union
  8. formed to opposed extending slavery in the territories
  9. wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
  10. president during the Civil War
  11. favoring native born people over immigrants
  12. law that provided for harsh treatment for escaped slaves and for those who helped them
  13. opponent of slavery who led a raid that killed five proslavery people

27 Clues: 13th president • antislavery novel • wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin • president of the Confederacy • president during the Civil War • decision by a state to leave the Union • formed to stop the influence of immigrants • favoring native born people over immigrants • famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad • Chief Justice who ruled in the Dred Scott case • ...

JFK & LBJ Guided Reading 2025-02-19

JFK & LBJ Guided Reading crossword puzzle
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  1. Provides insurance and low-cost medical insurance for almost every American age 65 or older.
  2. Offered economic and technical assistance to Latin American countries between 1961 and 1969
  3. LBJs phrase of summing his vision for America
  4. The first of several decisions that established the principle of “one person, one vote.
  5. How states redraw election districts based on the changing number of people in them.
  6. The 36th president of the United States after JFK assassination
  7. Enabled the leaders of the two countries to communicate at once should another crisis arise.
  8. Barred nuclear testing in the atmosphere.
  9. Opened the door for many non-European immigrants to settle in the United States by ending quotas based on nationality.
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  1. A military strategy that can respond to threats and attacks
  2. Kennedy set out to transform his broad vision of progress into what he called…
  3. Cubas leader
  4. Became the 35th president of the United States in 1961
  5. A program of volunteer assistance to the developing nations of Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
  6. Health insurance for people with low incomes
  7. Investigated and concluded that Oswald had shot the president while acting on his own.
  8. A clear indication that voters approved of his plans.
  9. A concrete wall topped with barbed wire that severed the city in two.
  10. An act that approved nearly $1 billion for youth programs, antipoverty measures, small-business loans, and job training.
  11. Banned prayer in public schools and declared state-required loyalty oaths unconstitutional.
  12. The 30th governor of California created some acts

21 Clues: Cubas leader • Barred nuclear testing in the atmosphere. • Health insurance for people with low incomes • LBJs phrase of summing his vision for America • The 30th governor of California created some acts • A clear indication that voters approved of his plans. • Became the 35th president of the United States in 1961 • ...

Government Final Exam Crossword #2 2026-01-12

Government Final Exam Crossword #2 crossword puzzle
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  1. Distribution of Congressional seats after a census
  2. Filed in the Supreme Court by parties interested in the outcome of a case
  3. Actions the Federal Reserve can take to manipulate the economy
  4. Economic system where decisions are made by families and historical precedent
  5. Essays that supported the ratification of the Constitution
  6. States are the source of local government power
  7. Using a word for word interpretation of the Constitution
  8. Formal request to the Supreme Court to hear a case
  9. Opinion that explains why someone wins a Supreme Court case
  10. Economic system where decisions are made by individuals and competition
  11. Supreme Court case that linked political donations to freedom of speech
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  1. Tax that goes up as income goes up
  2. The value of all the decisions we do not make
  3. Meeting of party members to discuss the candidates for office
  4. Bicameral governmental plan that was based on population
  5. Study of our choices and how we use our resources
  6. Clause that states the government cannot create or favor a religion
  7. Group of presidential advisors
  8. Opinion that explains why the loser of a Supreme Court case should have won
  9. Division of power between the national and state governments
  10. Tax where everyone pays the same amount
  11. 4 of 9 Justices must agree to hear a case
  12. Original name of the VA General Assembly
  13. Constitutional clause that says states must honor laws and contracts of the other states
  14. Economic system where decisions are made by the government

25 Clues: Group of presidential advisors • Tax that goes up as income goes up • Tax where everyone pays the same amount • Original name of the VA General Assembly • 4 of 9 Justices must agree to hear a case • The value of all the decisions we do not make • States are the source of local government power • Study of our choices and how we use our resources • ...

us history crossword 2024-05-13

us history crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. political group that formed as a result of the farmers alliance. sought to remove the united states from the gold standard
  2. trade of goods between the old and new worlds following columbus' arrival in the americas
  3. conflict between the north and south
  4. population surge caused by a valuable mineral found in California
  5. a very poor town during the great depression named after a US president at the time
  6. document in which the united states declared the western hemisphere closed of to colonization from the eastern hemisphere
  7. periods after each world war in which people were accused of being communists
  8. movement before the civil war against drinking alcohol
  9. city after which an african american cultural revival is named
Down
  1. metaphor for the extreme division between east and west europe during the cold war
  2. technological development that put the united states ahead during WWII
  3. foundational document of the united states government
  4. set of programs by FDR in order to pull the nation out of the great depression
  5. areas that became the epitome of a nationalist culture in the 1950s
  6. place in hawaii that was bombed on december 7 1941 by japan during WWII
  7. machine that made the process of picking seeds from cotton more efficient
  8. big failure during JFK's administration in which the USA tried to overthrow castro
  9. side that wants to fight for American independence during the revolutionary war
  10. convention in which women met up to advocate for women's rights.
  11. scandal in which richard nixon's committee for reelection was caught cheating. resulted in the president's resignation.

20 Clues: conflict between the north and south • foundational document of the united states government • movement before the civil war against drinking alcohol • city after which an african american cultural revival is named • convention in which women met up to advocate for women's rights. • population surge caused by a valuable mineral found in California • ...

Eduardo Chavez Constitution Crossword 2026-03-19

Eduardo Chavez Constitution Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Popular __________ means power comes from the people?
  2. ______ compromise settled the debate between large and small states.
  3. In 178___ state representatives met to discuss changing the Articles of Confederation.
  4. What are the two parts of Congress? House and __________.
  5. Our First Constitution was the ______________ of _______________.
  6. What U.S. had to pay back to France and Spain for helping in the war.
  7. What are changes to the Constitution called?
  8. Which branch makes laws?
  9. The President’s advisors who help run different departments are called the __________.
  10. Which branch interprets laws?
  11. How many votes from each state were needed to make a bill into a law?
  12. Freedom of ___________ lets people protest, speak freely, and petition the government.
  13. The Bill of Rights was added to protect the __________ rights of citizens.
Down
  1. What is the introduction to the Constitution called?
  2. A system where states share power with a strong national government.
  3. Powers not given to the federal government belong to the __________ or the people.
  4. The Constitution is called a "living document" because overtime it can be __________.
  5. How many delegates met in the Constitutional Convention?
  6. Which branch carries out laws?
  7. Who was chosen to lead the Constitutional Convention? George______________.
  8. What is the supreme law of the United States?
  9. Which amendment protects freedom of speech, religion, and press?
  10. The first ten amendments to the Constitution are called Bill of _______.
  11. The _________ plan proposed three branches of government.
  12. Things came to a head in 1785 farmers revolted against the government in this revolt _______________.

25 Clues: Which branch makes laws? • Which branch interprets laws? • Which branch carries out laws? • What are changes to the Constitution called? • What is the supreme law of the United States? • What is the introduction to the Constitution called? • Popular __________ means power comes from the people? • How many delegates met in the Constitutional Convention? • ...

Unknown Persons(Jack Morella) Constitution Crossword 2026-03-19

Unknown Persons(Jack Morella) Constitution Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is the name of the two parts of Congress together?
  2. What branch enforces laws?
  3. The ___________ _________ didn't have taxing power, so it couldn't raise money to pay the debts back.
  4. What is the introduction to the Constitution called?
  5. What branch of government makes laws?
  6. What amendment protects against unreasonable searches?
  7. What did the Articles establish since each state did not want to give up too much power to wage war on England.
  8. Each state got one vote in Congress for a total of __________ votes.
  9. What amendment gives the right to bear arms
  10. What is the highest court in the United States called
  11. Things came to a head in 1785; farmers revolted against the government in this revolt.
  12. Which state had basically declared that neither it nor its citizens would be paying their debts back.
Down
  1. Who was one of the founding fathers that did not sign the United States Constitution.
  2. What amendment reserves powers to the states or people?
  3. July 4th, they adopted the _____________ of ________________.
  4. What are the main sections of the Constitution called?
  5. What is the United States Constitution to our federal government.
  6. Our First Constitution was the ____________ of ____________.
  7. What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called?
  8. What is the first phrase of the Constitution’s preamble?
  9. What building is home to the legislative branch
  10. What system divides power between national and state governments?
  11. The national government included one house of ______________.
  12. What system prevents one branch from having too much power?
  13. Which amendment protects freedom of speech

25 Clues: What branch enforces laws? • What branch of government makes laws? • Which amendment protects freedom of speech • What amendment gives the right to bear arms • What building is home to the legislative branch • What is the introduction to the Constitution called? • What is the highest court in the United States called • ...

Civil War vocabulary 2018-09-30

Civil War vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. States that own slaves but are not the South
  2. The South
  3. Issued by Lincoln to free slaves in some states
  4. Strategy of the North
  5. Properties of white people before the civil war
Down
  1. Strategy of the South
  2. Separate from the original country
  3. Participate by all citizens
  4. The North
  5. period before the war

10 Clues: The South • The North • Strategy of the South • Strategy of the North • period before the war • Participate by all citizens • Separate from the original country • States that own slaves but are not the South • Issued by Lincoln to free slaves in some states • Properties of white people before the civil war

Daily Crossword Puzzle 2022-03-03

Daily Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Brown's statement to the Virginia Court
  2. a state or period of fighting between states or nations
  3. the lone star state
  4. another word for slave catchers
  5. the name of the pro-slavery states
  6. name of anti-slavery states
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  1. 1850
  2. Compromise In 1820
  3. nickname the south gave the north
  4. abbreviation for what slaves used to become free

10 Clues: 1850 • Compromise In 1820 • the lone star state • name of anti-slavery states • another word for slave catchers • nickname the south gave the north • the name of the pro-slavery states • Brown's statement to the Virginia Court • abbreviation for what slaves used to become free • a state or period of fighting between states or nations

Unit 2 Vocab 2024-02-22

Unit 2 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Fe Trail: Historic trade route between Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico, used extensively in the 19th century.
  2. Barton: Founder of the American Red Cross and known as the "Angel of the Battlefield" for her work during the Civil War.
  3. Southern states that seceded from the Union and fought against the Union during the Civil War.
  4. of Bull Run: First major battle of the Civil War, fought in Virginia in 1861.
  5. Party: Political party in the United States during the mid-19th century, primarily focused on nativist and anti-immigrant sentiments.
  6. Formal withdrawal of a state from a union or federation.
  7. Smith: Founder of the Latter-day Saint movement (Mormonism).
  8. Doctrine: Position taken by Stephen A. Douglas during the Lincoln-Douglas debates, asserting that slavery could be excluded from territories of the United States by local legislation.
  9. War: Conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848, resulting in the annexation of vast territories by the U.S., including California and New Mexico.
  10. Douglass: African American abolitionist, writer, and orator who escaped from slavery and became a leading voice in the abolitionist movement.
  11. Revolution: Conflict between Texas settlers and the Mexican government resulting in Texas gaining independence from Mexico and becoming the Republic of Texas.
  12. Scott: African American slave who sued for his freedom in the famous Dred Scott v. Sandford case, which ultimately ruled against him and contributed to tensions leading up to the Civil War.
  13. Refers to the period before the American Civil War (1861-1865).
  14. Civil War battle fought in Maryland in 1862, the bloodiest single-day battle in American history.
  15. Mann: Education reformer known for his efforts to improve public education in America, including the establishment of teacher training schools and compulsory attendance laws.
  16. Policy of favoring native-born or established inhabitants over immigrants.
  17. A. Douglas: American politician known for his role in the Kansas-Nebraska Act and his debates with Abraham Lincoln.
  18. Proviso: Proposal to prohibit slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico during the Mexican-American War.
  19. The movement to end slavery, particularly in the United States during the 19th century.
  20. Republicans: Faction of the Republican Party during Reconstruction advocating for more aggressive policies toward the South and greater rights for freedmen.
  21. Brown: Abolitionist who led the raid on Harpers Ferry, an attempt to start a slave rebellion.
  22. Revolution: Economic transformation in the United States during the early 19th century, characterized by the emergence of a capitalist economy, increased industrialization, and improvements in transportation and communication.
  23. Farming: Agricultural system in which farmers rent land from landowners and pay rent either in cash or in shares of their crops.
  24. of Domesticity: Social and cultural belief system that idealized women as guardians of the home and family, emphasizing domesticity, piety, and submission to husbands.
  25. Slave Act: Law passed by the U.S. Congress in 1850 to allow for the capture and return of escaped slaves.
  26. Ferry: Location of John Brown's raid on a federal arsenal in Virginia, aimed at starting a slave rebellion.
  27. Plan: Union strategy during the Civil War to blockade Confederate ports and control the Mississippi River to split the Confederacy in two.
  28. Proclamation: Executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863, declaring slaves in Confederate-held territory to be free.
  29. Codes: Laws passed by Southern states during Reconstruction to restrict the rights and freedoms of African Americans.
  30. Act: Legislation that allowed settlers in the Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery, leading to violent conflicts.
  31. Davis: President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
  32. To bring charges against a public official for misconduct in office.
  33. Dix: Activist who advocated for better treatment of the mentally ill and for the establishment of mental asylums in the United States.
  34. Turner’s Rebellion: Slave rebellion led by Nat Turner in Virginia in 1831, resulting in widespread fear and harsher slave laws.
  35. Northern Democrats who opposed the Civil War and advocated for peace with the Confederacy.
  36. Agricultural system in which landless farmers (often former slaves) worked on land owned by others in exchange for a share of the crops produced.
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  1. of 1877: Informal agreement that resolved the disputed 1876 presidential election, leading to the withdrawal of federal troops from the South and the end of Reconstruction.
  2. Falls Convention: The first women's rights convention held in the United States, which took place in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848.
  3. Period following the Civil War aimed at rebuilding the South and integrating newly freed slaves into society.
  4. Movements of the 1800s: Social and political movements aimed at improving various aspects of society during the 19th century.
  5. Purchase: Acquisition of a strip of land (present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico) from Mexico by the United States in 1853.
  6. Amendment: Constitutional amendment ratified in 1865, abolishing slavery in the United States.
  7. Amendment: Constitutional amendment ratified in 1868, granting citizenship and equal protection under the law to all persons born or naturalized in the United States.
  8. Reconstruction Plan: Reconstruction plan implemented by Congress after the Civil War, which aimed to enforce civil rights for freedmen and place Southern states under military rule until they ratified the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.
  9. of 1850: Series of legislative measures aimed at resolving the territorial and slavery controversies arising from the Mexican-American War.
  10. and Merrimack: Ironclad warships that fought in the first battle between ironclad vessels during the Civil War.
  11. Reconstruction Plan: Andrew Johnson's plan for Reconstruction, which was lenient towards the South and lacked protections for freedmen.
  12. Northerner who moved to the South after the Civil War, often for political or economic gain.
  13. Truth: African American abolitionist and women's rights activist known for her speeches advocating for the abolition of slavery and women's rights.
  14. Corpus: Legal principle that protects individuals from arbitrary detention, suspended by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.
  15. Trail: Historic route used by American pioneers during the mid-19th century to migrate to the Pacific Northwest.
  16. Lloyd Garrison: Prominent abolitionist who founded the newspaper "The Liberator" and advocated for the immediate emancipation of slaves.
  17. Amendment: Constitutional amendment ratified in 1870, granting voting rights to African American men.
  18. (extremist organization): Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist hate group founded in the United States after the Civil War, known for its violence and terrorism against African Americans, Jews, Catholics, and other minority groups.
  19. Sovereignty: Political doctrine that the people of a territory should decide for themselves whether or not to permit slavery.
  20. Movement: Social movement advocating for moderation or total abstinence from alcoholic beverages.
  21. Tubman: African American abolitionist and conductor of the Underground Railroad, leading slaves to freedom.
  22. Party: Political party founded in the 1850s, initially opposed to the expansion of slavery and later became the party of Abraham Lincoln and the Union during the Civil War.
  23. Revels: The first African American to serve in the United States Senate, representing Mississippi during the Reconstruction era.
  24. Destiny: Belief in the 19th-century American doctrine that the United States was destined to expand across the North American continent.
  25. Term used to describe Southern whites who supported the Republican Party and Reconstruction efforts during the post-Civil War era.
  26. To incorporate a territory into an existing political entity, such as a country.
  27. Lincoln: 16th President of the United States, known for his leadership during the Civil War and his efforts to abolish slavery.
  28. Party: Political party dedicated to preventing the expansion of slavery into the western territories.
  29. Beecher Stowe: Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," a novel that depicted the harsh realities of slavery and helped fuel the abolitionist cause.
  30. Bureau: Federal agency established during Reconstruction to provide assistance to former slaves and poor whites.
  31. Rush: Period of mass migration to California following the discovery of gold in 1848, leading to rapid population growth and economic development.
  32. Rule: The ability of a locality to govern itself within its own legislative framework.
  33. Reconstruction Plan: Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction, which offered amnesty to Southerners who took an oath of loyalty to the Union and supported

69 Clues: Formal withdrawal of a state from a union or federation. • Smith: Founder of the Latter-day Saint movement (Mormonism). • Refers to the period before the American Civil War (1861-1865). • To bring charges against a public official for misconduct in office. • Policy of favoring native-born or established inhabitants over immigrants. • ...

Civil War 2021-08-31

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The area of the country that was the United States of America
  2. The President of the Confederate States of America
  3. Abraham Lincoln's political party
  4. One major cause of the war was the south seceding because they didn't want _______ abolished.
  5. The idea of being loyal to your state or area more than your country
  6. A famous fort fought over in the Civil War
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  1. The nickname given to famous Confederate general, Thomas Jonathan Jackson
  2. The President of the United States of America during the civil war
  3. One famous battle was called the battle of Gettys____
  4. To withdraw formally from membership of a federation or body
  5. The area of the country that became the Confederate States of America

11 Clues: Abraham Lincoln's political party • A famous fort fought over in the Civil War • The President of the Confederate States of America • One famous battle was called the battle of Gettys____ • To withdraw formally from membership of a federation or body • The area of the country that was the United States of America • ...

Unit 4 2024-01-09

Unit 4 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. outlined that Congress would regulate foreign and domestic trade, put taxes on foreign imports
  2. this plan proposed a bicameral Congress
  3. this plan favored small states, wanted representation based on equality
  4. how many years each term of presidency is
  5. the person who proposed the separation of powers; also wanted checks and balances
  6. outlined how slaves would be counted for tax and representation purposes
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  1. this plan favored larger states, wanted representatives to be based on population size
  2. the person who proposed the foundation of our government today
  3. electors equal to the states representatives and senators
  4. a strong but limited central government
  5. how many states now needed to vote to amend or ratify the Constitution

11 Clues: this plan proposed a bicameral Congress • a strong but limited central government • how many years each term of presidency is • electors equal to the states representatives and senators • the person who proposed the foundation of our government today • how many states now needed to vote to amend or ratify the Constitution • ...

procurement principles 2025-02-09

procurement principles crossword puzzle
Across
  1. states that the procurement process should treat every player equally including the women, people with disability and youths
  2. states that the procurement process should take into consideration the environment, social and economic impact throughout the product lifecycles
  3. states that information provided to stakeholders should be open and with high level of honesty
  4. States that procurement process should achieve its intended objectives and outcomes
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  1. states that all information in the tendering process should be availed with no favoritism or biasnee
  2. states that procurement process should allow value for money and allow healthy competition
  3. states that all individuals involved in purchasing process should be held responsible for their decision
  4. States that goods should be procured in the lowest possible cost and without wasting time

8 Clues: States that procurement process should achieve its intended objectives and outcomes • States that goods should be procured in the lowest possible cost and without wasting time • states that procurement process should allow value for money and allow healthy competition • ...