states Crossword Puzzles
Native American Heritage Month 2021-09-09
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- tribe the Adena eventually became
- Cherokee’s main dish
- something the Hopewell made
- Haida tribe location
- what Iroquois fought in, in 1812
- Hopi’s god
- what Cheyenne teepees were made with
- known as the Nʉmʉnʉʉ, meaning "the people"
- Lakota region
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- the Apache used buffalo hides to make these
- packed on Tlingit homes to keep warm
- Aleutian house name
- Kwakiutl language
- original Creek states: Alabama, Georgia...
- where the British pushed the Algonquin
- what Pueblos lived in harmony with
- main god in the Pawnee religion
- 4 Navajo states: UT, NM, AR...
18 Clues: Hopi’s god • Lakota region • Kwakiutl language • Aleutian house name • Cherokee’s main dish • Haida tribe location • something the Hopewell made • 4 Navajo states: UT, NM, AR... • main god in the Pawnee religion • what Iroquois fought in, in 1812 • tribe the Adena eventually became • what Pueblos lived in harmony with • packed on Tlingit homes to keep warm • ...
Regional Integration 2019-01-10
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- / ensuring domestic industries protected from competition
- / tax on imported goods
- / controls the money supply
- / removing barriers among member states
- / countries with lower standard of living
- / businesses in other countries
- / agreement among many
- / trade unification between different states
- / countries with high standard of living
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- / expenses by government
- / reduces limitations on trade
- / increased regional identity
- / agreement between two
- / movement of people due to economic integration
- / countries interested in improving trade
- / countries that lack developed natural resources
- / free movement of goods between members
- / state that stands on its own
18 Clues: / agreement among many • / tax on imported goods • / agreement between two • / expenses by government • / controls the money supply • / increased regional identity • / reduces limitations on trade • / state that stands on its own • / businesses in other countries • / removing barriers among member states • / free movement of goods between members • ...
State National Government 3 2019-12-10
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- powers not written in the U.S. Constitution but are necessary and proper in order for the federal government to carry out the expressed powers
- the national level of government; the government of the United States
- the powers specifically given to the federal government, also known as delegated powers; they may not be used by state governments
- powers not listed in the U.S. Constitution but are necessary for the federal government to function
- the final amendment in the Bill of Rights, it states: ”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.”
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- powers that are not granted to the federal government that belong to (are reserved for) the states and the people
- powers shared by the national, state, and/or local government
- the government of an individual state
- the governing body of a municipality or county
- a system of government in which power is divided and shared between national, state, and local government
10 Clues: the government of an individual state • the governing body of a municipality or county • powers shared by the national, state, and/or local government • the national level of government; the government of the United States • powers not listed in the U.S. Constitution but are necessary for the federal government to function • ...
U.S. Civil War 2024-01-10
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- War (1861-1865) The northern and southern US states fought over slavery
- large farms in the south
- another name for soldiers in the Confederacy
- how people make and spend money
- another name for Union soldiers
- to break away from a country
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- The northern US states
- when a person is owned, has no rights
- against the law
- The southern US states
10 Clues: against the law • The northern US states • The southern US states • large farms in the south • to break away from a country • how people make and spend money • another name for Union soldiers • when a person is owned, has no rights • another name for soldiers in the Confederacy • War (1861-1865) The northern and southern US states fought over slavery
Government Chpt 2 Review 2021-10-18
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- First national government of the United States
- Farmer who protested high taxes
- A plan that favored smaller states, proposed by William Paterson
- A plan proposed by James Madison that favored large states
- To approve/adopt
- The opponents of the Constitution
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- Plan proposed by Roger Sherman that forced each side to give up some of what they wanted in the Constitution
- President of the Constitutional Convention
- The absence of this in the original Constitution troubled the Anti-Federalists
- This type of Colony had the most self-government.
- Signed by King John, this limited the English King's power
- Two-house legislature
- Alexander Hamilton was one
- This compromise reduced African slaves to something less than a person
14 Clues: To approve/adopt • Two-house legislature • Alexander Hamilton was one • Farmer who protested high taxes • The opponents of the Constitution • President of the Constitutional Convention • First national government of the United States • This type of Colony had the most self-government. • Signed by King John, this limited the English King's power • ...
Forming A New Government (Spelling Counts) 2021-11-21
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- rising of prices when money loses it's value
- trade between the states
- gave the states too much power and too little to the national government
- affected American trade by cutting off lower Miss.R.
- created the requirements for a territory to become a state
- protest by farmers over raised taxes
- Northwest Territory member that starts with the 23rd letter of the alphabet
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- wouldn't ratify the AOC until it was determined how the western land would be divided up
- states the powers of the national government
- taxes on goods
- divided up the western land
- low economic activity and high unemployment
- closed most trade ports to American ships
- first name of farmer who led protest in Massachusetts
14 Clues: taxes on goods • trade between the states • divided up the western land • protest by farmers over raised taxes • closed most trade ports to American ships • low economic activity and high unemployment • states the powers of the national government • rising of prices when money loses it's value • affected American trade by cutting off lower Miss.R. • ...
aac civil war crossword puzzle 2022-03-15
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- A black woman who helped slaves escape throughout the underground railroad.
- codes designed to limit the freedom of African Americans
- a person freed from slavery
- individual rights held by states not held by the federal government
- free from outside governing
- the 16th president of the United States
- A battle that happened in the town of gettysburg
- someone who supports the federal government
- a fight in Kansas over whether it was to be a slave state or not
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- led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War
- The south states that were fight for pro slavery.
- a supreme ruler, especially a monarch.
- focus on the interests of someones religion.
- the military leader of the Confederacy
14 Clues: a person freed from slavery • free from outside governing • a supreme ruler, especially a monarch. • the military leader of the Confederacy • the 16th president of the United States • someone who supports the federal government • focus on the interests of someones religion. • A battle that happened in the town of gettysburg • ...
Mod02Top03 2022-09-01
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- those who supported Great Britain
- army fighting against Great Britain
- the war where the colonies won their freedom from Great Britain
- United States ally in Revolutionary War
- those who supported the colonies
- first successful battle for the continental army
- those who were promised freedom in exchange for fighting in the war
- the place where Great Britain, the United States, Spain, and France met to discuss peace
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- an area in the United States under Great Britain's control
- commander of the continental army and the first president
- final battle of the revolutionary way where the british lost
- the general who surrendered at Yorktown
- big reason why the continental army won
- the battle that made the British change their war strategy
14 Clues: those who supported the colonies • those who supported Great Britain • army fighting against Great Britain • United States ally in Revolutionary War • the general who surrendered at Yorktown • big reason why the continental army won • first successful battle for the continental army • commander of the continental army and the first president • ...
Establishing a NewGovernment 2025-10-03
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- Compromise giving each state two Senators.
- Opponents of the Constitution, feared strong central government
- Papers written to persuade states to support the Constitution (plural).
- The “league of friendship” among the states (full name, one word)
- The first written framework for the U.S. government (two words)
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- Meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 to draft a new Constitution.
- Alexander ______, strong supporter of the Constitution.
- 1786 rebellion by farmers in Massachusetts led by Daniel ______
- New Jersey ______, favored equal representation for small states.
- First 10 amendments later added to protect rights (two words)
- Large-state proposal for representation in Congress (two words).
- Weakness of the Articles: no power to collect ______
- To officially approve a document.
- “Father of the Constitution,” James ______.
14 Clues: To officially approve a document. • Compromise giving each state two Senators. • “Father of the Constitution,” James ______. • Weakness of the Articles: no power to collect ______ • Alexander ______, strong supporter of the Constitution. • Meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 to draft a new Constitution. • First 10 amendments later added to protect rights (two words) • ...
11ACC Principles 2015-03-01
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- The principle that states transactions should be recorded at their original purchase price (2 words)
- The principle that states all items must be recorded in the currency of where the reports are prepared
- The principle that states losses should be recorded when probable, gains only when certain
- The principle that states usage of the same accounting methods
- The principle that states the owner is separate from the business
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- The characteristic that states Reports should contain all information that is useful, and none that is not
- Piece of paper providing evidence of a transaction (2 words)
- The characteristic that states reports should contain information verified by source document evidence
8 Clues: Piece of paper providing evidence of a transaction (2 words) • The principle that states usage of the same accounting methods • The principle that states the owner is separate from the business • The principle that states losses should be recorded when probable, gains only when certain • ...
Ximena Lozano 2022-02-24
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- 17th U.S President and first president to be impeached.
- Even though slavery was ilegal _____ slaves still were not treated equally.
- ____ stages that has an impeachment
- Two charged Johnson with ____ Congress.
- ____ votes against Johnson.
- A special tax that people had to pay before they could vote.
- Senate aproved add and remove
- A charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office.
- Forced separation of whites and African American in public places.
- It refers to the period of time following the Civil War of rebuilding the United States.
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- Laws that required segregation.
- Opposed civil rights,especially surffrage for African Americans.
- The ____ amendment made slavery ilegal throught tge United States.
- "TREASON,_____, OR OTHER HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS"
- In 1867,Congress passed the _____.
- Process and period ofReconstruction during which the Radical Republicans in the U.S. Congress seized control of Reconstruction from Pres.
- The ____ amendment granted citizenship to all people born and nationalized in the United States.
- An important Congressmen during Civil War.
- The____ amendment gave African American men throughout the U.S the right to vote.
19 Clues: ____ votes against Johnson. • Senate aproved add and remove • Laws that required segregation. • In 1867,Congress passed the _____. • ____ stages that has an impeachment • Two charged Johnson with ____ Congress. • An important Congressmen during Civil War. • "TREASON,_____, OR OTHER HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS" • 17th U.S President and first president to be impeached. • ...
Foundations of American Government 2012-12-12
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- to the Constitution
- the structure of the United States of America
- is not all powerful and may do only those things people have given it the power to do
- _____
- written form of government for the independent states; maintained that major powers resided with individual states
- a more perfect___
- _____
- of the Virginia Company of London/gave colonists the rights of Englishmen
- for religious freedom in Virgnia
- first ten amendments are called the ____
- are the source of any and all governmental power
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- process: -Proposal: action by General Assembly or convention - Ratification: by voters of Virginia
- domestic
- a democratic system of government, the people rule
- the King of Great Britain
- for the US Bill of Rights
- us free from Great Britain
- In a representative system of government people elect public officeholders to make laws and conduct government on their behalf
- government and those who govern are bound by the law
- many amendments does the constitution have currently?
20 Clues: _____ • _____ • domestic • a more perfect___ • to the Constitution • the King of Great Britain • for the US Bill of Rights • us free from Great Britain • for religious freedom in Virgnia • first ten amendments are called the ____ • the structure of the United States of America • are the source of any and all governmental power • a democratic system of government, the people rule • ...
Chapter 4 crossword 2022-10-11
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- occurs when each side in a dispute gives up something in order to reach a solution that both sides can accept
- last name of farmer who led a rebellion against the courthouse and to get freedom from debt
- the way the constitution determine the amount of representatives for each states
- territory with its own government
- the new body created by the articles
- delegates for each state that comes in pairs of two
- to have final authority
- house that would represent the people
- complete agreement by everyone (2words)
- assembly that created the basic rules for the US government (2 words
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- relations with other countries (2 words)
- a plan of basic rules for government
- a government created by a written constitution
- deny or refuse
- amounts of money owed to others
- an association- an organization of separate states that cooperate together
- second house that would represent the wisdom, wealth, and property of America
- the executive leader of the United States
- number of votes each state had in congress within the article of confederation
19 Clues: deny or refuse • to have final authority • amounts of money owed to others • territory with its own government • a plan of basic rules for government • the new body created by the articles • house that would represent the people • complete agreement by everyone (2words) • relations with other countries (2 words) • the executive leader of the United States • ...
Chapter 4 crossword 2022-10-11
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- occurs when each side in a dispute gives up something in order to reach a solution that both sides can accept
- last name of farmer who led a rebellion against the courthouse and to get freedom from debt
- the way the constitution determine the amount of representatives for each states
- territory with its own government
- the new body created by the articles
- delegates for each state that comes in pairs of two
- to have final authority
- house that would represent the people
- complete agreement by everyone (2words)
- assembly that created the basic rules for the US government (2 words
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- relations with other countries (2 words)
- a plan of basic rules for government
- a government created by a written constitution
- deny or refuse
- amounts of money owed to others
- an association- an organization of separate states that cooperate together
- second house that would represent the wisdom, wealth, and property of America
- the executive leader of the United States
- number of votes each state had in congress within the article of confederation
19 Clues: deny or refuse • to have final authority • amounts of money owed to others • territory with its own government • a plan of basic rules for government • the new body created by the articles • house that would represent the people • complete agreement by everyone (2words) • relations with other countries (2 words) • the executive leader of the United States • ...
States of Matter and Change in States 2024-11-27
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- Solid form of water
- Liquid form of water
- Gas turns into a liquid when cooled
- Particles are loosely packed, takes the shape of its container, has a fixed volume
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- Solid turns into a liquid when heated
- Liquid turns into a gas when heated
- Liquid turns into a solid when cooled
- Particles are far apart, fills the shape and volume of its container
- Gas form of water
- Particles are closely packed, has a fixed shape and volume
10 Clues: Gas form of water • Solid form of water • Liquid form of water • Liquid turns into a gas when heated • Gas turns into a liquid when cooled • Solid turns into a liquid when heated • Liquid turns into a solid when cooled • Particles are closely packed, has a fixed shape and volume • Particles are far apart, fills the shape and volume of its container • ...
Chapter 16: Foreign Policy Since 1972 2025-05-14
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- The founder of al-Qaeda, the organization that claimed responsibility for the September 11 attacks on the United States.
- Doctrine A strategy implemented by U.S. President Ronald Reagan to oppose the global influence of the Soviet Union during the final years of the Cold War
- A political scandal in the United States that came to light in 1985, when it was revealed that senior government officials had secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran, which was the subject of an arms embargo.
- A diplomatic standoff between Iran and the United States in which 52 American citizens were held hostage for 444 days from 1979 to 1981 after a group of Iranian students took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
- The process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.
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- A war waged from 1990 to 1991 by a U.S.-led coalition against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.
- A peace treaty signed in 1978 between Israel and Egypt that was brokered by the United States.
- An intergovernmental organization that regulates international trade.
- A policy of openness and transparency in the activities of government institutions and freedom of information, introduced in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s by Mikhail Gorbachev.
- A militant Sunni Islamist multi-national organization founded in 1988 by Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Azzam, and several other Arab volunteers during the Soviet-Afghan War.
- Agreements by the United States and Panama in 1977 and 1979 to transfer control of the Panama Canal to Panama by 2000.
- An agreement among the United States, Canada, and Mexico designed to remove tariff barriers between the three countries.
- A major political scandal in the United States involving abuse of power and obstruction of justice during the Nixon administration.
- A protracted armed conflict that began in 2003 with the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and the subsequent overthrow of Saddam Hussein's government.
- An intergovernmental organization that aims to manage the supply of oil in an effort to set the price on the world market, in order to avoid fluctuations that might affect the economies of both producing and purchasing countries.
15 Clues: An intergovernmental organization that regulates international trade. • A peace treaty signed in 1978 between Israel and Egypt that was brokered by the United States. • Agreements by the United States and Panama in 1977 and 1979 to transfer control of the Panama Canal to Panama by 2000. • ...
Manifest Destiny 2022-03-04
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- Treaty that ended the Mexican American War
- 1830 law that authorized the President to move Indians to new homelands west of the Mississippi
- War between Mexico and the United States
- Person who worked in the movement to do away with slavery
- Withdraw from the Union
- Uprising in 1846, claifornia rebelled against Mexican rule
- Took part in the California Gold Rush
- Agreement in 1820, two states admitted and 36 30 line in place
- Add to an existing country or area
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- Loyalty to local interests
- Person migrating from one place to another
- Person migrating from one place to another
- Nation's destiny to expand across the continent to the Pacific Ocean
- Force journey of Cherokee Indians from their homes in Georgia to lands in the West
- Person who wanted to enlarge the territory of the United States
- Pathway to the Pacific Northwest, beginning in Missouri and ending in Oregon
- To give up
17 Clues: To give up • Withdraw from the Union • Loyalty to local interests • Add to an existing country or area • Took part in the California Gold Rush • War between Mexico and the United States • Person migrating from one place to another • Treaty that ended the Mexican American War • Person migrating from one place to another • ...
Chapter 2 Test 2023-03-27
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- who served as the chairman of the committee of the whole at the philadelphia convention
- offered the CT compromise
- john adams, ben franklin, thomas jefferson,robert livingston, roger sherman
- author of declaration of independence
- convention where the goal was to fix national gov., but only 12 reps from 5 states showed up
- what was the 10th federalist paper about?
- americans who supported the constitution
- person who came up with the VA plan
- what convention was to revise the Articles of confederation
- no national court system, cant draft soldiers, cant collect taxes, no cheif executive, no national currency
- What town in Massachusetts did shays rebellion happen in?
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- congress could declare war, make peace, sign treaties, establish a post office, NORTHWEST ORDINANCE!!
- 9/13 states must agree
- preamble, declaration of rights, list of grievences, statement of independence
- patrick henry, george mason
- 13/13 states must agree
16 Clues: 9/13 states must agree • 13/13 states must agree • offered the CT compromise • patrick henry, george mason • person who came up with the VA plan • author of declaration of independence • americans who supported the constitution • what was the 10th federalist paper about? • What town in Massachusetts did shays rebellion happen in? • ...
CIVIL WAR (1861-1865) 2023-05-01
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- nickname of North Carolina
- destroying not only the army but the fields/factories that fed/clothed/armed Confederate soldiers
- capital of the Confederacy
- overall Union commander, became a US president
- overall Confederate commander, superior military officer
- Governor of North Carolina, provided more supplies and soldiers than any other state of the Confederacy
- assassinated the 16th President of the United States
- another name for the draft
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- Union victory, single bloodiest one day battle of the Civil War, over 25,000 casualties
- started the American Red Cross, Civil War nurse
- President of the United States, issued the Emancipation Proclamation
- had 80% of the factories and mills, very beneficial to the war effort
- the location where the Civil War started\
- President of the Confederate States of America
- Union victory, Lee tried to invade the North here, over 50,000 casualties
- the plan which the North wanted to blockade southern ports
16 Clues: nickname of North Carolina • capital of the Confederacy • another name for the draft • the location where the Civil War started\ • President of the Confederate States of America • overall Union commander, became a US president • started the American Red Cross, Civil War nurse • assassinated the 16th President of the United States • ...
Kamila's Texas History Crossword 2021-05-03
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- A tax on imported goods
- People use their power by choosing representatives
- An action that citizens should perform to help their country
- People aligning themselves more with the region of the country they live in rather than the nation as a whole
- To stop separating groups of people by race, religion, or ethnicity
- An action that citizens are required to perform
- Texan Cowboys
- First European to map the coast of texas
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- Non- violent disobeying of laws
- Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race
- Power is divided between national and state government
- The Northern States during the Civil War
- Southern states that had left the United States during the Civil War
- The right to vote
- Number one Cash Crop in the South
- To leave or withdraw from a place
16 Clues: Texan Cowboys • The right to vote • A tax on imported goods • Non- violent disobeying of laws • Number one Cash Crop in the South • To leave or withdraw from a place • The Northern States during the Civil War • First European to map the coast of texas • An action that citizens are required to perform • People use their power by choosing representatives • ...
World War 2 Vocabulary Crossword. 2023-05-15
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- Second use of the Atomic Bomb.
- Major land battle in the Pacific.
- Act passed to lend weapons, ammo and equipment to allies.
- Name of the first American Nuclear Program.
- Gardens created to grow fruits and vegetables to conserve resources.
- Making concessions to avoid conflict.
- Last major German counter offensive
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- Acts passed in the United States to avoid conflict.
- First use of the Atomic Bomb.
- Supreme Court case that challenged the detention of Asian American citizens.
- United States naval base that was attacked on December 7th, 1941.
- First peace time conscription in the United States.
- Trials that charged war criminals and people who committed crimes against humanity.
- Major naval battle in the Pacific; widely thought to be the turning point in the war.
- American strategy to take back islands from the Japanese.
- Allied invasion of France.
16 Clues: Allied invasion of France. • First use of the Atomic Bomb. • Second use of the Atomic Bomb. • Major land battle in the Pacific. • Last major German counter offensive • Making concessions to avoid conflict. • Name of the first American Nuclear Program. • Acts passed in the United States to avoid conflict. • First peace time conscription in the United States. • ...
Chapter 3 Vocab 2024-12-11
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- A state in which atoms are free moving with a defined volume
- Change from a liquid to a gas
- Gas changing into a liquid
- The resistance of flow in a gas or liquid
- Volume is directly proportionate to the temperature
- As volume increases, temperature increases, and vice versa
- When a solid turns directly into a gas
- The amount of force exerted on an object
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- The upward force exerted onto an object in a liquid
- Ionized Gas
- The law that states fluid in a container exerts force in all directions
- The total capacity for movement or change
- The law that states at a fixed temperature, if a gas's volume goes up it's pressure increases.
- Kinetic capacity of a substance's atoms
- The law that states forces exerted upwards in a liquid is based on the amount of weight of liquid displaced
- The SI unit of pressure
16 Clues: Ionized Gas • The SI unit of pressure • Gas changing into a liquid • Change from a liquid to a gas • When a solid turns directly into a gas • Kinetic capacity of a substance's atoms • The amount of force exerted on an object • The total capacity for movement or change • The resistance of flow in a gas or liquid • The upward force exerted onto an object in a liquid • ...
Ryan Nolan Crossword 2022-02-11
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- Tuesday, October 29, 1929. the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed
- hoover, an American politician and engineer who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933
- a decrease in the purchasing power of money, reflected in a increase in the prices of goods and services
- linbergh, was an American aviator who made the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris on May 20–21, 1927
- plan, a plan in 1924 that successfully resolved the issue of World War I reparations that Germany had to pay.
- nation, a nation whose investments abroad exceed in value the investments made in it by foreign countries
- raids, a series of raids conducted in November 1919 and January 1920 by the to capture and arrest suspected socialists, mostly Italian immigrants and Eastern European immigrants and especially anarchists and communists, and deport them from the United States
- station, a facility that sells fuel and engine lubricants for motor vehicles
- revolution, prosperity of the 1920s led to new patterns of consumption, or purchasing consumer
- mellon, served as secretary of the Treasury from March 4, 1921, to February 12, 1932
- system, legislation in 1921 limiting by nationality the number of immigrants who may enter the U.S. each year.
- flu virus was originally a bird flu and mutated to humans
- depression, the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939
- amendment, an amendment of the United States Constitution established the prohibition of alcohol in the United States
- act, enacted to carry out the intent of the 18th Amendment
- dome scandal, a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923 and oil leases
- Economic problems should be solved at the state and local levels.
- system, the first national road numbering system for cross-country travel
- a common term for shacktowns and homeless encampments during the Great Depression
- line, a manufacturing process in which parts are added as the semi-finished assembly moves from workstation to workstation where the parts are added in sequence until the final assembly is produced
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- a person who makes or sells alcoholic liquor illegally
- buying, a system for paying for goods by installments
- in 1920’s conservative Evangelical Protestants who supported that the Bible is the inerrant word of God
- g harding, served as the 29th president of the United States from 1921 until his death in 1923
- scare, the promotion of a widespread fear of a potential rise of communism, anarchism or other leftist ideologies by a society or state
- bowl, the drought-stricken Southern Plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a dry period in the 1930s
- Klux klan, an American white supremacist hate group whose primary targets are African Americans, Jews, Latinos, Asian Americans, Catholics, Native Americans
- brand pact, a 1928 international agreement on peace in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve disputes or conflicts
- naval disarmament, a conference to discuss naval disarmament and ways to relieve growing tensions in East Asia
- market, a period of time in financial markets when the price of an asset or security rises continuously
- the act or practice of forbidding something by law; the banning of the manufacture, storage, transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic beverages
- t, an automobile that was produced by Ford Motor Company and is generally regarded as the first affordable automobile
- management, uses scientific methods to analyze the most efficient production process in order to increase productivity.
- Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929
- Armstrong, an American trumpeter and vocalist. He is among the most influential figures in jazz
- ruth, George Herman Ruth was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935
- long, an American politician and a United States Senator and a vocal critic of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal
- ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company, and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production
- farmer, one who resides on land owned by a landlord and farms the land
- production, the production of substantial amounts of standardized products in a constant flow, including and especially on assembly lines
- army, 43,000 demonstrators who gathered in Washington, D.C. in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service bonus certificates
41 Clues: buying, a system for paying for goods by installments • a person who makes or sells alcoholic liquor illegally • flu virus was originally a bird flu and mutated to humans • act, enacted to carry out the intent of the 18th Amendment • Economic problems should be solved at the state and local levels. • ...
Ryan Nolan Crossword 2022-02-11
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- prosperity of the 1920s led to new patterns of consumption, or purchasing consumer
- a period of time in financial markets when the price of an asset or security rises continuously
- enacted to carry out the intent of the 18th Amendment
- an amendment of the United States Constitution established the prohibition of alcohol in the United States
- was an American aviator who made the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris on May 20–21, 1927
- served as secretary of the Treasury from March 4, 1921, to February 12, 1932
- a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923 and oil leases
- a conference to discuss naval disarmament and ways to relieve growing tensions in East Asia
- an American white supremacist hate group whose primary targets are African Americans, Jews, Latinos, Asian Americans, Catholics, Native Americans
- one who resides on land owned by a landlord and farms the land
- uses scientific methods to analyze the most efficient production process in order to increase productivity.
- the first national road numbering system for cross-country travel
- the drought-stricken Southern Plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a dry period in the 1930s
- 43,000 demonstrators who gathered in Washington, D.C. in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service bonus certificates
- an American trumpeter and vocalist. He is among the most influential figures in jazz
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- in 1920’s conservative Evangelical Protestants who supported that the Bible is the inerrant word of God
- an American politician and engineer who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933
- George Herman Ruth was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935
- the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929
- a facility that sells fuel and engine lubricants for motor vehicles
- October 29, 1929. the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed
- a 1928 international agreement on peace in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve disputes or conflicts
- a manufacturing process in which parts are added as the semi-finished assembly moves from workstation to workstation where the parts are added in sequence until the final assembly is produced
- a series of raids conducted in November 1919 and January 1920 by the to capture and arrest suspected socialists, mostly Italian immigrants and Eastern European immigrants and especially anarchists and communists, and deport them from the United States
- an automobile that was produced by Ford Motor Company and is generally regarded as the first affordable automobile
- flu virus was originally a bird flu and mutated to humans
- a system for paying for goods by installments
- a decrease in the purchasing power of money, reflected in a increase in the prices of goods and services
- the promotion of a widespread fear of a potential rise of communism, anarchism or other leftist ideologies by a society or state
- a plan in 1924 that successfully resolved the issue of World War I reparations that Germany had to pay.
- the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939
- a nation whose investments abroad exceed in value the investments made in it by foreign countries
- the act or practice of forbidding something by law; the banning of the manufacture, storage, transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic beverages
- a person who makes or sells alcoholic liquor illegally
- a common term for shacktowns and homeless encampments during the Great Depression
- Economic problems should be solved at the state and local levels.
- founder of the Ford Motor Company, and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production
- served as the 29th president of the United States from 1921 until his death in 1923
- legislation in 1921 limiting by nationality the number of immigrants who may enter the U.S. each year.
- an American politician and a United States Senator and a vocal critic of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal
- the production of substantial amounts of standardized products in a constant flow, including and especially on assembly lines
41 Clues: a system for paying for goods by installments • enacted to carry out the intent of the 18th Amendment • a person who makes or sells alcoholic liquor illegally • the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929 • flu virus was originally a bird flu and mutated to humans • one who resides on land owned by a landlord and farms the land • ...
AP GOV PROJECT 2024-12-12
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- 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.
- York Times Co. v. United States, dealt with the First Amendment and the freedom of press.
- v. Vitale, This case addressed the issue of state-sponsored prayer in public schools.
- 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. .
- v. Reno, unconstitutional to segregate voters based on race.
- v. Chicago, addressed the issue of gun rights in the United States.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- clause, gives Congress the power to create laws that are not explicitly listed in the Constitution.
- opinion, a written statement by one or more judges that disagrees with the majority opinion in a legal case
- review, review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
- v. Wade, addressed the issue of abortion rights in the United States.
- v. Wainwright, significantly impacted the rights of defendants in criminal cases.
- process, the idea that the government must follow fair procedures before taking away a person's life, liberty, or property.
- the political manipulation of electoral district boundaries to advantage a party, group, or socioeconomic class within the constituency.
- 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.
- v. United States, dealt with limited speech.
- 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
- v. Madison, led to the creation of judicial review and reestablished check and balances among the branches of government.
- rights, legal protections that guarantee equal social opportunities and protection under the law for all people, regardless of their race, religion, or other characteristics.
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- clause, prohibits the government from establishing a religion or favoring one religion over another
- v. Des Moines, addressed the issue of free speech in public schools.
- the division of power between the national government and state governments.
- Clause, gives Congress the power to regulate commerce Supremacy Clause, constitution is law of the land.
- 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.
- v. Yoder, dealt with the balance between state interests and individual religious freedoms.
- 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?
- v. Board of Education, created integration for all public schools in America.
- States v. Lopez, dealt with the limits of Congress's power under the Commerce Clause.
- 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.
- v. Carr, established the "one person, one vote doctrine, gave federal courts power to hear redistricting cases.
- exercise, protects individuals right to practice their religion without government interference
- restraint, a government action that prevenis the publication or distribution of speech or information before it is released to the public
- 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.
- v. Maryland, addressed the balance of power between the federal government and the states.
- decisis, A Latin phrase meaning "let the decision stand." Most cases reaching appellate courts are settled on this principle.
37 Clues: 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. • v. Wade, addressed the issue of abortion rights in the United States. • ...
Unit 5: Civil War & Reconstruction 2022-04-29
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- Last name of President during Civil War
- Amendment that ended slavery in America
- Laws passed in the south that attempted to restrict the rights of newly freed African Americans
- Famous book that exposed the horrors of slavery
- Direction in which manifest destiny was achieved in 1800s America
- First name of Civil War President
- 1863 document signed that freed all slaves in confederate states
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- 15th amendment granted African American men the right to ________
- Southern states had slaves to work, northern states had ___________
- What people who fought against slavery were called
- Amendment that guaranteed equal protection under the law and birthright citizenship
- Southern economy during and before the Civil War was based on
- State that had armed conflicts prior to the Civil War over the question of slavery
- Famous abolitionist and conductor of the Underground Railroad
- Main cause of the Civil War
- Country that gave up land including California lost in war
16 Clues: Main cause of the Civil War • First name of Civil War President • Last name of President during Civil War • Amendment that ended slavery in America • Famous book that exposed the horrors of slavery • What people who fought against slavery were called • Country that gave up land including California lost in war • ...
Epistemology Review 2024-11-07
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- knowledge that comes before (gained through reasoning)
- knowledge that comes after (gained through experience)
- type of empiricism which states that our experiences are reality.
- I think therefore I am
- we gain knowledge through experience/the senses
- blank slate
- our lively direct sensory experiences (Hume)
- we gain knowledge through reasoning
- type of quality that is measurable, qualities that are in the object itself
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- theory which states the world we experience is constructed by our mind
- the content of our knowledge is derived from sensory experience and its form (organization) comes from reason
- type of empiricism which states our experiences are not the same as reality
- the world outside our minds
- only my mind exists. Everything else is a creation of my mind.
- our less lively reflections/memories/thoughts about our impressions (Hume)
- type of quality that is caused in our mind by the object, but do not exist in reality, sensory
16 Clues: blank slate • I think therefore I am • the world outside our minds • we gain knowledge through reasoning • our lively direct sensory experiences (Hume) • we gain knowledge through experience/the senses • knowledge that comes before (gained through reasoning) • knowledge that comes after (gained through experience) • ...
Ch. 9 & 10 Vocabulary Words 2021-02-05
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- activities aimed at weakening the established government by inciting resistance or rebellion to authority
- o legally overturn
- a prohibition or blocking of trade with a certain country
- money paid to a leader or state for protection
- rights the idea that states should have all powers that the Constitution does not give to the federal government or forbid to the states; theory that individual states are independent and have the right to control their most important affairs
- a person living in a country who is not a citizen of that country
- seizing people against their will and forcing them to serve in the military or other public service
- firmly favoring one party or faction
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- a strong sense of devotion to one’s country
- a certificate that promises to repay borrowed money plus interest by a certain date
- a group of advisers to a president
- rights privileges or freedoms that are granted to nations that do not choose a side in a conflict
- to withdraw or break away from a nation or organization; to officially leave an organization
- a court’s power or right to hear and decide cases
- Something done or said that becomes an example for others to follow
15 Clues: o legally overturn • a group of advisers to a president • firmly favoring one party or faction • a strong sense of devotion to one’s country • money paid to a leader or state for protection • a court’s power or right to hear and decide cases • a prohibition or blocking of trade with a certain country • a person living in a country who is not a citizen of that country • ...
The Cold War Begins 2018-04-22
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- program provides food to reduce famine, fuel to heat houses and factories, money to jumpstart the economy
- countries formally independent but under heavy political, economic, and military influence
- goal was to keep communism contained within its existing borders
- promise to aid nations struggling against communist movements
- communist party makes all key economic, political, and military decisions; Soviet people cannot worship as they please; no private property
- Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill
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- 46 year struggled between two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, with no military conflict
- provided the military alliance to counter Soviet Expansion
- US and Britain drop supplies to West Berlin
- became a member of NATO in 1955
- the Soviet Union and its satellite states formed a rival military alliance; included all Communist states in Eastern Europe except Yugoslavia
- free elections, economic and religious freedom, private property, individual differences
- American diplomat and leading authority on the Soviet Union
- Name for the boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas (Democratic and Dictatorship) from the end of WWII in 1945 to the end of the Cold War in 1991
- the different areas of Germany controlled by the United States, France, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union
15 Clues: Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill • became a member of NATO in 1955 • US and Britain drop supplies to West Berlin • provided the military alliance to counter Soviet Expansion • American diplomat and leading authority on the Soviet Union • promise to aid nations struggling against communist movements • goal was to keep communism contained within its existing borders • ...
underground railroad 2019-05-17
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- States: slave states that did not secede from the United States
- to do away with something
- to forbid something
- trade: buying and selling of people for profit
- a large area of land where crops are grown and usually with a large, elaborate house on it where the plantation owners and their families live
- to make a difference in treatment or favor based on something other than individual merit
- the system by which goods and services are produced, bought, and sold in a region
- a penalty (usually money) imposed on someone as a punishment
- a person without freedom who is owned by another and is made to work for free
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- the power to do what you want to and not be controlled by another
- a person running away to avoid being captured
- people who wanted to end slavery in the United States
- something that is owned by a person such as land or personal belongings
- a native or naturalized person who owes loyalty or allegiance to a government and is entitled to its protections
- a plant (such as cotton or tobacco) that is grown and can be harvested for profit
15 Clues: to forbid something • to do away with something • a person running away to avoid being captured • trade: buying and selling of people for profit • people who wanted to end slavery in the United States • a penalty (usually money) imposed on someone as a punishment • States: slave states that did not secede from the United States • ...
American Citizenship 2024-01-05
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- the biggest power the states kept for themselves that you wont find in any constitution
- person who takes actions on bills, resolutions, amendments, motions, nominations, and treaties by voting.
- its role is to advise the President on any subject he or she may require relating to the duties of each member's respective office
- represents an individual district
- the process by which U.S. citizenship is granted to a lawful permanent resident
- the list of powers the state gave the feral government in the constitution
- vetoes bills and signs bill
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- created a stronger central government that shared power with the states
- system where they share power with a central government and give it a specific list of powers
- refers to the central government in a system where a central government shares powers with smaller states
- becomes president if the current president dies
- Federal Government is made up of three of these, legislative, executive and judicial.
- powers both the states and federal government can exercise at the same time.
- a section that is added to a law or rule in order to change it.
- a person chosen to speak on behalf of a house
15 Clues: vetoes bills and signs bill • represents an individual district • a person chosen to speak on behalf of a house • becomes president if the current president dies • a section that is added to a law or rule in order to change it. • created a stronger central government that shared power with the states • ...
Civil War 2023-05-10
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- a withdrawal of 11 slave states (states in which slaveholding was legal) from the Union during 1860–61 following the election of Abraham Lincoln as president
- A place where fighting happens, during a war
- the fighting force made up of two or more corps and was commanded by a general
- the term used by Southerners to describe their rivals from the Union, or northern, side of the conflict
- a small town in S Pennsylvania, southwest of Harrisburg:
- a war within a country
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- the government of the 11 southern states that seceded from the union
- exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region over those of a country as a whole
- selective omission or presentation of facts
- a stream running through the battlefield
- three additions to the United States Constitution that abolished slavery, granted equal rights to formerly enslaved people, and enshrined the right to vote for people of all races
- agricultural and industrial labor, constructed fortifications, repaired railroads, and freed up white men to serve as soldiers
- strong military building for defence
- the portion of the country that remained loyal to the federal government
- an exceptionally active commander in chief of the army and navy
15 Clues: a war within a country • strong military building for defence • a stream running through the battlefield • selective omission or presentation of facts • A place where fighting happens, during a war • a small town in S Pennsylvania, southwest of Harrisburg: • an exceptionally active commander in chief of the army and navy • ...
REVIEW ACTIVITY THREE 2022-10-07
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- the power of the president as a civilian to make military decisions
- a type of legislature composed of two houses
- the division of powers between the governmental branches
- the number of amendments to the federal Constitution
- those who favored a weaker central government in favor of the states and who were opposed to the ratification of the 1787 Constitution.
- those who favored a stronger central government and supported the 1787 Constitution
- essays written by Hamilton, Jay, and Madison in favor of ratifying the 1787 Constitution
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- the power of the courts, particularly the Supreme Court, to decide the constitutionality of laws, orders, and regulations
- mechanisms through which each branch of government is able to participate in and influence the activities of the other branches
- determined that three of every five slaves would be counted for purposes of representation
- The United States' first constitution, in place until 1789.
- a system of shared power between a central government and states
- a framework for the Constitution that called for representation in the national legislature based on the population of the states.
- the powers of the branches of the federal government written in the Constitution
- a change to the US Constitution
15 Clues: a change to the US Constitution • a type of legislature composed of two houses • the number of amendments to the federal Constitution • the division of powers between the governmental branches • The United States' first constitution, in place until 1789. • a system of shared power between a central government and states • ...
Unit 4 Vocabulary 2025-12-03
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- The part of the economy that makes goods in factories, like steel or textiles.
- When the United States officially added Texas as a state in 1845.
- The belief that the U.S. was meant to stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
- When people in different parts of the country have different ideas and interests, especially about slavery and the economy.
- When someone explains a reason that shows their actions are fair or acceptable.
- A set of laws passed to settle disagreements about slavery and land after the U.S. got new territory from Mexico. It included rules about whether new states would allow slavery.
- A famous book written to show how bad slavery was.
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- The growth of slavery into new states and territories, including Texas.
- The agreement that ended the Mexican-American War in 1848.
- The movement of settlers and immigrants moving west across America, including Texas, to find new land and opportunities.
- The presidential election that Abraham Lincoln won.
- Taxes placed on goods coming into a country.
- Farming and raising animals.
- When a state leaves or breaks away from a country.
- The 16th president of the United States who wanted to stop the spread of slavery.
15 Clues: Farming and raising animals. • Taxes placed on goods coming into a country. • When a state leaves or breaks away from a country. • A famous book written to show how bad slavery was. • The presidential election that Abraham Lincoln won. • The agreement that ended the Mexican-American War in 1848. • When the United States officially added Texas as a state in 1845. • ...
America A 2023-12-06
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- , Musical genre with roots in the USA
- , Popular American pastime
- , Fundamental law of the United States
- , Longest river in the United States
- , Monument featuring carved presidential faces
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- , Holiday with turkey and gratitude
- , National bird of the United States
- , U.S. space agency
- , First national park in the world , located in the USA
- , State known for Mardi Gras and jazz
10 Clues: , U.S. space agency • , Popular American pastime • , Holiday with turkey and gratitude • , National bird of the United States • , Longest river in the United States • , Musical genre with roots in the USA • , State known for Mardi Gras and jazz • , Fundamental law of the United States • , Monument featuring carved presidential faces • ...
Chinese Dynasties 2023-05-23
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- Unified China after the Warring States Period
- A period of time were China was at war fighting other Chinese states
- Defeated the Great Qing
- Type of Music
- Created the Clock
- Economic Advance
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- Invented Isolationism
- The last Dynasty
- Controlled China until the civil war
- Unified China after the period of Disunion
- Created Crossbows
- Modern Day China
- Right After Mongol Empire
- First Dynasty
14 Clues: Type of Music • First Dynasty • The last Dynasty • Modern Day China • Economic Advance • Created Crossbows • Created the Clock • Invented Isolationism • Defeated the Great Qing • Right After Mongol Empire • Controlled China until the civil war • Unified China after the period of Disunion • Unified China after the Warring States Period • ...
Citizenship Words 2021-09-13
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- We have to ____ taxes.
- Lincoln was president _________ the Cicil War.
- The president _____ in the White House.
- We ____ 100 Senators.
- California has the ______ people.
- People come here to be ____.
- New York City ___ the first capital.
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- Alaska is the _________ state.
- American Indians lived here _______.
- The people _____ Congress
- Citizens can ____.
- The United States ___ 50 states.
- Congress _____ in Washington, D.C.
- They ____ to vote.
14 Clues: Citizens can ____. • They ____ to vote. • We ____ 100 Senators. • We have to ____ taxes. • The people _____ Congress • People come here to be ____. • Alaska is the _________ state. • The United States ___ 50 states. • California has the ______ people. • Congress _____ in Washington, D.C. • American Indians lived here _______. • New York City ___ the first capital. • ...
Civil War 2023-01-18
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- Prison Camp
- if ga wanted to break away
- Shermans march to savanna
- frighten ga's population
- ga only join union if they get slave
- admited new states into US
- opisite of federal rights
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- states disragarding federal law
- slave demaainding freedom
- abraham lincon won
- slaves needed to be free
- blockade to prevent trade
- Being Enslaved
- 2nd bloodest civil war battle
14 Clues: Prison Camp • Being Enslaved • abraham lincon won • slaves needed to be free • frighten ga's population • slave demaainding freedom • Shermans march to savanna • blockade to prevent trade • opisite of federal rights • if ga wanted to break away • admited new states into US • 2nd bloodest civil war battle • states disragarding federal law • ga only join union if they get slave
Deckhand Crossword Puzzle 2015-05-03
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- largest lake of the great lakes
- home of the great lakes
- very important michigan city
- 3rd largest lake in the united states
- the front of the ship
- fancy name for a boat
- smallest lake in Michigan
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- 4 biggest lake, borders ontario
- large metal beam used to stabilize the ship
- 5 larges lakes in the united states
- large ship
- leader of the ship
- 2nd biggest lake, also named after the state its in
- steers the ship
- large proponent of exports from the u.p
- back of the ship
- a large boat
- where ships dock
18 Clues: large ship • a large boat • steers the ship • back of the ship • where ships dock • leader of the ship • the front of the ship • fancy name for a boat • home of the great lakes • smallest lake in Michigan • very important michigan city • 4 biggest lake, borders ontario • largest lake of the great lakes • 5 larges lakes in the united states • 3rd largest lake in the united states • ...
Forces and Motion 2022-02-05
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- The force that attracts objects to one another; Causes objects to fall to Earth
- A push or pull
- The units to measure force
- If mass increases, acceleration will __________
- Speed and Direction
- A ___________ force will cause acceleration
- Newtons _________ Law states force equals mass times acceleration
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- The force that opposes motion; rubbing
- Newtons ________ Law states that an object at rest will stay at rest and an object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force
- The distance an object travels in a given amount of time
- A change in velocity
- If force _________, than acceleration will increase
- A new force of 0
- Newtons ________ Law states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
14 Clues: A push or pull • A new force of 0 • Speed and Direction • A change in velocity • The units to measure force • The force that opposes motion; rubbing • A ___________ force will cause acceleration • If mass increases, acceleration will __________ • If force _________, than acceleration will increase • The distance an object travels in a given amount of time • ...
Federalism 2014-05-26
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- Supreme Court decision that established the supremacy of the national government over state
- An alleged criminal offender is surrendered by the officials of one state to the state in which the crime was committed
- Layer cake
- Marble cake
- Citizens of each state have privleges of citizens of other states
- Two or more levels of government have authority over the same land and people
- Grant given for a specific purpose
- Money given to support broad programs
- Makes the constitution, national laws, and treaties supreme over state laws
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- States recognize laws of other states
- Interactions among national, state, and local governement
- Pattern of spending,taking, and providing grants
- directs governments to comply with federal rules
- Money given based on merit
14 Clues: Layer cake • Marble cake • Money given based on merit • Grant given for a specific purpose • States recognize laws of other states • Money given to support broad programs • Pattern of spending,taking, and providing grants • directs governments to comply with federal rules • Interactions among national, state, and local governement • ...
Math Crossword 2024-01-28
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- The property that states a + b = b + a
- An angle whose measure is greater than 90 degrees
- The set of numbers that includes negative numbers, 0, and positive numbers
- A corner of a polygon (where two lines meet)
- An angle whose measure is less than 90 degrees
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- The property that states a + (b + c) = (a + b) + c
- The length of the boundary of a shape
- Change in y divided by the change in x
- An individual surface
- A polygon that has 8 sides
- The measure of a region's size on a surface
- The property that states a(b + c) = axb + axc
- The straight line that forms the border of a shape
- An angle whose measure is exactly 90 degrees
14 Clues: An individual surface • A polygon that has 8 sides • The length of the boundary of a shape • Change in y divided by the change in x • The property that states a + b = b + a • The measure of a region's size on a surface • A corner of a polygon (where two lines meet) • An angle whose measure is exactly 90 degrees • The property that states a(b + c) = axb + axc • ...
Black History Month 2025-02-10
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- engineered a system to drain several ponds
- the first Black woman to graduate from Yale Law School
- America's first recognized, self made millionaire
- the first Black man to become a pilot in the United States Navy
- the first woman elected to the United states congress
- planned the 1963 march in Washington
- got schools to teach about African Americans
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- founded the first interracial hospital
- the first child to desegregate William Frantz Elementary School
- the first black general in the U.S. army
- was appointed president of the national council of Negro women
- the first African American woman to run for congress in Alabama
- the first black woman to receive a Ph.D in the United states
- developed hundreds of applications for new plants
14 Clues: planned the 1963 march in Washington • founded the first interracial hospital • the first black general in the U.S. army • engineered a system to drain several ponds • got schools to teach about African Americans • America's first recognized, self made millionaire • developed hundreds of applications for new plants • ...
COLONIZATION ERA 2024-10-02
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- Famous trading port during the time of the Dutch.
- Popular iconic building in Malacca.
- One of the Portuguese slogan in order to exploit Malacca.
- One of the administration system in British colonization.
- This resident was appointed to oversees the state administration and economy in Perak.
- The Dutch interested to obtain _______ in Malacca.
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- Viceroy of Portuguese.
- Propaganda of Japanese to occupy Malay states.
- This infrastructure was built during Japanese occupation.
- The action that lead to control and conquer the local people.
- The effect of British occupation created a ________ society in our country.
- The Japanese soldiers used this style to attack Malay states.
- The fourth colonizer occupied Malay states.
- This handwriting system was used during the time of Portuguese occupation.
14 Clues: Viceroy of Portuguese. • Popular iconic building in Malacca. • The fourth colonizer occupied Malay states. • Propaganda of Japanese to occupy Malay states. • Famous trading port during the time of the Dutch. • The Dutch interested to obtain _______ in Malacca. • This infrastructure was built during Japanese occupation. • ...
war of 1812 2013-04-22
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- The first battle of 1812 happened at fort st. ______.
- Who won the battle of the plains of Abraham?
- Who declared the war of 1812?
- In 1814 the British burned down the ________.
- Charles de Salaberry was the commander of the lower Canadian mow hawk nation for the battle of _________.
- The United States wanted to take _______ from Britain.
- Who won the war of 1812?
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- Laura Secord died in the village of ________, ontario.
- The British were ____ with the Indians.
- James Madison was the ________ of the united states during the war of 1812.
- She ran 32 km to warn the lieutenant of the Americans plan for attack.
- How many battles where fought in the war of 1812?
- The last battle of the war.
- The treaty of _____ ended the war of 1812.
- Brock William Hull abandoned fort Detroit to _____-_____.
- The war of 1812 _____ in 1814.
- Chief Tecumseh died in the battle of the _____.
- how many states was there in the time of the war of 1812?
- The name of Toronto during the war.
19 Clues: Who won the war of 1812? • The last battle of the war. • Who declared the war of 1812? • The war of 1812 _____ in 1814. • The name of Toronto during the war. • The British were ____ with the Indians. • The treaty of _____ ended the war of 1812. • Who won the battle of the plains of Abraham? • In 1814 the British burned down the ________. • ...
General topics 2014-05-06
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- a speech that is given without any prior preparation.
- We do the Duck and Cover drill incase of a ___________.
- How many days are in a week?
- The average person misses what percentage of the information they hear?
- How many letters are in the alphabet
- Who is the governor of Texas? last name
- Body language is a form of __________ communication.
- What is the color of the sky?
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- Martin Luther King gave a speech called I Have a ________.
- how many stripes are on the United States flag?
- What is the state flower of Texas?
- name an electronic device Mrs. Myers does not like for you to have out in class.
- Who was the first President of the United States?
- the Texas flag is called the Lone _______ Flag
- What is the shortest month of the year?
- How many stars are on the United States flag?
- the President of the U.S. is _______________ (last name)
- written and spoken words are ________ communication.
- What is the mascot of Mineral Wells High School?
19 Clues: How many days are in a week? • What is the color of the sky? • What is the state flower of Texas? • How many letters are in the alphabet • What is the shortest month of the year? • Who is the governor of Texas? last name • How many stars are on the United States flag? • the Texas flag is called the Lone _______ Flag • how many stripes are on the United States flag? • ...
Foundation of Government 2014-10-06
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- a loose association, rather than a firm union of states
- wrote most of the Declaration of Independence
- the basic rights to which all people are entitled
- all who vote must agree to what is voted on
- war we fought for our independence from England
- states the purposes of the government and how its organized
- chosen as the nation's temporary capital
- the people elect representative to carry on the work of government
- two house of the law making body/Senate, House of Representation
- supports of the Constitution - favored a strong national government
- representative of their state
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- the entire system of authority or power that acts on behalf of a group of people
- - met in Philadelphia in May 1787
- framers agreed for a law making body of two houses called Congress
- power is divided between the national government and the state governments
- - the number of colonies who met at the Second Continental Congress
- provide rules of conduct for a group
- kept a journal of the Constitutional Convention
- felt the constitution would not protect power of the states and freedom of the people
19 Clues: representative of their state • - met in Philadelphia in May 1787 • provide rules of conduct for a group • chosen as the nation's temporary capital • all who vote must agree to what is voted on • wrote most of the Declaration of Independence • war we fought for our independence from England • kept a journal of the Constitutional Convention • ...
Constitutional Government 2023-12-12
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- Which branch is outlined in Article I?
- What is the title of the Leader of the House of Representatives?
- Where was the temporary US capital set in 1788? (3 Words)
- How many years is a term as President?
- How are seats distributed in the House of Representatives?
- Which branch is outlined in Article III?
- Who was appointed as the first Chief Justice?
- Which branch is outlined in Article II?
- What is the group of advisors to the President called?
- Which chamber confirms Presidential nominations?
- Who was elected the first President of the United States?
- How many years is a term in the House of Representatives?
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- What system is used to elect the President? (2 Words)
- Who was appointed as the first Secretary of State?
- Who nominates Federal Judges & Justices?
- Which chamber decides the next President in case of a tie?
- Who was appointed as the first Treasury Secretary?
- Who was the first Senate President & Vice President of the United States?
- How many Senators represent each state in Congress?
- How many years is a term in the United States Senate?
20 Clues: Which branch is outlined in Article I? • How many years is a term as President? • Which branch is outlined in Article II? • Which branch is outlined in Article III? • Who nominates Federal Judges & Justices? • Who was appointed as the first Chief Justice? • Which chamber confirms Presidential nominations? • Who was appointed as the first Secretary of State? • ...
Structural Engineering 2023-12-04
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- This type of load includes things like structural elements and members
- This type of load includes things like furniture and people.
- These are vertical members that help support the load of a structure.
- A structural member that is in compression.
- This type of load includes wind, snow, and earthquakes.
- This type of load does not change or changes very slowly.
- Newton's law that states Force = Mass x Acceleration.
- A structural member that is in tension.
- This is a twisting force.
- This is a squeezing force.
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- These are horizontal members that help support the load of a structure.
- These are sometimes referred to as foundations.
- Newton's law that states an object at rest will stay at rest.
- This is a multidirectional force that includes parallel and sliding motions.
- Newton's law that states every action has an opposite reaction.
- This is a pulling force.
- This is the ability to temporarily deform without failing.
- These are diagonal members that help support columns and beams.
- This type of load changes constantly.
19 Clues: This is a pulling force. • This is a twisting force. • This is a squeezing force. • This type of load changes constantly. • A structural member that is in tension. • A structural member that is in compression. • These are sometimes referred to as foundations. • Newton's law that states Force = Mass x Acceleration. • This type of load includes wind, snow, and earthquakes. • ...
Chapter 6 lesson 1 2025-04-14
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- The branch of government that includes courts and judges.
- The central government did not have enough _____ under the Articles.
- When the price of goods goes up ands the value of money goes down.
- The land first settle by the land ordinances was in the ______ River Valley area.
- The branch of government that carries out or enforces the laws.
- To control or adjust.
- The name of the man that started a rebellion against the U.S.
- _________ of Confederation
- Another word for money.
- The only branch of government under the Articles.
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- Another word for law.
- The states raised ______ to help pay their debts.
- Poor farmers lost their______ because they couldn't pay their debts.
- Ordinance that laid out the structure for the sale and settlement of the land gained in the Treaty of Paris.
- Had the power to print money.
- Congress made the government ______ on purpose.
- New states under the ordinances had no slavery and freedom of ________.
- ________ states had to agree in order the change the Articles of Confederation.
- To approve or sign.
19 Clues: To approve or sign. • Another word for law. • To control or adjust. • Another word for money. • _________ of Confederation • Had the power to print money. • Congress made the government ______ on purpose. • The states raised ______ to help pay their debts. • The only branch of government under the Articles. • The branch of government that includes courts and judges. • ...
Road to the civil war 2025-10-21
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- William Lloyd Garrison was an American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer. He is best known for his widely read anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator
- A person who tracked down and returned escaped slaves to their owner
- Famous abolitionist that was born in slavery
- Anti-slavery Book
- fighting between pro-slavery and anti slavery.
- Movement that ended slavery
- A series of 5 laws passed in September 185-
- The "free slaves balance" was a struggle for political parity in the U.S. Senate between free states and slave states
- Slang used during the civil war
- power that comes from the people
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- Conflict between America and Mexico
- says that states have the right to get rid of a law.
- Says that even if an african american is free they still are not a us citizen
- Famous abolitionist
- slaves are treated like personal property
- Admitted Missouri as a slave state
- law that created the territories Kansas and nebraska
- the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation.
- Law that required escaped slaves to be captured
19 Clues: Anti-slavery Book • Famous abolitionist • Movement that ended slavery • Slang used during the civil war • power that comes from the people • Admitted Missouri as a slave state • Conflict between America and Mexico • slaves are treated like personal property • A series of 5 laws passed in September 185- • Famous abolitionist that was born in slavery • ...
Constitution Vocabulary 2025-10-20
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- The compromise that created a two-house legislature;
- A civilian-based military force called upon in emergencies;
- A proposal that favored large states with representation based on population;
- The system where each branch limits the power of the others;
- A document that sets up the fundamental laws of a government;
- Products brought in from another country;
- The part of government that carries out and enforces the laws;
- Formally approve of a document (like the Constitution);
- The Father of the Constitution and fourth President;
- The governing body of the colonies during the Revolution;
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- A proposal that favored small states with equal representation;
- The part of government responsible for making the laws;
- To refuse to buy or use goods as a form of protest;
- The first, weak government created by the independent states;
- The part of government that interprets the laws;
- The first ten amendments, guaranteeing fundamental freedoms;
- Products sent out to another country for sale;
- The group of electors who formally select the President;
- A formal complaint about something wrong or unfair;
19 Clues: Products brought in from another country; • Products sent out to another country for sale; • The part of government that interprets the laws; • To refuse to buy or use goods as a form of protest; • A formal complaint about something wrong or unfair; • The compromise that created a two-house legislature; • The Father of the Constitution and fourth President; • ...
The Constitution 2025-11-06
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- A system where people have the power to choose their leaders.
- Fair treatment for all people.
- Shared power between the national and state governments.
- The ability or right to control or influence others.
- of Law The idea that no one is above the law
- The people and institutions that make and carry out laws.
- A basic freedom, like speech or religion.
- The leader of the executive branch in the United States.
- A person who belongs to a country and has rights and duties.
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- The beginning of the Constitution that states its goals.
- What governments make to keep order and protect people.
- Court The court that has the highest authority in the U.S.
- The condition of being free.
- A change or addition to the Constitution.
- A group that makes laws for the nation.
- The written plan for the government of the United States.
- The right to make a choice in an election.
- The fair and equal use of laws.
- and Balances A system where each branch of government can limit the others
19 Clues: The condition of being free. • Fair treatment for all people. • The fair and equal use of laws. • A group that makes laws for the nation. • A change or addition to the Constitution. • A basic freedom, like speech or religion. • The right to make a choice in an election. • The ability or right to control or influence others. • ...
Texas at the end of the 20th century and in the 21st century 2023-05-01
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- First Mexican American women to be apointed by president to serve as White House deputy cheif
- North American Free Trade Agreement
- The abbreviation is CORE
- First African American woman from Dallas elected to the Texas House of Representatives
- 48th governor of Texas
- The place which started the oil boom in Texas
- Largest refinery in America
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- NASA's largest research and development facillities
- First Hispanic first lady in the history of Texas
- Mexican American woman who became president and layer for MALDEF
- Founding member of Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO)
- The state that leads the United States in natural gas production
- first female elected to the United States Senate
- first woman in history to become a united states supreme court judge
14 Clues: 48th governor of Texas • The abbreviation is CORE • Largest refinery in America • North American Free Trade Agreement • The place which started the oil boom in Texas • first female elected to the United States Senate • First Hispanic first lady in the history of Texas • NASA's largest research and development facillities • ...
New Berlin Heritage Center: Level 2 2015-01-22
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- last name of a soldier who served from March 1943 to April 1946.
- name on the six of spades playing card.
- another word for water bottle.
- name of military album in History room.
- A war that was widely protested in 1960s-1970s.
- city located in Illinois.
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- three types were designed as protection to cities during a nuclear blast.
- number of states in the United States.
- What POW stands for.
- a place in Vietnam that is dated back 10,000 years.
- the animal of the United States
- a war fought in America in the 1860s.
- honors given to soldiers for serving their country bravely.
- Used to fuel trains and stuff in naughty children's stockings at Christmas.
14 Clues: What POW stands for. • city located in Illinois. • another word for water bottle. • the animal of the United States • a war fought in America in the 1860s. • number of states in the United States. • name on the six of spades playing card. • name of military album in History room. • A war that was widely protested in 1960s-1970s. • ...
AKF & EC- IGO/NGO 2023-09-28
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- :global campaign network for environmental activists
- :swiss based international ngo focused on protecting wilderness
- :political and economic union of 10 states, including Laos, Vietnam, and
- :regulates and facilitates international imports and exports
- :non government organization that works on human rights
- Union continental union consisting of 55 states including Egypt
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- :specialized agency of the UN responsible for international public wellness
- :political and economic union of 27 countries located in the northeast of the world
- impartial, neutral, and independent organization focused on protecting lives
- :loans and grants to non-rich countries
- :conducts research and advocacy on general population liberties
- :major financial agency of the United Nations
- :group campaigned to send food supplies to starving people
- :agency of 38 states to stimulate world trade
14 Clues: :loans and grants to non-rich countries • :major financial agency of the United Nations • :agency of 38 states to stimulate world trade • :global campaign network for environmental activists • :non government organization that works on human rights • :group campaigned to send food supplies to starving people • ...
Math Crossword 2024-01-28
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- The property that states a + b = b + a
- An angle whose measure is greater than 90 degrees
- The set of numbers that includes negative numbers, 0, and positive numbers
- A corner of a polygon (where two lines meet)
- An angle whose measure is less than 90 degrees
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- The property that states a + (b + c) = (a + b) + c
- The length of the boundary of a shape
- Change in y divided by the change in x
- An individual surface
- A polygon that has 8 sides
- The measure of a region's size on a surface
- The property that states a(b + c) = axb + axc
- The straight line that forms the border of a shape
- An angle whose measure is exactly 90 degrees
14 Clues: An individual surface • A polygon that has 8 sides • The length of the boundary of a shape • Change in y divided by the change in x • The property that states a + b = b + a • The measure of a region's size on a surface • A corner of a polygon (where two lines meet) • An angle whose measure is exactly 90 degrees • The property that states a(b + c) = axb + axc • ...
Chapter 3 Vocabulary 2024-04-09
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- an economic system in which the government owns farms, factories, offices
- a state containing several states
- located in cities and nearby towns
- Small City Centered state
- Distribution the way the population is spread over the area
- density the average number of people per square mile or kilometer
- State a state that is independent of other states
- a person who moves into one country from another
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- a person who buys and uses goods and services
- the scientific study of population change and population distribution
- a set of laws that defines and limit governments power
- An economic system in which private individuals or groups of people own most businesses
- a region belongs to other states
- located in the countryside
- a movement from one place or region to another
15 Clues: Small City Centered state • located in the countryside • a region belongs to other states • a state containing several states • located in cities and nearby towns • a person who buys and uses goods and services • a movement from one place or region to another • a person who moves into one country from another • State a state that is independent of other states • ...
Reconstruction crossword 2022-10-27
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- A commutation was when a person could pay a fee rather than be drafted into the army. This angered poorer people who could not pay the fee and had no choice but to fight
- A soldier that is wounded or killed during the battle
- was an ankle-high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War
- led the underground railroad
- A term meaning "before the war"
- is A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich.
- The side of an army or military unit
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- When a person is murdered for political reasons
- is A nickname for United States paper money that was first used in 1862. It got its name from the green ink used in printing
- A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery
- Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars
- A nickname for the South
- A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket
- was A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War
- is Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South. The Confederacy was a group of states that left the United States to form their own country
- A term used to describe people who supported the Union
16 Clues: A nickname for the South • led the underground railroad • A term meaning "before the war" • The side of an army or military unit • When a person is murdered for political reasons • Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars • A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery • A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket • ...
The Cold War Begins 2018-04-22
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- became a member of NATO in 1955
- provided the military alliance to counter Soviet Expansion
- 46 year struggled between two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, with no military conflict
- free elections, economic and religious freedom, private property, individual differences
- the different areas of Germany controlled by the United States, France, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union
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- Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill
- American diplomat and leading authority on the Soviet Union
- promise to aid nations struggling against communist movements
- countries formally independent but under heavy political, economic, and military influence
- program provides food to reduce famine, fuel to heat houses and factories, money to jumpstart the economy
- communist party makes all key economic, political, and military decisions; Soviet people cannot worship as they please; no private property
- goal was to keep communism contained within its existing borders
- US and Britain drop supplies to West Berlin
- the Soviet Union and its satellite states formed a rival military alliance; included all Communist states in Eastern Europe except Yugoslavia
- Name for the boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas (Democratic and Dictatorship) from the end of WWII in 1945 to the end of the Cold War in 1991
15 Clues: Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill • became a member of NATO in 1955 • US and Britain drop supplies to West Berlin • provided the military alliance to counter Soviet Expansion • American diplomat and leading authority on the Soviet Union • promise to aid nations struggling against communist movements • goal was to keep communism contained within its existing borders • ...
Electoral College 2014-10-02
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- Electors are chosen on a state to state basis by _________ _______
- A _________ elector is one who casts an electoral vote for someone other than the person pledged or does not vote for any person.
- A candidate must receive an _________ _________ of electoral votes to win the Presidency
- The number of electors from states is the same as the number of people in The House of Representatives and Senate combined: _____ _________ ________ ______
- A candidate can win the popular vote but still lose the __________ vote
- This amendment requires electors to cast one vote for the President and one for the Vice President
- The current system of choosing electors is called the ______ __________
- Election day is the _________ after the first Monday of November
- ________ states have only 3 electors
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- This state has the 3rd highest number of electors
- If electoral college fails to elect a President, then the _____ ___ ____________ selects the President
- _________ electors are allocated to Washington D.C.
- US citizens living in ___________ are not allowed to vote in presidential elections
- If no candidate receives a majority for Vice President, then the _________ will select the Vice President
- ________ states are states that show no clear favorite for Republican or Democrat
15 Clues: ________ states have only 3 electors • This state has the 3rd highest number of electors • _________ electors are allocated to Washington D.C. • Election day is the _________ after the first Monday of November • Electors are chosen on a state to state basis by _________ _______ • A candidate can win the popular vote but still lose the __________ vote • ...
Manifest Destiny and The Underground R.R 2022-05-05
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- To help slaves find their way to freedom it was said to ¨keep your eyes on the ___________¨
- The homes and barns where slaves stayed
- join or combine
- He was an underground railroad conductor who helped many slaves escape through the Kentucky side of the Ohio river and delivered them to the next conductor.
- he was a free black man who journeyed south into Maryland to lead slaves to safe houses in Pennsylvania and Delaware
- A republic in southern North America
- He was an abolitionist and public speaker who was an conductor on one of the last stops on the Underground Railroad towards Canada.
- She was a conductor of the underground railroad who helped many slaves escape to the northern states and Canada.
- 11th president of the United States
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- A network of houses and other places abolotionist used to help slaves escape freedom in the northern states or Canada.
- Church founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 with headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah
- A north american river
- The action of buying and selling goods and services
- one who lives through affliction
- 7th president of the United States
15 Clues: join or combine • A north american river • one who lives through affliction • 7th president of the United States • 11th president of the United States • A republic in southern North America • The homes and barns where slaves stayed • The action of buying and selling goods and services • Church founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 with headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah • ...
Spanish American War 2024-02-14
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- opposed to the idea of one country ruling or having a lot of power or influence over another country
- a country that is a group of islands in southeastern Asia, which became a US possession after the war
- United States foreign policy position that opposes European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere
- Riders” troop of en from many different backgrounds organized by Theodore Roosevelt
- a large island nation about 90 miles off the coast of Florida that was a colony of Spain until freed in the Spanish-American War
- idea that white Americans were divinely ordained to settle the entire continent of North America
- The largest and southernmost island in the Marianas
- the United States annexed Hawaii and acquired the Philippines, Puerto Rico, parts of the Samoan islands, and other Pacific islands.
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- Country that became dependent on the US after the Spanish-American War
- tensions between the United States and Spain had been mounting for months
- the American ship blown up in Havanah harbor in 1898
- people that take the other countries by force
- exaggerated stories that helped sell newspapers
- A policy of extending your rule over foreign countries
- written by the Spanish Ambassador to the United States
15 Clues: people that take the other countries by force • exaggerated stories that helped sell newspapers • The largest and southernmost island in the Marianas • the American ship blown up in Havanah harbor in 1898 • A policy of extending your rule over foreign countries • written by the Spanish Ambassador to the United States • ...
Solving Equations 2024-05-01
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- a symbol that represents an unknown quantity
- property that states that if you subract the same number to both sides of an equation, the new equation will have the same solution.
- property that states that if you divide the same number to both sides of an equation be the nonzero number, the new equation will have the same solution.
- property that states that if you add the same number to both sides of an equation, the new equation will have the same solution.
- to get the variable alone on one side of the equation
- to find the value of the variable that makes an equation true
- to find the value of a variable by plugging numbers in
- the product of two or more variables
- operations that undo themselves
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- an expression that has at least 1 variable usually contains constants
- a mathematical sentence that shows 2 expressions are equal
- property that states that if you multiply the same number to both sides of an equation, the new equation will have the same solution.
- the number that is placed in front of a variable.
- is an equation of the form
- a value that never changes
15 Clues: is an equation of the form • a value that never changes • operations that undo themselves • the product of two or more variables • a symbol that represents an unknown quantity • the number that is placed in front of a variable. • to get the variable alone on one side of the equation • to find the value of a variable by plugging numbers in • ...
legislative branch 2025-03-06
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- members of a legislative body prolong debate
- the procedural step of ending debate on a proposal and holding a vote to determine if it will pass
- establishes that the Constitution, federal laws made pursuant to it, and treaties made under its authority, constitute the "supreme Law of the Land", and thus take priority over any conflicting state laws.
- established the direct election of United States senators in each state
- having the power to make laws
- type of legislature that is divided into two separate chambers
- the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives
- is a clause in Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution: The Congress shall have Power...
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- the low chamber of congress
- the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States
- the upper chamber of congress
- limit of terns a president can serve
- any changes to the salary of Congress members from taking effect until the next election concludes.
- manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class.
- the process by which seats in a legislative body are distributed among administrative divisions
15 Clues: the low chamber of congress • the upper chamber of congress • having the power to make laws • limit of terns a president can serve • members of a legislative body prolong debate • type of legislature that is divided into two separate chambers • the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives • ...
Early Cold War 2021-03-17
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- Amendment, The amendment prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again.
- blacklist, was the colloquial term for what was in actuality a broader entertainment industry
- Deal, fair deal recommended that all Americans have health insurance, that the minimum wage
- Germany, from 1949 to 1990, a republic consisting of the western two-thirds of what is now Germany.
- missile crisis, A confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1962 over the presence of missile sites in Cuba
- Oaks Conference, was an international conference at which proposals for the establishment of a "general international organization", which was to become the United Nations, were formulated and negotiated.
- for Progress, aimed to establish economic cooperation between the U.S. and Latin America.
- Race, occurs when two or more countries increase the size and quality of military resources to gain military and political superiority over one another.
- Plan, was an American initiative passed in 1948 for foreign aid to Western Europe
- also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 European and North American countries.
- Eisenhower, he served under various generals and was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in 1941.
- it had to fend off enemies both directly on its borders and over the distant horizon.
- Airlift, A military operation in the late 1940s that brought food and other needed goods into West Berlin by air after the government of East Germany, which at that time surrounded West Berlin, had cut off its supply routes.
- Kennedy, was an American socialite, writer, and photographer who became First Lady of the United States as the wife of President John F. Kennedy.
- Germany, was a country that existed from 1949 to 1990, the period when the eastern portion of Germany was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War.
- Parallel, used as the pre-Korean War boundary between North Korea and South Korea.
- Alejandro Castro, was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and President from 1976 to 2008.
- doctrine, President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.
- Zedong, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China.
- a state that cannot be ignored on the world stage and without whose cooperation no world problem can be solved
- was a village just north of the de facto border between North and South Korea
- Wall, was built by the communist government of East Berlin in 1961.
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- proliferation, the spread of nuclear weapons, fissionable material, and weapons-applicable nuclear technology
- War,the state of political hostility that existed between the Soviet bloc countries and the US-led Western powers from 1945 to 1990.
- was a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad.
- was the last of the World War II meetings held by the “Big Three” heads of state.
- Blockade, was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War.
- Corps, is an independent agency and volunteer program run by the United States Government providing international social and economic development assistance.
- F. Kennedy, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
- Nations, are those Eastern European nations that were allied with and under the control of the Soviet Union during the Cold War
- put in effect in the mid-20th century in the United States
- conference, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States
- is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason, especially when related to communism.
- Pact, was a Cold War-era mutual defense treaty signed on May 14, 1955
- of Pigs, The invasion is considered part of the Cold War because the United States was trying to prevent communism from taking hold
- Stalin, was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet politician who ruled the Soviet Union from 1927 until 1953.
- Macarthur, was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army.
- Khrushchev, was a Soviet politician who led the Soviet Union as the first secretary of the ruling Communist Party from 1953 to 1964 and as chairman of the country's Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964.
- Truman, 33rd president of the United States, who led his country through the final stages of World War II and through the early years of the Cold War, vigorously opposing Soviet expansionism in Europe
- Curtain, the boundary that separated the Warsaw Pact countries from the NATO countries from about 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991.
- War, was a war between North Korea and South Korea.
41 Clues: War, was a war between North Korea and South Korea. • put in effect in the mid-20th century in the United States • Wall, was built by the communist government of East Berlin in 1961. • Pact, was a Cold War-era mutual defense treaty signed on May 14, 1955 • Blockade, was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. • ...
Alijah Birmingham 2020-12-17
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- A plan unsuccessfully proposed at the constitutional convention providing a single legislative house with equal representation for each state.
- he was the aid to George Washington and was a founding father.
- guaranteed black men the right to vote.
- great Britain and the thirteen colonies go to war during the american revolutionary war the american colonist win.
- ended the war between the united states and mexico mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory including parts of Arizona, California, new mexico, Texas, Colorado, Nevada,and Utah.
- acts of trade and navigation, English laws that regulated English ships, shipping,trade, and commerce between other countries and with its own colonies.
- Britain gets taxed for sugar.
- regulated land rights on tribal territories within the united states. The president of the united states could subdivide native american tribal.
- helped black and whites in the south after the civil war.
- provided federal subsides in land and loans for the construction of a transcontinental railroad across across the u.s. They were called the union pacific and the central pacific.
- the king who taxed the colonists and was unfair to them.
- A peaceful protest by the sons of liberty they dumped the old tea that the king gave them.
- acres of land that produces one or two cash crops for sale.
- two railroad companies the union pacific and the central pacific, to construct the lines "men of talent, men of character, men who are willing to invest" nations first.
- British saw the american colonists as tenants who paid rent by providing materials for Britain to use.
- state and local laws that that enforced racial segregation in the southern united states.
- A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state through elected representatives.
- they helped free slaves.
- Americas force crushes British hessian forces, Washington raided across the Delaware river.
- a document created for the king to tell them they want to be independent from him.
- granted citizenship to people who had been enslaved.
- laid by fur traders and trappers and was only passable by foot or by horseback.
- a war between Britain and the united states they fought because of British violations of america shipping rights.
- he led the colonist to victory for independence and he was the first president of the united states.
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- made by president Lincoln to say that all slaves under the confederacy were from then on forever free.
- The process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas.
- volunteers attack Cheyenne and Arapaho people thinking that they are worriers but are women and children.
- The Louisiana purchase made america bigger and was the purchase of imperial rights to the western half of the Mississippi river.
- a conflict between mexico and america because of the annexation of the republic of Texas and where Texas ended at the Nueces river or the Rio grande.
- Britain against the french and their native american allies, part of their conflict known in Europe was the seven year war.
- Abolished slavery.
- the belief of expansion ocean to ocean.
- the place where Robert e lee surrendered and ended the american civil war.
- an abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential writer.
- it allowed slavery to be legal in all states and he could not sue because he was not a citizen.
- people to decide on policy initiatives directly. representative democracies.
- Custer and his men fight to the death against sitting bulls Lakota and Cheyenne.
- declared by the British crown at the end of the french and Indian war in north america.
- a plan proposed at the constitutional covention, providing for a legislation of two houses with proportional representation in each house and executive and judicial branches to be chosen by the legislature.
- the route where america forced native americans to migrate to reservations west of the Mississippi river.
- a founding father and the third president of the united states.
- A tax on the legal recognition of documents.
- the first ten amendments to the us constitution guaranteeing freedom of speech, assembly, and worship.
- assassinated the president of the united states Abraham Lincoln.
- to remove or break away as the southern states did from the union.
45 Clues: Abolished slavery. • they helped free slaves. • Britain gets taxed for sugar. • guaranteed black men the right to vote. • the belief of expansion ocean to ocean. • A tax on the legal recognition of documents. • granted citizenship to people who had been enslaved. • the king who taxed the colonists and was unfair to them. • ...
Early Cold War 2021-03-17
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- was an American initiative passed in 1948 for foreign aid to Western Europe
- The invasion is considered part of the Cold War because the United States was trying to prevent communism from taking hold
- President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.
- was the colloquial term for what was in actuality a broader entertainment industry
- he served under various generals and was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in 1941.
- the boundary that separated the
- is an independent agency and volunteer program run by the United States Government providing international social and economic development assistance.
- was a war between North Korea and South Korea.
- aimed to establish economic cooperation between the U.S. and Latin America.
- 33rd president of the United States, who led his country through the final stages of World War II and through the early years of the Cold War, vigorously opposing Soviet expansionism in Europe
- from 1949 to 1990, a republic consisting of the western two-thirds of what is now Germany.
- was the last of the World War II meetings held by the “Big Three” heads of state.
- put in effect in the mid-20th century in the United States
- the state of political hostility that existed between the Soviet bloc countries and the US-led Western powers from 1945 to 1990.
- is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason, especially when related to communism.
- A military operation in the late 1940s that brought food and other needed goods into West Berlin by air after the government of East Germany, which at that time surrounded West Berlin, had cut off its supply routes.
- it had to fend off enemies both directly on its borders and over the distant horizon.
- The amendment prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again.
- was a Cold War-era mutual defense treaty signed on May 14, 1955
- a state that cannot be ignored on the world stage and without whose cooperation no world problem can be solved
- was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States
- was a Soviet politician who led the Soviet Union as the first secretary of the ruling Communist Party from 1953 to 1964 and as chairman of the country's Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964.
- was a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad.
- was a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China.
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- was an international conference at which proposals for the establishment of a "general international organization", which was to become the United Nations, were formulated and negotiated.
- was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War.
- was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army.
- used as the pre-Korean War boundary between North Korea and South Korea.
- the spread of nuclear weapons, fissionable material, and weapons-applicable nuclear technology
- Kennedy, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
- was built by the communist government of East Berlin in 1961.
- was a village just north of the de facto border between North and South Korea
- are those Eastern European nations that were allied with and under the control of the Soviet Union during the Cold War
- fair deal recommended that all Americans have health insurance, that the minimum wage
- countries from the NATO countries from about 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991.
- was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and President from 1976 to 2008.
- was a country that existed from 1949 to 1990, the period when the eastern portion of Germany was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War.
- crisis, A confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1962 over the presence of missile sites in Cuba
- was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet politician who ruled the Soviet Union from 1927 until 1953.
- also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 European and North American countries.
- was an American socialite, writer, and photographer who became First Lady of the United States as the wife of President John F. Kennedy.
- occurs when two or more countries increase the size and quality of military resources to gain military and political superiority over one another.
42 Clues: the boundary that separated the • was a war between North Korea and South Korea. • put in effect in the mid-20th century in the United States • was built by the communist government of East Berlin in 1961. • was a Cold War-era mutual defense treaty signed on May 14, 1955 • was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. • ...
Chicano/a Studies Crossword Review 2023-03-17
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- White Americans began a revolution in this Mexican-owned territory in 1835. Although White Americans claimed they were oppressed by the Mexican government, the truth is that they wanted to expand slavery into this territory.
- A two word type of class that focuses on the histories, experiences, and cultures of racial and ethnic groups in the United States. It is the type of class that we are in right now!
- Over 60% of people of Mexican descent who were removed from the United States during the Great Depression were American __________.
- Nearly 2 million people of Mexican descent were forcibly removed from the United States during the Great Depression, in what has become known as Mexican __________.
- Political cartoons in the late 1800s and early 1900s portrayed people of Mexican descent as lazy, stupid, and criminals. All of these were examples of this, an assumption that is made about an entire group of people.
- Two word name of the law enforcement group that was responsible for much of the violence against people of Mexican descent in the early 1900s. Many of the people of Mexican descent who were murdered by this group were innocent.
- The United States experienced a big increase in this in the early 1900s. Unfortunately, many White Americans were not big fans of this and worked to try and stop it.
- The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo granted Mexican people now living in the United States the opportunity to gain American __________, which would grant them rights and privileges (in theory).
- The name of the indigenous Mexican group who are traditionally known for their practice of human sacrifice, but in this class we looked at the ingenuity and advancements of the group!
- Three word name for the resistance group that fought back against White Americans stealing land away from Mexican-Americans in the late 1800s.
- Two word name for the style of clothing that was popular among Mexican American youth during World War II. Mexican American youth wearing these clothes were stereotyped as criminals and eventually the victims of racial violence in the Zoot Suit Riots.
- As a result of being negatively stereotyped and dehumanized in the early 1900s, Mexican immigrants were forced to take baths in this when entering the United States.
- The name of the town in Texas that was home to a deadly massacre in 1918. 15 innocent people of Mexican descent were murdered by White law enforcement agents.
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- Two word name for the 17 year old girl who led a riot at the U.S. - Mexico border in 1917 over the cruel treatment Mexican immigrants faced.
- Two word name for the period of violence that people of Mexican descent underwent throughout the American Southwest in the early 1900s.
- One of the ways the United States tried to justify treating Mexican immigrants so cruelly at the border in the early 1900s was by spreading the belief that people of Mexican descent carried this with them into the United States.
- A two word belief spread among White Americans in the mid-1800s that they were a racially superior people who had been chosen by God to conquer all parts of North America.
- Las Gorras Blancas and the 1917 Bath Riots are two early examples of Mexican ___________ to oppression.
- During the Great Depression in the 1930s, people of Mexican descent were blamed for the bad economy by being accused of taking these away from "real" Americans.
- This is a term used to describe people of Mexican descent who were born in or live in the United States. It is unique because it focuses on empowerment and pride.
- Two word name of the city in Texas that was home to a mass shooting against people of Mexican descent in 2019. The mass shooting shared similarities with the period of violence against people of Mexican descent in the early 1900s.
- This is another term used to describe people of Mexican descent in the United States, but many Mexican-Americans do not like it because it also includes people from this country, who brutally colonized Mexico in the 1500s.
- Despite being legally viewed as "White" under the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, Mexican-Americans quickly learned that they were socially viewed and treated as __________ by White Americans.
- The term for the act of unlawfully settling on a piece of land that is not yours. White Americans began doing this to land owned by Mexican-Americans shortly following the end of the Mexican-American War.
24 Clues: Las Gorras Blancas and the 1917 Bath Riots are two early examples of Mexican ___________ to oppression. • Over 60% of people of Mexican descent who were removed from the United States during the Great Depression were American __________. • ...
AICE US History Review 2018-12-17
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- Land we won in the Mexican American War
- authorized the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Native Americans. Those who accepted allotments and lived separately from the tribe would be granted United States citizenship.
- was an agency of the United States Department of War to "direct such issues of provisions, clothing, and fuel, as he may deem needful for the immediate and temporary shelter and supply of destitute and suffering refugees and freedmen and their wives and children."
- Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. Furthermore, with the exception of Missouri, this law prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of the 36° 30´ latitude line.
- laws passed by the United States Congress during the Civil War with the intention of freeing the slaves still held by the Confederate forces in the South.
- attempt by Radical Republicans and others in the U.S. Congress to set Reconstruction policy before the end of the Civil War.
- Signed into law in 1862 by Abraham Lincoln after the secession of southern states, this Act turned over vast amounts of the public domain to private citizens. 270 millions acres, or 10% of the area of the United States was claimed and settled under this act.
- name of the region that was gained from the Treaty of Guadelope-Hildalgo
- President from 1845-1849, avid expansionist, hope to acquire Mexico, California, and Oregon
- a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850, which defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired during the Mexican–American War (1846–1848).
- minor but influential political party in the pre-Civil War period of American history that opposed the extension of slavery into the western territories. Fearful of expanding slave power within the national government, Representative David Wilmot of Pennsylvania in 1846 introduced into Congress his famous Wilmot Proviso, calling for the prohibition of slavery in the vast southwestern lands that had been newly acquired from Mexico.
- This allowed us to purchase Alaska
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- Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that saw extensive service in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The unit was the first African-American regiment organized in the northern states during the Civil War. Authorized by the Emancipation Proclamation, the regiment consisted of African-American enlisted men commanded by white officers.
- passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. The Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30´.
- Peace Democrat, during the American Civil War, pejoratively, any citizen in the North who opposed the war policy and advocated restoration of the Union through a negotiated settlement with the South.
- Paid Mexico $15 million dollars and established the Rio Grande River as the boarder
- diplomatic crisis that took place between the United States and Great Britain from November to December 1861, during the U.S. Civil War (1861-65).
- American Civil War, naval engagement at Hampton Roads, Virginia, a harbour at the mouth of the James River, notable as history’s first duel between ironclad warships
- Belief we owned all the lands from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
- offers pardon and restoration of property -- except slaves -- to Confederates who swear allegiance to the Union and agree to accept emancipation. Known as the 10 Percent Plan, it requires only 10% of a former Confederate state's voters to pledge the oath before the state can begin the process of readmission into the Union.
- the action of a state impeding or attempting to prevent the operation and enforcement within its territory of a law of the U.S.
- a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, especially to secure the person's release unless lawful grounds are shown for their detention.
- American naval engagement at Hampton Roads, Virginia, a harbour at the mouth of the James River, notable as history’s first duel between ironclad warshipsinted provisional president of the Cnfederacy
- A failed amendment to purchase Mexico
- a member of the cavalry unit in which Theodore Roosevelt fought during the Spanish-American War.
25 Clues: This allowed us to purchase Alaska • A failed amendment to purchase Mexico • Land we won in the Mexican American War • Belief we owned all the lands from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean • name of the region that was gained from the Treaty of Guadelope-Hildalgo • Paid Mexico $15 million dollars and established the Rio Grande River as the boarder • ...
AP US GOV 2025-01-30
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- Sovereignty the principle that the government’s power comes from the consent of the governed, usually through elections.
- Review the power of courts to declare laws or executive actions unconstitutional.
- Powers powers not explicitly listed but necessary to carry out enumerated powers.
- Powers powers shared by both the federal and state governments.
- Action Committee (PAC) an organization that raises and distributes funds to support political candidates or causes.
- Groups organizations that aim to influence public policy in favor of specific causes or issues.
- the upper house of Congress, with each state having two senators regardless of population.
- Clause a clause in the U.S. Constitution establishing that federal law takes precedence over state law when they conflict.
- Committee a permanent committee in Congress that focuses on specific policy areas and handles most legislative work.
- and Balances a system ensuring no government branch becomes too powerful by allowing each to limit the others.
- a system where power is shared between a central government and smaller political units like states.
- the redistribution of congressional seats among the states based on population changes, usually after a census.
- Leader the leader of the majority party in a legislative body, responsible for guiding the party’s legislative agenda.
- Powers powers not granted to the federal government or prohibited to states, which are reserved for the states or people.
- System the division of legislative work into specialized committees that focus on specific policy areas.
- the practice of exchanging favors, especially in legislative votes.
- the legislative branch of the U.S. government, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
- a form of government where citizens elect representatives to make decisions on their behalf.
- the transfer of authority and responsibilities from the federal government to state or local governments.
- the body of voters or residents represented by an elected official.
- Faith and Credit Clause a provision requiring states to recognize the public records, acts, and judicial decisions of other states.
- Federalism a political philosophy that advocates for a shift of power from the federal government to the states.
- Leader the leader of the minority party in a legislative body, responsible for representing their party’s interests.
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- Clause a provision granting Congress the power to regulate trade between states and with other nations.
- Federalism a system where state and federal governments work together to address issues.
- a tactic used in the Senate to delay or prevent a vote, typically by speaking for an extended time.
- a document that outlines the fundamental laws and principles of a nation.
- United v. FEC a landmark Supreme Court decision that allowed unlimited corporate and union spending in elections.
- PAC a type of PAC that can spend unlimited funds but cannot directly coordinate with candidates or campaigns.
- Barrel Legislation government spending on local projects to benefit a specific area or gain political favor.
- Clause (Necessary and Proper Clause) a clause allowing Congress to pass laws necessary to execute its enumerated powers.
- the manipulation of district boundaries to favor one party or group over another.
- Legislature a legislature divided into two chambers or houses, like the U.S. Congress.
- and Immunities Clause a clause ensuring that states do not discriminate against citizens of other states in certain legal matters.
- Advantage the benefits current officeholders have over challengers, such as name recognition and access to campaign funds.
- Mandates regulations requiring state or local governments to perform actions without providing funds.
- a procedure to end a filibuster in the Senate, usually requiring a 60-vote majority.
- Parties organized groups of individuals with similar political beliefs that seek to influence government policy.
- Contract the theory that people consent to be governed in exchange for protection of their rights.
- the process of redrawing electoral district boundaries to reflect changes in population.
- Liberties basic rights and freedoms protected from government infringement, such as free speech and religious freedom.
- Federalism a system where state and federal governments operate in separate spheres of influence.
- of Powers the division of government responsibilities into distinct branches (executive, legislative, judicial) to prevent concentration of power.
- of Representatives the lower house of Congress, where representation is based on state population.
- Rights the rights of individuals to be free from discrimination and to have equal treatment in all areas of life.
- of Rights the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing individual freedoms and limiting government powers.
- Powers powers specifically granted to Congress in the Constitution.
- the act of attempting to influence government officials’ decisions on specific issues.
- a member of Congress responsible for ensuring party discipline and vote counting.
49 Clues: Powers powers shared by both the federal and state governments. • the practice of exchanging favors, especially in legislative votes. • Powers powers specifically granted to Congress in the Constitution. • the body of voters or residents represented by an elected official. • a document that outlines the fundamental laws and principles of a nation. • ...
US HISTORY RECONSTRUCTION 2022-04-13
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- granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved people who had been emancipated after the American Civil War
- used to describe opportunistic Northerners who came to the Southern states after the American Civil War
- created a framework for Reconstruction and the re-admittance of the Confederate states to the Union
- a system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop
- referred to white Southerners who supported Reconstruction
- restricted black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces
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- was a period in American history following the American Civil War
- gave the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
- a group of politicians who formed a faction within the Republican party that lasted from the Civil War into the era of Reconstruction
- first African American member of the United States Senate
- the 17th president
- provided food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to displaced Southerners, including newly freed African Americans
- charge a holder of a public office with misconduct
13 Clues: the 17th president • charge a holder of a public office with misconduct • first African American member of the United States Senate • referred to white Southerners who supported Reconstruction • was a period in American history following the American Civil War • created a framework for Reconstruction and the re-admittance of the Confederate states to the Union • ...
Geologic History 2024-11-26
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- a bend in layers of rock, sometimes caused by plate movement
- states that in horizontal layers of sedimentary rock, each layer is older than the layer above it and younger than the layer below it
- any method of measuring the age of an event or object in years
- a principle that geologic processes that occurred in the past can be explained by current geologic processes
- volcanic rock that has cooled outside of Earth’s crust
- volcanic rock that has cooled inside of Earth’s crust
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- states that any feature that cuts across a rock or body of sediment must be younger than the rock or sediment that it cuts across
- the theory that states that Earth’s surface is changed slowly over time by gradual processes like plate tectonics, weathering, erosion, and deposition
- theory that states the world is shaped by widespread, sudden natural disasters such as floods and volcanic eruptions
- states that pieces of a rock are older than the rock that contains it
- any method of determining whether an event or object is older or younger than other events or objects
- a crack in the Earth’s crust
- a break in the geologic record created when rock layers are eroded or when sediment is not deposited for a long period of time
13 Clues: a crack in the Earth’s crust • volcanic rock that has cooled inside of Earth’s crust • volcanic rock that has cooled outside of Earth’s crust • a bend in layers of rock, sometimes caused by plate movement • any method of measuring the age of an event or object in years • states that pieces of a rock are older than the rock that contains it • ...
Regional Integration 2019-01-10
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- / ensuring domestic industries protected from competition
- / increased regional identity
- / countries interested in improving trade
- / countries that lack developed natural resources
- / trade unification between different states
- / countries with high standard of living
- / movement of people due to economic integration
- / expenses by government
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- / agreement among many
- / reduces limitations on trade
- / free movement of goods between members
- / agreement between two
- / tax on imported goods
- / businesses in other countries
- / removing barriers among member states
- / state that stands on its own
- / controls the money supply
- / countries with lower standard of living
18 Clues: / agreement among many • / agreement between two • / tax on imported goods • / expenses by government • / controls the money supply • / increased regional identity • / reduces limitations on trade • / state that stands on its own • / businesses in other countries • / removing barriers among member states • / free movement of goods between members • ...
Malaysia Independence Day 2023-08-21
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- Colours of the national flag
- The singer was popular with the song 'Tanggal 31'
- Malaysia’s national cuisine
- The melody for the national anthem was taken from the song ______
- 'Father of Human Capital Development'
- Malaysia Day is held every 16 _____
- 7th Prime Minister
- The first national car manufacturer
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- ‘Father of Independence’
- Malaysia's national flower
- “Keluhuran Perlembagaan” is the _______national’s principles
- Capital of Malaysia
- Colour of royalty
- Biggest state in Malaysia
- Number of states in Malaysia
- How many unfederated states are there in Malaysia?
- Independence month of Malaysia
- Name of Malaysia's flag
18 Clues: Colour of royalty • 7th Prime Minister • Capital of Malaysia • Name of Malaysia's flag • ‘Father of Independence’ • Biggest state in Malaysia • Malaysia's national flower • Malaysia’s national cuisine • Colours of the national flag • Number of states in Malaysia • Independence month of Malaysia • Malaysia Day is held every 16 _____ • The first national car manufacturer • ...
The English-speaking world 2025-01-15
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- He is PM in the UK
- The British used to have many of them
- Capital of Scotland
- Has Dublin as its biggest city and capital
- Contains fifty states
- The most famous writer in English ever
- Cardiff is the capital
- The second largest country in the world
- England, Scotland and Wales
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- They speak this in Canada
- Popular sport in the UK
- Second largest city in England
- Invaded Britain in 1066
- Language spoken in the UK
- Leads the United States
- Capital of New Zealand
- Capital of the US
- Capital of Australia
18 Clues: Capital of the US • He is PM in the UK • Capital of Scotland • Capital of Australia • Contains fifty states • Cardiff is the capital • Capital of New Zealand • Popular sport in the UK • Invaded Britain in 1066 • Leads the United States • They speak this in Canada • Language spoken in the UK • England, Scotland and Wales • Second largest city in England • ...
civil war vocabulary 2023-02-16
10 Clues: self-rule • take away • one interest • block/prevent • fight disease • homemade fabric • forced into military • rights 10th amendment • self-appointed police • supported united states
Manifest Destiny 2021-12-10
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- in 1787, the northwest ordinance would set the precedent on how to _____ new states that would be admitted into the union
- in 1803, the louisiana purchase would _____ the size of the united states
- mountains that could be avoided by traveling through the gadsden purchase
- the treaty of guadalupe-hidalgo allowed the u.s. to acquire several territories in the mexican cession in 184___(number)
- this territory was purchased from spain in 1819
- territory purchased in 1853, giving settlers an easier path to california
- another term for "added"
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- manifest destiny resulted in _____ expansion where settlers would look for a new way of life
- state known for the gold rush in 1849
- last name of the president who would represent the democratic party and continue manifest destiny
- the u.s. would acquire this territory after a treaty divided land between the u.s. and the british
- many people immigrated to the united states from thsi country with the hope of finding gold
- mexican aggression towards this state would initiate the u.s.-mexican war
- texas was annexed into the united states in the year 184___(number)
14 Clues: another term for "added" • state known for the gold rush in 1849 • this territory was purchased from spain in 1819 • texas was annexed into the united states in the year 184___(number) • in 1803, the louisiana purchase would _____ the size of the united states • mountains that could be avoided by traveling through the gadsden purchase • ...
Geography Vocabulary Pt. 3 2019-10-14
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- a war between groups of people who belong to the same country, such as the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865)
- the group of northern and western states in the U.S. Civil War
- the order in which events happened
- a long, organized journey often through an unexplored area
- to break away from or leave
- a high area of flat land
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- a list of important events usually in chronological order
- Spanish soldiers and explorers who conquered much of North and South America for Spain between the 15th and 17th century
- a political movement that began in the early 1800s to abolish slavery in the United States and its territory
- the group of southern states that left the United States to establish their own country
- a kind of living area made from stone or mud bricks
- a large dry region
- to attack a city by surrounding it and preventing anyone from getting in or out
- a high area of land with a flat top and sides that are usually steep cliffs; smaller than a plateau
14 Clues: a large dry region • a high area of flat land • to break away from or leave • the order in which events happened • a kind of living area made from stone or mud bricks • a list of important events usually in chronological order • a long, organized journey often through an unexplored area • the group of northern and western states in the U.S. Civil War • ...
8-4.3: Secession 2023-01-24
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- slavery was prohibited here
- campaigned on a platform of ‘free soil’
- the idea that slavery should not be allowed to expand to the territories
- These states were given the choice on whether they wanted slavery or not
- the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state
- slavery was legal here
- did allow California to enter the Union as a free state, created two new large territories-Utah and New Mexico, states were given the choice on whether they wanted slavery or not, and stopped the slave trade in Washington, DC
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- veto any federal law and even secede from the Union
- This kept the balance of free and slave states equal
- This doubled the size of the United States
- This required Northerners by law to return any runaway slaves to the Southern owners and escaped slave had to be returned or violators might be fined or imprisoned
- led a raid on the federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry in Virginia
- basically threw out the Missouri Compromise
- a slave that sued for his freedom
14 Clues: slavery was legal here • slavery was prohibited here • a slave that sued for his freedom • campaigned on a platform of ‘free soil’ • This doubled the size of the United States • basically threw out the Missouri Compromise • veto any federal law and even secede from the Union • This kept the balance of free and slave states equal • ...
George Washington Faces Additional Challenges 2025-08-25
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- Jay's Treaty heightened tensions between two emerging ___ in American politics.
- The US government arrested some of the protesters and tried them for treason. Washington ___ them and ended the Whiskey Rebellion.
- The escalation of protests in which farmers who were upset about the tax on alcoholic beverages made and sold in the United States.
- The Whiskey rebellion was an early test of the new national government's ___.
- The United States had growing ___ and shipping issues with Britain.
- Washington gathered a force of 13,000 men under the terms of this act to put down the Whiskey Rebellion.
- Great Britain and France were at ___.
- The United States wanted its ships and trade to be treated as ___.
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- The National Government did not have the power to tax under the ___ ___ ___.
- Great Britain had long had military forts in the ___ Territory.
- John Jay arranged the withdrawal of the British military in the Northwest Territory.
- Jay's Treaty also granted the United States "most favored nation" status with ___.
- Jay's Treaty was agreed to, but it still had to be ___ by the US Senate.
- The Whiskey Rebellion happened in ___ Pennsylvania.
14 Clues: Great Britain and France were at ___. • The Whiskey Rebellion happened in ___ Pennsylvania. • Great Britain had long had military forts in the ___ Territory. • The United States wanted its ships and trade to be treated as ___. • The United States had growing ___ and shipping issues with Britain. • ...
Unit 4 Vocab 2021-09-22
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- This Act provided for unemployment insurance, old age insurance, and means tested welfare programs
- the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) was a United States federal law of the New Deal era designed to boost agricultural prices by reducing surpluses.
- a law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United States
- given President Roosevelt virtually unlimited authority to direct material aid such as ammunition, tanks, airplanes, trucks, and food to the war effort in Europe without violating the nation's official position of neutrality
- suffered severe dust storms during a dry period in the 1930s. As high winds and choking dust swept the region from Texas to Nebraska, people and livestock were killed and crops failed across the entire region.
- a governor and later United States Senator from Louisiana. To stimulate the economy, the Share Our Wealth program called for massive federal spending, a wealth tax, and wealth redistribution
- went to those in immediate and desperate need; however, work relief.
- describe changes to the size of the Supreme Court
- President Franklin Roosevelt declared a "banking holiday," ordering all banks in the United States closed until government audits declared them solvent. During the Great Depression, banks throughout the United States faced a financial crisis
- The act required all men in the U.S. between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for military service
- Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which created the SEC, the legislation was designed to help investors feel more comfortable about putting their money back into the stock market
- policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
- Americans bought the bonds to help the Government pay for the war
- the buyer pays as little as 10% of the purchase price of the stock and borrows the rest from a broker
- One of the 3 R´s in the new deal
- The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor.
- making it illegal for Americans to sell or transport arms, or other war materials to belligerent nations
- Speech given by U.S. President Franklin D. ... Roosevelt realized the impact that those witting in favor of isolationism had on the nation
- a series of evening radio addresses given by Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, between 1933 and 1944. ... On radio, he was able to quell rumors, counter conservative-dominated newspapers, and explain his policies directly to the American people
- American physician who was best known for his revolving old age pension proposal during the Great Depression
- Cash and Carry was a policy by US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt announced at a joint session of the United States Congress on September 21, 1939, subsequent to the outbreak of war in Europe
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- to buy stock with the assumption that it can always be sold at a profit
- a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs
- Japan wanted to expand in order to gain more natural resources and to create its own economic empire in the Pacific
- an independent agency of the federal government of the United States with responsibilities for enforcing U.S. labor law in relation to collective bargaining and unfair labor practices
- a form of far right, authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition, and strong regimentation of society and of the economy, which came to prominence in early 20th century Europe
- code name for the American led effort to develop a functional atomic weapon during World War II
- government assistance in maintaining the levels of market prices regardless of supply or demand
- Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who governed the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953
- effort to help the one third of the population that was hardest hit by the depression. Relief was also aimed at providing temporary help to suffering and unemployed Americans
- It was established after the collapse of many American banks during the initial years of the Great Depression
- people started to be able to buy things with payments over time and not have to pay a flat out fee
- of Democracy the collective efforts of American industry in supporting the Allies, which efforts tended to be concentrated in the established industrial centers of the U.S., such as Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh, and other places.
- a joint declaration released by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill
- Roosevelt only increased the deficit by $3 billion a year to fight the Great Depression
- the name given to Britain's policy in the 1930s of allowing Hitler to expand German territory unchecked
- was established within the Office for Emergency Management of the United States government
- part of the New Deal of 1933, was a large scale public works construction agency in the United States headed by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes
- provided for unemployment insurance, old age insurance, and means tested welfare programs
- was established to work with the ... Censors on the job over a year became susceptible to depression
- A non-aggression pact or neutrality pact is a treaty between two or more states/countries that includes a promise by the signatories not to engage in military action against each other.
- an American labor unionist, civil rights activist, and socialist politician
- recovery began in early 1933, but the U.S. did not return to 1929 GNP for over a decade and still had an unemployment rate of about 15% in 1940, albeit down from the high of 25% in 1933.
- an American military leader who served as General of the Army for the United States
- an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party
- an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States
- He asked individuals to tighten their belts and work harder, and he asked the business community to voluntarily help sustain the economy by retaining workers and continuing production.
- October 29, 1929, the stock market crashed and the start of the great depression
- a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
- Tennessee Valley Authority, was established in 1933 as one of President Roosevelt's Depression era New Deal programs
- a Canadian American Roman Catholic priest who was based in the United States near Detroit. He was the founding priest of the National Shrine of the Little FlowerHuey Long, a governor and later United States Senator from Louisiana. To stimulate the economy, the Share Our Wealth program called for massive federal spending, a wealth tax, and wealth redistribution
51 Clues: One of the 3 R´s in the new deal • describe changes to the size of the Supreme Court • Americans bought the bonds to help the Government pay for the war • went to those in immediate and desperate need; however, work relief. • to buy stock with the assumption that it can always be sold at a profit • ...
Ximena Lozano 2022-02-24
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- 17th U.S President and first president to be impeached.
- Even though slavery was ilegal _____ slaves still were not treated equally.
- ____ stages that has an impeachment
- Two charged Johnson with ____ Congress.
- ____ votes against Johnson.
- A special tax that people had to pay before they could vote.
- Senate aproved add and remove
- A charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office.
- Forced separation of whites and African American in public places.
- It refers to the period of time following the Civil War of rebuilding the United States.
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- Laws that required segregation.
- Opposed civil rights,especially surffrage for African Americans.
- The ____ amendment made slavery ilegal throught tge United States.
- "TREASON,_____, OR OTHER HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS"
- In 1867,Congress passed the _____.
- Process and period ofReconstruction during which the Radical Republicans in the U.S. Congress seized control of Reconstruction from Pres.
- The ____ amendment granted citizenship to all people born and nationalized in the United States.
- An important Congressmen during Civil War.
- The____ amendment gave African American men throughout the U.S the right to vote.
19 Clues: ____ votes against Johnson. • Senate aproved add and remove • Laws that required segregation. • In 1867,Congress passed the _____. • ____ stages that has an impeachment • Two charged Johnson with ____ Congress. • An important Congressmen during Civil War. • "TREASON,_____, OR OTHER HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS" • 17th U.S President and first president to be impeached. • ...
Ximena Lozano 2022-02-24
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- 17th U.S President and first president to be impeached.
- Even though slavery was ilegal _____ slaves still were not treated equally.
- ____ stages that has an impeachment
- Two charged Johnson with ____ Congress.
- ____ votes against Johnson.
- A special tax that people had to pay before they could vote.
- Senate aproved add and remove
- A charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office.
- Forced separation of whites and African American in public places.
- It refers to the period of time following the Civil War of rebuilding the United States.
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- Laws that required segregation.
- Opposed civil rights,especially surffrage for African Americans.
- The ____ amendment made slavery ilegal throught tge United States.
- "TREASON,_____, OR OTHER HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS"
- In 1867,Congress passed the _____.
- Process and period ofReconstruction during which the Radical Republicans in the U.S. Congress seized control of Reconstruction from Pres.
- The ____ amendment granted citizenship to all people born and nationalized in the United States.
- An important Congressmen during Civil War.
- The____ amendment gave African American men throughout the U.S the right to vote.
19 Clues: ____ votes against Johnson. • Senate aproved add and remove • Laws that required segregation. • In 1867,Congress passed the _____. • ____ stages that has an impeachment • Two charged Johnson with ____ Congress. • An important Congressmen during Civil War. • "TREASON,_____, OR OTHER HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS" • 17th U.S President and first president to be impeached. • ...
Geography 2014-09-18
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- which european country has the highest percentage of urban population
- name one cities that have a major airports and seaports
- what percentage of u.s. exports does japan receive
- person who moves to a new city
- region buys the most of united states goods
- which country has the smallest percentage of people between the ages of 0 and 9
- which general direction is the population of the united states moving from
- people migrated to all other inhabited continents
- region does the united states import the largest amount on goods
- what percentage of u.s. imports from japan
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- easer that came from malaysia
- relying on each other
- which country has the highest percentage of people between the ages of 0 and 9
- kong name one chinese cities have population of more than 5 million people
- buying and selling goods
- name one of the cities in the region have population of 500,000 to 1,000,000 people
- moving people and goods from place to place
- leave their country to find a a safety in another country
- permanent movement of people from place to place
19 Clues: relying on each other • buying and selling goods • easer that came from malaysia • person who moves to a new city • what percentage of u.s. imports from japan • moving people and goods from place to place • region buys the most of united states goods • permanent movement of people from place to place • people migrated to all other inhabited continents • ...
American revolution 2023-11-15
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- Soldiers that helped British in the war
- king of England
- helped Americans in the war against England
- they are from England and wanted control of the United States but ended up losing in the war
- created the Declaration of Independence
- were the nicknames for British soldiers
- The battle that was the turning point in the war
- was the first battle that started the war
- was a document made by Thomas Jefferson
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- were the people who created our country
- helped the Americans in many battles and was America's first president
- people that made America what it is today
- this battle was fought I the most populated city in the world today
- was everything that happened between the Americans and the British For the United States.
- rode to all the states to tell them about the British
- this is the river that George Washington crossed on the night of Christmas
- war that Americans proved they could win the war
- served in the Second Continental Congress and helped draft the Declaration of Independence
- dumped all the tea in the harbor
19 Clues: king of England • dumped all the tea in the harbor • were the people who created our country • Soldiers that helped British in the war • created the Declaration of Independence • were the nicknames for British soldiers • was a document made by Thomas Jefferson • people that made America what it is today • was the first battle that started the war • ...
Chapter 6&7 Crossword Puzzle 2024-11-04
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- In the early 1800s... was a Supreme Court Justice for over 30 years.
- This is the decotion to the culture and intrests of one country
- This Idian was famous for helping Lewis and Clark
- This time peroid was made up of the presedents: Jefferson/Madison/Monroe
- This ended the war of 1812
- This was an agreement to balance free and slave states
- This stated America was for Americians
- This was invented in 1807 by Robert Fulton
- This act allowed merchants to trade only with countries other than France and England
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- This doubled the size of the united states in 1807
- John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay were Known for as
- They explored the Louisiana Purchase
- This man was the third presedent of the united states
- Forcable Seizure of American Sailors into the royal Navy
- The Sinking if the American boat... Lead to the war of 1812
- Standardized pastrs that could be used in place of one another
- this is an agreement to cease fire
- This is a tax of all incoming goods
- This road streched from Georgia to Illinios
19 Clues: This ended the war of 1812 • this is an agreement to cease fire • This is a tax of all incoming goods • They explored the Louisiana Purchase • This stated America was for Americians • This was invented in 1807 by Robert Fulton • This road streched from Georgia to Illinios • John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay were Known for as • ...
Emancipation Proclamation 2015-12-16
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- Lincoln/ issued the emancipation proclamation
- if the south did not do this the institution of slavery would end
- Lincoln said," all slaves in states or districts in _____ against the u.s..."
- states/ Lincoln wanted these to end the war
- Lincoln wanted confederate states to join this
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- of Antietam/ Emancipation proclamation was issued 5 days after this war
- proclamation/ declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
- month the emancipation proclamation was issued
- if the south surrendered this would continue
- war/ the emancipation proclamation was issued during this war
10 Clues: states/ Lincoln wanted these to end the war • if the south surrendered this would continue • Lincoln/ issued the emancipation proclamation • month the emancipation proclamation was issued • Lincoln wanted confederate states to join this • war/ the emancipation proclamation was issued during this war • if the south did not do this the institution of slavery would end • ...
The Articles of Confederation and the Constitutional Convention 2023-03-20
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- Political group that defended a strong central government
- Attribution of the Confederation Congress (sign -----)
- Number of votes required to make any amendment to the Articles
- Number of votes required to pass any law under the Articles
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- Name that was given to the league of states after the Independence
- Equivalence of the slave population for the purpose of representation and taxation
- Treaty signed in 1783 that formally recognized the United States as an independent nation.
- Event that took place in Massachusetts in 1786-1787
- Attribution of the states
- According to the Articles, where was sovereignty located?
10 Clues: Attribution of the states • Event that took place in Massachusetts in 1786-1787 • Attribution of the Confederation Congress (sign -----) • Political group that defended a strong central government • According to the Articles, where was sovereignty located? • Number of votes required to pass any law under the Articles • ...
Citizenship Civics test part 2 2024-02-17
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- Why did the colonist fight the British?
- Name your U.S. representative.
- Why does the flag have 50 stars?
- What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
- Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
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- Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators now?
- Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
- What is the supreme law of the land?
- We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
- We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
10 Clues: Name your U.S. representative. • Why does the flag have 50 stars? • Who does a U.S. Senator represent? • What is the supreme law of the land? • Why did the colonist fight the British? • We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years? • Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators now? • What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for? • ...
Nationalism and Westward Expansion Choice board 2024-05-13
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- What treaty established the northern border between the U.S. and Canada that still exists today?
- Who were the first easterners to explore the Rocky Mountains?
- What treaty ended the Mexican-American War?
- What Territory did the United States gain in 1845?
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- What did the Spanish army try taking from the city of Gonzales, later starting the Texas Revolution?
- One of the first U.S. settlements in the Oregon Territory.
- What Territory did the United States gain in 1848?
- What Territory did the United States get in 1867?
- What country did the United States buy Alaska from?
- Another word for taking control of.
10 Clues: Another word for taking control of. • What treaty ended the Mexican-American War? • What Territory did the United States get in 1867? • What Territory did the United States gain in 1848? • What Territory did the United States gain in 1845? • What country did the United States buy Alaska from? • One of the first U.S. settlements in the Oregon Territory. • ...
Crossword Puzzle 2024-05-14
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- this case helped establish the supreme courts power to check the power of other branches
- He was the 3rd president of the United States
- Was the chief justice of the United States
- The power to declare a act of congress unconstitutional
- Ran against Charles C. Pinckney
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- Lewis invited experienced frontiersman_________to join him as co leader
- It doubled the size of the United States
- A indian women who agreed to agreed the expedition to the rocky mountains
- agreement between the United States and Great Britain to eliminate their fleets from the Great Lakes
- Lead a expedition to gather information about the territory
10 Clues: Ran against Charles C. Pinckney • It doubled the size of the United States • Was the chief justice of the United States • He was the 3rd president of the United States • The power to declare a act of congress unconstitutional • Lead a expedition to gather information about the territory • Lewis invited experienced frontiersman_________to join him as co leader • ...
Crossword Puzzle 2024-05-14
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- this case helped establish the supreme courts power to check the power of other branches
- He was the 3rd president of the United States
- Was the chief justice of the United States
- The power to declare a act of congress unconstitutional
- Ran against Charles C. Pinckney
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- Lewis invited experienced frontiersman_________to join him as co leader
- It doubled the size of the United States
- A indian women who agreed to agreed the expedition to the rocky mountains
- agreement between the United States and Great Britain to eliminate their fleets from the Great Lakes
- Lead a expedition to gather information about the territory
10 Clues: Ran against Charles C. Pinckney • It doubled the size of the United States • Was the chief justice of the United States • He was the 3rd president of the United States • The power to declare a act of congress unconstitutional • Lead a expedition to gather information about the territory • Lewis invited experienced frontiersman_________to join him as co leader • ...
War of 1812 2021-02-13
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- It was a peace treaty which both sides America and England signed for peace.
- Where the Americans did not honor the treaty and which resulted in the Native's turning to British for help.
- where all the presidents lived and worked in
- Andrew Jackson became a national hero
- national anthem
- played a key role in protecting Canada
- U.S. General William Henry Harrison
- people who demanded that the United States declare war against Great Britain
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- It prohibited American ships from trading in all foreign ports.
- The wife of Madison
- Third president
- A lawyer which was trapped on a British boat watching the attack on Fort Henry
- Kidnapping of American soldiers and forcing them in the British Navy
- He was a Shawnee Indian from western Ohio
- Was the fourth president of the United states of America.
- was on the front lines in the conflict between the United States, Great Britain
- keeping peace with foreign countries and not fighting
- It was a American military fort which helped protect Baltimore.
- He led local militia, freed slaves, and pirates against the British.
19 Clues: Third president • national anthem • The wife of Madison • U.S. General William Henry Harrison • Andrew Jackson became a national hero • played a key role in protecting Canada • He was a Shawnee Indian from western Ohio • where all the presidents lived and worked in • keeping peace with foreign countries and not fighting • ...
Boredom World Crossword 2024-03-07
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- the first American to win a Noble Peace Prize
- Turkey, used to be called what when it was the capital of the Byzantine Empire
- which country was the Battle of Culloden fought in 1746
- the first woman to make a million dollars in the United States
- Greek goddess the Parthenon was dedicated to
- the first Emperor of Rome
- the fourth president of the United States
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- The 19th Amendment guarantees ____ the right to vote
- the capital city of the Inca Empire
- the name of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant that was the site of a nuclear disaster in April 1986
- the world’s oldest recorded civilization
- the largest country by area in the world
- Which country is Normandy in
- Where did Albert Einstein live before moving to the United States
- ancient figure is often considered the founder of Western philosophy
- Great Pyramid was built as a tomb for which pharaoh
- the king of the Olympian gods in Greek mythology
- How many Celtic languages are still spoken today
- the longest river in the world
19 Clues: the first Emperor of Rome • Which country is Normandy in • the longest river in the world • the capital city of the Inca Empire • the world’s oldest recorded civilization • the largest country by area in the world • the fourth president of the United States • Greek goddess the Parthenon was dedicated to • the first American to win a Noble Peace Prize • ...
The Great depression 2022-01-28
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- favoring free enterprise, private ownership, and socially traditional ideas
- the greatest flood in over 300 years roared down the Connecticut River
- ambitious employment and infrastructure program
- boosts agricultural prices by reducing surpluses
- theory states that tax breaks and benefits for corporations and the wealthy will trickle down to everyone else
- money paid regularly at a particular rate for the use of money lent
- independent federal agency insuring deposits in U.S. banks and thrifts in the event of bank failures
- relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something
- a law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United States
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- government spending, in excess of revenue, of funds raised by borrowing rather than from taxation
- work relief program that gave millions of young men employment on environmental projects during the Great Depression
- a federally-owned electric utility corporation in the United States.
- supervised fair trade codes and guaranteed laborers a right to collective bargaining
- a loan from your brokerage and using the money from the loan to invest in more securities than you can buy with your available cash.
- the central banking system of the United States of America
- a supporter or policies that are socially progressive and promote social welfare
16 Clues: ambitious employment and infrastructure program • boosts agricultural prices by reducing surpluses • the central banking system of the United States of America • relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something • money paid regularly at a particular rate for the use of money lent • a federally-owned electric utility corporation in the United States. • ...
Washington DC 2023-04-05
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- Capitol ___________ displays eight large paintings on the walls.
- Each of the fifty ________ contributed two statues to the capitol, totaling at a hundred statues.
- The tomb of the Unknown Soldier is located in __________ Cemetery.
- Was the first president to live in the White House.
- The Washington _________ is an obelisk shaped building built to commemorate George Washington.
- A memorial is built for the sixteenth president at the __________ Memorial.
- The "DC" in Washington DC stands for ____________.
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- The largest library in the world
- The president of the United States lives in the _________________.
- The part of Congress that has 100 representatives that are evenly distributed to the states.
- The ________ branch of government that interprets state laws and hears civil cases.
- The part of Congress that has 435 representatives that are distributed to the states based on state population.
12 Clues: The largest library in the world • The "DC" in Washington DC stands for ____________. • Was the first president to live in the White House. • Capitol ___________ displays eight large paintings on the walls. • The president of the United States lives in the _________________. • The tomb of the Unknown Soldier is located in __________ Cemetery. • ...
wheat 2022-05-12
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- Wheat was first planted in the United States as a ________ crop.
- Most wheat grown in ________ is soft red winter wheat used to make cereals, cakes, cookies, and pretzels.
- There are about 50 _________ in a head of wheat.
- Using a machine attachment called a ________, famers bundle straw to be used as animal bedding.
- Wheat plant is an annual _______ plant that grows to be two to four feet tall.
- There are 12,000 -14,000 kernels of wheat in a _________.
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- One ________ of wheat yields 60 pounds of whole wheat flower.
- The top of a wheat plant is called ______ or head.
- One bushel of wheat yields 42 pounds of _______ flour.
- _________ is the largest wheat producer in the United States.
- The four basic parts of a wheat plant include head, ______, leaves, and roots.
- Wheat is _______ in 42 states in the United States.
12 Clues: There are about 50 _________ in a head of wheat. • The top of a wheat plant is called ______ or head. • Wheat is _______ in 42 states in the United States. • One bushel of wheat yields 42 pounds of _______ flour. • There are 12,000 -14,000 kernels of wheat in a _________. • One ________ of wheat yields 60 pounds of whole wheat flower. • ...
The Cold War Begins 2018-04-22
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- the Soviet Union and its satellite states formed a rival military alliance; included all Communist states in Eastern Europe except Yugoslavia
- Name for the boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas (Democratic and Dictatorship) from the end of WWII in 1945 to the end of the Cold War in 1991
- Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill
- became a member of NATO in 1955
- provided the military alliance to counter Soviet Expansion
- US and Britain drop supplies to West Berlin
- program provides food to reduce famine, fuel to heat houses and factories, money to jumpstart the economy
- the different areas of Germany controlled by the United States, France, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union
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- communist party makes all key economic, political, and military decisions; Soviet people cannot worship as they please; no private property
- free elections, economic and religious freedom, private property, individual differences
- promise to aid nations struggling against communist movements
- countries formally independent but under heavy political, economic, and military influence
- 46 year struggled between two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, with no military conflict
- American diplomat and leading authority on the Soviet Union
- goal was to keep communism contained within its existing borders
15 Clues: Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill • became a member of NATO in 1955 • US and Britain drop supplies to West Berlin • provided the military alliance to counter Soviet Expansion • American diplomat and leading authority on the Soviet Union • promise to aid nations struggling against communist movements • goal was to keep communism contained within its existing borders • ...
Forming a New Nation 2014-04-17
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- group established by the Constitution to elect president and vice president
- ___-___ Compromise; enslaved persons would be counted as three-fifths a person when determining a states population
- government must follow clear rules and act reasonably as it carries out the law
- Northwest ____; 1787, a law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed
- 1791, a formal listing of the basic rights of the US citizens
- formally approve a plan or agreement
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- Great ____; 1787, established two houses of congress, a House of Representatives a Senate
- ___ Papers; 1787 a series of essays written in support of ratification of the Constituition
- ____ Territory; a region given to the United States by the Treat of Paris 1783
- the constitutional system that shares power between national and state governments
- ____ of Confederation; the first written plan of government for the United States
- thinkers emphasized using rational thought to discover truths about nature and society; the "age of reason"
- ___ Convention; In 1787, a meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the Constitution
- judicial ____; the power of the Supreme Court to decide whether laws are constitutional
- a country governed by elected representatives
15 Clues: formally approve a plan or agreement • a country governed by elected representatives • 1791, a formal listing of the basic rights of the US citizens • group established by the Constitution to elect president and vice president • ____ Territory; a region given to the United States by the Treat of Paris 1783 • ...
