states Crossword Puzzles

WASHINGTON VOCAB QUIZ Crossword 2020-02-10

WASHINGTON VOCAB QUIZ Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A group of people selected from each of the states to cast votes in Presidential elections (2 Words)
  2. A national policy of avoiding involvement in other countries’ affairs
  3. federal government can take reasonable actions that the Constitution does not specifically forbid (2 Words)
  4. The administrative center of a nation
  5. Stated that the United States would not take sides with any European countries that were at war
  6. An action or decision that later serves as an example
  7. Farmers in Pennsylvania lashed out against taxes, ending with Washington leading an army to defeat the rebellion (2 words)
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  1. Written as a letter published at the end of Washington’s second term as President(2 Words)
  2. Federal government should do only what the Constitution specifically says it can do (2 Words)
  3. The money owed by the Unites States (2 Words)
  4. Groups that help elect people and shape policies (2 Words)
  5. Having to do with uniting the states to form a strong centralized government (3 words)
  6. Department heads who serve as advisors to the President (2 Words)
  7. she ran the presidential household with style (2 Words)
  8. A rebellion of French People against their king in 1789 (2 words)
  9. Private ships hired by a country to attack its enemies
  10. Legislation passed by Congress that created the three levels of Federal Courts (2 Words)

17 Clues: The administrative center of a nation • The money owed by the Unites States (2 Words) • An action or decision that later serves as an example • Private ships hired by a country to attack its enemies • she ran the presidential household with style (2 Words) • Groups that help elect people and shape policies (2 Words) • ...

Challenges, opportunities, and contributions in the 19th century 2018-03-06

Challenges, opportunities, and contributions in the 19th century crossword puzzle
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  1. of Tears A series of forced relocations of Native American Indians from their homes to areas that had been designated Indian Territory
  2. Which group of immigrants helped to bring gymnasiums to American schools
  3. This group of people were believed to have invented the weekend
  4. A religious tradition West African slaves brought with them to the United States
  5. Americans This group liked to dress up and dance to music during ceremonies
  6. Their home country bordered the United States and they had vast amounts of land for ranching
  7. Jackson Beard A famous African American who invented a flour mill and rotary steam engine
  8. Many whites feared this group of immigrants were taking their jobs
  9. These immigrants fled to America to escape religious persecution
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  1. This was discovered on the Sioux land and the government made the Indians leave because of it
  2. Corn Ceremony The Native American Indians celebration that thanked the spirits for their corn harvest
  3. The lands Native American Indians were forced to live on
  4. This group of immigrants migrated to the United States more than any other Europeans
  5. The town where most Irish immigrants settled in
  6. You might enjoy a kolache that was a type of food they bought to Texas
  7. This group of immigrants was often picked on and people wouldn’t hire them for jobs
  8. York City where most immigrants entered into the United States

17 Clues: The town where most Irish immigrants settled in • The lands Native American Indians were forced to live on • This group of people were believed to have invented the weekend • York City where most immigrants entered into the United States • These immigrants fled to America to escape religious persecution • ...

Bud, Not Buddy Crossword 2013-01-18

Bud, Not Buddy Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Another name for a night stick which is used by law enforcement officals to protect themselves
  2. Men hired by George Pullman to work on the railroads as porters on sleeping cars
  3. American bank robber during the 1930s; he operated primarily in the Midwest and the West South Central states (Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma)
  4. Groups legally recognized as representatives of workers in many industries in the United States
  5. A popular American blues musician
  6. Another name for a harmonica
  7. An idiom commonly used during this time period meaning “the real thing”
  8. A popular African American female performer during the Great Depression; she often played at the famous Cotton Club and Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York City
  9. A series of economic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1936
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  1. Notorious gangster in Chicago who was convicted on federal charges of tax evasion and was imprisoned at Azkaban
  2. Another name for Tuesday, October 29, 1929, when the stock market crashed
  3. A porter who helps passengers with their bags at a railroad station
  4. An early term for cinema, motion pictures, or movies
  5. Shacks and homeless encampments during the Great Depression
  6. Severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II
  7. An infamous bank robber and kidnapper during the 1930s who was part of the Midwest Crime Wave
  8. A bank robber and murderer from the 1930s nicknamed for his youthful appearance
  9. A notorious and vicious bank robber during the 1930s
  10. Train station terminal in New York City
  11. A railroad car that is enclosed and generally used to carry general freight
  12. The 32nd President of the United States; he helped the country recover from the Great Depression by implementing the New Deal.
  13. The 31st President of the United States; BLAMED BY MANY AS THE REASON FOR THE GREAT DEPRESSION
  14. A mythical person used in an expression indicating a very short period of time
  15. Worst drought in recorded US history
  16. The first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which was organized in 1935
  17. Widely acclaimed African American actor and singer who was popular during the Great Depression

26 Clues: Another name for a harmonica • A popular American blues musician • Worst drought in recorded US history • Train station terminal in New York City • An early term for cinema, motion pictures, or movies • A notorious and vicious bank robber during the 1930s • Shacks and homeless encampments during the Great Depression • ...

THE COLD WAR (1945 - 1960) 2014-03-25

THE COLD WAR (1945 - 1960) crossword puzzle
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  1. during this airlift, planes flew around the clock delivering supplies to individuals in West Berlin
  2. were the first civilians to be convicted of espionage and executed
  3. policy of the United States to control the expansion of Communism in the world
  4. the conference where Truman informed Stalin about the atomic bomb
  5. nations that were subject to Soviet Union domination, created a buffer zone against attacks
  6. was smear tactics utilized by a Senator from Wisconsin, which attempted to expose Communists in the government
  7. primarily investigated the suspicion of Communism in the movie industry
  8. this type of security was based on the principle of mutual military assistance between the countries that formed NATO
  9. the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth
  10. was accused by Whitaker Chambers of being a Communist
  11. a plan developed by the United States that provided financial aid to rebuild countries in Europe
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  1. wrote a long telegram to the State Department expressing concern about Communism in Europe, which led to the creation of the Truman Doctrine
  2. this war began when troops from the North streamed across the 38th parallel to reunite the country
  3. he fulfilled a campaign promise to bring the Korean War to an end
  4. this pact was an alliance of the Soviet Union and their satellite nations in Eastern Europe
  5. John Foster Dulles created this policy, in which he expressed that the United States was prepared to risk war to protect its national interests
  6. guided military forces of the United Nations in Korea
  7. the policy of making the military power so strong that no enemy would dare attack for fear of retaliation
  8. a race between the United States and Soviet Union to gain weapons superiority
  9. the conference where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill met to discuss the future of Germany and Poland
  10. was the leader of the Communist during the Chinese Civil War
  11. delivered a famous speech, in which he coined the phrase "Iron Curtain"
  12. were known as long-range rockets of the Soviet Union
  13. this scare led to the development of hysteria that Communism infiltrated society of the United States

24 Clues: the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth • were known as long-range rockets of the Soviet Union • guided military forces of the United Nations in Korea • was accused by Whitaker Chambers of being a Communist • was the leader of the Communist during the Chinese Civil War • he fulfilled a campaign promise to bring the Korean War to an end • ...

Killing Lincoln 2016-02-22

Killing Lincoln crossword puzzle
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  1. a direction opposite from north
  2. a place were people go to watch a moving film
  3. a national battlefield located in the state of Virginia
  4. the last name of the army general of the union
  5. the last name of the army general of the confederacy
  6. a large group of people who are united by common history, culture, language, descent
  7. a hereditary disorder of connective tissue, resulting in abnormally long and thin digits and also frequently in optical and cardiovascular defects.
  8. a group of states normally in the south during the civil war that are fighting for a new way of life that usually consists of slavery
  9. a war that was fought with the citizens of the same country
  10. the highest ranking of commander in the army
  11. last name of president Lincolns killer
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  1. where someone keeps someone(s) and forces them to do chores and other things acting like a servant and does not get paid and gets very little hospitality
  2. a direction opposite from south
  3. a strategy that the north used in the civil war, it meant that basically destroy everything in its path including crops, buildings, schools, etc.
  4. is called this if you are the leader of the United States
  5. a silk hat much like a top hat but much taller
  6. the action of assassinating someone
  7. a house that is always occupied by the president of the untied states until their term is done
  8. a group of states normally in the north during the civil war that remain the original US states of america
  9. a weapon that uses a bullet to release a force for the bullet to go out the gun fast and accurate
  10. a city located in Virginia that the Confederacy located their army headquarters
  11. the last name of Booth's wife
  12. a southeastern state, stretches from the Chesapeake Bay to the Appalachian Mountains
  13. last name of a tall president and was president from 1861-1865
  14. the first name of the president during the years of 1861-1865

25 Clues: the last name of Booth's wife • a direction opposite from south • a direction opposite from north • the action of assassinating someone • last name of president Lincolns killer • the highest ranking of commander in the army • a place were people go to watch a moving film • a silk hat much like a top hat but much taller • the last name of the army general of the union • ...

The Amendments 2016-04-28

The Amendments crossword puzzle
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  1. _________ shall assemble at least once a year.
  2. The president doesn't have any time left to pass a bill or law. (two words)
  3. The 25th Amendment allows the _________ to step aside temporarily in cases of illnesses or injuries.
  4. To do this is to make a legal cancelation.
  5. The 25th Amendments states what to do in case there are _________ in the office of president.
  6. You must have a warrant to _____ somebody's house.
  7. The 6th Amendment states that the accused shall have the right to a speedy and public _____.
  8. The 14th Amendment states _______ rights.
  9. The ________ added on to the Constitution.
  10. The 13th Amendment prohibits this.
  11. You have to go through the court system. (two words)
  12. In 1919 it was illegal to have any type of this.
  13. Congress meets on the third day of this month.
  14. The first ten Amendments (three words)
  15. The 3rd Amendment is about ______ of soldiers at peacetime.
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  1. The 26th Amendment gave 18 year olds the right to ____.
  2. The 8th Amendment states that there should be no excessive _____ or cruel punishment.
  3. In the 25th Amendment __________ were barred, and everyone was granted the right to vote no matter what. (two words)
  4. The Senate shall be composed of two of these from each state.
  5. Congress has the power to lay and collect these.
  6. The 27th Amendment gives Congress this. (two words)
  7. The states have the power to make laws about marriage, divorce, and __________.
  8. The 5th Amendment says that no person should be held to answer for an infamous crime unless on a presentment of a ___________. (two words)
  9. The 19th Amendment gave __________ the right to vote.
  10. The 2nd Amendment gives you the right to keep and bear ____.
  11. The 4th Amendment is about ______ from search of houses, papers, and effects unless the person searching has a warrant.
  12. The 20th Amendment eliminated 4 months delay between election and __________ of president.
  13. The 18th Amendment was the _________ of alcoholic beverages.
  14. The ________ tradition was set by Washington, Madison, Jefferson, and Monroe, but it was not a law. (two words)
  15. The 5th Amendment is protection of the ________.

30 Clues: The 13th Amendment prohibits this. • The first ten Amendments (three words) • The 14th Amendment states _______ rights. • To do this is to make a legal cancelation. • The ________ added on to the Constitution. • _________ shall assemble at least once a year. • Congress meets on the third day of this month. • Congress has the power to lay and collect these. • ...

Government Crossword Puzzle 2020-12-02

Government Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. This is how interest groups work they influence government policy and it is called?
  2. What amendment declares that the States are governments of reserved power?
  3. What are the powers that both National and State Government have?
  4. What is the citizen participation level and awareness of government decisions?
  5. What branch proposes and administers the laws?
  6. What are the grants of federal money or other resources to the states and/or their cities, counties, or localities?
  7. What branch writes the laws?
  8. What is the elector who does not vote for his state's popular vote winner?
  9. What is the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State is returned to that State?
  10. What is the second step to becoming the President of the United States?
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  1. What keeps people in office who are sympathetic to group wants and needs?
  2. What is a system of gov’t in which a written constitution divides the powers of government between the national gov’t (U.S.) and the State governments?
  3. What grants do states like?
  4. What is it called when parties can also reach the voters personally and get-out-the-vote on a local level?
  5. effect What is the presidential popularity effecting congressional elections called?
  6. What branch interprets the Constitution and other laws
  7. What controls the media, no one may operate radio or TV stations without their license?
  8. Hobbes believed that you need an absolute ruler what is that called?
  9. What power is found directly within the Constitution?
  10. What is an act of creating a new state?
  11. How many types of Interest Groups are there?
  12. What links people and government together?
  13. What is the fourth step to becoming the President of the United States?
  14. What is the fourth branch of Government?
  15. What are a collection of people who share some common interest or attitude and seek to influence government for specific ends?
  16. What are second long segments that are political messages that are shortened?

26 Clues: What grants do states like? • What branch writes the laws? • What is an act of creating a new state? • What is the fourth branch of Government? • What links people and government together? • How many types of Interest Groups are there? • What branch proposes and administers the laws? • What power is found directly within the Constitution? • ...

Unit 1 2018-09-10

Unit 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. / This court case upheld racial segregation in the united states and allowed the policy of "Separate but equal"
  2. / These immigrants were in the U.S. prior to 1880, were Christian, and called themselves Natives
  3. / This was the period from 1865 to 1877 that Southern United States was rebuilt following the destruction of its economy, political scene, and social order due to the Civil War
  4. / This was a type of tax created to keep free blacks from voting
  5. / This was desperately used by Native Americans to attempt to get rid of white people from North America
  6. / This amendment ended slavery in the United States
  7. / This man's election as President of the U.S. led to the end of Reconstruction
  8. / This railroad was supposed to connect the East and Western United States
  9. / This was where Native American children were sent to learn to be like white people they were often mistreated and had their hair cut
  10. / This was the process of changing your culture by being absorbed into another culture
  11. / Immigrants from Europe landed at __________ Island
  12. / The fifteenth amendment did not give _______ the right to vote
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  1. / Immigrants from Asia landed at ____________ Island
  2. / This is a reason why someone would leave there country (War,Famine,Persecution)
  3. / This is a reason why someone would go to a specific country (Good economy, land available, jobs, Freedom)
  4. / This man wanted black people to demand racial equality immediately
  5. / This was the last battle of the Indian wars
  6. / This amendment gave all free male citizens the right to vote
  7. / This man called for a gradual transition to racial equality and wanted a bootstrap method of advancement
  8. / This was the U.S. Government's plan to take away tribal land and give each Native American 160 acres to work and live on
  9. / When New Immigrants arrived in the United States they usually lived in
  10. / These laws were created to take away rights from Black Americans
  11. / These immigrants were usually from Eastern Europe, poorly skilled, Catholic or Jewish

23 Clues: / This was the last battle of the Indian wars • / This amendment ended slavery in the United States • / Immigrants from Asia landed at ____________ Island • / Immigrants from Europe landed at __________ Island • / This amendment gave all free male citizens the right to vote • / This was a type of tax created to keep free blacks from voting • ...

United States in the caribbean 2016-04-25

United States in the caribbean crossword puzzle
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  1. What kind of climate in the Caribbean made it suitable for the United States to set up military bases?
  2. What jurisdiction in 1901 did America get exclusive rights to build a naval base?
  3. Which american president sent marines temporarily to the capital of the Dominican Republic to protect the customs house after the assasination of the republic's president Ramon Caceres in 1911?
  4. What was the name of the plan Munoz Marin devise in Puerto Rico he hope on improving the sugar industry and economy?
  5. In Which war in 1898 was Puerto Rico taken by the United States?
  6. The Haitian Government was compelled to sign a Treaty on the 11 of November 1916 which placed control of the republics finances over into the hands of who?
  7. In 1823 the american presence was strengthened by what?
  8. What was one of the companies that played a critical role in the development of the Caribbean?
  9. What were the driving force between the US influence in the Caribbean?
  10. What prohibited the trading between the British west Indies and the Us, after the american independence in 1776?
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  1. American Marine Rule came to an end in 1924 in Dominican Republic when which Us diplomat arranged the withdrawal?
  2. What was created as a link, that change the economic and demographic landscape of central America and the greater Caribbean?
  3. What act was passed in Puerto Rico establishing a Civil government?
  4. Which American ship was blown up in Cuba?
  5. The aggressive nature of the american policy towards the developing Caribbean republics where referred to as?
  6. Which policy ended the American control of Haiti in 1934
  7. The Platt Amendment of 1902 was added to which Caribbean country constitution?
  8. What has been one of the most important ways in which the caribbean has benefited from united States?
  9. Through which entity did the United states play a major part in the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba?
  10. What was pronounced to avoid possible European intervention in the Dominican Republic for the collection of debts?
  11. Which world power invaded Grenada in 1983?
  12. Which one of the Caribbean country is a commonwealth associated with the United States?

22 Clues: Which American ship was blown up in Cuba? • Which world power invaded Grenada in 1983? • In 1823 the american presence was strengthened by what? • Which policy ended the American control of Haiti in 1934 • In Which war in 1898 was Puerto Rico taken by the United States? • What act was passed in Puerto Rico establishing a Civil government? • ...

World War I Vocabulary 2018-11-13

World War I Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. A group that travels with something, such as a ship, to protect it
  2. compensation or repayment; compensation payable by a defeated nation for damages sustained by another nation
  3. a group of communists who overthrew the democratic Russian government
  4. WW1 military strategy at defending a position by fighting from the protection of deep ditches.
  5. Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
  6. WW1 alliance led by Austria-Hungary and Germany and later joined by Bulgaria and the ottoman Empire.
  7. take over countries to gain more land and control
  8. the ground between the two opposing trenches.
  9. authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription
  10. a country or area in which another country has power to affect developments although it has no formal authority.
  11. President of the United States during World War I
  12. German submarines used in World War I
  13. The spreading of ideas about an institution or individual for the purpose of influencing opinion
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  1. Lead the Bolshevik party and started communism in Russia
  2. caused by fears of subversion by communists in the United States after the Russian Revolution.
  3. the state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict
  4. A policy of aggressive military preparedness
  5. a union of countries formed in 1919 by the Treaty of Versailles to uphold peace, security and promote settlements by arbitration
  6. treaty between Germany and the allied powers in which Germany accepted full responsibility for the war and agreed to pay repay
  7. Heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo, started World War I.
  8. a limited portion or allowance of food or goods; limitation of use
  9. Alliance that included Great Britain, France, Russia, the United States, and other countries during World Wars I.
  10. Great Britain, France, Russia
  11. First Chancellor of Germany
  12. temporary agreement to stop fighting
  13. war bond sold to Americans; 2/3 of war budget
  14. Spying, especially to gain government secrets
  15. the state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict
  16. Leaders of France, the United States, Great Britain, Italy

29 Clues: First Chancellor of Germany • Great Britain, France, Russia • Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy • temporary agreement to stop fighting • German submarines used in World War I • A policy of aggressive military preparedness • the ground between the two opposing trenches. • war bond sold to Americans; 2/3 of war budget • Spying, especially to gain government secrets • ...

Constitution 2024-02-07

Constitution crossword puzzle
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  1. ________ 3 discusses the judicial branch
  2. Includes the Senate and House of Representatives
  3. We the _______ of the united states
  4. Citizens in Washington, ______ can vote for president.
  5. A national _____ must be obeyed when in conflict with a state law
  6. High Crime descibred in Article 3
  7. Public ________ by jury
  8. of religion
  9. The United States Constitution replaced the Articles of ____________
  10. First Amendment Freedom
  11. People Can _________ peacefully
  12. Must be 35 or older, natural-born citizen, resident for 14 yrs
  13. People have the ______ to a speedy trial
  14. Least number of representatives that a state can have
  15. Number of states needed to ratify constitution
  16. Amendment outlawing liquor sales
  17. ________ of representatives
  18. Number of articles in the original constitution
  19. The _______ amendment requires separate voting for president and vice preisdent
  20. First Amendment Freedom
  21. Congress has the power to do this.
  22. Amendment ________ lets voters directly elect US senators
  23. Minimum voting age
  24. Crimes are tried in the _______ where they are committed
  25. Must be at least 30 and 9 years a citizen
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  1. Has 100 members, 2 per state
  2. Addition or change in the constitution.
  3. A person doesn't have to be a witness against________
  4. The 15th amendment enabled African Americans to
  5. Amendment 21 ___________ Amendment 18
  6. A written plan of government
  7. Legislative or ____________ branch
  8. Each year the president delivers a state of the _________ address
  9. Years in a representatives term
  10. No state may deny a person ______ protection of the laws (AM.14)
  11. Introduction to the constitution
  12. Article IV says the US will pay its _______
  13. Amendment 19 gave them the right to vote.
  14. Most powerful court in the judicial dept.
  15. The 13th amendment forbid owning one
  16. What a person born or naturalized in the united states is
  17. No ______ and unusual punishments
  18. Department Headed by the president
  19. Years in a senators term
  20. Abbreviation for executive department official
  21. An "arm", as in the 2nd amendment
  22. Population determines the number of representatives in each ________
  23. Bill of _______
  24. No unreasonable __________
  25. Taken by government officials when sworn in

50 Clues: of religion • Bill of _______ • Minimum voting age • Public ________ by jury • First Amendment Freedom • First Amendment Freedom • Years in a senators term • No unreasonable __________ • ________ of representatives • Has 100 members, 2 per state • A written plan of government • Years in a representatives term • People Can _________ peacefully • Introduction to the constitution • ...

Math 7 Chapter 1 Vocab Crossword Review 2024-08-15

Math 7 Chapter 1 Vocab Crossword Review crossword puzzle
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  1. To substitute a number in for a variable and solve.
  2. An expression made up of numbers and operations.
  3. The property that allows you to multiply into a grouping.
  4. The acronym for the order of operations.
  5. A number in an expression or equation that cannot change.
  6. The property that says you can add or multiply numbers in any order.
  7. The _______________ property of equality states that you can subtract the same value from each side of an equation and the equation will remain true.
  8. An expression that consists of one or more variables, and usually contains constants and operations.
  9. A different way to write a multiplication of the same number.
  10. A notation for very large or very small numbers. Uses powers of 10.
  11. The _______________ property of equality states that you can multiply both sides of an equation by the same value and have the equation remain true.
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  1. The property that states "the sum of 0 and any number OR the product of 1 and any number will equal the number itself".
  2. A letter represents a number that varies in an equation or expression.
  3. When an equation contains a variable, a number that makes the equation true is called a __________.
  4. The _______________ property of equality states that you can add the same amount to both sides of an equation and the equation will remain true.
  5. The value associated with an exponent. The value being multiplied to itself.
  6. Within an expression or equation, can be made up of constants, variables, or constants and variables. Usually separated by addition and subtraction signs.
  7. A mathematical statement that says two expressions are equal in value.
  8. The property that says you can group any combination of numbers together so long as you are only adding or multiplying.
  9. A number that is multiplied by a variable in an algebraic expression.
  10. The _______________ property of equality states that you can divide to both sides of an equation by the same value and the equation will remain true.
  11. A small number written towards the upper right of a value, tells you how many times to multiply a number to itself.

22 Clues: The acronym for the order of operations. • An expression made up of numbers and operations. • To substitute a number in for a variable and solve. • The property that allows you to multiply into a grouping. • A number in an expression or equation that cannot change. • A different way to write a multiplication of the same number. • ...

Module 9 vocab 2023-03-01

Module 9 vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. practice or strategy of buying cheaply large quantities of land, guessing when the prices of the land would rise enough to make a profit, and then selling that land.
  2. the buyer would put down some of his own money, but the rest he would borrow from a broker.
  3. prices that the government sets and maintains by buying surplus goods
  4. the highest concrete arch dam in the United States.
  5. an American politician who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933. He was a member of the Republican Party, holding office during the onset of the Great Depression in the United States.
  6. The index shows how 30 large publicly owned U.S. companies have traded during a standard trading session in the stock market.
  7. a line of needy persons. assembled to receive food given as charity
  8. United States stock market crashed
  9. a place where people who cannot afford, or do not have the means to feed themselves, can get a free or cheap meal
  10. an American politician who served four terms as Governor of New York and was the Democratic Party's candidate for president in 1928.
  11. an agency authorized by the U.S. government to loan money to assist the nation's ailing banks after the stock market crash of 1929 and during the Great Depression that followed.
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  1. enacted to protect U.S. farmers from foreign competition by increasing tariffs on certain foreign goods
  2. cash payments
  3. the drought-affected south central United States in the aftermath of horrific dust storms.
  4. the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939.
  5. intended to lower the cost of home ownership by creating a network of government-sponsored banks and boards to provide mortgage credit.
  6. buy now pay later
  7. gathering of probably 10,000 to 25,000 World War I veterans
  8. decline of prices
  9. Image result for Shantytown definition us history
  10. Americans began to build their own camps on the edges of cities, where they lived in shacks and other crude shelters

21 Clues: cash payments • buy now pay later • decline of prices • United States stock market crashed • Image result for Shantytown definition us history • the highest concrete arch dam in the United States. • gathering of probably 10,000 to 25,000 World War I veterans • a line of needy persons. assembled to receive food given as charity • ...

AP World History Exam Review 2023-06-05

AP World History Exam Review crossword puzzle
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  1. a direct and dangerous confrontation during the Cold War
  2. 1945,was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States
  3. reforms reduce the influence of the state within the economy
  4. Between 1839 and 1842, British forces fought a war in China that benefitted drug smugglers.
  5. Creole who created new independent countries in South America
  6. mobilized support for the war effort
  7. (Pan-Africanism) and Mandela role in Africa
  8. an uprising against foreigners that occurred in China about 1900
  9. Hemisphere is being exploited (Caribbean)
  10. discuss the partitioning of Africa, establishing rules to divide resources among the Western countries.
  11. a political and economic union of 10 member states in Southeast Asia
  12. characterizes a period of colonial expansion by European powers, the United States, and Japan
  13. a group of revolutionaries in southern China led a successful revolt against the Qing Dynasty
  14. US did not join,countries were not sold yet on Collective Security
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  1. a situation in which one country has a lot of economic power or influence over others
  2. was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus
  3. United States and Australia,admit immigrants based on family, labor market and humanitarian criteria
  4. intergovernmental organization that regulates and facilitates international trade
  5. organized Indian resistance, fought anti-Indian legislation in the courts
  6. the change of political borders and the division
  7. over time, built up their own defences starting an arms race that lasted throughout the Cold War.
  8. President Harry Truman's foreign policy that the US would provide political, military, and economic aid
  9. Five Year Plans (Stalin)expansion of heavy industry, like fuel extraction, energy generation, and steel production.
  10. suburbanization and fragmentation of wild areas through road building
  11. a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company.
  12. stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security,
  13. Organization of American States (no military)
  14. Economic Reforms in China
  15. Favored revolts by the working class (proletariat)
  16. smallpox, malaria and tuberculosis
  17. Egypt (Pan-Arabism)

31 Clues: Egypt (Pan-Arabism) • Economic Reforms in China • smallpox, malaria and tuberculosis • mobilized support for the war effort • Hemisphere is being exploited (Caribbean) • (Pan-Africanism) and Mandela role in Africa • Organization of American States (no military) • the change of political borders and the division • Favored revolts by the working class (proletariat) • ...

Reconstruction Crossword Connor Wolf 2021-10-25

Reconstruction Crossword Connor Wolf crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a clause exempting certain classes of people or things from the requirements of a piece of legislation affecting their previous rights, privileges, or practices.
  2. These laws divided the South into five districts.
  3. he act of an authority (such as a government by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals
  4. was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He was one of the leaders of the Radical Republican faction of the Republican Party during the 1860s.
  5. was a period in American history following the American Civil War.
  6. were a faction of American politicians within the Republican Party of the United States from around 1854 until the end of
  7. is the process used by a legislative body to bring charges of wrongdoing against a public official.
  8. or laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans.
  9. or sharing the crops. Land owners provided land tools and supplies and sharecroppers provided the labor.
  10. the forced separation of White and African Americans in public places.
Down
  1. was a special tax people had to pay before they could vote.
  2. the process of readmitting the former Confederate states to the Union.
  3. Offered southerners amnesty or official pardon for all illegal acts supporting the relibans
  4. a person who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous rather than harmful way; a rascal.
  5. an agency providing relief for freed people and certain poor people in the south
  6. was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869.
  7. assesses a person's literacy skills: their ability to read and write. Literacy tests have been administered by various governments to immigrants.
  8. Radicals led efforts after the war to establish civil rights for former slaves and fully implement emancipation.
  9. Secret society opposed civil rights particularly suffrage, for African Americans.
  10. a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections.
  11. was an American politician and military leader who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877.

21 Clues: These laws divided the South into five districts. • was a special tax people had to pay before they could vote. • or laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans. • was a period in American history following the American Civil War. • the process of readmitting the former Confederate states to the Union. • ...

The Nation grows 2021-12-09

The Nation grows crossword puzzle
Across
  1. She collected valuable items from the White House during the war and she was also James Maddison’s wife.
  2. These words referred to the belief shared by many Americans that the United States should one day stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
  3. It quickly became the main form of river travel after the canal building.
  4. He knew nothing about government but he learned by being part of it.
  5. It was when a group of Indians,called the Cherokees,had to leave their land and when they did more than 4,000 Cherokees had died.
  6. It happened when American settlers were pushing the frontier farther west and ran into many angry Native Americans who were helped by the British.
  7. It's a sudden rush of people to an area where gold has been found.
  8. James Monroe announced a government plan of action so that he could stop the growth of the European colonies.
  9. It was built because road travel cost so much and took so much time.
  10. He developed the first cast-steel plow in the United States.
  11. He was someone who carefully studied the machines.Also Slater and Moses Brown started the first American spinning mill.
  12. They traveled up the Missouri River to get many facts about the Louisiana Purchase.
  13. Key He was the person who wrote a poem named The Star-Spangled that later became the national anthem of the United States of America.
Down
  1. The United States bought a huge territory from Bonaparte for $15million.
  2. They have better pulling power then a horse.
  3. The route was from St.Louis they traveled up the Missouri River then to the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains.
  4. `\
  5. He developed a new system of interchangeable parts to make guns.
  6. This was when Texans took shelter behind the walls of a Spanish mission.
  7. He was elected the seventh president in 1828.
  8. He was the fourth president of the United States,who asked Congress to declare war on Britain.
  9. His expedition wandered out of the Louisiana Purchase,went into Spanish territory,and got put in jail for trespassing.

22 Clues: `\ • They have better pulling power then a horse. • He was elected the seventh president in 1828. • He developed the first cast-steel plow in the United States. • He developed a new system of interchangeable parts to make guns. • It's a sudden rush of people to an area where gold has been found. • He knew nothing about government but he learned by being part of it. • ...

the jefferson era 2022-04-08

the jefferson era crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Bonaparte was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns
  2. Decatur was an American naval officer and commodore
  3. Gallatin Former United States Secretary of the Treasury
  4. review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
  5. Lewis Former Governor of Missouri Territory
  6. an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.
  7. Louverture-was a Haitian general and the most prominent leader of the Haitian Revolution
  8. a private person or ship that engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war
  9. the act of seizing for public use or of impressing into public service.
  10. Marshall was an American politician and lawyer who served as the fourth chief justice of the United States
  11. Jefferson was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father
  12. was much larger and heavier than a prairie schooner
  13. identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
  14. embargo on grain sales"
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  1. Explorer
  2. -a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering.
  3. the capability of a state to remain neutral toward other states at war with one another.
  4. withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.
  5. tariff or tax imposed on goods when transported across international borders.
  6. Burr was an American politician and lawyer who served as the third vice president of the United States
  7. feeling or expressing distress or irritation.
  8. an act, statement, or gift that is intended to show gratitude, respect, or admiration.
  9. a person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God.
  10. warship with a mixed armament, generally heavier than a destroyer (in the US Navy) and of a kind originally introduced for convoy escort work.
  11. Territory land acquired by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase north of the 33rd parallel

25 Clues: Explorer • embargo on grain sales" • Lewis Former Governor of Missouri Territory • feeling or expressing distress or irritation. • Decatur was an American naval officer and commodore • was much larger and heavier than a prairie schooner • Gallatin Former United States Secretary of the Treasury • the act of seizing for public use or of impressing into public service. • ...

APUSH Unit 5 Terms 2025-01-30

APUSH Unit 5 Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Lincoln’s declaration freeing enslaved people in Confederate states
  2. The movement to end slavery in the United States
  3. A speech delivered by Lincoln to honor fallen soldiers
  4. Political party that opposed the expansion of slavery
  5. The last major battle of the Civil War
  6. Abolished slavery in the U.S.
  7. A network of secret routes to help enslaved people escape
  8. The group that pushed for harsher Reconstruction policies
  9. Violent conflict over slavery in a western territory
  10. Agreement that admitted California as a free state
  11. Laws in the South that enforced racial segregation
  12. A farming system keeping freedmen in cycles of debt
  13. Organization created to provide aid and education to freed slaves
  14. The name given to the South after Reconstruction ended
  15. System where plantation owners provided supplies in exchange for labor
  16. Confederate general known for his military strategie
  17. Supreme Court case ruling that African Americans were not citizens
  18. The idea that states could decide issues like slavery
  19. Period of rebuilding the South after the Civil War
  20. The speech where Lincoln reaffirmed the nation's principles
  21. The belief that it was America’s destiny to expand westward
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  1. Law passed in 1854 allowing states to decide on slavery
  2. A plan that divided the South into military districts
  3. The Union general who accepted Lee's surrender
  4. The Union general known for his "March to the Sea"
  5. A document that formally withdrew a state from the Union
  6. The first battle of the Civil War
  7. Granted citizenship and equal protection to African Americans
  8. Union strategy to blockade the South during the Civil War
  9. Required citizens to return escaped enslaved people
  10. Law that restricted African American rights after the Civil War
  11. Northerners who moved south during Reconstruction
  12. Site of Lee's surrender, ending the Civil War
  13. President of the Confederate States
  14. Secret society that opposed Reconstruction efforts
  15. The amendment that officially abolished slavery
  16. The amendment that granted Black men the right to vote
  17. Battle considered the turning point of the Civil War
  18. Law that led to Andrew Johnson’s impeachment
  19. The practice of charging African Americans fees to vote

40 Clues: Abolished slavery in the U.S. • The first battle of the Civil War • President of the Confederate States • The last major battle of the Civil War • Law that led to Andrew Johnson’s impeachment • Site of Lee's surrender, ending the Civil War • The Union general who accepted Lee's surrender • The amendment that officially abolished slavery • ...

Comparing Cultures: U.S. and Japan 2024-09-27

Comparing Cultures: U.S. and Japan crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Baseball is the ___ popular sport in U.S. high schools.
  2. People on public transportation are often ___ in the U.S. than in Japan.
  3. Summer break in the U.S. is __ than summer break in Japan. Summer break is 2 months in the U.S. and 2 weeks in Japan.
  4. South Carolina is the U.S. state ___ in size to Hokkaido. South Carolina is 82,930 sq km and Hokkaido is 83,450 sq km.
  5. The birth rate in the U.S. (12.2) is ___ than the birth rate in Japan (6.9).
  6. The state of South Carolina in the United States is ___ than Abashiri, Hokkaido.
  7. Many public high schools in the United States have ___ students than Japanese high schools.
  8. The school year starts earlier in Japan. It starts in April in Japan and in August in the U.S.
  9. Japanese people are known to be ___ at being formal than Americans.
  10. The United States is ___ in land mass than Japan.
  11. Mathematics is known to be the ___ popular subject in U.S. high schools.
Down
  1. There are 1,900 students at Easley High School and around 400 students at Abashiri Keiyo. So, there are a __ number of students at Easley High School.
  2. Rhode Island and Kagawa are the ___ state and prefecture in the USA and Japan.
  3. Students in Japan are often ___ and more shy than students in the U.S.
  4. Japanese people are often ___ political than Americans.
  5. Japan is often considered to be ___ than the United States because there is less crime.
  6. Students in the U.S. eat school lunch ___ than students in Japan.
  7. It is cheaper to live in Japan than in the United States. $1 is equal to ¥145.47.
  8. Students in Japan stay at school later than students in the U.S. Students in the U.S. leave school at 15:00.
  9. A __ number of students in the U.S. wear uniforms to school.
  10. American football is the ___ popular sport in U.S. high schools.
  11. There are ___ fast food restaurants like McDonalds and KFC in Japan than in the United States.
  12. Alaska and Hokkaido are the ___ state and prefecture in the USA and Japan.
  13. Men in the U.S. (177cm) are usually ___ than men in Japan (170.8cm).

24 Clues: The United States is ___ in land mass than Japan. • Baseball is the ___ popular sport in U.S. high schools. • Japanese people are often ___ political than Americans. • A __ number of students in the U.S. wear uniforms to school. • American football is the ___ popular sport in U.S. high schools. • Students in the U.S. eat school lunch ___ than students in Japan. • ...

The Constitution 2025-03-13

The Constitution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State is returned to that State
  2. system of overlapping the powers of the branches of government to permit each branch to check the actions of the others
  3. a provision of the US Constitution that states that the Constitution, federal law, and treaties of the US are the "Supreme law of the land"
  4. concept that government and its officers are always subject to the law
  5. one type of federal grants-in-aid, made for specific projects to States, localities, and private agencies who apply for them
  6. formal approval
  7. group of persons chosen in each State and the District of Columbia every four years who make a formal selection of the President
  8. a legislative body composed of two chambers
  9. the power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a government action
  10. the executive, legislative, and judicial powers are divided among three independent and coequal branches of government
  11. those powers that the Constitution does not grant to the National Government and does not deny to the States
  12. asserts that the people are the source of any and all governmental power
Down
  1. those powers that both the National Government and the States possess and exercise
  2. the lower federal courts
  3. powers the Constitution is presumed to have delegated to the National Government because it is the government of a sovereign state within the world community
  4. chief executive's power to reject a bill passed by a legislature
  5. a system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central government and several regional governments
  6. a change in, or addition to, a constitution or law
  7. a formal agreement between two or more sovereign states
  8. government is restricted in what it may do
  9. those delegated powers of the National Government that are spelled out expressly in the Constitution
  10. those delegated powers of the National Government that are suggested by the expressed powers set out in the Constitution

22 Clues: formal approval • the lower federal courts • government is restricted in what it may do • a legislative body composed of two chambers • a change in, or addition to, a constitution or law • a formal agreement between two or more sovereign states • chief executive's power to reject a bill passed by a legislature • ...

A New Nation 2023-12-14

A New Nation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the us constitution
  2. the enslaving and owning of human beings and their offspring as property, able to be bought, sold, and forced to work without wages
  3. 435
  4. the part of the government that interprets the laws
  5. the constitutional system that shares power between national and state government
  6. a law passed by congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed
  7. the law making part of the government
  8. a country governed by elected representatives
  9. trade and other business dealing between two or more states
  10. an agreement made at the constitutional convention stating that enslaved persons would be counted as 3/5 of a person when determining a state's population for representation in the house
  11. a written plan that provided the basic framework of a government
  12. a person who flees or tries to escape
  13. the highest federal court in the US, consisting of nine justices and taking judicial precedence over all other courts in the nation.
  14. the first written plan of government for the united states
  15. the part of government that carries out the laws
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  1. the system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other two branches
  2. a group of people within a larger group who have different ideas from the main group
  3. 2 per state
  4. believes in strong local/state government
  5. the idea that the government's authority comes from the people
  6. a type of religious song
  7. the "age of reason" in the 17th-18th century Europe
  8. to formally approve a plan or an agreement. the process of approval is called ratification
  9. a region of the united states bounded by the Ohio and mississippi rivers and the great lakes
  10. a series of essays written by james madison, alexander Hamilton, and john jay in support of the ratification of the constitution by the states
  11. the group established by the constitution to elect the president and vice president. Voters in each state choose their electors
  12. a large estate where cash crops were grown
  13. believes in a strong federal government

28 Clues: 435 • 2 per state • a type of religious song • the law making part of the government • a person who flees or tries to escape • believes in a strong federal government • believes in strong local/state government • a large estate where cash crops were grown • a country governed by elected representatives • the part of government that carries out the laws • ...

Cole Schrag 2024-03-01

Cole Schrag crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Mexican war general and leader of the Mexicans in the alamo.
  2. The border that the Texans thought should separate Texas from Mexico.
  3. Treaty where Mexico gave up half of its land for 15 million dollars from the United states.
  4. Great Britain shares territory with the United States.
  5. President who bought the Louisiana Territory.
  6. The country that jointly occupied Oregon with the US.
  7. Housten gathered his troops here near present day Houston.
  8. Communities built fast in California from the gold rush.
  9. Texas's Declaration of Independence was similar to the United States declaration.
  10. President Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory for 7.5 million Dollars from France.
  11. Adding Texas
  12. Heavily Used Trail That was a tremendous part in westward expansion.
  13. Divine Right god's will
  14. Starter of a colony in early Texas and leader of the Old 300.
  15. A bunch of people who flock to a gold rich area at once.
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  1. Houston ordered his troops to abandon this place.
  2. A Mexican mission that was carried out in late February 36 Led By Santa Anna that took out a town that the Texans were defending, killing all of the Texans/ Tejanos.
  3. One of James K Polk's Election slogans.
  4. United States army general that led the conquest of mexico.
  5. People who took the law into their own hands in early California.
  6. Mexico gave us California and New Mexico in what was called.
  7. Allowed settlers land at low prices and for little or no taxes
  8. President that wanted 54-40 and used it in one of his election slogans.
  9. The people who came to California looking for gold in 1849.
  10. How people felt about the war was blank.
  11. People who obtained grants from the Mexican government.
  12. The latitude line that split the Oregon territory and the current border of the United States.
  13. The place where a big win for the Texans was held.
  14. Inhabitants of Texas that are descendants of Mexicans.
  15. Growth What happened when the gold rush happened.
  16. Settlers were mad because Mexico outlawed this in 1829.
  17. OG 297 American families to inhabit Texas With Stephen F Austin.

32 Clues: Adding Texas • Divine Right god's will • One of James K Polk's Election slogans. • How people felt about the war was blank. • President who bought the Louisiana Territory. • Houston ordered his troops to abandon this place. • Growth What happened when the gold rush happened. • The place where a big win for the Texans was held. • ...

Unit 3: Forming a New Nation Crossword Puzzle 2024-03-22

Unit 3: Forming a New Nation Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other two branches
  2. the “Age of Reason” in 17th- and 18th-century Europe. Enlightenment thinkers emphasized using rational thought to discover truths about nature and society.
  3. a basic set of ideas used to develop a larger plan
  4. a law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed
  5. to treat a person or group unfairly
  6. a country governed by elected representatives
  7. the plan of government adopted at the Constitutional Convention that established a two-house Congress. In the House of Representatives, representation from each state is based on state population. In the Senate, each state is represented by two senators.
  8. a region of the United States bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes. The region was given to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
  9. supporting ideas of freedom, change, and progress
  10. a difference between two statements or situations that means they cannot both be true
  11. to issues within a country
  12. the group established by the Constitution to elect the president and vice president. Voters in each state choose their electors.
  13. a written plan that provides the basic framework of a government
Down
  1. a meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution
  2. relating to issues within a country
  3. the first written plan of government for the United States. A confederation is an association of states that cooperate for a common purpose.
  4. to formally approve a plan or an agreement. The process of approval is called ratification.
  5. an agreement made at the Constitutional Convention stating that enslaved persons would be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining a state’s population for representation in the House of Representatives
  6. a group of people or things with obvious differences among them
  7. to agree or pledge to support someone or something
  8. a strong disagreement

21 Clues: a strong disagreement • to issues within a country • relating to issues within a country • to treat a person or group unfairly • a country governed by elected representatives • supporting ideas of freedom, change, and progress • a basic set of ideas used to develop a larger plan • to agree or pledge to support someone or something • ...

Unit 3: Forming a New Nation Crossword Puzzle 2024-03-22

Unit 3: Forming a New Nation Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other two branches
  2. the “Age of Reason” in 17th- and 18th-century Europe. Enlightenment thinkers emphasized using rational thought to discover truths about nature and society.
  3. a basic set of ideas used to develop a larger plan
  4. a law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed
  5. to treat a person or group unfairly
  6. a country governed by elected representatives
  7. the plan of government adopted at the Constitutional Convention that established a two-house Congress. In the House of Representatives, representation from each state is based on state population. In the Senate, each state is represented by two senators.
  8. a region of the United States bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes. The region was given to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
  9. supporting ideas of freedom, change, and progress
  10. a difference between two statements or situations that means they cannot both be true
  11. to issues within a country
  12. the group established by the Constitution to elect the president and vice president. Voters in each state choose their electors.
  13. a written plan that provides the basic framework of a government
Down
  1. a meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution
  2. relating to issues within a country
  3. the first written plan of government for the United States. A confederation is an association of states that cooperate for a common purpose.
  4. to formally approve a plan or an agreement. The process of approval is called ratification.
  5. an agreement made at the Constitutional Convention stating that enslaved persons would be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining a state’s population for representation in the House of Representatives
  6. a group of people or things with obvious differences among them
  7. to agree or pledge to support someone or something
  8. a strong disagreement

21 Clues: a strong disagreement • to issues within a country • relating to issues within a country • to treat a person or group unfairly • a country governed by elected representatives • supporting ideas of freedom, change, and progress • a basic set of ideas used to develop a larger plan • to agree or pledge to support someone or something • ...

Unit 3: Forming a New Nation Crossword Puzzle 2024-03-22

Unit 3: Forming a New Nation Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other two branches
  2. the “Age of Reason” in 17th- and 18th-century Europe. Enlightenment thinkers emphasized using rational thought to discover truths about nature and society.
  3. a basic set of ideas used to develop a larger plan
  4. a law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed
  5. to treat a person or group unfairly
  6. a country governed by elected representatives
  7. the plan of government adopted at the Constitutional Convention that established a two-house Congress. In the House of Representatives, representation from each state is based on state population. In the Senate, each state is represented by two senators.
  8. a region of the United States bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes. The region was given to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
  9. supporting ideas of freedom, change, and progress
  10. a difference between two statements or situations that means they cannot both be true
  11. to issues within a country
  12. the group established by the Constitution to elect the president and vice president. Voters in each state choose their electors.
  13. a written plan that provides the basic framework of a government
Down
  1. a meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution
  2. relating to issues within a country
  3. the first written plan of government for the United States. A confederation is an association of states that cooperate for a common purpose.
  4. to formally approve a plan or an agreement. The process of approval is called ratification.
  5. an agreement made at the Constitutional Convention stating that enslaved persons would be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining a state’s population for representation in the House of Representatives
  6. a group of people or things with obvious differences among them
  7. to agree or pledge to support someone or something
  8. a strong disagreement

21 Clues: a strong disagreement • to issues within a country • relating to issues within a country • to treat a person or group unfairly • a country governed by elected representatives • supporting ideas of freedom, change, and progress • a basic set of ideas used to develop a larger plan • to agree or pledge to support someone or something • ...

history assignment 2022-11-21

history assignment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a writer and poet who was passionately committed to the cause of Cuban independence.
  2. group members besieged foreign embassies in Beijing, killing more than 200 foreigners and taking others prisoner
  3. the idea that the United States and latin America should work together came to be
  4. is the economic and political domination of a strong nation over other weaker nations
  5. was popular in Britain and the United States
  6. ascended the hawaiian throne
  7. stipulated the conditions for U.S. intervention in Cuban affairs and permitted the United States to lease or buy lands for the purpose of establishing naval bases and coaling stations in Cuba
  8. action of making a person or thing American in character or nationality
  9. American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909
  10. in which all countries should be allowed to trade with China.
  11. an area where a foreign nation controlled economic development such as railroad construction, mining, and other key industries.
  12. which gave the United States the exclusive right to build and control any proposed canal through Central America
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  1. an officer in the U.S. Navy who taught at the Naval War College, best expressed this argument
  2. or an attitude of aggressive nationalism, was very strong, especially among younger members of the party
  3. owned the New York World
  4. independent and self-reliant.
  5. owned the New York Journal
  6. This kind of sensationalist reporting, in which writers often exaggerated or even made up stories to attract readers, became known as
  7. the imperial power allowed the local rulers to stay in control and protected them against rebellions and invasion
  8. human society also evolved through competition and natural selection
  9. desire to promote the welfare of others
  10. area providing educational, recreational, and other social services to the community.
  11. pushed for the construction of a new navy
  12. on a voyage around the world to showcase the nation’s military might
  13. to take a naval expedition to Japan to negotiate a trade treaty.

25 Clues: owned the New York World • owned the New York Journal • ascended the hawaiian throne • independent and self-reliant. • desire to promote the welfare of others • pushed for the construction of a new navy • was popular in Britain and the United States • in which all countries should be allowed to trade with China. • ...

Chapter 3 vocab 2022-01-07

Chapter 3 vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A written plan of government
  2. Sovereignty, the idea that the government's authority comes from the people
  3. a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states
  4. College, a group of people who would be named by each state legislature to elect the president and vice president
  5. Branch, the branch of government that carries out laws
  6. of Law, principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern
  7. Branch, the branch of government that interprets laws
  8. of Powers, the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government
  9. Supporters of the Constitution were led by Alexander Hamilton and John Adams. They firmly believed the national government should be strong. They didn't want the Bill of Rights because they felt citizens' rights were already well protected by the Constitution.
  10. Convention, A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution
  11. Fifths Compromise, delegates agreed that every five enslaved persons would count as three free persons.
  12. an introduction that states the goals and purposes of the government in the Constitution.
  13. Compromise, The compromise made by the Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house
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  1. a group of individual state governments that band together for a common purpose
  2. A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses
  3. A change to the Constitution
  4. Powers, powers that the Constitution does not give to the national government that are kept by the states
  5. Powers, powers held jointly by the national and state governments.
  6. and Balances, Under this system, each branch of government is able to check, or limit, the power of the others
  7. Branch, the branch of government that makes the laws
  8. federalist, Opponents of the American Constitution at the time when the states were contemplating its adoption.
  9. Approved
  10. Powers, powers that congress has that are specifically listed in the constitution

23 Clues: Approved • A written plan of government • A change to the Constitution • A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses • Branch, the branch of government that makes the laws • Branch, the branch of government that interprets laws • Branch, the branch of government that carries out laws • Powers, powers held jointly by the national and state governments. • ...

Civil War and Reconstruction 2022-02-15

Civil War and Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. large weapons used in land battles
  2. a tax levied on a person as a prerequisite for voting
  3. in U.S. history, the period immediately following the Civil War
  4. an unfair test some citizens would have to take before voting
  5. one who lacks a permanent home and wanders from place to place
  6. a rascal or troublemaker
  7. amendment, African-American men can now vote
  8. pertaining to the ownership, tenure, or cultivation of land
  9. amendment, granted citizenship to African Americans
  10. to withdraw from a group or a political union
  11. a U.S. bureau made to help African-Americans in society
  12. to murder for pay or for political reasons
  13. all the basic systems that have been created in a country, especially through technology and engineering
  14. a Northerner who went to the South to seek private gain in the aftermath of the American Civil War
  15. one who has been released from slavery
  16. the shutting off of traffic into and out of a place
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  1. people who were against slavery
  2. to work (farmland) as a sharecropper, giving a portion of the crop to the landowner
  3. an area of a country, city, or other place used for a particular purpose
  4. to accuse a person in public office of wrong or improper conduct
  5. a secret society founded in Georgia in 1915 that was inspired by the former and uses terrorist tactics to achieve segregation of African-Americans
  6. amendment, abolished slavery
  7. unfair laws made only against African-Americans during Reconstruction
  8. the doctrine that a state is subject to the will of the people who comprise that state
  9. an intense, sometimes excessive, regard for local interests or concerns
  10. having prisoners do manual labor
  11. to give evidence or testimony
  12. in the United States, all rights and powers not delegated to the federal government by the Constitution nor denied by it to the states
  13. the eleven southern states that seceded from the United States in 1860 and 186l
  14. a person who is hurt or killed in an accident
  15. a group of states or countries united under a single government

31 Clues: a rascal or troublemaker • amendment, abolished slavery • to give evidence or testimony • people who were against slavery • having prisoners do manual labor • large weapons used in land battles • one who has been released from slavery • to murder for pay or for political reasons • amendment, African-American men can now vote • to withdraw from a group or a political union • ...

1950s BINGO 2023-02-08

1950s BINGO crossword puzzle
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  1. Offered to returning veterans: tuition money, low interest loans for a house or business, and a year of unemployment pay
  2. A way to buy things without having to pay the full amount up front-pay a little each month with an interest rate
  3. Ownership of these soared and Americans took to the interstate systems to visit drive-ins, National Parks, and DisneyLand.
  4. Places where kids could grow up with grass stains on their pants, located outside of cities
  5. The competition between the United States and the USSR to try and build up as many weapons of mass destruction as possible
  6. Region of the US where many families moved during the 1950s-includes the states: AL. GA, TX, FL, SC, TN, MS, CA, NM, OK, AZ
  7. Houses built on assembly lines- needed since so many people were purchasing homes.
  8. The communist leader of the USSR
  9. A prison in Siberia where people who went up against Stalin were sent to work and die
  10. The ideal family during the 1950s: stay at home mom, dad who worked, and 2-3 kids
  11. What most people bought using the new credit cards that were available-such as washers, dryers, refrigerators
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  1. System of roads that spanned the United States
  2. A metaphorical line that separated the free and democratic West from the communistic and repressive East
  3. The goal to keep communism to where it was and not allow it to spread
  4. The USSR’s restrictive government which did not allow its people to worship how they wanted, speak badly of the government, or really any freedoms
  5. Russia and the surrounding countries-communist
  6. 90% of Americans would own one of these during the 1950s, a nice way to relax in your living room
  7. A way that people would see movies by parking and watching from their cars.
  8. The United States' successful dropping off of supplies from the sky to help save the people of West Berlin and not let it fall to communism
  9. Explosion in population once WWII ended and soldiers returned home
  10. The United States' promise to provide help to any country who was trying to fight off communism

21 Clues: The communist leader of the USSR • System of roads that spanned the United States • Russia and the surrounding countries-communist • Explosion in population once WWII ended and soldiers returned home • The goal to keep communism to where it was and not allow it to spread • A way that people would see movies by parking and watching from their cars. • ...

TCAP Review Laws, Acts, Constitutional Stuff... 2023-02-09

TCAP Review Laws, Acts, Constitutional Stuff... crossword puzzle
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  1. A system to divide (grid system) and action off public land to pay off debt
  2. a government that is controlled or influenced by religious leaders
  3. Law passed that said that Parliament have power to rule over the colonies in “all cases whatsoever”
  4. the first 10 amendments in the Constitution, demanded by the Anti-federalists
  5. Supreme Court case that upheld the power (sovereignty) of the Cherokee Tribe
  6. idea that the Constitution is flexible to meet the needs of the nation
  7. also called the Coercive Acts- were punishment for the Boston Tea Party
  8. taxes on imported goods (passed by Parliament) such as glass, lead, tea
  9. agreement made in 1820 that drew an imaginary geographic line that would determine if future states would be free states or slave states
  10. rules and laws to limit the activies of enslaved people
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  1. established a bicameral legislature with two houses
  2. the idea that branches of government have power to control other branches
  3. the idea that branches have their own powers
  4. law passed by Congress that allowed the government to make treaties with American Indian tribes to remove them west of the Mississippi River
  5. an attempt in Congress to ban slavery in lands gained in the Mexican American War
  6. provided a way for new territories to become states
  7. law passed by Parliament to lower the cost of tea and to help the British East India Company have a monopoly on tea. Led to the Boston Tea Party
  8. Supreme Court case that established judicial review
  9. Supreme Court case that upheld the Constitutionality of the National Bank and the supreme power of the United States
  10. Ogden Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’ power to regulate interstate commerce
  11. Constitutional idea that the national government is stronger than the state governments
  12. an attempt to unite colonial governments during the French and Indian War
  13. established how to count enslaved people for representation in Congress
  14. Law passed by Parliament to require colonists to house British soldiers
  15. the idea that the national and state governments share power

25 Clues: the idea that branches have their own powers • established a bicameral legislature with two houses • provided a way for new territories to become states • Supreme Court case that established judicial review • rules and laws to limit the activies of enslaved people • the idea that the national and state governments share power • ...

Vocab #3 Unit 2 Part 2 2025-09-23

Vocab #3 Unit 2 Part 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. Amendment: Prohibits cruel and unusual punishments.
  2. Amendment: Limits the President to two terms in office.
  3. Amendment: Guarantees voting rights regardless of race.
  4. Amendment: Grants women the right to vote.
  5. Amendment: any powers not explicitly granted to the federal government by the Constitution, nor prohibited to the states, are reserved to the states or the people
  6. Important Concepts
  7. Supported the Constitution and a strong central government.
  8. Process: Fair legal treatment according to established rules and laws.
  9. Amendment: No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
  10. Amendment: Rights of the accused, including due process and protection from self-incrimination.
  11. Amendment: Preserves the right to a jury trial in federal civil cases where the value in controversy exceeds twenty dollars
  12. Official approval of the Constitution or amendments by states.
  13. Groups
  14. Amendment: Right to keep and bear arms.
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  1. Opposed the Constitution, fearing too much central power without guaranteed rights.
  2. Amendment: Guarantees fundamental rights to criminal defendants, including the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury, the right to be informed of the charges against them, the right to confront and call witnesses, and the right to legal counsel.
  3. Amendment (R.A.P.P.S.): Protects freedoms of Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition, and Speech.
  4. An official change or addition to the Constitution.
  5. Amendment: a safeguard that ensures people have rights beyond those explicitly listed in the Constitution
  6. Rights: Rights protecting individuals’ freedom and equality under the law.
  7. Clause: The Constitution is the highest law in the United States.
  8. Clause (Necessary and Proper Clause): Allows Congress to make laws needed to carry out its powers.
  9. Amendment: Defines citizenship and guarantees equal protection under the law.
  10. College: System for electing the President.
  11. Amendment: Lowers the voting age to 18.
  12. Amendment: Protection against unreasonable searches and seizures.
  13. Immunity: Legal protection for states from certain lawsuits.

27 Clues: Groups • Important Concepts • Amendment: Lowers the voting age to 18. • Amendment: Right to keep and bear arms. • Amendment: Grants women the right to vote. • College: System for electing the President. • Amendment: Prohibits cruel and unusual punishments. • An official change or addition to the Constitution. • Amendment: Limits the President to two terms in office. • ...

The U.S. Constitution 2022-01-12

The U.S. Constitution crossword puzzle
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  1. The number of these in congress are based on state population and elected every 2 years
  2. Enforceable rules that govern how individual deal with each other in society
  3. In all cases not involving ambassadors the supreme court shall have this type of jurisdiction
  4. Judges in the supreme court hold their term for this length of tim
  5. to create one of these 3/4 of the states legislatures must vote to ratify it
  6. Legislative powers are vested in this body
  7. The supreme law of the land and framework of the U.S. legal system
  8. A word that means the right to vote
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  1. The president has the power to grant theses for offenses against the united states
  2. The constitution guarantees this type of government to each state
  3. This body is composed of members elected every 6 years and has the sole power to try all impeachments
  4. word that means "has authority over" as in different courts
  5. Judicial power resides in this body (two words)
  6. citizens making war against the United States or supporting the enemies of the United States

14 Clues: A word that means the right to vote • Legislative powers are vested in this body • Judicial power resides in this body (two words) • word that means "has authority over" as in different courts • The constitution guarantees this type of government to each state • Judges in the supreme court hold their term for this length of tim • ...

Slavery Crossword Puzzle 2019-12-04

Slavery Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. trade buying and selling of people for profit
  2. something that is owned by a person such as land or personal belongings
  3. people who wanted to end slavery in the United States
  4. a plant (such as cotton or tobacco) that is grown and can be harvested for profit
  5. to forbid something
  6. a penalty (usually money) imposed on someone as a punishment
  7. a person running away to avoid being captured
  8. the system by which goods and services are produced, bought, and sold in a region
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  1. to do away with something
  2. 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
  3. to make a difference in treatment or favor based on something other than individual merit
  4. States slave states that did not secede from the United States
  5. a native or naturalized person who owes loyalty or allegiance to a government and is entitled to its protections
  6. the power to do what you want to and not be controlled by another

14 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 • ...

the USA 2025-11-10

the USA crossword puzzle
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  1. The system of government where power is divided between a national (federal) government and individual states.
  2. The process of a foreign-born person becoming a U.S. citizen.
  3. The national legislative body of the U.S., consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
  4. Star-Spangled Banner The U.S. national anthem, written during the War of 1812.
  5. The largest state in the U.S. by area, located in the far northwest.
  6. The fundamental principles and established precedents by which a state is governed.
  7. Rights The movement to end slavery and racial discrimination
  8. The national park famous for its "Old Faithful" geyser.
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  1. of Liberty The iconic statue in New York Harbor, a symbol of freedom and immigration.
  2. York The most populous city in the United States
  3. The most widely spoken language in the U.S. after English.
  4. Depression The economic crisis that began in 1929, leading to widespread poverty in the 1930s
  5. D.C. The capital city of the United States.
  6. of Rights The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing individual liberties.
  7. War The war fought in the U.S. from 1861 to 1865 between the Northern and Southern states.

15 Clues: D.C. The capital city of the United States. • York The most populous city in the United States • The national park famous for its "Old Faithful" geyser. • The most widely spoken language in the U.S. after English. • The process of a foreign-born person becoming a U.S. citizen. • Rights The movement to end slavery and racial discrimination • ...

Puzzle 3 2020-02-27

Puzzle 3 crossword puzzle
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  1. The way in; entrance
  2. Someone to play with
  3. A certain time
  4. After a time
  5. People who skate
  6. There are 50 of these in the United States
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  1. Thankful
  2. Metal frame to hold wood in a fireplace
  3. Dish
  4. Not on time
  5. Opening in a fence
  6. Told

12 Clues: Dish • Told • Thankful • Not on time • After a time • A certain time • People who skate • Opening in a fence • The way in; entrance • Someone to play with • Metal frame to hold wood in a fireplace • There are 50 of these in the United States

Biodiversity 2023-05-17

Biodiversity crossword puzzle
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  1. U.S. Cold weather has limited spread
  2. spp. Southeastern U.S.
  3. spp. Southeastern U.S.
  4. U.S. Lionfish derbies[5
  5. Hunting season created
  6. Pest control
  7. tragus Throughout North America
  8. U.S. Insecticide treatment
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  1. polymorpha Great Lakes, U.S. waterways & lakes
  2. United States Hunting, trapping
  3. Throughout North America
  4. lobata Southern U.S.
  5. vulgaris Contiguous United States

13 Clues: Pest control • lobata Southern U.S. • spp. Southeastern U.S. • spp. Southeastern U.S. • Hunting season created • U.S. Lionfish derbies[5 • Throughout North America • U.S. Insecticide treatment • United States Hunting, trapping • tragus Throughout North America • vulgaris Contiguous United States • U.S. Cold weather has limited spread • polymorpha Great Lakes, U.S. waterways & lakes

Biodiversity 2023-05-17

Biodiversity crossword puzzle
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  1. U.S. Cold weather has limited spread
  2. spp. Southeastern U.S.
  3. spp. Southeastern U.S.
  4. U.S. Lionfish derbies[5
  5. Hunting season created
  6. Pest control
  7. tragus Throughout North America
  8. U.S. Insecticide treatment
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  1. polymorpha Great Lakes, U.S. waterways & lakes
  2. United States Hunting, trapping
  3. Throughout North America
  4. lobata Southern U.S.
  5. vulgaris Contiguous United States

13 Clues: Pest control • lobata Southern U.S. • spp. Southeastern U.S. • spp. Southeastern U.S. • Hunting season created • U.S. Lionfish derbies[5 • Throughout North America • U.S. Insecticide treatment • United States Hunting, trapping • tragus Throughout North America • vulgaris Contiguous United States • U.S. Cold weather has limited spread • polymorpha Great Lakes, U.S. waterways & lakes

Unit 11 Test Review Crossword Puzzle 2021-04-26

Unit 11 Test Review Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. President of the United States who passed many Civil Rights legislation
  2. A period in the United States history when everyone was so caught up in stopping communism, and investigated people within their community for being communists.
  3. This party did not agree, therefore it was divided.
  4. African Americans experienced less of this in Europe during World War II
  5. Brown v Board of education outlawed this in schools across the country.
  6. Tejanos were not allowed to do this in the war.
  7. James L. Farmer Jr. created this civil rights organization which pushed for equality
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  1. 45 year long conflict between United States and Soviet Russia
  2. this political group disagreed with Johnson's Great Society plan
  3. an economic system in which the government owns the land and means of production.
  4. War on _______________.
  5. Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States. Their goal was to desegregate the bus system
  6. Where many African Americans moved after the great depression. Also called the Great Migration
  7. an organization that fights for Latin American civil rights, and desegregation of schools

14 Clues: War on _______________. • Tejanos were not allowed to do this in the war. • This party did not agree, therefore it was divided. • 45 year long conflict between United States and Soviet Russia • this political group disagreed with Johnson's Great Society plan • President of the United States who passed many Civil Rights legislation • ...

Ch 5 1 vocab 2024-01-22

Ch 5 1 vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. Combined elements of the virginia plan
  2. Two houses are the house of representatives and the senate
  3. represents the people is by representing his or her constituents.
  4. constitution fixes membership in the senate at two senators from each state.
  5. distribution of house seats among the states based on population
  6. A power of the united states senate to be consulted on and approve treaties signed and appointments made by the president
  7. seats in the House shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective Numbers.
  8. distribution of house seats among the states based on population
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  1. Judicial branches with wrongdoing and bring them to trial
  2. Creates a congress consisting of a senate and house of representatives
  3. any association of individuals or organizations, usually formally organized, that, on basis of one or more shared
  4. Affirm that the government of the united states exists to serve its citizens
  5. Governmental power is divided and separated into three different branches
  6. It requires two-thirds vote of each chamber of congress
  7. Congress has broad powers to review how the executive branch is operating and to make sure it is following the laws congress has passed

15 Clues: Combined elements of the virginia plan • It requires two-thirds vote of each chamber of congress • Judicial branches with wrongdoing and bring them to trial • Two houses are the house of representatives and the senate • distribution of house seats among the states based on population • distribution of house seats among the states based on population • ...

Ronald Oldenburg Ch #14 Study Guide 2024-05-16

Ronald Oldenburg Ch #14 Study Guide crossword puzzle
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  1. In 1829, the ________ was built and was able to drive on the rail roads.
  2. Since _________ was cheap and powerful to run, factories in the north started using it to run their factories.
  3. The _________ made by Samuel Morse, made it so people could communicate with others in different places.
  4. The ______ made it so slaves didn't have any rights.
  5. Immigrants moved to the United States to earn higher ______.
  6. Although other European countrys had immigrated to the United States, ______ had about 1 million immgrants moving to the United States.
  7. Only about _____% of slave owners in the south owned at least 50 slaves.
  8. About _______ million immigrants arrived in the United States.
  9. Many workers in the factories were ____________.
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  1. Before steam ships replaced other ships the ________ made it possible to "win a large share of the worlds sea trade in the 1840s and 50s."
  2. John Deere invented the ______ which enabled farmers to farm more crops.
  3. To make the rail roads more safer, they built sturdier bridges and solid ________.
  4. Elias Howe and Issac Singer made the ________ which made making clothes easier.
  5. The ______ connected New York, Chicago, and Cincinnati.

14 Clues: Many workers in the factories were ____________. • The ______ made it so slaves didn't have any rights. • The ______ connected New York, Chicago, and Cincinnati. • Immigrants moved to the United States to earn higher ______. • About _______ million immigrants arrived in the United States. • In 1829, the ________ was built and was able to drive on the rail roads. • ...

Creating the Constitution (Jesse and David) 2018-05-08

Creating the Constitution (Jesse and David) crossword puzzle
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  1. on sunday the constitution was written on ___ it was signed
  2. george washington was elected to be ___of the convention
  3. 5 delegates from different states met to promote what between the states?
  4. this is the plan that randolph and others wrote up before the convention (two words)
  5. the connecticut compromise or the ___ helped smaller states
  6. there are 3 parts of our government, legislative, judicial, and what?
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  1. read more than one hundred books in preparation for the meeting
  2. the new government asked for ___ from the states (to agree)
  3. offered a whole new plan?
  4. the capital of maryland (where the delegates met) is what?

10 Clues: offered a whole new plan? • george washington was elected to be ___of the convention • the capital of maryland (where the delegates met) is what? • the new government asked for ___ from the states (to agree) • on sunday the constitution was written on ___ it was signed • the connecticut compromise or the ___ helped smaller states • ...

Crossword Puzzle 2024-05-14

Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. this case helped establish the supreme courts power to check the power of other branches
  2. He was the 3rd president of the United States
  3. Was the chief justice of the United States
  4. The power to declare a act of congress unconstitutional
  5. Ran against Charles C. Pinckney
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  1. Lewis invited experienced frontiersman_________to join him as co leader
  2. It doubled the size of the United States
  3. A indian women who agreed to agreed the expedition to the rocky mountains
  4. agreement between the United States and Great Britain to eliminate their fleets from the Great Lakes
  5. 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 • ...

A New National Identity Part 2 2014-01-15

A New National Identity Part 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. The first road built by the federal government.
  2. A group of artists whose paintings showed national pride and an appreciation for the American landscape.
  3. This person’s presence in Florida angered Spanish leaders who refused to give up territory to the United States.
  4. During the early and mid-1800s, Americans went through a period of _______________ in which reawakening of religious faith was promoted.
  5. The was a period of peace, pride, and progress in the United States that lasted from 1815 to 1825.
  6. George Caleb Bingham’s paintings depicted scenes from the American ___________.
  7. He led many fights or struggles for independence in Latin American countries.
  8. He strengthened ties between the United States and Latin America and led the country during its period of nationalism.
  9. The ___________________ran from Albany to Buffalo, New York, and allowed people and goods to travel quickly by water between towns on the East Coast.
  10. Following the American Revolution, Americans began to model architecture in the United States after the styles used in ancient ________ and __________.
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  1. This was an official statement released by the president in 1822 that warned European powers not to interfere with the Americas.
  2. After the American Revolution, American ___________ began to create works that focused solely on American traditions and society.
  3. Feelings of pride and devotion to a nation.
  4. The Convention of 1818 set the border between the U.S. and _________ at 49 degrees latitude as far west as the Rocky Mountains.
  5. After Andrew Jackson did not receive enough electoral votes to become president, the ___________________ chose John Quincy Adams as president in the election of 1824.
  6. The United States wanted control over Oregon Country to profit from the _______________.

16 Clues: Feelings of pride and devotion to a nation. • The first road built by the federal government. • He led many fights or struggles for independence in Latin American countries. • George Caleb Bingham’s paintings depicted scenes from the American ___________. • The United States wanted control over Oregon Country to profit from the _______________. • ...

Creating the Constitution 2023-01-19

Creating the Constitution crossword puzzle
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  1. a strong disagreement
  2. the first written plan of government for the United States. A confederation is an association of states that cooperate for a common purpose.
  3. a meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. constitution
  4. to agree or pledge to support someone or something
  5. to formally approve a plan or an agreement. The process of approval is called ratification.
  6. a region of the United States bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes. The region was given to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
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  1. a country governed by elected representatives
  2. a difference between two statements or situations that means they cannot both be true
  3. the “Age of Reason” in 17th- and 18th-century Europe. Enlightenment thinkers emphasized using rational thought to discover truths about nature and society.
  4. the group established by the Constitution to elect the president and vice president. Voters in each state choose their electors.
  5. Three-Fifths Compromisean agreement made at the Constitutional Convention stating that enslaved persons would be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining a state’s population for representation in the House of Representatives
  6. supporting ideas of freedom, change, and progress
  7. a basic set of ideas used to develop a larger plan
  8. a written plan that provides the basic framework of a government
  9. the plan of government adopted at the Constitutional Convention that established a two-house Congress. In the House of Representatives, representation from each state is based on state population. In the Senate, each state is represented by two senators.
  10. Northwest Ordinancea law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed

16 Clues: a strong disagreement • a country governed by elected representatives • supporting ideas of freedom, change, and progress • a basic set of ideas used to develop a larger plan • to agree or pledge to support someone or something • a written plan that provides the basic framework of a government • ...

Chapter 2 2025-09-17

Chapter 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. two Expression Mats side-by-side to find the value(s) which make the expressions equal.
  2. The number you need to add to a given number to get a sum of 0. It is also called the opposite.
  3. multiplying any number by 1 does not change the number.
  4. substitute the value(s) given for the variable(s) and perform the operations according to the Order of Operations.
  5. states that adding zero to any expression leaves the expression unchanged.
  6. states that if two terms are added, then the order may be reversed with no effect on the total.
  7. The specific order in which certain operations are to be carried out to evaluate or simplify expressions:PEMDAS(from left to right).
  8. simplifies an expression by summing constants and summing those variable terms in which the same variables are raised to the same power.
  9. the number we can multiply by to get the multiplicative identity,
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  1. states that if two expressions are multiplied, then the order may be reversed with no effect on the result.
  2. a single number, variable, or the product of numbers and variables.
  3. states that if a sum contains terms that are grouped, then the sum may be grouped differently with no effect on the total
  4. states that if a product contains terms that are grouped, the product can be grouped differently with no effect on the result.
  5. A symbol used to represent one or more numbers.
  6. two Expression Mats side-by-side so they can be compared to see which represents the greater value.
  7. no whole number multiple of one measurement can ever equal a whole number multiple of the other.

16 Clues: A symbol used to represent one or more numbers. • multiplying any number by 1 does not change the number. • the number we can multiply by to get the multiplicative identity, • a single number, variable, or the product of numbers and variables. • states that adding zero to any expression leaves the expression unchanged. • ...

Civil war causes 2013-11-08

Civil war causes crossword puzzle
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  1. published a number of articles urging people to abolish slavery
  2. in 18__ was when the south was considering leaving the union
  3. wrote the Emancipation Proclamation
  4. these states were already slave states and wanted to extend
  5. he was a congressional leader from South Carolina
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  1. the states used this to decide whether or not there is slavery in its borders
  2. lived on a border state and was known as the "great peacemaker"
  3. this is what ended slavery
  4. he wanted to let the states choose to be free or not
  5. in 16__ was when the first blacks were brought to Virginia

10 Clues: this is what ended slavery • wrote the Emancipation Proclamation • he was a congressional leader from South Carolina • he wanted to let the states choose to be free or not • in 16__ was when the first blacks were brought to Virginia • these states were already slave states and wanted to extend • in 18__ was when the south was considering leaving the union • ...

Civil War 2017-12-18

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / The battle where the Union took control over the Mississippi river
  2. / President of Northern States during the civil war
  3. / deadliest one day battle in American military history.
  4. / Believed in the rights to own slaves
  5. / Main cause of the war
  6. / Start of the civil war
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  1. / President of the Northern states issued a preliminary which declared that as of January 1, 1863 all slaves in rebellious states “shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free” called
  2. / States started to secede from where
  3. / Final battle where the Union takes the clear win
  4. in a draw but the Union considered it a victory.

10 Clues: / Main cause of the war • / Start of the civil war • / States started to secede from where • / Believed in the rights to own slaves • in a draw but the Union considered it a victory. • / Final battle where the Union takes the clear win • / President of Northern States during the civil war • / deadliest one day battle in American military history. • ...

Unit 8 Reconstruction 2025-05-07

Unit 8 Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. The time period when the South was rebuilt after the war
  2. Group that helped former slaves
  3. The president after Lincoln who was impeached
  4. The war fought between the North and South
  5. The executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, freeing slaves in Confederate states.
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  1. A law that gave citizenship to African Americans
  2. Southern laws that limited the rights of African Americans
  3. Amendment that freed the slaves
  4. The Northern states during the Civil War, which fought to preserve the United States and end slavery.
  5. Refers to the Confederate states that fought against the North during the Civil War.

10 Clues: Group that helped former slaves • Amendment that freed the slaves • The war fought between the North and South • The president after Lincoln who was impeached • A law that gave citizenship to African Americans • The time period when the South was rebuilt after the war • Southern laws that limited the rights of African Americans • ...

Tuesday crossword 2021-11-09

Tuesday crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. those powers expressed,implied, or inherent, granted to the national government by the constitution
  2. a pact made by the president directly with the head of a foreign state; a binding international agreement with the force of law but which does not require senate consent.
  3. formal agreement entered into with the consent of congress, between or among states, or between a state and a foreign state
  4. legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one state is returned to that state.
  5. group of persons chosen in each state and the district of Columbia every four years who make a formal selection of the president and vice president
  6. provision of the US constitution that states that the constitution, federal law, and treaties of the U.S. are the "supreme Law of the Land".
  7. those delegated powers of the national government that are spelled out, expressly, in the constitution; also called the "enumerated powers"
  8. those powers which can be exercised by the National government alone
  9. change in or addition to a constitution or law
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  1. those powers that both the National government and the states possess and exercise
  2. formal approval or final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional amendment or treaty
  3. first ten amendments to the constitution
  4. those delegated powers of the national Government that are suggested by the expressed powers set out in the constitution; those "necessary and proper" to carry out the expressed powers
  5. powers the constitution is presumed to have delegated to the national Government because it is the government of a sovereign state within the world community
  6. congressional act admitting a new state to the Union
  7. a congressional directing the people of a US territory to frame a proposed state constitution as a step towars admission to the Union
  8. formal agreement between two or more sovereign states
  9. those powers that the constitution does not grant to the national government and does not deny to the states

18 Clues: first ten amendments to the constitution • change in or addition to a constitution or law • congressional act admitting a new state to the Union • formal agreement between two or more sovereign states • those powers which can be exercised by the National government alone • those powers that both the National government and the states possess and exercise • ...

Civil war crossword 2023-01-18

Civil war crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that held the U.S. Constitution did not extend American citizenship to people of black African descent, and thus they could not enjoy the rights and privileges the Constitution conferred upon American citizens.
  2. : the act of nullifying : the state of being nullified
  3. the largest Confederate victory in the Western theater.
  4. declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
  5. The acts called for the admission of California as a "free state," provided for a territorial government for Utah and New Mexico, established a boundary between Texas and the United States, called for the abolition of slave trade in Washington, DC, and amended the Fugitive Slave Act.
  6. the state of being a slave.
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  1. the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.
  2. The largest and most famous of 150 military prisons of the Civil War,
  3. was a naval strategy by the United States to prevent the Confederacy from trading.
  4. was a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 until December 21, 1864,
  5. the document affirmed the acceptance of the Compromise as a final resolution of the sectional slavery issues while declaring that no further assaults on Southern rights by the North would be acceptable.
  6. he was able to force the surrender of Atlanta in September 1864,boosting Northern morale and greatly improving President Abraham Lincoln's re-election bid.
  7. demonstrated the divisions within the United States just before the Civil War.

13 Clues: the state of being a slave. • : the act of nullifying : the state of being nullified • the largest Confederate victory in the Western theater. • The largest and most famous of 150 military prisons of the Civil War, • demonstrated the divisions within the United States just before the Civil War. • ...

Civil War Vocabulary 2023-02-16

Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Self rule
  2. Draft without choice
  3. divided one intrest
  4. United states
  5. Home made fabric
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  1. Block
  2. Medicine
  3. take away
  4. Self appointed police
  5. rights 10th amendment

10 Clues: Block • Medicine • take away • Self rule • United states • Home made fabric • divided one intrest • Draft without choice • Self appointed police • rights 10th amendment

Civil War Vocabulary 2023-02-16

Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Self rule
  2. Draft without choice
  3. divided one intrest
  4. United states
  5. Home made fabric
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  1. Block
  2. Medicine
  3. take away
  4. Self appointed police
  5. rights 10th amendment

10 Clues: Block • Medicine • take away • Self rule • United states • Home made fabric • divided one intrest • Draft without choice • Self appointed police • rights 10th amendment

Unit 3 vocabulary 2017-11-14

Unit 3 vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. a British document signed in 1215 that contained two basic ideas: monarchs themselves have to obey the laws, and citizens have basic rights.
  2. to approve
  3. the first American constitution, passed in 1777, which created a loose alliance of 13 independent states
  4. to change.
  5. the plan at the Constitutional Convention, favored by smaller states, that called for three branches of government with a single-chamber legislature
  6. the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
  7. a law that set up a system for settling the Northwest Territory
  8. the plan at the Constitutional Convention that called for a strong national government with three branches and a two-chamber legislature
  9. a system of government in which citizens choose representatives to govern them.
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  1. a 1787 law that set up a government for the Northwest Territory
  2. a plan at the Constitutional Convention that settled the differences between large and small states.
  3. a document that sets out the laws, principles, organization, and processes of a government
  4. a principle by which the powers of government are divided among separate branches.
  5. an agreement at the Constitutional Convention that three fifths of the enslaved residents in any state be counted in its population.
  6. an opponent of a strong federal government.
  7. a supporter of a strong federal government.
  8. the right not to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime.

17 Clues: to approve • to change. • an opponent of a strong federal government. • a supporter of a strong federal government. • the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. • a 1787 law that set up a government for the Northwest Territory • a law that set up a system for settling the Northwest Territory • ...

Unit 3 Vocabulary Def. 2017-11-03

Unit 3 Vocabulary Def. crossword puzzle
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  1. A system of government in which citizens choose representatives to govern them.
  2. The right not to be held in prison without first being charged with specific crime.
  3. A 1787 law that set up a government for the Northwest Territory.
  4. A supporter of a strong federal government.
  5. The first American constitution, passed in 1777, which created a loose alliance of 13 independent states.
  6. A plan at the Constitutional Convention that settled the differences between large and small states.
  7. to approve.
  8. A British document signed in 1215 that contained two basic ideas: monarchs themselves have to obey the laws, and citizens have basic laws.
  9. The plan at the Constitutional Convention, favored by smaller states, that called for three branches of government with a single-chamber legislature.
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  1. A principle by which the powers of government are divided among separate branches.
  2. A law that set up a system for settling the Northwest Territory.
  3. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
  4. An agreement at the Constitutional Convention that three fifths of the enslaved residents in any state can be counted in it's population.
  5. An opponent of a strong federal government
  6. A document that sets out the laws, principles, organization, and processes of government.
  7. The plan at the Constitutional Convention that called for a strong national government with three branches and a two-chamber legislature.
  8. to change.

17 Clues: to change. • to approve. • An opponent of a strong federal government • A supporter of a strong federal government. • The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. • A law that set up a system for settling the Northwest Territory. • A 1787 law that set up a government for the Northwest Territory. • ...

Constitutional Compromise Crossword 2022-01-26

Constitutional Compromise Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. List of things that cannot be violated or inhibited by the government, federal or state.
  2. The process in which the president is elected
  3. A document that outlines the powers and responsibilities of the federal and state governments.
  4. proposed a strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. The plan called for a legislature divided into two bodies with representation based on population.
  5. Consisting of one branch or chamber
  6. agreement that settled the issue/question of how states would be represented in our national government
  7. Having two branches or chambers of Congress
  8. proposed a unicameral (one-house) legislature with equal votes of states and an executive elected by a national legislature; supported by small states
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  1. "Lower House" of Congress; representation from each state is based on population; 435 total members
  2. Founding father, Federalist, and first secretary of the treasury. Also famous for a musical?
  3. agreement that settled the issue/question of how slaves would be counted when determining a state's population HINT: answer includes a "/"
  4. Income, state, social security are examples of just a couple that everyone contributes.
  5. Proposed the Bill of Rights be added to the Constitution.
  6. Believed in a strong central government
  7. The framers, the guys that drafted the constitution and bill of rights.
  8. Makes up the legislative branch of the United States.
  9. Forced service or labor.

17 Clues: Forced service or labor. • Consisting of one branch or chamber • Believed in a strong central government • Having two branches or chambers of Congress • The process in which the president is elected • Makes up the legislative branch of the United States. • Proposed the Bill of Rights be added to the Constitution. • ...

Reconstruction 2022-12-01

Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. part of the Radical Republican plan to reintegrate the former-Confederate states back into the Union while also ensuring southern states were aligned with the country's values.
  2. Individuals who owned their own farm equipment and animals but rented a small portion of land to grow crops
  3. Land lent to a worker along with a place to live, seeds and farm equipment in return for a small portion of the crops
  4. Dividing the south into sections and being placed under military leadership.
  5. believed n the abolition of slavery and total equality of the races, wanted harsher punishments for the south
  6. Political, social, and economic change in order to reenter the United States
  7. Organization, which was created to help freed slaves with education, medicine, and supplies after the Civil War
  8. Southern states should be punished for War; required majority of voters to take loyalty oath to the Union, Congress passed 14th Amendment (making all former slaves US citizens)
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  1. passed by congress to abolish slavery
  2. Terrorist organization created to intimidate and prevent freedmen and Republicans from gaining political power in the South
  3. Ten percent of the population swore an oath of allegiance to the United States; Ratified the 13th Amendment, which officially ended slavery.
  4. relatively low-wage labor that shifted the work from agriculture to industry
  5. passed by congress to granted citizenship to freedmen; required freedmen to be given “equal protection under the law”
  6. passed by congress to give all males the right to vote regardless of race/ethnicity
  7. To approve, To Pass
  8. Laws created by Southern legislatures during Reconstruction that took away the civil rights of freedmen.

16 Clues: To approve, To Pass • passed by congress to abolish slavery • relatively low-wage labor that shifted the work from agriculture to industry • Dividing the south into sections and being placed under military leadership. • Political, social, and economic change in order to reenter the United States • ...

COLD WAR 2019-11-22

COLD WAR crossword puzzle
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  1. Bill:Provided college or vocational training and one year of unemployment assistance for veterans returning from WW2.
  2. race:a battle between two or more countries to create the most and best weaponry.
  3. Pact:A military alliance of communist nations that agree to work together in case of attack from an outside source.
  4. Chi Minh's military force against the United States during the Vietnam War.
  5. political system in which one leader or a small group of leaders holds absolute power.
  6. nation:a nation under heavy political or economic influence of a more powerful nation.
  7. policy of not allowing communism to spread to any more nations
  8. Society:A set of domestic programs in the United States, created under Lyndon B. Johnson, with a goal of improving the lives of all citizens.
  9. Theory:The theory that if one nation in Asia falls to communism, the rest will follow.
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  1. Vietnamese that fought against the United States and the South Vietnamese Government.
  2. 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.
  3. Plan:An American aid program in Europe which provided support to the war-torn countries after WW2 in attempt to stop the spread of communism.
  4. economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
  5. by the Soviet Union - the first artificial satellite put into Earth's orbit.
  6. congressional committee set up to investigate espionage and other disloyalty within the United States.
  7. an alliance of 28 countries bordering the North Atlantic Ocean. It includes the United States, most European Union members, Canada, and Turkey.

16 Clues: policy of not allowing communism to spread to any more nations • Chi Minh's military force against the United States during the Vietnam War. • by the Soviet Union - the first artificial satellite put into Earth's orbit. • race:a battle between two or more countries to create the most and best weaponry. • ...

3.6 - The Age of Reform 2024-03-05

3.6 - The Age of Reform crossword puzzle
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  1. Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote many influential works which promoted the idea of self-___________ and solving problems on your own.
  2. Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel "Uncle Tom's ________" helped Americans living in free states understand the realities of slavery.
  3. This group of people believed that slavery was wrong and worked to end the practice in the United States.
  4. William Lloyd Garrison was considered the country's most radical abolitionist for advocating that freed slaves should have _________ rights.
  5. Women's suffragists, such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, believed that the Declaration of Independence should have also included that women were also endowed with rights from God.
  6. Abolitionists such as Frederick __________ believed that there could be no progress freeing the slaves without a struggle.
  7. The Second _________ __________ was a religious revival movement in the United States during the early 1800s.
  8. The Women's Movement made many important strides for women's rights in the United States, and would eventually win the right for women to ________ when the 19th Amendment was ratified.
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  1. __________ revival groups caused many of the reformation movements which lead to drastic changes in education, art, and prison reform.
  2. Women leaders at the time, such Sojourner Truth, believed that ______________ was the best method to achieve equal rights for women.
  3. During the Age of Reform, Horace Mann placed a heavy emphasis on improving ________________.
  4. Margaret Fuller published a magazine called "The ________", which influenced much of the progression of society in the United States.
  5. __________ were a major part of the Temperance Movement to prohibit alcohol.
  6. The reform movements in America caused art and literature to take on _____________ themes.
  7. Dorothea Dix spent much of her adult life working to __________ the conditions for the mentally ill.
  8. Henry David Thoreau was a famous American author whose views against ____________ inspired him to write Civil Disobedience.

16 Clues: __________ were a major part of the Temperance Movement to prohibit alcohol. • The reform movements in America caused art and literature to take on _____________ themes. • During the Age of Reform, Horace Mann placed a heavy emphasis on improving ________________. • ...

Chapter 12 Cross Word 2013-11-24

Chapter 12 Cross Word crossword puzzle
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  1. Attempts by the United States Department of Justice to arrest and deport radical leftists, especially anarchists, from the United States.
  2. A secret society organized in the South after the Civil War to reassert white supremacy by means of terrorism.
  3. a restriction on the number of immigrants allowed to enter the United States. 357,000 immigrants was the limit.
  4. A time when many people defied prohibition, indulged in new styles of dancing and dressing, and rejected many traditional moral standards.
  5. Anarchists who were convicted of murdering two men during the armed robbery of a shoe factory.
  6. A person who advocates thorough or complete political or social reform.
  7. A period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished.
  8. A highly publicized trial in 1925 when John Thomas Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school.
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  1. A social and economic order that encourages the purchase of goods and services in ever-greater amounts.
  2. The right to vote in political elections.
  3. A state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority.
  4. A United States federal law that limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the United States in 1890.
  5. The period between the end of World War I and the beginning of the Depression during which jazz became popular.
  6. A period of general fear of communists.
  7. The prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of alcohol, esp. in the US between 1920 and 1933.
  8. The generation reaching maturity during and just after World War I, a high proportion of whose men were killed during those years.

16 Clues: A period of general fear of communists. • The right to vote in political elections. • A state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority. • A person who advocates thorough or complete political or social reform. • Anarchists who were convicted of murdering two men during the armed robbery of a shoe factory. • ...

Vocab 2021-12-03

Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. federal reconstruction agency; provided food; helped build schools and hospitals; created the first public school program for either African Americans or whites in Georgia
  2. Missouri slave who sued for his freedom because he had lived in free territory; was denied the right to sue by the United States Supreme Court
  3. the period immediately after the Civil War when the South rebuilt and the southern states returned to the Union
  4. battles in and around Atlanta that led to Atlanta being completely destroyed
  5. the belief that a state’s interests should take priority over the
  6. legislation passed by Congress in which California was admitted to the Union as a free state and a stronger Fugitive Slave Act was passed
  7. a legal idea that a state has the right to cancel; any federal law which that state has considered unconstitutional
  8. most notorious prisoner of war camp during the Civil War; officially named “Fort Sumter
  9. battle that was the largest Union defeat in the western theater of the Civil War; failure to follow up on the victory lead to Sherman’s Atlanta campaign
  10. one of the most important strategies during the Civil War; designed to prevent the South from shipping its cotton to England and France in return for weapons and other supplies
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  1. a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah
  2. Abraham Lincoln elected President; outcome led to southern states to secede from the Union
  3. proclamation that said all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed on January 1, 1863
  4. of the national government
  5. the action of southern states to leave the Union
  6. established Georgia's conditional acceptance of the Compromise of 1850;kept Georgia from succeeding from the Union

16 Clues: of the national government • the action of southern states to leave the Union • a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah • the belief that a state’s interests should take priority over the • battles in and around Atlanta that led to Atlanta being completely destroyed • ...

French Nationalities Crossword 2025-09-19

French Nationalities Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. From Africa (feminine)
  2. From Haiti (masculine)
  3. From the United States (masculine)
  4. From Jamaica (masculine)
  5. From Guyana (feminine)
  6. From the United States (feminine)
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  1. From Haiti (feminine)
  2. From Puerto Rico (masculine)
  3. From the Dominican Republic (feminine)
  4. From Afghanistan (masculine)
  5. From Jamaica (feminine)
  6. From Yemen (same for masculine & feminine)

12 Clues: From Haiti (feminine) • From Africa (feminine) • From Haiti (masculine) • From Guyana (feminine) • From Jamaica (feminine) • From Jamaica (masculine) • From Puerto Rico (masculine) • From Afghanistan (masculine) • From the United States (feminine) • From the United States (masculine) • From the Dominican Republic (feminine) • From Yemen (same for masculine & feminine)

Government 2021-05-10

Government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Citizenship Rights, Equal Protection, Apportionment, Civil War Debt
  2. Women's Rights to Vote
  3. Abolition of Slavery
  4. Grand Jury, Double Jeopardy, Self Incrimination, Due Process, Talkings
  5. Rights Reserved to States or People
  6. Right to Speedy Trial by Jury, Witnesses, Counsel
  7. Popular Election of Senators
  8. Suits Against States
  9. Excessive Fines, Cruel and Unusual Punishment
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  1. Right to Bear Arms
  2. Income Tax
  3. Prohibition of Liquor
  4. Quartering of Soldiers
  5. Jury Trial in Civil Lawsuits
  6. Non-Enumerated Rights Retained by People
  7. Election of President and Vice President
  8. Search and Seizure
  9. Rights to Vote Not Denied by Race
  10. Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition

19 Clues: Income Tax • Right to Bear Arms • Search and Seizure • Abolition of Slavery • Suits Against States • Prohibition of Liquor • Women's Rights to Vote • Quartering of Soldiers • Jury Trial in Civil Lawsuits • Popular Election of Senators • Rights to Vote Not Denied by Race • Rights Reserved to States or People • Non-Enumerated Rights Retained by People • ...

U1M6 Vocabulary Crossword 2024-10-02

U1M6 Vocabulary Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. conquering and acquiring land
  2. person or company involved in trade
  3. person, place, thing, idea
  4. map type showing landforms and water ways
  5. one entity owns a market
  6. sentence type with 2 independent clauses
  7. sentence type with 2 independent clauses
  8. owing
  9. source that witnessed news/ info
  10. human property
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  1. another word for indigenous
  2. the study of physical features
  3. act of settling into foreign land
  4. natural features on the Earth
  5. sentence type with one clause
  6. source that reports info not witnessed
  7. contains a verb and states subject status
  8. noun(s) that sentence is discussing
  9. to move from another place
  10. map types that shows nation states

20 Clues: owing • human property • one entity owns a market • person, place, thing, idea • to move from another place • another word for indigenous • conquering and acquiring land • natural features on the Earth • sentence type with one clause • the study of physical features • source that witnessed news/ info • act of settling into foreign land • map types that shows nation states • ...

government crossword 2021-01-06

government crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. explains the purposes of the Constitution, and defines the powers of the new government as originating from the people of the United States
  2. type of democracy based on the protection of individual rights from the tyranny of the majority and on the consent of the governed to establish political authority
  3. compromise reached in writing the Constitution to satisfy both small and large states by having one house of Congress with an equal number of representatives for each state and the other house’s membership determined by a state’s population
  4. power is held at the national level, with very little power being held in political subdivisions, such as provinces, states, counties, parishes, or tow
  5. government is defined by law and serves the people; the law is above everyone and it applies to everyone, whether ruler or the ruled
  6. French writer who introduced the idea of separation of powers and checks and balances to prevent one part of government from becoming too powerful
  7. believed in natural rights- life, liberty and property; strongest influence on Thomas Jefferson, who wrote natural rights into the Declaration of Independence
  8. each branch of government is subject to a number of constitutional restraints, or checks, by the other branches so no single branch becomes too powerful
  9. considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the Constitution and helped write the Federalist Papers
  10. belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority
  11. first ten amendments to the Constitution, added by the first Congress in 1791; protects the
  12. government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens
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  1. division of the powers in our government among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches; no one branch has too much power
  2. the government is not all powerful; its powers are limited, and the acts of the government are those willed by the people Constitution were written
  3. king/queen controls all aspect of life: social, economic, and political – often times tied to divine right of kings (authority from God)
  4. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to pass all laws “necessary and proper” to carry out the other powers listed in Article I
  5. English political philosopher whose Social Contract Theory believed that in order to live together, individuals in a society give up their natural rights to a higher authority for the sake of protection
  6. group of people who feared the new government created by Constitution; gave too much power to the national government at the expense of individual rights
  7. compromise between slave states and free states to count three-fifths of the slave population in a state when allocating how many representatives a state was entitled to in the House of Representatives
  8. the distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union
  9. “Father of the Constitution” and fourth president of the United States; essential to the writing and ratification of the Constitution; he also wrote the first 10 amendments to the Constitution that were ratified as the Bill of Rights
  10. rights and liberties of the people

22 Clues: rights and liberties of the people • government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens • belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority • the distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union • ...

Government Vocab 2021-01-07

Government Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. explains the purposes of the Constitution, and defines the powers of the new government as originating from the people of the United States
  2. French writer who introduced the idea of separation of powers and checks and balances to prevent one part of government from becoming too powerful
  3. compromise reached in writing the Constitution to satisfy both small and large states by having one house of Congress with an equal number of representatives for each state and the other house’s membership determined by a state’s population
  4. chosen to preside at the Constitutional Convention; he later became the first president of the United States; he set precedent by stepping down after two terms and initiating a peaceful transition of power
  5. belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority
  6. first plan of government adopted in the United States after the revolution; it was a loose association of states with no authority to tax, no national army, and no chief executive
  7. rights and liberties of the people
  8. the people are the only source of power for any and all government actions; government can only govern with the consent of the governed
  9. “Father of the Constitution” and fourth president of the United States; essential to the writing and ratification of the Constitution; he also wrote the first 10 amendments to the Constitution that were ratified as the Bill of Rights
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  1. the distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union
  2. believed in natural rights- life, liberty and property; strongest influence on Thomas Jefferson, who wrote natural rights into the Declaration of Independence
  3. group of people who feared the new government created by Constitution; gave too much power to the national government at the expense of individual rights
  4. king/queen controls all aspect of life: social, economic, and political – often times tied to divine right of kings (authority from God)
  5. the government is not all powerful; its powers are limited, and the acts of the government are those willed by the people Constitution were written
  6. considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the Constitution and helped write the Federalist Papers
  7. and checks and balances
  8. type of democracy based on the protection of individual rights from the tyranny of the majority and on the consent of the governed to establish political authority
  9. of a few.
  10. each branch of government is subject to a number of constitutional restraints, or checks, by the other branches so no single branch becomes too powerful
  11. a representative democracy in which a small group of leaders, elected by the citizens, represents the concerns of the people; the interests of the majority take precedence over the
  12. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to pass all laws “necessary and proper” to carry out the other powers listed in Article I
  13. supporters of the new Constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited
  14. first ten amendments to the Constitution, added by the first Congress in 1791; protects the

23 Clues: of a few. • and checks and balances • rights and liberties of the people • belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority • the distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union • supporters of the new Constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited • ...

government coming to terms 2021-01-10

government coming to terms crossword puzzle
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  1. the government is not all powerful; its powers are limited, and the acts of the government are those willed by the people constitution were written
  2. believed in natural rights- life, liberty and property; strongest influence on Thomas Jefferson, who wrote natural rights into
  3. first plan of government adopted in the United States after the revolution; it was a loose association of states with no authority to tax, no national army, and no chief executive
  4. the distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union
  5. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to pass all laws “necessary and proper” to
  6. God)
  7. French writer who introduced the idea of separation of powers and checks and balances to prevent one part of government from becoming too powerful
  8. by stepping down after two terms and initiating a peaceful transition of power
  9. type of democracy based on the protection of individual rights from the tyranny of the majority and on the consent of the governed to establish political authority
  10. belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority
  11. explains the purposes of the Constitution, and defines the powers of the new government as
  12. and checks and balances
  13. supporters of the new Constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited
  14. from the people of the United States
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  1. group of people who feared the new government created by Constitution; gave too much power to the national government at the expense of individual rights
  2. chosen to preside at the Constitutional Convention; he later became the first president of the United States; he set
  3. compromise reached in writing the Constitution to satisfy both small and large states by having one house of Congress
  4. an equal number of representatives for each state and the other house’s membership determined by a state’s population
  5. “Father of the Constitution” and fourth president of the United States; essential to the writing and ratification of the Constitution; he also wrote the first 10 amendments to the Constitution that were ratified as the Bill of Rights
  6. out the other powers listed in Article I
  7. rights and liberties of the people
  8. a representative democracy in which a small group of leaders, elected by the citizens, represents the concerns of the people; the interests of the majority take precedence over the interests of a few.
  9. Declaration of Independence
  10. considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the Constitution and helped write the Federalist Papers
  11. king/queen controls all aspect of life: social, economic, and political – often times tied to divine right of kings (authority
  12. each branch of government is subject to a number of constitutional restraints, or checks, by the other branches so no single branch becomes too powerful
  13. ten amendments to the Constitution, added by the first Congress in 1791; protects the
  14. the people are the only source of power for any and all government actions; government can only govern with the consent of the governed

28 Clues: God) • and checks and balances • Declaration of Independence • rights and liberties of the people • from the people of the United States • out the other powers listed in Article I • belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority • by stepping down after two terms and initiating a peaceful transition of power • ...

Review - Judiciary & The Bill Of Rights 2021-11-30

Review - Judiciary & The Bill Of Rights crossword puzzle
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  1. In Tinker v. Des Moines, the Supreme Court ruled that students protesting against the Vietnam War by wearing black armbands were protected by the __________ amendment.
  2. One reason the United States Constitution is considered a flexible document is that it includes the __________ clause.
  3. The __________ amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects the people from having to house and feed soldiers.
  4. Many hunters and gun enthusiasts claim that gun control laws such as requirements for background checks and waiting periods before acquiring a weapon violate their right to bear arms protected by the __________ amendment.
  5. Thurgood __________ was the first African American to serve on the United States Supreme Court.
  6. __________ amendment states that powers that are not given to the U.S. government by the Constitution are reserved to the states, or people?
  7. The __________ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects the right of the accused to have a speedy trial by jury and to be assisted by an attorney.
  8. The__________ amendment to the U.S. Constitution expanded the right to vote by granting suffrage to all men regardless of race.
  9. The twenty sixth amendment to the U.S. Constitution expanded the right to vote by lowering the voting age to __________.
  10. Supreme Court Justices may serve on the court until you chose to resign or __________?
  11. Judicial review is the power to decide whether or not a law or government action is __________.
  12. The __________ amendment to the U.S. Constitution expanded the right to vote by granting suffrage to women.
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  1. The supreme Court gained the power of __________ as a result of 1803 case called Marbury v. Madison.
  2. Originally, the Bill of Rights protected individual liberties from the United States government [not the state governments.] The __________ amendment to the U.S. Constitution extended Bill of Rights protections to the state level.
  3. Sandra Day O'Connor was the first woman to serve as a Supreme Court __________.
  4. Government is not permitted to promote religious beliefs because of the __________ clause of the first amendment.
  5. In New Jersey v. T.L.O., the Supreme Court restricted student’s __________ amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures on school grounds.
  6. In Engel v. Vitale, the Supreme Court decided that organized __________ in public schools violates the first amendment prohibition against the establishment of religion.
  7. The __________ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees freedom from having to testify against yourself.
  8. Many opponents of death penalty claim that it should be ruled unconstitutional because the ___________ amendment does not allow “cruel and unusual” punishments.
  9. How many Justices currently serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
  10. United States Courts of Appeals [sometimes referred to as circuit courts] form the intermediate level of the federal court system. Each of these courts is responsible for a geographic area called a "circuit." How many judicial circuits are there in the United States.
  11. Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court must be nominated by the President and confirmed by the __________.
  12. To argue a case in court, a person or a group must show that he, she, or they have suffered a damage, loss, or injury of some sort. Otherwise, the case will be dismissed because the plaintiff doesn't have __________.

24 Clues: How many Justices currently serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. • Sandra Day O'Connor was the first woman to serve as a Supreme Court __________. • Supreme Court Justices may serve on the court until you chose to resign or __________? • Thurgood __________ was the first African American to serve on the United States Supreme Court. • ...

Chem vocab 2022-01-26

Chem vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. a change in properties such as texture,shape,state
  2. substance with definite volume but no structure
  3. law stating that chemical compounds always contains components in a fixed ratio
  4. substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction
  5. states that the volume of gases undergoing a reaction at a constant pressure and temp are in a simple ration to each other and to that of the product
  6. separation of a mixture by passing it in solution of suspension as a vapor
  7. property that depends on amount of matter
  8. a way to separate water other components in the water
  9. states that when two gases react, the volumes of the reactants and products are in whole number rations if they are gases
  10. states that volume occupied by a fixed amount of gas is directly proportional to its absolute temperature
  11. substance formed from 2 or more elements chemically united in fixed proportions
  12. massof a component divided by the total mass of a mixture multiplied by 100
  13. physical blend of 2+ components
  14. gases that exert great stability and extremely low reaction rates
  15. a tabular display of the chemical elements
  16. change in which new substance is formed
  17. states that the ratio of the product of pressure and volume and the absolute temperature of a gas is equal to a constant
  18. measure of the amount of matter
  19. firm and stable in shape
  20. columns of elements in the periodic table
  21. state of matter with no fixed shape or volume
  22. states that the product of the pressure and the volume of one gram molecule of an ideal gas is equal to the product of the absolute temperature of the gas and the universal gas constant
  23. element that readily forms positive ions and has metallic bonds
  24. a mixture with uniform composition throughout
  25. property that does not depend on amount of matter
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  1. states that matter cannot be created or destroyed
  2. process that separates solids and liquids in heterogeneous mixtures
  3. matter that has constant composition and properties
  4. rows of elements in the periodic table
  5. physical transformation of a liquid, solid, or gas to a crystal
  6. PV=nRT
  7. super ionized gas
  8. distinct forms in which matter can exist
  9. states that when 2 elements form more than one compound, the weights of one element that combine with a fixed weight of the other are in a ratio of small whole numbers
  10. elements without metallic bonds
  11. mixture without a uniform composition throughout
  12. change of a substance directly from the solid state to gas state
  13. moisture particles in the air that create a foggy appearance
  14. anything that has mass and occupies space
  15. any property that is measurable or describable
  16. substance that enters and is altered in the course of chemical reaction
  17. occurs whenever matter changes from one state to another
  18. any substance that cannot be decomposed into simpler substances by ordinary chemicals
  19. states that the pressure of a given quantity of gas varies inversely with its volume at a constant temperature
  20. occurs when a substance combines with another to form a new substance
  21. smallest unit of matter

46 Clues: PV=nRT • super ionized gas • smallest unit of matter • firm and stable in shape • elements without metallic bonds • physical blend of 2+ components • measure of the amount of matter • rows of elements in the periodic table • change in which new substance is formed • distinct forms in which matter can exist • property that depends on amount of matter • ...

Unit 2 Keywords - U.S. History A 2022-04-20

Unit 2 Keywords - U.S. History A crossword puzzle
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  1. Act requires colonial people to provide food, drink, quarters, etc. to British soldiers.
  2. The American purchase of the massive territory of Louisiana from the French for 15 million dollars.
  3. A diplomatic incident between the United States and France that resulted in the Quasi-war.
  4. An American political activist who wrote the essay “Common Sense”.
  5. An agreement between the 13 states and the framework of the government.
  6. A form of government that wanted the Bill of Rights and less power to the government fearing it was too powerful.
  7. The peace treaty that ended the war of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain.
  8. A coordinated organization in the American colonies to oppose the British parliament.
  9. An American protest against the tea act by dumping tea into the harbor.
  10. Conflict between the United States and Great Britain over British North America.
  11. Act requires taxation on all papers and official documents in colonies.
  12. An appeal to King George III to prevent the conflict between the colonies and Britain.
  13. Act that makes laws and binds American colonies in all cases.
  14. A phrase that refers to the opening shot at the battles of LexingtonandConcord at the beginning of revolutionary war.
  15. Act to reduce smuggling that taxed sugar.
  16. Meetings from the 13 colonies and their delegates to discuss things like independence and resistance against Great Britain.
  17. Acts that took away the colonies self governance.
  18. Founding father who helped the American financial system by creating the first national bank.
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  1. An uprising in Massachusets in response to taxation and debt crisis.
  2. A written document of the United States established national government and fundamental laws along with certain rights for citizens.
  3. The treaty signed between the American colonies and Great Britain ending the war.
  4. Contains the first 10 amendments to the United States constitution.
  5. Acts that raised the requirements of residency and arrest/imprison people who talk against or badly of the government.
  6. A court case that resulted in a turning point for the judicial branch and gave it more power in government.
  7. The pronouncement of liberty from Great Britian claiming independence from its mother country.
  8. A violent tax protest that began in 1791 and ended in 1794 protesting the power of the government.
  9. The avoidance of strict law enforcement by the British to the colonies.
  10. A loosely organized group of people from the thirteen colonies to advance the rights of the colonies.
  11. The last major battle of the revolutionary war occured here.
  12. The army of the colonies led by George Washington.
  13. Multiple acts on taxation of imported goods like glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
  14. A period of peace and unity in the United States after the war of 1812.
  15. A form of government that wanted a strong government and strong executive branch.
  16. A deadly riot that resulted in the death and bloodshed of colonials.

34 Clues: Act to reduce smuggling that taxed sugar. • Acts that took away the colonies self governance. • The army of the colonies led by George Washington. • The last major battle of the revolutionary war occured here. • Act that makes laws and binds American colonies in all cases. • An American political activist who wrote the essay “Common Sense”. • ...

American Government 2016-10-03

American Government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. having a single legislative chamber.
  2. was a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch.
  3. a major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing.
  4. raid on three British ships in Boston Harbor (December 16, 1773) in which Boston colonists, disguised as Indians, threw the contents of several hundred chests of tea into the harbor as a protest against British taxes on tea and against the monopoly granted the East India Company
  5. a European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, and Newton, and its prominent exponents include Kant, Goethe, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Adam Smith.
  6. A series of military engagements between Britain and France in North America between 1754 and 1763.
  7. the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain.
  8. American Patriots' term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party.
  9. having two branches or chambers.
  10. an act of the British Parliament in 1756 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents
  11. person who opposed the ratification of the Constitution
  12. compromise reached between delegates from southern states and those from northern states during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention, counts slaves as people
  13. an ideology of being a citizen in a state as a republic under which the people hold popular sovereignty
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  1. the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.
  2. the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.
  3. a riot in Boston (March 5, 1770) arising from the resentment of Boston colonists toward British troops quartered in the city, in which the troops fired on the mob and killed several persons.
  4. was an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States ...
  5. The Compromise of 1877 was a purported informal, unwritten deal that settled the intensely disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election.
  6. was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention ; favored small states
  7. an advocate or supporter of federalism.
  8. statute of 1689 confirming, with minor changes, the Declaration of Rights, declaring the rights and liberties of the subjects and settling the succession in William III and Mary II. British Dictionary definitions for Bill of Rights Expand.
  9. French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers
  10. good sense and sound judgment in practical matters.
  11. a document constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges.
  12. Rights that people supposedly have under natural law

25 Clues: having two branches or chambers. • having a single legislative chamber. • an advocate or supporter of federalism. • good sense and sound judgment in practical matters. • Rights that people supposedly have under natural law • person who opposed the ratification of the Constitution • was a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch. • ...

Civil War and Reconstruction Vocabulary 2025-02-09

Civil War and Reconstruction Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Buildings where goods are made using machines and workers, often producing items like clothing, tools, or weapons.
  2. A system of trains and tracks used to transport people and goods quickly across long distances.
  3. The last battle of the Civil War, fought in Texas in 1865, even though the war had officially ended.
  4. The group of Northern states that fought to keep the United States together during the Civil War and opposed slavery.
  5. A system where farmers rented land to grow crops and paid the landowner with money or part of their harvest.
  6. A type of farming where large farms grow crops like cotton or tobacco, often using enslaved labor.
  7. Laws passed in the South after the Civil War to limit the rights and freedoms of African Americans.
  8. An organization created after the Civil War to help formerly enslaved people and poor Southerners with food, housing, and education.
  9. A celebration marking June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Texas learned they were free, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
  10. Split into different groups with opposing opinions, beliefs, or goals.
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  1. An order by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that declared enslaved people in Confederate states free.
  2. A law added to the U.S. Constitution in 1865 that ended slavery in the United States.
  3. A law added to the U.S. Constitution in 1870 that gave African American men the right to vote.
  4. The way people and businesses make, buy, and sell goods and services in a country or region.
  5. Rules in the South that enforced racial segregation and treated African Americans unfairly, keeping them separate from white people in schools, restaurants, and more.
  6. A law passed after the Civil War that divided the South into military districts and required Southern states to follow new rules before rejoining the Union, including protecting the rights of freed African Americans.
  7. The place in Virginia where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in 1865, ending the Civil War.
  8. A law added to the U.S. Constitution in 1868 that made all people born in the U.S. citizens and promised them equal protection under the law.
  9. People who wanted to end slavery in the United States.
  10. A system where farmers, often formerly enslaved people, worked land owned by someone else and gave part of their crops as rent.
  11. The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution that protect important freedoms like speech, religion, and the right to a fair trial.
  12. A major Civil War battle in 1863 where the Union gained control of the Mississippi River, cutting off supplies to the Confederacy.
  13. A plant used to make fabric and one of the most important crops in the Southern United States before and after the Civil War.
  14. The set of rules that created the government of Texas after Reconstruction and is still in use today.
  15. Loyalty to your region or state instead of the whole country, often causing conflict.

25 Clues: People who wanted to end slavery in the United States. • Split into different groups with opposing opinions, beliefs, or goals. • A law added to the U.S. Constitution in 1865 that ended slavery in the United States. • Loyalty to your region or state instead of the whole country, often causing conflict. • ...

Unit 15: Reconstruciotn 2019-04-22

Unit 15: Reconstruciotn crossword puzzle
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  1. The first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress.
  2. amendment that freed all slaves, abolished slavery in US
  3. amendment that granted full rights of citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States, except for American Indians.
  4. Lincoln's VP who became POTUS #17 after Lincoln was assassinated; clashed with Radical Republicans over Reconstruction; was impeached by the House of Representatives for violating the Tenure in Office Act but survived Senate removal by only one vote
  5. The period after the Civil War (1865-1877) in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; included extending civil rights to African Americans
  6. an American stage actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865.
  7. created by Congress to aid former slaves through education, health care, and employment
  8. Southern whites who supported Republican policy through Reconstruction including equal rights for African Americans
  9. Sherman wanted to grant to each freedmen family 40 of these (and a mule)to help them become economically self-sufficient; never became a law
  10. used violence and intimidation to scare African-Americans away from voting; targeted white Republicans in the South who supported African American rights; wanted to restore Democratic Party control to the South
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  1. last name of POTUS # 18; Republican elected to two terms; supported by new African American voters in the south; second term marred by scandals in his administration and economic panic
  2. Northern whites who moved to the South & served as Republican leaders during reconstruction; wanted equal rights for African Americans
  3. After the Civil War former landowners "rented" plots of land to blacks and poor whites in such a way that the renters were always in debt and therefore tied to the land, creating a cycle off debt
  4. laws that enforced racial segregation in the South
  5. Political party that favored harsh punishment of Southern states after Civil War and promoted equal rights for African Americans
  6. last name of 19th president of the US; Republican named as POTUS after Democrats agreed to the Compromise of 1877
  7. amendment stating the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
  8. Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences
  9. laws that restricted freedmen's rights with provisions such as: curfews, labor contracts, and land restrictions.

19 Clues: laws that enforced racial segregation in the South • amendment that freed all slaves, abolished slavery in US • The first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress. • Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences • created by Congress to aid former slaves through education, health care, and employment • ...

United States Constitutions and the Legal System 2013-02-14

United States Constitutions and the Legal System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Fifths Compromise/The Three-Fifths compromise was a compromise between Southern and Northern states
  2. branch/ this is made up of the Senate and House of Representatives.
  3. convention/ the convention of United States statesmen who drafted the United States Constitution in 1787.
  4. Great Compromise/ this gave states equal rights.
  5. branch/responsible for carrying out laws.
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  1. against the Constitution
  2. supporters of the Constitution
  3. federal principle or system of government.
  4. branch/ making sure justice us served.

9 Clues: against the Constitution • supporters of the Constitution • branch/ making sure justice us served. • branch/responsible for carrying out laws. • federal principle or system of government. • Great Compromise/ this gave states equal rights. • branch/ this is made up of the Senate and House of Representatives. • ...

United States Constitutions and the Legal System 2013-02-14

United States Constitutions and the Legal System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Fifths Compromise/The Three-Fifths compromise was a compromise between Southern and Northern states
  2. branch/ making sure justice us served.
  3. against the Constitution
  4. supporters of the Constitution
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  1. branch/ this is made up of the Senate and House of Representatives.
  2. convention/ the convention of United States statesmen who drafted the United States Constitution in 1787.
  3. branch/responsible for carrying out laws.
  4. federal principle or system of government.
  5. Great Compromise/ this gave states equal rights.

9 Clues: against the Constitution • supporters of the Constitution • branch/ making sure justice us served. • branch/responsible for carrying out laws. • federal principle or system of government. • Great Compromise/ this gave states equal rights. • branch/ this is made up of the Senate and House of Representatives. • ...

Section Four 2021-09-16

Section Four crossword puzzle
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  1. satisfied both large and small states
  2. agreement on how the states west of Appalachian mountains were split
  3. house of congress where amount of delegates is dependent on state population
  4. favored a national government instead of state
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  1. satisfied both north and southern states
  2. 10 amendments to protect the people from gov.
  3. first constitution of the united states
  4. farmers revolt due to high taxes
  5. house of congress with 2 members per state

9 Clues: farmers revolt due to high taxes • satisfied both large and small states • first constitution of the united states • satisfied both north and southern states • house of congress with 2 members per state • 10 amendments to protect the people from gov. • favored a national government instead of state • agreement on how the states west of Appalachian mountains were split • ...

The weather, the seasons, and the months 2023-03-07

The weather, the seasons, and the months crossword puzzle
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  1. Primavera
  2. Terremoto
  3. When we can't see the sun
  4. Month before June
  5. Month after August
  6. Month before February
  7. When it's cold in the United States
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  1. windy snowstorm
  2. Christmas month
  3. When we can see the sun
  4. When it's hot in the United States
  5. loud noise when it is raining

12 Clues: Primavera • Terremoto • windy snowstorm • Christmas month • Month before June • Month after August • Month before February • When we can see the sun • When we can't see the sun • loud noise when it is raining • When it's hot in the United States • When it's cold in the United States

Unit 3 vocabulary 2017-11-01

Unit 3 vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. a system of government in which citizens choose representatives to govern them
  2. the plan at the Constitutional Convention, favored by smaller states, that called for three branches of government with a single-chamber legislature
  3. the right not to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
  4. to approve
  5. a 1787 law that set up a government for the Northwest Territory
  6. a supporter of a strong federal government
  7. the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
  8. a plan at the Constitutional Convention that settled the differences between large and small states
  9. a document that sets out the laws, principles, organization, and processes of a government
  10. an agreement at the Constitutional Convention that three fifths of the enslaved residents in any state be counted in its population
  11. a British document signed in 1215 that contained two basic ideas: monarchs themselves have to obey the laws, and citizens have basic rights
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  1. a principle by which the powers of government are divided among separate branches
  2. the first American constitution, passed in 1777, which created a loose alliance of 13 independent states
  3. an opponent of a strong federal government
  4. a law that set up a system for settling the Northwest Territory
  5. to change
  6. the plan at the Constitutional Convention that called for a strong national government with three branches and a two-chamber legislature

17 Clues: to change • to approve • an opponent of a strong federal government • a supporter of a strong federal government • the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution • a 1787 law that set up a government for the Northwest Territory • a law that set up a system for settling the Northwest Territory • ...

Vocabulary Brandon 2017-11-14

Vocabulary Brandon crossword puzzle
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  1. the plan at the Constitutional Convention, favored by smaller states, that called for three branches of government with a single-chamber legislature
  2. a principle by which the powers of government are divided among separate branches
  3. the first American constitution, created a very loose alliance of the 13 independent states
  4. a plan at the Constitutional Convention that settled the differences between large and small states
  5. a written plan of government
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  1. an agreement at the Constitutional Convention that three fifths of the enslaved residents in any state be counted in its population
  2. set up a government for the Northwest Territory, guaranteed basic rights to settlers, and outlawed slavery
  3. the right not to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
  4. a system of government in which citizens choose representatives to govern them
  5. set up a system for settling the Northwest Territory, it created the townships that we have today
  6. a British document signed in 1215 that contained two basic ideas: monarchs themselves have to obey the laws, and citizens have basic right
  7. an opponent of a strong federal government
  8. list of freedoms that the government promises to protest, the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution
  9. a supporter of a strong federal government
  10. proposed by James Madison, it called for a strong national government with representation being based on a states population
  11. to approve
  12. to change

17 Clues: to change • to approve • a written plan of government • an opponent of a strong federal government • a supporter of a strong federal government • a system of government in which citizens choose representatives to govern them • a principle by which the powers of government are divided among separate branches • ...

Perfect 10 2023-05-04

Perfect 10 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Trail from independence Missouri to Santa Fe New Mexico in the mid-1800s
  2. Sturdy vehicle topped with white canvas and used by pioneers to move west
  3. Trail from independence Missouri to Oregon used by many pioneers during the 1840s
  4. A period from 1848 to 1856 when thousands of people came to California in order to search for gold.
  5. An expedition sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the northwestern territories of the United States
  6. This allowed a settler to acquire 160 acres by living on it for five years, improving it and paying about $30
  7. A notion held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the United States was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific.
  8. A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
  9. To add or attach
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  1. A Shoshone woman whose language skills and knowledge of geography helped Lewis and Clark
  2. Wrote the Declaration of Independence
  3. Across a continent
  4. The Cherokee Indians were forced to leave their lands
  5. The war between the United States and Mexico in which the United States acquired one half of the Mexican territory.
  6. Land from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains purchased from France for 15 million dollars. It doubled the size of the US at the time, getting more land than the US wanted.
  7. Form of relocation
  8. A period of economic growth

17 Clues: To add or attach • Across a continent • Form of relocation • A period of economic growth • Wrote the Declaration of Independence • The Cherokee Indians were forced to leave their lands • Trail from independence Missouri to Santa Fe New Mexico in the mid-1800s • Sturdy vehicle topped with white canvas and used by pioneers to move west • ...

Unit#3 Division Notes 2025-12-08

Unit#3 Division Notes crossword puzzle
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  1. This port city at the mouth of the Hudson river benefited socially, politically and economically from the Eerie Canal.
  2. Allowed voters in Kansas to decide through a popular vote if they would enter the union as a free or slave state.
  3. ________ were primarily employed to work in the early textile factories in the Northeastern United States in the 1800s. Many would join labor causes and other social reform efforts, instrumental to changes taking place in the 1800s in the U.S.
  4. This supreme court decision answered the question of freedom and state lines for slaves. It declared that a former slave ________could not be free regardless of where he lived as it would deny his slave holders right to his property. Also, declared the Missouri Compromise of 1820 unconstitutional. Politically, it meant there was no point or room for further compromise between free state and slave states in Congress.
  5. This man was the 1860 nominee from the newly created Republican party. His candidacy was so opposed in the south, that his name was not even on the ballot in numerous states.
  6. With increased demand and profitability of cotton production and westward migration did tension between free states and slave states increased or decreased? Pick one.
  7. He became a prominent leader in the abolitionist movement: Meeting with elected officials, writing and publishing an abolitionist newspaper, making speeches and organizing supporters.
Down
  1. Prior to the Civil War, there were this many slaves in the United States of America
  2. Many states in the South did this after Lincoln wins the election of 1860. Slave holding border states of: Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri all stay in the union.
  3. He led a raid on the federal weapons depot at Harper’s Ferry that ultimately failed. He was eventually put on trial and executed. Opinion of his actions further divide the nation.
  4. an extremely unpopular part of the Compromise of 1850 in the North, that saw California join the union as a free state. Allowed Southern slave holders to hire bounty hunters to find and imprison African Americans in the North.
  5. Due to increased demand and increased efficiency cotton became the United State’s most valuable_______________. (when you send good for sale to another country).
  6. In the 1800s, the most widely used form of lamp oil and machinery oil was __________.
  7. Gin This machine was invented by Eli Whitney and mechanized the process of sorting the seeds out of cotton. Efficiency in cotton harvesting was greatly increased, thereby increasing its profitability
  8. This public construction project link the Hudson river by water with Lake Eerie.

15 Clues: This public construction project link the Hudson river by water with Lake Eerie. • Prior to the Civil War, there were this many slaves in the United States of America • In the 1800s, the most widely used form of lamp oil and machinery oil was __________. • ...

USA Culture 2024-01-26

USA Culture crossword puzzle
Across
  1. House The official residence and workplace of the President of the United States.
  2. A famous mountain carving in South Dakota featuring four U.S. presidents.
  3. A bird of prey and a symbol of the United States.
  4. The head of a country, often elected to lead and make important decisions. In the United States, this person resides in the White House.
  5. An annual holiday celebrated with a feast, expressing gratitude for blessings and traditionally associated with a harvest meal.
  6. A unit of currency in the United States, featuring symbols such as George Washington or Abraham Lincoln, often found in bills and coins.
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  1. A gift from France to the United States, this iconic neoclassical sculpture stands tall on Liberty Island, symbolizing freedom and democracy.
  2. A national symbol often portrayed as a tall man with a top hat.
  3. Famous landmark in New York known for its distinctive shape.
  4. A suspension bridge in San Francisco, California
  5. A breathtaking natural wonder in Arizona, known for its vast and colorful rock formations carved by the Colorado River.

11 Clues: A suspension bridge in San Francisco, California • A bird of prey and a symbol of the United States. • Famous landmark in New York known for its distinctive shape. • A national symbol often portrayed as a tall man with a top hat. • A famous mountain carving in South Dakota featuring four U.S. presidents. • ...

Government - Coming to ‘Terms’ by Shane Kirby 2021-03-06

Government - Coming to ‘Terms’ by Shane Kirby crossword puzzle
Across
  1. king/queen controls all aspect of life: social, economic, and political – often times tied to divine right of kings (authority from God)
  2. explains the purposes of the Constitution, and defines the powers of the new government as originating from the people of the United States
  3. power is held at the national level, with very little power being held in political subdivisions, such as provinces, states, counties, parishes, or tow
  4. supporters of the new Constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited government and checks and balances
  5. he government is not all powerful; its powers are limited, and the acts of the government are those willed by the people Constitution were written
  6. chosen to preside at the Constitutional Convention; he later became the first president of the United States; he set precedent by stepping down after two terms and initiating a peaceful transition of power
  7. first ten amendments to the Constitution, added by the first Congress in 1791; protects the civil rights and liberties of the people
  8. each branch of government is subject to a number of constitutional restraints, or checks, by the other branches so no single branch becomes too powerful
  9. compromise between slave states and free states to count three-fifths of the slave population in a state when allocating how many representatives a state was entitled to in the House of Representatives
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  1. 3rd president of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence; he did not take part in writing the Constitution because he was in France at the time. He was a strong advocate for the addition of a Bill of Rights
  2. considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the Constitution and helped write the Federalist Papers
  3. government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens
  4. “Father of the Constitution” and fourth president of the United States; essential to the writing and ratification of the Constitution; he also wrote the first 10 amendments to the Constitution that were ratified as the Bill of Rights
  5. type of democracy based on the protection of individual rights from the tyranny of the majority and on the consent of the governed to establish political authority
  6. the citizens have political authority and are bound by social contract to obey laws with their rights guaranteed by a constitution; citizens willingly subordinate their private, selfish interests to the common good
  7. french writer who introduced the idea of separation of powers and checks and balances to prevent one part of government from becoming too powerful

16 Clues: government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens • considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the Constitution and helped write the Federalist Papers • supporters of the new Constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited government and checks and balances • ...

Cold War Crossword 2021-03-04

Cold War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. President of the United States (1953-1961)
  2. Leader of the Soviet Union (1922-1953)
  3. President of the United States (1945-1953)
  4. a conflict of ideas between the Soviet Union and the United States that led to a build-up of military strength, but never led to actual fighting.
  5. something that prevents someone from doing something through fear or doubt.
  6. the alliance between the Soviet Union and Eastern European communist countries.
  7. Secretary of State for Dwight Eisenhower (1953-1959)
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  1. The European Recovery Act; a U.S. program to help European countries rebuild after World War II.
  2. The transport of fuel and supplies by plane to West Berlin when it was blockaded by the Soviet Union.
  3. Prime Minister of Great Britain; Coined the term “Iron Curtain” (1940-1945, 1951-1955)
  4. the efforts of the United States and the Soviet Union to produce more powerful nuclear weapons.
  5. President Harry Truman’s policy of financially and militarily helping governments that opposed communism.
  6. North Atlantic Treaty Organization; the alliance between the U.S. and countries in Western Europe.

13 Clues: Leader of the Soviet Union (1922-1953) • President of the United States (1953-1961) • President of the United States (1945-1953) • Secretary of State for Dwight Eisenhower (1953-1959) • something that prevents someone from doing something through fear or doubt. • the alliance between the Soviet Union and Eastern European communist countries. • ...

5.1 Vocabulary 2023-10-19

5.1 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. items (objects or numbers) that are arranged in rows and columns
  2. states the product of any number and zero, is zero
  3. states when you multiply a number by 1, the product is that number
  4. states multiplying a number by a group of numbers added together (sum), is the same as doing the multiplication with each number and then adding the products
  5. a single symbol used to make numerals; the digits are: 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
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  1. numbers that have groups of ten, the product of any natural number multiplied by 10
  2. adding equal groups together, also known as multiplication
  3. symbols: ( ), used to group numbers or operations to tell us what goes together in the expression
  4. states changing the order of the numbers when multiplying does not change the answer
  5. the result, or answer, when multiplying
  6. the numbers that are multiplied in a multiplication problem
  7. to split up or divide a number into smaller parts
  8. to add the same number to itself several times; repeated addition

13 Clues: the result, or answer, when multiplying • to split up or divide a number into smaller parts • states the product of any number and zero, is zero • adding equal groups together, also known as multiplication • the numbers that are multiplied in a multiplication problem • items (objects or numbers) that are arranged in rows and columns • ...

Unit 1-4 Crossword Puzzle 2024-02-13

Unit 1-4 Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Event where pro and anti slavery groups attempted to establish a voting majority; ended violently
  2. The first Democratic President.
  3. When South Carolina threatened to secede because they felt a law was unconstitutional.
  4. Added to the Compromise of 1850; appeased the south by requiring escaped slaves to be returned
  5. Invention that expanded the use of slavery in the South
  6. 1831 rebellion in Virginia led by a slave preacher
  7. Supreme Court Case that decided that enslaved people did not have citizenship and therefore could not sue
  8. Decision made about handling slavery in the Mexican Cession; included Fugitive Slave Act and abolished the slave trade in D.C.
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  1. Act that relocated Native Americans in the South East.
  2. Term for the growing tension between the North and South
  3. The winner of the 1860 election; first Republican president
  4. states below the 36-30 line would be slave states, states above would be free states
  5. 1859 rebellion in Virginia with the goal of acquiring weapons from a federal arsenal

13 Clues: The first Democratic President. • 1831 rebellion in Virginia led by a slave preacher • Act that relocated Native Americans in the South East. • Term for the growing tension between the North and South • Invention that expanded the use of slavery in the South • The winner of the 1860 election; first Republican president • ...

Cold War/America in the 50's study guide 2022-10-11

Cold War/America in the 50's study guide crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Housing that is located outside of major cities
  2. This event took place at the end of WWII and involved the United States and the Soviet Union
  3. Economic system used by the Soviet Union during the Cold War
  4. When manufacturers started making products that would not last as long as they used to
  5. Limited television programming influenced Americans to act and dress a specific way
  6. Political system used by the Soviet Union during the Cold War
  7. Method of production used by Mcdonald's to get food made faster
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  1. The United states and this country were involved in the Cold War
  2. Method of containment involving Turkey and Greece
  3. This was white Americans were moving from the inner cities to suburbs
  4. Americans started using this to purchase things instead of using cash
  5. Strategy used by the United States to stop the spread of communism without getting militarily involved.
  6. Economic system used by the United States

13 Clues: Economic system used by the United States • Housing that is located outside of major cities • Method of containment involving Turkey and Greece • Economic system used by the Soviet Union during the Cold War • Political system used by the Soviet Union during the Cold War • Method of production used by Mcdonald's to get food made faster • ...

Cold War/America in the 50's study guide 2022-10-11

Cold War/America in the 50's study guide crossword puzzle
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  1. Strategy used by the United States to stop the spread of communism without getting militarily involved.
  2. Economic system used by the Soviet Union during the Cold War
  3. Method of containment involving Turkey and Greece
  4. Method of production used by Mcdonald's to get food made faster
  5. Housing that is located outside of major cities
  6. This was white Americans were moving from the inner cities to suburbs
  7. Americans started using this to purchase things instead of using cash
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  1. The United states and this country were involved in the Cold War
  2. When manufacturers started making products that would not last as long as they used to
  3. Economic system used by the United States
  4. Political system used by the Soviet Union during the Cold War
  5. Limited television programming influenced Americans to act and dress a specific way
  6. This event took place at the end of WWII and involved the United States and the Soviet Union

13 Clues: Economic system used by the United States • Housing that is located outside of major cities • Method of containment involving Turkey and Greece • Economic system used by the Soviet Union during the Cold War • Political system used by the Soviet Union during the Cold War • Method of production used by Mcdonald's to get food made faster • ...

Reconstruction 2025-01-09

Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Were white Southerners who joined the Republican Party.
  2. Landowners divided their land and gave each worker-either freed African American or poor whites-a few acres.
  3. Which states that no one can be kept from voting.
  4. All persons born or naturalized in the United States.
  5. Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which gave African Americans citizenship and forbade states from passing discriminatory laws.
  6. who succeeded Abraham Lincoln as president.
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  1. Proposed that Congress, not the President, be responsible for Reconstruction.
  2. Were Northerners who moved to the South after the War.
  3. The Radical Republicans were Senators who wanted to punish the South after the Civil War.
  4. The first African-American senator.
  5. Was the period during which the United States began to rebuild after the Civil War.
  6. Was established by Congress and it assisted former slaves and poor whites in the South by giving clothing and food.
  7. The president-that is,to formally charge him with misconduct in office.

13 Clues: The first African-American senator. • who succeeded Abraham Lincoln as president. • Which states that no one can be kept from voting. • All persons born or naturalized in the United States. • Were Northerners who moved to the South after the War. • Were white Southerners who joined the Republican Party. • ...

Manifest Destiny 2022-03-04

Manifest Destiny crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Treaty that ended the Mexican American War
  2. Took part in the California Gold Rush
  3. War between Mexico and the United States
  4. Loyalty to local interests
  5. Person who wanted to enlarge the territory of the United States
  6. Force journey of Cherokee Indians from their homes in Georgia to lands in the West
  7. Nation's destiny to expand across the continent to the Pacific Ocean
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  1. Agreement in 1820, two states admitted and 36 30 line in place
  2. To give up
  3. Uprising in 1846, claifornia rebelled against Mexican rule
  4. Withdraw from the Union
  5. Add to an existing country or area
  6. Person who worked in the movement to do away with slavery
  7. 1830 law that authorized the President to move Indians to new homelands west of the Mississippi
  8. Pathway to the Pacific Northwest, beginning in Missouri and ending in Oregon
  9. Person migrating from one place to another

16 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 • Treaty that ended the Mexican American War • Person migrating from one place to another • Person who worked in the movement to do away with slavery • ...

1980-Present Military 2021-10-27

1980-Present Military crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The United States boasting power in the seas near Asia
  2. the aftermath of the Arab Spring, led to the government stopping democratic protests
  3. Instigator and de-stabilizer of Syria
  4. 43rd President of the United States, delivered "Axis of Evil Speech"
  5. Dictator of Iraq; found in hole in the ground
  6. First invasion of the Gulf War to remove Iraq from Kuwait
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  1. Has the most advanced military in the world
  2. Minesweeper used in the desert by the US
  3. Known for harboring Shia terrorist groups in the Middle East
  4. Palestine
  5. Former secretary of state under Bush, supervised joint chiefs
  6. Terrorist attack on the United States that spurred the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan
  7. Missile used by Iraq
  8. Invaded Kuwait in pursuit of oil
  9. Surface to air missile mounted on the back of a vehicle
  10. Technology that allowed missiles to accurately hit their targets

16 Clues: Palestine • Missile used by Iraq • Invaded Kuwait in pursuit of oil • Instigator and de-stabilizer of Syria • Minesweeper used in the desert by the US • Has the most advanced military in the world • Dictator of Iraq; found in hole in the ground • The United States boasting power in the seas near Asia • Surface to air missile mounted on the back of a vehicle • ...

before 2023-11-13

before crossword puzzle
Across
  1. states
  2. lincoln
  3. of 1860
  4. compromise
  5. states
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  1. platform
  2. scot case
  3. rights
  4. stephens
  5. of 1850

10 Clues: states • rights • states • lincoln • of 1850 • of 1860 • platform • stephens • scot case • compromise

Government Puzzle 2024-04-12

Government Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The head of the executive branch and the Commander-in-Chief of the United States Armed Forces. The President is responsible for implementing and enforcing laws passed by Congress.
  2. Individuals appointed to serve on federal courts, including Supreme Court Justices, Circuit Court Judges, and District Court Judges.
  3. The highest court in the United States, responsible for interpreting the Constitution and federal laws and resolving disputes between states and the federal government.
  4. The power of the President to reject a bill passed by Congress, preventing it from becoming law unless Congress overrides the veto with a two-thirds majority vote.
  5. The branch of government responsible for making laws. It includes the Congress, which is divided into two chambers: the Senate and the House of Representatives.
  6. The legislative branch of the United States government, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
  7. The branch of government responsible for interpreting laws and administering justice. It includes the Supreme Court and other federal courts.
  8. One of the two chambers of Congress, each state has two Senators regardless of population size. Senators serve six-year terms.
  9. The other chamber of Congress, the number of representatives for each state is based on its population. Representatives serve two-year terms.
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  1. The process by which government officials, including the President, can be charged with and removed from office for "high crimes and misdemeanors" through a series of legal proceedings.
  2. The branch of government responsible for enforcing laws. It is headed by the President of the United States and includes various departments and agencies.
  3. A group of advisors appointed by the President to head executive departments and assist in decision-making.
  4. Fundamental entitlements or freedoms guaranteed to individuals. The Bill of Rights outlines specific rights that are protected from government infringement.
  5. The division of governmental responsibilities into distinct branches to prevent the concentration of power in any single branch.
  6. The system in which each branch of government has some measure of influence over the other branches, preventing any one branch from becoming too powerful.
  7. A change or addition to the Constitution. The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.

16 Clues: A group of advisors appointed by the President to head executive departments and assist in decision-making. • The legislative branch of the United States government, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. • A change or addition to the Constitution. The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. • ...

American History 2015-02-11

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

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

Government- Coming To 'Terms' 2021-01-07

Government- Coming To 'Terms' crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a representative democracy in which a small group of leaders, elected by the citizens, represents the concerns of the people; the interests of the majority take precedence over the
  2. first ten amendments to the Constitution, added by the first Congress in 1791; protects the civil rights and liberties of the people
  3. compromise reached in writing the Constitution to satisfy both small and large states by having one house of Congress with an equal number of representatives for each state and the other house’s membership determined by a state’s population
  4. French writer who introduced the idea of separation of powers and checks and balances to prevent one part of government from becoming too powerful
  5. explains the purposes of the Constitution, and defines the powers of the new government as
  6. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to pass all laws “necessary and proper” to carry out the other powers listed in Article I
  7. chosen to preside at the Constitutional Convention; he later became the first president of the United States; he set precedent by stepping down after two terms and initiating a peaceful transition of power
  8. group of people who feared the new government created by Constitution; gave too much power to the national government at the expense of individual rights
  9. considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the Constitution and helped write the Federalist Papers
  10. the people are the only source of power for any and all government actions; government can only govern with the consent of the governed
  11. and checks and balances
  12. from the people of the United States
  13. “Father of the Constitution” and fourth president of the United States; essential to the writing and ratification of the Constitution; he also wrote the first 10 amendments to the Constitution that were ratified as the Bill of Rights
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  1. king/queen controls all aspect of life: social, economic, and political - often times tied to divine right of kings (authority from God)
  2. supporters of the new Constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited
  3. each branch of government is subject to a number of constitutional restraints, or checks, by the other branches so no single branch becomes too powerful
  4. type of democracy based on the protection of individual rights from the tyranny of the majority and on the consent of the governed to establish political authority
  5. of a few
  6. first plan of government adopted in the United States after the revolution; it was a loose association of states with no authority to tax, no national army, and no chief executive
  7. the distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union
  8. the government is not all powerful; its powers are limited, and the acts of the government are those willed by the people Constitution were written
  9. belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority
  10. believed in natural rights- life, liberty and property; strongest influence on Thomas Jefferson, who wrote natural rights into the Declaration of Independence

23 Clues: of a few • and checks and balances • from the people of the United States • belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority • the distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union • explains the purposes of the Constitution, and defines the powers of the new government as • ...

Chem vocab 2022-01-26

Chem vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a change in properties such as texture,shape,state
  2. substance with definite volume but no structure
  3. law stating that chemical compounds always contains components in a fixed ratio
  4. substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction
  5. states that the volume of gases undergoing a reaction at a constant pressure and temp are in a simple ration to each other and to that of the product
  6. separation of a mixture by passing it in solution of suspension as a vapor
  7. property that depends on amount of matter
  8. a way to separate water other components in the water
  9. states that when two gases react, the volumes of the reactants and products are in whole number rations if they are gases
  10. states that volume occupied by a fixed amount of gas is directly proportional to its absolute temperature
  11. substance formed from 2 or more elements chemically united in fixed proportions
  12. massof a component divided by the total mass of a mixture multiplied by 100
  13. physical blend of 2+ components
  14. gases that exert great stability and extremely low reaction rates
  15. a tabular display of the chemical elements
  16. change in which new substance is formed
  17. states that the ratio of the product of pressure and volume and the absolute temperature of a gas is equal to a constant
  18. measure of the amount of matter
  19. firm and stable in shape
  20. columns of elements in the periodic table
  21. state of matter with no fixed shape or volume
  22. states that the product of the pressure and the volume of one gram molecule of an ideal gas is equal to the product of the absolute temperature of the gas and the universal gas constant
  23. element that readily forms positive ions and has metallic bonds
  24. a mixture with uniform composition throughout
  25. property that does not depend on amount of matter
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  1. states that matter cannot be created or destroyed
  2. process that separates solids and liquids in heterogeneous mixtures
  3. matter that has constant composition and properties
  4. rows of elements in the periodic table
  5. physical transformation of a liquid, solid, or gas to a crystal
  6. PV=nRT
  7. super ionized gas
  8. distinct forms in which matter can exist
  9. states that when 2 elements form more than one compound, the weights of one element that combine with a fixed weight of the other are in a ratio of small whole numbers
  10. elements without metallic bonds
  11. mixture without a uniform composition throughout
  12. change of a substance directly from the solid state to gas state
  13. moisture particles in the air that create a foggy appearance
  14. anything that has mass and occupies space
  15. any property that is measurable or describable
  16. substance that enters and is altered in the course of chemical reaction
  17. occurs whenever matter changes from one state to another
  18. any substance that cannot be decomposed into simpler substances by ordinary chemicals
  19. states that the pressure of a given quantity of gas varies inversely with its volume at a constant temperature
  20. occurs when a substance combines with another to form a new substance
  21. smallest unit of matter

46 Clues: PV=nRT • super ionized gas • smallest unit of matter • firm and stable in shape • elements without metallic bonds • physical blend of 2+ components • measure of the amount of matter • rows of elements in the periodic table • change in which new substance is formed • distinct forms in which matter can exist • property that depends on amount of matter • ...

Agriculture in the US 2022-09-12

Agriculture in the US crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Deals with money.
  2. Top Agriculture State.
  3. Name for Cows.
  4. The industry that produces our food.
  5. Crop used to make bread.
  6. Red fruit produced in New York.
  7. Area of ag that raises animals.
  8. Sweet substance from Maple Trees
  9. Name for Pigs.
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  1. Can turn this product into sugar.
  2. Produces Citrus and many other fruits.
  3. Most productive agriculture region.
  4. Breed of Beef Cattle famous in Texas
  5. United States Department of Agriculture
  6. Department of Environmental Conservation
  7. Future Farmers of America
  8. Machine used on farms to pull equipment.
  9. Place where our food is produced.
  10. Produced in all 50 States

19 Clues: Name for Cows. • Name for Pigs. • Deals with money. • Top Agriculture State. • Crop used to make bread. • Future Farmers of America • Produced in all 50 States • Red fruit produced in New York. • Area of ag that raises animals. • Sweet substance from Maple Trees • Can turn this product into sugar. • Place where our food is produced. • Most productive agriculture region. • ...

Topic #4 American History 2022-11-04

Topic #4 American History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Secretary of Treasury
  2. Checks the 3 branches of government
  3. Plan favored by large states
  4. First President
  5. Gave the president the power to deport
  6. Cheif Justice
  7. Vice President
Down
  1. One house
  2. French asked for an apology, money, and a bribe
  3. Secretary of State
  4. Action taken as an example, rule, or tradition
  5. Married a governors daughter
  6. Two houses
  7. Votes the President
  8. You pay a fine and jail time if you criticize the government
  9. Plan favored by small states
  10. Washington sent 12,000 troops to show the government's new power
  11. Speaker of the house
  12. Count of America's population

19 Clues: One house • Two houses • Cheif Justice • Vice President • First President • Secretary of State • Votes the President • Speaker of the house • Secretary of Treasury • Married a governors daughter • Plan favored by small states • Plan favored by large states • Count of America's population • Checks the 3 branches of government • Gave the president the power to deport • ...

U.S. Government 2024-11-01

U.S. Government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Nation's Capital
  2. Our national animal
  3. Our national anthem
  4. Chamber with 435 Congressmen
  5. The place the President lives
  6. The system we use to determine the President
  7. Current Speaker of the House
  8. The Leader of the Executive Branch
Down
  1. Type of Government the United States is
  2. Our Founding Document
  3. Lawton Oklahoma's Congressional Representative
  4. How a Bill becomes Law
  5. A pledge we take to the flag
  6. First President of the United States
  7. Oklahoma's Junior Senator
  8. A Bill that was signed by the President
  9. Capital of the Oklahoma
  10. The Veteran Senator from Oklahoma
  11. Chamber with only 100 Congressmen

19 Clues: Our national animal • Our national anthem • The Nation's Capital • Our Founding Document • How a Bill becomes Law • Capital of the Oklahoma • Oklahoma's Junior Senator • A pledge we take to the flag • Chamber with 435 Congressmen • Current Speaker of the House • The place the President lives • The Veteran Senator from Oklahoma • Chamber with only 100 Congressmen • ...

Postwar United States Era 2024-05-16

Postwar United States Era crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Fear of communism
  2. Significant increase in births following World War II
  3. USA vs. USSR tension
  4. Policy of the United States to provide aid to Middle Eastern countries threatened by communist aggression
  5. Standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union over nuclear missiles in Cuba
  6. Conflict in Korea
  7. Civil rights protests against segregated interstate transportation
  8. Failed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro's government in Cuba
Down
  1. Campaign against alleged communists in the United States, led by Senator Joseph McCarthy
  2. Fight for equal rights
  3. Landmark Supreme Court case that ended racial segregation in public schools
  4. Literary movement of the post-World War II era
  5. Blacklist List of entertainment industry professionals suspected of communist ties
  6. Conflict in Vietnam

14 Clues: Fear of communism • Conflict in Korea • Conflict in Vietnam • USA vs. USSR tension • Fight for equal rights • Literary movement of the post-World War II era • Significant increase in births following World War II • Failed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro's government in Cuba • Civil rights protests against segregated interstate transportation • ...

Civil War Review 2024-10-22

Civil War Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Who gave the Gettysburg address?
  2. The first shots fired in the Civil War happened here
  3. This amendment is what actually ended slavery
  4. Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 18__
  5. This claimed to free slaves in the south, but couldn't actually free them
  6. "Four _____ and seven years ago our fathers..."
  7. To withdraw from, or remove
  8. The period after the civil war that tried to reshape the south
Down
  1. a person who wanted to end slavery
  2. The _________ states were the Southern States that fought to keep slavery
  3. This compromise established the
  4. This was the first state to secede from the United States
  5. This was the deadliest battle of the civil war
  6. Robert E. _____ was the general of the Confederate Army

14 Clues: To withdraw from, or remove • This compromise established the • Who gave the Gettysburg address? • a person who wanted to end slavery • This amendment is what actually ended slavery • Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 18__ • This was the deadliest battle of the civil war • "Four _____ and seven years ago our fathers..." • ...