states Crossword Puzzles

Unit 3 2025-05-06

Unit 3 crossword puzzle
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  1. He was the second president of the United States and a Federalist. He was responsible for passing the Alien and Sedition Acts. Prevented all out war with France after the XYZ Affair. His passing of the Alien and Sedition Acts severely hurt the popularity of the Federalist party and himself
  2. 1789-1795; First Secretary of the Treasury. He advocated creation of a national bank, assumption of state debts by the federal government, and a tariff system to pay off the national debt.
  3. type of cloth manufactured in the home using a loom and spinning wheel; created and worn in the colonies as part of the boycott of British goods, including silk and other fabrics.
  4. Term used by historians to describe the United States under the Articles of Confederation. 1783-1789
  5. (1744-1818) The 2nd first lady. We have learned about the fight for independence from her letters that she wrote to John Adams.
  6. Political theory of representative government, based on the principle of popular sovereignty, with a strong emphasis on liberty and civic virtue. Influential in eighteenth-century American political thought, it stood as an alternative to monarchical rule.
  7. "Father of the Constitution," Federalist leader, and fourth President of the United States.
  8. Beginning on May 25, 1787, the convention recommended by the Annapolis Convention was held in Philadelphia. All of the states except Rhode Island sent delegates, and George Washington served as president of the convention. The convention lasted 16 weeks, and on September 17, 1787, produced the present Constitution of the United States, which was drafted largely by James Madison.
  9. A constitutional arrangement whereby power is divided between national and sub national governments, each of which enforces its own laws directly on its citizens and neither of which can alter the arrangement without the consent of the other.
  10. 1798 - A commission had been sent to France in 1797 to discuss the disputes that had arisen out of the U.S.'s refusal to honor the Franco-American Treaty of 1778. President Adams had also criticized the French Revolution, so France began to break off relations with the U.S. Adams sent delegates to meet with French foreign minister Talleyrand in the hopes of working things out. Talleyrand's three agents told the American delegates that they could meet with Talleyrand only in exchange for a very large bribe. The Americans did not pay the bribe, and in 1798 Adams made the incident public, substituting the letters "X, Y and Z" for the names of the three French agents in his report to Congress.
  11. Opponents of the 1787 Constitution, they cast the document as antidemocratic, objected to the subordination of the states to the central government, and feared encroachment on individuals' liberties in the absence of a bill of rights.
  12. Proponents of the 1787 Constitution, they favored a strong national government, arguing arguing that the checks and balances in the new Constitution would safeguard the people's liberties.
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  1. American colonists who fought for independence from Great Britain during the Revolutionary War
  2. 1787; This compromise was between the large and small states of the colonies. It resolved that there would be representation by population in the House of Representatives, and equal representation would exist in the Senate. Each state, regardless of size, would have 2 senators. All tax bills and revenues would originate in the House. This compromise combined the needs of both large and small states and formed a fair and sensible resolution to their problems.
  3. The doctrine that a state can declare null and void a federal law that, in the state's opinion, violates the Constitution.
  4. A 1793 statement by President Washington that the United States would not support or aid either France or Britain in their European conflict following the French Revolution
  5. American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer (born in England) who supported the American colonist's fight for independence and supported the French Revolution (1737-1809) wrote "Common Sense"
  6. American colonists who opposed the Revolution and maintained their loyalty to the King; sometimes referred to as "Tories."
  7. In 1794, farmers in Pennsylvania rebelled against Hamilton's excise tax on whiskey, and several federal officers were killed in the riots caused by their attempts to serve arrest warrants on the offenders. In October, 1794, the army, led by Washington, put down the rebellion. The incident showed that the new government under the Constitution could react swiftly and effectively to such a problem, in contrast to the inability of the government under the Articles of Confederation to deal with Shay's Rebellion.
  8. Undeclared war fought entirely at sea between the United States and France from 1798 to 1800. The French began to seize American ships trading with their British enemies and refused to receive a new United States minister when he arrived in Paris in December 1796.

20 Clues: "Father of the Constitution," Federalist leader, and fourth President of the United States. • American colonists who fought for independence from Great Britain during the Revolutionary War • Term used by historians to describe the United States under the Articles of Confederation. 1783-1789 • ...

American Revolution crossword puzzle 2023-03-29

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

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

Early Statehood Era 2023-02-06

Early Statehood Era crossword puzzle
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  1. Extending the nation beyond its existing borders; to make larger
  2. A form of government in which the people select representatives to govern them and make laws.
  3. (1848) peace treaty that ended the Mexican War, set the Rio Grande river as the national border, gave lands from Texas to the Pacific ocean to the United States and caused westward expansion conflicts over slavery in the U.S.
  4. (1846-1848) the war between the United States and Mexico that was the direct result of Texas annexation. The United States won the war gaining California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado from Mexico as a result of the war.
  5. something, typically money, that is owed or due
  6. to be made part of a political whole
  7. agreement in the Congress that decided how states were admitted to the Union; made California a free state and changed Texas boundaries (Texas sold western and northern lands above the Missouri Compromise line to the U.S. for $10 million).
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  1. An 1800s belief that Americans had the right to expand, or spread, across the continent.
  2. The process of learning or getting something
  3. when the Republic of Texas agreed to join the United States in 1845 as the 28th state in the Union. The annexation caused tension in Mexico because they feared the United States would take over all of Mexico.
  4. People wanting different things reach an agreement by both giving up something they originally wanted
  5. To give control of (something) to another person, group, government, etc.
  6. When people or countries fight over who owns an area of land.

13 Clues: to be made part of a political whole • The process of learning or getting something • something, typically money, that is owed or due • When people or countries fight over who owns an area of land. • Extending the nation beyond its existing borders; to make larger • To give control of (something) to another person, group, government, etc. • ...

h 2021-11-04

h crossword puzzle
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  1. Shield
  2. Upon my honor
  3. Rep of hands
  4. Gear
  5. One color that represents the individual states and chapters
  6. Orb
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  1. Decision
  2. Preparing for leadership in world of work
  3. Response
  4. Color that represents the common union of the states and of the chapters
  5. Creed sections
  6. Framework
  7. Color that represents the individual

13 Clues: Orb • Gear • Shield • Decision • Response • Framework • Rep of hands • Upon my honor • Creed sections • Color that represents the individual • Preparing for leadership in world of work • One color that represents the individual states and chapters • Color that represents the common union of the states and of the chapters

Government Vocab 2021-01-07

Government Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. French writer who introduced the idea of separation of powers and checks and balances to prevent one part of government from becoming too powerful
  2. first ten amendments to the Constitution, protects the civil rights and liberties of the people
  3. believed in natural rights- life, liberty and property; strongest influence on Thomas Jefferson, who wrote natural rights into the Declaration of Independence
  4. powers saved for the states in our system of federalism, guaranteed in the 9th Amendment to the Constitution
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. division of the powers in our government among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches; no one branch has too much power
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  1. 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
  2. king/queen controls all aspect of life: social, economic, and political – often times tied to divine right of kings (authority from God)
  3. “Father of the Constitution” and fourth president of the United States
  4. government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens
  5. explains the purposes of the Constitution
  6. belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority

13 Clues: explains the purposes of the Constitution • “Father of the Constitution” and fourth president of the United States • government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens • belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority • ...

meso-pop-culture 2022-10-26

meso-pop-culture crossword puzzle
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  1. rules that must be obeyed
  2. over-flowing water covering the land
  3. person who farms
  4. people who write Cuneiform
  5. Mesopotamian writing
  6. Mesopotamian temple
  7. ruler of city-states
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  1. powerful people that Mesopotamian worshiped
  2. ancient Mesopotamian king
  3. Mesopotamian civilizations
  4. bodies of water that ran through Mesopotamia
  5. person who fishes
  6. a system of watering land

13 Clues: person who farms • person who fishes • Mesopotamian temple • Mesopotamian writing • ruler of city-states • ancient Mesopotamian king • rules that must be obeyed • a system of watering land • Mesopotamian civilizations • people who write Cuneiform • over-flowing water covering the land • powerful people that Mesopotamian worshiped • bodies of water that ran through Mesopotamia

Cells 2021-10-19

Cells crossword puzzle
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  1. Green pigment in plants
  2. Surrounds all cells and controls what enters/exits the cell
  3. The theory that states that prokaryotes were the first life on earth and eventually absorbed other prokaryotes to create eukaryotes
  4. Site of photosynthesis
  5. The cell theory states that all cells must come from other...
  6. The kingdom of cells without a nucleus
  7. Missing from prokaryotes
  8. These cells have no cell wall or chloroplasts but they do have lysosomes
  9. These cells have a cell wall, but no chloroplasts because they absorb their food
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  1. The kingdom of cells with a nucleus
  2. Where energy is made
  3. This is made of tough fibers that provide rigid structure for plant cells
  4. The cell theory states that cells are the basic unit of...
  5. These cells have a cell wall, chloroplasts, and a large vacuole
  6. An example of a prokaryote
  7. The cell theory states that all living things are made of...
  8. Small organelles where protein is made

17 Clues: Where energy is made • Site of photosynthesis • Green pigment in plants • Missing from prokaryotes • An example of a prokaryote • The kingdom of cells with a nucleus • The kingdom of cells without a nucleus • Small organelles where protein is made • The cell theory states that cells are the basic unit of... • Surrounds all cells and controls what enters/exits the cell • ...

Module 9 Review 2017-10-17

Module 9 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Beaten nearly to death on the Senate floor for his anti-slavery views; "Bleeding _______"
  2. law requiring all runaway slaves to be returned
  3. U.S. abolitionist/terrorist
  4. Lincoln's main goal as President was to keep the _______ together
  5. President of the Confederacy
  6. Network of Men and Women, called “conductors” who helped runaway slaves north
  7. Ran against Lincoln in the Election of 1860
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  1. government set up by the southern states
  2. “The Black Moses”
  3. book that discussed slavery
  4. Theory that states have the right to nullify acts of the federal government
  5. In the Dred Scott case, Chief Justice Taney of the Supreme Court ruled that slavery was protected under the Constitution under the _______ amendment.
  6. Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
  7. Lincoln received _________ percent of the vote in the lower Southern states
  8. 16th US President, won the Election of 1860
  9. removing one's state from the union

16 Clues: “The Black Moses” • book that discussed slavery • U.S. abolitionist/terrorist • President of the Confederacy • Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" • removing one's state from the union • government set up by the southern states • 16th US President, won the Election of 1860 • Ran against Lincoln in the Election of 1860 • law requiring all runaway slaves to be returned • ...

Vietnam War 2014-02-18

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

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

Vietnam War 2014-02-18

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

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

crossword 2014-08-21

crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Proclamation-issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863.
  2. of 1850-agreement between the federal government and the southern states
  3. S. Grant-union general who served under president Lincoln
  4. Davis-president of the Confederate States of America
  5. eliminate slavery
  6. location of a major Civil War battle in Maryland
  7. Party-new political party that emerged in the North
  8. Compromise-to appease slave state concerns over a federal abolition
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  1. Wilkes Booth-was a Confederate sympathizer and professional actor
  2. Address-a speech that was given by President Abraham Lincoln
  3. E. Lee-general of the Confederate troops during the Civil War
  4. act of a state to leave the nation under
  5. Sumter-Union stronghold in South Carolina
  6. Party-Southern political party that favored slavery
  7. Lincoln-was the 16th President of the United States and served from 1860 until his death
  8. for Gettysburg-largest battle of the American Civil War

16 Clues: eliminate slavery • act of a state to leave the nation under • Sumter-Union stronghold in South Carolina • location of a major Civil War battle in Maryland • Party-Southern political party that favored slavery • Party-new political party that emerged in the North • Davis-president of the Confederate States of America • ...

Constititution Crossword 2016-09-07

Constititution Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. part of the government that carries out the laws
  2. Convention / a meeting in 1787 to make a new plan for a national government
  3. making an agreement where both sides give up something to get soemthing
  4. the business carried out between states and countries
  5. a case heard by a court before a judge or jury
  6. the joining of states into one US government
  7. anything having to do with the whole country
  8. a member of the Senate
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  1. a person who could be bought, sold, and owned by another person
  2. part of the government that tells what the laws mean
  3. government two-part government: national and state
  4. part of the government that writes the laws
  5. a law or government act that goes against the Constitution
  6. an agreement of friendship between states
  7. any product sent from one country to another for purposes of trade.
  8. a change or correction to a written document

16 Clues: a member of the Senate • an agreement of friendship between states • part of the government that writes the laws • a change or correction to a written document • the joining of states into one US government • anything having to do with the whole country • a case heard by a court before a judge or jury • part of the government that carries out the laws • ...

Watergate 2024-05-13

Watergate crossword puzzle
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  1. Nixon provided hundreds of thousands of dollars in ____ to the burglars
  2. Nixon secretly taped every conversation that took place in the​
  3. Nixon's close political aide, he also would spread alibis around Washington
  4. Nixon ran for reelection, while the United States was embroiled in the​
  5. Political controversy in the United States during the presidency of Nixon​
  6. an Independent special prosecutor demanding for the tapes​
  7. In the face of almost impeachment, Nixon ___
  8. Watergate Mastermind, a former FBI agent, served 4.5 years​
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  1. voted to impeach Nixon (3 Words)​
  2. Nixon's Chief of Staff​
  3. A former high-ranking CIA officer, One of the Burglars
  4. Security chief of the Committee to Re-elect the President​
  5. Nixon's Attorney General of the United States​
  6. Vice President sworn in as president​
  7. Who resigned on August 9th, 1974​
  8. On ___ 5th, Nixon finally released the tapes, (It's a month)

16 Clues: Nixon's Chief of Staff​ • voted to impeach Nixon (3 Words)​ • Who resigned on August 9th, 1974​ • Vice President sworn in as president​ • In the face of almost impeachment, Nixon ___ • Nixon's Attorney General of the United States​ • A former high-ranking CIA officer, One of the Burglars • Security chief of the Committee to Re-elect the President​ • ...

World war II 2023-05-15

World war II crossword puzzle
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  1. The first bomb attack by the United States on Japan killing 140,000 people
  2. Passed by US congress because of growing threats
  3. Where the allies prosecuted German leaders for the crimes they committed during world war II
  4. Promote the defense of US
  5. The united states fought for an island from the empire of Japan
  6. surprise attack by the Japanese on December 7, 1941
  7. Traveling from one island to another
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  1. The draft
  2. The code name to develop an atom bomb
  3. The second bomb attack by the United states on Japan killing 74,000 people
  4. Naval battle during world war II
  5. Process of appeasing
  6. a day in World War II on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy
  7. U.S. Supreme Court case concerning the forced relocation and confinement of Japanese Americans
  8. A battle during world war II
  9. Helped increase the food production during war

16 Clues: The draft • Process of appeasing • Promote the defense of US • A battle during world war II • Naval battle during world war II • Traveling from one island to another • The code name to develop an atom bomb • Helped increase the food production during war • Passed by US congress because of growing threats • surprise attack by the Japanese on December 7, 1941 • ...

QUIZ 2 REVIEW 2024-09-17

QUIZ 2 REVIEW crossword puzzle
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  1. proposed the New Jersey Plan
  2. Was the 1st plan/constitution establishing the united states first government
  3. under the AOC the government could not have or raise one
  4. under the aoc the government could not enforce ______
  5. under the AOC the government could not collect ________
  6. states that supported and benefited from 3/5ths compromise
  7. the event were farmers caused trouble exposing the weaknesses of the AOC
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  1. the rights needed by each individual to pursue their lives and goals without interference from other individuals or the government
  2. proposed the virginia plan
  3. the original plan that called for representation based on population
  4. the great____________
  5. this plan was a _____ of both plans
  6. states that did not want the 3/5ths compromise
  7. Government political authority that governs an entire nation
  8. the individuals who were counted as 3/5ths of a person
  9. the original plan that called for representation based on a equal number

16 Clues: the great____________ • proposed the virginia plan • proposed the New Jersey Plan • this plan was a _____ of both plans • states that did not want the 3/5ths compromise • under the aoc the government could not enforce ______ • the individuals who were counted as 3/5ths of a person • under the AOC the government could not collect ________ • ...

Phases of Matter 2025-05-06

Phases of Matter crossword puzzle
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  1. one of the states of matter which has a fixed volume and no fixed shape
  2. process accompanied by the absorption of heat
  3. the place at which a phase change occurs
  4. the change in which solid turns to liquid
  5. the change in which gas turns to liquid
  6. one of the states of matter which doesn't have a fixed volume nor a fixed shape
  7. process accompanied by the release of heat
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  1. the change in which a substance directly turns from gas to solid
  2. the removal of heat from a substance
  3. the change in which a substance directly turns from solid to gas
  4. the change in which liquid turns to solid
  5. the addition of heat to a substance
  6. the intensity of heat present in an object
  7. the change in which liquid turns to gas
  8. one of the states of matter which has a fixed volume and shape
  9. the thermal energy absorbed by a substance

16 Clues: the addition of heat to a substance • the removal of heat from a substance • the change in which liquid turns to gas • the change in which gas turns to liquid • the place at which a phase change occurs • the change in which liquid turns to solid • the change in which solid turns to liquid • the intensity of heat present in an object • ...

USI.7 Crossword 2025-02-28

USI.7 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. James __________ became known as the "Father of the Constitution"
  2. There are two votes per state in this Congressional house.
  3. Which branch of government carries out the laws?
  4. Which branch of government interprets the laws?
  5. The Virginia Plan favored ___________ states.
  6. Adams Who was the 2nd President of the United States?
  7. The constitution was ________ at the end of the Constitutional Convention
  8. The Articles of Confederation provided for a __________ national government
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  1. The Great ____________ decided how many votes each state got in Congress
  2. The Articles of Confederation gave Congress no power to ______ or regulate commerce
  3. Which document replaced the Articles of Confederation?
  4. Which branch of government makes the laws?
  5. The New Jersey Plan favored ________ states.
  6. Jefferson He brought Louisiana from France (Louisiana Purchase)
  7. How many weaknesses did the Articles of Confederation have?
  8. The Bill of Rights is the first ____ amendments to the Constitution

16 Clues: Which branch of government makes the laws? • The New Jersey Plan favored ________ states. • The Virginia Plan favored ___________ states. • Which branch of government interprets the laws? • Which branch of government carries out the laws? • Adams Who was the 2nd President of the United States? • Which document replaced the Articles of Confederation? • ...

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

Legal Unit 4 AOS1 2020-06-10

Legal Unit 4 AOS1 crossword puzzle
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  1. Protecting the country with a military or otherwise
  2. Powers not mentioned in the constitution, but are recognised as State powers
  3. Seperation of power between states
  4. Specific powers listed, all exclusive
  5. Government taking a percentage of income to redistribute
  6. Powers that both Commonwealth and States can perform
  7. Section where States’ inconsistent laws are altered as the Commonwealth has precedence
  8. Providing care to citizens
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  1. Document that divides the powers between the State and Commonwealth parliaments
  2. Type of powers that are listed as commonwealth, include Concurrent/Exclusive
  3. Powers applying only to Commonwealth parliament
  4. Specific powers listed, some concurrent, some exclusive
  5. Schooling, learning

13 Clues: Schooling, learning • Providing care to citizens • Seperation of power between states • Specific powers listed, all exclusive • Powers applying only to Commonwealth parliament • Protecting the country with a military or otherwise • Powers that both Commonwealth and States can perform • Specific powers listed, some concurrent, some exclusive • ...

chapter 7 and 8 social studies 2024-04-02

chapter 7 and 8 social studies crossword puzzle
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  1. the head of the executive branch
  2. boat powered by a steam engine
  3. the 11 southern states the seceded from america
  4. to withdraw from an organization or a country
  5. someone who wants to end slavery
  6. somebody who encourages new people to join something
  7. congress the group of people who make laws for the U.S
  8. a person who comes into a country to live there
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  1. the United States of America the northern states
  2. a change to a government process or document
  3. a system of goverment
  4. A written document outline how the government of a state or a country is organized
  5. a geographical area with boundaries

13 Clues: a system of goverment • boat powered by a steam engine • the head of the executive branch • someone who wants to end slavery • a geographical area with boundaries • a change to a government process or document • to withdraw from an organization or a country • the 11 southern states the seceded from america • a person who comes into a country to live there • ...

Chapter Five Crossword 2022-03-31

Chapter Five Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. creates the law
  2. plan that had a Senate and a House
  3. one of the main states who didn't want to pay anything towards the war debt
  4. led a farmers' rebellion after many farmers began losing their farms from debt they incurred during the war
  5. put forward the Virginia Plan
  6. a system of government that gives more power to the states than to the federal government; an alliance
  7. interprets the law
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  1. enforces the law
  2. appointed territorial governors and judges
  3. someone who believed in a stronger federal government
  4. citizens rule through elected representatives
  5. someone who believed in stronger state governments
  6. the original 13 colonies became the first 13 _____

13 Clues: creates the law • enforces the law • interprets the law • put forward the Virginia Plan • plan that had a Senate and a House • appointed territorial governors and judges • citizens rule through elected representatives • someone who believed in stronger state governments • the original 13 colonies became the first 13 _____ • ...

Civil War 2022-05-11

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. The main cause of the civil war
  2. Second general of the Confederate states
  3. The president of the union states at the time, led the north in battle
  4. Abraham lincolns dog
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  1. Well known nurse during the civil war, helped many soldiers live
  2. First general of the Confederate states
  3. The president of the confederate states at the time, led the south in battle
  4. general of the Union states

8 Clues: Abraham lincolns dog • general of the Union states • The main cause of the civil war • First general of the Confederate states • Second general of the Confederate states • Well known nurse during the civil war, helped many soldiers live • The president of the union states at the time, led the north in battle • ...

Civil War 2022-05-11

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. First general of the Confederate states
  2. The president of the confederate states at the time, led the south in battle
  3. Second general of the Confederate states
  4. Well known nurse during the civil war, helped many soldiers live
  5. Abraham lincolns dog
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  1. general of the Union states
  2. The president of the union states at the time, led the north in battle
  3. The main cause of the civil war

8 Clues: Abraham lincolns dog • general of the Union states • The main cause of the civil war • First general of the Confederate states • Second general of the Confederate states • Well known nurse during the civil war, helped many soldiers live • The president of the union states at the time, led the north in battle • ...

AAC Civil War 2022-03-06

AAC Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. the 16th president of the United States
  2. led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War
  3. a fight in Kansas over whether it was to be a slave state or not
  4. a supreme ruler, especially a monarch.
  5. focus on the interests of someones religion.
  6. the military leader of the Confederacy
  7. free from outside governing
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  1. A battle that happened in the town of gettysburg
  2. codes designed to limit the freedom of African Americans
  3. A black woman who helped slaves escape throughout the underground railroad.
  4. The south states that were fight for pro slavery.
  5. someone who supports the federal government
  6. a person freed from slavery
  7. individual rights held by states not held by the federal government

14 Clues: a person freed from slavery • free from outside governing • a supreme ruler, especially a monarch. • the military leader of the Confederacy • the 16th president of the United States • someone who supports the federal government • focus on the interests of someones religion. • A battle that happened in the town of gettysburg • ...

Where am I? 2022-04-01

Where am I? crossword puzzle
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  1. its “location” may be independent of a brain or a body’s physical location
  2. a long time ago, much much earlier
  3. improvised, without preparation (an idiom and, here, a pun)
  4. bother or persistently remind someone
  5. a struggle involving a dilemma; a quandary
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  1. a practical law that is nevertheless somewhat flexible (an idiom, here a pun)
  2. from the Latin “to show”, here to indicate or locate
  3. carefree and lively
  4. naming a particular concrete instance of a class
  5. mental states or events in which a proposition seems true
  6. to be caught up in one’s meditations (an idiom, here, a pun)
  7. a person who believes that mental states can be directly correlated to physiological processes and states
  8. reliable, unshakable
  9. nearly or practically

14 Clues: carefree and lively • reliable, unshakable • nearly or practically • a long time ago, much much earlier • bother or persistently remind someone • a struggle involving a dilemma; a quandary • naming a particular concrete instance of a class • from the Latin “to show”, here to indicate or locate • mental states or events in which a proposition seems true • ...

Postwar United States Era 2024-05-16

Postwar United States Era crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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 (1947-1960s) - 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 • ...

Loving v. Virginia 2022-05-03

Loving v. Virginia crossword puzzle
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  1. between different races
  2. apply to have your case seen by a higher court
  3. the people involved in the case who were not allowed to be married
  4. the belief that white people constitute a superior race
  5. unjust treatment of different categories of people
  6. document that guarantees equal protection and citizenship for people born in the United States
  7. categorization of humans based on shared physical and social qualities
  8. guarantees of equal social opportunities and protection under the law
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  1. descendants of Africans who are from the United States
  2. to not allow something
  3. not in accordance with the U.S. Constitution
  4. the highest level of court in the United States
  5. the state that the case occurred in
  6. union of two people

14 Clues: union of two people • to not allow something • between different races • the state that the case occurred in • not in accordance with the U.S. Constitution • apply to have your case seen by a higher court • the highest level of court in the United States • unjust treatment of different categories of people • descendants of Africans who are from the United States • ...

Florida 1650s-1877 2023-05-18

Florida 1650s-1877 crossword puzzle
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  1. used ships and the ocean to steal from others
  2. Southerner who rooted for Northern states
  3. Native American Indian chief that refused to leave Florida
  4. railroad station where the largest battle fought in Florida during the Civil War happened
  5. general sent to deal with the Seminole conflict
  6. capital of Florida
  7. Seminole leader who went to Washington, D.C., refused to move the Seminole people
  8. Northerner that moved South to do business
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  1. means being set free from something
  2. first civilian governor of Florida
  3. number of amendment that stated everyone in the United States was a citizen
  4. hired by a country to attack and steal from ships
  5. military governor of Florida in 1821
  6. wanted Florida to enter the United States as a single state
  7. to officially leave a group

15 Clues: capital of Florida • to officially leave a group • first civilian governor of Florida • means being set free from something • military governor of Florida in 1821 • Southerner who rooted for Northern states • Northerner that moved South to do business • used ships and the ocean to steal from others • general sent to deal with the Seminole conflict • ...

Week 12 2017-11-07

Week 12 crossword puzzle
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  1. According to Wendt, both he and John Mearshimer agree that the logic behind explanations for why states engage in war or peace has two elements: structure and ___.
  2. The international system is said to have no sovereign government to manage it. This condition of ___ forces states to worry about both relative and absolute gains sought by other states.
  3. BONUS QUESTION According to Wendt (the second reading), social structures have three elements: ____ knowledge, material resources, and practices.
  4. ___ was the dominant theoretical tradition between the 1940s and the late 1980s. It depicts international affairs as a struggle for power among self-interested states.
  5. One of the strains of contemporary liberal theory suggests that ____ (plural) are important. Although nothing can compel states to cooperate, such ___ can facilitate cooperation between states when it is in their interests to do so.
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  1. One article assigned this week argued that the defining question about global order for this generation is whether China and the United States can escape Thucydides’s ____.
  2. ___ theorists tend to focus on the impact of ideas. They regard interests and identities of states as malleable products of specific historical processes.
  3. Steven Walt (the first reading) argued that, regarding ideas about international affairs, everyone uses t___ [include the initial ‘t’ – the word is plural] whether she knows it or not, and that disagreements about policy usually rest on more fundamental disagreements about the basic forces that shape international outcomes.
  4. Democratic ___ theory, liberal scholars argue, explains why democracies rarely fight each other, in part because of norms of compromise.
  5. Alexander Wendt (the second reading) argues that what makes the two theories he discusses really different is that his theory think structures are made of ____ relationships.
  6. According to Walt (the first reading), the main alternative to mainstream theories was ___ism (leave off the ism), which later spawned dependency theory.

11 Clues: Democratic ___ theory, liberal scholars argue, explains why democracies rarely fight each other, in part because of norms of compromise. • BONUS QUESTION According to Wendt (the second reading), social structures have three elements: ____ knowledge, material resources, and practices. • ...

INTERNATIONAL LAW PRE-TEST 2021-09-14

INTERNATIONAL LAW PRE-TEST crossword puzzle
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  1. implementation of opinio juris
  2. International agreement between States
  3. presumption that parties' conduct has good intention
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  1. relation between 2 states
  2. relation between multiple states
  3. biggest international moot court competition in the world
  4. main judicial organ of UN
  5. written or unwritten international obligations established by international practices
  6. non-derogable principles of international law
  7. state's sense of legal obligation, part of customary international law

10 Clues: relation between 2 states • main judicial organ of UN • implementation of opinio juris • relation between multiple states • International agreement between States • non-derogable principles of international law • presumption that parties' conduct has good intention • biggest international moot court competition in the world • ...

Civil War Vocabulary 2018-09-30

Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Properties of white people
  2. One of the strategies of the South
  3. The North
  4. States that own slaves but are not the South
  5. Separate from the original country
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  1. Issued by Lincoln to free slaves in some states
  2. participate by all citizens
  3. One of the Strategies of the North
  4. Period before the war
  5. The South

10 Clues: The South • The North • Period before the war • Properties of white people • participate by all citizens • One of the Strategies of the North • One of the strategies of the South • Separate from the original country • States that own slaves but are not the South • Issued by Lincoln to free slaves in some states

USA B 2023-12-06

USA B crossword puzzle
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  1. Musical genre with roots in the USA
  2. Popular American pastime
  3. Fundamental law of the United States
  4. Longest river in the United States
  5. Monument featuring carved presidential faces
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  1. Holiday with turkey and gratitude
  2. National bird of the United States
  3. U.S. space agency
  4. First national park in the world located in the USA
  5. State known for Mardi Gras and jazz

10 Clues: U.S. space agency • Popular American pastime • Holiday with turkey and gratitude • National bird of the United States • Longest river in the United States • Musical genre with roots in the USA • State known for Mardi Gras and jazz • Fundamental law of the United States • Monument featuring carved presidential faces • First national park in the world located in the USA

chapter 16 study guide 2023-01-27

chapter 16 study guide crossword puzzle
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  1. former president who served confederate states
  2. A white abolitionist who raided a arsenal
  3. American Politician and abolitionist
  4. A slave who led a slave revolution
  5. Enslaved man who fought for freedom in court
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  1. states that didn't secede but where still slave states
  2. the out ruling of slavery
  3. leaving a group or country
  4. joining or being joined
  5. A politician from the democratic party

10 Clues: joining or being joined • the out ruling of slavery • leaving a group or country • A slave who led a slave revolution • American Politician and abolitionist • A politician from the democratic party • A white abolitionist who raided a arsenal • Enslaved man who fought for freedom in court • former president who served confederate states • ...

. 2026-01-16

. crossword puzzle
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  1. Associated with the Trail of Tears
  2. President during the Cuban Missile Crisis
  3. First President of the United States
  4. Issued the Emancipation Proclamation
  5. 40th President of the United States
  6. Second President of the United States
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  1. President during the Great Depression and WWII
  2. Main author of the Declaration of Independence
  3. President who resigned due to the Watergate scandal
  4. First African American President

10 Clues: First African American President • Associated with the Trail of Tears • 40th President of the United States • First President of the United States • Issued the Emancipation Proclamation • Second President of the United States • President during the Cuban Missile Crisis • President during the Great Depression and WWII • Main author of the Declaration of Independence • ...

Ryan Nolan's Crossword 2022-02-11

Ryan Nolan's Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Tuesday, October 29, 1929. the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed
  2. hoover, an American politician and engineer who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933
  3. a decrease in the purchasing power of money, reflected in a increase in the prices of goods and services
  4. linbergh, was an American aviator who made the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris on May 20–21, 1927
  5. plan, a plan in 1924 that successfully resolved the issue of World War I reparations that Germany had to pay.
  6. nation, a nation whose investments abroad exceed in value the investments made in it by foreign countries
  7. raids, a series of raids conducted in November 1919 and January 1920 by the to capture and arrest suspected socialists, mostly Italian immigrants and Eastern European immigrants and especially anarchists and communists, and deport them from the United States
  8. station, a facility that sells fuel and engine lubricants for motor vehicles
  9. revolution, prosperity of the 1920s led to new patterns of consumption, or purchasing consumer
  10. mellon, served as secretary of the Treasury from March 4, 1921, to February 12, 1932
  11. system, legislation in 1921 limiting by nationality the number of immigrants who may enter the U.S. each year.
  12. flu virus was originally a bird flu and mutated to humans
  13. depression, the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939
  14. amendment, an amendment of the United States Constitution established the prohibition of alcohol in the United States
  15. act, enacted to carry out the intent of the 18th Amendment
  16. dome scandal, a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923 and oil leases
  17. Economic problems should be solved at the state and local levels.
  18. system, the first national road numbering system for cross-country travel
  19. a common term for shacktowns and homeless encampments during the Great Depression
  20. line, a manufacturing process in which parts are added as the semi-finished assembly moves from workstation to workstation where the parts are added in sequence until the final assembly is produced
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  1. a person who makes or sells alcoholic liquor illegally
  2. buying, a system for paying for goods by installments
  3. in 1920’s conservative Evangelical Protestants who supported that the Bible is the inerrant word of God
  4. g harding, served as the 29th president of the United States from 1921 until his death in 1923
  5. scare, the promotion of a widespread fear of a potential rise of communism, anarchism or other leftist ideologies by a society or state
  6. bowl, the drought-stricken Southern Plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a dry period in the 1930s
  7. Klux klan, an American white supremacist hate group whose primary targets are African Americans, Jews, Latinos, Asian Americans, Catholics, Native Americans
  8. brand pact, a 1928 international agreement on peace in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve disputes or conflicts
  9. naval disarmament, a conference to discuss naval disarmament and ways to relieve growing tensions in East Asia
  10. market, a period of time in financial markets when the price of an asset or security rises continuously
  11. the act or practice of forbidding something by law; the banning of the manufacture, storage, transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic beverages
  12. t, an automobile that was produced by Ford Motor Company and is generally regarded as the first affordable automobile
  13. management, uses scientific methods to analyze the most efficient production process in order to increase productivity.
  14. Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929
  15. Armstrong, an American trumpeter and vocalist. He is among the most influential figures in jazz
  16. ruth, George Herman Ruth was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935
  17. long, an American politician and a United States Senator and a vocal critic of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal,.
  18. ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company, and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production
  19. farmer, one who resides on land owned by a landlord and farms the land
  20. production, the production of substantial amounts of standardized products in a constant flow, including and especially on assembly lines
  21. army, 43,000 demonstrators who gathered in Washington, D.C. in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service bonus certificates

41 Clues: buying, a system for paying for goods by installments • a person who makes or sells alcoholic liquor illegally • flu virus was originally a bird flu and mutated to humans • act, enacted to carry out the intent of the 18th Amendment • Economic problems should be solved at the state and local levels. • ...

REVIEW 2025-12-17

REVIEW crossword puzzle
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  1. President Andrew Jackson used the ____________________ system to reward supporters with United States government jobs.
  2. The principle of ___________________ sovereignty was an important part of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
  3. During the late 1800s, most __________ voters in the South solidly supported the Democratic Party primarily because Democrats disliked the Reconstruction programs of the Republicans.
  4. Harriet Beecher Stow wrote ____________________.
  5. ____________________ benefited most directly from the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford.
  6. The Compromise of 1850 was an attempt to resolve the issue of ____________________ in the territories US acquired from Mexico.
  7. The constitutional principle of ____________________ to break away from the Union was the main focus of the North–South conflicts that led to the Civil War.
  8. Implementation of the __________ Codes was an attempt by southern state governments after the Civil War to limit the rights of African Americans?
  9. A goal that was established at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was achieved in 1920 by the adoption of national woman’s ___________________.
  10. After the Civil War, a significant cause of the conflict between President Andrew __________ and the Radical Republicans in Congress was disagreement over the plans for restoring Southern states to the Union.
  11. President ____________________ believed that secession is unlawful and treasonous. Everything possible must be done to preserve the Union.
  12. Election of Abraham Lincoln as president led directly to the ____________________ of several Southern states from the Union.
  13. Violent Abolitionist, ____________________ ,was executed for his attack on Harper's Ferry.
  14. One reason the decision in ____________________ v. Sanford (1857) was so controversial is that it ruled that Congress had no power to limit slavery in the territories.
  15. Defenders of popular ____________________ believed that the right way to settle the question of slavery in the territories is to let the people who live there determine if their state is to be slave or free.
  16. The United States government is creating memorials along the ____________________ because it was the location of injustices against many Native American Indians.
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  1. President ____________________ expanded presidential powers by replacing many government workers with his supporters, vetoing the extention of US Bank, and refusing to enforce Worcester v. Georgia decision.
  2. who opposed slavery.
  3. The constitutional controversy that led directly to the start of the ____________________ concerned the right of states to secede from the Union.
  4. In the 1840s, President James K. Polk’s belief in Manifest Destiny led to a war with ____________________.
  5. The practice of slavery was officially ended in the United States with passage of the __________ Amendment.
  6. The common goal of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution was to grant basic ___________ to formerly enslaved persons.
  7. In his First Inaugural Address, President Lincoln tried to convince ____________________ that he posed no threat to their way of life.
  8. In the 1830s, President Andrew Jackson supported the Indian removal policy because white settlers desired the land on which ____________________ lived.
  9. Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and Kansas-Nebraska Act contributed to the rise of ____________________ in the United States.
  10. During the 1840s, supporters of ____________________ favored acquiring Texas and California.
  11. As a result of the ____________________ Compromise (1820) the balance between free and slave states was maintained.
  12. _____________________ Proclamation freed the slaves in the Confederate States and prompted many freedmen to enlist in the U.S. army.
  13. As the Civil War began the North had greater military and ____________________ strength than the South.
  14. ____________________ was issued primarily to prevent European nations from future colonization in Latin America.
  15. At the start of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln stated that the major reason for fighting the war was to uphold the Constitution by preserving the __________.
  16. ____________________ Convention supported the movement for women’s rights.
  17. Desire for full control of the port of ____________________ on the Mississippi River had the greatest influence on President Thomas Jefferson’s decision to purchase the Louisiana Territory in 1803.
  18. … The whole military force of the State is at the service of a Mr. Suttle, a slaveholder from Virginia, to enable him to catch a man whom he calls his property; but not a soldier is offered to save a citizen of Massachusetts from being kidnapped! The author of this statement is expressing dissatisfaction with the __________ -slave law, a provision included in the Compromise of 1850.
  19. One major result of the __________’s victory in the Civil War was that the supremacy of the national government was upheld?

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

The Cold War 2023-03-13

The Cold War crossword puzzle
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  1. a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, lasting from the end of World War II in 1945 until the early 1990s.
  2. a couple who were executed in 1953 after being convicted of espionage for passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
  3. a military alliance formed in 1949 by the United States and several European countries to counter the perceived threat from the Soviet Union.
  4. 33rd President of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. He is known for his foreign policy initiatives, including the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, which were aimed at containing the spread of communism.
  5. a period of intense anti-communist sentiment in the United States during the Cold War.
  6. an international organization founded in 1945 to promote peace, security, and cooperation among member countries.
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  1. conflict fought between 1950 and 1953 between North Korea, which was backed by China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea, which was backed by the United States and its allies.
  2. a term coined by Winston Churchill to describe the division between communist and non-communist countries in Europe during the Cold War.
  3. a mission conducted by the United States and its allies in 1948 and 1949 to supply food and other necessities to the citizens of West Berlin after the Soviet Union blockaded the city.
  4. US senator who became famous for his pursuit of suspected communists during the Cold War. He led a period of intense anti-communist sentiment in the US known as the Red Scare.
  5. the latitude line that separates North and South Korea.
  6. a baseball player who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
  7. 34th President of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961. He was a prominent military leader during World War II and is known for his role in founding NATO.
  8. an American general who played a prominent role in World War II and the Korean War. He was later dismissed by President Truman during the Korean War for insubordination.
  9. a US aid program launched in 1948 to help rebuild Western Europe after World War II and to prevent the spread of communism.

15 Clues: the latitude line that separates North and South Korea. • a period of intense anti-communist sentiment in the United States during the Cold War. • an international organization founded in 1945 to promote peace, security, and cooperation among member countries. • ...

Required Court Cases 2022-04-14

Required Court Cases crossword puzzle
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  1. Told the state that they needed other districts where minorities were in the majority to comply with the VRA
  2. According to the constitution, the federal government shares powers with the states, however, this case argued that congress passed a law that was not within its power of regulating interstate commerce
  3. found that the right of an individual to "keep and bear arms", as protected under the Second Amendment, is incorporated by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and is thereby enforceable against the states.
  4. both members of the old order Amish religion, and Adin Yutzy, a member of the conservative Amish Mennonite church, were prosecuted under a Wisconsin law that required all children to attend public schools until age 16.
  5. concerning the relationship between campaign finance and free speech.
  6. was told not to deliver the letters due to the appointees being from the opposite party.
  7. Students thought to protest opposing the Vietnam war.
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  1. racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional
  2. a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States on the First Amendment right of Freedom of the Press.
  3. A school board organized prayer for students at the beginning of each day
  4. the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States protects a pregnant woman's liberty to choose to have an abortion without excessive government restriction.
  5. ruled that the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution requires U.S. states to provide attorneys to criminal defendants who are unable to afford their own
  6. Before this case, districts were mainly organized by geography rather than population
  7. concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917 during World War I.
  8. The impact that this case had on the United States was great because it shows people like Alexander Hamilton that the Constitution is not to be perceived but to read how it is written. It also shows the limit that the government truly has on the people, proving that it is not overpowering but fully in effect.

15 Clues: Students thought to protest opposing the Vietnam war. • racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional • concerning the relationship between campaign finance and free speech. • concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917 during World War I. • A school board organized prayer for students at the beginning of each day • ...

Chapter 11: The Great Depression and the New Deal 2022-04-26

Chapter 11: The Great Depression and the New Deal crossword puzzle
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  1. The name of Franklin D. Roosevelt's radio talks about issues of public concern
  2. An American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.
  3. When all banks in the United States closed until government audits declared them solvent
  4. System by which workers and employers in the U.S. have to pay money to the government, which gives money to people who are retired, who have a disability, or who cannot work.
  5. A legislative initiative proposed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to add more justices to the U.S
  6. The shantytowns that sprang up on the out-skirts of cities
  7. A period of time in financial markets when the price of an asset or security rises continuously.
  8. A period of rapid economic expansion resulting in higher GDP, lower unemployment, a higher inflation rate and rising asset prices.
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  1. A severe worldwide economic depression between 1929 to 1939 that began after a major fall in stock prices in the United States.
  2. A major American stock market crash that occurred in the autumn of 1929.
  3. The name given to the drought-stricken Southern Plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a dry period in the 1930s.
  4. Series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1939.
  5. People invest in the stock market like crazy, buying shares, hoping that the value of the company would increase and sell it off at a higher price and make a profit. Stock shares rise, and that increases speculation
  6. A strike during which workers occupy their place of employment and refuse to work or allow others to work until the strike is settled.
  7. American politician and engineer who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 and a member of the Republican Party, holding office during the onset of the Great Depression.

15 Clues: The shantytowns that sprang up on the out-skirts of cities • A major American stock market crash that occurred in the autumn of 1929. • The name of Franklin D. Roosevelt's radio talks about issues of public concern • When all banks in the United States closed until government audits declared them solvent • ...

Chapter 4 Crossword Part 2 2013-11-19

Chapter 4 Crossword Part 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. the legal process of returning a fugitive to a State
  2. an agreement made between two States or between a State and a foreign government, legal means by which States may cooperate in the delivery of public services (conservation of water, oil, wildlife; motor vehicle safety; cooperative use of public universities)
  3. a grant made to States, local governments, or private agencies that apply for funds to carry out a project or provide training
  4. the clause of the Constitution that says that each State will respect the laws, records, and court decisions of other States, States must respect the validity of public acts (laws), records, and judicial (court) proceedings
  5. an act directing the people of a U.S. territory to frame a proposed State constitution
  6. Top: National Government Middle: State Government Bottom: Local Government
  7. what the Constitution calls internal disorder (rioting, rebellion, ravages of nature)
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  1. an act creating a new State
  2. the clause in the Constitution that says that no State can make unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who live in another State, allows citizens of one State to sue in the courts of another State
  3. grants of federal money or other resources to the States and their cities, counties, and other local government units
  4. a grant made for a specific, well-defined purpose
  5. a grant given for a broadly defined purpose (and fewer "strings" attached)

12 Clues: an act creating a new State • a grant made for a specific, well-defined purpose • the legal process of returning a fugitive to a State • a grant given for a broadly defined purpose (and fewer "strings" attached) • Top: National Government Middle: State Government Bottom: Local Government • ...

Chapter 2: Growing Division and Reform 2021-09-30

Chapter 2: Growing Division and Reform crossword puzzle
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  1. the immediate end of a system,practice or institution
  2. the forced relocation of approximately 100,000 Native Americans in the 1830s
  3. to withdrawl
  4. 1st president of the United States.
  5. moderation in the consumption of alcoholic beverages
  6. A term used when people were given jobs based on political parties.
  7. A close Meeting to choose the next candidate.
  8. The leader of the women's civil rights movement
  9. To make something false or to get rid of
  10. liberation or freeing of enslaved people
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  1. religious leaders organized to revive americans’ commitment to religion.
  2. A settlement of a dispute between slave and free states.
  3. an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman that also escaped slavery.
  4. a member of the British reforming and constitutional party that sought the supremacy of Parliament
  5. located in New york that is a historical area
  6. seventh vice president of the United States and also an american theorist

16 Clues: to withdrawl • 1st president of the United States. • To make something false or to get rid of • liberation or freeing of enslaved people • located in New york that is a historical area • A close Meeting to choose the next candidate. • The leader of the women's civil rights movement • moderation in the consumption of alcoholic beverages • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2021-02-09

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. After escaping slavery, became an abolitionist.
  2. Wrote the "I have a dream" speech.
  3. Helped other slaves escape with the underground railroad
  4. Arguably the greatest women's tennis player of all time.
  5. First African American to work for the US Postal Service.
  6. Refused to move from her seat on the bus.
  7. Famous African American author that wrote "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."
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  1. American poet during the Harlem Renaissance
  2. First African American to play on a Major Leauge Baseball Team.
  3. First African American Vice President in the United States.
  4. First African American President in the United States.
  5. First African American to desegregate an all white school in Louisiana.
  6. Wrote an autobiography that was pubished in 1860.
  7. Worked to desegregate schools after the ruling of Brown v. Board.
  8. The "father of modern Chicago blues."
  9. Founded the first fully African American Christan domination in the United States.

16 Clues: Wrote the "I have a dream" speech. • The "father of modern Chicago blues." • Refused to move from her seat on the bus. • American poet during the Harlem Renaissance • After escaping slavery, became an abolitionist. • Wrote an autobiography that was pubished in 1860. • First African American President in the United States. • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-05-23

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The bloodiest battle in U.S. history, over 22000 dead.
  2. The number of border states.
  3. The states that stayed loyal to the federal government.
  4. The states that succeeded from the federal government.
  5. The President of the Union during the Civil War.
  6. The battle that the Union Troops won and cut off the south's supplies through the Mississippi River.
  7. The most famous battle in Pennsylvania.
  8. How President Lincoln killed by John W. Boothe.
  9. A proclamation that Abraham Lincoln signed to abolish slavery.
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  1. The fort that the south attacked, and started the Civil War.
  2. The state Abraham Lincoln was born in.
  3. Union's lead general in 1862.
  4. The significant inscription on William Johnson's tombstone.
  5. North used it to communicate with each other and used it as an advantage against the south.
  6. Union's lead general in 1864.
  7. The cause the north and south were fighting for and started the Civil War.

16 Clues: The number of border states. • Union's lead general in 1862. • Union's lead general in 1864. • The state Abraham Lincoln was born in. • The most famous battle in Pennsylvania. • How President Lincoln killed by John W. Boothe. • The President of the Union during the Civil War. • The bloodiest battle in U.S. history, over 22000 dead. • ...

Chapter 2 Test 2023-03-27

Chapter 2 Test crossword puzzle
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  1. who served as the chairman of the committee of the whole at the philadelphia convention
  2. offered the CT compromise
  3. john adams, ben franklin, thomas jefferson,robert livingston, roger sherman
  4. author of declaration of independence
  5. convention where the goal was to fix national gov., but only 12 reps from 5 states showed up
  6. what was the 10th federalist paper about?
  7. americans who supported the constitution
  8. person who came up with the VA plan
  9. what convention was to revise the Articles of confederation
  10. no national court system, cant draft soldiers, cant collect taxes, no cheif executive, no national currency
  11. What town in Massachusetts did shays rebellion happen in?
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  1. congress could declare war, make peace, sign treaties, establish a post office, NORTHWEST ORDINANCE!!
  2. 9/13 states must agree
  3. preamble, declaration of rights, list of grievences, statement of independence
  4. patrick henry, george mason
  5. 13/13 states must agree

16 Clues: 9/13 states must agree • 13/13 states must agree • offered the CT compromise • patrick henry, george mason • person who came up with the VA plan • author of declaration of independence • americans who supported the constitution • what was the 10th federalist paper about? • What town in Massachusetts did shays rebellion happen in? • ...

Civil War Crossword 2024-12-18

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The Confederates capital city
  2. The naval strategy that the North used against the South
  3. The period after the Civil War focused on rebuilding the nation and the South
  4. The name of the government formed by the Southern states
  5. A agricultural system after Civil War that resembled slavery
  6. The South's main export that fueled its economy
  7. The battle that marked the turning point in the war
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  1. The color of the Confederate Armies uniforms
  2. The process of freeing enslaved people(---- Proclamation)
  3. The name of the Northern states government during the Civil War
  4. The color of the Union's armies uniforms
  5. The Union military general who became president after the war
  6. The economic advantage that the North had over the South
  7. the term for a force of soldiers on horseback
  8. People who advocate for the end of slavery
  9. The act that the Southern states carried out in order to leave the Union

16 Clues: The Confederates capital city • The color of the Union's armies uniforms • People who advocate for the end of slavery • The color of the Confederate Armies uniforms • the term for a force of soldiers on horseback • The South's main export that fueled its economy • The battle that marked the turning point in the war • ...

Group 2 Unit 5 Week 3 2023-02-28

Group 2 Unit 5 Week 3 crossword puzzle
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  1. the opposite of above
  2. all
  3. not moving
  4. something is your possession
  5. things that we eat
  6. close to
  7. to remember new facts
  8. the opposite of subtract
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  1. placed in the middle of two things or places
  2. the United States of " "
  3. the opposite of low
  4. living things that are green (trees, shrubs, grasses)
  5. when something seems likely, also rhymes with wood
  6. Earth
  7. the United States is a " " on North America

15 Clues: all • Earth • close to • not moving • things that we eat • the opposite of low • the opposite of above • to remember new facts • the opposite of subtract • the United States of " " • something is your possession • placed in the middle of two things or places • the United States is a " " on North America • when something seems likely, also rhymes with wood • ...

US Government 2024-12-16

US Government crossword puzzle
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  1. oldest vice president
  2. the most senior member of the cabinet
  3. the leader of the United States
  4. second leader of United States
  5. Where the president lives
  6. where the Vice President
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  1. Secretary of defense under Biden
  2. first Vice President
  3. This group must approve cabinet members
  4. How many cabinet members there are
  5. current vice president
  6. the first president
  7. it's what the cabinet does for the president
  8. president's office
  9. current president

15 Clues: current president • president's office • the first president • first Vice President • oldest vice president • current vice president • where the Vice President • Where the president lives • second leader of United States • the leader of the United States • Secretary of defense under Biden • How many cabinet members there are • the most senior member of the cabinet • ...

Manifest Destiny 2022-03-04

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

17 Clues: To give up • Withdraw from the Union • Loyalty to local interests • Add to an existing country or area • Took part in the California Gold Rush • War between Mexico and the United States • Person migrating from one place to another • Treaty that ended the Mexican American War • Person migrating from one place to another • ...

Chapter 2 Test 2023-03-27

Chapter 2 Test crossword puzzle
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  1. who served as the chairman of the committee of the whole at the philadelphia convention
  2. offered the CT compromise
  3. john adams, ben franklin, thomas jefferson,robert livingston, roger sherman
  4. author of declaration of independence
  5. convention where the goal was to fix national gov., but only 12 reps from 5 states showed up
  6. what was the 10th federalist paper about?
  7. americans who supported the constitution
  8. person who came up with the VA plan
  9. what convention was to revise the Articles of confederation
  10. no national court system, cant draft soldiers, cant collect taxes, no cheif executive, no national currency
  11. What town in Massachusetts did shays rebellion happen in?
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  1. congress could declare war, make peace, sign treaties, establish a post office, NORTHWEST ORDINANCE!!
  2. 9/13 states must agree
  3. preamble, declaration of rights, list of grievences, statement of independence
  4. patrick henry, george mason
  5. 13/13 states must agree

16 Clues: 9/13 states must agree • 13/13 states must agree • offered the CT compromise • patrick henry, george mason • person who came up with the VA plan • author of declaration of independence • americans who supported the constitution • what was the 10th federalist paper about? • What town in Massachusetts did shays rebellion happen in? • ...

CIVIL WAR (1861-1865) 2023-05-01

CIVIL WAR (1861-1865) crossword puzzle
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  1. nickname of North Carolina
  2. destroying not only the army but the fields/factories that fed/clothed/armed Confederate soldiers
  3. capital of the Confederacy
  4. overall Union commander, became a US president
  5. overall Confederate commander, superior military officer
  6. Governor of North Carolina, provided more supplies and soldiers than any other state of the Confederacy
  7. assassinated the 16th President of the United States
  8. another name for the draft
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  1. Union victory, single bloodiest one day battle of the Civil War, over 25,000 casualties
  2. started the American Red Cross, Civil War nurse
  3. President of the United States, issued the Emancipation Proclamation
  4. had 80% of the factories and mills, very beneficial to the war effort
  5. the location where the Civil War started\
  6. President of the Confederate States of America
  7. Union victory, Lee tried to invade the North here, over 50,000 casualties
  8. the plan which the North wanted to blockade southern ports

16 Clues: nickname of North Carolina • capital of the Confederacy • another name for the draft • the location where the Civil War started\ • President of the Confederate States of America • overall Union commander, became a US president • started the American Red Cross, Civil War nurse • assassinated the 16th President of the United States • ...

Kamila's Texas History Crossword 2021-05-03

Kamila's Texas History Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A tax on imported goods
  2. People use their power by choosing representatives
  3. An action that citizens should perform to help their country
  4. People aligning themselves more with the region of the country they live in rather than the nation as a whole
  5. To stop separating groups of people by race, religion, or ethnicity
  6. An action that citizens are required to perform
  7. Texan Cowboys
  8. First European to map the coast of texas
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  1. Non- violent disobeying of laws
  2. Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race
  3. Power is divided between national and state government
  4. The Northern States during the Civil War
  5. Southern states that had left the United States during the Civil War
  6. The right to vote
  7. Number one Cash Crop in the South
  8. To leave or withdraw from a place

16 Clues: Texan Cowboys • The right to vote • A tax on imported goods • Non- violent disobeying of laws • Number one Cash Crop in the South • To leave or withdraw from a place • The Northern States during the Civil War • First European to map the coast of texas • An action that citizens are required to perform • People use their power by choosing representatives • ...

World War 2 Vocabulary Crossword. 2023-05-15

World War 2 Vocabulary Crossword. crossword puzzle
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  1. Second use of the Atomic Bomb.
  2. Major land battle in the Pacific.
  3. Act passed to lend weapons, ammo and equipment to allies.
  4. Name of the first American Nuclear Program.
  5. Gardens created to grow fruits and vegetables to conserve resources.
  6. Making concessions to avoid conflict.
  7. Last major German counter offensive
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  1. Acts passed in the United States to avoid conflict.
  2. First use of the Atomic Bomb.
  3. Supreme Court case that challenged the detention of Asian American citizens.
  4. United States naval base that was attacked on December 7th, 1941.
  5. First peace time conscription in the United States.
  6. Trials that charged war criminals and people who committed crimes against humanity.
  7. Major naval battle in the Pacific; widely thought to be the turning point in the war.
  8. American strategy to take back islands from the Japanese.
  9. Allied invasion of France.

16 Clues: Allied invasion of France. • First use of the Atomic Bomb. • Second use of the Atomic Bomb. • Major land battle in the Pacific. • Last major German counter offensive • Making concessions to avoid conflict. • Name of the first American Nuclear Program. • Acts passed in the United States to avoid conflict. • First peace time conscription in the United States. • ...

Chapter 3 Vocab 2024-12-11

Chapter 3 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. A state in which atoms are free moving with a defined volume
  2. Change from a liquid to a gas
  3. Gas changing into a liquid
  4. The resistance of flow in a gas or liquid
  5. Volume is directly proportionate to the temperature
  6. As volume increases, temperature increases, and vice versa
  7. When a solid turns directly into a gas
  8. The amount of force exerted on an object
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  1. The upward force exerted onto an object in a liquid
  2. Ionized Gas
  3. The law that states fluid in a container exerts force in all directions
  4. The total capacity for movement or change
  5. The law that states at a fixed temperature, if a gas's volume goes up it's pressure increases.
  6. Kinetic capacity of a substance's atoms
  7. The law that states forces exerted upwards in a liquid is based on the amount of weight of liquid displaced
  8. The SI unit of pressure

16 Clues: Ionized Gas • The SI unit of pressure • Gas changing into a liquid • Change from a liquid to a gas • When a solid turns directly into a gas • Kinetic capacity of a substance's atoms • The amount of force exerted on an object • The total capacity for movement or change • The resistance of flow in a gas or liquid • The upward force exerted onto an object in a liquid • ...

Unit 5: Civil War & Reconstruction 2022-04-29

Unit 5: Civil War & Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. Last name of President during Civil War
  2. Amendment that ended slavery in America
  3. Laws passed in the south that attempted to restrict the rights of newly freed African Americans
  4. Famous book that exposed the horrors of slavery
  5. Direction in which manifest destiny was achieved in 1800s America
  6. First name of Civil War President
  7. 1863 document signed that freed all slaves in confederate states
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  1. 15th amendment granted African American men the right to ________
  2. Southern states had slaves to work, northern states had ___________
  3. What people who fought against slavery were called
  4. Amendment that guaranteed equal protection under the law and birthright citizenship
  5. Southern economy during and before the Civil War was based on
  6. State that had armed conflicts prior to the Civil War over the question of slavery
  7. Famous abolitionist and conductor of the Underground Railroad
  8. Main cause of the Civil War
  9. Country that gave up land including California lost in war

16 Clues: Main cause of the Civil War • First name of Civil War President • Last name of President during Civil War • Amendment that ended slavery in America • Famous book that exposed the horrors of slavery • What people who fought against slavery were called • Country that gave up land including California lost in war • ...

Epistemology Review 2024-11-07

Epistemology Review crossword puzzle
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  1. knowledge that comes before (gained through reasoning)
  2. knowledge that comes after (gained through experience)
  3. type of empiricism which states that our experiences are reality.
  4. I think therefore I am
  5. we gain knowledge through experience/the senses
  6. blank slate
  7. our lively direct sensory experiences (Hume)
  8. we gain knowledge through reasoning
  9. type of quality that is measurable, qualities that are in the object itself
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  1. theory which states the world we experience is constructed by our mind
  2. the content of our knowledge is derived from sensory experience and its form (organization) comes from reason
  3. type of empiricism which states our experiences are not the same as reality
  4. the world outside our minds
  5. only my mind exists. Everything else is a creation of my mind.
  6. our less lively reflections/memories/thoughts about our impressions (Hume)
  7. type of quality that is caused in our mind by the object, but do not exist in reality, sensory

16 Clues: blank slate • I think therefore I am • the world outside our minds • we gain knowledge through reasoning • our lively direct sensory experiences (Hume) • we gain knowledge through experience/the senses • knowledge that comes before (gained through reasoning) • knowledge that comes after (gained through experience) • ...

Native American Heritage Month 2021-09-09

Native American Heritage Month crossword puzzle
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  1. tribe the Adena eventually became
  2. Cherokee’s main dish
  3. something the Hopewell made
  4. Haida tribe location
  5. what Iroquois fought in, in 1812
  6. Hopi’s god
  7. what Cheyenne teepees were made with
  8. known as the Nʉmʉnʉʉ, meaning "the people"
  9. Lakota region
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  1. the Apache used buffalo hides to make these
  2. packed on Tlingit homes to keep warm
  3. Aleutian house name
  4. Kwakiutl language
  5. original Creek states: Alabama, Georgia...
  6. where the British pushed the Algonquin
  7. what Pueblos lived in harmony with
  8. main god in the Pawnee religion
  9. 4 Navajo states: UT, NM, AR...

18 Clues: Hopi’s god • Lakota region • Kwakiutl language • Aleutian house name • Cherokee’s main dish • Haida tribe location • something the Hopewell made • 4 Navajo states: UT, NM, AR... • main god in the Pawnee religion • what Iroquois fought in, in 1812 • tribe the Adena eventually became • what Pueblos lived in harmony with • packed on Tlingit homes to keep warm • ...

Regional Integration 2019-01-10

Regional Integration crossword puzzle
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  1. / ensuring domestic industries protected from competition
  2. / tax on imported goods
  3. / controls the money supply
  4. / removing barriers among member states
  5. / countries with lower standard of living
  6. / businesses in other countries
  7. / agreement among many
  8. / trade unification between different states
  9. / countries with high standard of living
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  1. / expenses by government
  2. / reduces limitations on trade
  3. / increased regional identity
  4. / agreement between two
  5. / movement of people due to economic integration
  6. / countries interested in improving trade
  7. / countries that lack developed natural resources
  8. / free movement of goods between members
  9. / state that stands on its own

18 Clues: / agreement among many • / tax on imported goods • / agreement between two • / expenses by government • / controls the money supply • / increased regional identity • / reduces limitations on trade • / state that stands on its own • / businesses in other countries • / removing barriers among member states • / free movement of goods between members • ...

Ximena Lozano 2022-02-24

Ximena Lozano crossword puzzle
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  1. 17th U.S President and first president to be impeached.
  2. Even though slavery was ilegal _____ slaves still were not treated equally.
  3. ____ stages that has an impeachment
  4. Two charged Johnson with ____ Congress.
  5. ____ votes against Johnson.
  6. A special tax that people had to pay before they could vote.
  7. Senate aproved add and remove
  8. A charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office.
  9. Forced separation of whites and African American in public places.
  10. It refers to the period of time following the Civil War of rebuilding the United States.
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  1. Laws that required segregation.
  2. Opposed civil rights,especially surffrage for African Americans.
  3. The ____ amendment made slavery ilegal throught tge United States.
  4. "TREASON,_____, OR OTHER HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS"
  5. In 1867,Congress passed the _____.
  6. Process and period ofReconstruction during which the Radical Republicans in the U.S. Congress seized control of Reconstruction from Pres.
  7. The ____ amendment granted citizenship to all people born and nationalized in the United States.
  8. An important Congressmen during Civil War.
  9. The____ amendment gave African American men throughout the U.S the right to vote.

19 Clues: ____ votes against Johnson. • Senate aproved add and remove • Laws that required segregation. • In 1867,Congress passed the _____. • ____ stages that has an impeachment • Two charged Johnson with ____ Congress. • An important Congressmen during Civil War. • "TREASON,_____, OR OTHER HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS" • 17th U.S President and first president to be impeached. • ...

Foundations of American Government 2012-12-12

Foundations of American Government crossword puzzle
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  1. to the Constitution
  2. the structure of the United States of America
  3. is not all powerful and may do only those things people have given it the power to do
  4. _____
  5. written form of government for the independent states; maintained that major powers resided with individual states
  6. a more perfect___
  7. _____
  8. of the Virginia Company of London/gave colonists the rights of Englishmen
  9. for religious freedom in Virgnia
  10. first ten amendments are called the ____
  11. are the source of any and all governmental power
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  1. process: -Proposal: action by General Assembly or convention - Ratification: by voters of Virginia
  2. domestic
  3. a democratic system of government, the people rule
  4. the King of Great Britain
  5. for the US Bill of Rights
  6. us free from Great Britain
  7. In a representative system of government people elect public officeholders to make laws and conduct government on their behalf
  8. government and those who govern are bound by the law
  9. many amendments does the constitution have currently?

20 Clues: _____ • _____ • domestic • a more perfect___ • to the Constitution • the King of Great Britain • for the US Bill of Rights • us free from Great Britain • for religious freedom in Virgnia • first ten amendments are called the ____ • the structure of the United States of America • are the source of any and all governmental power • a democratic system of government, the people rule • ...

Chapter 4 crossword 2022-10-11

Chapter 4 crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. occurs when each side in a dispute gives up something in order to reach a solution that both sides can accept
  2. last name of farmer who led a rebellion against the courthouse and to get freedom from debt
  3. the way the constitution determine the amount of representatives for each states
  4. territory with its own government
  5. the new body created by the articles
  6. delegates for each state that comes in pairs of two
  7. to have final authority
  8. house that would represent the people
  9. complete agreement by everyone (2words)
  10. assembly that created the basic rules for the US government (2 words
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  1. relations with other countries (2 words)
  2. a plan of basic rules for government
  3. a government created by a written constitution
  4. deny or refuse
  5. amounts of money owed to others
  6. an association- an organization of separate states that cooperate together
  7. second house that would represent the wisdom, wealth, and property of America
  8. the executive leader of the United States
  9. number of votes each state had in congress within the article of confederation

19 Clues: deny or refuse • to have final authority • amounts of money owed to others • territory with its own government • a plan of basic rules for government • the new body created by the articles • house that would represent the people • complete agreement by everyone (2words) • relations with other countries (2 words) • the executive leader of the United States • ...

Chapter 4 crossword 2022-10-11

Chapter 4 crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. occurs when each side in a dispute gives up something in order to reach a solution that both sides can accept
  2. last name of farmer who led a rebellion against the courthouse and to get freedom from debt
  3. the way the constitution determine the amount of representatives for each states
  4. territory with its own government
  5. the new body created by the articles
  6. delegates for each state that comes in pairs of two
  7. to have final authority
  8. house that would represent the people
  9. complete agreement by everyone (2words)
  10. assembly that created the basic rules for the US government (2 words
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  1. relations with other countries (2 words)
  2. a plan of basic rules for government
  3. a government created by a written constitution
  4. deny or refuse
  5. amounts of money owed to others
  6. an association- an organization of separate states that cooperate together
  7. second house that would represent the wisdom, wealth, and property of America
  8. the executive leader of the United States
  9. number of votes each state had in congress within the article of confederation

19 Clues: deny or refuse • to have final authority • amounts of money owed to others • territory with its own government • a plan of basic rules for government • the new body created by the articles • house that would represent the people • complete agreement by everyone (2words) • relations with other countries (2 words) • the executive leader of the United States • ...

State National Government 3 2019-12-10

State National Government 3 crossword puzzle
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  1. powers not written in the U.S. Constitution but are necessary and proper in order for the federal government to carry out the expressed powers
  2. the national level of government; the government of the United States
  3. the powers specifically given to the federal government, also known as delegated powers; they may not be used by state governments
  4. powers not listed in the U.S. Constitution but are necessary for the federal government to function
  5. the final amendment in the Bill of Rights, it states: ”The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
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  1. powers that are not granted to the federal government that belong to (are reserved for) the states and the people
  2. powers shared by the national, state, and/or local government
  3. the government of an individual state
  4. the governing body of a municipality or county
  5. a system of government in which power is divided and shared between national, state, and local government

10 Clues: the government of an individual state • the governing body of a municipality or county • powers shared by the national, state, and/or local government • the national level of government; the government of the United States • powers not listed in the U.S. Constitution but are necessary for the federal government to function • ...

Government Chpt 2 Review 2021-10-18

Government Chpt 2 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. First national government of the United States
  2. Farmer who protested high taxes
  3. A plan that favored smaller states, proposed by William Paterson
  4. A plan proposed by James Madison that favored large states
  5. To approve/adopt
  6. The opponents of the Constitution
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  1. Plan proposed by Roger Sherman that forced each side to give up some of what they wanted in the Constitution
  2. President of the Constitutional Convention
  3. The absence of this in the original Constitution troubled the Anti-Federalists
  4. This type of Colony had the most self-government.
  5. Signed by King John, this limited the English King's power
  6. Two-house legislature
  7. Alexander Hamilton was one
  8. This compromise reduced African slaves to something less than a person

14 Clues: To approve/adopt • Two-house legislature • Alexander Hamilton was one • Farmer who protested high taxes • The opponents of the Constitution • President of the Constitutional Convention • First national government of the United States • This type of Colony had the most self-government. • Signed by King John, this limited the English King's power • ...

Forming A New Government (Spelling Counts) 2021-11-21

Forming A New Government (Spelling Counts) crossword puzzle
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  1. rising of prices when money loses it's value
  2. trade between the states
  3. gave the states too much power and too little to the national government
  4. affected American trade by cutting off lower Miss.R.
  5. created the requirements for a territory to become a state
  6. protest by farmers over raised taxes
  7. Northwest Territory member that starts with the 23rd letter of the alphabet
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  1. wouldn't ratify the AOC until it was determined how the western land would be divided up
  2. states the powers of the national government
  3. taxes on goods
  4. divided up the western land
  5. low economic activity and high unemployment
  6. closed most trade ports to American ships
  7. first name of farmer who led protest in Massachusetts

14 Clues: taxes on goods • trade between the states • divided up the western land • protest by farmers over raised taxes • closed most trade ports to American ships • low economic activity and high unemployment • states the powers of the national government • rising of prices when money loses it's value • affected American trade by cutting off lower Miss.R. • ...

aac civil war crossword puzzle 2022-03-15

aac civil war crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A black woman who helped slaves escape throughout the underground railroad.
  2. codes designed to limit the freedom of African Americans
  3. a person freed from slavery
  4. individual rights held by states not held by the federal government
  5. free from outside governing
  6. the 16th president of the United States
  7. A battle that happened in the town of gettysburg
  8. someone who supports the federal government
  9. a fight in Kansas over whether it was to be a slave state or not
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  1. led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War
  2. The south states that were fight for pro slavery.
  3. a supreme ruler, especially a monarch.
  4. focus on the interests of someones religion.
  5. the military leader of the Confederacy

14 Clues: a person freed from slavery • free from outside governing • a supreme ruler, especially a monarch. • the military leader of the Confederacy • the 16th president of the United States • someone who supports the federal government • focus on the interests of someones religion. • A battle that happened in the town of gettysburg • ...

Mod02Top03 2022-09-01

Mod02Top03 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. those who supported Great Britain
  2. army fighting against Great Britain
  3. the war where the colonies won their freedom from Great Britain
  4. United States ally in Revolutionary War
  5. those who supported the colonies
  6. first successful battle for the continental army
  7. those who were promised freedom in exchange for fighting in the war
  8. the place where Great Britain, the United States, Spain, and France met to discuss peace
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  1. an area in the United States under Great Britain's control
  2. commander of the continental army and the first president
  3. final battle of the revolutionary way where the british lost
  4. the general who surrendered at Yorktown
  5. big reason why the continental army won
  6. the battle that made the British change their war strategy

14 Clues: those who supported the colonies • those who supported Great Britain • army fighting against Great Britain • United States ally in Revolutionary War • the general who surrendered at Yorktown • big reason why the continental army won • first successful battle for the continental army • commander of the continental army and the first president • ...

Establishing a NewGovernment 2025-10-03

Establishing a NewGovernment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Compromise giving each state two Senators.
  2. Opponents of the Constitution, feared strong central government
  3. Papers written to persuade states to support the Constitution (plural).
  4. The “league of friendship” among the states (full name, one word)
  5. The first written framework for the U.S. government (two words)
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  1. Meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 to draft a new Constitution.
  2. Alexander ______, strong supporter of the Constitution.
  3. 1786 rebellion by farmers in Massachusetts led by Daniel ______
  4. New Jersey ______, favored equal representation for small states.
  5. First 10 amendments later added to protect rights (two words)
  6. Large-state proposal for representation in Congress (two words).
  7. Weakness of the Articles: no power to collect ______
  8. To officially approve a document.
  9. “Father of the Constitution,” James ______.

14 Clues: To officially approve a document. • Compromise giving each state two Senators. • “Father of the Constitution,” James ______. • Weakness of the Articles: no power to collect ______ • Alexander ______, strong supporter of the Constitution. • Meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 to draft a new Constitution. • First 10 amendments later added to protect rights (two words) • ...

Ryan Nolan Crossword 2022-02-11

Ryan Nolan Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tuesday, October 29, 1929. the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed
  2. hoover, an American politician and engineer who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933
  3. a decrease in the purchasing power of money, reflected in a increase in the prices of goods and services
  4. linbergh, was an American aviator who made the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris on May 20–21, 1927
  5. plan, a plan in 1924 that successfully resolved the issue of World War I reparations that Germany had to pay.
  6. nation, a nation whose investments abroad exceed in value the investments made in it by foreign countries
  7. raids, a series of raids conducted in November 1919 and January 1920 by the to capture and arrest suspected socialists, mostly Italian immigrants and Eastern European immigrants and especially anarchists and communists, and deport them from the United States
  8. station, a facility that sells fuel and engine lubricants for motor vehicles
  9. revolution, prosperity of the 1920s led to new patterns of consumption, or purchasing consumer
  10. mellon, served as secretary of the Treasury from March 4, 1921, to February 12, 1932
  11. system, legislation in 1921 limiting by nationality the number of immigrants who may enter the U.S. each year.
  12. flu virus was originally a bird flu and mutated to humans
  13. depression, the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939
  14. amendment, an amendment of the United States Constitution established the prohibition of alcohol in the United States
  15. act, enacted to carry out the intent of the 18th Amendment
  16. dome scandal, a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923 and oil leases
  17. Economic problems should be solved at the state and local levels.
  18. system, the first national road numbering system for cross-country travel
  19. a common term for shacktowns and homeless encampments during the Great Depression
  20. line, a manufacturing process in which parts are added as the semi-finished assembly moves from workstation to workstation where the parts are added in sequence until the final assembly is produced
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  1. a person who makes or sells alcoholic liquor illegally
  2. buying, a system for paying for goods by installments
  3. in 1920’s conservative Evangelical Protestants who supported that the Bible is the inerrant word of God
  4. g harding, served as the 29th president of the United States from 1921 until his death in 1923
  5. scare, the promotion of a widespread fear of a potential rise of communism, anarchism or other leftist ideologies by a society or state
  6. bowl, the drought-stricken Southern Plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a dry period in the 1930s
  7. Klux klan, an American white supremacist hate group whose primary targets are African Americans, Jews, Latinos, Asian Americans, Catholics, Native Americans
  8. brand pact, a 1928 international agreement on peace in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve disputes or conflicts
  9. naval disarmament, a conference to discuss naval disarmament and ways to relieve growing tensions in East Asia
  10. market, a period of time in financial markets when the price of an asset or security rises continuously
  11. the act or practice of forbidding something by law; the banning of the manufacture, storage, transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic beverages
  12. t, an automobile that was produced by Ford Motor Company and is generally regarded as the first affordable automobile
  13. management, uses scientific methods to analyze the most efficient production process in order to increase productivity.
  14. Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929
  15. Armstrong, an American trumpeter and vocalist. He is among the most influential figures in jazz
  16. ruth, George Herman Ruth was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935
  17. long, an American politician and a United States Senator and a vocal critic of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal
  18. ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company, and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production
  19. farmer, one who resides on land owned by a landlord and farms the land
  20. production, the production of substantial amounts of standardized products in a constant flow, including and especially on assembly lines
  21. army, 43,000 demonstrators who gathered in Washington, D.C. in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service bonus certificates

41 Clues: buying, a system for paying for goods by installments • a person who makes or sells alcoholic liquor illegally • flu virus was originally a bird flu and mutated to humans • act, enacted to carry out the intent of the 18th Amendment • Economic problems should be solved at the state and local levels. • ...

Ryan Nolan Crossword 2022-02-11

Ryan Nolan Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. prosperity of the 1920s led to new patterns of consumption, or purchasing consumer
  2. a period of time in financial markets when the price of an asset or security rises continuously
  3. enacted to carry out the intent of the 18th Amendment
  4. an amendment of the United States Constitution established the prohibition of alcohol in the United States
  5. was an American aviator who made the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris on May 20–21, 1927
  6. served as secretary of the Treasury from March 4, 1921, to February 12, 1932
  7. a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923 and oil leases
  8. a conference to discuss naval disarmament and ways to relieve growing tensions in East Asia
  9. an American white supremacist hate group whose primary targets are African Americans, Jews, Latinos, Asian Americans, Catholics, Native Americans
  10. one who resides on land owned by a landlord and farms the land
  11. uses scientific methods to analyze the most efficient production process in order to increase productivity.
  12. the first national road numbering system for cross-country travel
  13. the drought-stricken Southern Plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a dry period in the 1930s
  14. 43,000 demonstrators who gathered in Washington, D.C. in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service bonus certificates
  15. an American trumpeter and vocalist. He is among the most influential figures in jazz
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  1. in 1920’s conservative Evangelical Protestants who supported that the Bible is the inerrant word of God
  2. an American politician and engineer who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933
  3. George Herman Ruth was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935
  4. the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929
  5. a facility that sells fuel and engine lubricants for motor vehicles
  6. October 29, 1929. the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed
  7. a 1928 international agreement on peace in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve disputes or conflicts
  8. a manufacturing process in which parts are added as the semi-finished assembly moves from workstation to workstation where the parts are added in sequence until the final assembly is produced
  9. a series of raids conducted in November 1919 and January 1920 by the to capture and arrest suspected socialists, mostly Italian immigrants and Eastern European immigrants and especially anarchists and communists, and deport them from the United States
  10. an automobile that was produced by Ford Motor Company and is generally regarded as the first affordable automobile
  11. flu virus was originally a bird flu and mutated to humans
  12. a system for paying for goods by installments
  13. a decrease in the purchasing power of money, reflected in a increase in the prices of goods and services
  14. the promotion of a widespread fear of a potential rise of communism, anarchism or other leftist ideologies by a society or state
  15. a plan in 1924 that successfully resolved the issue of World War I reparations that Germany had to pay.
  16. the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939
  17. a nation whose investments abroad exceed in value the investments made in it by foreign countries
  18. the act or practice of forbidding something by law; the banning of the manufacture, storage, transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic beverages
  19. a person who makes or sells alcoholic liquor illegally
  20. a common term for shacktowns and homeless encampments during the Great Depression
  21. Economic problems should be solved at the state and local levels.
  22. founder of the Ford Motor Company, and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production
  23. served as the 29th president of the United States from 1921 until his death in 1923
  24. legislation in 1921 limiting by nationality the number of immigrants who may enter the U.S. each year.
  25. an American politician and a United States Senator and a vocal critic of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal
  26. the production of substantial amounts of standardized products in a constant flow, including and especially on assembly lines

41 Clues: a system for paying for goods by installments • enacted to carry out the intent of the 18th Amendment • a person who makes or sells alcoholic liquor illegally • the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929 • flu virus was originally a bird flu and mutated to humans • one who resides on land owned by a landlord and farms the land • ...

AP GOV PROJECT 2024-12-12

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

37 Clues: v. United States, dealt with limited speech. • v. Reno, unconstitutional to segregate voters based on race. • v. Chicago, addressed the issue of gun rights in the United States. • v. Des Moines, addressed the issue of free speech in public schools. • v. Wade, addressed the issue of abortion rights in the United States. • ...

Civil War Crossword 2023-02-16

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. United States
  2. Draft Without Chose
  3. Take Away
  4. Medicine
  5. Rights Federal Government
Down
  1. Unarthorized Police Power
  2. Self Rule
  3. Block
  4. Homemade Fabric
  5. One´s Region

10 Clues: Block • Medicine • Self Rule • Take Away • One´s Region • United States • Homemade Fabric • Draft Without Chose • Unarthorized Police Power • Rights Federal Government

Civil War Crossword 2023-02-16

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. United States
  2. Draft Without Chose
  3. Take Away
  4. Medicine
  5. Rights Federal Government
Down
  1. Unarthorized Police Power
  2. Self Rule
  3. Block
  4. Homemade Fabric
  5. One´s Region

10 Clues: Block • Medicine • Self Rule • Take Away • One´s Region • United States • Homemade Fabric • Draft Without Chose • Unarthorized Police Power • Rights Federal Government

Forces and Motion 2022-02-05

Forces and Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The force that attracts objects to one another; Causes objects to fall to Earth
  2. A push or pull
  3. The units to measure force
  4. If mass increases, acceleration will __________
  5. Speed and Direction
  6. A ___________ force will cause acceleration
  7. Newtons _________ Law states force equals mass times acceleration
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  1. The force that opposes motion; rubbing
  2. Newtons ________ Law states that an object at rest will stay at rest and an object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force
  3. The distance an object travels in a given amount of time
  4. A change in velocity
  5. If force _________, than acceleration will increase
  6. A new force of 0
  7. Newtons ________ Law states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction

14 Clues: A push or pull • A new force of 0 • Speed and Direction • A change in velocity • The units to measure force • The force that opposes motion; rubbing • A ___________ force will cause acceleration • If mass increases, acceleration will __________ • If force _________, than acceleration will increase • The distance an object travels in a given amount of time • ...

Federalism 2014-05-26

Federalism crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Supreme Court decision that established the supremacy of the national government over state
  2. An alleged criminal offender is surrendered by the officials of one state to the state in which the crime was committed
  3. Layer cake
  4. Marble cake
  5. Citizens of each state have privleges of citizens of other states
  6. Two or more levels of government have authority over the same land and people
  7. Grant given for a specific purpose
  8. Money given to support broad programs
  9. Makes the constitution, national laws, and treaties supreme over state laws
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  1. States recognize laws of other states
  2. Interactions among national, state, and local governement
  3. Pattern of spending,taking, and providing grants
  4. directs governments to comply with federal rules
  5. Money given based on merit

14 Clues: Layer cake • Marble cake • Money given based on merit • Grant given for a specific purpose • States recognize laws of other states • Money given to support broad programs • Pattern of spending,taking, and providing grants • directs governments to comply with federal rules • Interactions among national, state, and local governement • ...

Math Crossword 2024-01-28

Math Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The property that states a + b = b + a
  2. An angle whose measure is greater than 90 degrees
  3. The set of numbers that includes negative numbers, 0, and positive numbers
  4. A corner of a polygon (where two lines meet)
  5. An angle whose measure is less than 90 degrees
Down
  1. The property that states a + (b + c) = (a + b) + c
  2. The length of the boundary of a shape
  3. Change in y divided by the change in x
  4. An individual surface
  5. A polygon that has 8 sides
  6. The measure of a region's size on a surface
  7. The property that states a(b + c) = axb + axc
  8. The straight line that forms the border of a shape
  9. An angle whose measure is exactly 90 degrees

14 Clues: An individual surface • A polygon that has 8 sides • The length of the boundary of a shape • Change in y divided by the change in x • The property that states a + b = b + a • The measure of a region's size on a surface • A corner of a polygon (where two lines meet) • An angle whose measure is exactly 90 degrees • The property that states a(b + c) = axb + axc • ...

Black History Month 2025-02-10

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. engineered a system to drain several ponds
  2. the first Black woman to graduate from Yale Law School
  3. America's first recognized, self made millionaire
  4. the first Black man to become a pilot in the United States Navy
  5. the first woman elected to the United states congress
  6. planned the 1963 march in Washington
  7. got schools to teach about African Americans
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  1. founded the first interracial hospital
  2. the first child to desegregate William Frantz Elementary School
  3. the first black general in the U.S. army
  4. was appointed president of the national council of Negro women
  5. the first African American woman to run for congress in Alabama
  6. the first black woman to receive a Ph.D in the United states
  7. developed hundreds of applications for new plants

14 Clues: planned the 1963 march in Washington • founded the first interracial hospital • the first black general in the U.S. army • engineered a system to drain several ponds • got schools to teach about African Americans • America's first recognized, self made millionaire • developed hundreds of applications for new plants • ...

COLONIZATION ERA 2024-10-02

COLONIZATION ERA crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Famous trading port during the time of the Dutch.
  2. Popular iconic building in Malacca.
  3. One of the Portuguese slogan in order to exploit Malacca.
  4. One of the administration system in British colonization.
  5. This resident was appointed to oversees the state administration and economy in Perak.
  6. The Dutch interested to obtain _______ in Malacca.
Down
  1. Viceroy of Portuguese.
  2. Propaganda of Japanese to occupy Malay states.
  3. This infrastructure was built during Japanese occupation.
  4. The action that lead to control and conquer the local people.
  5. The effect of British occupation created a ________ society in our country.
  6. The Japanese soldiers used this style to attack Malay states.
  7. The fourth colonizer occupied Malay states.
  8. This handwriting system was used during the time of Portuguese occupation.

14 Clues: Viceroy of Portuguese. • Popular iconic building in Malacca. • The fourth colonizer occupied Malay states. • Propaganda of Japanese to occupy Malay states. • Famous trading port during the time of the Dutch. • The Dutch interested to obtain _______ in Malacca. • This infrastructure was built during Japanese occupation. • ...

8th Grade U.S. History 2026-03-12

8th Grade U.S. History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The right of citizens to vote in elections
  2. Person who worked to end slavery in the United States
  3. Group of citizen soldiers who fought in the American Revolution
  4. When Southern states chose to leave the Union
  5. Refusing to buy goods as a way to protest
  6. Freedoms protected by laws and the Constitution
  7. Freedom from being ruled by another country
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  1. Movement of settlers west across North America
  2. Document that created the structure of the U.S. government
  3. System where power is shared between national and state governments
  4. Colonists protested paying this without representation
  5. Belief that the United States was meant to spread across the continent
  6. Agreement made to settle a disagreement between groups
  7. Change or addition made to the Constitution

14 Clues: Refusing to buy goods as a way to protest • The right of citizens to vote in elections • Change or addition made to the Constitution • Freedom from being ruled by another country • When Southern states chose to leave the Union • Movement of settlers west across North America • Freedoms protected by laws and the Constitution • ...

America A 2023-12-06

America A crossword puzzle
Across
  1. , Musical genre with roots in the USA
  2. , Popular American pastime
  3. , Fundamental law of the United States
  4. , Longest river in the United States
  5. , Monument featuring carved presidential faces
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  1. , Holiday with turkey and gratitude
  2. , National bird of the United States
  3. , U.S. space agency
  4. , First national park in the world , located in the USA
  5. , State known for Mardi Gras and jazz

10 Clues: , U.S. space agency • , Popular American pastime • , Holiday with turkey and gratitude • , National bird of the United States • , Longest river in the United States • , Musical genre with roots in the USA • , State known for Mardi Gras and jazz • , Fundamental law of the United States • , Monument featuring carved presidential faces • ...

Chapter 16: Foreign Policy Since 1972 2025-05-14

Chapter 16: Foreign Policy Since 1972 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The founder of al-Qaeda, the organization that claimed responsibility for the September 11 attacks on the United States.
  2. Doctrine A strategy implemented by U.S. President Ronald Reagan to oppose the global influence of the Soviet Union during the final years of the Cold War
  3. A political scandal in the United States that came to light in 1985, when it was revealed that senior government officials had secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran, which was the subject of an arms embargo.
  4. A diplomatic standoff between Iran and the United States in which 52 American citizens were held hostage for 444 days from 1979 to 1981 after a group of Iranian students took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
  5. The process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.
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  1. A war waged from 1990 to 1991 by a U.S.-led coalition against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.
  2. A peace treaty signed in 1978 between Israel and Egypt that was brokered by the United States.
  3. An intergovernmental organization that regulates international trade.
  4. A policy of openness and transparency in the activities of government institutions and freedom of information, introduced in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s by Mikhail Gorbachev.
  5. A militant Sunni Islamist multi-national organization founded in 1988 by Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Azzam, and several other Arab volunteers during the Soviet-Afghan War.
  6. Agreements by the United States and Panama in 1977 and 1979 to transfer control of the Panama Canal to Panama by 2000.
  7. An agreement among the United States, Canada, and Mexico designed to remove tariff barriers between the three countries.
  8. A major political scandal in the United States involving abuse of power and obstruction of justice during the Nixon administration.
  9. A protracted armed conflict that began in 2003 with the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and the subsequent overthrow of Saddam Hussein's government.
  10. An intergovernmental organization that aims to manage the supply of oil in an effort to set the price on the world market, in order to avoid fluctuations that might affect the economies of both producing and purchasing countries.

15 Clues: An intergovernmental organization that regulates international trade. • A peace treaty signed in 1978 between Israel and Egypt that was brokered by the United States. • Agreements by the United States and Panama in 1977 and 1979 to transfer control of the Panama Canal to Panama by 2000. • ...

Texas at the end of the 20th century and in the 21st century 2023-05-01

Texas at the end of the 20th century and in the 21st century crossword puzzle
Across
  1. First Mexican American women to be apointed by president to serve as White House deputy cheif
  2. North American Free Trade Agreement
  3. The abbreviation is CORE
  4. First African American woman from Dallas elected to the Texas House of Representatives
  5. 48th governor of Texas
  6. The place which started the oil boom in Texas
  7. Largest refinery in America
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  1. NASA's largest research and development facillities
  2. First Hispanic first lady in the history of Texas
  3. Mexican American woman who became president and layer for MALDEF
  4. Founding member of Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO)
  5. The state that leads the United States in natural gas production
  6. first female elected to the United States Senate
  7. first woman in history to become a united states supreme court judge

14 Clues: 48th governor of Texas • The abbreviation is CORE • Largest refinery in America • North American Free Trade Agreement • The place which started the oil boom in Texas • first female elected to the United States Senate • First Hispanic first lady in the history of Texas • NASA's largest research and development facillities • ...

New Berlin Heritage Center: Level 2 2015-01-22

New Berlin Heritage Center: Level 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. last name of a soldier who served from March 1943 to April 1946.
  2. name on the six of spades playing card.
  3. another word for water bottle.
  4. name of military album in History room.
  5. A war that was widely protested in 1960s-1970s.
  6. city located in Illinois.
Down
  1. three types were designed as protection to cities during a nuclear blast.
  2. number of states in the United States.
  3. What POW stands for.
  4. a place in Vietnam that is dated back 10,000 years.
  5. the animal of the United States
  6. a war fought in America in the 1860s.
  7. honors given to soldiers for serving their country bravely.
  8. Used to fuel trains and stuff in naughty children's stockings at Christmas.

14 Clues: What POW stands for. • city located in Illinois. • another word for water bottle. • the animal of the United States • a war fought in America in the 1860s. • number of states in the United States. • name on the six of spades playing card. • name of military album in History room. • A war that was widely protested in 1960s-1970s. • ...

AKF & EC- IGO/NGO 2023-09-28

AKF & EC- IGO/NGO crossword puzzle
Across
  1. :global campaign network for environmental activists
  2. :swiss based international ngo focused on protecting wilderness
  3. :political and economic union of 10 states, including Laos, Vietnam, and
  4. :regulates and facilitates international imports and exports
  5. :non government organization that works on human rights
  6. Union continental union consisting of 55 states including Egypt
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  1. :specialized agency of the UN responsible for international public wellness
  2. :political and economic union of 27 countries located in the northeast of the world
  3. impartial, neutral, and independent organization focused on protecting lives
  4. :loans and grants to non-rich countries
  5. :conducts research and advocacy on general population liberties
  6. :major financial agency of the United Nations
  7. :group campaigned to send food supplies to starving people
  8. :agency of 38 states to stimulate world trade

14 Clues: :loans and grants to non-rich countries • :major financial agency of the United Nations • :agency of 38 states to stimulate world trade • :global campaign network for environmental activists • :non government organization that works on human rights • :group campaigned to send food supplies to starving people • ...

Math Crossword 2024-01-28

Math Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The property that states a + b = b + a
  2. An angle whose measure is greater than 90 degrees
  3. The set of numbers that includes negative numbers, 0, and positive numbers
  4. A corner of a polygon (where two lines meet)
  5. An angle whose measure is less than 90 degrees
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  1. The property that states a + (b + c) = (a + b) + c
  2. The length of the boundary of a shape
  3. Change in y divided by the change in x
  4. An individual surface
  5. A polygon that has 8 sides
  6. The measure of a region's size on a surface
  7. The property that states a(b + c) = axb + axc
  8. The straight line that forms the border of a shape
  9. An angle whose measure is exactly 90 degrees

14 Clues: An individual surface • A polygon that has 8 sides • The length of the boundary of a shape • Change in y divided by the change in x • The property that states a + b = b + a • The measure of a region's size on a surface • A corner of a polygon (where two lines meet) • An angle whose measure is exactly 90 degrees • The property that states a(b + c) = axb + axc • ...

Chapter 3 Vocabulary 2024-04-09

Chapter 3 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an economic system in which the government owns farms, factories, offices
  2. a state containing several states
  3. located in cities and nearby towns
  4. Small City Centered state
  5. Distribution the way the population is spread over the area
  6. density the average number of people per square mile or kilometer
  7. State a state that is independent of other states
  8. a person who moves into one country from another
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  1. a person who buys and uses goods and services
  2. the scientific study of population change and population distribution
  3. a set of laws that defines and limit governments power
  4. An economic system in which private individuals or groups of people own most businesses
  5. a region belongs to other states
  6. located in the countryside
  7. a movement from one place or region to another

15 Clues: Small City Centered state • located in the countryside • a region belongs to other states • a state containing several states • located in cities and nearby towns • a person who buys and uses goods and services • a movement from one place or region to another • a person who moves into one country from another • State a state that is independent of other states • ...

Alijah Birmingham 2020-12-17

Alijah Birmingham crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A plan unsuccessfully proposed at the constitutional convention providing a single legislative house with equal representation for each state.
  2. he was the aid to George Washington and was a founding father.
  3. guaranteed black men the right to vote.
  4. great Britain and the thirteen colonies go to war during the american revolutionary war the american colonist win.
  5. ended the war between the united states and mexico mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory including parts of Arizona, California, new mexico, Texas, Colorado, Nevada,and Utah.
  6. acts of trade and navigation, English laws that regulated English ships, shipping,trade, and commerce between other countries and with its own colonies.
  7. Britain gets taxed for sugar.
  8. regulated land rights on tribal territories within the united states. The president of the united states could subdivide native american tribal.
  9. helped black and whites in the south after the civil war.
  10. provided federal subsides in land and loans for the construction of a transcontinental railroad across across the u.s. They were called the union pacific and the central pacific.
  11. the king who taxed the colonists and was unfair to them.
  12. A peaceful protest by the sons of liberty they dumped the old tea that the king gave them.
  13. acres of land that produces one or two cash crops for sale.
  14. two railroad companies the union pacific and the central pacific, to construct the lines "men of talent, men of character, men who are willing to invest" nations first.
  15. British saw the american colonists as tenants who paid rent by providing materials for Britain to use.
  16. state and local laws that that enforced racial segregation in the southern united states.
  17. A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state through elected representatives.
  18. they helped free slaves.
  19. Americas force crushes British hessian forces, Washington raided across the Delaware river.
  20. a document created for the king to tell them they want to be independent from him.
  21. granted citizenship to people who had been enslaved.
  22. laid by fur traders and trappers and was only passable by foot or by horseback.
  23. a war between Britain and the united states they fought because of British violations of america shipping rights.
  24. he led the colonist to victory for independence and he was the first president of the united states.
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  1. made by president Lincoln to say that all slaves under the confederacy were from then on forever free.
  2. The process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas.
  3. volunteers attack Cheyenne and Arapaho people thinking that they are worriers but are women and children.
  4. The Louisiana purchase made america bigger and was the purchase of imperial rights to the western half of the Mississippi river.
  5. a conflict between mexico and america because of the annexation of the republic of Texas and where Texas ended at the Nueces river or the Rio grande.
  6. Britain against the french and their native american allies, part of their conflict known in Europe was the seven year war.
  7. Abolished slavery.
  8. the belief of expansion ocean to ocean.
  9. the place where Robert e lee surrendered and ended the american civil war.
  10. an abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential writer.
  11. it allowed slavery to be legal in all states and he could not sue because he was not a citizen.
  12. people to decide on policy initiatives directly. representative democracies.
  13. Custer and his men fight to the death against sitting bulls Lakota and Cheyenne.
  14. declared by the British crown at the end of the french and Indian war in north america.
  15. a plan proposed at the constitutional covention, providing for a legislation of two houses with proportional representation in each house and executive and judicial branches to be chosen by the legislature.
  16. the route where america forced native americans to migrate to reservations west of the Mississippi river.
  17. a founding father and the third president of the united states.
  18. A tax on the legal recognition of documents.
  19. the first ten amendments to the us constitution guaranteeing freedom of speech, assembly, and worship.
  20. assassinated the president of the united states Abraham Lincoln.
  21. to remove or break away as the southern states did from the union.

45 Clues: Abolished slavery. • they helped free slaves. • Britain gets taxed for sugar. • guaranteed black men the right to vote. • the belief of expansion ocean to ocean. • A tax on the legal recognition of documents. • granted citizenship to people who had been enslaved. • the king who taxed the colonists and was unfair to them. • ...

Early Cold War 2021-03-17

Early Cold War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. was an American initiative passed in 1948 for foreign aid to Western Europe
  2. The invasion is considered part of the Cold War because the United States was trying to prevent communism from taking hold
  3. President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.
  4. was the colloquial term for what was in actuality a broader entertainment industry
  5. he served under various generals and was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in 1941.
  6. the boundary that separated the
  7. is an independent agency and volunteer program run by the United States Government providing international social and economic development assistance.
  8. was a war between North Korea and South Korea.
  9. aimed to establish economic cooperation between the U.S. and Latin America.
  10. 33rd president of the United States, who led his country through the final stages of World War II and through the early years of the Cold War, vigorously opposing Soviet expansionism in Europe
  11. from 1949 to 1990, a republic consisting of the western two-thirds of what is now Germany.
  12. was the last of the World War II meetings held by the “Big Three” heads of state.
  13. put in effect in the mid-20th century in the United States
  14. the state of political hostility that existed between the Soviet bloc countries and the US-led Western powers from 1945 to 1990.
  15. is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason, especially when related to communism.
  16. A military operation in the late 1940s that brought food and other needed goods into West Berlin by air after the government of East Germany, which at that time surrounded West Berlin, had cut off its supply routes.
  17. it had to fend off enemies both directly on its borders and over the distant horizon.
  18. The amendment prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again.
  19. was a Cold War-era mutual defense treaty signed on May 14, 1955
  20. a state that cannot be ignored on the world stage and without whose cooperation no world problem can be solved
  21. was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States
  22. was a Soviet politician who led the Soviet Union as the first secretary of the ruling Communist Party from 1953 to 1964 and as chairman of the country's Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964.
  23. was a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad.
  24. was a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China.
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  1. was an international conference at which proposals for the establishment of a "general international organization", which was to become the United Nations, were formulated and negotiated.
  2. was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War.
  3. was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army.
  4. used as the pre-Korean War boundary between North Korea and South Korea.
  5. the spread of nuclear weapons, fissionable material, and weapons-applicable nuclear technology
  6. Kennedy, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
  7. was built by the communist government of East Berlin in 1961.
  8. was a village just north of the de facto border between North and South Korea
  9. are those Eastern European nations that were allied with and under the control of the Soviet Union during the Cold War
  10. fair deal recommended that all Americans have health insurance, that the minimum wage
  11. countries from the NATO countries from about 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991.
  12. was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and President from 1976 to 2008.
  13. was a country that existed from 1949 to 1990, the period when the eastern portion of Germany was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War.
  14. crisis, A confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1962 over the presence of missile sites in Cuba
  15. was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet politician who ruled the Soviet Union from 1927 until 1953.
  16. also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 European and North American countries.
  17. was an American socialite, writer, and photographer who became First Lady of the United States as the wife of President John F. Kennedy.
  18. occurs when two or more countries increase the size and quality of military resources to gain military and political superiority over one another.

42 Clues: the boundary that separated the • was a war between North Korea and South Korea. • put in effect in the mid-20th century in the United States • was built by the communist government of East Berlin in 1961. • was a Cold War-era mutual defense treaty signed on May 14, 1955 • was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. • ...

Chicano/a Studies Crossword Review 2023-03-17

Chicano/a Studies Crossword Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. White Americans began a revolution in this Mexican-owned territory in 1835. Although White Americans claimed they were oppressed by the Mexican government, the truth is that they wanted to expand slavery into this territory.
  2. A two word type of class that focuses on the histories, experiences, and cultures of racial and ethnic groups in the United States. It is the type of class that we are in right now!
  3. Over 60% of people of Mexican descent who were removed from the United States during the Great Depression were American __________.
  4. Nearly 2 million people of Mexican descent were forcibly removed from the United States during the Great Depression, in what has become known as Mexican __________.
  5. Political cartoons in the late 1800s and early 1900s portrayed people of Mexican descent as lazy, stupid, and criminals. All of these were examples of this, an assumption that is made about an entire group of people.
  6. Two word name of the law enforcement group that was responsible for much of the violence against people of Mexican descent in the early 1900s. Many of the people of Mexican descent who were murdered by this group were innocent.
  7. The United States experienced a big increase in this in the early 1900s. Unfortunately, many White Americans were not big fans of this and worked to try and stop it.
  8. The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo granted Mexican people now living in the United States the opportunity to gain American __________, which would grant them rights and privileges (in theory).
  9. The name of the indigenous Mexican group who are traditionally known for their practice of human sacrifice, but in this class we looked at the ingenuity and advancements of the group!
  10. Three word name for the resistance group that fought back against White Americans stealing land away from Mexican-Americans in the late 1800s.
  11. Two word name for the style of clothing that was popular among Mexican American youth during World War II. Mexican American youth wearing these clothes were stereotyped as criminals and eventually the victims of racial violence in the Zoot Suit Riots.
  12. As a result of being negatively stereotyped and dehumanized in the early 1900s, Mexican immigrants were forced to take baths in this when entering the United States.
  13. The name of the town in Texas that was home to a deadly massacre in 1918. 15 innocent people of Mexican descent were murdered by White law enforcement agents.
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  1. Two word name for the 17 year old girl who led a riot at the U.S. - Mexico border in 1917 over the cruel treatment Mexican immigrants faced.
  2. Two word name for the period of violence that people of Mexican descent underwent throughout the American Southwest in the early 1900s.
  3. One of the ways the United States tried to justify treating Mexican immigrants so cruelly at the border in the early 1900s was by spreading the belief that people of Mexican descent carried this with them into the United States.
  4. A two word belief spread among White Americans in the mid-1800s that they were a racially superior people who had been chosen by God to conquer all parts of North America.
  5. Las Gorras Blancas and the 1917 Bath Riots are two early examples of Mexican ___________ to oppression.
  6. During the Great Depression in the 1930s, people of Mexican descent were blamed for the bad economy by being accused of taking these away from "real" Americans.
  7. This is a term used to describe people of Mexican descent who were born in or live in the United States. It is unique because it focuses on empowerment and pride.
  8. Two word name of the city in Texas that was home to a mass shooting against people of Mexican descent in 2019. The mass shooting shared similarities with the period of violence against people of Mexican descent in the early 1900s.
  9. This is another term used to describe people of Mexican descent in the United States, but many Mexican-Americans do not like it because it also includes people from this country, who brutally colonized Mexico in the 1500s.
  10. Despite being legally viewed as "White" under the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, Mexican-Americans quickly learned that they were socially viewed and treated as __________ by White Americans.
  11. The term for the act of unlawfully settling on a piece of land that is not yours. White Americans began doing this to land owned by Mexican-Americans shortly following the end of the Mexican-American War.

24 Clues: Las Gorras Blancas and the 1917 Bath Riots are two early examples of Mexican ___________ to oppression. • Over 60% of people of Mexican descent who were removed from the United States during the Great Depression were American __________. • ...

AICE US History Review 2018-12-17

AICE US History Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Land we won in the Mexican American War
  2. authorized the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Native Americans. Those who accepted allotments and lived separately from the tribe would be granted United States citizenship.
  3. was an agency of the United States Department of War to "direct such issues of provisions, clothing, and fuel, as he may deem needful for the immediate and temporary shelter and supply of destitute and suffering refugees and freedmen and their wives and children."
  4. Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. Furthermore, with the exception of Missouri, this law prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of the 36° 30´ latitude line.
  5. laws passed by the United States Congress during the Civil War with the intention of freeing the slaves still held by the Confederate forces in the South.
  6. attempt by Radical Republicans and others in the U.S. Congress to set Reconstruction policy before the end of the Civil War.
  7. Signed into law in 1862 by Abraham Lincoln after the secession of southern states, this Act turned over vast amounts of the public domain to private citizens. 270 millions acres, or 10% of the area of the United States was claimed and settled under this act.
  8. name of the region that was gained from the Treaty of Guadelope-Hildalgo
  9. President from 1845-1849, avid expansionist, hope to acquire Mexico, California, and Oregon
  10. a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850, which defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired during the Mexican–American War (1846–1848).
  11. minor but influential political party in the pre-Civil War period of American history that opposed the extension of slavery into the western territories. Fearful of expanding slave power within the national government, Representative David Wilmot of Pennsylvania in 1846 introduced into Congress his famous Wilmot Proviso, calling for the prohibition of slavery in the vast southwestern lands that had been newly acquired from Mexico.
  12. This allowed us to purchase Alaska
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  1. Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that saw extensive service in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The unit was the first African-American regiment organized in the northern states during the Civil War. Authorized by the Emancipation Proclamation, the regiment consisted of African-American enlisted men commanded by white officers.
  2. passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. The Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30´.
  3. Peace Democrat, during the American Civil War, pejoratively, any citizen in the North who opposed the war policy and advocated restoration of the Union through a negotiated settlement with the South.
  4. Paid Mexico $15 million dollars and established the Rio Grande River as the boarder
  5. diplomatic crisis that took place between the United States and Great Britain from November to December 1861, during the U.S. Civil War (1861-65).
  6. American Civil War, naval engagement at Hampton Roads, Virginia, a harbour at the mouth of the James River, notable as history’s first duel between ironclad warships
  7. Belief we owned all the lands from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
  8. offers pardon and restoration of property -- except slaves -- to Confederates who swear allegiance to the Union and agree to accept emancipation. Known as the 10 Percent Plan, it requires only 10% of a former Confederate state's voters to pledge the oath before the state can begin the process of readmission into the Union.
  9. the action of a state impeding or attempting to prevent the operation and enforcement within its territory of a law of the U.S.
  10. a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, especially to secure the person's release unless lawful grounds are shown for their detention.
  11. American naval engagement at Hampton Roads, Virginia, a harbour at the mouth of the James River, notable as history’s first duel between ironclad warshipsinted provisional president of the Cnfederacy
  12. A failed amendment to purchase Mexico
  13. a member of the cavalry unit in which Theodore Roosevelt fought during the Spanish-American War.

25 Clues: This allowed us to purchase Alaska • A failed amendment to purchase Mexico • Land we won in the Mexican American War • Belief we owned all the lands from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean • name of the region that was gained from the Treaty of Guadelope-Hildalgo • Paid Mexico $15 million dollars and established the Rio Grande River as the boarder • ...

AP US GOV 2025-01-30

AP US GOV crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Sovereignty the principle that the government’s power comes from the consent of the governed, usually through elections.
  2. Review the power of courts to declare laws or executive actions unconstitutional.
  3. Powers powers not explicitly listed but necessary to carry out enumerated powers.
  4. Powers powers shared by both the federal and state governments.
  5. Action Committee (PAC) an organization that raises and distributes funds to support political candidates or causes.
  6. Groups organizations that aim to influence public policy in favor of specific causes or issues.
  7. the upper house of Congress, with each state having two senators regardless of population.
  8. Clause a clause in the U.S. Constitution establishing that federal law takes precedence over state law when they conflict.
  9. Committee a permanent committee in Congress that focuses on specific policy areas and handles most legislative work.
  10. and Balances a system ensuring no government branch becomes too powerful by allowing each to limit the others.
  11. a system where power is shared between a central government and smaller political units like states.
  12. the redistribution of congressional seats among the states based on population changes, usually after a census.
  13. Leader the leader of the majority party in a legislative body, responsible for guiding the party’s legislative agenda.
  14. Powers powers not granted to the federal government or prohibited to states, which are reserved for the states or people.
  15. System the division of legislative work into specialized committees that focus on specific policy areas.
  16. the practice of exchanging favors, especially in legislative votes.
  17. the legislative branch of the U.S. government, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
  18. a form of government where citizens elect representatives to make decisions on their behalf.
  19. the transfer of authority and responsibilities from the federal government to state or local governments.
  20. the body of voters or residents represented by an elected official.
  21. Faith and Credit Clause a provision requiring states to recognize the public records, acts, and judicial decisions of other states.
  22. Federalism a political philosophy that advocates for a shift of power from the federal government to the states.
  23. Leader the leader of the minority party in a legislative body, responsible for representing their party’s interests.
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  1. Clause a provision granting Congress the power to regulate trade between states and with other nations.
  2. Federalism a system where state and federal governments work together to address issues.
  3. a tactic used in the Senate to delay or prevent a vote, typically by speaking for an extended time.
  4. a document that outlines the fundamental laws and principles of a nation.
  5. United v. FEC a landmark Supreme Court decision that allowed unlimited corporate and union spending in elections.
  6. PAC a type of PAC that can spend unlimited funds but cannot directly coordinate with candidates or campaigns.
  7. Barrel Legislation government spending on local projects to benefit a specific area or gain political favor.
  8. Clause (Necessary and Proper Clause) a clause allowing Congress to pass laws necessary to execute its enumerated powers.
  9. the manipulation of district boundaries to favor one party or group over another.
  10. Legislature a legislature divided into two chambers or houses, like the U.S. Congress.
  11. and Immunities Clause a clause ensuring that states do not discriminate against citizens of other states in certain legal matters.
  12. Advantage the benefits current officeholders have over challengers, such as name recognition and access to campaign funds.
  13. Mandates regulations requiring state or local governments to perform actions without providing funds.
  14. a procedure to end a filibuster in the Senate, usually requiring a 60-vote majority.
  15. Parties organized groups of individuals with similar political beliefs that seek to influence government policy.
  16. Contract the theory that people consent to be governed in exchange for protection of their rights.
  17. the process of redrawing electoral district boundaries to reflect changes in population.
  18. Liberties basic rights and freedoms protected from government infringement, such as free speech and religious freedom.
  19. Federalism a system where state and federal governments operate in separate spheres of influence.
  20. of Powers the division of government responsibilities into distinct branches (executive, legislative, judicial) to prevent concentration of power.
  21. of Representatives the lower house of Congress, where representation is based on state population.
  22. Rights the rights of individuals to be free from discrimination and to have equal treatment in all areas of life.
  23. of Rights the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing individual freedoms and limiting government powers.
  24. Powers powers specifically granted to Congress in the Constitution.
  25. the act of attempting to influence government officials’ decisions on specific issues.
  26. a member of Congress responsible for ensuring party discipline and vote counting.

49 Clues: Powers powers shared by both the federal and state governments. • the practice of exchanging favors, especially in legislative votes. • Powers powers specifically granted to Congress in the Constitution. • the body of voters or residents represented by an elected official. • a document that outlines the fundamental laws and principles of a nation. • ...

U.S. Civil War 2024-01-10

U.S. Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. War (1861-1865) The northern and southern US states fought over slavery
  2. large farms in the south
  3. another name for soldiers in the Confederacy
  4. how people make and spend money
  5. another name for Union soldiers
  6. to break away from a country
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  1. The northern US states
  2. when a person is owned, has no rights
  3. against the law
  4. The southern US states

10 Clues: against the law • The northern US states • The southern US states • large farms in the south • to break away from a country • how people make and spend money • another name for Union soldiers • when a person is owned, has no rights • another name for soldiers in the Confederacy • War (1861-1865) The northern and southern US states fought over slavery

Early Cold War 2021-03-17

Early Cold War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Amendment, The amendment prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again.
  2. blacklist, was the colloquial term for what was in actuality a broader entertainment industry
  3. Deal, fair deal recommended that all Americans have health insurance, that the minimum wage
  4. Germany, from 1949 to 1990, a republic consisting of the western two-thirds of what is now Germany.
  5. missile crisis, A confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1962 over the presence of missile sites in Cuba
  6. Oaks Conference, was an international conference at which proposals for the establishment of a "general international organization", which was to become the United Nations, were formulated and negotiated.
  7. for Progress, aimed to establish economic cooperation between the U.S. and Latin America.
  8. Race, occurs when two or more countries increase the size and quality of military resources to gain military and political superiority over one another.
  9. Plan, was an American initiative passed in 1948 for foreign aid to Western Europe
  10. also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 European and North American countries.
  11. Eisenhower, he served under various generals and was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in 1941.
  12. it had to fend off enemies both directly on its borders and over the distant horizon.
  13. Airlift, A military operation in the late 1940s that brought food and other needed goods into West Berlin by air after the government of East Germany, which at that time surrounded West Berlin, had cut off its supply routes.
  14. Kennedy, was an American socialite, writer, and photographer who became First Lady of the United States as the wife of President John F. Kennedy.
  15. Germany, was a country that existed from 1949 to 1990, the period when the eastern portion of Germany was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War.
  16. Parallel, used as the pre-Korean War boundary between North Korea and South Korea.
  17. Alejandro Castro, was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and President from 1976 to 2008.
  18. doctrine, President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.
  19. Zedong, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China.
  20. a state that cannot be ignored on the world stage and without whose cooperation no world problem can be solved
  21. was a village just north of the de facto border between North and South Korea
  22. Wall, was built by the communist government of East Berlin in 1961.
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  1. proliferation, the spread of nuclear weapons, fissionable material, and weapons-applicable nuclear technology
  2. War,the state of political hostility that existed between the Soviet bloc countries and the US-led Western powers from 1945 to 1990.
  3. was a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad.
  4. was the last of the World War II meetings held by the “Big Three” heads of state.
  5. Blockade, was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War.
  6. Corps, is an independent agency and volunteer program run by the United States Government providing international social and economic development assistance.
  7. F. Kennedy, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
  8. Nations, are those Eastern European nations that were allied with and under the control of the Soviet Union during the Cold War
  9. put in effect in the mid-20th century in the United States
  10. conference, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States
  11. is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason, especially when related to communism.
  12. Pact, was a Cold War-era mutual defense treaty signed on May 14, 1955
  13. of Pigs, The invasion is considered part of the Cold War because the United States was trying to prevent communism from taking hold
  14. Stalin, was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet politician who ruled the Soviet Union from 1927 until 1953.
  15. Macarthur, was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army.
  16. Khrushchev, was a Soviet politician who led the Soviet Union as the first secretary of the ruling Communist Party from 1953 to 1964 and as chairman of the country's Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964.
  17. Truman, 33rd president of the United States, who led his country through the final stages of World War II and through the early years of the Cold War, vigorously opposing Soviet expansionism in Europe
  18. Curtain, the boundary that separated the Warsaw Pact countries from the NATO countries from about 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991.
  19. War, was a war between North Korea and South Korea.

41 Clues: War, was a war between North Korea and South Korea. • put in effect in the mid-20th century in the United States • Wall, was built by the communist government of East Berlin in 1961. • Pact, was a Cold War-era mutual defense treaty signed on May 14, 1955 • Blockade, was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. • ...

11ACC Principles 2015-03-01

11ACC Principles crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The principle that states transactions should be recorded at their original purchase price (2 words)
  2. The principle that states all items must be recorded in the currency of where the reports are prepared
  3. The principle that states losses should be recorded when probable, gains only when certain
  4. The principle that states usage of the same accounting methods
  5. The principle that states the owner is separate from the business
Down
  1. The characteristic that states Reports should contain all information that is useful, and none that is not
  2. Piece of paper providing evidence of a transaction (2 words)
  3. The characteristic that states reports should contain information verified by source document evidence

8 Clues: Piece of paper providing evidence of a transaction (2 words) • The principle that states usage of the same accounting methods • The principle that states the owner is separate from the business • The principle that states losses should be recorded when probable, gains only when certain • ...

Ch. 9 & 10 Vocabulary Words 2021-02-05

Ch. 9 & 10 Vocabulary Words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. activities aimed at weakening the established government by inciting resistance or rebellion to authority
  2. o legally overturn
  3. a prohibition or blocking of trade with a certain country
  4. money paid to a leader or state for protection
  5. rights the idea that states should have all powers that the Constitution does not give to the federal government or forbid to the states; theory that individual states are independent and have the right to control their most important affairs
  6. a person living in a country who is not a citizen of that country
  7. seizing people against their will and forcing them to serve in the military or other public service
  8. firmly favoring one party or faction
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  1. a strong sense of devotion to one’s country
  2. a certificate that promises to repay borrowed money plus interest by a certain date
  3. a group of advisers to a president
  4. rights privileges or freedoms that are granted to nations that do not choose a side in a conflict
  5. to withdraw or break away from a nation or organization; to officially leave an organization
  6. a court’s power or right to hear and decide cases
  7. Something done or said that becomes an example for others to follow

15 Clues: o legally overturn • a group of advisers to a president • firmly favoring one party or faction • a strong sense of devotion to one’s country • money paid to a leader or state for protection • a court’s power or right to hear and decide cases • a prohibition or blocking of trade with a certain country • a person living in a country who is not a citizen of that country • ...

The Cold War Begins 2018-04-22

The Cold War Begins crossword puzzle
Across
  1. program provides food to reduce famine, fuel to heat houses and factories, money to jumpstart the economy
  2. countries formally independent but under heavy political, economic, and military influence
  3. goal was to keep communism contained within its existing borders
  4. promise to aid nations struggling against communist movements
  5. communist party makes all key economic, political, and military decisions; Soviet people cannot worship as they please; no private property
  6. Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill
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  1. 46 year struggled between two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, with no military conflict
  2. provided the military alliance to counter Soviet Expansion
  3. US and Britain drop supplies to West Berlin
  4. became a member of NATO in 1955
  5. the Soviet Union and its satellite states formed a rival military alliance; included all Communist states in Eastern Europe except Yugoslavia
  6. free elections, economic and religious freedom, private property, individual differences
  7. American diplomat and leading authority on the Soviet Union
  8. Name for the boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas (Democratic and Dictatorship) from the end of WWII in 1945 to the end of the Cold War in 1991
  9. the different areas of Germany controlled by the United States, France, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union

15 Clues: Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill • became a member of NATO in 1955 • US and Britain drop supplies to West Berlin • provided the military alliance to counter Soviet Expansion • American diplomat and leading authority on the Soviet Union • promise to aid nations struggling against communist movements • goal was to keep communism contained within its existing borders • ...

underground railroad 2019-05-17

underground railroad crossword puzzle
Across
  1. States: slave states that did not secede from the United States
  2. to do away with something
  3. to forbid something
  4. trade: buying and selling of people for profit
  5. 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
  6. to make a difference in treatment or favor based on something other than individual merit
  7. the system by which goods and services are produced, bought, and sold in a region
  8. a penalty (usually money) imposed on someone as a punishment
  9. a person without freedom who is owned by another and is made to work for free
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  1. the power to do what you want to and not be controlled by another
  2. a person running away to avoid being captured
  3. people who wanted to end slavery in the United States
  4. something that is owned by a person such as land or personal belongings
  5. a native or naturalized person who owes loyalty or allegiance to a government and is entitled to its protections
  6. a plant (such as cotton or tobacco) that is grown and can be harvested for profit

15 Clues: to forbid something • to do away with something • a person running away to avoid being captured • trade: buying and selling of people for profit • people who wanted to end slavery in the United States • a penalty (usually money) imposed on someone as a punishment • States: slave states that did not secede from the United States • ...

American Citizenship 2024-01-05

American Citizenship crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the biggest power the states kept for themselves that you wont find in any constitution
  2. person who takes actions on bills, resolutions, amendments, motions, nominations, and treaties by voting.
  3. its role is to advise the President on any subject he or she may require relating to the duties of each member's respective office
  4. represents an individual district
  5. the process by which U.S. citizenship is granted to a lawful permanent resident
  6. the list of powers the state gave the feral government in the constitution
  7. vetoes bills and signs bill
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  1. created a stronger central government that shared power with the states
  2. system where they share power with a central government and give it a specific list of powers
  3. refers to the central government in a system where a central government shares powers with smaller states
  4. becomes president if the current president dies
  5. Federal Government is made up of three of these, legislative, executive and judicial.
  6. powers both the states and federal government can exercise at the same time.
  7. a section that is added to a law or rule in order to change it.
  8. a person chosen to speak on behalf of a house

15 Clues: vetoes bills and signs bill • represents an individual district • a person chosen to speak on behalf of a house • becomes president if the current president dies • a section that is added to a law or rule in order to change it. • created a stronger central government that shared power with the states • ...

Civil War 2023-05-10

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a withdrawal of 11 slave states (states in which slaveholding was legal) from the Union during 1860–61 following the election of Abraham Lincoln as president
  2. A place where fighting happens, during a war
  3. the fighting force made up of two or more corps and was commanded by a general
  4. the term used by Southerners to describe their rivals from the Union, or northern, side of the conflict
  5. a small town in S Pennsylvania, southwest of Harrisburg:
  6. a war within a country
Down
  1. the government of the 11 southern states that seceded from the union
  2. exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region over those of a country as a whole
  3. selective omission or presentation of facts
  4. a stream running through the battlefield
  5. three additions to the United States Constitution that abolished slavery, granted equal rights to formerly enslaved people, and enshrined the right to vote for people of all races
  6. agricultural and industrial labor, constructed fortifications, repaired railroads, and freed up white men to serve as soldiers
  7. strong military building for defence
  8. the portion of the country that remained loyal to the federal government
  9. an exceptionally active commander in chief of the army and navy

15 Clues: a war within a country • strong military building for defence • a stream running through the battlefield • selective omission or presentation of facts • A place where fighting happens, during a war • a small town in S Pennsylvania, southwest of Harrisburg: • an exceptionally active commander in chief of the army and navy • ...

REVIEW ACTIVITY THREE 2022-10-07

REVIEW ACTIVITY THREE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the power of the president as a civilian to make military decisions
  2. a type of legislature composed of two houses
  3. the division of powers between the governmental branches
  4. the number of amendments to the federal Constitution
  5. those who favored a weaker central government in favor of the states and who were opposed to the ratification of the 1787 Constitution.
  6. those who favored a stronger central government and supported the 1787 Constitution
  7. essays written by Hamilton, Jay, and Madison in favor of ratifying the 1787 Constitution
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  1. the power of the courts, particularly the Supreme Court, to decide the constitutionality of laws, orders, and regulations
  2. mechanisms through which each branch of government is able to participate in and influence the activities of the other branches
  3. determined that three of every five slaves would be counted for purposes of representation
  4. The United States' first constitution, in place until 1789.
  5. a system of shared power between a central government and states
  6. a framework for the Constitution that called for representation in the national legislature based on the population of the states.
  7. the powers of the branches of the federal government written in the Constitution
  8. a change to the US Constitution

15 Clues: a change to the US Constitution • a type of legislature composed of two houses • the number of amendments to the federal Constitution • the division of powers between the governmental branches • The United States' first constitution, in place until 1789. • a system of shared power between a central government and states • ...

Camila's Crossword Puzzle 2026-01-21

Camila's Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Confederate lost hope of a quick victory and northern invasion stopped.
  2. The North took control of the Mississippi river.
  3. The south was going to put up a fight. It was going to be a long war.
  4. All black regiment.
  5. The start of the civil war.
  6. The bloodiest day of the war.
  7. The period after the civil war in which Southern states were rebuilt and brought back into the union.
Down
  1. Laws that were passed in 1865 and 1866 in the former confederate states to limit the rights and freedom of African Americans.
  2. Laws enforcing segregation of blacks and whites in the south after the civil war.
  3. A closing off an area to keep people or supplies from going out.
  4. The rights are guaranteed by the constitution to all people, especially equal treatment under the law.
  5. An emergency established by congress of the civil war at the end of the civil war to help protect newly freed black Americans.
  6. A war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country.
  7. ALanta was taken. Led to the March to the sea.
  8. Another name for the confederate states that the Americans made up to 11 states.

15 Clues: All black regiment. • The start of the civil war. • The bloodiest day of the war. • ALanta was taken. Led to the March to the sea. • The North took control of the Mississippi river. • A closing off an area to keep people or supplies from going out. • A war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country. • ...