states Crossword Puzzles

Confederation to Constitution Unit review 2022-03-08

Confederation to Constitution Unit review crossword puzzle
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  1. held the most power in the Articles of Confederation
  2. number of branches in the U.S. government
  3. slaves would only count as 3/5 of a person
  4. government that replaced the AOC
  5. sharing power between federal and state government
  6. branch of government that makes laws
  7. plan to fix the AOC that said representation should depend on a states population
  8. plan to fix the AOC that said representation should be equal between states
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  1. first 10 amendments to the Constitution
  2. Americans first attempt at a government
  3. splits power between branches in government
  4. A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives
  5. took ideas from Virginia and New Jersey Plan
  6. Americans were afraid of getting another one of these after gaining independence from Britain

14 Clues: government that replaced the AOC • branch of government that makes laws • first 10 amendments to the Constitution • Americans first attempt at a government • number of branches in the U.S. government • slaves would only count as 3/5 of a person • splits power between branches in government • took ideas from Virginia and New Jersey Plan • ...

Lesson #2 2025-11-18

Lesson #2 crossword puzzle
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  1. Why does each state have two senators?
  2. Who is Commander in Chief of the U.S. military?
  3. What is one part of the judicial branch?
  4. What are TWO Cabinet-level positions?
  5. Who elects U.S. senators?
  6. What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?
  7. How many senators does each state have?
  8. How long is a term for a member of the House of Representatives?
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  1. Who appoints federal judges?
  2. The President of the United States is elected for how many years?
  3. What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?
  4. If the president can no longer serve, who becomes president?
  5. What are a Cabinet-level positions?
  6. What is the name of the President of the United States now?
  7. Name one power of the president

15 Clues: Who elects U.S. senators? • Who appoints federal judges? • Name one power of the president • What are a Cabinet-level positions? • What are TWO Cabinet-level positions? • Why does each state have two senators? • How many senators does each state have? • What is one part of the judicial branch? • Who is Commander in Chief of the U.S. military? • ...

US History Crossword Puzzle 2022-04-20

US History Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. This was created to ensure freedom and security to all members through military and political means
  2. Was the 35th President of the United States.
  3. a dangerous confrontation between The United States and Cuba.
  4. What program was created by the United States to help Western Europe after WW11?
  5. Was a lawyer and created what was called the McCarthyism.
  6. Race about nuclear bombs between the United States and Soviet Union.
  7. A wall that divided Berlin into east and west.
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  1. A strategy when opposite military forces are powerful enough to sestroy each other.
  2. Was an attempt to remove a leader in Cuba
  3. This was a war between North Korea and South Korea.
  4. What was a policy that would attempt to stop the spread of communism after WW11?

11 Clues: Was an attempt to remove a leader in Cuba • Was the 35th President of the United States. • A wall that divided Berlin into east and west. • This was a war between North Korea and South Korea. • Was a lawyer and created what was called the McCarthyism. • a dangerous confrontation between The United States and Cuba. • ...

Section 3 Vocab 2022-09-23

Section 3 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. decition in which the court ruled racial segregation laws did not violate the united states, "seperate but equal"
  2. goal of organized movement to break barriers of discrimination and segregation
  3. hate organizations teh employed terror in pursuit of white supremacist agenda
  4. abolished slavery in united states
  5. helped freed people by providing shelter, food, schools, and legal protection
  6. guaranteed African American men the right to vote
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  1. state and local laws enforcing racial segregation in southern united states
  2. settling someone or something apart form others
  3. an effort to reunify the divided nation and integrate African Americans into society
  4. granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the united states
  5. member of the republican party commited to emancipation of slaves, later equal treatment, enfranchisement of freed blacks

11 Clues: abolished slavery in united states • settling someone or something apart form others • guaranteed African American men the right to vote • granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the united states • state and local laws enforcing racial segregation in southern united states • ...

Early Cold War 2021-03-17

Early Cold War crossword puzzle
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  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. • ...

Unit 3 - Vocab 2023-03-16

Unit 3 - Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. One of the key founders of the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry.
  2. An American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World, and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States.
  3. A broad expanse of flatland in North America.
  4. supported legislation for an eight-hour work day, the abolition of child labor and government regulation of business monopolies.
  5. the combination in one company of two or more stages of production normally operated by separate companies.
  6. founded in 1867 to advance methods of agriculture, as well as to promote the social and economic needs of farmers in the United States.
  7. Worldwide recognition in the first third of the twentieth century as a pioneer social worker in America, as a feminist, and as an internationalist.
  8. a business strategy in which one company grows its operations at the same level in an industry.
  9. fought for better wages, reasonable hours and safer working conditions
  10. An American lawyer, orator, and politician. Beginning in 1896, he emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party, running three times as the party's nominee for President of the United States in the 1896, 1900, and the 1908 elections.
  11. A large-scale black migration from the South to Kansas came to be known as the "Great Exodus," and those participating in it were called "exodusters." The large-scale black migration from the South to Kansas came to be known as the "Great Exodus," and those participating in it were called "exodusters."
  12. created an Interstate Commerce Commission to oversee the conduct of the railroad industry.
  13. A British-born American cigar maker, labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history.
  14. Very large farms established in the western United States during the late nineteenth century. They conducted large-scale operations, mostly cultivating and harvesting wheat.
  15. are United States statutes that allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges in U.S. states using the proceeds from sales of federally-owned land, often obtained from indigenous tribes through treaty, cession, or seizure.
  16. an informal arrangement between the United States and Japan to ease growing tensions between the two countries, particularly pertaining to immigration.
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  1. an American agrarian movement during the 1870s and '80s that sought to improve the economic conditions for farmers through the creation of cooperatives and political advocacy
  2. a "comprehensive charter of economic liberty aimed at preserving free and unfettered competition as the rule of trade."
  3. known as Mother Jones from 1897 onwards, was an Irish-born American labor organizer, former schoolteacher and dressmaker who became a prominent union organizer, community organizer, and activist.
  4. Provided that federal government jobs be awarded on the basis of merit and that government employees be selected through competitive exams.
  5. from 1910 to 1940, it processed about half a million immigrants from 80 countries, people coming to and leaving from the U.S., before it closed when a fire broke out.
  6. a party organization that recruits its members by the use of tangible incentives—money, political jobs—and that is characterized by a high degree of leadership control over member activity.
  7. a form of late 19th-century and early 20th-century U.S. popular fiction issued in series of inexpensive paperbound editions.
  8. was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901.
  9. was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace.
  10. A Hunkpapa Lakota leader who led his people during years of resistance against United States government policies.
  11. an appointed member of a number of boards and commissions, his control over political patronage in New York City through Tammany, and his ability to ensure the loyalty of voters through jobs he could create and dispense on city-related projects.
  12. Also known as the General Allotment Act, the law authorized the President to break up reservation land, which was held in common by the members of a tribe, into small allotments to be parceled out to individuals.
  13. an American engineer and industrialist. He designed and manufactured the Pullman sleeping car and founded a company town, Pullman, for the workers who manufactured it.
  14. was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld the power of state governments to regulate private industries that affect "the common good."

30 Clues: A broad expanse of flatland in North America. • fought for better wages, reasonable hours and safer working conditions • One of the key founders of the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry. • created an Interstate Commerce Commission to oversee the conduct of the railroad industry. • ...

Chicano/a Studies Review Crossword 2023-03-16

Chicano/a Studies Review Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. 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.
  2. Two word name for the period of violence that people of Mexican descent underwent throughout the American Southwest in the early 1900s.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Over 60% of people of Mexican descent who were removed from the United States during the Great Depression were American __________.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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).
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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Three word name for the resistance group that fought back against White Americans stealing land away from Mexican-Americans in the late 1800s.
  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. 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.
  6. Las Gorras Blancas and the 1917 Bath Riots are two early examples of Mexican ___________ to oppression.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  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. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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!

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 __________. • ...

AP US History Crossword 2023-05-15

AP US History Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. a system where Spanish adventurers and settlers were granted the legal right to extract forced labor from indigenous tribal chiefs in the Americas colonies of the Spanish Empire
  2. an armed uprising in colonial Virginia in 1676 against the perceived corruption and unjust policies of the colonial government, particularly regarding Native American relations
  3. investigative journalists and writers during the Progressive Era who exposed corruption, social injustices, and industrial abuses in order to bring about societal and political reforms.
  4. the tenth President of the United States, who assumed office after the death of President William Henry Harrison, and was known for his strict interpretation of the Constitution and his support for states' rights
  5. a philosophy or approach that advocates minimal government intervention in economic affairs, allowing free markets to operate with minimal regulation and relying on the principles of supply and demand to determine prices and economic activity
  6. a man-made waterway in New York, completed in 1825, connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, significantly facilitating trade, transportation, and economic development throughout the region
  7. a series of meetings from December 15, 1814, to January 5, 1815, in Connecticut, in which the New England Federalist Party met to discuss their grievances concerning the ongoing War of 1812 and the political problems arising from the federal government's increasing power
  8. a legislative agreement passed in 1820 that sought to maintain the balance between free and slave states by admitting Missouri as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and prohibiting slavery in the rest of the Louisiana Territory north of the 36°30' parallel
  9. a prominent African-American civil rights leader and advocate for black empowerment, known for his powerful speeches, advocacy of self-defense, and his transformation from a Nation of Islam member to a more inclusive perspective in his later years
  10. a political party in the United States that existed from the early 1830s to the 1850s, characterized by its opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson, support for a strong federal government, and promotion of industrialization, infrastructure development, and protective tariffs
  11. U.S. general who commanded the Southwest Pacific Theatre in World War II, administered postwar Japan during the Allied occupation that followed, and led United Nations forces during the first nine months of the Korean War
  12. a trilateral trade agreement between the United States, Canada, and Mexico, aimed at promoting economic integration by eliminating barriers to trade and investment among the participating countries
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  1. a religious revival movement that took place in the United States during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, emphasizing personal piety, individual salvation, and social reform, and leading to the expansion of evangelical Protestantism and the establishment of new religious denominations
  2. a U.S. law passed in 1933 as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, aimed at promoting economic recovery during the Great Depression through industry regulation, fair labor practices, and the establishment of industrial codes
  3. a comprehensive healthcare reform law enacted in 2010 with the aim of increasing access to healthcare, improving quality of care, and reducing healthcare costs in the United States
  4. a series of laws enacted in the post-Civil War era by Southern states to restrict the rights and freedoms of African Americans, perpetuating racial segregation and ensuring the continuation of white supremacy
  5. a period of intense anti-communist hysteria and fear of communist infiltration in the United States during the early to mid-20th century, particularly in the aftermath of World War I and during the Cold War
  6. a foreign policy principle stating that any European colonization or intervention in the Americas would be seen as an act of aggression against the United States, promoting non-interference and independence of the American nations
  7. the 1925 prosecution of a criminal action brought by the state of Tennessee against a high school teacher for violating the state's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of evolution in public schools
  8. a federal fort located in Charleston, South Carolina, which became the site of the first shots fired in the American Civil War, marking the beginning of the conflict
  9. a U.S. federal law enacted in 1917 that criminalizes certain activities related to espionage, sabotage, and the disclosure of classified information, with the aim of protecting national security during times of war or potential threats to the country

21 Clues: a federal fort located in Charleston, South Carolina, which became the site of the first shots fired in the American Civil War, marking the beginning of the conflict • an armed uprising in colonial Virginia in 1676 against the perceived corruption and unjust policies of the colonial government, particularly regarding Native American relations • ...

end of the civil war (baylee michelle kimich) 2014-05-08

end of the civil war (baylee michelle kimich) crossword puzzle
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  1. 62,000 men marched to savannah and cut a path 60 miles wide and 300 miles long and burned down the town
  2. about 40,000 men were killed whent missing or were wounded
  3. took control of the mississippi river
  4. the presidents,and congress plan for reconstruction,from when they lost all of their men
  5. grant seige to the city
  6. a day to remember those who died in the civil war
  7. states that no citecen shall be denied to vote because of race,or color
  8. lincon spoke a speech that was one of the most insperational speeches ever given by a united states president
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  1. lee and his army defeated a union army at chanceellersville
  2. all people born in the united states excpet native americans protects the rights of all citecens
  3. ended slavery in united states and in this territores
  4. plan to march to richmond,the confedarcy capital
  5. offerd command to be in the union army but he didnt believe that force should be used to hold the union over

13 Clues: grant seige to the city • took control of the mississippi river • plan to march to richmond,the confedarcy capital • a day to remember those who died in the civil war • ended slavery in united states and in this territores • about 40,000 men were killed whent missing or were wounded • lee and his army defeated a union army at chanceellersville • ...

Texas History Crossword 2024-06-04

Texas History Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The country from which Texas gained its independence in 1836
  2. Mexican general who reported on the growing Anglo-American influence in Texas
  3. A major change in government or political system, like the Texas Revolution
  4. The battle where Texas won its independence from Mexico
  5. Historic mission in San Antonio that was the site of a pivotal battle in 1836
  6. Spanish explorer who was Galveston near galveston island in 1528
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  1. The conflict between the Northern and Southern states of the United States of America
  2. The principle that states have certain rights and political powers separate from the federal government, a key issue leading to the civil war
  3. Indigenous people known for their complex societies in East Texas
  4. The site of the first major oil gusher in Texas in 1901
  5. Second president of the Republic of Texas, known for his opposition to Sam Houston's policies
  6. The second largest state in the United States
  7. First president of the Republic of Texas and a key leader in the Texas Revolution

13 Clues: The second largest state in the United States • The site of the first major oil gusher in Texas in 1901 • The battle where Texas won its independence from Mexico • The country from which Texas gained its independence in 1836 • Spanish explorer who was Galveston near galveston island in 1528 • Indigenous people known for their complex societies in East Texas • ...

Gas Law's 2023-04-19

Gas Law's crossword puzzle
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  1. what is the unit for volume?
  2. a law that states that the number of atoms of a ideal gas and its volume are directly related when its temperature and pressure are constant
  3. a law states that as the temperature of a gas increases the volume also increases
  4. the measurement for temperature for ideal gases
  5. What is created by collisions of atoms of gas
  6. what kind of relationship does temperature and volume have?
  7. According to Charles' law volume and pressure have a _______ relationship.
  8. if the temperature is increases, the volume of the gas will ______________
  9. What is the space occupied by the gas called?
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  1. the average amount of kinetic energy (energy of movement) of a gas is called?
  2. a law that states that pressure and temperature are directly related (two words)
  3. a law that states that as the pressure of a gas increases the volume decreases
  4. if the temperature is decreased, the pressure of the gas will?

13 Clues: what is the unit for volume? • What is created by collisions of atoms of gas • What is the space occupied by the gas called? • the measurement for temperature for ideal gases • what kind of relationship does temperature and volume have? • if the temperature is decreased, the pressure of the gas will? • ...

Unit 1 8th Grade Assignment 2 2021-08-19

Unit 1 8th Grade Assignment 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. Ended in 1877
  2. Military rule of a region
  3. Union plan to squeeze the South
  4. Surround and starve out enemy
  5. Set of cultural traits by region
  6. President of the Confederacy
  7. States could not deny civil rights
  8. Became president w/o any votes in South
  9. Formed by Southern states
  10. Assassinated Lincoln
  11. Section's economy based on industry & fishing
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  1. Wanted to punish South
  2. Anyone born in US is a citizen
  3. Members of this party generally pro slavery
  4. Officially freed slaves everywhere
  5. Process of getting President out of office
  6. President after Lincoln was shot
  7. Commander of Army of N Virginia (Confederate)
  8. Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland

19 Clues: Ended in 1877 • Assassinated Lincoln • Wanted to punish South • Military rule of a region • Formed by Southern states • President of the Confederacy • Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland • Surround and starve out enemy • Anyone born in US is a citizen • Union plan to squeeze the South • Set of cultural traits by region • President after Lincoln was shot • Officially freed slaves everywhere • ...

Constitutional Convertion 2012-09-24

Constitutional Convertion crossword puzzle
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  1. Time studying the different forms of goverment
  2. Presented the Virginia plan
  3. Did not attend the Convention
  4. Wrote the Federalist Papers
  5. Did not favor original constitution without Bill of Rights
  6. Quartering of soldiers
  7. The Great Compromise(Bicameral)
  8. Presented the Connecticut Plan
  9. flagged Sunday, September 23, 2012 4:15 PM ThomasJefferson leader of Antifederalist
  10. Time frame for the constitution
  11. Favored large states (Population)
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  1. Leader of the federalist
  2. Presented the New Jersey Plan
  3. Favored original constitution
  4. Counting slaves as population
  5. Allowed delegates to speak freely
  6. the Articles The purpose of the convention
  7. Father of the constitution
  8. Favored small states (Equal representation)

19 Clues: Quartering of soldiers • Leader of the federalist • Father of the constitution • Presented the Virginia plan • Wrote the Federalist Papers • Presented the New Jersey Plan • Favored original constitution • Did not attend the Convention • Counting slaves as population • Presented the Connecticut Plan • The Great Compromise(Bicameral) • Time frame for the constitution • ...

Civil War 2022-05-17

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Massacre location involving John Brown
  2. Announcement freeing slaves
  3. Slave sued for freedom at the Supreme Court
  4. 16th President
  5. Southern States during the Civil War
  6. Union General
  7. American Nurse and Hero
  8. Plantation and Farm workers of the south
  9. Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
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  1. Act of withdrawing from an organization
  2. Bloodiest battle location of the Civil War
  3. Confederate General
  4. Northern states during the Civil War
  5. New political party in America in 1860
  6. Act to end a system or practice
  7. A Northern abolitionist party
  8. Cash crop of the south
  9. President of the Confederacy
  10. Plan to suppress the Confederacy

19 Clues: Union General • 16th President • Confederate General • Cash crop of the south • American Nurse and Hero • Announcement freeing slaves • Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin • President of the Confederacy • A Northern abolitionist party • Act to end a system or practice • Plan to suppress the Confederacy • Northern states during the Civil War • Southern States during the Civil War • ...

Agriculture in the US 2022-09-12

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

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

Spanish Crossword 2022-12-02

Spanish Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. the first month of the year
  2. Hello in Spanish
  3. Spanish for good bye
  4. the last month of the year
  5. A form of entertainment/competition
  6. a Mexican food
  7. the word for a man
  8. the number three in Spanish
  9. a Spanish speaking country that starts with A
  10. a celebration of some sort
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  1. the first day of a school week
  2. library in Spanish
  3. a word for friend
  4. the number of years in a decade
  5. number of states in the United States
  6. gusto, it means with much pleasure in Spanish
  7. the number of days in a week
  8. A dozen
  9. One hundred in Spanish

19 Clues: A dozen • a Mexican food • Hello in Spanish • a word for friend • library in Spanish • the word for a man • Spanish for good bye • One hundred in Spanish • the last month of the year • a celebration of some sort • the first month of the year • the number three in Spanish • the number of days in a week • the first day of a school week • the number of years in a decade • ...

TEST 3 - REVIEW [PERIOD 3] 2020-11-30

TEST 3 - REVIEW [PERIOD 3] crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Preamble to the U.S. Constitution illustrates the principle that __________ are the true source of political power
  2. The term __________ is best defined as the division of power between the states and the national government
  3. During the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the plans for Congress proposed by delegates from New Jersey and Virginia differed mainly over the issue of equal state __________ or proportionate state __________ in congress
  4. During the Constitutional Convention, the framers of the Constitution were able to __________ on important issues such as state representation in congress
  5. The judicial branch of government can check the legislative branch of government by declaring laws __________
  6. To prevent tyranny, the authors of the Constitution drew on Montesquieu’s concept of __________ of powers
  7. A principal reason for calling the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was to __________ the central government
  8. In writing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson was influenced most by __________’s idea of natural rights
  9. The main argument the British used to justify __________ the thirteen colonies after the French and Indian War was that Colonies should contribute to the expenses involved in providing for their defense
  10. A __________ form of government is described as one in which representatives are elected by the people
  11. Ordering American troops into a foreign country illustrates the __________ ’s power as commander in chief
  12. In 1790, the first census of the United States was taken in order to determine each state’s representation in Congress and the number of __________ assigned to each state
  13. In the 1780s, the national government under the Articles of Confederation established its authority in the Northwest Territory by providing a system for the formation of new __________
Down
  1. According to the United States Constitution, the __________ is used to determine the apportionment of members in the House of Representatives
  2. Impeachment of the U.S. President by the House of Representatives is an example of the use of __________
  3. The United States Constitution corrected a weakness of the Articles of Confederation by creating three __________ of government
  4. By agreeing to the __________ Compromise the framers of the U.S. Constitution agreed that the national congress should consist of two houses: one in which representation is based on population, and one in which states are equally represented.
  5. The thirteen colonies had few, but important advantages in the war with England. One of these advantages was aid of foreign nations such as __________
  6. Federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances are constitutional principles that directly reduce the __________ of governmental power
  7. The main criticism of the Articles of Confederation was that they failed to provide adequate powers for the __________ government
  8. Many of the fundamental principles found in the United States Constitution (1787) were based on the writings of __________ philosophers
  9. A presidential veto of a bill can be overridden by a __________vote of both houses of Congress
  10. Delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 agreed to the Three-Fifths Compromise as a solution to the problem of whether or not to count __________ in the national census

23 Clues: A presidential veto of a bill can be overridden by a __________vote of both houses of Congress • A __________ form of government is described as one in which representatives are elected by the people • Impeachment of the U.S. President by the House of Representatives is an example of the use of __________ • ...

Famous People of the Civil War Era 2020-12-02

Famous People of the Civil War Era crossword puzzle
Across
  1. served as the sixth President of the United States
  2. American Author, Wrote the Liberator
  3. He led Union forces in crushing campaigns through the South, marching through Georgia and the Carolinas
  4. known for his command of Fort Sumter at the start of the war.
  5. his division was decimated during a massive frontal assault that became known as “Pickett's Charge.” After Gettysburg, Pickett commanded troops in North Carolina and later participated in the defense of Petersburg.
  6. He had a brief stint in the Western Theater, but he is best known for his defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run
  7. was a United States Army officer, notable for his leadership in the Mexican–American War and American Civil War.
  8. was a Confederate general who led the South's attempt at secession during the Civil War
  9. inspired hundreds of thousands more African Americans to enlist for the Union helping to turn the tide of the war to its ultimate victory
  10. won the lottery and bought his freedom for $600
  11. U.S. politician, leader of the Democratic Party, and orator who espoused the cause of popular sovereignty
  12. enslaved black man who tried to sue for his freedom against Sandford
  13. helped distribute needed supplies to the Union Army during the Civil War and later founded the disaster relief organization, the American Red Cross.
  14. entered the war in 1861 and was promoted to full general after General Albert Sidney Johnston's death at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862.
  15. was a war hero and one of the South's most successful generals during the American Civil War (1861-65). After a difficult childhood, he graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, in time to fight in the Mexican War
Down
  1. the wife of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln
  2. he believed that states had an unquestionable right to leave the Union.
  3. radical abolitionist whose fervent hatred of slavery led him to seize the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry
  4. Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
  5. helped ease border tensions with Britain through negotiations of the Webster-Ashburton Treaty in 1842.
  6. started a slave rebellion in Southampton County
  7. Former slave who petitioned for slave and womens rights
  8. led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War
  9. Secretary of John Quincy Adams; "Great Pacificator"
  10. become an agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society, recruiting and training people to work for the cause
  11. an escaped slave who became a prominent activist, author and public speaker. He became a leader in the abolitionist movement.
  12. shot President Abraham Lincoln in the head and killed him
  13. Her efforts on behalf of the mentally ill and prisoners helped create dozens of new institutions across the United States
  14. escaped slavery and led hundreds of slaves to freedom using the underground railroad
  15. was the 16th president of the United States and is regarded as one of America's greatest heroes due to his role as savior of the Union and emancipator of enslaved people.

30 Clues: Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin • American Author, Wrote the Liberator • started a slave rebellion in Southampton County • won the lottery and bought his freedom for $600 • served as the sixth President of the United States • Secretary of John Quincy Adams; "Great Pacificator" • Former slave who petitioned for slave and womens rights • ...

Government coming to terms 2021-01-12

Government coming to terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the people are the only source of power for any and all government actions; government can only govern with the consent of the governed
  2. explains the purposes of the Constitution, and defines the powers of the new government as
  3. considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the Constitution and helped write the Federalist Papers
  4. a representative democracy in which a small group of leaders, elected by the citizens, represents the concerns of the people; the interests of the majority take precedence over interest of a few.
  5. each branch of government is subject to a number of constitutional restraints, or checks, by the other branches so no single branch becomes too powerful
  6. chosen to preside at the Constitutional Convention; he later became the first president of the United States; he set precedent by stepping down after two terms and initiating a peaceful transition of power
  7. compromise between slave states and free states to count three-fifths of the slave population in a state when allocating how many representatives a state was entitled to in the House of Representatives
  8. the distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union
  9. first ten amendments to the Constitution,added by the first Congress in 1791;protects thecivil rights and liberties of the people
Down
  1. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to pass all laws “necessary and proper” to carry out the other powers listed in Article I
  2. the government is not all powerful; its powers are limited, and the acts of the government are those willed by the people Constitution were written
  3. from the people of the United States
  4. compromise reached in writing the Constitution to satisfy both small and large states by having one house of Congress with an equal number of representatives for each state and the other house’s membership determined by a state’s population
  5. supporters of the new Constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited government and checks and balances
  6. type of democracy based on the protection of individual rights from the tyranny of the majority and on the consent of the governed to establish political authority
  7. power is held at the national level, with very little power being held in political subdivisions, such as provinces, states, counties, parishes, or tow
  8. in order for man to live in groups, he must give up some of his freedom to the government in exchange for protection of his natural rights
  9. group of people who feared the new government created by Constitution; gave too much power to the national government at the expense of individual rights
  10. English political philosopher whose Social Contract Theory believed that in order to live together, individuals in a society give up their natural rights to a higher authority for the sake of protection
  11. government is defined by law and serves the people; the law is above everyone and it applies to everyone, whether ruler or the ruled

20 Clues: from the people of the United States • the distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union • explains the purposes of the Constitution, and defines the powers of the new government as • considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the Constitution and helped write the Federalist Papers • ...

Government-Coming to Terms 2021-01-06

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

20 Clues: belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority • the distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union • powers saved for the states in our system of federalism, guaranteed in the 9 thAmendment to the Constitution • ...

AP GOV 3.7-3.9 2023-05-22

AP GOV 3.7-3.9 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. prevents law enforcement from conducting unreasonable search and seizures
  2. Court case that ruled that the Second Amendment must be protected by states based on the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
  3. the concept of fundamental fairness that ensures legitimate government in a democracy
  4. The court case that ruled that an arrested individual is entitled to rights against self-incrimination and to an attorney under the 5th and 6th Amendments of the United States Constitution.
  5. Moines historic Supreme Court ruling from 1969 that cemented students' rights to free speech in public schools.
  6. provisions of the bill of rights applicable to the states rather than all of them at once
  7. became the selective incorporation case for the Fourth Amendment. Since that ruling state laws must abide by the Fourth Amendment.
  8. This Court case held that the Fourth Amendment's prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures is not limited solely to the actions of law enforcement personnel.
  9. Clause that means that the owner of the property shall receive at a minimum the fair market value of the property in its best alternative use, independent of the government taking.
  10. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States
Down
  1. states that evidence from the government finds or takes in violation of the 4th amendment can be excluded from trial
  2. the right of a person to be free from intrusion into or publicity concerning matters of a personal nature.
  3. The court case that effectively defined the range of medically necessary abortions covered by Medicaid by carving out particular abortion services that states are not obligated to cover.
  4. Court case that ruled that states must provide an attorney for defendants that can't afford one to guarantee a fair trial.
  5. This puts the protection of people before procedural protections for suspects
  6. The new law does not completely eliminate the collection and storage of this metadata by cell phone operators, but it does prevent the government easy access to it.
  7. The Supreme Court invalidated a Connecticut law that made it a crime to use birth control devices or to advise anyone about their use.
  8. places substantive limits on what the government can take away or deprive a citizen of.
  9. type of due process that addresses the manner in which the law is carried out.
  10. establishes that no one shall be “deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.”
  11. The court case that decided that the right to privacy implied in the 14th Amendment protected abortion as a fundamental right. The government retained the power to regulate or restrict abortion access depending on the stage of pregnancy.
  12. The right to counsel has been in place since the bill of rights, this amendment is the

22 Clues: prevents law enforcement from conducting unreasonable search and seizures • This puts the protection of people before procedural protections for suspects • type of due process that addresses the manner in which the law is carried out. • the concept of fundamental fairness that ensures legitimate government in a democracy • ...

Chem vocab 2022-01-26

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

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

Unit 6 Review 2022-03-31

Unit 6 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. _____ Crisis: South Carolina trys to declare federal tariffs null and void, then threatens to secede; Andrew Jackson doesn't let them get away with it
  2. ____ Destiny: the idea that it was America's divine purpose to spread west to the Pacific Ocean
  3. ____ Removal Act of 1830: resulted in the forced removal of Native Americans from their homelands to reservations west of the Mississippi River
  4. Frederick Douglass and Sojourner ____: former slaves who spoke out against slavery and published autobiographies
  5. Henry Clay's ____ System consisted of protective tariffs, a 2nd Bank of the United States, and funding for internal improvements
  6. Slave state added as a result of the Missouri Compromise
  7. last name of the president during the Mexican-American War
  8. The word describing the differences in various sections of the U.S.: agriculture and slavery in the South, factories and banks in the North, etc.
  9. Texas's annexation by the United States was delayed because Congress did not want to upset the balance between ____ and free states
  10. ___ Doctrine: named after our 5th president, this states that Europe needs to stay out of the affairs of the Americas
  11. South Carolina and other Southern states did not like these protective taxes because they felt they benefitted manufacturers in the North, not farmers in the South
  12. The Treaty of _____ Hidalgo: ended the Mexican-American War, added California, New Mexico, and more to the U.S.
  13. "John Marshall has made his decision, now let him ____ it." - Andrew Jackson after Worcester v. Georgia was decided in favor of the Cherokee
  14. McCullough v. Maryland: Congress has the _____ power to create a national bank
  15. name of both a trail and a territory added peacefully in negotiations with Great Britain
  16. "Remember the ____!" Battle cry at San Jacinto, the fight for Texan independence from Mexico
Down
  1. Eli Whitney's invention that made it easier to harvest a certain cash crop; made America, especially the South, rich; unintended consequence: drastic increase in slavery
  2. Andrew Jackson was part of which political party?
  3. Free state added as a result of the Missouri Compromise
  4. The ____ Road connected Maryland to Illinois
  5. The tribe that forcefully lost their lands in Georgia and walked the Trail of Tears
  6. Seneca ____ Convention: Women's rights convention in New York that among other things advocated for a woman's right to vote
  7. Gadsden Purchase: U.S. spent $10 million to buy land from Mexico for a southern transcontinental _____
  8. Henry David _____: this Transcendentalist's "Civil Disobedience" inspired Gandhi and MLK
  9. The Second Great ______: religious movement at the heart of many of the reform movements of the mid-1800s
  10. As a result of the Missouri Compromise, new states north of 36'30 would be ____ states
  11. Nat ______: led a slave rebellion where over 60 whites were killed; this led to harsher laws for slaves in the South
  12. ___-Onis Treaty: US gains Florida from Spain
  13. this was discovered in California and led to a rush of people trying to get rich quick
  14. The Erie ____ linked the economies of the the Midwest and the East because it made it easier to ship goods and resources to market

30 Clues: The ____ Road connected Maryland to Illinois • ___-Onis Treaty: US gains Florida from Spain • Andrew Jackson was part of which political party? • Free state added as a result of the Missouri Compromise • Slave state added as a result of the Missouri Compromise • last name of the president during the Mexican-American War • ...

American History 2023-11-04

American History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Republican politician that held the roles of both president and vice president despite never having been elected to either office (4)
  2. Alternative Democratic candidate in the 1960 presidential election who won 15 electoral votes in the Deep South (4)
  3. Chief justice of the supreme court 1953-1969 and running mate of Thomas E. Dewey in the 1948 presidential election (6)
  4. Only president to serve as chief justice of the supreme court after becoming president; appointed by Warren G. Harding (4)
  5. Independent candidate who carried no states in the 1980 presidential election despite gaining over 10% of the popular vote (8)
  6. Anti-slavery party that former president Martin Van Buren joined and ran for president with in 1848 (8)
  7. Latin American nation in which 19th president Rutherford B. Hayes has many streets and buildings named after him as a result of his actions benefitting the country (8)
  8. The third-largest party in the United States by members as of 2023, founded in late 1971 (11)
  9. Official name of the third-parties created by Theodore Roosevelt, Robert La Follette and Henry Wallace for their left-wing campaigns in 1912, 1924 and 1948 respectively (11)
  10. Abraham Lincoln's running mate in the 1860 presidential election (6)
Down
  1. Presidential candidate of the newly-founded 'Dixiecrat' party in 1948, also president pro tempore of the senate in the early years of George W. Bush's presidency (8)
  2. The maiden name of the First Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (7)
  3. Vice president of the United States 1974-1977 and namesake of the progressive wing of the Republican party throughout much of the mid-20th century (11)
  4. President nicknamed 'Old Hickory' (7)
  5. Billionaire third-party candidate from Texas in the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections (5)
  6. The surname of the only grandfather-grandson duo to have served as president (8)
  7. Vice president of the United States under Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1941 to 1945 (7)
  8. Initials of the running mate of the Democratic party's candidate in the 1920 presidential election who would go on to become president at a later date (3)
  9. Third-party candidate in the 1880 and 1892 presidential elections, received 8.5% of the popular vote as the candidate for the People's Party or Populist Party in the latter (6)
  10. One of two presidents to have never held any political or judiciary office before becoming president, the other one is Donald Trump (6)
  11. Commanding general of the United States army from 1861 to 1862 and Abraham Lincoln's main opponent in the 1864 presidential election (9)
  12. The author of 'Poor Richard's Almanack' from 1732 to 1758 (8)
  13. Left-wing politician who ran for president on five occasions in 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912 and 1920, performing best in the 1912 election in which they won 6% of the popular vote and 901,551 total votes (4)
  14. President of the United States with a cameo role in the 1992 film 'Home Alone 2' (5)

24 Clues: President nicknamed 'Old Hickory' (7) • The author of 'Poor Richard's Almanack' from 1732 to 1758 (8) • Abraham Lincoln's running mate in the 1860 presidential election (6) • The maiden name of the First Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (7) • The surname of the only grandfather-grandson duo to have served as president (8) • ...

Unit 3 2024-12-17

Unit 3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. conflict between the United States and Tripoli (now in Libya), incited by American refusal to continue payment of tribute to the piratical rulers of the North African Barbary States of Algiers, Tunis, Morocco, and Tripoli
  2. thwarted a British effort to gain control of a critical American port and elevated Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson to national fame
  3. It laid the foundations for the emergence of Canada as an independent nation and induced the British to seek peaceful relations with the United States for the remainder of the 19th century and beyond. It also helped forge the United States into a nation.
  4. Americans looked to strengthen their nation through government spending on infrastructure, or what were then called internal improvements. In his seventh annual address to congress, Madison called for public investment to create national roads, canals, and even a national seminary.
  5. The convention declared the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 unconstitutional and unenforceable within the state of South Carolina after February 1, 1833. It was asserted that attempts to use force to collect the taxes would lead to the state's secession
  6. an act establishing an ''independent Treasury System", where the Treasury Department, not commercial banks, was to manage the Government's funds
  7. In the first election following the end of the War of 1812, Democratic-Republican candidate James Monroe defeated Federalist Rufus King in an almost unanimous decision
  8. signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy
  9. Meeting in Hartford, Connecticut, in December 1814, party delegates secretly debated—and rejected—secession; instead, they drafted constitutional amendments strengthening state controls over commerce and militias
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  1. Controversy arose within Congress over the issue of slavery. Congress adopted this legislation and admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time, so that the balance between slave and free states in the nation would remain equal
  2. John Quincy Adams defeated Andrew Jackson in 1824 by garnering more electoral votes through the House of Representatives, even though Jackson originally received more popular and electoral votes, ended the era of good feelings
  3. The biggest American casualty of the war was the Federalist Party, the first political party that had arisen in the United States. A party of bankers and businessmen, the Federalists' steady opposition to the war doomed them in the eyes of the American public
  4. slashed army and navy expenditures, cut the budget, eliminated taxes on whiskey, houses, and slaves, and fired all federal tax collectors
  5. the United States prohibited trade with both Britain and France; then in May, 1810, Congress authorized trade with both, directing the President, if either would accept America's view of neutral rights, to forbid trade with the other nation.
  6. Jackson decisively won the election, carrying 55.5% of the popular vote and 178 electoral votes, to Adams' 83. The election marked the rise of Jacksonian Democracy and the transition from the First Party System to the Second Party System, allowed for all white men to vote
  7. Americans attributed the cause of the panic principally to domestic political conflicts. Democrats typically blamed the bankers, and Whigs blamed Jackson for refusing to renew the Bank of the United States charter and for the withdrawal of government funds from the bank
  8. With the end of the war the party all but ceased to exist, and many of its former members rallied to new party banners, namely Republican and Whig, where they formed the political base for centralization, protectionism, and, eventually, abolitionism, in the latter half of the 19th century
  9. Though the war had no clear winner, the treaty restored pre-war territorial boundaries, returned prisoners, and strengthened the United States as a nation

18 Clues: thwarted a British effort to gain control of a critical American port and elevated Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson to national fame • slashed army and navy expenditures, cut the budget, eliminated taxes on whiskey, houses, and slaves, and fired all federal tax collectors • ...

Week 30 2024-04-30

Week 30 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The United States of __________
  2. strange or not normal
  3. showing how something should look
  4. your Chromebook
  5. being creative with your mind
  6. you are having fun
  7. we do this in science
  8. talking about why you have a certain answer
  9. when your brain knows what is happening
  10. talking with people
Down
  1. we do this in math
  2. you have a secret identity
  3. you like something the most
  4. you are a resident of the united states
  5. it can be hot or cold outside
  6. a sound you hear
  7. we breathe this in everyday
  8. if someone can't see you

18 Clues: your Chromebook • a sound you hear • we do this in math • you are having fun • talking with people • strange or not normal • we do this in science • if someone can't see you • you have a secret identity • you like something the most • we breathe this in everyday • being creative with your mind • it can be hot or cold outside • The United States of __________ • ...

The Peloponnesian War 2024-05-01

The Peloponnesian War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. battle from 415-413 BCE
  2. to put a pause on a war
  3. slaves in Sparta
  4. surrendered to Spartan 404 BCE
  5. Wars 431 BCE - 404BCE
  6. navy-based force
  7. shared religion,language,other customs
  8. Phillip conquered most of the Greek peninsula
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  1. broughtAthenianstosafety
  2. important source of grain for the Spartans
  3. built a massive wall
  4. isolated Greek city states
  5. League a military alliance
  6. done away with after the war
  7. the Great created the most powerful empire at that time
  8. land-based military force
  9. 50,000 peoplemayhavedied
  10. Wars Greek society flourished after this
  11. mountainous land north of Greece

19 Clues: slaves in Sparta • navy-based force • built a massive wall • Wars 431 BCE - 404BCE • battle from 415-413 BCE • to put a pause on a war • broughtAthenianstosafety • 50,000 peoplemayhavedied • land-based military force • isolated Greek city states • done away with after the war • surrendered to Spartan 404 BCE • League a military alliance • mountainous land north of Greece • ...

FFF 2023-07-25

FFF crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What ancient Celtic festival
  2. Halloween month
  3. medieval practice like trick-or-treating
  4. Jack-o'-lanterns are made from __
  5. country that grew the largest pumpkin
  6. largest Halloween parade in the United States; place
  7. a symbol of bad luck
  8. tricolored candy
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  1. All Hallows' Eve
  2. Roman festival
  3. kids wear this on halloween
  4. burned to light Jack’s way
  5. Jack-O-Lanterns inspiration
  6. brought traditions to the United States
  7. kids bob for this
  8. origins of jack-o'-lanterns
  9. Country that coined Trick-or-Treat
  10. __ were believed to roam freely among the living

18 Clues: Roman festival • Halloween month • All Hallows' Eve • tricolored candy • kids bob for this • a symbol of bad luck • burned to light Jack’s way • kids wear this on halloween • Jack-O-Lanterns inspiration • origins of jack-o'-lanterns • What ancient Celtic festival • Jack-o'-lanterns are made from __ • Country that coined Trick-or-Treat • country that grew the largest pumpkin • ...

Vocabulary Unit 1.1 2025-08-23

Vocabulary Unit 1.1 crossword puzzle
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  1. Rule by a king or queen.
  2. One central government rules all.
  3. One ruler with total control.
  4. Rule by religion.
  5. Citizens elect representatives.
  6. King or queen limited by laws.
  7. Everyone must follow the law.
  8. One person holds all power.
  9. Power divided between central and local.
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  1. People govern through voting.
  2. Supreme power to govern.
  3. Government controls every part of life.
  4. Leaders’ powers are restricted.
  5. Elected leaders bound by a constitution.
  6. Power shared between states and nation.
  7. Government split into branches.
  8. Government run by a few.
  9. States join together loosely.

18 Clues: Rule by religion. • Supreme power to govern. • Rule by a king or queen. • Government run by a few. • One person holds all power. • People govern through voting. • One ruler with total control. • States join together loosely. • Everyone must follow the law. • King or queen limited by laws. • Leaders’ powers are restricted. • Government split into branches. • ...

War of 1812 Crossword 2025-03-17

War of 1812 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. U.S. General who became a national hero for his leadership in the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 and later became the 7th President of the United States.
  2. French Emperor whose wars in Europe created global conflicts, indirectly leading to the War of 1812.
  3. The U.S. acquisition of French territory in 1803 that significantly increased the nation's size, setting the stage for territorial conflicts during the War of 1812.
  4. A member of Congress during the War of 1812 who advocated for war against Britain. Called War ____, after the predatory bird.
  5. The peace treaty that ended the War of 1812, restoring pre-war boundaries but not addressing the underlying issues that led to the conflict.
  6. The 19th-century movement of Americans into Western territories, called ________ expansion.
  7. _____ ______ Banner, The U.S. national anthem written by Francis Scott Key, inspired by the sight of the American flag after a battle in 1814.
  8. ________ Wars, Conflicts between the United States and Barbary States (North African pirates) that contributed to tensions between the U.S. and Britain, leading to impressment.
  9. The 1803 acquisition of French territory by the United States, doubling the size of the country and fueling expansion.
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  1. A government-imposed ban on trade with foreign countries, notably enacted by President Jefferson, which led to tensions with Britain and France.
  2. The British colony to the north, Americans attempted to capture it in the War of 1812.
  3. The King of Great Britain during the War of 1812, whose policies, such as impressment, led to tensions with the United States.
  4. A Shawnee leader who fought alongside the British during the War of 1812 in an effort to stop American expansion into Native American lands.
  5. Wife of president Madison, saved the portrait of George Washington from the burning of the White House.
  6. Madison The 4th President of the United States, serving during the War of 1812.
  7. The British practice of forcibly enlisting American sailors into the British navy, one of the primary grievances that led to the War of 1812.
  8. A decisive battle in January 1815, where General Andrew Jackson's forces defeated the British, even though the war had officially ended by then.
  9. A critical region for naval battles during the War of 1812, where American forces sought control over British and Canadian territories.
  10. Fort in Baltimore Harbor, Maryland, where the successful defense against a British attack inspired the writing of the "Star-Spangled Banner."
  11. War between the United States and Great Britain after the Revolutionary and Barbary Wars.

20 Clues: Madison The 4th President of the United States, serving during the War of 1812. • The British colony to the north, Americans attempted to capture it in the War of 1812. • War between the United States and Great Britain after the Revolutionary and Barbary Wars. • The 19th-century movement of Americans into Western territories, called ________ expansion. • ...

Gov 2022-03-29

Gov crossword puzzle
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  1. an individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law.
  2. the right to make a complaint to, or seek the assistance of, one's government, without fear of punishment or reprisals.
  3. the exercise of the power of judicial review to set aside government acts
  4. American lawyer and civil rights activist who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991
  5. is a principle or rule established in a previous legal case that is either binding on or persuasive without going to courts for a court or other tribunal when deciding subsequent cases with similar issues or facts.
  6. government granted and nontransferable recognition to an individual who meets personal qualifications related to a lawful occupation.
  7. Latin meaning that means "to be more certain"
  8. a written legal argument that is presented to a court to aid it in reaching a conclusion on the legal issues involved in the case.
  9. party who initiates a lawsuit before a court
  10. is a court operating as a part of the judicial branch, entirely separate from the military establishment.
  11. is the separate judicial opinion of an appellate judge who disagreed with the majority's decision explaining the disagreement.
  12. the official power to make legal decisions and judgments.
  13. American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020
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  1. under Article One of the United States Constitution and the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, which devolves certain powers of the United States Congress to the Mayor and thirteen-member Council.
  2. associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was nominated by President Barack Obama on May 10, 2010, and has served since August 7, 2010.
  3. American retired attorney and politician who served as the first female associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006.
  4. an opinion that agrees with the majority opinion but does not agree with the rationale behind it
  5. limited jurisdiction over smaller, summary matters with a lower monetary threshold than the intermediate courts of each state and territory.
  6. military court for hearing charges brought against members of the armed forces or others within its jurisdiction; also, the legal proceeding of such a military court.
  7. a judicial opinion that is joined by more than half the judges deciding a case
  8. includes all books, papers, maps, photographs, machine-readable materials, or other documentary materials, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made or received by an agency of the United States Government under Federal law or in connection with the transaction of public business and preserved
  9. a legal dispute between two or more parties
  10. enforcing public codes of behavior as embodied in the laws, with the government prosecuting individuals or institutions.
  11. the official summary of proceedings in a court of law

24 Clues: a legal dispute between two or more parties • party who initiates a lawsuit before a court • Latin meaning that means "to be more certain" • the official summary of proceedings in a court of law • the official power to make legal decisions and judgments. • an individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law. • ...

TEST 3 - REVIEW [PERIOD 4] 2020-11-30

TEST 3 - REVIEW [PERIOD 4] crossword puzzle
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  1. Ordering American troops into a foreign country illustrates the __________ ’s power as commander in chief
  2. The main criticism of the Articles of Confederation was that they failed to provide adequate powers for the __________ government
  3. The main argument the British used to justify __________ the thirteen colonies after the French and Indian War was that Colonies should contribute to the expenses involved in providing for their defense
  4. A __________ form of government is described as one in which representatives are elected by the people
  5. Federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances are constitutional principles that directly reduce the __________ of governmental power
  6. During the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the plans for Congress proposed by delegates from New Jersey and Virginia differed mainly over the issue of equal state __________ or proportionate state __________ in congress
  7. A principal reason for calling the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was to __________ the central government
  8. During the Constitutional Convention, the framers of the Constitution were able to __________ on important issues such as state representation in congress
  9. By agreeing to the __________ Compromise the framers of the U.S. Constitution agreed that the national congress should consist of two houses: one in which representation is based on population, and one in which states are equally represented.
  10. The term __________ is best defined as the division of power between the states and the national government
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  1. In the 1780s, the national government under the Articles of Confederation established its authority in the Northwest Territory by providing a system for the formation of new __________
  2. In 1790, the first census of the United States was taken in order to determine each state’s representation in Congress and the number of __________ assigned to each state
  3. Delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 agreed to the Three-Fifths Compromise as a solution to the problem of whether or not to count __________ in the national census
  4. To prevent tyranny, the authors of the Constitution drew on Montesquieu’s concept of __________ of powers
  5. The judicial branch of government can check the legislative branch of government by declaring laws __________
  6. A presidential veto of a bill can be overridden by a __________vote of both houses of Congress
  7. Many of the fundamental principles found in the United States Constitution (1787) were based on the writings of __________ philosophers
  8. The thirteen colonies had few, but important advantages in the war with England. One of these advantages was aid of foreign nations such as __________
  9. Impeachment of the U.S. President by the House of Representatives is an example of the use of __________
  10. The Preamble to the U.S. Constitution illustrates the principle that __________ are the true source of political power
  11. The United States Constitution corrected a weakness of the Articles of Confederation by creating three __________ of government
  12. According to the United States Constitution, the __________ is used to determine the apportionment of members in the House of Representatives
  13. In writing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson was influenced most by __________’s idea of natural rights

23 Clues: A presidential veto of a bill can be overridden by a __________vote of both houses of Congress • A __________ form of government is described as one in which representatives are elected by the people • Impeachment of the U.S. President by the House of Representatives is an example of the use of __________ • ...

TEST 3 - REVIEW [PERIOD 6] 2020-11-30

TEST 3 - REVIEW [PERIOD 6] crossword puzzle
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  1. Ordering American troops into a foreign country illustrates the __________ ’s power as commander in chief
  2. The main criticism of the Articles of Confederation was that they failed to provide adequate powers for the __________ government
  3. The main argument the British used to justify __________ the thirteen colonies after the French and Indian War was that Colonies should contribute to the expenses involved in providing for their defense
  4. A __________ form of government is described as one in which representatives are elected by the people
  5. Federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances are constitutional principles that directly reduce the __________ of governmental power
  6. During the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the plans for Congress proposed by delegates from New Jersey and Virginia differed mainly over the issue of equal state __________ or proportionate state __________ in congress
  7. A principal reason for calling the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was to __________ the central government
  8. During the Constitutional Convention, the framers of the Constitution were able to __________ on important issues such as state representation in congress
  9. By agreeing to the __________ Compromise the framers of the U.S. Constitution agreed that the national congress should consist of two houses: one in which representation is based on population, and one in which states are equally represented.
  10. The term __________ is best defined as the division of power between the states and the national government
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  1. In the 1780s, the national government under the Articles of Confederation established its authority in the Northwest Territory by providing a system for the formation of new __________
  2. In 1790, the first census of the United States was taken in order to determine each state’s representation in Congress and the number of __________ assigned to each state
  3. Delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 agreed to the Three-Fifths Compromise as a solution to the problem of whether or not to count __________ in the national census
  4. To prevent tyranny, the authors of the Constitution drew on Montesquieu’s concept of __________ of powers
  5. The judicial branch of government can check the legislative branch of government by declaring laws __________
  6. A presidential veto of a bill can be overridden by a __________vote of both houses of Congress
  7. Many of the fundamental principles found in the United States Constitution (1787) were based on the writings of __________ philosophers
  8. The thirteen colonies had few, but important advantages in the war with England. One of these advantages was aid of foreign nations such as __________
  9. Impeachment of the U.S. President by the House of Representatives is an example of the use of __________
  10. The Preamble to the U.S. Constitution illustrates the principle that __________ are the true source of political power
  11. The United States Constitution corrected a weakness of the Articles of Confederation by creating three __________ of government
  12. According to the United States Constitution, the __________ is used to determine the apportionment of members in the House of Representatives
  13. In writing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson was influenced most by __________’s idea of natural rights

23 Clues: A presidential veto of a bill can be overridden by a __________vote of both houses of Congress • A __________ form of government is described as one in which representatives are elected by the people • Impeachment of the U.S. President by the House of Representatives is an example of the use of __________ • ...

Great Depression and New Deal Vocabulary 2017-12-13

Great Depression and New Deal Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. a legislative initiative proposed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to add more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court.
  2. President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II
  3. of a series of radio broadcasts made by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to the nation, beginning in 1933.
  4. a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter on May 18, 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development to the Tennessee Valley
  5. political leader of the twentieth century, who was president from 1929 to 1933.
  6. Flying mammal
  7. shantytown built by unemployed and destitute people during the Depression of the early 1930s.
  8. United States law which sets out various labor regulations regarding interstate commerce employment, including minimum wages, requirements for overtime pay and limitations on child labor.
  9. paper money made legal tender by a government decree.
  10. Man's best friend
  11. an act passed by the United States Congress in March 1933 in an attempt to stabilize the banking system.
  12. the U.S. corporation insuring deposits in the United States against bank failure. The FDIC was created in 1933 to maintain public confidence and encourage stability in the financial system through the promotion of sound banking practices.
  13. on Washington, in full March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, political demonstration held in Washington, D.C., in 1963 by civil rights leaders to protest racial discrimination and to show support for major civil rights legislation that was pending in Congress.
  14. a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried, men from relief families as part of the New Deal
  15. is a U.S. government agency that oversees securities transactions, activities of financial professionals and mutual fund trading to prevent fraud and intentional deception.
  16. law enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 to create a system of transfer payments in which younger, working people support older, retired people.
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  1. the largest and most ambitious American New Deal agency, employing millions of people (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads.
  2. a United States federal law of the New Deal era designed to boost agricultural prices by reducing surpluses.
  3. Large marsupial
  4. Flying mammal
  5. company that directly or indirectly owns, controls, or holds, with power to vote, 10 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of a public-utility company or of a holding company of any public-utility company
  6. Man's best friend
  7. Likes to chase mice
  8. amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1951, limiting presidential terms to two for any one person, or to one elected term if the person has completed more than two years of another's term.
  9. Has a trunk
  10. system by which the value of a currency was defined in terms of gold, for which the currency could be exchanged. The gold standard was generally abandoned in the Depression of the 1930s.
  11. Likes to chase mice

27 Clues: Has a trunk • Flying mammal • Flying mammal • Large marsupial • Man's best friend • Man's best friend • Likes to chase mice • Likes to chase mice • paper money made legal tender by a government decree. • political leader of the twentieth century, who was president from 1929 to 1933. • shantytown built by unemployed and destitute people during the Depression of the early 1930s. • ...

Unit 15: Reconstruction 2019-04-22

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

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

Slavery 2015-02-13

Slavery crossword puzzle
Across
  1. underground-railroad
  2. states-rights
  3. Missouri-compromise
  4. secession
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  1. fugitive-slave-law
  2. abolitionist
  3. political-parties
  4. bleeding-Kansas
  5. popular-sovereignty
  6. Dred-Scott-decision
  7. john-brown-raid

11 Clues: secession • abolitionist • states-rights • bleeding-Kansas • john-brown-raid • political-parties • fugitive-slave-law • popular-sovereignty • Dred-Scott-decision • Missouri-compromise • underground-railroad

Ivan Van - Period 2-5 Review Crossword Puzzle 3 2021-05-08

Ivan Van - Period 2-5 Review Crossword Puzzle 3 crossword puzzle
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  1. This party was largely focused on the single issue of opposing the expansion of slavery into the western territories of the United States. It later merged into the Republican Party.
  2. This clause only allowed a man to vote if his grandfather or father had voted prior to January 1, 1867; at that time, most African Americans had been slaves, therefore causing most African Americans to be ineligible to vote while excluding whites from poll taxes and literacy tests.
  3. A phrase commonly used to restrict the increasing hire of Irish Immigrants. People were complaining that they were taking the "white mans" jobs.
  4. This treaty ended the war between the United States and Mexico. By its terms, Mexico had to ceded 55 percent of its territory, including parts of present-day Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah, to the United States; expanding the US by 1/3 and opening debates over slavery.
  5. An unwritten deal, informally arranged among U.S. Congressmen, that settled the intensely disputed 1876 presidential election. It resulted in the United States federal government pulling the last troops out of the South, and ending the Reconstruction Era
  6. This bill required that 50 percent of a confederate state's white males to take a loyalty oath to be readmitted to the Union. In addition, states were required to give blacks the right to vote. However, this was pocket vetoed by Lincoln and never went into effect.
  7. A legal arrangement with regard to agricultural land in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on that land. Usually the tenant were overcharged and left in debt, basically making them slaves against but in a legal sense.
  8. This act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and allowed for popular sovereignty. producing a violent uprising known as “Bleeding Kansas,” as proslavery and antislavery activists flooded into the territories to sway the vote.
  9. Occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War.
  10. The result of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, 16,000 Native Americans were marched over 1,200 miles of rugged land. Over 4,000 of these Indians died of disease, famine, and warfare.
  11. A tax of a fixed amount per person and payable as a requirement for the right to vote, usually used in order to prevent blacks from voting (due to most of them being poor).
  12. A war between northern states loyal to the Union and southern states that had seceded to form the Confederate States of America. The principal cause of the war was the status of slavery in the United States, especially in the territories.
  13. A Supreme Court Decision which states that slaves are not citizens and could not sue and that slaves were property and therefore could not be taken away without due process (congress could not abolish slavery), and finally stated that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional, this opened the north to slavery.
  14. amendment that abolished slavery
  15. A package of separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired in the Mexican–American War. Included: California is a free state, slave trade is abolished in DC, popular sovereignty determines whether Kansas and Nebraska are free or slave states, and North has to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act.
  16. A test administered as a precondition for voting, often used to prevent African Americans from exercising their right to vote as most blacks were illiterate.
  17. Also known as Custer’s Last Stand, was a war culminated in June 1876, when Colonel George A. Custer and all his men invaded and were killed by Sioux Indians at this battle in southern Montana, after gold was found on the reservation.
  18. A group that was organized after the Civil war to initiate white supremacy. The Southern establishment of white men took charge by passing discriminatory laws known as the black codes. These codes gave whites almost unlimited power over freed blacks. The KKK masked themselves and burned black churches, schools, and terrorized black people.
  19. Amendment that granted citizenship and equal protection of the law (due process) for African Americans, overturned the Dred Scott Decision. No Ex-Confederates could hold US office.
  20. An important agency of early Reconstruction established in 1865 by Congress to help millions of former black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the Civil War.
  21. Provided suffrage for African American males.
  22. The political policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants, including the support of immigration-restriction measures. Usually come in the form of hate towards immigrants.
  23. The period after the American Civil War, during which the United States grappled with the challenges of reintegrating into the Union the states that had seceded and determining the legal status of African Americans.
  24. A movement largely based in the United States which sought to gain equal rights and opportunities and greater personal freedom for women such as suffrage.
  25. The principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives, who are the source of all political power.
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  1. An unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican–American War. Was one of the major events leading to the American Civil War.
  2. Issued on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. This proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
  3. An act that was part of the Compromise of 1850. The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. The act also made the federal government responsible for finding, returning, and trying escaped slaves.
  4. A series of acts of Congress that promoted the construction of a "transcontinental railroad" in the United States through authorizing the issuance of government bonds and the grants of land to railroad companies.
  5. An invention by Samuel Morse that used a system of dots and dashes to send messages across long distances electronically through a wire. It connected the differnet hemispheres of the world, allowing for more communication between people.
  6. One of two major political parties in the United States. Founded as a coalition opposing the extension of slavery into Western territories, this party fought to protect the rights of African Americans after the Civil War.
  7. Laws created by white southerners to enforce racial segregation across the South. Restricted actions of freed blacks in the South.
  8. a conflict between the United States and Mexico, stemmed from the annexation of the Republic of Texas by the U.S. and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River (the Mexican claim) or the Rio Grande (the U.S. claim). This war ended through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
  9. An abolitionist society whos goals were to convince both white Southerners and Northerners of slavery's inhumanity. The organization sent lecturers across the North to convince people of slavery's brutality. The speakers hoped to convince people that slavery was immoral and ungodly and thus should be outlawed.
  10. Enacted during the Civil War, this act provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land. Claimants were required to “improve” the plot by building a dwelling and cultivating the land.
  11. One of the most infamous political machines in American history, this Democratic Party machine played a major role in controlling New York City and New York politics and helping immigrants, most notably the Irish, rise up in American politics from the 1790s to the 1960s.
  12. The election in which Union's victory and election of Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln was guaranteed, due to high voter counts in the North and split democratic candidates. This started the civil war as the South threatened to secede if Abraham Lincoln was elected, which inevitably happened.
  13. Militant American abolitionist John Brown led a raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in hopes that it would spark a slave rebellion, ultimately failed and were caught and hanged soon after.
  14. A federal Law in which Prohibited the President from removing a member of his cabinet without seeking approval of Senate. President Johnson was impeached for violating this act.
  15. The group European immigrants who came mainly from Northern and Central Europe (Germany and England), they were mostly protestant and they came in groups of families they were highly skilled, older in age, and had moderate amount of money in addition, they were quick to assimilate with the American citizens.
  16. A violent beating from Representative Preston Brooks on Senator Charles Sumner after Sumner two days earlier in which he fiercely criticized slaveholders, including a relative of Brooks, Andrew Butler. Contributed significantly to the country's polarization over the issue of slavery and has been considered symbolic of the "breakdown of reasoned discourse" and the use of violence that eventually led to the Civil War.
  17. On November 29, 1864, roughly 700 federal troops attacked a village of 500 Cheyenne and Arapaho. An unprovoked attack on men, women, and children, the massacre marked a turning point in the relationship between American Indian tribes and the Federal Government.
  18. A group of younger mostly male dominant immigrants, coming from Eastern and Southern Europe from countries like Italy, Poland, Greece, Russia in search of Economic opportunities, but most of them never intended to become American citizen, they were either catholic, orthodox, or Jewish they came impoverished, unskilled, and illiterate also most of these immigrants came separately as a form of smaller groups or individuals like a father and son or single men who were looking for jobs.
  19. An unrecognized breakaway state in existence, that fought against the United States of America during the American Civil War. An explicitly white-supremacist, pro-slavery, and antidemocratic nation-state, dedicated to the principle that all men are not created equal.
  20. A nativist group that was created to combat foreign influences and to uphold and promote traditional American ways. They wanted to ban Catholics from holding offices and called for tougher immigration and naturalization laws.
  21. A mini civil war between pro- and anti-slavery forces that occurred in Kansas from 1856 to 1865. Following the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, thousands of Northerners and Southerners came to the newly created Kansas Territory, resulting in extreme tensions and violent civil confrontations.
  22. The remaining Americans (Northerners) that stayed within the United States after the secession of the Southern States. They opposed slavery, but originally was fighting the Civil War simply to keep the nation intact.

47 Clues: amendment that abolished slavery • Provided suffrage for African American males. • Occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War. • Laws created by white southerners to enforce racial segregation across the South. Restricted actions of freed blacks in the South. • ...

American revolution 2023-11-15

American revolution crossword puzzle
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  1. Soldiers that helped British in the war
  2. king of England
  3. helped Americans in the war against England
  4. they are from England and wanted control of the United States but ended up losing in the war
  5. created the Declaration of Independence
  6. were the nicknames for British soldiers
  7. The battle that was the turning point in the war
  8. was the first battle that started the war
  9. was a document made by Thomas Jefferson
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  1. were the people who created our country
  2. helped the Americans in many battles and was America's first president
  3. people that made America what it is today
  4. this battle was fought I the most populated city in the world today
  5. was everything that happened between the Americans and the British For the United States.
  6. rode to all the states to tell them about the British
  7. this is the river that George Washington crossed on the night of Christmas
  8. war that Americans proved they could win the war
  9. served in the Second Continental Congress and helped draft the Declaration of Independence
  10. dumped all the tea in the harbor

19 Clues: king of England • dumped all the tea in the harbor • were the people who created our country • Soldiers that helped British in the war • created the Declaration of Independence • were the nicknames for British soldiers • was a document made by Thomas Jefferson • people that made America what it is today • was the first battle that started the war • ...

Ximena Lozano 2022-02-24

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

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. • ...

Pregnancy Hypertension 2025-04-20

Pregnancy Hypertension crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Patient presents with hypertension proteinuria headache and epigastric pain
  2. Patient states they hurt in the right upper quadrant
  3. Noted that the patient has four pulses with foot
  4. The nurses reports lung sounds to be clear
  5. Findings of swollen extremities reported
  6. One of the main assessments done on musculoskeletal system with magnesium delivery
  7. Used to prevent seizures in preeclampsia patients
  8. Patient stops breathing adequately and body starts moving in rhythmic patterns
  9. Patient states they can now see two of everything
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  1. A lab value that is elevated in the HELLP acronym
  2. The patient gave birth to a preterm baby
  3. The drug used to treat a patient with magnesium toxicity
  4. Patient states that their head hurts
  5. This test was ordered to evaluate the patients urine
  6. Lab report state protein in urine
  7. A lab value that is low in the HELLP acronym
  8. Patient receives this beta blocker with treatment for hypertension
  9. Activity that is ordered for a patient with preeclampsia
  10. When recorded systolic blood pressure is >140 and diastolic >90

19 Clues: Lab report state protein in urine • Patient states that their head hurts • The patient gave birth to a preterm baby • Findings of swollen extremities reported • The nurses reports lung sounds to be clear • A lab value that is low in the HELLP acronym • Noted that the patient has four pulses with foot • A lab value that is elevated in the HELLP acronym • ...

Hudson DeLaTorre 2025-04-16

Hudson DeLaTorre crossword puzzle
Across
  1. who runs the government
  2. what state do we live in
  3. A person who gets paid to help plead someones case
  4. a large body that is together like a state or country (United States)
  5. A branch of president vice president and the cabinet
  6. A branch containing the supreme court
  7. govorment run by the whole population
  8. the first 10 amendments
  9. Someone who judges cases to decide the fate of the cliants
  10. a land that is not a state that is owned by the us that we have full power over
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  1. A branch that has the house of representatives and senators
  2. who runs the states
  3. the number two ranked to the president if they were to die this human would take over
  4. one of the two major US political parties
  5. one of the two major US political parties
  6. It contains 15 leaders such as Defense, Justice, and Education
  7. a erea in the USA
  8. having several states form a unity
  9. to belong to a neighborhood or city
  10. A leader who is elected for a four year term

20 Clues: a erea in the USA • who runs the states • who runs the government • the first 10 amendments • what state do we live in • having several states form a unity • to belong to a neighborhood or city • A branch containing the supreme court • govorment run by the whole population • one of the two major US political parties • one of the two major US political parties • ...

vocab 2024-03-20

vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. an example of such a crime would be a minor theft or braking and entering
  2. or unequal representation in many state legislatures
  3. or divided into districts based on population
  4. people being sued
  5. reduce a sentence
  6. states legislatures may override governors' vetoes
  7. murder, armed robbery, drug trafficking, and other major crimes
  8. of one-house legislature every state has
  9. people filing lawsuits
  10. or population count every 10 years
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  1. awards of money to the states to help them pay for some of their programs
  2. because they are reserved to the states
  3. an early release from prison
  4. these courts handle minor cases such as traffic violations or disturbing the peace
  5. of the peace these courts almost always Handel less serious crimes known as misdemeanors
  6. those shared by state governments and the federal
  7. of government,or federalism
  8. legislature with upper house called senate and lower house usually called the house of representatives
  9. occurs when a person of a group takes legal action against another person or group

19 Clues: people being sued • reduce a sentence • people filing lawsuits • of government,or federalism • an early release from prison • or population count every 10 years • because they are reserved to the states • of one-house legislature every state has • or divided into districts based on population • those shared by state governments and the federal • ...

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 • ...

Mary, Mother of God 2022-10-27

Mary, Mother of God crossword puzzle
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  1. The Catholic dogma that states that Mary did not suffer the pain of a death.
  2. Mary goes to see her cousin to see if she is also pregnant like the Angel said.
  3. A truth that the Magisterium has declared is binding
  4. Elizabeth proclaims that Mary is _________ among women.
  5. The dogma that states that Mary was conceived without sin
  6. the belief of God becoming human
  7. The Catholic dogma that states Mary was and remained a virgin through her entire life.
  8. Mary was ______________ (engaged) to Joseph.
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  1. Greek title that means that Mary is the "God-bearer"
  2. the event when the Angel tells Mary that she will conceive Jesus
  3. Mary's father
  4. Name of the angel who comes to Mary
  5. the gospel that share Mary's side of Jesus' birth story
  6. Mary's mother
  7. Mary's cousin
  8. Mary's song (prayer) of praise
  9. The Angel Gabriel proclaims that Mary is full of _______.
  10. Marian devotion in which we reflect on the life of Jesus and ask for Mary's intercession in our needs
  11. the gospel that shares Joseph's side of Jesus' birth story

19 Clues: Mary's father • Mary's mother • Mary's cousin • Mary's song (prayer) of praise • the belief of God becoming human • Name of the angel who comes to Mary • Mary was ______________ (engaged) to Joseph. • Greek title that means that Mary is the "God-bearer" • A truth that the Magisterium has declared is binding • the gospel that share Mary's side of Jesus' birth story • ...

The Reconstruction Era 2023-11-10

The Reconstruction Era crossword puzzle
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  1. to come back together
  2. declared that "all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free"
  3. the process of readmitting the former Confederate states to the Union in the years 1865 to 1877
  4. a southerner who opposed Lincoln's policies; assassinated President Lincoln at Ford's Theater in Washington DC
  5. This offered the Southerners amnesty, or official pardon, for all illegal acts supporting rebellion
  6. The south
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  1. President Lincoln's Vice President who was sworn into office upon Lincoln's death
  2. the 16th President of the United States; responsible for leading the Union to victory in the Civil War and abolishing slavery
  3. this made slavery illegal in the United States
  4. The North
  5. to formally put an end to

11 Clues: The North • The south • to come back together • to formally put an end to • this made slavery illegal in the United States • President Lincoln's Vice President who was sworn into office upon Lincoln's death • the process of readmitting the former Confederate states to the Union in the years 1865 to 1877 • ...

Toward Civil war 2025-08-15

Toward Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. "Bleeding______"
  2. Harper was_______by John
  3. The_________Railroad help slaves get to free states
  4. John Brown was one
  5. Douglas was a runaway_______
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  1. The________of 1850 involved California
  2. Slaves are_________to work
  3. Most states in the______were free states
  4. Witch state was a free state in the Missouri compromise

9 Clues: "Bleeding______" • John Brown was one • Harper was_______by John • Slaves are_________to work • Douglas was a runaway_______ • The________of 1850 involved California • Most states in the______were free states • The_________Railroad help slaves get to free states • Witch state was a free state in the Missouri compromise

U.S. HISTORY EOC REVIEW 2016-04-19

U.S. HISTORY EOC REVIEW crossword puzzle
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  1. provided direct election of senators
  2. Essays written by James Madison, Alexander Hilton, and John Jay to support the ratification of the Constitution
  3. Gave African American men the right to vote
  4. gave the right to vote to 18 year olds
  5. required states to give citizenship to all citizens born in the United States and gave other basic civil rights
  6. by Truman to economically assist any country fighting communism after World War two. The declaration marked the beginning of the containment Policy
  7. Major ideas found in the U.S. Constitution of limiting the power to tax and right to fair trial
  8. Foundation for American government for freedoms such as freedom of speech and trial by jury
  9. First ten amendments to the Constitution guaranteeing individual liberties and due process
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  1. gave women the right to vote
  2. Written mostly by Jefferson to list the grievances (complaints) against Great Britain and to declare independence from Great Britain
  3. gave freedom to the slaves in all states
  4. Document which formed the first government of the U.S. near the end of the American Revolution. States had more power than the national government.
  5. Treaty that ended WW1. Was extremely harsh on Germany.
  6. Created a graduated income tax
  7. A document outlining the basic form and rules of the U.S. government
  8. Peace plan issued by Wilson that called for freedom of the seas, reduction of armaments , and end to secret diplomacy. Important part was the creation of the League of Nations a national peace organization
  9. ended poll tax

18 Clues: ended poll tax • gave women the right to vote • Created a graduated income tax • provided direct election of senators • gave the right to vote to 18 year olds • gave freedom to the slaves in all states • Gave African American men the right to vote • Treaty that ended WW1. Was extremely harsh on Germany. • ...

U.S. HISTORY EOC REVIEW 2016-04-19

U.S. HISTORY EOC REVIEW crossword puzzle
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  1. gave freedom to the slaves in all states
  2. declarationby Truman to economically assist any country fighting communism after World War two. The declaration marked the beginning of the containment Policy
  3. A document outlining the basic form and rules of the U.S. government
  4. Written mostly by Jefferson to list the grievances (complaints) against Great Britain and to declare independence from Great Britain
  5. Foundation for American government for freedoms such as freedom of speech and trial by jury
  6. First ten amendments to the Constitution guaranteeing individual liberties and due process
  7. Peace plan issued by Wilson that called for freedom of the seas, reduction of armaments , and end to secret diplomacy. Important part was the creation of the League of Nations a national peace organization
  8. Essays written by James Madison, Alexander Hilton, and John Jay to support the ratification of the Constitution
  9. Created a graduated income tax
  10. Gave African American men the right to vote
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  1. provided direct election of senators
  2. gave the right to vote to 18 year olds
  3. Document which formed the first government of the U.S. near the end of the American Revolution. States had more power than the national government.
  4. Major ideas found in the U.S. Constitution of limiting the power to tax and right to fair trial
  5. Treaty that ended WW1. Was extremely harsh on Germany.
  6. ended poll tax
  7. required states to give citizenship to all citizens born in the United States and gave other basic civil rights
  8. gave women the right to vote

18 Clues: ended poll tax • gave women the right to vote • Created a graduated income tax • provided direct election of senators • gave the right to vote to 18 year olds • gave freedom to the slaves in all states • Gave African American men the right to vote • Treaty that ended WW1. Was extremely harsh on Germany. • ...

Semester 1 - Review Crossword Puzzle 2026-01-09

Semester 1 - Review Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Slave Act – A law requiring escaped enslaved people to be returned to their enslavers.
  2. Railroad – A secret network that helped escaped enslaved people reach freedom.
  3. – The region that was becoming more industrial and generally opposed the expansion of slavery.
  4. of Slavery – The debate over whether slavery should be allowed in new territories.
  5. Expansion – The movement of Americans and U.S. territory toward the western lands.
  6. Destiny – The belief that the United States was destined to expand westward from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
  7. – The state admitted as a free state under the Compromise of 1850.
  8. Breakdown – The collapse of national unity as regional loyalties increased.
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  1. Sovereignty – The idea that people in a territory should vote on whether to allow slavery.
  2. Ocean – The ocean marking the eastern boundary of Manifest Destiny.
  3. Border – The disputed boundary that helped lead to the Mexican-American War.
  4. War – A war fought between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 over land and borders.
  5. of 1850 – A series of laws passed to reduce tension between free and slave states.
  6. of Guadalupe Hidalgo – The treaty that ended the Mexican-American War and gave land to the United States.
  7. – The region that relied heavily on agriculture and enslaved labor.
  8. – The region focused on land and settlement and pulled into the slavery debate.
  9. Ocean – The ocean marking the western boundary of Manifest Destiny.
  10. – Loyalty to one’s region rather than the nation as a whole.

18 Clues: – Loyalty to one’s region rather than the nation as a whole. • – The state admitted as a free state under the Compromise of 1850. • Ocean – The ocean marking the eastern boundary of Manifest Destiny. • – The region that relied heavily on agriculture and enslaved labor. • Ocean – The ocean marking the western boundary of Manifest Destiny. • ...

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

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

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

Chapter 8 vocab 2024-04-02

Chapter 8 vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. withdraws formally from membership of a federal union.
  2. a state that doesn't allow slaves.
  3. the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.
  4. not helping or supporting either side in a conflict
  5. a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.
  6. abolitionist
  7. the resistance to enslavement through escape and flight, through the end of the Civil War
  8. a state that does allow slaves.
  9. admitted California to the United States as a “free” (no slavery) state but allowed some newly acquired territories to decide on slavery for themselves.
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  1. a collection of 11 states that seceded from the United States in 1860 following the election of President Abraham Lincoln.
  2. the idea that the government is authorized by citizens and influenced by what they want.
  3. the position of protecting or defending something.
  4. a member of a small independent group taking part in irregular fighting, typically against larger regular forces.

13 Clues: abolitionist • a state that does allow slaves. • a state that doesn't allow slaves. • the position of protecting or defending something. • not helping or supporting either side in a conflict • withdraws formally from membership of a federal union. • a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports. • ...

Federalism 2022-12-02

Federalism crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The __________ made it so that the national government shares power with the states.
  2. Marriage ___________ from one state are valid in all states.
  3. Only the ______________ government can declare war.
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  1. The Constitution and the laws flowing out of it are the "Supreme _______ of the Land."
  2. Both the state and national governments can _____ money.
  3. States can not ______________ against other states.
  4. The national government can regulate ___________ Commerce.
  5. States are not allowed to print their own __________.

8 Clues: States can not ______________ against other states. • Only the ______________ government can declare war. • States are not allowed to print their own __________. • Both the state and national governments can _____ money. • The national government can regulate ___________ Commerce. • Marriage ___________ from one state are valid in all states. • ...

Nicole L.'s Crossword 2016-12-05

Nicole L.'s Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The United States and China, is an example of this.
  2. A place where industries are being made and creating new things.
  3. the students had an assignment and it was due by this date. This minimum of flash cards they need is 6, this is _______.
  4. This item was produced here, now it will be sent here.This is an example of ________.
  5. Something that can be used a number of times.
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  1. The United States had sold something from China. This is ___________.
  2. Something that can NOT be used more an once.
  3. the two countries could now trade with each other because the restriction was taken away.
  4. United states, Japan, and France is an example of _________.
  5. They have limited things, and their economic system is low. This is _________.
  6. An object that has been here from the beginning.
  7. The China had bought something from the United States. This is ___________.
  8. A country had bought something from some other place. Although there was a tax, this is _________.

13 Clues: Something that can NOT be used more an once. • Something that can be used a number of times. • An object that has been here from the beginning. • The United States and China, is an example of this. • United states, Japan, and France is an example of _________. • A place where industries are being made and creating new things. • ...

Reconstruction 2024-04-11

Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. laws which governed the conduct of African Americans.
  2. prohibits the federal government and each state from denying or abridging a citizen's right to vote
  3. American politician who served as the 17th president of the United States from 1865 to 1869.
  4. a faction within the Republican Party originating from the party's founding in 1854
  5. referred to white Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies
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  1. one of the Reconstruction Amendments
  2. a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
  3. a period in United States history following the American Civil War
  4. a U.S. government agency of early post American Civil War Reconstruction
  5. a process by which a legislative body or other legally constituted tribunal initiates charges against a public official for misconduct
  6. system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop
  7. first black senator
  8. a bill "to guarantee to certain States whose governments have been usurped or overthrown a republican form of government,"

13 Clues: first black senator • one of the Reconstruction Amendments • laws which governed the conduct of African Americans. • a period in United States history following the American Civil War • referred to white Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies • a U.S. government agency of early post American Civil War Reconstruction • ...

the war of 1812 (spaces not encluded) 2013-04-22

the war of 1812 (spaces not encluded) crossword puzzle
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  1. Witch treaty ended the war of 1812?
  2. the Natives Americans were____with the British Empire in the war of 1812.
  3. Who one the war of 1812?
  4. Tecumseh had a strong hatred for the United-States because they did what to his father and brother?
  5. In the battle of the feelds of abraham the French toops where lead by Louis-Joseph,Marquis___.
  6. The largest invation by the Nadive Americans was lead by chief who?
  7. The____declaired the war of 1812?
  8. The battle of the plaines of Abraham lasted more then 2 days true of fauls.
  9. In the war of 1812 the british had the bigest____.
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  1. witch was battle was a battle in the war of 1812? a)uprisingofthewesters b)thewarofthegreatlakes c)sir.jamesMadisonswar
  2. The fist invasion by the United-States was lead by general____.
  3. In what Moderday city did the baddle of the plaines of Abraham take place?
  4. In the battle of the plains of Abraham the British were lead by troop comander James___.
  5. The major battle of the city of the Thames took place near witch moder day Canadian city?
  6. When the war of 1812 ended the United-States said they would make a____only for the Native American

15 Clues: Who one the war of 1812? • The____declaired the war of 1812? • Witch treaty ended the war of 1812? • In the war of 1812 the british had the bigest____. • The fist invasion by the United-States was lead by general____. • The largest invation by the Nadive Americans was lead by chief who? • the Natives Americans were____with the British Empire in the war of 1812. • ...

Factors Affecting Incentive Value (Section 2) 2023-10-25

Factors Affecting Incentive Value (Section 2) crossword puzzle
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  1. Preference _______ is the change from preference for a delayed large reward to an immediate smaller reward
  2. An incentive _______ is a change in the psychological value of an incentive based on the value of prior similar incentives
  3. ____ frequent rewards lead to an increase in motivated behavior
  4. Incentive size/amount generally has a ______ association with motivation
  5. A shift towards behavior that provides a greater rate of reinforcement
  6. Procrastination is more likely when a task has _____ incentive value
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  1. _______ Motivation Theory states that the usefulness of an incentive depends on the expected value of the incentive and length of delay before it becomes available
  2. The value of an incentive depends on _______ needs (even when those needs change)
  3. Delay _______ is where the future incentive is less valuable because of the delay before getting it
  4. __________ is a voluntary delay in intended course of action despite expecting to be worse off for the delay
  5. _______ incentive contrast is characterized by a downward shift in incentive value
  6. Money and pleasure are examples of ______ currency
  7. ____ internal states result from satiation
  8. The law of _______ contrast states that the pleasure of a stimulus depends on what it is being compared to
  9. ___ internal states result from deprivation

15 Clues: ____ internal states result from satiation • ___ internal states result from deprivation • Money and pleasure are examples of ______ currency • ____ frequent rewards lead to an increase in motivated behavior • Procrastination is more likely when a task has _____ incentive value • A shift towards behavior that provides a greater rate of reinforcement • ...

Civil War Vocab 2024-03-06

Civil War Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. formal separation of a state from the Union
  2. the use of a country’s ships to stop another country from trading, usually during a war.
  3. a specific requirement set by a law
  4. the states of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas. Many of their enslaved persons were moved to the Lower South once cotton became more profitable.
  5. the states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. These states' enslaved populations grew tremendously after the invention of the cotton gin.
  6. a stretch of land, especially with regard to its physical features.
  7. a tax on imported goods
  8. someone who is running away or escaping
  9. a continuous attack on a place with bombs or other artillery
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  1. the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.
  2. agreement between two sides in which each side gives up something it wants
  3. a war between citizens of the same country
  4. the concept that a state's people should vote whether to be a slave state or free
  5. Loyalty to one’s own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole
  6. Describing the era leading up to the Civil War (between 1812 and 1860)

15 Clues: a tax on imported goods • a specific requirement set by a law • someone who is running away or escaping • a war between citizens of the same country • formal separation of a state from the Union • a continuous attack on a place with bombs or other artillery • a stretch of land, especially with regard to its physical features. • ...

Revolutionary War Crossword Puzzle 2022-12-16

Revolutionary War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The official army of the United States that was established by the Continental Congress
  2. First name of the King of England during the revolutionary war
  3. Soldiers from the German land of Hesse who came to fight in America
  4. Colonists who rebelled against England during the American Revolution
  5. A set of documents and laws that define the government of a country
  6. A group of delegates from each colony or state. It became the first governing body of the United States of America
  7. Part of the Massachusetts militia that was prepared to fight at a moment's notice
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  1. The group of thirteen states that united together
  2. Colonists who stayed loyal to England during the American Revolution
  3. Leader of the Continental Army
  4. A document which announced that the American colonies now considered themselves independent states and they would no longer answer to the authority of Great Britain
  5. Citizens who were prepared to fight. They held drills a few times a year and had their own weapons and gear
  6. The overthrow of a government to establish a new system
  7. Blade attached to the end of a gun
  8. Main weapon used during the revolutionary war

15 Clues: Leader of the Continental Army • Blade attached to the end of a gun • Main weapon used during the revolutionary war • The group of thirteen states that united together • The overthrow of a government to establish a new system • First name of the King of England during the revolutionary war • Soldiers from the German land of Hesse who came to fight in America • ...

Reconstruction Tac 2024-05-09

Reconstruction Tac crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The right to vote, hold public office, and serve on juries was denied to African Americans
  2. Rebuilding the south after the civil war.
  3. The Reconstruction Act of 1867 established criteria for the re-incorporation of rebellious states into the Union.
  4. The right of those of color, and race can not be denied their right to vote.
  5. The plan, which granted the white South unfettered control over the transition from slavery to freedom, effectively excluded blacks from participating in the political system of the South.
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  1. A test to determine a person's literacy skills.
  2. The formations of a state's military forces (typically the Army) that are assigned to safeguard a specific region of territory.
  3. Slavery and forced labor are prohibited in the United States and its territories, except as a legal consequence for a crime, following a proper conviction.
  4. No state shall enact or implement any legislation that infringes upon the rights and privileges enjoyed by citizens of the United States.
  5. Plan that involves 10% of the voting population in rebel states to take an oath
  6. Whites chose to avoid African Americans
  7. Jim Crow laws, enacted in the Southern United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, enforced racial segregation in various aspects of public life.
  8. A uniform tax imposed on all adults, regardless of their financial situation.

13 Clues: Whites chose to avoid African Americans • Rebuilding the south after the civil war. • A test to determine a person's literacy skills. • The right of those of color, and race can not be denied their right to vote. • A uniform tax imposed on all adults, regardless of their financial situation. • ...

The Roaring 20s 2021-12-01

The Roaring 20s crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Dome Scandal bribery scandal involving the administration of United States during Warren G. Harding's presidency.
  2. Twenties period of rapid economic growth and social change.
  3. Lindbergh United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. (1902-1974)
  4. Acts United States federal law that prevented immigration from Asia and set quotas on the number of immigrants from the Eastern Hemisphere.
  5. Ford an American Industrialist, business magnate, founder of the Ford Motor Company, and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production.
  6. Amendment established the prohibition of alcohol in the United States.
  7. Amendment repealed the Eighteenth Amendment.
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  1. the practice or advocacy of improving the human species by selectively mating people with specific desirable hereditary traits.
  2. a fashionable young woman intent on enjoying herself and flouting conventional standards of behavior.
  3. Coolidge an American lawyer and politician who served as the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929.
  4. Scare promotion of a widespread fear of a potential rise of communism, anarchism or other leftist ideologies by a society or state.
  5. Harding president from 1921 to 1923.
  6. the prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of alcohol, especially in the US between 1920 and 1933.

13 Clues: Harding president from 1921 to 1923. • Amendment repealed the Eighteenth Amendment. • Twenties period of rapid economic growth and social change. • Amendment established the prohibition of alcohol in the United States. • a fashionable young woman intent on enjoying herself and flouting conventional standards of behavior. • ...

Unit 5 Keywords 2022-11-29

Unit 5 Keywords crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The battle, which resulted in the defeat of U.S. forces, was the most significant action of the Great Sioux War of 1876.
  2. U.S.-Japanese understanding in which Japan agreed not to issue passports to emigrants to the United States.
  3. This legislation passed in 1862 during the Civil War, allowed any adult citizen or intended citizen who had never engaged in armed conflict with the American government to claim 160 acres of surveyed public land.
  4. Was a commodore of the United States Navy who commanded ships in several wars. He played a leading role in the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854
  5. Is a massive engineering marvel that connects the Pacific Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean in Central America.
  6. First and only reigning Hawaiian queen and the last Hawaiian sovereign to govern the islands, which were annexed by the United States in 1898.
  7. The United States diplomatic policy established in the late 19th and early 20th century that called for a system of equal trade and investment and to guarantee the territorial integrity of Qing China.
  8. An interracial American organization created to work for the abolition of segregation and discrimination in housing, education, employment, voting, and transportation; to oppose racism; and to ensure African Americans their constitutional rights.
  9. The policy of carefully mediated negotiation supported by the unspoken threat of a powerful military.
  10. Was a form of American foreign policy to minimize the use or threat of military force and instead further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through the use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries.
  11. Was a massacre of nearly three hundred Lakota people by soldiers of the United States Army.
  12. Was a business tycoon and industrialist from the United States who founded the Ford Motor Company and is credited with inventing the assembly line method of mass production.
  13. A United States Navy ship that sank in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898, contributing to the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April.
  14. Acquisition by the United States from Russia of 1,518,800 square km of land at the northwestern tip of the North American continent, comprising the current U.S. state of Alaska.
  15. American term for journalism and associated newspapers that present little or no legitimate, well-researched news while instead using eye-catching headlines for increased sales.
  16. Was an anti-foreign, anti-colonial, and anti-Christian uprising in China between 1899 and 1901
  17. Was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist.
  18. Was an American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator, and author. She was an important leader in the history of social work and women's suffrage in the United States and advocated for world peace.
  19. Federal law that was the first and only major federal legislation to explicitly suspend immigration for a specific nationality.
  20. Nickname given to the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish–American War and the only one to see combat.
  21. An American industrialist of Scottish descent who oversaw the massive growth of the country's steel industry in the late 19th century. Additionally, he was among the most significant philanthropists of his time.
  22. Was the terminus of the transcontinental railroad (the junction point for Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads).
  23. Is a type of economic system wherein private groups of people's transactions are free from any type of economic interventionism (like subsidies originating from special interest groups).
  24. Was a significant ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that established the "separate but equal" principle, which holds that racial segregation laws are legal as long as they provide equal quality of facilities.
  25. American scientist and inventor of Scottish descent best credited with inventing the telephone (1876) and optimizing the phonograph (1886).
  26. Was a left-wing agrarian populist political party in the United States in the late 19th century.
  27. Theories and social norms that claim to apply the biological concepts of natural selection and the survival of the fittest to sociology, economics, and politics were largely developed in the 1870s by academics in Western Europe and North America.
  28. Farmhouse or country house with its various outbuildings.
  29. Was a national federation of labor unions in the United States.
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  1. Federal income tax signed into law, direct election of senators by the populace, banned use and sale of alcoholic beverages, women's suffrage.
  2. Nationalism in the form of aggressive and proactive foreign policy, such as a country's advocacy for the use of threats or actual force, as opposed to peaceful relations.
  3. Was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904 after the Venezuelan crisis of 1902–1903.
  4. U.S. law providing for the distribution of Indian reservation land among individual Native Americans, with the aim of creating responsible farmers in the white man’s image.
  5. A supplier of a good or service for which there is no good alternative having exclusive control over a market. In this case, the supplier is free to set the price of the good without worrying about competition from outside sources or from competing goods.
  6. Were African American soldiers who mainly served on the Western frontier following the American Civil War.
  7. Reform-minded journalists, writers, and photographers in the Progressive Era in the United States who claimed to expose corruption and wrongdoing in established institutions, often through sensationalist publications.
  8. Was an American businessman and inventor. He created numerous innovations in the production of electric power, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures.
  9. From the 1790s to the 1960s, it served as the Democratic Party's primary local political machine, heavily influencing politics in New York City and New York State as well as assisting immigrants—most notably the Irish—in ascending to political power.
  10. A fatal fire that broke out on March 25, 1911, in a sweatshop in New York City that ignited a national movement for safer working conditions in the country.
  11. Throughout the Gilded Age, he was the dominant figure in corporate finance on Wall Street. He was an American financier and investment banker. He was the driving force behind the wave of industry consolidation in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as the head of the banking company that eventually became known as J.P. Morgan and Co.
  12. U.S. dissident political faction that nominated former president Theodore Roosevelt as its candidate in the presidential election of 1912.
  13. An island in Upper New York Bay, formerly the United States’ principal immigration reception centre.
  14. The state policy, practice, or advocacy of extending power and dominion, especially by direct territorial acquisition or by gaining political and economic control of other areas, often through employing hard power, but also soft power
  15. Designated Puerto Rico as an “unorganized territory” of the United States and gave it limited self-government.
  16. An American cartoonist, best known for his attack on the political machine of William M. Tweed in New York City in the 1870s.
  17. An American socialist who served as a presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America five times. He was also a political activist, trade unionist, and one of the founding Industrial Workers of the World members.
  18. American industrialist and philanthropist, founder of the Standard Oil Company, the first significant business trust in the United States and a leader in the oil sector.
  19. A federal statute that prohibits activities that restrict interstate commerce and competition in the marketplace.
  20. Was an American educator, author, orator, and adviser to several presidents of the United States.
  21. The first method discovered for mass-producing steel.
  22. Treaty concluding the Spanish-American War.
  23. A United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices.
  24. One of the most well-known American authors of the final 30 years of the 19th century, possibly the most socially significant writer of his generation, whose works encouraged readers to work hard and persevere in the face of adversity.
  25. Nez Percé chief who, faced with settlement by whites of tribal lands in Oregon, led his followers in a dramatic effort to escape to Canada.
  26. It occurred between 1871 and 1876. It was an American scandal that was exposed in May 1875 and involved the theft of tax money through a plot hatched by politicians, government officials, whiskey distillers, and distributors. Whiskey producers bought off Treasury employees to boost profits and avoid paying taxes.
  27. A well-known American novelist who argued for various causes, including socialism, health, temperance, free speech, and worker rights. His landmark naturalistic proletarian work, The Jungle (1906), described by fellow socialist Jack London as "the Uncle Tom's Cabin of wage slavery," is a landmark among muckraking novels.
  28. The political policy of promoting or protecting the interests of native or indigenous inhabitants over those of immigrants, including the support of immigration-restriction measures.

57 Clues: Treaty concluding the Spanish-American War. • The first method discovered for mass-producing steel. • Farmhouse or country house with its various outbuildings. • Was a national federation of labor unions in the United States. • Was a massacre of nearly three hundred Lakota people by soldiers of the United States Army. • ...

Con Law Highly Tested Topics 2024-06-30

Con Law Highly Tested Topics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. For intermediate scrutiny, the govt. must show the law is _________ to an _________, it must be (_________). (2 words)
  2. In _________ & (_________)-_________ forums (school open for public meetings), _________ restrictions (subject/viewpoint) must pass SS and _________ restrictions (time, place and manner) must pass IS. (1 word)
  3. _________ or _________ laws must withstand (_________) and have a non-protectionist state objective OR the state is a market participant. (2 words)
  4. A _________ taking occurs when the govt. deprives an owner’s property of all (_________) use. To determine if there’s a taking courts _________ economic impact of reg. on property, extent of interference with the _________ expectation and the character of the reg. (2 words)
  5. The 11th A. _________ prohibits a citizen or foreign govt. from suing a state or state agencies in _________ court unless state waives, violations of 14th A. § 5 (privileges and immunities of other states’ citizens), injunction or money from state official. Does not apply to (_________) governments, _________ vs. state or _________ vs. state. (1 word)
  6. For strict scrutiny, the govt. must show the law is (_________) to serve a _________ govt. interest, and there are _________. (1 word)
  7. In (_________) forums (military base, airport) & _________ forums govt. may regulate speech if its R and viewpoint neutral. (1 word)
  8. Laws that unduly burden interstate commerce are _________ if the _________ on interstate commerce clearly exceeds the (_________) in furthering a legit state interest. (1 word)
  9. In _________ forums (military base, airport) & (_________) forums govt. may regulate speech if its R and viewpoint neutral. (1 word, hyphenated)
  10. related The govt. may take private property for public use if it provides _________. The use must be (_________) to a public purpose and FMV at time of taking must be paid. (2 words)
  11. The constitution only applies to (_________) (local, state & fed.). _________ conduct is not protected unless it’s a traditionally public function OR significant govt. involvement exists. (2 words)
  12. For rational basis review, P’s must show the law is _________ to a _________, and is valid unless (_________) or irrational. (1 word)
  13. A (_________) taking occurs when the govt. physically occupies property. (1 word)
  14. The _________ reserves to the states, all powers not granted to the fed. govt. unless prohibited by the constitution. Congress cannot (_________) states to enact law but may induce them to with restrictions/conditions on fed. funds (1 word)
  15. A _________ taking occurs when the govt. deprives an owner’s property of all _________ use. To determine if there’s a taking courts _________ economic impact of reg. on property, extent of interference with the (_________) expectation and the character of the reg. (2 words)
  16. Laws that unduly burden interstate commerce are _________ if the (_________) on interstate commerce clearly exceeds the _________ in furthering a legit state interest. (1 word)
  17. Laws that unduly burden interstate commerce are (_________) if the _________ on interstate commerce clearly exceeds the _________ in furthering a legit state interest. (1 word)
  18. The 11th A. _________ prohibits a citizen or foreign govt. from suing a state or state agencies in (_________) court unless state waives, violations of 14th A. § 5 (privileges and immunities of other states’ citizens), injunction or money from state official. Does not apply to _________ governments, _________ vs. state or (_________) vs. state. (1 word, same both times)
  19. A (_________) taking occurs when the govt. deprives an owner’s property of all _________ use. To determine if there’s a taking courts _________ economic impact of reg. on property, extent of interference with the _________ expectation and the character of the reg. (1 word)
  20. For intermediate scrutiny, the govt. must show the law is _________ to an (_________), it must be _________. (3 words)
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  1. In _________ & _________ -_________ forums (school open for public meetings), _________ restrictions (subject/viewpoint) must pass SS and (_________) restrictions (time, place and manner) must pass IS. (1 word, hyphenated)
  2. _________ or (_________) laws must withstand _________ and have a non-protectionist state objective OR the state is a market participant. (2 words)
  3. A _________ taking occurs when the govt. deprives an owner’s property of all _________ use. To determine if there’s a taking courts (_________) economic impact of reg. on property, extent of interference with the _________ expectation and the character of the reg. (1 word)
  4. Per _________ states can regulate commerce if congress has not enacted laws on the subject. States’ laws CANNOT (_________) against out of staters OR _________ interstate commerce. (1 word)
  5. The constitution only applies to _________ (local, state & fed.). (_________) conduct is not protected unless it’s a traditionally public function OR significant govt. involvement exists. (1 word)
  6. Per (_________) states can regulate commerce if congress has not enacted laws on the subject. States’ laws CANNOT _________ against out of staters OR _________ interstate commerce. (3 words)
  7. For strict scrutiny, the govt. must show the law is _________ to serve a (_________) govt. interest, and there are _________. (1 word)
  8. For intermediate scrutiny, the govt. must show the law is (_________) to an _________, it must be _________. (2 words)
  9. The 11th A. _________ prohibits a citizen or foreign govt. from suing a state or state agencies in _________ court unless state waives, violations of 14th A. § 5 (privileges and immunities of other states’ citizens), injunction or money from state official. Does not apply to _________ governments, (_________) vs. state or _________ vs. state. (1 word)
  10. (_________) or _________ laws must withstand _________ and have a non-protectionist state objective OR the state is a market participant. (2 words)
  11. For rational basis review, P’s must show the law is not (_________) to a _________, and is valid unless _________ or irrational. (2 words)
  12. For rational basis review, P’s must show the law is _________ to a (_________), and is valid unless _________ or irrational. (3 words)
  13. The (_________) reserves to the states, all powers not granted to the fed. govt. unless prohibited by the constitution. Congress cannot _________ states to enact law but may induce them to with restrictions/conditions on fed. funds (2 words)
  14. In (_________) & _________-(_________) forums (school open for public meetings), _________ restrictions (subject/viewpoint) must pass SS and _________ restrictions (time, place and manner) must pass IS. (1 word, same both times)
  15. For strict scrutiny, the govt. must show the law is _________ to serve a _________ govt. interest, and there are (_________). (4 words)
  16. The 11th A. (_________)prohibits a citizen or foreign govt. from suing a state or state agencies in _________ court unless state waives, violations of 14th A. § 5 (privileges and immunities of other states’ citizens), injunction or money from state official. Does not apply to _________ governments, _________ vs. state or _________ vs. state. (3 words)
  17. compensation The govt. may take private property for public use if it provides (_________). The use must be _________to a public purpose and FMV at time of taking must be paid. (2 words)
  18. In _________ & _________ -_________ forums (school open for public meetings), _________ restrictions (subject/viewpoint) must pass SS and (_________) restrictions (time, place and manner) must pass IS. (1 word, hyphenated)
  19. Per _________ states can regulate commerce if congress has not enacted laws on the subject. States’ laws CANNOT _________ against out of staters OR (_________) interstate commerce. (2 words)

39 Clues: A (_________) taking occurs when the govt. physically occupies property. (1 word) • For intermediate scrutiny, the govt. must show the law is _________ to an _________, it must be (_________). (2 words) • For intermediate scrutiny, the govt. must show the law is (_________) to an _________, it must be _________. (2 words) • ...

Texas Constitutions Crossword Puzzle 2016-04-19

Texas Constitutions Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the executive head of a state in the U.S.
  2. An addition to a formal document such as a constitution
  3. A document that outlines fundamental laws and principles of law
  4. Powers a political power that a constitution reserves exclusively to the jurisdiction of a particular political authority
  5. The smaller upper assembly in the US Congress, most US states, France, and other countries
  6. A list of individual freedoms
  7. The term for the fact that the powers of government are divided into three separate branches
  8. Notes or guarantees issued by the government, promising to repay money it borrows, with interest
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  1. Having to do with the chief officer of a government
  2. A type of government in which powers and duties between the states and the national government are shared
  3. the lower legislative branch in many national and state bicameral governing bodies
  4. The judicial branch government, it tries cases involving government and administers justice
  5. one of the constituent states of the newly established United Mexican States under its 1824 Constitution
  6. A system where each branch of government has the ability to limit the actions of the other branches
  7. Elected officials who make the laws for the state
  8. The highest judicial court in a country or state

16 Clues: A list of individual freedoms • the executive head of a state in the U.S. • The highest judicial court in a country or state • Elected officials who make the laws for the state • Having to do with the chief officer of a government • An addition to a formal document such as a constitution • A document that outlines fundamental laws and principles of law • ...

Redox Crossword 2020-06-23

Redox Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The elements placed higher in the series act as ____ agents.
  2. Elements placed ____ in group 17 are more electronegative.
  3. The elements that are placed higher in the electrochemical series are more ___.
  4. Transfer of___ occur through the connecting wire, when U-tube is used in an electrolysis.
  5. Ground elements oxidation states.
  6. The sum of the oxidation states of all the atoms in an ion is _____to the charge on the ion.
  7. Some elements almost always have the ____ oxidation states in their compound.
  8. The ____ series is a series of an arrangement of metals according to its tendency to lose electrons.
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  1. The oxidation state of an atom when it is reduced.
  2. The act or process of oxidizing, or causing a substance to combine with oxygen.
  3. The oxidation state of an atom when oxidised.
  4. Displacement of ___ occur when the ____ placed higher in group 17 displace the ones that are further down.
  5. The sum of the oxidation states of all the atom or molecule is zero in this compound.
  6. The process of gaining an electron from the atom in the reaction.
  7. Oxidation state is equal to what for a simple ion with a simple atom?
  8. Another way to determine oxidation and reduction is to see the _____ of the oxidation state after a reaction.

16 Clues: Ground elements oxidation states. • The oxidation state of an atom when oxidised. • The oxidation state of an atom when it is reduced. • Elements placed ____ in group 17 are more electronegative. • The elements placed higher in the series act as ____ agents. • The process of gaining an electron from the atom in the reaction. • ...

Unit 5 Vocabulary 2021-02-26

Unit 5 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to limit the purchase or consumption of food or other goods
  2. to withdraw, in this case, from the U.S
  3. to equip with machinery especially to replace human or animal labor
  4. an oil well with a copious natural flow
  5. a reform movement that tried to connect social and political problems
  6. the civilian world in wartime
  7. power is distributed between a national government and the states Freedmen – a person who has been freed from slavery.
  8. the post-­Civil War period from 1865 to 1877; the U.S. re admitted the southern states to the Union and the federal government implemented policies affecting southern states.
  9. rule by an army instead of the usual civil authorities.
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  1. a change made to a law or document, in this case the U.S. Constitution.
  2. the act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving
  3. the federal union of states during the period of the American Civil War
  4. a tenant farmer who receives a share of the value of the crop minus charges for rent and other expenses
  5. excessive devotion to local interests and customs to a region of a nation
  6. the right to vote
  7. to make rules or laws to control something

16 Clues: the right to vote • the civilian world in wartime • to withdraw, in this case, from the U.S • an oil well with a copious natural flow • to make rules or laws to control something • rule by an army instead of the usual civil authorities. • to limit the purchase or consumption of food or other goods • to equip with machinery especially to replace human or animal labor • ...

Civil War Crossword 2019-01-29

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. President of the United States during the civil war
  2. Beecher who wrote “Uncle Toms Cavin”
  3. A person who wanted to end slavery
  4. First battle of the civil war
  5. The United States of America during the civil war
  6. Dred Scott sued for his...
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  1. Focus in the interest of ones region
  2. prohibited slavery in states on the north of the 36’30 latitude line
  3. Bloodiest battle of the Civil war
  4. last battle of the civil war
  5. bloodiest day in American History

11 Clues: Dred Scott sued for his... • last battle of the civil war • First battle of the civil war • Bloodiest battle of the Civil war • bloodiest day in American History • A person who wanted to end slavery • Focus in the interest of ones region • Beecher who wrote “Uncle Toms Cavin” • The United States of America during the civil war • ...

Solis Liquid Gases 2023-12-06

Solis Liquid Gases crossword puzzle
Across
  1. process to change gases become liquid
  2. States of matter has Fixed volume and no fixed shape
  3. Amount of space occupied by matter
  4. process to change water to be ice
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  1. process to change ice to be water
  2. States of matter has no Fixed volume and no fixed shape
  3. States of matter has Fixed volume and fixed shape
  4. process to change liquid become gases
  5. process to steam water liquid to be water vapour
  6. Amount of matter
  7. Everything around us

11 Clues: Amount of matter • Everything around us • process to change ice to be water • process to change water to be ice • Amount of space occupied by matter • process to change gases become liquid • process to change liquid become gases • process to steam water liquid to be water vapour • States of matter has Fixed volume and fixed shape • ...

Swahili Coast 2023-04-06

Swahili Coast crossword puzzle
Across
  1. separation of swahili coast into ___
  2. settler group from Persia
  3. ___ helped trade
  4. Portuguese explorer who wanted control over Indian Ocean Trade network
  5. indigenous African group
  6. form of the Bantu language
  7. commemoration of deceased through single stone ___
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  1. examples include governors and merchants
  2. trade carried across the ____
  3. brass trumpet
  4. ___ controlled some city-states after fall of Swahili coast
  5. Moroccan explorer and traveler
  6. location of swahili coast
  7. trade emporium near Zimbabwe
  8. form of islam practiced

15 Clues: brass trumpet • ___ helped trade • form of islam practiced • indigenous African group • settler group from Persia • location of swahili coast • form of the Bantu language • trade emporium near Zimbabwe • trade carried across the ____ • Moroccan explorer and traveler • separation of swahili coast into ___ • examples include governors and merchants • ...

bill of rights 2025-11-12

bill of rights crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Bail, fines, punishment
  2. quartering of soldiers
  3. States' rights not delegated
  4. Presidential elections
  5. Civil rights,shall not leave
  6. Lawsuits against states
  7. Rights in criminal cases
  8. Abolition of slavery
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  1. search and arrest
  2. freedom,petitions,assembly
  3. Black suffrage can not vote
  4. Right to a fair trial
  5. Rights in civil cases
  6. Rights retained by the People
  7. right to bear arms

15 Clues: search and arrest • right to bear arms • Abolition of slavery • Right to a fair trial • Rights in civil cases • quartering of soldiers • Presidential elections • Bail, fines, punishment • Lawsuits against states • Rights in criminal cases • freedom,petitions,assembly • Black suffrage can not vote • States' rights not delegated • Civil rights,shall not leave • Rights retained by the People

U.S. HISTORY EOC REVIEW 2016-04-19

U.S. HISTORY EOC REVIEW crossword puzzle
Across
  1. declarationby Truman to economically assist any country fighting communism after World War two. The declaration marked the beginning of the containment Policy
  2. Document which formed the first government of the U.S. near the end of the American Revolution. States had more power than the national government.
  3. ended poll tax
  4. Essays written by James Madison, Alexander Hilton, and John Jay to support the ratification of the Constitution
  5. Created a graduated income tax
  6. Foundation for American government for freedoms such as freedom of speech and trial by jury
  7. First ten amendments to the Constitution guaranteeing individual liberties and due process
  8. Treaty that ended WW1. Was extremely harsh on Germany.
  9. Gave African American men the right to vote
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  1. gave women the right to vote
  2. required states to give citizenship to all citizens born in the United States and gave other basic civil rights
  3. A document outlining the basic form and rules of the U.S. government
  4. Peace plan issued by Wilson that called for freedom of the seas, reduction of armaments , and end to secret diplomacy. Important part was the creation of the League of Nations a national peace organization
  5. gave freedom to the slaves in all states
  6. Written mostly by Jefferson to list the grievances (complaints) against Great Britain and to declare independence from Great Britain
  7. Major ideas found in the U.S. Constitution of limiting the power to tax and right to fair trial
  8. provided direct election of senators
  9. gave the right to vote to 18 year olds

18 Clues: ended poll tax • gave women the right to vote • Created a graduated income tax • provided direct election of senators • gave the right to vote to 18 year olds • gave freedom to the slaves in all states • Gave African American men the right to vote • Treaty that ended WW1. Was extremely harsh on Germany. • ...

Newtons Laws of Motion 2022-09-19

Newtons Laws of Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Law states that if the net force acting on an object is zero, the motion of the object does not change.
  2. An attractive force exists between all objects that have mass.
  3. The gravitational force exerted on an object
  4. The combination of all forces acting on an object.
  5. Any motion in which an object is moving along a curved path.
  6. Law states that states the acceleration of the object is equal to the net force exerted on the object divided by the mass of the object.
  7. The tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion.
  8. A push or pull on one object by another object touching it.
  9. The forces two objects apply to each other
  10. In a circular motion, a force that acts perpendicular to the direction of motion, toward the center of the curve.
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  1. A principle stating that the total momentum of a group of objects stays the same unless outside forces act on the objects.
  2. Law states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
  3. A contact force that resists the sliding motion of two surfaces that are touching
  4. A force that one object applies to another object without touching it.
  5. A measure of how hard it is to stop a moving object.
  6. The amount of matter in an object
  7. Forces acting on an object that combine and form a net force of zero.
  8. A push or pull on an object

18 Clues: A push or pull on an object • The amount of matter in an object • The forces two objects apply to each other • The gravitational force exerted on an object • The combination of all forces acting on an object. • A measure of how hard it is to stop a moving object. • The tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion. • ...

American Dirt Crossword Puzzle 2021-02-23

American Dirt Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The freight train that the migrants are traveling on.
  2. The town in the United States where the vans were headed towards.
  3. How Javier's daughter, Marta, died.
  4. The town where El Chacal gathers the group.
  5. The sister that was being raped by Ivan.
  6. The drug cartel that is chasing down Luca and Lydia.
  7. Soledad's sister.
  8. Jefe of Los Jardineros
  9. The city Sebastian's friend lives in.
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  1. A government agency tasked with hunting down and deporting migrants before they reach the United States.
  2. The boy with asthma that paid off Luca and Lydia's coyote expenses
  3. The people that were transporting Luca and Lydia from Chilpacingo to Mexico City.
  4. The ex-Jardineros member who is trying to escape.
  5. The United States agency that guards the border between Mexico and the US.
  6. Luca and Lydia's home.

15 Clues: Soledad's sister. • Luca and Lydia's home. • Jefe of Los Jardineros • How Javier's daughter, Marta, died. • The city Sebastian's friend lives in. • The sister that was being raped by Ivan. • The town where El Chacal gathers the group. • The ex-Jardineros member who is trying to escape. • The drug cartel that is chasing down Luca and Lydia. • ...

Chemistry 2015-01-23

Chemistry crossword puzzle
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  1. 8-14 on the pH scale.
  2. One of the three states of matter. An apple is an example.
  3. Something with 2 or more substances in it.
  4. How well a substance dissolves into something is a measure of its ______________.
  5. One of the three states of matter. Milk is an example.
  6. A mixture that is a liquid and does not look like it has more than one substance in it.
  7. Power of Hydrogen.
  8. 7 on the pH scale, 'balanced'.
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  1. 0-6 on the pH scale.
  2. When something does not dissolve.
  3. Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Nitrogen are examples of this.
  4. The 'stuff' that makes up everything.
  5. When a solute mixes into a solvent it _________.
  6. A pure substance that is made up of different elements.
  7. One of the three states of matter. Air is an example.

15 Clues: Power of Hydrogen. • 0-6 on the pH scale. • 8-14 on the pH scale. • 7 on the pH scale, 'balanced'. • When something does not dissolve. • The 'stuff' that makes up everything. • Something with 2 or more substances in it. • When a solute mixes into a solvent it _________. • Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Nitrogen are examples of this. • ...

Ian's puzzle 2023-10-18

Ian's puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. a political party that sound like fake hair
  2. systematized smaller banks
  3. allowing the president to but land from the west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands
  4. the largest tribe in the United States
  5. he defended states' rights and slavery
  6. when a political party wins election they give their campaign workers and other supporters rewards
  7. someone picked to represent a group of people
  8. Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles
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  1. the strugle to gain the right to vote
  2. states of Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and part of Iowa
  3. andrew jackson's nick name
  4. a financial crisis which affected the whole earth economy
  5. he settled the power in the gov
  6. they are called this because Jackson's political allies ran them
  7. when American Indian tribes were forced migrate from the South & Southeast to the west

15 Clues: andrew jackson's nick name • systematized smaller banks • he settled the power in the gov • the strugle to gain the right to vote • the largest tribe in the United States • he defended states' rights and slavery • a political party that sound like fake hair • someone picked to represent a group of people • states of Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and part of Iowa • ...

Bill of Rights 2023-04-05

Bill of Rights crossword puzzle
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  1. The freedom to believe what you want is the freedom of _____.
  2. The freedom to protest with a group is the freedom of _____.
  3. No quartering of ___.
  4. The freedom to write what you want is the freedom of the ____.
  5. The powers not given to the United States via the constitution and not prohibited by the states are given to the states or the ____.
  6. Right to a fast and public ____.
  7. Subjecting someone to trial for a crime they have already been tried for. Prevented in the 5th amendment.
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  1. Freedom from unreasonable ___.
  2. Freedom from self-____.
  3. Right to bear ___.
  4. The freedom to say what you want is the freedom of _____.
  5. The right to request something is the right to ____.
  6. The eighth amendment protects from excessive ____.
  7. Right to a trial by ___ for civil cases.
  8. Right to due process of ___.

15 Clues: Right to bear ___. • No quartering of ___. • Freedom from self-____. • Right to due process of ___. • Freedom from unreasonable ___. • Right to a fast and public ____. • Right to a trial by ___ for civil cases. • The eighth amendment protects from excessive ____. • The right to request something is the right to ____. • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-05-12

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The amendment that defined United States citizenship
  2. The group that the seceded states started
  3. Violence broke out after this state became a free state
  4. A person who sought to abolish slavery
  5. Bringing the Southern states back into the Union
  6. The amendment that abolished slavery
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  1. Last name of the USA's president during the Civil War
  2. Last name of the general that led the winning side to victory
  3. The ____ Compromise was an act that made Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state
  4. The amendment that granted African American men the to vote
  5. Civil War's bloodiest battle
  6. After the election of 1860, South ____ seceded from the Union
  7. The side that won the Civil War
  8. Last name of the Confederate general that served throughout the Civil War
  9. The ownership of a person as property

15 Clues: Civil War's bloodiest battle • The side that won the Civil War • The amendment that abolished slavery • The ownership of a person as property • A person who sought to abolish slavery • The group that the seceded states started • Bringing the Southern states back into the Union • The amendment that defined United States citizenship • ...

The Weekly Crossword 2023-09-13

The Weekly Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. _____ has the power to enter into Foreign Agreements
  2. The _____ is the new Law of the Land
  3. There are 2 _____ in Congress
  4. _____ is the group of people who want a central government
  5. The _____ is the armed force assigned to fight over Seas
  6. The articles of _____ are old Government Law
  7. The _____ is the armed force assigned to fight on land
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  1. This new form of Government gives Congress the _____ to decide on punishments for crimes overseas
  2. _____ allows States and Congress to share Power
  3. Massachusetts is a ______
  4. We the _____
  5. The Group of who People opposed a central government are called ____
  6. States were the only ones who could collect _____ until the New Law gave Congress the power to collect it from the People
  7. People’s method to elect officials
  8. ____ are the people’s elected officials for their States

15 Clues: We the _____ • Massachusetts is a ______ • There are 2 _____ in Congress • People’s method to elect officials • The _____ is the new Law of the Land • The articles of _____ are old Government Law • _____ allows States and Congress to share Power • _____ has the power to enter into Foreign Agreements • The _____ is the armed force assigned to fight on land • ...

iron curtain 2023-05-09

iron curtain crossword puzzle
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  1. what did churchill want with the united states?
  2. where did the iron curtain move to?
  3. who was the leader of Russia at the time?
  4. what did the iron curtain do at the end?
  5. what was the president of the united states at the time?
  6. how many regions did Europe split into?
  7. what month did the boarder open up to eastern Europe?
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  1. america, Britain, and Russian allied against who less then a year before their speech?
  2. where did churchill give his speech?
  3. people were what in their own home countries?
  4. what war did the iron curtain take place in?
  5. how many people were separated?
  6. what kind of allie was great Britain towards the united states?
  7. who coined the term iron curtain?
  8. what were the prisoners most excited for when getting out?

15 Clues: how many people were separated? • who coined the term iron curtain? • where did the iron curtain move to? • where did churchill give his speech? • how many regions did Europe split into? • what did the iron curtain do at the end? • who was the leader of Russia at the time? • what war did the iron curtain take place in? • people were what in their own home countries? • ...

CONSTITUTIONAL Convention 2025-12-01

CONSTITUTIONAL Convention crossword puzzle
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  1. Small states had _____ representation.
  2. Large States had _________ representation based on population.
  3. ________________ was one of Americas most famous men at the Constitutional War
  4. Every single delegate voted for _____________
  5. This called for three branches of government and two house legislatures.
  6. After the three-fifths compromise the south increased ____________.
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  1. This counted three-fifths of slaves for representation and taxation
  2. This called for two house legislatures, one on population and equal for all states.
  3. This called for one-house legislature with one vote for each state
  4. 55 _____ came to the Constitutional Convention
  5. The first order of business was to elect a convention _____________
  6. After the three-fifths compromise the north increased___________________.
  7. The number of representatives from each state would be based on the state's _________
  8. No __________ were allowed at this Convention.
  9. The first speaker at the convention was from ________

15 Clues: Small states had _____ representation. • Every single delegate voted for _____________ • 55 _____ came to the Constitutional Convention • No __________ were allowed at this Convention. • The first speaker at the convention was from ________ • Large States had _________ representation based on population. • ...

7.4 crossword quiz 2026-01-10

7.4 crossword quiz crossword puzzle
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  1. Andrew Jackson's vice president who later became president
  2. The name of the debate that highlighted the conflict between federal and state power
  3. Theory that states can reject federal laws they find unconstitutional
  4. Ninth president who died on month after taking office
  5. Initials Federal bank vetoed and destroyed by Andrew Johnson
  6. Unpopular 1828 tariff that angered Southern states
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  1. Massachusetts senator who argued strongly for preserving the union
  2. Tenth president who took office after Harrison's death
  3. Law allowing Jackson to use the military to enforce tariffs
  4. Vice president who supported states' rights and nullification
  5. Jackson's order requiring gold or silver for land purchases
  6. Economic depression marked by bank failures and unemployment
  7. Political party formed to oppose Andrew Jackson's policies
  8. Senator who proposed a compromise to reduce tariffs
  9. Banks favored by Jackson that received federal funds

15 Clues: Unpopular 1828 tariff that angered Southern states • Senator who proposed a compromise to reduce tariffs • Banks favored by Jackson that received federal funds • Ninth president who died on month after taking office • Tenth president who took office after Harrison's death • Andrew Jackson's vice president who later became president • ...

Vietnam War 2023-11-20

Vietnam War crossword puzzle
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  1. provided the South Vietnamese army with new training and improved weapons and tried to frighten the North Vietnamese to the peace table
  2. a war crime committed by United States Army personnel on 16 March 1968
  3. a logistical network of roads and trails that ran from North Vietnam to South Vietnam through the kingdoms of Laos and Cambodia
  4. Former President of North Vietnam
  5. Three-Day Music Festival
  6. United States Air Force navigator who was shot down over South Vietnam during the 1972 Easter Offensive
  7. a communist movement and united front organization in South Vietnam
  8. authorized President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia
  9. In April of 1975, as North Vietnamese troops approached the southern capital, President Ford ordered the evacuation of all Americans from the country
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  1. a program designed to shift the responsibility of the war from the U.S. to the South Vietnamese, allowing the United States to gradually withdraw its troops from Vietnam
  2. Southwestern Border Counter-Offensive
  3. United States Air Force officer and fighter pilot. On March 4, 1976, he posthumously received the Medal of Honor, the United States' highest military award, for his selflessness and courage in the face of lethal danger
  4. a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War
  5. authorized sending an additional 500 Special Forces troops and military advisors to assist the pro‑Western government of South Vietnam
  6. a city in the northwestern region of Vietnam

15 Clues: Three-Day Music Festival • Former President of North Vietnam • Southwestern Border Counter-Offensive • a city in the northwestern region of Vietnam • a communist movement and united front organization in South Vietnam • a war crime committed by United States Army personnel on 16 March 1968 • ...

Slavery Crossword Puzzle by:Isaiah Harris 2019-12-04

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

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

Independence Day History 2023-07-03

Independence Day History crossword puzzle
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  1. Thomas ___ is credited with drafting the document in 2 down
  2. month that Independence Day takes place in the United States
  3. public festive processions commonly held on Independence Day
  4. the supreme law of the United States that outlines the rights and freedoms of its citizens
  5. song traditionally sung at public events and sports games to honor the United States
  6. often credited with sewing the first American flag
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  1. colorful displays that are commonly seen in the sky on Independence Day
  2. the founding document of the United States that announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain is called the ___ of Independence
  3. popular outdoor cooking method that is often used to celebrate Independence Day with family and friends
  4. the American ____ was fought by the American colonies to gain independence from Great Britain
  5. term that refers to the love and devotion for one's country
  6. the ___ Fathers were a group of late-18th-century American revolutionary leaders who united the Thirteen Colonies
  7. the ___ Bell, located in Philadelphia, is an iconic symbol of American independence
  8. Mount ____ is a monument that features the faces of four U.S. presidents

14 Clues: often credited with sewing the first American flag • Thomas ___ is credited with drafting the document in 2 down • term that refers to the love and devotion for one's country • month that Independence Day takes place in the United States • public festive processions commonly held on Independence Day • ...

Civil War Vocabulary 2024-03-14

Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Act of formally withdrawing from the Union
  2. Devotion to the interests of of one geographic region
  3. Sumter Federal outpost in South Carolina which was fired upon by the Confederates; starting the Civil War
  4. Railroad Routes and network of people helping slaves to freedom
  5. System Created by Henry Clay to make the US self-sufficient; new taxes to be used for roads and waterways
  6. Union Party Group of Northern states loyal to the Union
  7. Proclamation Statement issued by Abraham Lincoln that freed slaves in rebellious territories
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  1. Slave Act Law in which makes it illegal to help runaway slaves
  2. The prohibition of slavery
  3. Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty
  4. Scott Case upheld slavery in United States territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional
  5. Pride and devotions to one's nation
  6. Compromise Missouri was entered as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and the 36 parallel was drawn
  7. States 11 southern states that seceded from the Union

14 Clues: The prohibition of slavery • Pride and devotions to one's nation • Act of formally withdrawing from the Union • Devotion to the interests of of one geographic region • States 11 southern states that seceded from the Union • Union Party Group of Northern states loyal to the Union • Slave Act Law in which makes it illegal to help runaway slaves • ...

Imperialism Crossword 2025-10-16

Imperialism Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. These islands were taken over by the United States after Spain lost the war
  2. The belief that American and European nations had the responsibility to "civilize" others (white man's)
  3. This was the country the United States declared war on in 1898
  4. This president had a diplomacy style that advocated for strong military and defending the Western Hemisphere
  5. This Canal was constructed and controlled by the United States to maintain dominance of trade
  6. This was the name of the ship that exploded starting a war in 1898
  7. He was the leader of the Philippines who fought for independence
  8. The last monarch of Hawaii
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  1. the policy of bigger countries extending their power over another smaller country
  2. This island was taken over by the United States and is still a U.S. territory
  3. The U.S. did this to islands like Hawaii to add them as a territory
  4. This former U.S. territory in the Pacific ocean is now a U.S. state
  5. This island was where the ship exploded and was granted independence after the war
  6. This type of journalism is exaggerated and puts a spin on what actually happened

14 Clues: The last monarch of Hawaii • This was the country the United States declared war on in 1898 • He was the leader of the Philippines who fought for independence • This was the name of the ship that exploded starting a war in 1898 • The U.S. did this to islands like Hawaii to add them as a territory • ...

Federalism 101 2021-01-21

Federalism 101 crossword puzzle
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  1. powers that are shared between state and federal governments
  2. clause that says Congress may use implied powers to help complete their duties
  3. both state and federal government can collect these
  4. system of government where power is shared between state and federal government
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  1. only states can establish rules for this; a reserved power
  2. amendment that guarantees states have power
  3. only the federal government can set this up; a delegated power
  4. powers specifically given to the federal government in the constitution
  5. powers that are saved for the states and NOT mentioned in the Constitution
  6. clause that states federal law overrides state law

10 Clues: amendment that guarantees states have power • clause that states federal law overrides state law • both state and federal government can collect these • only states can establish rules for this; a reserved power • powers that are shared between state and federal governments • only the federal government can set this up; a delegated power • ...

Civil war Crossword 2023-03-08

Civil war Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. , Northerners who came to the Southern states after the Civil War
  2. , the plan to reintegrate the former-Confederate states back into the Union
  3. , the first African American senator
  4. , person who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous
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  1. , laws passed at different periods in the southern United States to enforce racial segregation
  2. , formerly enslaved man who became a prominent activist
  3. , the president that ended slavery
  4. , a system where an employer compels a worker to pay off a debt with work
  5. , favoring drastic and usually repressive measures against the southern states
  6. , American war hero and politician

10 Clues: , the president that ended slavery • , American war hero and politician • , the first African American senator • , formerly enslaved man who became a prominent activist • , person who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous • , Northerners who came to the Southern states after the Civil War • ...

Civil war Crossword 2023-03-08

Civil war Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. , Northerners who came to the Southern states after the Civil War
  2. , the plan to reintegrate the former-Confederate states back into the Union
  3. , the first African American senator
  4. , person who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous
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  1. , laws passed at different periods in the southern United States to enforce racial segregation
  2. , formerly enslaved man who became a prominent activist
  3. , the president that ended slavery
  4. , a system where an employer compels a worker to pay off a debt with work
  5. , favoring drastic and usually repressive measures against the southern states
  6. , American war hero and politician

10 Clues: , the president that ended slavery • , American war hero and politician • , the first African American senator • , formerly enslaved man who became a prominent activist • , person who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous • , Northerners who came to the Southern states after the Civil War • ...

Constitution & Bill of Rights 2023-01-18

Constitution & Bill of Rights crossword puzzle
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  1. List of rights given to the people that are included on the constitution
  2. Second governing document of the United states, currently used today
  3. Branch of government that enforces laws
  4. This states that we have the right to bear arms
  5. First governing document of the United States,ended up failing
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  1. Parts of a government that has powers that balance out other powers so no part becomes too powerful
  2. Branch of government that interprets laws
  3. The right to bear arms
  4. This states that we have freedom of speech, press, religion, and etc.
  5. Branch of government that makes laws

10 Clues: The right to bear arms • Branch of government that makes laws • Branch of government that enforces laws • Branch of government that interprets laws • This states that we have the right to bear arms • First governing document of the United States,ended up failing • Second governing document of the United states, currently used today • ...

American Culture & History 2023-01-04

American Culture & History crossword puzzle
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  1. This is a system where people are able to vote for their leaders
  2. This branch of government consists of our courts, like the Supreme Court
  3. Puerto Rico and Guam are examples of these in the United States
  4. The document that established our government.
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  1. This is what the United States was before it became a country
  2. This branch of government is the president and his staff
  3. The United States used to belong to this country
  4. Colonists published the Declaration of THIS in 1776
  5. There are 50 of these in the US
  6. The Legislative Branch consists of this THIS group of people

10 Clues: There are 50 of these in the US • The document that established our government. • The United States used to belong to this country • Colonists published the Declaration of THIS in 1776 • This branch of government is the president and his staff • The Legislative Branch consists of this THIS group of people • ...

The Age Of Jackson 2013-04-02

The Age Of Jackson crossword puzzle
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  1. an agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new territories.
  2. 6th President of the United States.
  3. a mercantilist economic plan promoted by Madison and Clay.
  4. 7th president of the US.
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  1. political philosophy of the 7th president of the US and his supporters.
  2. The forcible relocation and movement of Native Americans.
  3. served as vice president under both John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson
  4. United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states
  5. Elected vice president and became the 10th President of the United States when Harrison died.

9 Clues: 7th president of the US. • 6th President of the United States. • The forcible relocation and movement of Native Americans. • a mercantilist economic plan promoted by Madison and Clay. • political philosophy of the 7th president of the US and his supporters. • served as vice president under both John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson • ...

The United States 1 2025-09-12

The United States 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. Besides the forty-eight ________ states that occupy the middle latitudes of the continent
  2. The angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes
  3. It is a federal republic of ______ states
  4. Conterminous means sharing a _____ boundary.
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  1. The condition of having or being composed of differing elements: variety
  2. meaning to take control of and assert authority over
  3. The United States are located in _______
  4. The major characteristic of the United States is probably its great _____
  5. The United States are the _____ largest country in the world in area (after Russia, Canada and China)

9 Clues: The United States are located in _______ • It is a federal republic of ______ states • Conterminous means sharing a _____ boundary. • meaning to take control of and assert authority over • The condition of having or being composed of differing elements: variety • The major characteristic of the United States is probably its great _____ • ...

Meteorolgy 2022-03-17

Meteorolgy crossword puzzle
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  1. lines that connect areas of similar air pressure on a weather map
  2. This type of front forms when a warm air mass is caught between two colder air masses.
  3. This is an air mass that generally brings cool, dry weather to the united states
  4. A destructive, rotating column of air that touches the ground
  5. This type of front forms when warm air moves over cold air
  6. A boundary between air masses of different densities and usually different temperatures.
  7. in this type of pressure system, you will experience sunny and clear skies with cool temperatures
  8. A severe storm that develops over a tropical ocean.
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  1. in this type of pressure system, you will experience warm and moist weather
  2. The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.
  3. This type of front forms when a cold air mass meets a warm air mass and little to no movement occurs.
  4. This air mass develops over water and brings warm humid weather to the united states.
  5. A short term state of the atmosphere.
  6. This type of front forms when cold air moves under warm air
  7. The temperature in which a gas condenses into a liquid.
  8. A large body of air where the temperature and moisture are constant throughout
  9. This is an air mass that brings very dry and hot weather to the united states
  10. This is an air mass that brings very cool and wet weather to the untited states

18 Clues: A short term state of the atmosphere. • A severe storm that develops over a tropical ocean. • The temperature in which a gas condenses into a liquid. • This type of front forms when warm air moves over cold air • This type of front forms when cold air moves under warm air • A destructive, rotating column of air that touches the ground • ...

Thats puzzling 2023-12-07

Thats puzzling crossword puzzle
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  1. First 10 amendments in the constitution
  2. Quartering of soldiers
  3. citizenship rights, equal protection, civil war debt
  4. Grand Jury,Double jeopardy, self incrimination
  5. Search & Seizure
  6. election of president & vice president
  7. Jury trials in civil lawsuits
  8. Abolition of slavery
  9. Right to bear arms
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  1. Rights reserved to states or people
  2. Freedom of religion,speech, press, assembly & petition
  3. Right to Speedy Trial
  4. Suits against states
  5. Cruel & unusual punishment
  6. Non-Enumerated rights retained by people

15 Clues: Search & Seizure • Right to bear arms • Suits against states • Abolition of slavery • Right to Speedy Trial • Quartering of soldiers • Cruel & unusual punishment • Jury trials in civil lawsuits • Rights reserved to states or people • election of president & vice president • First 10 amendments in the constitution • Non-Enumerated rights retained by people • ...

:D 2024-04-23

:D crossword puzzle
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  1. President during Civil War
  2. Confederate general
  3. Most people who fought in the war were ___________.
  4. __________ Address
  5. ________'s ______ hoped to bring the Confederate morale down.
  6. A dramatic increase in price
  7. 13th amendment banned this.
Down
  1. The _________ Days' Battle
  2. Women took roles as _______ and cared for wounded soldiers
  3. Slave states that remained in the Union
  4. Biscuits eaten by soldiers
  5. The Civil war started here.
  6. ________ National Cemetery
  7. The __________ States of America
  8. The Bloody Battle of _________

15 Clues: __________ Address • Confederate general • The _________ Days' Battle • President during Civil War • Biscuits eaten by soldiers • ________ National Cemetery • The Civil war started here. • 13th amendment banned this. • A dramatic increase in price • The Bloody Battle of _________ • The __________ States of America • Slave states that remained in the Union • ...

Citizenship VPC Famous People 2024-05-10

Citizenship VPC Famous People crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.
  2. Worked for women's rights.
  3. Started the first free libraries.
  4. Vice President of the United States.
  5. Freed the slaves.
  6. Came to America in 1492.
  7. President of the United States.
  8. The father of our country.
Down
  1. Governor of Virginia.
  2. President during World War 1.
  3. The second president.
  4. President during the Depression and WW2.
  5. Leader in the Civil Rights Movement.
  6. President during World War 2.
  7. Wrote the Federalist Papers.

15 Clues: Freed the slaves. • Governor of Virginia. • The second president. • Came to America in 1492. • Worked for women's rights. • The father of our country. • Wrote the Federalist Papers. • President during World War 1. • President during World War 2. • President of the United States. • Started the first free libraries. • Leader in the Civil Rights Movement. • ...

Causes of the civil war 2023-03-07

Causes of the civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Country is out of order
  2. Brown made dumb rebellion
  3. states threaten to secede
  4. A book
  5. People agrue wheater to have have blank or not
  6. People want them to be free
  7. California is a free state
Down
  1. Equal free and slave states
  2. Some people want slavery abolished
  3. Divides territory into Kansas and Nebraska
  4. People rebell
  5. Dred Scott thinks hes free
  6. Lincoln says to stop spreading slavery
  7. Lincoln becomes presedent
  8. Slaves escape

15 Clues: A book • People rebell • Slaves escape • Country is out of order • Brown made dumb rebellion • states threaten to secede • Lincoln becomes presedent • Dred Scott thinks hes free • California is a free state • Equal free and slave states • People want them to be free • Some people want slavery abolished • Lincoln says to stop spreading slavery • Divides territory into Kansas and Nebraska • ...

Travel for the Holmes 2015-09-04

Travel for the Holmes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. red vehicle that goes to help fight fires
  2. You pay a fair when you get on in this city vehicle
  3. You hail them in cities
  4. new england state with coastline along long island sound
  5. the number of states in the united states
  6. Robbie rides in them to many countries
Down
  1. country immediately to the south of the USA
  2. good for crossing a lake
  3. smallest new england state
  4. two wheeled vehicle you can pedal for yourself
  5. country to the north of the United States

11 Clues: You hail them in cities • good for crossing a lake • smallest new england state • Robbie rides in them to many countries • red vehicle that goes to help fight fires • the number of states in the united states • country to the north of the United States • country immediately to the south of the USA • two wheeled vehicle you can pedal for yourself • ...

Texas Revolution 2022-03-09

Texas Revolution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the united states
  2. was the general of the south when they surrendered
  3. to withdraw formally from a membership of a
  4. Free from outside control
  5. Rememeber the
  6. The bombardment of fort sabine
Down
  1. Was the president during the civil war
  2. the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
  3. The union forces defending galveston were beaten by a confederate force led by magruder
  4. loyalty to one's own region or section of the country
  5. War of Texas Independence

11 Clues: Rememeber the • the united states • War of Texas Independence • Free from outside control • The bombardment of fort sabine • Was the president during the civil war • to withdraw formally from a membership of a • was the general of the south when they surrendered • loyalty to one's own region or section of the country • ...

Texas Revolution 2022-03-09

Texas Revolution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the united states
  2. was the general of the south when they surrendered
  3. to withdraw formally from a membership of a
  4. Free from outside control
  5. Rememeber the
  6. The bombardment of fort sabine
Down
  1. Was the president during the civil war
  2. the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
  3. The union forces defending galveston were beaten by a confederate force led by magruder
  4. loyalty to one's own region or section of the country
  5. War of Texas Independence

11 Clues: Rememeber the • the united states • War of Texas Independence • Free from outside control • The bombardment of fort sabine • Was the president during the civil war • to withdraw formally from a membership of a • was the general of the south when they surrendered • loyalty to one's own region or section of the country • ...