states Crossword Puzzles

United States in the caribbean 2016-04-25

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

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

World War I Vocabulary 2018-11-13

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

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

Constitution 2024-02-07

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

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

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

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

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

Module 9 vocab 2023-03-01

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

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

AP World History Exam Review 2023-06-05

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

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

Reconstruction Crossword Connor Wolf 2021-10-25

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

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

The Nation grows 2021-12-09

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

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

the jefferson era 2022-04-08

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

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

APUSH Unit 5 Terms 2025-01-30

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

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

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

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

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

The Constitution 2025-03-13

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

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

A New Nation 2023-12-14

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

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

Cole Schrag 2024-03-01

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

history assignment 2022-11-21

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

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

Chapter 3 vocab 2022-01-07

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

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

Civil War and Reconstruction 2022-02-15

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

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

1950s BINGO 2023-02-08

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

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

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

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

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

Chapter 10 Test 2026-01-24

Chapter 10 Test crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A road built by the federal government that connected the east with Ohio
  2. Identical machine parts that cold be quickly put together to make a complete product
  3. Shares of ownership in a company
  4. An artificial waterway connecting Albany, New York on the Hudson River with Buffalo, New York on Lake Erie
  5. The removal of weapons
  6. An economic system in which people are free to buy, sell, and produce whatever they want
  7. While the United States would not interfere with any existing European colonies in the Americas, it would oppose any new European colonies
  8. Scientific discoveries that simplify work
  9. The official count of a population
  10. The change from an agrarian society to one based on industry which began in Great Britain and spread to the United States around 1800
  11. An economic system in which individuals put their capital into a business in hopes of making a profit; the economic system in the United States
  12. A method brining manufacturing steps together in one place to increase efficiency
  13. Money
  14. for the admission of Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
  15. Federal, state, and privately funded projects, such as canals and roads, to develop the nation’s transportation system
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  1. Established that states could not enact legislation that would interfere with Congressional power over interstate commerce
  2. Toll roads
  3. Maryland had no right to tax the Second National Bank because it was a federal institution
  4. A simple machine that quickly and efficiently removes seeds from cotton fiber
  5. The idea that states have autonomous power
  6. Separate compartments where water levels were raised or lowered
  7. An artificial waterway
  8. A protective tariff, a program of internal improvements, and a national bank
  9. Tried by a military court
  10. Large businesses
  11. Gives an inventor the sole legal right to the invention and its profits for a certain period of time
  12. A border without armed forces
  13. A steamboat built by Robert Fulton
  14. The loyalty of a person to his or her region

29 Clues: Money • Toll roads • Large businesses • An artificial waterway • The removal of weapons • Tried by a military court • A border without armed forces • Shares of ownership in a company • A steamboat built by Robert Fulton • The official count of a population • Scientific discoveries that simplify work • The idea that states have autonomous power • ...

Vocab #3 Unit 2 Part 2 2025-09-23

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

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

Unit 10: Chapter 27 & 28 Vocabulary 2026-04-23

Unit 10: Chapter 27 & 28 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. a period of economic decline caused by falling demand for oil, falling prices, and reduced oil production
  2. a system that legally or socially separates people based on race in public spaces, schools, and housing
  3. residential communities located on the outskirts of cities, where people often live and commute to urban jobs
  4. planted by families during World War II to grow their own food and support the war effort
  5. a global war fought between 1939 and 1945 involving many countries around the world
  6. a long period of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union (modern day Russia) after World War II
  7. an industry that builds airplanes, spacecraft, and military technologies
  8. a group of government programs created by President Johnson to reduce poverty and improve education, healthcare, and living conditions in the United States
  9. a political belief that supports limited government, lower taxes, and traditional values
  10. methods of protest that seek change without the use of force, often through peaceful actions like marches or boycotts
  11. a period of rapid economic growth caused by high demand and high prices for oil
  12. a Cold War conflict in which the United States sent troops to Southeast Asia to stop the spread of communism
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  1. the process of ending segregation by bringing people of different races together in shared institutions like schools
  2. the United States government agency responsible for space exploration and research
  3. a federal program that provides health insurance for people age 65 and older, who no longer have access through their employers
  4. the movement of people from rural areas to cities, often caused by economic opportunities
  5. the unfair treatment of individuals or groups based on race, ethnicity, or other characteristics
  6. the process of increasing involvement in a conflict, especially by sending more troops or resources
  7. a competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to explore space and reach the Moon first
  8. a federal and state program that provides healthcare coverage for people with low incomes

20 Clues: an industry that builds airplanes, spacecraft, and military technologies • a period of rapid economic growth caused by high demand and high prices for oil • the United States government agency responsible for space exploration and research • a global war fought between 1939 and 1945 involving many countries around the world • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2021-10-13

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. General of the Union during the Civil War
  2. The first major land battle of the American Civil War.
  3. The North
  4. The first person to assassinate an American president.
  5. In the Battle of ______, the Union drove out Confederate invasion and proved that they could stand against them.
  6. A military strategy which called for a naval blockade in the South that would close ports and apply pressure to citizens.
  7. A method used by the Confederacy to coerce Britain and France into supporting them.
  8. The government of 11 states that removed themselves from the Union in 1860.
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  1. The Battle of _______ became the turning point for the war after the Union won.
  2. “all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of the State, the people whereof shall be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward and forever free.”
  3. The middle ground of the civil war; seperated the North and South.
  4. Capital of the Confederate States of America, vital source of weapons and supplies.
  5. The 16th president of the United States. His goal was to preserve the Union.
  6. People are forced to assist the military in time of national crisis.
  7. A war between citizens of the same country

15 Clues: The North • General of the Union during the Civil War • A war between citizens of the same country • The first major land battle of the American Civil War. • The first person to assassinate an American president. • The middle ground of the civil war; seperated the North and South. • People are forced to assist the military in time of national crisis. • ...

Unit 11 Test Review Crossword Puzzle 2021-04-27

Unit 11 Test Review Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. African Americans experienced less of this in Europe during World War II
  2. This party did not agree, therefore it was divided.
  3. James L. Farmer Jr. created this civil rights organization which pushed for equality
  4. Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States. Their goal was to desegregate the bus system
  5. Tejanos were not allowed to do this in the war.
  6. Where many African Americans moved after the great depression. Also called the Great Migration
  7. an organization that fights for Latin American civil rights, and desegregation of schools
  8. 45 year long conflict between United States and Soviet Russia
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  1. this person was a Mexican American physician, surgeon, World War II veteran, civil rights advocate, and founder of the American G.I. Forum.
  2. War on _______________.
  3. this political group disagreed with Johnson's Great Society plan
  4. A period in the United States history when everyone was so caught up in stopping communism, and investigated people within their community for being communists.
  5. an economic system in which the government owns the land and means of production.
  6. Brown v Board of education outlawed this in schools across the country.
  7. President of the United States who passed many Civil Rights legislation

15 Clues: War on _______________. • Tejanos were not allowed to do this in the war. • This party did not agree, therefore it was divided. • 45 year long conflict between United States and Soviet Russia • this political group disagreed with Johnson's Great Society plan • Brown v Board of education outlawed this in schools across the country. • ...

Assir's puzzle 2021-12-08

Assir's puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. required to elect the President
  2. the official air traffic control call sign for a United States Air Force aircraft carrying the president of the United States
  3. No soldier may be quartered in any house without consent of the owner
  4. a legislative body is elected by dividing the jurisdiction into geographic constituencies
  5. Congress begins on January 30th President starts on January 20th "Lame-Duck" Amendment
  6. a body consisting of the vice president of the United States and the heads of the executive branchs departments in the federal government
  7. an elected official whose successor has already been elected or will be soon
  8. the person who exercises supreme command and control over armed forces or a military branch
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  1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice
  2. the power of the president of the United States to reject a decision or proposal made by Congress.
  3. Bail Excessive Fines Cruel and Unusual Punishment
  4. the group of presidential electors required by the Constitution to form every four years for the sole purpose
  5. creates a number of rights relevant to both criminal and civil legal proceedings
  6. the section that makes the executive branch of the government.
  7. 15 1791

15 Clues: 15 1791 • required to elect the President • Bail Excessive Fines Cruel and Unusual Punishment • the section that makes the executive branch of the government. • No soldier may be quartered in any house without consent of the owner • No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice • ...

Federalist Era Vocab 2024-12-09

Federalist Era Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. a 1797 incident in which French officials demanded a bribe from U.S. diplomats
  2. established a federal court system in which the states kept their own lands and courts, but the federal courts had the power to reverse state decisions
  3. theory that said that the states had the right to judge when the federal government had passed an unconstitutional law
  4. selected as the nation's first vice president and second president in 1796
  5. something done or said that becomes an example for others to follow
  6. first president of the United States, supported Hamilton's economic changes
  7. Washington's Secretary of War
  8. a series of four laws enacted in 1798to reduce the political power of recent immigrants to the United States
  9. to legally overturn
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  1. a tax on imported items designed to protect a country's industries from foreign competition
  2. Washington's first Secretary of the Treasury, founder of the Federalist Party
  3. the act of seizing by force
  4. a 1794 protest against the government's tax on whiskey, which was valuable to the livelihood of backcountry farmers
  5. a group of department heads who serve as the president's chief advisors
  6. not siding with one country or the other

15 Clues: to legally overturn • the act of seizing by force • Washington's Secretary of War • not siding with one country or the other • something done or said that becomes an example for others to follow • a group of department heads who serve as the president's chief advisors • selected as the nation's first vice president and second president in 1796 • ...

bacon pancakes 2026-04-14

bacon pancakes crossword puzzle
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  1. an agency established by Congress at the end of the Civil War to help and protect newly freed Black Americans
  2. commonly described as
  3. a change to the Constitution, abolished slavery in the US
  4. States cannot deny a vote because of race or color or status.
  5. Laws passed in 1865 and 1866 in the former Confederate states to limit the rights and freedoms of African Americans
  6. Considered less than
  7. to find a solution for
  8. a rebellion of enslaved people led by Nat Turner that took place in Virginia in 1831
  9. a secret network of free Black people and White people who helped thousands of people escape slavery and go to states without slavery and Canada
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  1. The period after the Civil War in which the Southern states were rebuilt and brought back into the Union as the federal government addressed the impact of slavery
  2. the social separation of groups of people, especially by race
  3. Resulting from improvements in knowledge, equipment, or methods.
  4. Grants citizenship to anyone born in the US, and has equality under the protection of the law.
  5. The rights guaranteed by the Constitution to all people
  6. laws enforcing segregation after the Civil War in the South

15 Clues: Considered less than • commonly described as • to find a solution for • The rights guaranteed by the Constitution to all people • a change to the Constitution, abolished slavery in the US • laws enforcing segregation after the Civil War in the South • the social separation of groups of people, especially by race • ...

States of Matter and Change in States 2024-11-27

States of Matter and Change in States crossword puzzle
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  1. Solid form of water
  2. Liquid form of water
  3. Gas turns into a liquid when cooled
  4. Particles are loosely packed, takes the shape of its container, has a fixed volume
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  1. Solid turns into a liquid when heated
  2. Liquid turns into a gas when heated
  3. Liquid turns into a solid when cooled
  4. Particles are far apart, fills the shape and volume of its container
  5. Gas form of water
  6. Particles are closely packed, has a fixed shape and volume

10 Clues: Gas form of water • Solid form of water • Liquid form of water • Liquid turns into a gas when heated • Gas turns into a liquid when cooled • Solid turns into a liquid when heated • Liquid turns into a solid when cooled • Particles are closely packed, has a fixed shape and volume • Particles are far apart, fills the shape and volume of its container • ...

Zack Yingling - Chapter 4 2020-12-01

Zack Yingling - Chapter 4 crossword puzzle
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  1. Large combinations of categorical grants.
  2. The first era of federalism, where state and federal government acted individually.
  3. A system of federalism, used by Lyndon B. Johnson, that granted funds and grants to local and state communities, to achieve national goals.
  4. The idea that states are allowed to separate themselves from the union.
  5. Powers inexplicitly given to the states, based off of the standards of the constitution.
  6. A power held by state and federal government at the same time.
  7. Powers directly given to the federal government by the constitution.
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  1. An article that states that every state should recognize the public actions of the others.
  2. The idea that states should be able to void any regulation that countered state interest.
  3. Established in the New Deal, said that state and federal government would work together under shared circumstance.
  4. Grants provided by the national government to help state activities with funds and other resources.
  5. A system of federalism that, through taxes and spending, aids the national government.
  6. The idea of returning power to state governments.
  7. A variant of funds used for specific state and local activities.
  8. The time in which national power was driven to return certain authorities to state governments.
  9. Powers that, under historic conditions, are recognized in every sovereign government.
  10. State powers that are neither specified nor prohibited according to the constitution.

17 Clues: Large combinations of categorical grants. • The idea of returning power to state governments. • A power held by state and federal government at the same time. • A variant of funds used for specific state and local activities. • Powers directly given to the federal government by the constitution. • ...

WASHINGTON VOCAB QUIZ Crossword 2020-02-10

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

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

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

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

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

Washington DC 2023-04-05

Washington DC crossword puzzle
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  1. Capitol ___________ displays eight large paintings on the walls.
  2. Each of the fifty ________ contributed two statues to the capitol, totaling at a hundred statues.
  3. The tomb of the Unknown Soldier is located in __________ Cemetery.
  4. Was the first president to live in the White House.
  5. The Washington _________ is an obelisk shaped building built to commemorate George Washington.
  6. A memorial is built for the sixteenth president at the __________ Memorial.
  7. The "DC" in Washington DC stands for ____________.
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  1. The largest library in the world
  2. The president of the United States lives in the _________________.
  3. The part of Congress that has 100 representatives that are evenly distributed to the states.
  4. The ________ branch of government that interprets state laws and hears civil cases.
  5. The part of Congress that has 435 representatives that are distributed to the states based on state population.

12 Clues: The largest library in the world • The "DC" in Washington DC stands for ____________. • Was the first president to live in the White House. • Capitol ___________ displays eight large paintings on the walls. • The president of the United States lives in the _________________. • The tomb of the Unknown Soldier is located in __________ Cemetery. • ...

wheat 2022-05-12

wheat crossword puzzle
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  1. Wheat was first planted in the United States as a ________ crop.
  2. Most wheat grown in ________ is soft red winter wheat used to make cereals, cakes, cookies, and pretzels.
  3. There are about 50 _________ in a head of wheat.
  4. Using a machine attachment called a ________, famers bundle straw to be used as animal bedding.
  5. Wheat plant is an annual _______ plant that grows to be two to four feet tall.
  6. There are 12,000 -14,000 kernels of wheat in a _________.
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  1. One ________ of wheat yields 60 pounds of whole wheat flower.
  2. The top of a wheat plant is called ______ or head.
  3. One bushel of wheat yields 42 pounds of _______ flour.
  4. _________ is the largest wheat producer in the United States.
  5. The four basic parts of a wheat plant include head, ______, leaves, and roots.
  6. Wheat is _______ in 42 states in the United States.

12 Clues: There are about 50 _________ in a head of wheat. • The top of a wheat plant is called ______ or head. • Wheat is _______ in 42 states in the United States. • One bushel of wheat yields 42 pounds of _______ flour. • There are 12,000 -14,000 kernels of wheat in a _________. • One ________ of wheat yields 60 pounds of whole wheat flower. • ...

Edexcel Global Politics 2025-02-13

Edexcel Global Politics crossword puzzle
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  1. Organisation created in 1945, following the Second World War, to promote international co-operation and to prevent another such conflict.
  2. Absolute and unlimited power and authority
  3. USA, UK,France, China, Russia
  4. the use of military and economic means to influence the behaviour or interests of other political bodies.
  5. The United Nations' most powerful body, with primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security.
  6. A state that is ruled by a single person with unlimited power.
  7. State in which citizens have rights and freedoms and are able to vote for their leaders.
  8. The level of power based in a specific area surrounding the nation state.
  9. A state that is unable to operate as a viable political unit.
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  1. Treaty that first established the concept of nation-states as legal entities
  2. The ability to attract and co-opt and to shape the preferences of others through appeal and attraction.
  3. Autonomous political community held together by citizenship and nationality.
  4. A state that has a foreign policy that poses a threat to other states
  5. The concept that all states and people have to obey the same laws.
  6. The view that self interest and hard power motivate states. A view linked to CONSERVATISM as an ideology.
  7. A combination of SOFT power with the threat of HARD power.

16 Clues: USA, UK,France, China, Russia • Absolute and unlimited power and authority • A combination of SOFT power with the threat of HARD power. • A state that is unable to operate as a viable political unit. • A state that is ruled by a single person with unlimited power. • The concept that all states and people have to obey the same laws. • ...

Unit 8 2025-05-08

Unit 8 crossword puzzle
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  1. Guaranteed citizenship to anyone born in the U.S. and ensured equal protection under the law.
  2. The U.S. process of reuniting and rebuilding the South after the Civil War.
  3. The legal or social separation of people based on race.
  4. A pledge Southerners had to take promising allegiance to the United States to be readmitted.
  5. Abolished slavery throughout the United States.
  6. A farming system where freedmen worked a portion of land in return for a share of the crops.
  7. Laws passed in Southern states to restrict African American freedoms after the Civil War.
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  1. A reading and writing test used to suppress the Black vote during and after Reconstruction.
  2. U.S. president who took office after Lincoln and implemented a lenient Reconstruction plan.
  3. A group that used violence and terror to oppose Reconstruction and suppress Black rights.
  4. Gave African American men the right to vote.
  5. President who proposed the Ten Percent Plan to bring Southern states back into the Union.
  6. A president’s rejection of a bill; Johnson often used this to oppose Radical Republican legislation.
  7. Rights guaranteed to all citizens regardless of race, including voting and equal treatment.
  8. A farming system where a person rents land and pays with cash or a share of crops.
  9. A fee required to vote, used to prevent African Americans from voting.

16 Clues: Gave African American men the right to vote. • Abolished slavery throughout the United States. • The legal or social separation of people based on race. • A fee required to vote, used to prevent African Americans from voting. • The U.S. process of reuniting and rebuilding the South after the Civil War. • ...

Road Trip 2023-05-21

Road Trip crossword puzzle
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  1. largest beer-producing plant in the United States
  2. Wolverines shout this out to each other
  3. This horse messenger route connected St. Joseph, MO to Placerville, CA.
  4. Missouri state motto
  5. County named for famous General
  6. Oklahoma scissor-tailed "....." state bird
  7. famous Merl Haggard song location
  8. State motto is "The Crossroads of America"
  9. States Motto
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  1. Oklahoma state flower
  2. Dad's baseball team
  3. married to Gwen Stephany
  4. American Idol winner "Carrie"..?
  5. Mormon movement founder "Joseph"...?
  6. Famous Outlaw killed in St.Joseph, MO
  7. Native American buried at Ft. Sill
  8. Michigan State Trout

17 Clues: States Motto • Dad's baseball team • Missouri state motto • Michigan State Trout • Oklahoma state flower • married to Gwen Stephany • County named for famous General • American Idol winner "Carrie"..? • famous Merl Haggard song location • Native American buried at Ft. Sill • Mormon movement founder "Joseph"...? • Famous Outlaw killed in St.Joseph, MO • ...

Tuesday crossword 2021-11-09

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

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

Unit 9: Vocabulary 2021-04-26

Unit 9: Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. This party did not agree, therefore it was divided.
  2. an organization that fights for Latin American civil rights, and desegregation of schools
  3. Tejanos were not allowed to do this in the war.
  4. Brown v Board of education outlawed this in schools across the country.
  5. Where many African Americans moved after the great depression. Also called the Great Migration
  6. 45 year long conflict between United States and Soviet Russia
  7. this political group disagreed with Johnson's Great Society plan
  8. President of the United States who passed many Civil Rights legislation
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  1. an economic system in which the government owns the land and means of production.
  2. African Americans experienced less of this in Europe during World War II
  3. A period in the United States history when everyone was so caught up in stopping communism, and investigated people within their community for being communists.
  4. War on _______________.
  5. Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States. Their goal was to desegregate the bus system
  6. James L. Farmer Jr. created this civil rights organization which pushed for equality

14 Clues: War on _______________. • Tejanos were not allowed to do this in the war. • This party did not agree, therefore it was divided. • 45 year long conflict between United States and Soviet Russia • this political group disagreed with Johnson's Great Society plan • Brown v Board of education outlawed this in schools across the country. • ...

Unit 11 Test Review Crossword Puzzle 2021-04-26

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

14 Clues: War on _______________. • Tejanos were not allowed to do this in the war. • This party did not agree, therefore it was divided. • 45 year long conflict between United States and Soviet Russia • this political group disagreed with Johnson's Great Society plan • Brown v Board of education outlawed this in schools across the country. • ...

The U.S. Constitution 2022-01-12

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

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

Slavery Crossword Puzzle 2019-12-04

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

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

CH. 6 TERMS- 1824-1860 2026-03-31

CH. 6 TERMS- 1824-1860 crossword puzzle
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  1. The idea that people in a territory should vote to decide if slavery is allowed.
  2. A place where weapons and military supplies are stored.
  3. A train powered by a steam engine, important for transportation in the 1800s.
  4. The idea that people in a territory should vote to decide if slavery is allowed.
  5. The forced removal of Native Americans from their land to the West, causing great suffering and death.
  6. The event where gold was discovered in California, leading to a large migration of people.
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  1. A machine that uses steam power to produce energy and run machinery.
  2. People who rushed to California in 1849 to search for gold.
  3. The group of Northern states during the Civil War.
  4. Violent conflicts in Kansas over whether it would be a free or slave state.
  5. An agreement that tried to settle conflicts over slavery between free and slave states.
  6. The belief that the United States was meant to expand across North America.
  7. A boat powered by steam, often used for travel and trade on rivers.
  8. The independent nation that existed before Texas became part of the United States.
  9. People who traveled west to settle new lands in the 1800s.

15 Clues: The group of Northern states during the Civil War. • A place where weapons and military supplies are stored. • People who traveled west to settle new lands in the 1800s. • People who rushed to California in 1849 to search for gold. • A boat powered by steam, often used for travel and trade on rivers. • ...

the USA 2025-11-10

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

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

Emancipation Proclamation 2015-12-16

Emancipation Proclamation crossword puzzle
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  1. Lincoln/ issued the emancipation proclamation
  2. if the south did not do this the institution of slavery would end
  3. Lincoln said," all slaves in states or districts in _____ against the u.s..."
  4. states/ Lincoln wanted these to end the war
  5. Lincoln wanted confederate states to join this
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  1. of Antietam/ Emancipation proclamation was issued 5 days after this war
  2. proclamation/ declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
  3. month the emancipation proclamation was issued
  4. if the south surrendered this would continue
  5. war/ the emancipation proclamation was issued during this war

10 Clues: states/ Lincoln wanted these to end the war • if the south surrendered this would continue • Lincoln/ issued the emancipation proclamation • month the emancipation proclamation was issued • Lincoln wanted confederate states to join this • war/ the emancipation proclamation was issued during this war • if the south did not do this the institution of slavery would end • ...

The Articles of Confederation and the Constitutional Convention 2023-03-20

The Articles of Confederation and the Constitutional Convention crossword puzzle
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  1. Political group that defended a strong central government
  2. Attribution of the Confederation Congress (sign -----)
  3. Number of votes required to make any amendment to the Articles
  4. Number of votes required to pass any law under the Articles
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  1. Name that was given to the league of states after the Independence
  2. Equivalence of the slave population for the purpose of representation and taxation
  3. Treaty signed in 1783 that formally recognized the United States as an independent nation.
  4. Event that took place in Massachusetts in 1786-1787
  5. Attribution of the states
  6. According to the Articles, where was sovereignty located?

10 Clues: Attribution of the states • Event that took place in Massachusetts in 1786-1787 • Attribution of the Confederation Congress (sign -----) • Political group that defended a strong central government • According to the Articles, where was sovereignty located? • Number of votes required to pass any law under the Articles • ...

Citizenship Civics test part 2 2024-02-17

Citizenship Civics test part 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. Why did the colonist fight the British?
  2. Name your U.S. representative.
  3. Why does the flag have 50 stars?
  4. What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
  5. Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
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  1. Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators now?
  2. Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
  3. What is the supreme law of the land?
  4. We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
  5. We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?

10 Clues: Name your U.S. representative. • Why does the flag have 50 stars? • Who does a U.S. Senator represent? • What is the supreme law of the land? • Why did the colonist fight the British? • We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years? • Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators now? • What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for? • ...

Nationalism and Westward Expansion Choice board 2024-05-13

Nationalism and Westward Expansion Choice board crossword puzzle
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  1. What treaty established the northern border between the U.S. and Canada that still exists today?
  2. Who were the first easterners to explore the Rocky Mountains?
  3. What treaty ended the Mexican-American War?
  4. What Territory did the United States gain in 1845?
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  1. What did the Spanish army try taking from the city of Gonzales, later starting the Texas Revolution?
  2. One of the first U.S. settlements in the Oregon Territory.
  3. What Territory did the United States gain in 1848?
  4. What Territory did the United States get in 1867?
  5. What country did the United States buy Alaska from?
  6. Another word for taking control of.

10 Clues: Another word for taking control of. • What treaty ended the Mexican-American War? • What Territory did the United States get in 1867? • What Territory did the United States gain in 1848? • What Territory did the United States gain in 1845? • What country did the United States buy Alaska from? • One of the first U.S. settlements in the Oregon Territory. • ...

Crossword Puzzle 2024-05-14

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

10 Clues: Ran against Charles C. Pinckney • It doubled the size of the United States • Was the chief justice of the United States • He was the 3rd president of the United States • The power to declare a act of congress unconstitutional • Lead a expedition to gather information about the territory • Lewis invited experienced frontiersman_________to join him as co leader • ...

Crossword Puzzle 2024-05-14

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

10 Clues: Ran against Charles C. Pinckney • It doubled the size of the United States • Was the chief justice of the United States • He was the 3rd president of the United States • The power to declare a act of congress unconstitutional • Lead a expedition to gather information about the territory • Lewis invited experienced frontiersman_________to join him as co leader • ...

A New National Identity Part 2 2014-01-15

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

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

Creating the Constitution 2023-01-19

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

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

Chapter 2 2025-09-17

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

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

government crossword 2021-01-06

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

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

Government Vocab 2021-01-07

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

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

government coming to terms 2021-01-10

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

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

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

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

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

Chem vocab 2022-01-26

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

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

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

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

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

American Government 2016-10-03

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

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

Civil War and Reconstruction Vocabulary 2025-02-09

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

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

Reconstruction 2022-12-01

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

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

COLD WAR 2019-11-22

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

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

3.6 - The Age of Reform 2024-03-05

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

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

Unit 15: Reconstruciotn 2019-04-22

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

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

civil war vocabulary 2023-02-16

civil war vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. one interest
  2. block/prevent
  3. self-rule
  4. fight disease
  5. homemade fabric
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  1. supported united states
  2. rights 10th amendment
  3. forced into military
  4. self-appointed police
  5. take away

10 Clues: self-rule • take away • one interest • block/prevent • fight disease • homemade fabric • forced into military • rights 10th amendment • self-appointed police • supported united states

Unit 11 Test Review Crossword Puzzle 2021-04-26

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

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

Ch 5 1 vocab 2024-01-22

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

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

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

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

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

Unit 3 vocabulary 2017-11-14

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

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

Unit 3 Vocabulary Def. 2017-11-03

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

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

Constitutional Compromise Crossword 2022-01-26

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

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

paises y nacionalidades 2020-05-06

paises y nacionalidades crossword puzzle
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  1. – Italian
  2. Palestinan
  3. – Egyptian
  4. – Russian
  5. – Polish
  6. – Serbian
  7. – Paraguayan
  8. States – American
  9. – Ecuadorian
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  1. – Norwegian
  2. – Swedish
  3. – Turkish
  4. – Portuguese
  5. – Spanish
  6. – Venezuelan
  7. – French
  8. – Filipino
  9. – Peruvian
  10. – Uruguayan
  11. – Pakistani

20 Clues: – French • – Polish • – Swedish • – Italian • – Turkish • – Spanish • – Russian • – Serbian • Palestinan • – Egyptian • – Filipino • – Peruvian • – Norwegian • – Uruguayan • – Pakistani • – Portuguese • – Venezuelan • – Paraguayan • – Ecuadorian • States – American

Vocabulary Brandon 2017-11-14

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

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

Perfect 10 2023-05-04

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

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

Chapter 12 Cross Word 2013-11-24

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

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

Vocab 2021-12-03

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

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

Civil war crossword 2023-01-18

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

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

Government Puzzle 2024-04-12

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

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

Government 2021-05-10

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

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

U1M6 Vocabulary Crossword 2024-10-02

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

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

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

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

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

Crossword Puzzle 2024-05-14

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

10 Clues: Ran against Charles C. Pinckney • It doubled the size of the United States • Was the chief justice of the United States • He was the 3rd president of the United States • The power to declare a act of congress unconstitutional • Lead a expedition to gather information about the territory • Lewis invited experienced frontiersman_________to join him as co leader • ...

Civil War 2021-09-28

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. act that made sure slaves were returned to their original owner
  2. power to individual states rather then federal government
  3. a person who wants to end slavery
  4. formed in 1854 in direct response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act
  5. president elected in 1861 who helped end slavery
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  1. leader in the abolitionist movement
  2. the necessary legislation that gave slaves their opportunity to free life in the United States
  3. the excessive devotion to local interests and customs to a region of a nation
  4. compromise that maintained balance between the slave states and the free states
  5. stopped the Confederate momentum in the Eastern Theater

10 Clues: a person who wants to end slavery • leader in the abolitionist movement • president elected in 1861 who helped end slavery • stopped the Confederate momentum in the Eastern Theater • power to individual states rather then federal government • formed in 1854 in direct response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act • ...

Civil War cross word puzzle 2022-03-03

Civil War cross word puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. who did the southern states chose as their president?
  2. people who wanted slavery to be illegal in the north and south were called what?
  3. when the government forces people to go into the military?
  4. what did the southern states call their new country?
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  1. who won the election of 1860 without any southern states?
  2. what was the first battle of the civil war?
  3. the western part of what state declared independence from C.S.A and joined back the united states?
  4. who was in charge of confederate army
  5. who was in charge of the union army.
  6. Who won the Civil war?

10 Clues: Who won the Civil war? • who was in charge of the union army. • who was in charge of confederate army • what was the first battle of the civil war? • what did the southern states call their new country? • who did the southern states chose as their president? • who won the election of 1860 without any southern states? • ...

The road of disunion 2024-05-15

The road of disunion crossword puzzle
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  1. scott who was an african american?
  2. lincoln who was the 16th president?
  3. kansas what was a violent confrontation?
  4. what state is located in the west-central part of the united states?
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  1. clay who was bron in 1777 in and served in the congress?
  2. brown who was born in 1800?
  3. webster who was a lawyer and a member of congress?
  4. what state is located in the center of the united states?
  5. what is the term used to describe the northern and western states that fought against the confederacy?
  6. what sate is the most centrally located state in the united states?

10 Clues: brown who was born in 1800? • scott who was an african american? • lincoln who was the 16th president? • kansas what was a violent confrontation? • webster who was a lawyer and a member of congress? • clay who was bron in 1777 in and served in the congress? • what state is located in the center of the united states? • ...

History of the United States 2026-09-18

History of the United States crossword puzzle
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  1. The important document that explains how the U.S. government works.
  2. The ship that carried the Pilgrims to North America.
  3. The country that sold the Louisiana territory to the United State
  4. The place where Apollo 11 landed in 1969.
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  1. Freedom from the control of another country.
  2. The 13 British areas that later became the United States.
  3. The large territory the United States bought from France in 1803.
  4. A war between the northern and southern states from 1861 to 1865.
  5. English people who traveled to America for religious freedom.
  6. A large bird that is a national symbol of the United States.

10 Clues: The place where Apollo 11 landed in 1969. • Freedom from the control of another country. • The ship that carried the Pilgrims to North America. • The 13 British areas that later became the United States. • A large bird that is a national symbol of the United States. • English people who traveled to America for religious freedom. • ...

American History 2015-02-11

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

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

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

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

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

Chem vocab 2022-01-26

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

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

PUZZLE #1 2023-06-06

PUZZLE #1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Canyon - A massive natural wonder located in Arizona, known for its breathtaking views.
  2. - A famous statue in New York Harbor, representing freedom and a symbol of the United States.
  3. Gate - A famous suspension bridge in San Francisco, California.
  4. - The largest state in the United States, known for its stunning natural landscapes.
  5. - The iconic neighborhood in Los Angeles known for the American film industry.
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  1. - A group of islands in the Pacific Ocean, known for their beautiful beaches and tropical landscapes.
  2. - The capital city of Massachusetts, known for its rich history and prestigious universities.
  3. - The first national park in the United States, located primarily in Wyoming.
  4. - A genre of music that originated in the United States, particularly in New Orleans.
  5. 66 - A historic highway stretching across several states, often associated with classic road trips.

10 Clues: Gate - A famous suspension bridge in San Francisco, California. • - The first national park in the United States, located primarily in Wyoming. • - The iconic neighborhood in Los Angeles known for the American film industry. • - The largest state in the United States, known for its stunning natural landscapes. • ...

Events Leading to the Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2021-11-11

Events Leading to the Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Important georgian politician who was U.S. senator, Georgia Govenor, and vice-president of the Confederate States of America (C.S.A).
  2. The party that nominated Abraham Lincoln
  3. The 16th president of the United States
  4. In 1820, this compromise was made to please both sides.
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  1. act that required runaway slaves to be returned to their masters if caught anywhere in the United States.
  2. An act of making legally null and void
  3. The act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent; the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War.
  4. Supreme court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States.
  5. The belief that a state's sovereignty is more important than that or national Government.
  6. The candidate from Tennessee

10 Clues: The candidate from Tennessee • An act of making legally null and void • The 16th president of the United States • The party that nominated Abraham Lincoln • In 1820, this compromise was made to please both sides. • Supreme court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States. • ...

Gov 2022-03-29

Gov crossword puzzle
Across
  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
Across
  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
Down
  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
Across
  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. • ...

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

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

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

Puzzle 3 2020-02-27

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

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