us history Crossword Puzzles

US History 2014-06-25

US History crossword puzzle
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  1. Born in Illinois.
  2. Telegram to Mexico from Germany.
  3. Active since the War for Independence.
  4. 29th state in the Union.
  5. State flower is the wood violet.
  6. Fought for the environment and civil rights.
  7. First to sign the Declaration.
  8. Arnie governed here.
  9. Battle that turned the Civil War.
  10. Patton went after this señor.
  11. In 1814 we took a little trip.
  12. Known as "Seward's Ice Box".
  13. Probably got stuck in a bathtub.
  14. Likes to annoy Wisconsin.
  15. Wanted the turkey for the national bird.
  16. Forrest Gump went here.
  17. First on the moon.
  18. First state in the Union.
  19. Plan to rebuild Europe after WWII.
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  1. Marched to the sea.
  2. Two parts, one state.
  3. Took a trip with Lewis.
  4. I divide but am a great highway.
  5. Only Catholic President.
  6. Coach of the Miracle on Ice team.
  7. Bay of...
  8. Warned against foreign entanglements.
  9. Treaty that backfired.
  10. Affair that led to a quasi war with France.
  11. General who was a pioneer of tank warfare.
  12. Huge purchase for a great price.
  13. Claimed himself to be obnoxious and disliked.
  14. Was an actor.
  15. Nixon's mistake.
  16. Had a dream. It was realized.
  17. The Great Crusade.
  18. Treaty that ended the War of 1812.

37 Clues: Bay of... • Was an actor. • Nixon's mistake. • Born in Illinois. • The Great Crusade. • First on the moon. • Marched to the sea. • Arnie governed here. • Two parts, one state. • Treaty that backfired. • Took a trip with Lewis. • Forrest Gump went here. • Only Catholic President. • 29th state in the Union. • Likes to annoy Wisconsin. • First state in the Union. • Known as "Seward's Ice Box". • ...

US History 2020-01-16

US History crossword puzzle
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  1. The "product" delivered by African kingdoms
  2. Cotton...machine that made cotton production effective
  3. First name Harriet
  4. The ... slavery
  5. First name Jim, racist "laws"
  6. The Declaration of ... in 1776
  7. Instrument used to control and maim
  8. The vehicle used to deliver slaves to America
  9. The Underground ...
  10. Europeans gave this to powerful African kingdoms
  11. President during American Civil War....A
  12. The method used to obtain insurance for cargo
  13. 1868: Coloured men were given the right to...
  14. Product from plantations that caused addiction
  15. Martin Luther...
  16. Famous speech: "I have a..."
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  1. A servant on contract
  2. The fate of a peaceful preacher
  3. A process where your humanity is taken away
  4. Way out for many at sea to make sure "souls returned"
  5. When you give people different rights you...
  6. Metal intrument to restrict movement
  7. The...war in 1860-1865
  8. Body part cut off to mark ownership
  9. Burn marks on skin to mark ownership
  10. 8 of 12 first presidents were slave...
  11. Product from plantations that kept you stylish
  12. 1808 slavery was...
  13. Number of centuries since slavery was introduced in NA
  14. White supremacist racist group lynched and killed coloured

30 Clues: The ... slavery • Martin Luther... • First name Harriet • The Underground ... • 1808 slavery was... • A servant on contract • The...war in 1860-1865 • Famous speech: "I have a..." • First name Jim, racist "laws" • The Declaration of ... in 1776 • The fate of a peaceful preacher • Body part cut off to mark ownership • Instrument used to control and maim • ...

US History 2018-06-04

US History crossword puzzle
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  1. Product of the late nineteenth-century movement to offer a broad array of social services in urban immigrant neighborhoods
  2. Tariff of 1913 which, in addition to lowering and even eliminating some tariffs
  3. an American author and socialist, most famous for his utopian novel, Looking Backward
  4. A federal law intended to turn Native Americans into farmers
  5. journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.
  6. known as the "mother" of social work
  7. freedom from punishment
  8. a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.
  9. the theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals.
  10. The first law to restrict monopolistic trusts and business combinations
  11. Strike against the Pullman Palace Car Company
  12. In 1870, he founded the standard Oil Company of Ohio, which was his first step in creating his vast oil empire.
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  1. gave women the right to vote in 1920.
  2. signed in Paris by representatives of King George III
  3. Shuts down the factory and locks out its employees
  4. Legalized the federal income tax
  5. Act of Congress that created and established the Federal Reserve System
  6. Proposal for railroad regulation enacted in 1906 that extended the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission
  7. After her 1981 appointment by President Ronald Reagan, she became the first female Court justice.
  8. An American industrial leader of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
  9. An American businessman of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
  10. vote to bring charges of serious crimes against a president
  11. who exposed corruption and abuses in politics, business, meat-packing, child labor, and more, primarily in the first decade of the twentieth century
  12. upheld the rights of states to pass laws allowing or even requiring racial segregation in public and private
  13. A California printer, journalist, and influential activist
  14. an American Republican Congressman and historian from Massachusetts.

26 Clues: freedom from punishment • Legalized the federal income tax • known as the "mother" of social work • gave women the right to vote in 1920. • Strike against the Pullman Palace Car Company • Shuts down the factory and locks out its employees • signed in Paris by representatives of King George III • A California printer, journalist, and influential activist • ...

US History 2021-05-05

US History crossword puzzle
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  1. defeated germany.
  2. Hitler's book he wrote.
  3. dictator of Italy.
  4. when person hates race,culture and religion.
  5. greatly affected after pearl harbor attack.
  6. result in killing a german.
  7. big issue in america because childeren got hurt,wanted to end...
  8. emperor of japan.
  9. the day they tricked Hitler with false news.
  10. prime minister of great britain.
  11. lebensraum in english means.
  12. talked about whitnessing the pearl harbor attack.
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  1. wanted to spread socialism.
  2. food, heat, gas for soldiers in the world wars.
  3. united the country, built a close relationship with the president.
  4. storm that affected many states and farmers.
  5. leader of Germany.
  6. had to wear the star of david on their arm to label them.
  7. was created to help familes get back on their feet.
  8. concentration camp in Poland.
  9. group that targeted african americans.
  10. created so people wouldn't over withdraw money from the banks.
  11. crashed when buyers kept ignoring the decline of consumers.
  12. create a hole in the enemies army and flood in.
  13. jews were placed there before concentration camps.
  14. towns that homeless people would go.
  15. leader of USSR.

27 Clues: leader of USSR. • defeated germany. • emperor of japan. • leader of Germany. • dictator of Italy. • Hitler's book he wrote. • wanted to spread socialism. • result in killing a german. • lebensraum in english means. • concentration camp in Poland. • prime minister of great britain. • towns that homeless people would go. • group that targeted african americans. • ...

US History 2022-04-27

US History crossword puzzle
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  1. “Black americans will never be treated fairly in a mostly White country”.
  2. A labor union wanted to destroy America’s capitalist economy.
  3. A program that paid farmers to produce less food.
  4. “lightning war”.
  5. He became the dictator of Germany in 1934.
  6. A film that portrayed African Americans as violent and dangerous.
  7. The Birth of a Nation made them popular again.
  8. FDR addressed Americans through the radio.
  9. These were African American pilots who protected bombers during the war.
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  1. Another name for the D-Day invasion.
  2. The 18th Amendment is usually referred to as.
  3. The Red Scare was the fear of spreading throughout the country.
  4. A two night terror killing all of Hitlers political rivals.
  5. Sacco & Vanzetti were immigrants from this country.
  6. Americans 65 and older would receive monthly income provided by the federal government.
  7. The first to invent the atomic bomb in the world.
  8. These were women who pushed the boundaries of style and behavior.
  9. Investors used to buy bank money and buy stocks with their money.
  10. The Depression started during his presidency.
  11. A place in Oświęcim, Poland.

20 Clues: “lightning war”. • A place in Oświęcim, Poland. • Another name for the D-Day invasion. • He became the dictator of Germany in 1934. • FDR addressed Americans through the radio. • The 18th Amendment is usually referred to as. • The Depression started during his presidency. • The Birth of a Nation made them popular again. • The first to invent the atomic bomb in the world. • ...

US History 2021-09-24

US History crossword puzzle
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  1. A statement issued in August 1941 that set out American and British goals for the world after World War II.
  2. A policy of remaining apart from the affairs in other groups
  3. An agency that supervised war production during World War II.
  4. Public Works Administration was a large-scale public work construction agency
  5. The Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937 was an initiative proposed by President Roosevelt.
  6. Was a soviet political leader who governed the soviet union
  7. One of President Roosevelt's New Deal programs to help fight the devastating economic effects.
  8. A series of programs that pitted American servicemen against young latino Mexican-American residents
  9. A political theory where all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs
  10. Borrowing money from a broker in order to purchase stock
  11. A system of wholesale trading whereby goods are paid for in full at the time of purchase.
  12. The act required all men in the U.S. between 21 and 30 to register for military service
  13. A code name for the making of the atomic bomb
  14. The Women's Army Corps was the women's branch of the U.S. military
  15. To make changes to something
  16. The purchase of an asset with the hope that it will become more valuable in the future
  17. Assistance that can be given by others or themselves
  18. Any government system that provides monetary assistance to people with a low income
  19. Is an act to promote the Defense of the United States
  20. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is an agency that deposits insurance.
  21. The ability for a customer to obtain goods or services before payment.
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  1. The controlled distribution of scarce resources, food, and supplies
  2. Debt securities issued by the government to finance military operations during the war
  3. A system of government that is centralized and requires complete subservience to the state
  4. An area of land where vegetation has been lost and the soil has reduced to dust
  5. An American labor unionist and civil rights activist
  6. Government assistance in maintaining the market prices regardless of supply and demand.
  7. A treaty between two or more states/countries that include a promise not to engage in military action against each other
  8. Is a form of far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power
  9. The time one needs to recover something bad happening in their life
  10. A law enacted by the 74th United States Congress and signed into law by President Roosevelt
  11. A priest who founded the National Shrine of the Little Flower
  12. Was an Italian politician who founded the fascist party
  13. A lawyer who was the 40th governor of Louisiana and a member of the United States Senate
  14. Is when the government's spending exceeds its revenue
  15. A policy created that made Japanese people go into isolation camps
  16. Acts that made transporting and selling arms illegal for Americans
  17. She was a cultural icon made to represent women who worked in factories during World War II
  18. Is cash payments who went to those in immediate and desperate need
  19. A law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United States
  20. Is an order for all banks to close until government audits declare them solvent
  21. A speech given by President Roosevelt calling for an international quarantine.
  22. Share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed, becoming a pivotal factor in the start of the Great Depression
  23. A series of radio broadcasts given by President Roosevelt to help and talk about recovering from the Great Depression
  24. The action of appeasing
  25. Tennessee Valley Authority is an organization that gives jobs and electricity to rural Tennessee River valley

46 Clues: The action of appeasing • To make changes to something • A code name for the making of the atomic bomb • An American labor unionist and civil rights activist • Assistance that can be given by others or themselves • Is when the government's spending exceeds its revenue • Is an act to promote the Defense of the United States • ...

US History 2023-03-26

US History crossword puzzle
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  1. 1st European to see Pacific Ocean
  2. A policy to separate Europe from the Western Hemisphere
  3. Who claimed Brazil for Portugal
  4. The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country
  5. A movement in the 19th century that focused on the abolishment of slavery
  6. Who conquered Inca; killed Atahualpa whose ransom was gold and silver
  7. The countries power depended on its wealth
  8. The process of making an area more urban
  9. Who's expedition landed in Mexico; Montezuma (Aztec) thought he was a god
  10. Treaty that ended World War 1
  11. A war between citizens of the North and South
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  1. the war for American independence from Britain
  2. Who showed that ships could reach Asia by way of Pacific Ocean
  3. Who claimed Florida for Spain
  4. The global transfer of foods, plants and animals during the colonization of America
  5. Economic system based on private ownership
  6. What did Columbus call Native Americans
  7. Who claimed land for Spain called San Salvador
  8. The development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale
  9. Movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions.

20 Clues: Who claimed Florida for Spain • Treaty that ended World War 1 • Who claimed Brazil for Portugal • 1st European to see Pacific Ocean • What did Columbus call Native Americans • The process of making an area more urban • Economic system based on private ownership • The countries power depended on its wealth • A war between citizens of the North and South • ...

US History 2022-11-04

US History crossword puzzle
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  1. No _______ without representation
  2. This man made an engraving depicting an important moment in history
  3. The act that taxed people on all paper goods
  4. The battle of _______ was a very controversial battle in American history
  5. The act that taxed on all imported ______
  6. The battle that ended the war
  7. awakening Spiritual change, people spoke out against their leaders
  8. This country became allies with the US & helped fight for America's independence
  9. The act that raised money to bribe magistrates to remain loyal to Britain
  10. Men that were not from Britain who were employed to help fight with the British
  11. The ______ river was crossed by George Washington and his soldiers on Christmas Eve as a part of their "sneak attack"
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  1. A pamphlet that supported leaving the rule of Britain
  2. The author of the Declaration was ______
  3. The list of _______ were the offenses that signers of the Declaration declared against King George
  4. The act that forced colonists to allow soldiers to stay in their houses; colonists had to feed the soldiers
  5. The ______ was a war that lasted 8 years; it was a battle for independence from Great Britain
  6. A name for British soldiers
  7. The sons of ______ were patriot men that believed in independence
  8. A bloody massacre that questioned whether British soldiers firing into a crowd was justified
  9. The _______ congress consisted of representatives who met & made important decisions; these people met twice
  10. The declaration of ________ was one of the most critical documents in American history; it was drafted twice

21 Clues: A name for British soldiers • The battle that ended the war • No _______ without representation • The author of the Declaration was ______ • The act that taxed on all imported ______ • The act that taxed people on all paper goods • A pamphlet that supported leaving the rule of Britain • The sons of ______ were patriot men that believed in independence • ...

US History 2022-11-10

US History crossword puzzle
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  1. was the only queen regnant and the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
  2. established a civilian government in Puerto Rico
  3. was a major battle of the Spanish–American War
  4. are American terms for journalism and associated newspapers
  5. American statesman and official whose career in government stretched over almost half a century
  6. United States naval officer and historian
  7. Admiral of the Navy
  8. extending a country’s power.
  9. was an uprising against foreigners that occurred in China about 1900, begun by peasants but eventually supported by the government
  10. is a state that is under protection by another state for defence against aggression and other violations of law
  11. treaty between the U.S. and Cuba that attempted to protect Cuba's independence from foreign intervention
  12. He was a key figure in the revolutionary movement that forced out President Porfirio Díaz and brought Francisco I
  13. American politician who served as United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869
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  1. was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt
  2. nickname given to the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry
  3. aimed to secure international agreement to the U.S. policy of promoting equal opportunity for international trade and commerce in China
  4. ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation
  5. nicknamed "Black Jack", was a senior United States Army officer
  6. considered a Cuban national hero because of his role in the liberation of his country from Spain
  7. was a United States Navy ship that sank in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898
  8. he was given the Grand Cross of Maria Cristina for his command of troops in the Philippines
  9. the use of a country's financial power to extend its international influence.
  10. a U.S. naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii
  11. a massive engineering marvel that connects the Pacific Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean through a 50-mile
  12. lawyer and jurist from the Hawaiian Islands
  13. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos
  14. Filipino revolutionary, statesman, and military leader

27 Clues: Admiral of the Navy • extending a country’s power. • a U.S. naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii • United States naval officer and historian • lawyer and jurist from the Hawaiian Islands • was a major battle of the Spanish–American War • established a civilian government in Puerto Rico • Filipino revolutionary, statesman, and military leader • ...

us history 2022-10-06

us history crossword puzzle
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  1. Which ship did Columbus sail on?
  2. Who won Marbury v Madison?
  3. Where is the Erie Canal?
  4. Who drafted the bill of rights?
  5. who won king Phillips war?
  6. who surrendered at the battle of yorktown?
  7. Where was the first women's rights convention?
  8. What month did the Boston Massacre happen in?
  9. who set off the French-Indian war?
  10. John C. Calhoun begins what crisis?
  11. when did the Continental Congress adopt the Declaration of Independence?
  12. The "Shot Heard 'Round the World" started what war?
  13. who won Dredd Scott vs. Sandford?
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  1. Where did the Constitutional Convention happen?
  2. who goes to battle over the Second Bank of the US?
  3. where did the mayflower depart from?
  4. where did the Salem witch trials happen?
  5. Who burned the capitol of the United States?
  6. Who did President Jefferson buy the Louisiana Purchase from?
  7. the first permanent colony?
  8. who introduced the telegraph?
  9. who kidnapped the first slaves?
  10. Whats the trail called that was from the Indian removal act?
  11. who taught native Americans to plant corn?
  12. Where was the first discovery of gold in California?

25 Clues: Where is the Erie Canal? • Who won Marbury v Madison? • who won king Phillips war? • the first permanent colony? • who introduced the telegraph? • Who drafted the bill of rights? • who kidnapped the first slaves? • Which ship did Columbus sail on? • who won Dredd Scott vs. Sandford? • who set off the French-Indian war? • John C. Calhoun begins what crisis? • ...

us history 2022-10-06

us history crossword puzzle
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  1. Which ship did Columbus sail on?
  2. Who won Marbury v Madison?
  3. Where is the Erie Canal?
  4. Who drafted the bill of rights?
  5. who won king Phillips war?
  6. who surrendered at the battle of yorktown?
  7. Where was the first women's rights convention?
  8. What month did the Boston Massacre happen in?
  9. who set off the French-Indian war?
  10. John C. Calhoun begins what crisis?
  11. when did the Continental Congress adopt the Declaration of Independence?
  12. The "Shot Heard 'Round the World" started what war?
  13. who won Dredd Scott vs. Sandford?
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  1. Where did the Constitutional Convention happen?
  2. who goes to battle over the Second Bank of the US?
  3. where did the mayflower depart from?
  4. where did the Salem witch trials happen?
  5. Who burned the capitol of the United States?
  6. Who did President Jefferson buy the Louisiana Purchase from?
  7. the first permanent colony?
  8. who introduced the telegraph?
  9. who kidnapped the first slaves?
  10. Whats the trail called that was from the Indian removal act?
  11. who taught native Americans to plant corn?
  12. Where was the first discovery of gold in California?

25 Clues: Where is the Erie Canal? • Who won Marbury v Madison? • who won king Phillips war? • the first permanent colony? • who introduced the telegraph? • Who drafted the bill of rights? • who kidnapped the first slaves? • Which ship did Columbus sail on? • who won Dredd Scott vs. Sandford? • who set off the French-Indian war? • John C. Calhoun begins what crisis? • ...

US History 2023-05-08

US History crossword puzzle
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  1. Sioux religious awakening movement that they believed would drive white people away
  2. belief that women should have more rights and education so that they can teach their sons and aide their husbands
  3. Act that gives elderly people a pension
  4. a state has the legal right to declare a law null and void within its borders
  5. Form of transportation that connected the east and west coast
  6. A law in the Compromise of 1850 that required authorities to returned escaped and runaway slaves in the north to the south
  7. Anti-immigrant party formed from some former Whigs and unhappy northern democrats
  8. agreement for bicameral legislature where the house is proportional and the senate is per state
  9. Idea that white Americans were called by God to expand westward
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  1. Supreme court case that said that slaves had no rights and called the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional, meaning he wasn't actually free
  2. Included the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the expansion of the Freedman's Bureau. Time after the civil war when a group of officeholders led racial changes
  3. Type of journalism where journalists would expose corrupt business practices and poor working conditions
  4. Name for program where supplies were delivered to Berlin while the Soviet Union blocked all other western contact
  5. US wouldn't allow further European colonization of the western hemisphere
  6. General term for racially discriminatory laws passed after the civil war
  7. Questionable Act where speech against the country was prohibited to help the war effort during WWI
  8. Shantytowns that were named after a president
  9. US pacific war strategy in WWII that skipped some islands and focused on others
  10. Mass movement of African Americans from the south to the North
  11. Convention in New York where women demanded legal rights and equality

20 Clues: Act that gives elderly people a pension • Shantytowns that were named after a president • Form of transportation that connected the east and west coast • Mass movement of African Americans from the south to the North • Idea that white Americans were called by God to expand westward • Convention in New York where women demanded legal rights and equality • ...

US HISTORY 2023-05-12

US HISTORY crossword puzzle
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  1. conflict that opposed northern and southern states
  2. in D.C., C stands for…
  3. US capital city
  4. symbol of freedom
  5. first name of the first American president
  6. state where blues and jazz were born
  7. boat on which the first English settlers travelled
  8. where the English settlers first landed
  9. what was abolished in 1865
  10. president killed in 1865
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  1. where the president lives
  2. current American president
  3. president killed in 1963
  4. immigration station next to New York City
  5. nickname of the space program
  6. the US is composed of 13…
  7. first English settlers
  8. number of states
  9. state that is not on the mainland
  10. state that is not on the mainland
  11. celebration that gathered white settlers and Native Americans
  12. current vice president

22 Clues: US capital city • number of states • symbol of freedom • in D.C., C stands for… • first English settlers • current vice president • president killed in 1963 • president killed in 1865 • where the president lives • the US is composed of 13… • current American president • what was abolished in 1865 • nickname of the space program • state that is not on the mainland • ...

US History 2023-05-19

US History crossword puzzle
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  1. President when the Great Depression hit, had homeless towns named after him
  2. Withdrawal from commercial relations with a person or organization as a punishment or protest
  3. A fashionable young women intent on enjoying herself and acting wild
  4. Widespread of Fear of a potential rise of communism
  5. Failed attack launched by the CIA during the Kennedy Administration
  6. Truman’s foreign policy that the U.s. would provide aid to countries under the influence of communism
  7. The first satellite sent into space by the soviets
  8. Notional barrier separating East and West Europe
  9. Provided American citizens an opportunity to assist with the war effort
  10. Fought Between North and South Korea
  11. Act of voluntary giving by individuals or groups to promote the common good
  12. Illegal Distribution of alcohol
  13. The act of coming to live permanently in a foreign country
  14. Refused to give her seat to a white man
  15. Belief of a government that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively
  16. Rail line connecting The East and West coasts of the United States
  17. A diverse array of media that reach a large audience via mass communication
  18. Theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries
  19. Journalists during the Progressive Era who exposed corrupt businesses
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  1. Had an “I had A Dream” Speeth
  2. Art and Science of maintaining peaceful relationships between nations
  3. The state of of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict
  4. The act of separating people, historically on the basis of race and gender
  5. The process of making an area more urban
  6. Declared the separate but equal doctrine unconstitutional
  7. Leader of the Progressive movement
  8. Largest and Most widespread civil rights and empowerment movement by Mexican descent people in the United States
  9. President responsible for the Watergate Scandal
  10. First American Volunteer Group of China Air Force formed to help oppose the Japanese invasion
  11. Persistent high inflation combined with high unemployment and stagnant demand in a countries economy
  12. Philanthropist and industrialists, helped build the American Steel Industry
  13. Leader during the civil rights movement in America
  14. Youngest President
  15. Large companies that controlled an industry or a sector
  16. Surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon a U.s. Military base
  17. Era of intense Social and political reform aimed at making progress toward a better society
  18. Leading a society in which all properties and publicly owned by the government
  19. Assassinated In Dallas
  20. Nixons attempt to cover up its involvement in the 1972 break
  21. The largest seaborne invasion in history

40 Clues: Youngest President • Assassinated In Dallas • Had an “I had A Dream” Speeth • Illegal Distribution of alcohol • Leader of the Progressive movement • Fought Between North and South Korea • Refused to give her seat to a white man • The process of making an area more urban • The largest seaborne invasion in history • President responsible for the Watergate Scandal • ...

US HISTORY 2013-11-12

US HISTORY crossword puzzle
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  1. cofounded the Chicago Hull House
  2. the statue of liberty is found here
  3. American landscape painter and printmaker
  4. helped veterans
  5. found in Chicago
  6. an immigration station at New York harbor
  7. designed wainwright building
  8. founded chain stores
  9. baseball team
  10. established inhabitants against those of immigrants
  11. the Eiffel Tower
  12. founded the American Red Cross
  13. home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
  14. sport that can also be called soccer
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  1. founded the department store chain
  2. the Auditorium building is found here
  3. invented basketball
  4. John Dewey wanted what type of education
  5. book written by Jacob Riis
  6. organized massacre of a particular ethnic group
  7. increasing amount of people that live in urban areas
  8. the____________ theater
  9. sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River
  10. came from the Eastern and Southern Europe
  11. Marshall Field founded what type of store?
  12. coming to live permanently in a foreign country
  13. found in New York
  14. a major voice for progressive education

28 Clues: baseball team • helped veterans • found in Chicago • the Eiffel Tower • found in New York • invented basketball • founded chain stores • the____________ theater • book written by Jacob Riis • designed wainwright building • founded the American Red Cross • cofounded the Chicago Hull House • founded the department store chain • the statue of liberty is found here • ...

US HISTORY 2013-11-12

US HISTORY crossword puzzle
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  1. cofounded the Chicago Hull House
  2. coming to live permanently in a foreign country
  3. founded chain stores
  4. organized massacre of a particular ethnic group
  5. American landscape painter and printmaker
  6. found in Chicago
  7. established inhabitants against those of immigrants
  8. helped veterans
  9. found in New York
  10. sport that can also be called soccer
  11. founded the department store chain
  12. sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River
  13. an immigration station at New York harbor
  14. book written by Jacob Riis
  15. the____________ theater
  16. Marshall Field founded what type of store?
  17. a major voice for progressive education
  18. came from the Eastern and Southern Europe
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  1. invented basketball
  2. home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
  3. baseball team
  4. increasing amount of people that live in urban areas
  5. founded the American Red Cross
  6. John Dewey wanted what type of education
  7. the Auditorium building is found here
  8. the Eiffel Tower
  9. the statue of liberty is found here
  10. designed wainwright building

28 Clues: baseball team • helped veterans • found in Chicago • the Eiffel Tower • found in New York • invented basketball • founded chain stores • the____________ theater • book written by Jacob Riis • designed wainwright building • founded the American Red Cross • cofounded the Chicago Hull House • founded the department store chain • the statue of liberty is found here • ...

US History 2014-01-08

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. enforces laws
  2. freed all those enslaved
  3. Missouri was admitted to the union as a slave state
  4. colonies were better left alone
  5. law made it a crie for slaves to run away and allowed arrest of essacpees
  6. began rise in 400 BC
  7. escape route for slaves
  8. required colonists to pay taxes for stamps
  9. members of species compete for survival
  10. rebuild the south
  11. difficult trip across atlantice transporting slaves
  12. supporters of the constitution
  13. Britain recognized the independence of the USA
Down
  1. executes laws
  2. written by Thomas Jefferson
  3. relocating the Indians to west of the Mississippi river
  4. writes laws
  5. rebirth
  6. official approval of constitution
  7. nonsupporters of the constitution
  8. people who convert others to a religion
  9. companies operated better without gov. involvement
  10. landowner had the right to control people of a certain area
  11. thinking your region is better
  12. written by Thomas Paine

25 Clues: rebirth • writes laws • executes laws • enforces laws • rebuild the south • began rise in 400 BC • escape route for slaves • written by Thomas Paine • freed all those enslaved • written by Thomas Jefferson • thinking your region is better • supporters of the constitution • colonies were better left alone • official approval of constitution • nonsupporters of the constitution • ...

us history 2020-01-09

us history crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the profession, activity, or skill of managing international relations, typically by a country's representatives abroad.
  2. a person who has become rich through ruthless and unscrupulous business practices
  3. a person advocating or implementing social reform or new, liberal ideas.
  4. the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
  5. the protection or promotion of the interests of consumers.
  6. the right to vote in political elections.
  7. the development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale.
  8. the action of annexing something, especially territory.
  9. a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
  10. a general vote by the electorate on a single political question which has been referred to them for a direct decision.
  11. the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way.
  12. the ability to assess and initiate things independently.
Down
  1. the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
  2. the policy of territorial or economic expansion.
  3. make changes in (something, typically a social, political, or economic institution or practice) in order to improve it.
  4. administrative decisions that are directly related to all issues and activity within a nation's borders.
  5. the action or faculty of remembering something learned or experienced.
  6. a government's strategy in dealing with other nations.
  7. a person who supports or believes in the principles of communism.
  8. the process of making an area more urban.
  9. unusual; not typical.
  10. reform-minded journalists in the Progressive Era in the United States (1890s–1920s) who exposed established institutions and leaders as corrupt. They typically had large audiences in popular magazines.
  11. movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions.
  12. take in (information, ideas, or culture) and understand fully.
  13. the quality or condition of being modern.

25 Clues: unusual; not typical. • the process of making an area more urban. • the right to vote in political elections. • the quality or condition of being modern. • the policy of territorial or economic expansion. • a government's strategy in dealing with other nations. • the action of annexing something, especially territory. • ...

US History 2018-10-09

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A new territory gained by the U.S. after the Treaty of Paris, _________ became a key coaling station in the Pacific Ocean for ships traveling to/from the Philippines.
  2. sold to U.S. for the price of $20 million. Islands administered by Insular Government after the SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
  3. An American newspaper publisher who built the nation's largest newspaper chain and whose methods profoundly influenced American journalism. Proponent of "yellow journalism.
  4. was a lawyer and jurist in the Hawaiian Islands as a kingdom, protectorate, republic and territory. Serving as an enemy of the Hawaiian royalty and friend of the elite immigrant community. 1894 wealthy, plantation owner and politician who was named President of New Republic of Hawaii. He asked US to annex Hawaii.
  5. American war ship that was blown up in the harbor of Havana. More than 260 men died. This was the third cause of the Spanish-American war
  6. Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers
  7. Island to the south of the U.S., and of great economic interest (sugar/tobacco) to the U.S. economy. Sight of the _______ Rebellion and many battles during the Spanish-American War.
  8. 25th president of the U.S., _____________ led the nation to victory in the Spanish-American War. Pushed for expansion and the gold standard. Was assassinated on September 14th, 1901.
  9. part of the invading army of Cuba.
  10. a belief that free-market competition would lead to the survival of the fittest
  11. The policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories
  12. Country whose affairs are partially controlled by a stronger power.
  13. U.S. Secretary of State_________ issued, in 1899, a series of policy statements called the Open Door notes. The notes were letters addressed to the leaders of imperialist nations proposing that the nations share their trading rights with the United States, thus creating an open door.
Down
  1. forced Japan to trade with the United States.
  2. Policy of territorial or economic expansion.
  3. U.S. belief that they had the right to expand territory over N. America
  4. A volunteer cavalry under the command of Leonard Wood and Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish American War.
  5. Letter written by Dupuy De Lome that criticized President McKinley calling him" weak" and a "bitter for the admiration of the crowd" Another reason for the Spanish-American war.
  6. Queen of Hawaii. Pushed for a "Hawaii for Hawaiians" agenda. Overthrown in 1893 by wealthy white settlers/landowners.
  7. 26th president of the U.S. _______________ was famous for his "Big Stick Diplomacy" when it came to foreign affairs. ____________ became the youngest man to assume the U.S. presidency after President William McKinley was assassinated in 1901. He won a second term in 1904. Known for his anti-monopoly policies and ecological conservationism.
  8. Ended military rule in Puerto Rico and set up a civil government
  9. Annexed in 1898. Republic of ______ established in 1887 with the Constitution of the Kingdom of __________. After overthrow of the Republic in 1893, American lawmaker Sanford B. Dole became President of the Republic of _________.
  10. A Hungarian-American Jewish newspaper publisher of the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the New York World. ________ introduced the techniques of "new journalism" to the newspapers he acquired in the 1880s. Competition with Hearst linked __________ to the types of journalistic tactics known as "yellow journalism.
  11. Admiral of the Navy, the only person in U.S. history to have attained the rank. Admiral ________ is best known for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War. Sunk/captured the entire Spanish Pacific fleet in less than six hours.
  12. Outspoken advocate of American military expansion. Wrote The Influence of Sea Power Upon History (1890). __________ _________ ________ called for the United States to develop a modern NAVAL fleet capable of protecting American business and shipping interests around the world.
  13. Rico Invaded by the U.S. during the Spanish-American War. One of the insular territories gained by the U.S. as a result of the Treaty of Paris. Inhabitants of ___________ ________ are considered U.S. citizens, thanks to the Jones Act of 1917.

26 Clues: part of the invading army of Cuba. • Policy of territorial or economic expansion. • forced Japan to trade with the United States. • Ended military rule in Puerto Rico and set up a civil government • Country whose affairs are partially controlled by a stronger power. • U.S. belief that they had the right to expand territory over N. America • ...

US History 2021-03-02

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. made sure that one of the branches of government did not get too powerful
  2. every 5 slaves in a state would count as three free persons
  3. the promise the federalists made to attach to the Constitution
  4. the creator of the New Jersey Plan
  5. changes to the Constitution
  6. many of the antifederalists
  7. rule by the people
Down
  1. the governor of New York who was an antifederalist
  2. supporters of the Constitution
  3. opposed the Constitution
  4. the date of the first meeting of the new congress
  5. did not get rid of the articles ad instead it modifies them to make the central government stronger
  6. was chosen to become the first president under the new Constitution
  7. proposed to get rid of the articles and create a new national government
  8. divided government power between federal and state governments
  9. the two states that had not ratified the Constitution
  10. the state that waited until the bill of rights was proposed to ratify the Constitution
  11. his idea was used in the Great Compromise
  12. the leaders of the federalists
  13. the majority of the delegates that attended the convention in Philadelphia

20 Clues: rule by the people • opposed the Constitution • changes to the Constitution • many of the antifederalists • supporters of the Constitution • the leaders of the federalists • the creator of the New Jersey Plan • his idea was used in the Great Compromise • the date of the first meeting of the new congress • the governor of New York who was an antifederalist • ...

US History 2021-09-28

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Founder of constitutional law and chief justice.
  2. Thought the bank was unconstitutional.
  3. Printed publication, and associated with making decisions.
  4. Written by the 1st American president.
  5. Peace treaty that ended the war of 1812.
  6. Most influential founding father.
  7. Debt crisis state government increased effort to collect taxes.
  8. Desire for unity after the war of 1812
  9. Articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton.
  10. Louisiana purchase.
  11. Created two Legislative bodies in congress.
  12. The great compromise, The three fifth compromise etc.
  13. Final battle of the northwest indian war.
  14. 3rd US president.
  15. North and South America will not tolerate any more colonization.
  16. Four acts passed by the federalist.
  17. Basic principles of and laws of the nation and the agreement signing of it.
  18. Known as the Florida purchase treaty.
Down
  1. 4th US president and created the amendments.
  2. First major battle of the war of 1812.
  3. On all American vessels sailing for foreign ports.
  4. No support from state governments.
  5. Secret meeting of the federalist delegates from connecticut.
  6. Capital of the United states.
  7. Agreement by the US and Great Britain that helped avert war between them.
  8. Beans, squash, peas, okra etc.
  9. Creation of a supreme national government.
  10. Served as an associate justice.
  11. First written constitution of the United states.
  12. Economic system in which the decisions regarding investment.
  13. Create material by hand.

31 Clues: 3rd US president. • Louisiana purchase. • Create material by hand. • Capital of the United states. • Beans, squash, peas, okra etc. • Served as an associate justice. • Most influential founding father. • No support from state governments. • Four acts passed by the federalist. • Known as the Florida purchase treaty. • First major battle of the war of 1812. • ...

US History 2022-09-14

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Toughest part of the Triangular Trade.
  2. Attacked the French in the Ohio River Valley and this led to the French and Indian war.
  3. Grown mostly on plantations and was meant to sell for profit.
  4. Governing body of Great Britain.
  5. Religious revival movement of the 1700's.
  6. King James II created this. This covered the area from southern Maine to northern New Jersey.
  7. Great Britain's greatest rival in North America.
  8. The 2nd largest ethnic group in the colonies, and most of them were slaves.
  9. 18th century intellectual movement that emphasized reason and the scientific method.
Down
  1. Slave uprising in the Colonies.
  2. Came to the colonies from Europe to be apprentices with families and learn a trade.
  3. Places tax on imports to the colonies.
  4. Meant to punish the colonists for illegal smuggling of goods.
  5. 3 part system in which slaves were brought to the colonies.
  6. Large farm in the Southern Colonies.
  7. When Britain relaxed restrictions on the colonies.
  8. Enrich Great Britain.
  9. Men from the Colonists who fought for Great Britain.
  10. invented bi-focals, the Franklin stove and published Poor Richard's Almanac.
  11. Named by King James II to rule over the Dominion of New England.

20 Clues: Enrich Great Britain. • Slave uprising in the Colonies. • Governing body of Great Britain. • Large farm in the Southern Colonies. • Toughest part of the Triangular Trade. • Places tax on imports to the colonies. • Religious revival movement of the 1700's. • Great Britain's greatest rival in North America. • When Britain relaxed restrictions on the colonies. • ...

US History 2022-11-04

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. awakening Spiritual change, people spoke out against their leaders
  2. The ______ river was crossed by George Washington and his soldiers on Christmas Eve as a part of their "sneak attack"
  3. The battle of _______ was a very controversial battle in American history
  4. The battle that ended the war
  5. This man made an engraving depicting an important moment in history
  6. Men that were not from Britain who were employed to help fight with the British
  7. The act that forced colonists to allow soldiers to stay in their houses; colonists had to feed the soldiers
  8. A bloody massacre that questioned whether British soldiers firing into a crowd was justified
  9. The _______ congress consisted of representatives who met & made important decisions; these people met twice
Down
  1. The ______ was a war that lasted 8 years; it was a battle for independence from Great Britain
  2. The act that raised money to bribe magistrates to remain loyal to Britain
  3. The sons of ______ were patriot men that believed in independence
  4. This country became allies with the US & helped fight for America's independence
  5. A name for British soldiers
  6. The list of _______ were the offenses that signers of the Declaration declared against King George
  7. No _______ without representation
  8. The author of the Declaration was ______
  9. A pamphlet that supported leaving the rule of Britain
  10. The act that taxed people on all paper goods
  11. The act that taxed on all imported ______
  12. declaration of ________ was one of the most critical documents in American history; it was drafted twice

21 Clues: A name for British soldiers • The battle that ended the war • No _______ without representation • The author of the Declaration was ______ • The act that taxed on all imported ______ • The act that taxed people on all paper goods • A pamphlet that supported leaving the rule of Britain • The sons of ______ were patriot men that believed in independence • ...

US History 2022-11-04

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. No _______ without representation
  2. This man made an engraving depicting an important moment in history
  3. The act that taxed people on all paper goods
  4. The battle of _______ was a very controversial battle in American history
  5. The act that taxed on all imported ______
  6. The battle that ended the war
  7. awakening Spiritual change, people spoke out against their leaders
  8. This country became allies with the US & helped fight for America's independence
  9. The act that raised money to bribe magistrates to remain loyal to Britain
  10. Men that were not from Britain who were employed to help fight with the British
  11. The ______ river was crossed by George Washington and his soldiers on Christmas Eve as a part of their "sneak attack"
Down
  1. A pamphlet that supported leaving the rule of Britain
  2. The author of the Declaration was ______
  3. The list of _______ were the offenses that signers of the Declaration declared against King George
  4. The act that forced colonists to allow soldiers to stay in their houses; colonists had to feed the soldiers
  5. The ______ was a war that lasted 8 years; it was a battle for independence from Great Britain
  6. A name for British soldiers
  7. The sons of ______ were patriot men that believed in independence
  8. A bloody massacre that questioned whether British soldiers firing into a crowd was justified
  9. The _______ congress consisted of representatives who met & made important decisions; these people met twice
  10. The declaration of ________ was one of the most critical documents in American history; it was drafted twice

21 Clues: A name for British soldiers • The battle that ended the war • No _______ without representation • The author of the Declaration was ______ • The act that taxed on all imported ______ • The act that taxed people on all paper goods • A pamphlet that supported leaving the rule of Britain • The sons of ______ were patriot men that believed in independence • ...

US History 2022-12-07

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to bring goods into the country
  2. first ship of pilgrims
  3. 1492sailed the ocean blue
  4. sided with the king
  5. to ship goods out of country
  6. first permanent english colony
  7. complaint
  8. sail around
  9. income
  10. supported columbus
  11. common sense
  12. first shots fired here
  13. first and oldest colony in America
  14. helped with direction
Down
  1. witch trials of
  2. claimed Florida for Spain
  3. resistance
  4. cotton gin inventor
  5. 1609-1610 hunger
  6. complained about Catholic church
  7. turning point of revolution
  8. vanished colony
  9. information designed to influence opinion
  10. native
  11. introduced tobacco to jamestown
  12. disagree
  13. commanded continental army
  14. First European in America
  15. washingtons money man
  16. refuse to buy goods

30 Clues: native • income • disagree • complaint • resistance • sail around • common sense • witch trials of • vanished colony • 1609-1610 hunger • supported columbus • cotton gin inventor • sided with the king • refuse to buy goods • washingtons money man • helped with direction • first ship of pilgrims • first shots fired here • claimed Florida for Spain • 1492sailed the ocean blue • First European in America • ...

US History 2023-03-09

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. (711): the act of repealing laws on a large scale and usually related to a particular industry
  2. Immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) (719): The final stage of a virus that attacks the system in the human body that fights off illnesses
  3. programs (709): a collection of programs provided by the state or federal government designed to prevent people from falling deeper into poverty
  4. economics (710): a financial theory in which tax rates are lowered for businesses and investors in the hope of boosting production and trade in the country
  5. Thank (705): a group of experts who conduct research and discuss issues in order to craft potential solutions to social and economic problems
  6. (704): a member of a political party who believes in traditional value, social structure, and gradual change in policies
  7. (713): something that does not move or change
  8. (707): the area in the northeastern and midwestern United States in which manufacturing has diminished significantly
  9. Reduction (731): the steps taken by a government to pay off debt
  10. Advocacy (710): a political showdown in 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union caused by the presence of nuclear weapons in Cuba
  11. (729): government ruled by a religious leader or religious leaders
  12. (720): the main ruling government committee that made policy decisions in the Communist Party; often refers to those of China or the former Soviet Union
Down
  1. (721): a person, usually within a political or special-interest group, who strictly supports a set of ideas or policies
  2. (705): a person whose religion requires them to recruit more believers
  3. (720): a government policy of open communication in the former Soviet Union
  4. (713): a belief system used to interpret the U.S. Constitution from the point of view of the intent of the document when it was originally written
  5. (717): the worldwide network of computers
  6. (715): the legal separation of the races in South Africa
  7. Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) (719): a virus that attacks the system in the human body that fights off illnesses
  8. Computer (716): an electronic device that processes data and is specifically designed for home use
  9. inequality (711): an economic phenomenon in which a large gap exists between what the poorest and richest citizens in a nation earn
  10. (720): a government policy of reform in the former Soviet Union
  11. (714): a military building used for sleeping quarters

23 Clues: (717): the worldwide network of computers • (713): something that does not move or change • (714): a military building used for sleeping quarters • (715): the legal separation of the races in South Africa • (720): a government policy of reform in the former Soviet Union • Reduction (731): the steps taken by a government to pay off debt • ...

US History 2023-05-18

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Suprise attack by Imperial Japanese Navy air service
  2. Broaden American and has a lot of points
  3. Intergovernmental organisation
  4. Loan to a government
  5. Declared war on sinking of Maine in Havana on Feb 15, 1898
  6. Deadliest War in history
  7. Arms surprise attacks rapidly
  8. Traditional vs Modern
  9. Treaty extremely harsh on Germany
  10. a law passed in 1906 that removes harmful things from the market
  11. Return from WW2 and having benefits to pay for college, homes etc
  12. Gov turned to it's citizens and encouraged them to plant
  13. Major Naval battle in the pacific, June 4-7 1942
Down
  1. Artistic Explosion that took place in NY
  2. journalists who expose corruption in politics and big buisnesses
  3. First ten amendments to the constitution
  4. Began 1914 ended in 1918
  5. Poster says for women " we can do it"
  6. 1899, under all nations would have equal opportunities to trade in china
  7. Industrialization vs Urbanization

20 Clues: Loan to a government • Traditional vs Modern • Began 1914 ended in 1918 • Deadliest War in history • Arms surprise attacks rapidly • Intergovernmental organisation • Treaty extremely harsh on Germany • Industrialization vs Urbanization • Poster says for women " we can do it" • Artistic Explosion that took place in NY • Broaden American and has a lot of points • ...

US History 2013-09-26

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision.
  2. extreme patriotism, especially in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy.
  3. community-based mutual aid societies created by Mexican immigrants in the late 19th century United States
  4. the ability to assess and initiate things independently
  5. relating to or based on reason
  6. To make American in form, style, or character
  7. Process by which voters can remove elected officials from office before their terms end
  8. an instruction, command, or duty given to a person or group of people.
  9. the right to vote gained through the democratic process
Down
  1. to include specifically in the terms of an agreement
  2. anything bought or sold
  3. General political philosophy that is based on scientific progression
  4. guided by thought
  5. Reform-minded journalists who wrote for magazines
  6. a violent uprising against an authority or government
  7. in spite of that; however
  8. to impose a fine, tax, or special payment on a person or property
  9. a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
  10. no longer in use or practice
  11. extreme hardship or difficulty

20 Clues: guided by thought • anything bought or sold • in spite of that; however • no longer in use or practice • relating to or based on reason • extreme hardship or difficulty • To make American in form, style, or character • Reform-minded journalists who wrote for magazines • to include specifically in the terms of an agreement • ...

us history 2015-03-03

us history crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the war for American independence from Britain
  2. a protest led by a farmer
  3. James Madison chose to abandon Isolationism
  4. a document establishing the U.S. as a nation
  5. a policy to separate Europe from the Western Hemisphere
  6. a test of the federal government
  7. a forced trek onto "Indian territory"
  8. General Cornwallis surrenders
  9. Texas requested to be a state
Down
  1. belief in the benefits of profitable trading
  2. a search in Sutter Mill in 1848
  3. a protest on a excise tax
  4. claimed land for Spain called San Salvador
  5. the first constitution
  6. a spanish conquistador
  7. a street fight
  8. seizing of supplies
  9. a time when many issues occurred
  10. first government of america
  11. a war for land
  12. known as the "Middle Passage"
  13. the first English colony
  14. a system for states and organizations are governed

23 Clues: a street fight • a war for land • seizing of supplies • the first constitution • a spanish conquistador • the first English colony • a protest led by a farmer • a protest on a excise tax • first government of america • known as the "Middle Passage" • General Cornwallis surrenders • Texas requested to be a state • a search in Sutter Mill in 1848 • a time when many issues occurred • ...

US History 2018-06-03

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920.
  2. vote to bring charges of serious crimes against a president
  3. Addams known as the "mother" of social work
  4. Darwinism the theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals.
  5. v Ferguson upheld the rights of states to pass laws allowing or even requiring racial segregation in public and private
  6. Strike (1892) Shuts down the factory and locks out its employees
  7. Day O'Connor After her 1981 appointment by President Ronald Reagan, she became the first female Court justice.
  8. Carnegie An American industrial leader of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
  9. Houses Product of the late nineteenth-century movement to offer a broad array of social services in urban immigrant neighborhoods
  10. Of Paris signed in Paris by representatives of King George III
  11. Journalism journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.
  12. freedom from punishment
Down
  1. Reserve Act Act of Congress that created and established the Federal Reserve System
  2. Cabot Lodge an American Republican Congressman and historian from Massachusetts.
  3. Writers who exposed corruption and abuses in politics, business, meat-packing, child labor, and more, primarily in the first decade of the twentieth century
  4. Act Proposal for railroad regulation enacted in 1906 that extended the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission
  5. Bellamy an American author and socialist, most famous for his utopian novel, Looking Backward
  6. d Rockefeller An American businessman of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
  7. Anti-Trust Act The first law to restrict monopolistic trusts and business combinations
  8. Amendment (1913) Legalized the federal income tax
  9. Tariff Tariff of 1913 which, in addition to lowering and even eliminating some tariffs
  10. Fourteen Points a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.
  11. Strike Strike against the Pullman Palace Car Company
  12. Act A federal law intended to turn Native Americans into farmers

24 Clues: freedom from punishment • Addams known as the "mother" of social work • Amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920. • Amendment (1913) Legalized the federal income tax • Strike Strike against the Pullman Palace Car Company • vote to bring charges of serious crimes against a president • Of Paris signed in Paris by representatives of King George III • ...

US History 2020-11-08

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Purchase, A purchase doubling the size of the United States
  2. Act of 1807, General trade embargo on all foreign nations enacted by the U.S Congress
  3. Party, This party elected U.S president, Abraham Lincoln
  4. Information spread to influence people to believe a certain way
  5. Party, Under Alexander Hamilton, dominated a national government from 1789 to 1801
  6. Act, Desert land was put to productive use
  7. Act, Act that broke up Indian reservations and distributed land to individual households
  8. Crow, Racial segregation state and local laws enacted after the Reconstruction period in the U.S
Down
  1. Economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit
  2. Plains, Grassland region of central North America extending from North Dakota to Texas
  3. of Ghent, Peace treaty ending the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain
  4. Klux Klan, A Secret organization who are extremely racists
  5. Compromise, Federal legislation admitting Maine to the United States as a free state
  6. Act, Allows natural landmarks to be protected as a national monument
  7. Act, Federal Law giving settlers 160 acres of land for about $30 if they lived on it for 5 years
  8. Jackson, General in the U.S Army and served in both houses of the U.S Congress
  9. Antitrust, The ______ Act expanded the Sherman Antitrust Act to apply to holding companies
  10. Van Buren, Founder of the Democratic Party, severed as 9th governor of New York
  11. Adam, Founding Father who served as the second president of the U.S
  12. of Good Feelings, A Period in the political history of the U.Sthat reflected a sense of national purpose

20 Clues: Act, Desert land was put to productive use • Party, This party elected U.S president, Abraham Lincoln • Klux Klan, A Secret organization who are extremely racists • Purchase, A purchase doubling the size of the United States • Information spread to influence people to believe a certain way • Adam, Founding Father who served as the second president of the U.S • ...

US History 2021-09-28

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. founder of the constitutional law
  2. thought the bank was unconstitutional.
  3. printed publication, and associated with making decisions.
  4. written by the 1st American president.
  5. Peace treaty that ended the war of 1812.
  6. most influential founding father.
  7. debt crisis state government increased effort to collect taxes.
  8. desire for unity after the war of 1812
  9. Articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton.
  10. Louisiana purchase.
  11. Created two Legislative bodies in congress.
  12. The great compromise, The three fifth compromise etc.
  13. final battle of the northwest indian war.
  14. 3rd US president.
  15. North and South America will not tolerate any more colonization.
  16. four acts passed by the federalist.
  17. Basic principles of and laws of the nation and the agreement signing of it.
  18. Known as the Florida purchase treaty.
Down
  1. 4th US president and created the amendments.
  2. First major battle of the war of 1812.
  3. on all American vessels sailing for foreign ports.
  4. no support from state governments.
  5. secret meeting of the federalist delegates from connecticut.
  6. capital of the United states.
  7. agreement by the US and Great Britain that helped avert war between them.
  8. beans, squash, peas, okra etc.
  9. creation of a supreme national government.
  10. served as an associate justice.
  11. First written constitution of the United states.
  12. economic system in which the decisions regarding investment.
  13. create material by hand.

31 Clues: 3rd US president. • Louisiana purchase. • create material by hand. • capital of the United states. • beans, squash, peas, okra etc. • served as an associate justice. • founder of the constitutional law • most influential founding father. • no support from state governments. • four acts passed by the federalist. • Known as the Florida purchase treaty. • ...

US History 2022-05-20

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Strict religious group
  2. When American seamen were taken at sea
  3. First Cash Crop from America
  4. Declaration of Independence
  5. The Forks
  6. Crop from the Carolina's
  7. First Battle of American Revolution
  8. Helped Wampanoag's
  9. Oglethorpe designed this southern city
  10. The Great Compromise
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  1. From D.C. the British marched to this city
  2. Adopted orphaned N.A. & Wanted Indian Removal
  3. Branches of Government
  4. Native American tribe with slaves/newspaper/home
  5. Hero or villain
  6. Supreme Court
  7. First Amendment
  8. Jamestown,Queen Elizabeth
  9. Our Electoral College Votes
  10. Jefferson bought it might not be Constitutional
  11. Abbreviation for the first form of Government

21 Clues: The Forks • Supreme Court • Hero or villain • First Amendment • Helped Wampanoag's • The Great Compromise • Strict religious group • Branches of Government • Crop from the Carolina's • Jamestown,Queen Elizabeth • Declaration of Independence • Our Electoral College Votes • First Cash Crop from America • First Battle of American Revolution • When American seamen were taken at sea • ...

US History 2022-05-11

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. denial of the right to vote
  2. Northerners who moved the South during Reconstruction
  3. execution, often by hanging without a legal trial
  4. laws enacted shortly after the Civil War intended to keep African Americans in a condition similar to slavery
  5. pardon for offenses
  6. Stanton secretary of war
  7. name applied to the Southern statesbecause of their strong support for Democratic canidates
  8. removed the last federal troops from the South
  9. Southerners who supported the new Southern state governments established during Reconstruction
Down
  1. elected president in 1868
  2. the right to vote
  3. Radical Republican in the House of Representatives
  4. violated the tenure of Office Act
  5. won the popular vote in the 1876 election
  6. bring charges against the president
  7. head of the Freedmen's Bureau
  8. Radical Republican in the Senate
  9. arrested for his dishonest dealings
  10. paper money issued by the U.S. Congress during the Civil War
  11. cartoonist

20 Clues: cartoonist • the right to vote • pardon for offenses • Stanton secretary of war • elected president in 1868 • denial of the right to vote • head of the Freedmen's Bureau • Radical Republican in the Senate • violated the tenure of Office Act • bring charges against the president • arrested for his dishonest dealings • won the popular vote in the 1876 election • ...

US history 2022-04-06

US history crossword puzzle
Across
  1. byelaw
  2. approval
  3. argue
  4. sell things by shout the price out
  5. Formal agreements between two or more independent states or nations for mutual defense
  6. accept with no actions
  7. punish
  8. danger
  9. come to a deadlock
  10. violate the rule
  11. abject
Down
  1. prevent sb from
  2. prejudice on races
  3. unstable
  4. write a statement in support of Lee’s resolution
  5. hard to bear
  6. representation
  7. introduced a resolution declaring the colonies to be independent.
  8. small and cute
  9. the right to judicature

20 Clues: argue • byelaw • punish • danger • abject • unstable • approval • hard to bear • representation • small and cute • prevent sb from • violate the rule • prejudice on races • come to a deadlock • accept with no actions • the right to judicature • sell things by shout the price out • write a statement in support of Lee’s resolution • ...

US history 2020-03-02

US history crossword puzzle
Across
  1. killing of a large group of people,
  2. is a business cycle contraction when there is a general decline in economic activity
  3. vigorously active, combative and aggressive, especially in support
  4. is an informal, derogatory term for a region of the United States that experienced industrial decline starting around 1980.
  5. is the tendency not to side in a conflict, which may not suggest neutral parties do not have a side or are not a side themselves.
  6. the action of a country or its government preparing and organizing troops for active service.
  7. is the process of ending the separation of two groups, usually referring to races.
  8. a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained control by force.
  9. was a policy of the Richard Nixon administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
  10. is a body of electors established by the United States Constitution
  11. is the controlled distribution of scarce resources, goods, services, or an artificial restriction of demand.
  12. is the easing of strained relations
  13. is the organized delivery of supplies or personnel primarily via military transport aircraft.
  14. isolation in which people or animals that have arrived from elsewhere
  15. the belief in social, economic, and political equality of the sexes.
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  1. a rapid increase
  2. "the ideology of republicanism"
  3. the matériel and services supplied by the U.S. to its allies during World War II under an act of Congress
  4. is a Latin phrase meaning the existing state of affairs, particularly with regard to social or political issues.
  5. is a subculture whose values and norms of behavior differ substantially from those of mainstream society, often in opposition to mainstream cultural mores
  6. a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
  7. is a provision made in accordance with a legal framework of a society.
  8. is a political and social philosophy promoting traditional social institutions in the context of culture and civilization.
  9. refers to the economic policies promoted by U.S. President Ronald Reagan during the 1980s.
  10. is a treaty entered into by the United States, Canada, and Mexico

25 Clues: a rapid increase • "the ideology of republicanism" • killing of a large group of people, • is the easing of strained relations • is a treaty entered into by the United States, Canada, and Mexico • vigorously active, combative and aggressive, especially in support • is a body of electors established by the United States Constitution • ...

US History 2021-06-02

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Encouraged settlement in the west
  2. 2nd president of US
  3. 4th president of US
  4. Winter camp for soldiers during AR
  5. Intro to the Constitution
  6. Founded in 1680 by William Penn
  7. Main cash crop of the South
  8. War between 13 Colonies and Britain
  9. Author of Federalist Papers
  10. supreme law of the land
Down
  1. 1st 10 amendments of the Constitution
  2. tax on imports
  3. Americans who supported independence
  4. Turning point for American Revolution
  5. Root cause of the Civil War
  6. US was to stretch across continent
  7. Founded in 1607
  8. 1620 Puritan settlement
  9. to formally approve
  10. War between North and South

20 Clues: tax on imports • Founded in 1607 • 2nd president of US • 4th president of US • to formally approve • 1620 Puritan settlement • supreme law of the land • Intro to the Constitution • Root cause of the Civil War • Main cash crop of the South • Author of Federalist Papers • War between North and South • Founded in 1680 by William Penn • Encouraged settlement in the west • ...

US History 2021-09-24

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed, becoming a pivotal factor in the start of the Great Depression
  2. A system of government that is centralized and requires complete subservience to the state
  3. She was a cultural icon made to represent women who worked in factories during World War II
  4. A law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United States
  5. A policy of remaining apart from the affairs in other groups
  6. A policy created that made Japanese people go into isolation camps
  7. Debt securities issued by the government to finance military operations during the war
  8. Acts that made transporting and selling arms illegal for Americans
  9. Borrowing money from a broker in order to purchase stock
  10. A series of radio broadcasts given by President Roosevelt to help and talk about recovering from the Great Depression
  11. To make changes to something
  12. Victory abroad and Victory at home
  13. One of President Roosevelt's New Deal programs to help fight the devastating economic effects.
  14. Is a form of far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power
  15. A code name for the making of the atomic bomb
  16. Public Works Administration was a large-scale public work construction agency
  17. An agency that supervised war production during World War II.
  18. A treaty between two or more states/countries that include a promise not to engage in military action against each other
  19. Was a soviet political leader who governed the soviet union
  20. A speech given by President Roosevelt calling for an international quarantine.
  21. Is cash payments who went to those in immediate and desperate need
  22. An asian-american civil rights charity
  23. Is an act to promote the Defense of the United States
  24. Is when the government's spending exceeds its revenue
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  1. A law enacted by the 74th United States Congress and signed into law by President Roosevelt
  2. It was an attack caused by the Japanese Navy towards America in Hawaii.
  3. The time one needs to recover something bad happening in their life
  4. Was an Italian politician who founded the fascist party
  5. The controlled distribution of scarce resources, food, and supplies
  6. A priest who founded the National Shrine of the Little Flower
  7. A series of programs that pitted American servicemen against young latino Mexican-American residents
  8. The order that Roosevelt gave that forced Japanese people into isolation camps
  9. A statement issued in August 1941 that set out American and British goals for the world after World War II.
  10. The act required all men in the U.S. between 21 and 30 to register for military service
  11. The purchase of an asset with the hope that it will become more valuable in the future
  12. Was created to control money and rent after World War II started.
  13. The Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937 was an initiative proposed by President Roosevelt.
  14. Government assistance in maintaining the market prices regardless of supply and demand.
  15. Is an order for all banks to close until government audits declare them solvent
  16. An American labor unionist and civil rights activist
  17. The ability for a customer to obtain goods or services before payment.
  18. A political theory where all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs
  19. Any government system that provides monetary assistance to people with a low income
  20. The action of appeasing
  21. The Women's Army Corps was the women's branch of the U.S. military
  22. An area of land where vegetation has been lost and the soil has reduced to dust
  23. A system of wholesale trading whereby goods are paid for in full at the time of purchase.
  24. Tennessee Valley Authority is an organization that gives jobs and electricity to rural Tennessee River valley
  25. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is an agency that deposits insurance.
  26. A lawyer who was the 40th governor of Louisiana and a member of the United States Senate
  27. Assistance that can be given by others or themselves

51 Clues: The action of appeasing • To make changes to something • Victory abroad and Victory at home • An asian-american civil rights charity • A code name for the making of the atomic bomb • An American labor unionist and civil rights activist • Assistance that can be given by others or themselves • Is an act to promote the Defense of the United States • ...

US History 2022-03-15

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the ________ was in 1803 and it doubled the size of the U.S.
  2. The forcible seizure of American sailors into the Royal Navy was called
  3. the ________ allowed merchants to trade only with countries other than France and England
  4. the ________ was invented by Robert Fulton in 1807
  5. was a famous Indian guide who helped Lewis and Clark
  6. The sinking of the American boat the ______ led to the War of 1812
  7. explored the Louisiana Purchase.
  8. the _______ ended the War of 1812
  9. the ________ was an agreement to balance free and slave states
  10. A _______ is a tax on incoming goods
Down
  1. _______ is the devotion to the culture and interests of one’s country.
  2. standardized parts that could be used in place of one another were called ________
  3. the _______ is an agreement to cease fire.
  4. john C. Calhoun and Henry Clay were known as _______
  5. was made up of the Presidencies of Jefferson/Madison/Monroe
  6. _______ was the 3rd President of the U.S.
  7. The _______ stretched from Georgia to Illinois
  8. In the early 1800s, _______ was a Supreme Court Justice for over 30 years.
  9. _______ was invented by Eli Whitney
  10. stated America was for Americans

20 Clues: explored the Louisiana Purchase. • stated America was for Americans • the _______ ended the War of 1812 • _______ was invented by Eli Whitney • A _______ is a tax on incoming goods • _______ was the 3rd President of the U.S. • the _______ is an agreement to cease fire. • The _______ stretched from Georgia to Illinois • the ________ was invented by Robert Fulton in 1807 • ...

US History 2022-11-04

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. No _______ without representation
  2. This man made an engraving depicting an important moment in history
  3. The act that taxed people on all paper goods
  4. The battle of _______ was a very controversial battle in American history
  5. The act that taxed on all imported ______
  6. The battle that ended the war
  7. awakening Spiritual change, people spoke out against their leaders
  8. This country became allies with the US & helped fight for America's independence
  9. The act that raised money to bribe magistrates to remain loyal to Britain
  10. Men that were not from Britain who were employed to help fight with the British
  11. The ______ river was crossed by George Washington and his soldiers on Christmas Eve as a part of their "sneak attack"
Down
  1. A pamphlet that supported leaving the rule of Britain
  2. The author of the Declaration was ______
  3. The list of _______ were the offenses that signers of the Declaration declared against King George
  4. The act that forced colonists to allow soldiers to stay in their houses; colonists had to feed the soldiers
  5. The ______ was a war that lasted 8 years; it was a battle for independence from Great Britain
  6. A name for British soldiers
  7. The sons of ______ were patriot men that believed in independence
  8. A bloody massacre that questioned whether British soldiers firing into a crowd was justified
  9. The _______ congress consisted of representatives who met & made important decisions; these people met twice
  10. The declaration of ________ was one of the most critical documents in American history; it was drafted twice

21 Clues: A name for British soldiers • The battle that ended the war • No _______ without representation • The author of the Declaration was ______ • The act that taxed on all imported ______ • The act that taxed people on all paper goods • A pamphlet that supported leaving the rule of Britain • The sons of ______ were patriot men that believed in independence • ...

us history 2023-02-23

us history crossword puzzle
Across
  1. led the circus
  2. pulitzer's rival
  3. raised near the mississippi
  4. 1869 president
  5. french
  6. stock market crash
  7. tragedy
  8. farmers used
  9. spectator sport
  10. popular in the 1890's
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  1. ironclad
  2. literate americans
  3. telegraph
  4. department store
  5. cramped
  6. assassinated
  7. public meetings
  8. method of stopping trains
  9. gathering place
  10. brute force

20 Clues: french • cramped • tragedy • ironclad • telegraph • brute force • assassinated • farmers used • led the circus • 1869 president • public meetings • gathering place • spectator sport • department store • pulitzer's rival • literate americans • stock market crash • popular in the 1890's • method of stopping trains • raised near the mississippi

US History 2017-01-10

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a list of matters to be taken up
  2. one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute
  3. law determining the fundamental political principles of the government
  4. drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority
  5. s seat for rider of a horse
  6. everyone has a different part of his to do
  7. a government tax on imports or exports
  8. a government order imposing a trade barrier
Down
  1. bringing again into activity and prominence
  2. mining underground mineral resources
  3. the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
  4. someone who settles lawfully on government land
  5. deliver a sharp blow
  6. factory where workers do piecework for poor pay
  7. work paid for according to the quantity produced
  8. a person who comes to a other country
  9. nonelective government officials
  10. a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller
  11. a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution
  12. an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer

20 Clues: deliver a sharp blow • s seat for rider of a horse • a list of matters to be taken up • nonelective government officials • mining underground mineral resources • a person who comes to a other country • a government tax on imports or exports • everyone has a different part of his to do • bringing again into activity and prominence • a government order imposing a trade barrier • ...

US History 2021-05-18

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. addressing problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and political corruption
  2. The current generation of workers would pay into a fund while the retirees would take in a monthly stipend. Upon reaching the age of 65, individuals would start receiving payments based upon the amount contributed over the years.
  3. provide for the safer use of the assets of banks, regulate interbank control,prevent the undue diversion of funds into speculative operations.
  4. the decade of the 1920s a period of economic prosperity with a distinctive cultural edge in the United States and Europe, particularly in major cities
  5. a series of radio broadcasts made by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to the nation
  6. gave $3 billion to state and local governments for direct relief payments for people without jobs.
  7. a person who keeps money in a bank account.
  8. first worldwide intergovernmental organization to maintain world peace.
  9. severe worldwide economic depression tduring the 1930s
  10. help farmers attempted to raise farm prices to a level equitable to the years 1909-14.
  11. series of programs,projectsregulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Down
  1. depositors in member banks were given the security of knowing the federal government would refund their losses.
  2. program was aimed at employing unemployed unmarried men
  3. hired actors to perform plays across the land.
  4. employed nearly 9 million Americans.
  5. allowed any farmer to buy back a lost farm at a law price over six years at only one percent interest.
  6. passed in March 1933 refinanced many mortgages in danger of going unpaid.
  7. program employed 2.5 million in a month's time, and eventually grew to a multitudinous 4 million at its peak
  8. empowered the President to reopen banks that were solvent and assist those that were not.
  9. national treasury of the federal government of the United States where it serves as an executive department.

20 Clues: employed nearly 9 million Americans. • a person who keeps money in a bank account. • hired actors to perform plays across the land. • severe worldwide economic depression tduring the 1930s • program was aimed at employing unemployed unmarried men • first worldwide intergovernmental organization to maintain world peace. • ...

US History 2021-10-03

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Created two Legislative bodies in congress.
  2. Written by the 1st American president.
  3. Create material by hand.
  4. Desire for unity after the war of 1812.
  5. The great compromise, The three fifth compromise etc.
  6. Father of Constitution, 4th president.
  7. Thought the bank was unconstitutional.
  8. Served as an associate justice.
  9. Basic principles of and laws of the nation and the agreement signing of it.
  10. Debt crisis state government increased effort to collect taxes and Daniel Shay.
  11. First major battle of the war of 1812.
  12. Final battle of the northwest indian war.
  13. First written constitution of the United states.
  14. Bad deal for the US, pro british treaty.
  15. North and South America will not tolerate any more colonization.
  16. Favored big states and a strong national government.
  17. Founder of constitutional law and chief justice.
  18. He advocated the national bank.
Down
  1. No support from state governments.
  2. Federalist attempt to curb opposition.
  3. Secret meeting of the federalists, that talked about the war of 1812 .
  4. 3rd US president.
  5. Economic systems that led to innovations.
  6. Louisiana purchase.
  7. Capital of the United states.
  8. Known as the Florida purchase treaty.
  9. Articles and essays written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay.
  10. Beans, squash, peas, okra etc.
  11. Peace treaty that ended the war of 1812.
  12. Printed publication, and associated with making decisions.
  13. Ruined the Us economy.

31 Clues: 3rd US president. • Louisiana purchase. • Ruined the Us economy. • Create material by hand. • Capital of the United states. • Beans, squash, peas, okra etc. • Served as an associate justice. • He advocated the national bank. • No support from state governments. • Known as the Florida purchase treaty. • Federalist attempt to curb opposition. • Written by the 1st American president. • ...

US History 2023-05-11

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the act of settling a group of people in a new place
  2. a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries
  3. a reformer who favors putting an end to slavery
  4. a tenant farmer who owes a portion of each harvest for rent
  5. the act of charging an official with an offense committed while in office
  6. The supreme law of the United States
  7. a legal right to vote
  8. a member of a former political party in the United States that favored a strong centralized federal government
  9. a person who comes to a country in order to settle there
  10. President who abolished slavery
  11. a policy of nonparticipation in international relations
Down
  1. a political theory advocating an authoritarian government
  2. US need to stop the spread of communism
  3. First president of the United States
  4. refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization
  5. gained after the American Revolution
  6. a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller
  7. a system of increasing wealth through colonization and trade
  8. the act of keeping apart
  9. a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch
  10. Manifest- (what comes after)
  11. a government tax on imports or exports
  12. the orientation of those who favor government by the people
  13. First boat to set sail to the Americas

24 Clues: a legal right to vote • the act of keeping apart • Manifest- (what comes after) • President who abolished slavery • First president of the United States • gained after the American Revolution • The supreme law of the United States • a government tax on imports or exports • First boat to set sail to the Americas • US need to stop the spread of communism • ...

US History 2023-02-28

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a belief system used to interpret the U.S. Constitution from the point of view of the intent of the document when it was originally written
  2. the management and protection of natural resources
  3. Immunodeficiency Virus- a virus that attacks the system in the human body that fights off illnesses
  4. Reduction- the steps taken by a government to pay off debt
  5. computer- an electronic device that processes data and is specifically designed for home use
  6. a person whose religion requires them to recruit more believers
  7. the main ruling government committee that made policy decisions in the Communist Party; often refers to those of China or the former Soviet Union
  8. something that does not move or change
  9. a government policy of open communication in the former Soviet Union
  10. programs- a collection of programs provided by the state or federal government designed to prevent people from falling deeper into poverty
Down
  1. a government policy of reform in the former Soviet Union
  2. the legal separation of the races in South Africa
  3. a worldwide network of computers
  4. economics- a financial theory in which tax rates are lowered for businesses and investors in the hope of boosting production and trade in the country
  5. a person, usually within a political or special-interest group, who strictly supports a set of ideas or policies
  6. Advocacy- a political showdown in 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union caused by the presence of nuclear weapons in Cuba
  7. inequality- an economic phenomenon in which a large gap exists between what the poorest and the richest citizens in a nation earn
  8. the area in the northeastern and midwestern United States in which manufacturing has diminished significantly
  9. Immunodeficiency Syndrome- The final stage of a virus that attacks the system in the human body that fights off illnesses
  10. the act of repealing laws on a large scale and usually related to a particular industry
  11. a government ruled by a religious leader or religious leaders
  12. a military building used for sleeping quarters
  13. Thank- a group of experts who conduct research and discuss issues in order to craft potential solutions to social and economic problems

23 Clues: a worldwide network of computers • something that does not move or change • a military building used for sleeping quarters • the legal separation of the races in South Africa • the management and protection of natural resources • a government policy of reform in the former Soviet Union • Reduction- the steps taken by a government to pay off debt • ...

US History 2013-12-16

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
  2. Courts
  3. Washington/first president of the United States treasury department
  4. 4, 1776/ The date of Declaration of Independence was adopted
  5. Hamilton/ the federalist leader
  6. of Rights/ the first, 10 amendments of the Constitution
  7. Jefferson/ One author of the Declaration of Independence
  8. Tea Party/ In 1773, a protest in which colonist dressed up as Indians, and dumped Boston tea into the harbor
  9. president (enforces laws)
  10. congress
Down
  1. Convention/ a convention that met in Philadelphia in 1787 and drafted the Constitution
  2. refuses to buy
  3. they preferred a strong national government
  4. Review/ the power of the courts to declare an act of congress
  5. War/ The American war of independence (1775-1783)
  6. Purchase/ this doubled the size of the United States, expanded farming and trade
  7. Locke/ influenced the Declaration of Independence, and adopted Natural Rights
  8. Madison/ he attended the Constitutional Convention
  9. Federalist/ they preferred limited national government
  10. and Balances/ each of the three branches of government can limit the powers of the others
  11. Act/ placed on all the printed materials

21 Clues: Courts • congress • refuses to buy • president (enforces laws) • Hamilton/ the federalist leader • Act/ placed on all the printed materials • they preferred a strong national government • War/ The American war of independence (1775-1783) • Madison/ he attended the Constitutional Convention • Federalist/ they preferred limited national government • ...

US History 2017-03-02

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. political party that South had
  2. political party that North had
  3. an American,approached the Spanish with a plan for Texas settlement:
  4. one of the first female nurses to serve in the Civil war, known as her First Aid
  5. a town that Free-soilers refused to follow laws and started
  6. Thanks to this, by 1850, California’s population had reached 93,000
  7. The pro-slavery legislature established the town of 000000000
  8. a president of the North, was strongly against slavery
  9. to incorparate into the domain of a city, country, or state
  10. opposing to slavery
  11. First Europeans to visit what would become Texas
Down
  1. one of the Nebraska Territory divided into: Nebraska and 000000
  2. of parts of New Mexico, Arizona, and California
  3. a war between citizens of the North and South
  4. a movement in the 19th C that focused on the abolishment of slavery
  5. Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri
  6. favoring slavery
  7. President Lincoln’s plan that suffocating the South like a snake by cutting off their resources
  8. an abolitionist Senator from MA
  9. a type of rule in which military commanders are in control and citizens’ rights and freedoms are suspended
  10. law determined the residents of Utah could decide whether to allow slavery

21 Clues: favoring slavery • opposing to slavery • political party that South had • political party that North had • an abolitionist Senator from MA • Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri • a war between citizens of the North and South • of parts of New Mexico, Arizona, and California • First Europeans to visit what would become Texas • ...

US History 2017-01-10

US History crossword puzzle
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  1. a list of matters to be taken up
  2. one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute
  3. law determining the fundamental political principles of the government
  4. drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority
  5. s seat for rider of a horse
  6. everyone has a different part of his to do
  7. a government tax on imports or exports
  8. a government order imposing a trade barrier
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  1. bringing again into activity and prominence
  2. mining underground mineral resources
  3. the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
  4. someone who settles lawfully on government land
  5. deliver a sharp blow
  6. factory where workers do piecework for poor pay
  7. work paid for according to the quantity produced
  8. a person who comes to a other country
  9. nonelective government officials
  10. a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller
  11. a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution
  12. an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer

20 Clues: deliver a sharp blow • s seat for rider of a horse • a list of matters to be taken up • nonelective government officials • mining underground mineral resources • a person who comes to a other country • a government tax on imports or exports • everyone has a different part of his to do • bringing again into activity and prominence • a government order imposing a trade barrier • ...

US History 2018-06-03

US History crossword puzzle
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  1. Amendment (1913) Legalized the federal income tax
  2. Journalism journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.
  3. freedom from punishment
  4. Reserve Act Act of Congress that created and established the Federal Reserve System
  5. Cabot Lodge an American Republican Congressman and historian from Massachusetts.
  6. Writers who exposed corruption and abuses in politics, business, meat-packing, child labor, and more, primarily in the first decade of the twentieth century
  7. Day O'Connor After her 1981 appointment by President Ronald Reagan, she became the first female Court justice.
  8. Darwinism the theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals.
  9. Of Paris signed in Paris by representatives of King George III
  10. Carnegie An American industrial leader of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
  11. Strike (1892) Shuts down the factory and locks out its employees
  12. Fourteen Points a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.
  13. Tariff Tariff of 1913 which, in addition to lowering and even eliminating some tariffs
  14. Amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920.
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  1. Anti-Trust Act The first law to restrict monopolistic trusts and business combinations
  2. Act Proposal for railroad regulation enacted in 1906 that extended the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission
  3. vote to bring charges of serious crimes against a president
  4. Strike Strike against the Pullman Palace Car Company
  5. v Ferguson upheld the rights of states to pass laws allowing or even requiring racial segregation in public and private
  6. Bellamy an American author and socialist, most famous for his utopian novel, Looking Backward
  7. Houses Product of the late nineteenth-century movement to offer a broad array of social services in urban immigrant neighborhoods
  8. Act A federal law intended to turn Native Americans into farmers
  9. Addams known as the "mother" of social work
  10. d Rockefeller An American businessman of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

24 Clues: freedom from punishment • Addams known as the "mother" of social work • Amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920. • Amendment (1913) Legalized the federal income tax • Strike Strike against the Pullman Palace Car Company • vote to bring charges of serious crimes against a president • Of Paris signed in Paris by representatives of King George III • ...

US history 2019-10-10

US history crossword puzzle
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  1. one's own nation and support for it's interest especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
  2. an american religious leader & politician.
  3. the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the USA from France.
  4. people who left their homes in search of gold
  5. proposal to prohibit slavery in the territory acquired by the US at the conclusion of the Mexican war.
  6. a 2,000 mile route from Missouri to Oregon.
  7. father of the America industrial revolution.
  8. the name of Texas when it was not part of the USA or Mexico.
  9. transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe to USA.
  10. first women's right convention.
  11. father of the Common school.
  12. an idealist philosophical and social movement.
  13. the idea that the american had the the god right to expand in the west.
  14. protestant religious revival
  15. she created the 1st generation of american mental asylum.
  16. leader of the Texas revolution.
  17. authorized the president to negotiate with southern native American tribes for their removal.
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  1. movement who sought to end the Atlantic slave trade .
  2. suies of forced relocation of Native Americans in the USA from their ancestral homelands. Whigs: a political party active in the US in the middle of 19 century, alongside the Democratic party.
  3. 12th president of the USA.
  4. treaty of peace between the USA and the Mexican republic.
  5. a abolitionist women's right activist.
  6. he led a 2 day rebellion of both enslaved and free black people.
  7. inventor of the cotton gin.
  8. instrumental in bringing the industrial revolution to the USA.
  9. an american soldier and statesman who served as the seventh president of the USA
  10. a United States policy of opposing European colonialism.
  11. identical parts that can be easily mass produced and replaced.
  12. an armed conflict between the USA and Mexico.
  13. association of workers formed to protect and further their rights and interest.

30 Clues: 12th president of the USA. • inventor of the cotton gin. • father of the Common school. • protestant religious revival • first women's right convention. • leader of the Texas revolution. • a abolitionist women's right activist. • an american religious leader & politician. • a 2,000 mile route from Missouri to Oregon. • father of the America industrial revolution. • ...

US History 2021-12-14

US History crossword puzzle
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  1. taxed imports of goods
  2. what helped the BEIC by shipping surplus tea to colonies
  3. the revolution Treaty of pairs did what?
  4. limit settlement west of Appalachian mts
  5. cut tea taxes in britian
  6. B and F extended rivalry to America
  7. turning point in american revolution
  8. amount of people that died in the Boston Massacre
  9. Revere Who warned the minutemen that the British were coming
  10. and Concord where was the first battle of the American revolution
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  1. 4th 1776 what date was the declaration of independence signed traditionally
  2. what country did the Acolonist'solonists rebel aga July
  3. Act which acts forced colonists to house British soldiers
  4. declared parliments right to make laws
  5. Jefferson Who wrote the declaration of independence
  6. passed act by parliament closed bostons port
  7. relationship between GB and America
  8. required colonists to pay direct tax on paper use
  9. of Yorktown what battle did general Cornwallis surrender
  10. monarch that ruled over england

20 Clues: taxed imports of goods • cut tea taxes in britian • monarch that ruled over england • relationship between GB and America • B and F extended rivalry to America • turning point in american revolution • declared parliments right to make laws • limit settlement west of Appalachian mts • the revolution Treaty of pairs did what? • passed act by parliament closed bostons port • ...

Us history 2022-02-15

Us history crossword puzzle
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  1. based on states rights for laws
  2. the branch of government that interprets the laws
  3. used as a torture method by patriots to out loyalists
  4. a government in which the powers are split into groups
  5. power is divided between state and national government
  6. the branch of government that enforces the laws
  7. colonists who support the crown in the revolution
  8. those who opposed the constitution
  9. rule by the people
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  1. solved the problem on how enslaved people would be represented in congress
  2. colonist general who was mistreated after winning a battle and switched sides becoming a traitor
  3. solved the problem of representation in congress
  4. notorious antifederalist
  5. Those who supported the colonists in the revolution
  6. unanimous vote to become 1st president, virginia war general
  7. patriot who helped get the french on the colonists side
  8. based on national government
  9. a change to the constitution
  10. to reject
  11. to formally accuse of misconduct

20 Clues: to reject • rule by the people • notorious antifederalist • based on national government • a change to the constitution • based on states rights for laws • to formally accuse of misconduct • those who opposed the constitution • the branch of government that enforces the laws • solved the problem of representation in congress • the branch of government that interprets the laws • ...

US History 2022-05-11

US History crossword puzzle
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  1. the Arab oil company that stopped giving US oil in 1973
  2. the side that President Reagan supported in Nicaragua in the 1980s Iran-Contra Affair
  3. the Middle Eastern country in which US hostages were taken from the US Embassy
  4. War America lost this war and failed to contain Communism
  5. the President who organized the Camp David Accords
  6. the domain of a website connected to an educational institution
  7. the name of your US History teacher
  8. the land of this nation shrunk when Israel was created in 1948
  9. Nixon's policy to ease tensions with the Soviet Union in the Cold War
  10. the Soviet Union invaded this country in the Middle East in 1979
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  1. to compare how sources agree or disagree
  2. the President involved in the Iran-Contra Affair
  3. the name of the Muslim Revolutionary Group that the US supplied with weapons in Afghanistan
  4. this man became President after Nixon resigned in 1974
  5. the country in the Middle East the US ALWAYS supports
  6. America's policy to stop the spread of Communism
  7. d'etat the French word meaning to overthrow a government
  8. the domain of a website connected to the government
  9. Union the country America opposes in the Cold War
  10. the title of the leader in Iran
  11. the name of the scandal that forced Nixon to resign from the Presidency

21 Clues: the title of the leader in Iran • the name of your US History teacher • to compare how sources agree or disagree • the President involved in the Iran-Contra Affair • America's policy to stop the spread of Communism • Union the country America opposes in the Cold War • the President who organized the Camp David Accords • ...

US history 2022-10-06

US history crossword puzzle
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  1. Where did the Pilgrims on the Mayflower arrive?
  2. Who did the british kill in the boston massacre?
  3. Who fired the shot heard round the world?
  4. Who drafted the amendments to become the bill of rights?
  5. Where did the US purchase land on April 30, 1803?
  6. Who was the Native that introduced the pilgrims to Plymouth?
  7. Who doesnt have the power to pass laws and override the constitution?
  8. What was the war called when Andrew Jackson battled over the second bank?
  9. Scott Who didnt have freedom in a free state on March 6, 1857?
  10. What did Andrew Jackson trade for with the indians?
  11. What was the first state to ratify the constitution?
  12. What Month did the US adopt the Declaration of Independance?
  13. What was one of the buildings that the british set on fire on August 24, 1814?
  14. Where did the Salem witch trials occur?
  15. Who did Washington surprise attack on?
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  1. Where did the first sold 20-30 african americans land in 1619?
  2. What month did Samuel Morse introduce the telegraph?
  3. What war was the battle of yorktown in?
  4. Where did Christopher Columbus make landfall?
  5. What State did the men and boys settle in?
  6. Who discovered gold in California?
  7. Where did the Female Sufferagists meet?
  8. On April 15, 1817 what construction was passed by the New York Legislature?
  9. What did the constitution gave states the right to block?
  10. Who did the indians hang on June 8, 1675?

25 Clues: Who discovered gold in California? • Who did Washington surprise attack on? • What war was the battle of yorktown in? • Where did the Female Sufferagists meet? • Where did the Salem witch trials occur? • Who fired the shot heard round the world? • Who did the indians hang on June 8, 1675? • What State did the men and boys settle in? • ...

US History 2022-10-19

US History crossword puzzle
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  1. a socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World, and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President
  2. he developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures
  3. an Irish-born American schoolteacher and dressmaker who became a prominent union organizer, community organizer, and activist
  4. a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld the power of state governments to regulate private industries
  5. a business magnate and philanthropist. He has been widely considered the wealthiest American of all time
  6. a United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry
  7. an American businessman and the first American to successfully drill for oil
  8. a national federation of labor unions in the United States
  9. they believe in "survival of the fittest" and that some people do better because they are innately better
  10. a two-part fraud conducted from 1864 to 1867 by the Union Pacific Railroad and the Crédit Mobilier of America construction company
  11. he invented the QWERTY keyboard, has been contended to be one of the inventors of the first typewriter in the United States, and he was also a newspaper publisher and Wisconsin politician
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  1. when a business grows by acquiring a similar company in their industry
  2. a 1,911-mile continuous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 that connected the U.S.
  3. an international labor union that was founded in Chicago in 1905
  4. a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist who led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century
  5. a Scottish-born inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone
  6. a British-born American cigar maker, labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history
  7. an engineer and industrialist who designed and manufactured the Pullman sleeping car and founded a company town, Pullman, for the workers
  8. this authorized the federal government to institute proceedings against trusts in order to dissolve them
  9. the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron

20 Clues: a national federation of labor unions in the United States • an international labor union that was founded in Chicago in 1905 • when a business grows by acquiring a similar company in their industry • an American businessman and the first American to successfully drill for oil • a United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry • ...

US History 2022-12-20

US History crossword puzzle
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  1. Carnegie made his money in this industry
  2. another name for the South
  3. Jane Adams found this settlement house
  4. wooden ship that was covered in steel
  5. Niles North mascot
  6. housing that also provided service to immigrants
  7. line that made cars in large quantities
  8. Rockefeller made his money in this industry
  9. discounts given in the railroad industry
  10. best player on the winning World Cup team
  11. journalists that "snitched" on businesses
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  1. street that Niles North is on
  2. women's right to vote
  3. name of the island where many immigrants came in
  4. another name for the North in the Civil War
  5. total control of a business industry
  6. an agreement or deal
  7. person who made the Model T cars
  8. to leave or withdraw from the Union
  9. Country that won the World Cup
  10. the Statue of Liberty symbolized this to many

21 Clues: Niles North mascot • an agreement or deal • women's right to vote • another name for the South • street that Niles North is on • Country that won the World Cup • person who made the Model T cars • to leave or withdraw from the Union • total control of a business industry • wooden ship that was covered in steel • Jane Adams found this settlement house • ...

US history 2022-10-07

US history crossword puzzle
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  1. the process of a company increasing production of goods
  2. invented the railway air brake
  3. first female self-made millionaire in America
  4. the combination in one company of two or more stages of production
  5. His inventions included an evaporative air conditioner
  6. second known African American woman to receive a patent
  7. the theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same laws of natural selection
  8. a refusal to work organized by a body of employees as a form of protest
  9. a political theory, advocating class war and leading a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs
  10. possession or control of the supply of or trade
  11. economic system where production is determined
  12. the goods or merchandise kept on the premises of a business or warehouse and available for sale or distribution
  13. an arrangement whereby a person holds property as its nominal owner for the good of one or more beneficiaries
  14. political system in which a country's trade
  15. manufactured the Pullman sleeping car
  16. a person who organizes and operates a business
  17. inventor whose lasting machine brought significant change to the manufacturing of shoes
  18. invented lubrication systems for steam engines
  19. the action or process of innovating
  20. an American financier and investment banker
  21. an industrial lockout and strike
  22. invented a single-wire telegraph system
  23. inventors of the first airplane
  24. the exclusion of employees by their employer from their place of work until certain terms
  25. a landmark U.S. law that banned businesses from colluding or merging to form a monopoly
  26. co-founder of the American telephone
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  1. a company that sells or manages mail-order advertising or a mail-order business
  2. a widespread strike by railroad workers
  3. a system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy
  4. labor union leader
  5. violent confrontation between police and labour protesters in Chicago on May 4, 1886
  6. also known as the technical revolution
  7. an organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests
  8. a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole
  9. led the expansion of the American steel industry
  10. considered the wealthiest American of all time and the richest person in modern history
  11. a national federation of labor unions
  12. an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit
  13. system for transmitting messages
  14. the abolition of hierarchical government
  15. inventor of the lightbulb
  16. steel making process
  17. group of people authorized to act as a single entity and recognized as such in law
  18. inventor of the smoke hood
  19. submarine communications cable
  20. an American industrialist and a founder of Standard Oil
  21. an American labor federation

47 Clues: labor union leader • steel making process • inventor of the lightbulb • inventor of the smoke hood • an American labor federation • invented the railway air brake • submarine communications cable • inventors of the first airplane • system for transmitting messages • an industrial lockout and strike • the action or process of innovating • co-founder of the American telephone • ...

US History 2023-05-09

US History crossword puzzle
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  1. After WWI the United States did not join the League of _________
  2. Americans were encouraged to buy these to help fund WWII
  3. He founded the NAACP
  4. He is your US History teacher
  5. animal that says "meow"
  6. Country where America built a canal at the turn of the century
  7. The answer to this hint is cheese so write cheese in the boxes for the crossword
  8. They were the elite group of African American fighter pilots in WWII
  9. This gets carved on Halloween to make a jack-o-lantern
  10. He made the decision to drop the atomic bomb of Japan
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  1. Joseph Stalin was the leader of the ____
  2. animal that barks
  3. President during WWI
  4. Pearl Harbor was attacked on ________ 7th, 1941
  5. This country gained independence as a result of the Spanish American War
  6. Amendment that ended slavery in the US
  7. MLB baseball team with 27 World Series Championships
  8. He said "give me liberty or give me death"
  9. Country Germany invaded in 1939 to start WWII in Europe
  10. Teddy Roosevelt practiced Big Stick __________
  11. The Declaration of Independence was signed on _______ 4th, 1776

21 Clues: animal that barks • President during WWI • He founded the NAACP • animal that says "meow" • He is your US History teacher • Amendment that ended slavery in the US • Joseph Stalin was the leader of the ____ • He said "give me liberty or give me death" • Teddy Roosevelt practiced Big Stick __________ • Pearl Harbor was attacked on ________ 7th, 1941 • ...

US History 2023-08-27

US History crossword puzzle
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  1. President when the Great Depression hit, had homeless towns named after him
  2. Withdrawal from commercial relations with a person or organization as a punishment or protest
  3. A fashionable young women intent on enjoying herself and acting wild
  4. Widespread of Fear of a potential rise of communism
  5. Failed attack launched by the CIA during the Kennedy Administration
  6. Truman’s foreign policy that the U.s. would provide aid to countries under the influence of communism
  7. The first satellite sent into space by the soviets
  8. Notional barrier separating East and West Europe
  9. Provided American citizens an opportunity to assist with the war effort
  10. Fought Between North and South Korea
  11. Act of voluntary giving by individuals or groups to promote the common good
  12. Illegal Distribution of alcohol
  13. The act of coming to live permanently in a foreign country
  14. Refused to give her seat to a white man
  15. Belief of a government that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively
  16. Rail line connecting The East and West coasts of the United States
  17. A diverse array of media that reach a large audience via mass communication
  18. Theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries
  19. Journalists during the Progressive Era who exposed corrupt businesses
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  1. Had an “I had A Dream” Speeth
  2. Art and Science of maintaining peaceful relationships between nations
  3. The state of of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict
  4. The act of separating people, historically on the basis of race and gender
  5. The process of making an area more urban
  6. Declared the separate but equal doctrine unconstitutional
  7. Leader of the Progressive movement
  8. Largest and Most widespread civil rights and empowerment movement by Mexican descent people in the United States
  9. President responsible for the Watergate Scandal
  10. First American Volunteer Group of China Air Force formed to help oppose the Japanese invasion
  11. Persistent high inflation combined with high unemployment and stagnant demand in a countries economy
  12. Philanthropist and industrialists, helped build the American Steel Industry
  13. Leader during the civil rights movement in America
  14. Youngest President
  15. Large companies that controlled an industry or a sector
  16. Surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon a U.s. Military base
  17. Era of intense Social and political reform aimed at making progress toward a better society
  18. Leading a society in which all properties and publicly owned by the government
  19. Assassinated In Dallas
  20. Nixons attempt to cover up its involvement in the 1972 break
  21. The largest seaborne invasion in history

40 Clues: Youngest President • Assassinated In Dallas • Had an “I had A Dream” Speeth • Illegal Distribution of alcohol • Leader of the Progressive movement • Fought Between North and South Korea • Refused to give her seat to a white man • The process of making an area more urban • The largest seaborne invasion in history • President responsible for the Watergate Scandal • ...

US HISTORY 2022-03-15

US HISTORY crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is an agreement to cease fire
  2. is a tax on incoming goods.
  3. was an agreement to balance free and slave states
  4. was invented by Eli Whitney.
  5. ended the War of 1812.
  6. standardized parts that could be used in place of one another were called
  7. was a famous Indian guide who helped Lewis and Clark.
  8. explored the Louisiana Purchase.
  9. was the 3rd President of the US
  10. was in 1803 and it doubled the size of the U.S
  11. was invented by Robert Fulton in 1807
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  1. was made up of the Presidencies of
  2. allowed merchants to trade only with countries other than France and England
  3. stated America was for Americans.
  4. The forcible seizure of american sailors into the Royal Navy was called
  5. was a Supreme Court Justice for over 30 years.
  6. stretched from Georgia to Illinois.
  7. is the devotion to the culture and interests of one’s country.
  8. John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay were known as

19 Clues: ended the War of 1812. • is a tax on incoming goods. • was invented by Eli Whitney. • is an agreement to cease fire • was the 3rd President of the US • explored the Louisiana Purchase. • stated America was for Americans. • was made up of the Presidencies of • stretched from Georgia to Illinois. • was invented by Robert Fulton in 1807 • ...

US HISTORY 2015-03-29

US HISTORY crossword puzzle
Across
  1. On Washington: an event where civil rights leaders went to protest racial discrimination and to show support for major civil rights legislation that was pending in Congress.
  2. Market: a market in which share prices are rising, encouraging buying.
  3. Flagler: He was also a key figure in the development of the Atlantic coast of Florida
  4. The U.S. has military bases all over the world and outright occupies Iraq and Afghanistan is an example of?
  5. Amendment: prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
  6. a pact, coalition or friendship between two or more parties.
  7. a belief in the power of regular people, and in their right to have control over their government
  8. Migration: the movement of 6 million African Americans
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  1. Amendment: addresses citizenship rights and equal protection
  2. Renaissance: cultural center, drawing black writers, artists, musicians, photographers, poets
  3. Dubious: felt that African Americans had the same rights as Whites and should not have to sacrifice their constitutional rights to gain a status they already deserved.
  4. more than 6 million European Jews, as well as members of other persecuted groups, such as gypsies and homosexuals, were murdered at concentration camps .
  5. during the war the United States maintained its___.
  6. Island: Europeans came through this island.
  7. Island: Chinese people came through this island.
  8. System: ships sailing in groups and protected by armed vessels
  9. Exclusion Act: was the first law implemented to prevent a specific ethnic group from immigrating to the United States
  10. T. Washington: believed that the best interests of black people in the post-Reconstruction era could be realized through education in the crafts and industrial skills
  11. Age: coined by F. Scott Fitzgerald

19 Clues: Age: coined by F. Scott Fitzgerald • Island: Europeans came through this island. • Island: Chinese people came through this island. • during the war the United States maintained its___. • Migration: the movement of 6 million African Americans • Amendment: addresses citizenship rights and equal protection • a pact, coalition or friendship between two or more parties. • ...

Us history 2021-10-01

Us history crossword puzzle
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  1. the Supreme Court upheld the Granger laws by a vote of seven to two. The states thus won the right to regulate the railroads for the benefit of farmers and consumers.
  2. ported the Great Strike of 1877and later organized for theUnited Mine Workers of America(UMW)
  3. a pio-neer on the new industrial frontier when he established the world’s first research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
  4. a process in which he bought out his suppliers—coal fields and iron mines, ore freighters, and railroad lines—in order to control the raw materials and transportation systems.
  5. The stockholders gave this company a contract to lay track at two to three times the actual cost—and pocketed the profits.
  6. perhaps the most dramatic invention was the telephone
  7. took a different approach to mergers: they joined with competing companies in trust agreements. Participants in a trust turned their stock over to a group of trustees—people who ran the separate companies one large corporation.
  8. lines followed, and regional lines multiplied as well. At the start of the Civil War, the nation had had about 30,000 miles of track. By 1890, that figure was nearly six times greater.
  9. successfully used steam engine to drill for oil near Titusville, Pennsylvania, that removing oil from beneath the earth’s surface became practical
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  1. headed by William “Big Bill '' Haywood, the Wobblies Included miners, lumberers, and cannery, and dock workers.
  2. led the CigarMakers’ International Union to join with other craft unions in 1886.
  3. This act established the right of the federal government to supervise railroad activities and established a five-member Interstate CommerceCommission (ICC) for that purpose.
  4. with Gompers as its president, focused on collective bargaining, or negotiations between representatives of labor and management, to reach written agreements on wages, hours, and working conditions.
  5. developed indepen-dently by the British manufacturer Henry Bessemer and American ironmakerWilliam Kelly around 1850, soon became widely used
  6. grew out of the English naturalist Charles Darwin’s theory of biological evolution
  7. made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade between states or with other countries.
  8. he attempted to form such an industrial union—the American Railway Union (ARU).
  9. invented thetypewriter in 1867 and changed the world ofwork
  10. came to this country in 1848, at age 12. Six years later, he worked his way up to become private secretary to the local superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad.

19 Clues: perhaps the most dramatic invention was the telephone • invented thetypewriter in 1867 and changed the world ofwork • led the CigarMakers’ International Union to join with other craft unions in 1886. • he attempted to form such an industrial union—the American Railway Union (ARU). • ...

us history 2022-03-15

us history crossword puzzle
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  1. was in 1803 and it doubled the size of the U.S.
  2. is the devotion to the culture and interests of one’s country.
  3. allowed merchants to trade only with countries otherthan France and England.
  4. stated America was for Americans.
  5. John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay were known as
  6. was invented by Robert Fulton in 1807.
  7. Standardized parts that could be used in place of one another were called
  8. ended the War of 1812.
  9. stretched from Georgia to Illinois.
  10. The forcible seizure of American sailors into the Royal Navy was called.
Down
  1. is an agreement to cease fire.
  2. is a tax on incoming goods.
  3. explored the Louisiana Purchase.
  4. was an agreement to balance free and slave states.
  5. was a famous Indian guide who helped LewisandClark.
  6. what led to the War of 1812.
  7. was a Supreme Court Justice for over 30 years.
  8. was invented by Eli Whitney.
  9. was the 3 rd President of the U.S.

19 Clues: ended the War of 1812. • is a tax on incoming goods. • what led to the War of 1812. • was invented by Eli Whitney. • is an agreement to cease fire. • explored the Louisiana Purchase. • stated America was for Americans. • was the 3 rd President of the U.S. • stretched from Georgia to Illinois. • was invented by Robert Fulton in 1807. • ...

US HISTORY 2023-02-02

US HISTORY crossword puzzle
Across
  1. prohibited the manufacture, sale of intoxicating liquours
  2. prohibited the sale of misbranded food
  3. demanding the removal of an elected official.
  4. a power reserved to the voters to propose legislation
  5. to protect the consumer against unfair trade practices
  6. unscrupulous use of a politician's authority
  7. citizens could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land
  8. to Regulate Commerce with foreign & domestic land
  9. CONGRESS CAN FORCE FEDERAL INCOME TAX
  10. a direct vote by the electorate on a proposal, law,
Down
  1. a legislative proposal before Congress
  2. admittance of foreigners to citizenship of a country
  3. power to the people
  4. orgniztion that has political control
  5. the first significant law restricting immigration
  6. limiting immigrants by their nationality
  7. outlaws both formal cartels and attempts to monopolize
  8. direct election of U.S. senators by the voters
  9. authorized the President to break up reservation land

19 Clues: power to the people • orgniztion that has political control • CONGRESS CAN FORCE FEDERAL INCOME TAX • a legislative proposal before Congress • prohibited the sale of misbranded food • limiting immigrants by their nationality • unscrupulous use of a politician's authority • demanding the removal of an elected official. • direct election of U.S. senators by the voters • ...

US HISTORY 2021-11-27

US HISTORY crossword puzzle
Across
  1. more than half
  2. income raised by government
  3. to provide living quarters
  4. process by which an amendment if approved
  5. to the federal government
  6. as a guarantee that he or she will be
  7. principles of shared power
  8. document that gives police particular
  9. in Chief chief of armed forces
Down
  1. sovereignty authority of the people
  2. for a trial
  3. law bills proposed law
  4. process following of procedures established
  5. violation of the allegiance owed by a person to his or her own country
  6. minimum number of members that must be present to conduct sessions
  7. or powers
  8. money that a accused person provides to the
  9. powers powers listed in the Constitution as
  10. powers retained by the states

19 Clues: or powers • for a trial • more than half • law bills proposed law • to the federal government • to provide living quarters • principles of shared power • income raised by government • powers retained by the states • in Chief chief of armed forces • sovereignty authority of the people • as a guarantee that he or she will be • document that gives police particular • ...

US History 2023-04-18

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. STICK Sharpened spear hidden in ground,
  2. Helicopter landing Zone.
  3. The lead and most dangerous position on a palrol inlo enemy lerritory.
  4. TRAP Hidden explosive device designed to injure (he enemy.
  5. as opposed lo the Vietcong
  6. in Action
  7. Killed in Action
  8. STATE Refers lo killing and wounding of student antiwar protesters at Kent State
  9. Front line U.S. troops, who. had the toughesi, most dangerous jobs.
Down
  1. GREEN GIANT Large U.S. helicopter gunship.
  2. Vietnamese peasant home, usually very simple, with a thatched rool.
  3. PROGRAM kill village leaders believed lo be pro-Communist.
  4. Derisive U.S. slang erm for Vietnamese.
  5. A U.S. attack helicopter.
  6. BEAK Section of Laos that juts into Vietnam
  7. troops slang for kilometers, measuring distance in Vietnam.*
  8. A major Indochina River
  9. Basic rifle used by U.S. Iroops in Vielnam.
  10. ACCORDS A 1954 agreement to lemporarily divide Vietnam into North and South.

19 Clues: in Action • Killed in Action • A major Indochina River • Helicopter landing Zone. • A U.S. attack helicopter. • as opposed lo the Vietcong • STICK Sharpened spear hidden in ground, • Derisive U.S. slang erm for Vietnamese. • GREEN GIANT Large U.S. helicopter gunship. • BEAK Section of Laos that juts into Vietnam • Basic rifle used by U.S. Iroops in Vielnam. • ...

US History 2022-03-15

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay were known as
  2. Standardized parts that could be used in place of one another were called
  3. was invented by Robert Fulton in 1807.
  4. is a tax on incoming goods.
  5. The sinking of the American boat started the war of 1812
  6. ended the war of 1812
  7. was a famous Indian guide who helped Lewis and Clark.
  8. was made up of the Presidencies of
  9. stated America was for Americans.
  10. invented by Eli Whitney
Down
  1. stretched from Georgia to Illinois.
  2. was in 1803 and it doubled the size of the U.S.
  3. agreement to balance free and slave states
  4. is an agreement to cease fire.
  5. was the 3 rd President of the U.S.
  6. The forcible seizure of American sailors into the Royal Navy was called
  7. Explored the Louisiana Purchase.
  8. was a Supreme Court Justice for over 30 years.
  9. is the devotion to the culture and interests of one’s country.

19 Clues: ended the war of 1812 • invented by Eli Whitney • is a tax on incoming goods. • is an agreement to cease fire. • Explored the Louisiana Purchase. • stated America was for Americans. • was the 3 rd President of the U.S. • was made up of the Presidencies of • stretched from Georgia to Illinois. • was invented by Robert Fulton in 1807. • agreement to balance free and slave states • ...

US History 2013-04-10

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

18 Clues: ____ amendment ended poll taxes • Gave the right of 18 years old to vote • ___ amendment gave women the right to vote • _____ amendment created a graduated income tax • ____ amendment provided direct election of senators • _____ amendment gave African American men the right to vote • Treaty that ended World War I. Was extremely harsh on Germany • ...

us history 2023-01-05

us history crossword puzzle
Across
  1. American jazz pianist
  2. implemented protectionist trade policie
  3. amaican political activist
  4. Was a millatary soldier
  5. unemployment cause these kind of lines
  6. the area where there was no water
  7. person identified with the state of Oklahoma
  8. a testimony to the truth
  9. Jamaican-American writer and poet
  10. to return someone to their home land
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  1. they farm land that is rented
  2. this act say anything with .5 achool is banned
  3. A comic book writer
  4. Austrian neurologist
  5. a shantytown built by unemployed and destitute people during the Depression
  6. the nickname for the wall street crash
  7. editor of Harper's Magazine
  8. encourage people to be from local businesses

18 Clues: A comic book writer • Austrian neurologist • American jazz pianist • Was a millatary soldier • a testimony to the truth • amaican political activist • editor of Harper's Magazine • they farm land that is rented • the area where there was no water • Jamaican-American writer and poet • to return someone to their home land • the nickname for the wall street crash • ...

US History 2023-06-07

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. American pamphleteer and Founding Father who wrote "Common Sense."
  2. commander-in-chief during the war.
  3. The British general who surrendered at Yorktown.
  4. The document that declared the independence of the American colonies.
  5. French military officer who aided the American cause.
  6. Volunteer soldiers ready for rapid deployment during the war.
  7. of Paris The treaty that officially ended the Revolutionary War.
  8. Famous phrase associated with Patrick Henry's speech.
  9. British soldiers hired to fight against the American colonists.
Down
  1. measure imposed on the American colonies by the British.
  2. The strategy of avoiding direct engagement with the enemy while wearing them down.
  3. The American military alliance with France during the war.
  4. American military officer known for his winter encampment at Valley Forge.
  5. The group of colonial delegates that convened to oppose British policies.
  6. A significant victory for the Americans in New York.
  7. The location where the American Declaration of Independence was adopted.
  8. The final major battle of the Revolutionary War.
  9. The first major battle of the Revolutionary War.

18 Clues: commander-in-chief during the war. • The British general who surrendered at Yorktown. • The final major battle of the Revolutionary War. • The first major battle of the Revolutionary War. • A significant victory for the Americans in New York. • French military officer who aided the American cause. • Famous phrase associated with Patrick Henry's speech. • ...

US History 2014-04-29

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Amendment gave African American men the right to vote
  2. Papers Essays written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay to support the ratification of the Constitution
  3. Constitution a document outlining the basic form and rule of the U.S. government.
  4. Carta major ideas found in the US constitution of limiting the power to tax and right to a fair trail
  5. of Versailles Treaty that ended WWI
  6. Amendment provided direct election of senators
  7. of Rights First ten amendments to the constitution
  8. Amendment ended poll taxes
  9. Bill of Right foundation of American government for freedoms such as freedom of speech and trial by jury.
Down
  1. of Confederation Document which formed the first government of the U.S. near the end of the American revolution. States had more power than the national government.
  2. points Peace plan issued by Wilson that called for the freedom of the seas
  3. Amendment created graduated income tax
  4. of Independence written mostly by Jefferson to list the grievances (complaints) against Great Britain and to declare independence from Great Britain
  5. Doctrine Declaration by Truman to economically assist any country fighting Communism after WWI
  6. Amendment all citizens born in the US get citizenship
  7. Amendment gave women right to vote
  8. Amendment gave freedom to slaves in all states
  9. Amendment The right of 18 year olds to vote

18 Clues: Amendment ended poll taxes • Amendment gave women right to vote • of Versailles Treaty that ended WWI • Amendment created graduated income tax • Amendment The right of 18 year olds to vote • Amendment provided direct election of senators • Amendment gave freedom to slaves in all states • of Rights First ten amendments to the constitution • ...

US History 2021-05-05

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Movement addressed issues of American societies beliefs and morals
  2. Crow laws put in place to enforce separate but equal
  3. Clause a provision that allows people or entities to follow old rules that once governed their activity instead of newly implemented ones
  4. National advancement of colored people
  5. Du Bois He was a historian, author, and civil rights, activist.
  6. B. Anthony women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement
  7. laws restricted on who can work (age ect.)
  8. Amendment right for women to vote
  9. Movement political environmental movement meant to protect land, animals, and other things in the future.
Down
  1. the right to vote in political elections
  2. B. Wells an American investigative journalist, major leader in the civil rights movements
  3. Movement secret meeting near Niagra falls led by W.E.B Du Bois about full civil liberties.
  4. v. Ferguson came up with separate but equal
  5. Journalists who established leaders as corrupt
  6. the action of setting something or someone apart
  7. T. Washington dominant leader in the African American community. Also an American educator and journalist.
  8. Amendment direct election of senators to represent each state
  9. tax tax levied on all adults

18 Clues: tax tax levied on all adults • Amendment right for women to vote • National advancement of colored people • the right to vote in political elections • laws restricted on who can work (age ect.) • v. Ferguson came up with separate but equal • Journalists who established leaders as corrupt • the action of setting something or someone apart • ...

us history 2021-01-13

us history crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
  2. a general vote by the electorate on a single political question which has been referred to them for a direct decision.
  3. an armed conflict between Spain and the United States in 1898.
  4. the ability to assess and initiate things independently.
  5. a 1906 novel by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair (1878–1968).
  6. is a political philosophy in support of social reform.
  7. was an American statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer, who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
  8. an artificial 82 km waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.
Down
  1. were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States
  2. were reform-minded journalists in the Progressive Era in the United States who exposed established institutions and leaders as corrupt.
  3. s a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey and Ida B. Wells.
  4. a person favoring a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
  5. an addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904 after the Venezuela Crisis of 1902–1903.
  6. was a peace agreement between Spain and the United States that ended the Spanish-American War.
  7. was an American writer, investigative journalist, biographer and lecturer. She was one of the leading muckrakers of the Progressive Era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and pioneered investigative journalism.
  8. to call back
  9. was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal"
  10. was a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, United States that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr.

18 Clues: to call back • is a political philosophy in support of social reform. • the ability to assess and initiate things independently. • an armed conflict between Spain and the United States in 1898. • a 1906 novel by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair (1878–1968). • ...

US HISTORY 2023-09-13

US HISTORY crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Attucks
  2. Act 1764
  3. without Representation
  4. of Liberty
  5. Acts
  6. of Independence
  7. Paine
  8. Locke
  9. Tea Party
  10. of Paris, 1763
Down
  1. of 1763
  2. of Correspondence
  3. Act
  4. of Bunker Hill
  5. Sense
  6. and Concord
  7. Adams
  8. of Liberty
  9. Act
  10. Massacre
  11. Tree

21 Clues: Act • Act • Acts • Tree • Sense • Adams • Paine • Locke • Attucks • of 1763 • Act 1764 • Massacre • Tea Party • of Liberty • of Liberty • and Concord • of Bunker Hill • of Paris, 1763 • of Independence • of Correspondence • without Representation

Us history 2023-09-13

Us history crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Attucks
  2. Act 1764
  3. without Representation
  4. of Liberty
  5. Acts
  6. of Independence
  7. Paine
  8. Locke
  9. Tea Party
  10. of Paris, 1763
Down
  1. of 1763
  2. of Correspondence
  3. Act
  4. of Bunker Hill
  5. Sense
  6. and Concord
  7. Adams
  8. of Liberty
  9. Act
  10. Massacre
  11. Tree

21 Clues: Act • Act • Acts • Tree • Sense • Adams • Paine • Locke • Attucks • of 1763 • Act 1764 • Massacre • Tea Party • of Liberty • of Liberty • and Concord • of Bunker Hill • of Paris, 1763 • of Independence • of Correspondence • without Representation

US History 2015-02-10

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. "I have a Dream"
  2. Popular political party during the great Depression
  3. Cuba threatened the US with what type of weapons
  4. President Wilson agreed to repeal this Act
  5. Allies of the US during Korean War 1950
  6. Civil Right Act of 1964 (President)
  7. Founding member of National Association for the advancement of Colored People-NAACP
  8. Said, "I'm not a crook"
  9. Orville and Wilber Wright built first_________.
Down
  1. President who died in 1962
  2. Act that threatened individual freedoms
  3. From Washington DC to New Orleans (Congress of Racial Equality)
  4. Ended in 1945
  5. Refused to give up seat on bus
  6. Voting Rights Act 1965 (President)
  7. russian spies
  8. Father of the Bill of rights
  9. Father of Constitution

18 Clues: Ended in 1945 • russian spies • "I have a Dream" • Father of Constitution • Said, "I'm not a crook" • President who died in 1962 • Father of the Bill of rights • Refused to give up seat on bus • Voting Rights Act 1965 (President) • Civil Right Act of 1964 (President) • Act that threatened individual freedoms • Allies of the US during Korean War 1950 • ...

us history 2022-02-02

us history crossword puzzle
Across
  1. march of the sea
  2. election of 1876
  3. freedmen bureau
  4. fort Sumter
  5. nullification
  6. Nebraska act
  7. Gettysburg
  8. California gold rush
Down
  1. impeachment
  2. Trent affair
  3. market revolution
  4. manifest destiny
  5. Gettysburg address
  6. rights bill of 1866
  7. cotton gin
  8. underground railroad
  9. Fredericksburg
  10. union blockade

18 Clues: cotton gin • Gettysburg • impeachment • fort Sumter • Trent affair • Nebraska act • nullification • Fredericksburg • union blockade • freedmen bureau • march of the sea • manifest destiny • election of 1876 • market revolution • Gettysburg address • rights bill of 1866 • underground railroad • California gold rush

us history 2022-02-02

us history crossword puzzle
Across
  1. march of the sea
  2. election of 1876
  3. freedmen bureau
  4. fort Sumter
  5. nullification crisis
  6. kansas-Nebraska act
  7. Gettysburg
  8. California gold rush
Down
  1. impeachment
  2. Trent affair
  3. market revolution
  4. manifest destiny
  5. Gettysburg address
  6. bill of rights 1866
  7. cotton gin
  8. underground railroad
  9. Fredericksburg
  10. union blockade

18 Clues: cotton gin • Gettysburg • impeachment • fort Sumter • Trent affair • Fredericksburg • union blockade • freedmen bureau • march of the sea • manifest destiny • election of 1876 • market revolution • Gettysburg address • bill of rights 1866 • kansas-Nebraska act • nullification crisis • underground railroad • California gold rush

US history 2021-09-20

US history crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Never ending or occurring repeatedly
  2. Incorporating a territory within the domain of another country
  3. The act of putting something into action; the ceremony that marks the beginning of a 4 year presidential term
  4. A military blockade of a city or fortified place to force it into
  5. During war it’s the act of wearing down by constant attack
  6. The process of freeing enslaved persons
  7. An act of rebellion
  8. NOUN; the action of withdrawing from a political alliance, federal union, Or political organization
  9. The belief that the expansion of the United States westward, towards The Pacific Ocean was ordained by God in order to civilize and Democratize
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  1. VERB; formal withdrawal from a political alliance, federal union, or political organization
  2. During the years prior to the Civil War:the idea that people living in a territory would have the right to vote themselves to decide whether or not the territory would allow slavery
  3. The intent or desire to do evil
  4. The rebuilding of the former Confederate states after the Civil War
  5. A set of laws that regulated slavery and defined the relationshipb between enslaved Africans and free whites
  6. The division of the country along regional lines over a particular issue
  7. Term for the south’s reliance on slavery
  8. To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office

17 Clues: An act of rebellion • The intent or desire to do evil • Never ending or occurring repeatedly • The process of freeing enslaved persons • Term for the south’s reliance on slavery • During war it’s the act of wearing down by constant attack • Incorporating a territory within the domain of another country • To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office • ...

US History 2023-04-27

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. President who created the New Deal
  2. Amendment that ended prohibtion
  3. Amendment that gives equal rights to all men
  4. Amendment that ends slavery
  5. Amendment that made presidents only serve 2 terms
  6. Amendment that created women's suffrage
  7. President who failed the American people in the great depression
  8. President who said we would go to the moon
  9. President who had the Watergate scandal
  10. President who was impeached for lying under oath
Down
  1. Amendment that gives all men the right to vote
  2. President who got blamed for the Iran Hostage Crisis
  3. President who created the National Park System
  4. President who used trickle down economics
  5. Amendment that made alcohol illegal
  6. President during WW1, created the league of nations
  7. President who changed healthcare

17 Clues: Amendment that ends slavery • Amendment that ended prohibtion • President who changed healthcare • President who created the New Deal • Amendment that made alcohol illegal • Amendment that created women's suffrage • President who had the Watergate scandal • President who used trickle down economics • President who said we would go to the moon • ...

US history 2023-02-09

US history crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A war fought from 1939 to 1945
  2. US President Franklin Douglas Roosevelt
  3. insect whose larvae feed on cotton crops
  4. A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat
  5. the historic period (1933-1940) in the U.S. during which President Franklin Roosevelt's economic policies were implemented
  6. Georgia governor that fought against Roosevelt's New Deal policies
  7. Another leading component to the start of the Great Depression.
  8. a long period without rain
  9. A nickname for the Great Plains regions hit by drought
Down
  1. His best known accomplishments as a Senator are his support of the military and along with his partnership of Carl Vinson
  2. Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. The attack devastated the American
  3. Father of the Two-Ocean Navy
  4. A war fought from 1914 to 1918
  5. A telegram Germany Sent to Mexico to convince Mexico to attack the U.S.
  6. allowed sales or loans of war materials to any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the U.S
  7. New Deal program designed to build the capabilities to bring electricity to rural areas
  8. So many crops were grown, a lot of them were thrown away.

17 Clues: a long period without rain • Father of the Two-Ocean Navy • A war fought from 1939 to 1945 • A war fought from 1914 to 1918 • US President Franklin Douglas Roosevelt • insect whose larvae feed on cotton crops • A nickname for the Great Plains regions hit by drought • A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat • ...

us history 2022-02-02

us history crossword puzzle
Across
  1. impeachment
  2. Gettysburg
  3. nullification
  4. market revolution
  5. freedmen bureau
  6. blockade union blockade
  7. march of the sea
  8. rights bill of 1866
  9. election of 1876
Down
  1. Gettysburg address
  2. cotton gin
  3. fort Sumter
  4. California gold rush
  5. underground railroad
  6. Fredericksburg
  7. Nebraska act
  8. Trent affair
  9. manifest destiny

18 Clues: cotton gin • Gettysburg • impeachment • fort Sumter • Nebraska act • Trent affair • nullification • Fredericksburg • freedmen bureau • march of the sea • manifest destiny • election of 1876 • market revolution • Gettysburg address • rights bill of 1866 • California gold rush • underground railroad • blockade union blockade

US History 2022-05-07

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A reformer who favors putting an end to slavery
  2. A government tax on imports or exports
  3. A long and severe recession in an economy or market
  4. The orientation of those who favor government by the people
  5. The act of settling a group of people in a new place
  6. The act of keeping something from spreading
  7. Freeing someone from the control of another
  8. A legal right to vote
  9. All the weapons and equipment that a country has
  10. A sustained increase in the money supply of a country
  11. A market in which there are many buyers but only one seller
Down
  1. The social class between the lower and upper classes
  2. A member of a former political party in the United States that favored a strong centralized federal government
  3. Legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States from 1920 to 1933 under the terms of the Eighteenth Amendment
  4. The practice of requiring separate housing, education and other services for people of color
  5. Those qualified to vote
  6. A policy of nonparticipation in international relations

17 Clues: A legal right to vote • Those qualified to vote • A government tax on imports or exports • The act of keeping something from spreading • Freeing someone from the control of another • A reformer who favors putting an end to slavery • All the weapons and equipment that a country has • A long and severe recession in an economy or market • ...

US History 2023-05-03

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Former slave and leader in the abolition movement in the US
  2. American Warship sunk in Cuba, cause of the Spanish American War
  3. ________ camps unjustly held Japanese Americans during WWII
  4. FDR's government programs that aimed at helping the US out of the Great Depression
  5. ship that was sunk by the German submarines in 1915, cause of US entry into WWI
  6. houses in the great plains were made out of ______ because of the lack of wood
  7. Symbol of women in the workforce during WWII
  8. Outlawing alcohol, the 18th amendment
  9. Innovative transportation that moved people and goods across the country in the late 1800s
Down
  1. Wilson's _________ Points were his plans for the end of WWI
  2. The word used to describe a country becoming more urban than rural
  3. the right to vote
  4. The cause of US involvement in WWII
  5. This region includes Nebraska, Kansas and Illinois
  6. Booker T._______________ was an advocate for educational equality
  7. The period between 1865 and 1877 where the united states was rebuilding after the Civil War
  8. The battle of __________ was the turning point in the Pacific theater of WWII

17 Clues: the right to vote • The cause of US involvement in WWII • Outlawing alcohol, the 18th amendment • Symbol of women in the workforce during WWII • This region includes Nebraska, Kansas and Illinois • Wilson's _________ Points were his plans for the end of WWI • Former slave and leader in the abolition movement in the US • ...

US History 2021-09-21

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Term for the south’s reliance on slavery
  2. Never ending or occurring repeatedly
  3. The belief that the expansion of the United States westward, towards The Pacific Ocean was ordained by God in order to civilize and Democratize
  4. The rebuilding of the former Confederate states after the Civil War
  5. incorporating a territory within the domain of another country
  6. To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office
  7. A military blockade of a city or fortified place to force it into surrendering
  8. An act of rebellion
  9. during the years prior to the Civil War: the idea that people living in a territory would have the right to vote themselves to decide whether or not the territory would allow slavery
  10. verb; formal withdrawal from a political alliance, federal union, or political organization
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  1. The act of putting something into action; the ceremony that marks the beginning of a 4 year presidential term
  2. The intent or desire to do evil
  3. The division of the country along regional lines over a particular issue
  4. The process of freeing enslaved persons
  5. noun; the action of withdrawing from a political alliance, federal union, or political organization
  6. During war it’s the act of wearing down by constant attack
  7. A set of laws that regulated slavery and defined the relationship Between enslaved Africans and free whites

17 Clues: An act of rebellion • The intent or desire to do evil • Never ending or occurring repeatedly • The process of freeing enslaved persons • Term for the south’s reliance on slavery • During war it’s the act of wearing down by constant attack • To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office • incorporating a territory within the domain of another country • ...

us history 2022-02-02

us history crossword puzzle
Across
  1. impeachment
  2. manifest destiny
  3. cotton gin
  4. Gettysburg
  5. Nebraska act
  6. Fredericksburg
  7. rights bill of 1866
  8. freedmen bureau
Down
  1. california gold rush
  2. fort Sumter
  3. Trent affair
  4. march of the sea
  5. nulification
  6. Gettysburg address
  7. election of 1876
  8. underground railroad
  9. market revolution

17 Clues: cotton gin • Gettysburg • impeachment • fort Sumter • Trent affair • Nebraska act • nulification • Fredericksburg • freedmen bureau • manifest destiny • march of the sea • election of 1876 • market revolution • Gettysburg address • rights bill of 1866 • california gold rush • underground railroad

US History 2022-11-15

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. voice of Anti-Federalists
  2. number of senators from each state
  3. president of constitutional convention
  4. name of upper house
  5. number of states in 1787
  6. this type of legislature has two houses
  7. people in favor of Constitution
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  1. leader of Federalists
  2. ordinance that set rules
  3. slave clause forcing return of slaves
  4. organized by the Land Ordinance
  5. first name of New Jersey proposer
  6. college where votes are based on reps
  7. Articles could not impose these
  8. name of rebellion against judges
  9. last name of Virginia Plan proposer

16 Clues: name of upper house • leader of Federalists • ordinance that set rules • number of states in 1787 • voice of Anti-Federalists • organized by the Land Ordinance • Articles could not impose these • people in favor of Constitution • name of rebellion against judges • first name of New Jersey proposer • number of senators from each state • last name of Virginia Plan proposer • ...

US history 2022-11-08

US history crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Young western women who wore short skirts, had short hair, and listened to jazz music. This was not normal for this time period.
  2. 30th president of the united states
  3. These were anarchists who thought social justice would only show up with destruction of government
  4. This is what people called the Drought strikens southern plains
  5. When the stock market crashed
  6. Was an African American trumpet and singer.
  7. President D. Roosevalut was trying to repair the nations economy
Down
  1. was the 31 president of the United states
  2. 32nd president help restore the countrie after the great depression.
  3. When African American culture centered into Harlem, Manhattan
  4. Signed into law by President D Roosevault this would give retired people some money.
  5. Was a famous american baseball player, he was unemployed in the great depression.
  6. Inequalities when resources, opportunities, privileges, are distributed based on your social class.
  7. Was a gangster who ran a soup kitchen during the great depression
  8. People trying to chance social classes.
  9. Where alchohal is illeagy sold

16 Clues: When the stock market crashed • Where alchohal is illeagy sold • 30th president of the united states • People trying to chance social classes. • was the 31 president of the United states • Was an African American trumpet and singer. • When African American culture centered into Harlem, Manhattan • This is what people called the Drought strikens southern plains • ...

US History 2023-09-07

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. your social studies teacher
  2. a place for debtors from England
  3. _______era-also known as the age of reason
  4. 3 branches-interprets laws
  5. _______ compact written in 1620
  6. the first great _______ - religious movement
  7. the first permanent settlement established in 1607
  8. 3 branches-enforces laws
  9. new ________ colonies had rocky soil
  10. _________ colonies known as "The Breadbasket" and the "Melting Pot"
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  1. 3 branches-makes laws
  2. a colony for English catholics
  3. colony created for Quakers by William Penn
  4. _______Trade- term used to describe the trade between Europe, Africa and the Americas
  5. colony were they wrote the first constitution in America
  6. ______ colonies that had good soil for farming
  7. the _______ passage-route from Africa to America that brought the slaves

17 Clues: 3 branches-makes laws • 3 branches-enforces laws • 3 branches-interprets laws • your social studies teacher • a colony for English catholics • _______ compact written in 1620 • a place for debtors from England • new ________ colonies had rocky soil • colony created for Quakers by William Penn • _______era-also known as the age of reason • ...

US history 2022-01-29

US history crossword puzzle
Across
  1. no further progress in war or battle
  2. Zone that are military free
  3. Vietnamese minister
  4. was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw
  5. imaginary line separating north and south Korea
  6. A race between weapons
  7. War fought in Korea
Down
  1. the willingness to bring your people to the brink of war
  2. chemical substance used in Vietnam and very flammable
  3. the collecting of items and survival goods
  4. strong nuclear weapon
  5. the government leadership used by United States
  6. shelters used for protection against possible nuclear bombs
  7. a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
  8. A race to get into space
  9. dangerous chemical used to clear dense vegetation

16 Clues: Vietnamese minister • War fought in Korea • strong nuclear weapon • A race between weapons • A race to get into space • Zone that are military free • no further progress in war or battle • the collecting of items and survival goods • the government leadership used by United States • imaginary line separating north and south Korea • ...

US History 2022-11-07

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. American gangster who dominated crime in Chicago
  2. Famous American professional baseball player
  3. The day the stock market crashed
  4. Pays retired workers over the age of 65
  5. 31st president of the US
  6. American trumpeter and vocalist
  7. Charged with robbery and murder
  8. A period of rich cultural activity of African Americans
  9. 30th president of the United States who helped found the FBI
Down
  1. Going from one social status to another
  2. The formation of divisions separating social classes
  3. Regulates fair wages that would stimulate economic recovery
  4. A place where alcohol is served illegally
  5. 32nd US president
  6. Severe dust storms, major drought
  7. Energetic young women with a freedom-embracing lifestyle

16 Clues: 32nd US president • 31st president of the US • American trumpeter and vocalist • Charged with robbery and murder • The day the stock market crashed • Severe dust storms, major drought • Going from one social status to another • Pays retired workers over the age of 65 • A place where alcohol is served illegally • Famous American professional baseball player • ...

US History 2023-03-07

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Slave that got ruled as properties
  2. The name of the north
  3. Failed slave rebellion
  4. State that allows slavery
  5. Election of Lincoln
  6. Name of the south
  7. Dred Scott's owner
  8. People against slavery
  9. economy in the south
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  1. State that does not allow slavery
  2. economy in the north
  3. when a state joins
  4. Africans forced to do tasks
  5. 16th president
  6. Added California as a free state
  7. when a state leaves

16 Clues: 16th president • Name of the south • when a state joins • Dred Scott's owner • Election of Lincoln • when a state leaves • economy in the north • economy in the south • The name of the north • Failed slave rebellion • People against slavery • State that allows slavery • Africans forced to do tasks • Added California as a free state • State that does not allow slavery • ...

us history 2023-05-19

us history crossword puzzle
Across
  1. pre halloween beauty date
  2. Christmas pj
  3. early game to be less awkward
  4. insta post date
  5. cutest girl
  6. ya bebe
  7. double date
Down
  1. I smashed them
  2. stealing fountain drinks
  3. when Derek is gone
  4. with Sasha and Arnou
  5. cover her eyes
  6. our first child
  7. we missed the final (stuck at work)
  8. can be played without nets
  9. our first competition

16 Clues: ya bebe • cutest girl • double date • Christmas pj • I smashed them • cover her eyes • insta post date • our first child • when Derek is gone • with Sasha and Arnou • our first competition • stealing fountain drinks • pre halloween beauty date • can be played without nets • early game to be less awkward • we missed the final (stuck at work)

US History 2023-04-26

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Which form of government is led by a king or queen?
  2. How many branches are the in the US?
  3. Which group makes up the Legislative branch?
  4. What is the current form of government?
  5. Which branch creates laws?
  6. Where is the US capital?
  7. Who was the first president?
  8. This party wants a bigger government
Down
  1. What do we call the first ten amendments?
  2. Who is the head of the Executive branch?
  3. Which branch executes laws?
  4. Which form of government is led by a few?
  5. Which branch interprets laws?
  6. This group of Congress includes 100 people
  7. No government!! AH!!!
  8. How many original colonies did the US have?

16 Clues: No government!! AH!!! • Where is the US capital? • Which branch creates laws? • Which branch executes laws? • Who was the first president? • Which branch interprets laws? • How many branches are the in the US? • This party wants a bigger government • What is the current form of government? • Who is the head of the Executive branch? • What do we call the first ten amendments? • ...

US History 2021-03-08

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Focusing on nature, it advocated the idea of personal knowledge of God, believing that no intermediary was needed for spiritual insight
  2. God existed in only one person, and not in the orthodox Trinity
  3. It was an attempt to have no more slavery to be brought to Missouri
  4. The largest part of a general process of biological globalization that followed the transoceanic voyaging in the 15th and the 16th century
  5. Declaration of freedom of the slaves
  6. Eli Whitney invented it which is more effective than the handpicking process
  7. It was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf in Boston where American colonists were angry at Britain for imposing taxation on tea
  8. It was the North American conflict in a large imperial war between Great Britain and French known as the Seven Years' War
Down
  1. It was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas
  2. The purchase made by Jefferson, evaluated as a great purchase since it expanded the land of America
  3. A law that restricted design trade to English ships effective chiefly in the 17th and 18th century
  4. It increased taxes on imported goods
  5. It is known as the response from Douglas to Lincoln
  6. One of the most influential pamphlets ever written by Thomas Paine
  7. A communal society in which has a "communitarian" nature
  8. The campaign of 1844 & an expression of the mighty emotional upsurge

16 Clues: It increased taxes on imported goods • Declaration of freedom of the slaves • It is known as the response from Douglas to Lincoln • A communal society in which has a "communitarian" nature • It was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas • God existed in only one person, and not in the orthodox Trinity • ...

US History 2021-03-08

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The largest part of a general process of biological globalization that followed the transoceanic voyaging in the 15th and the 16th century
  2. God existed in only one person, and not in the orthodox Trinity
  3. A law that restricted design trade to English ships effective chiefly in the 17th and 18th century
  4. It was an attempt to have no more slavery to be brought to Missouri
  5. Declaration of freedom of the slaves
  6. It was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf in Boston where American colonists were angry at Britain for imposing taxation on tea
  7. It increased taxes on imported goods
  8. It was the North American conflict in a large imperial war between Great Britain and French known as the Seven Years' War
Down
  1. Eli Whitney invented it which is more effective than the handpicking process
  2. The purchase made by Jefferson, evaluated as a great purchase since it expanded the land of America
  3. The campaign of 1844 & an expression of the mighty emotional upsurge
  4. It was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas
  5. One of the most influential pamphlets ever written by Thomas Paine
  6. It is known as the response from Douglas to Lincoln
  7. Focusing on nature, it advocated the idea of personal knowledge of God, believing that no intermediary was needed for spiritual insight
  8. A communal society in which has a "communitarian" nature

16 Clues: Declaration of freedom of the slaves • It increased taxes on imported goods • It is known as the response from Douglas to Lincoln • A communal society in which has a "communitarian" nature • It was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas • God existed in only one person, and not in the orthodox Trinity • ...

US History 2022-12-15

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. man who made the model T
  2. woman's right to vote
  3. production is when you have multiple of one thing
  4. amendment brought back liquor and alcohol
  5. made money in oil
  6. was the president of the civil war
  7. line forms a line to pass stuff to one another
  8. is another word for North
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  1. to make an agreement
  2. slave who sued for his freedom
  3. nineteenth amendment is for women the right to vote
  4. when not one person comes to work
  5. means to leave the country
  6. Niles North High school
  7. made his money in steel
  8. is total control of an industry

16 Clues: made money in oil • to make an agreement • woman's right to vote • Niles North High school • made his money in steel • man who made the model T • is another word for North • means to leave the country • slave who sued for his freedom • is total control of an industry • when not one person comes to work • was the president of the civil war • amendment brought back liquor and alcohol • ...

US History 2022-11-07

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. American gangster who dominated crime in Chicago
  2. Famous American professional baseball player
  3. The day the stock market crashed
  4. Pays retired workers over the age of 65
  5. 31st president of the US
  6. American trumpeter and vocalist
  7. Charged with robbery and murder
  8. A period of rich cultural activity of African Americans
  9. 30th president of the United States who helped found the FBI
Down
  1. Going from one social status to another
  2. The formation of divisions separating social classes
  3. Regulates fair wages that would stimulate economic recovery
  4. A place where alcohol is served illegally
  5. 32nd US president
  6. Severe dust storms, major drought
  7. Energetic young women with a freedom-embracing lifestyle

16 Clues: 32nd US president • 31st president of the US • American trumpeter and vocalist • Charged with robbery and murder • The day the stock market crashed • Severe dust storms, major drought • Going from one social status to another • Pays retired workers over the age of 65 • A place where alcohol is served illegally • Famous American professional baseball player • ...

US History 2022-10-28

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an island in San Francisco Bay
  2. a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.
  3. an institution in an inner-city area providing educational, recreational, and other social services to the community.
  4. a shoot or twig inserted into a slit on the trunk or stem of a living plant, from which it receives sap
  5. materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.
  6. the power to control appointments to office or the right to privileges
Down
  1. the law authorized the President to break up reservation land, which was held in common by the members of a tribe, into small allotments to be parceled out to individuals.
  2. the process of making an area more urban.
  3. authorized the federal government to institute proceedings against trusts in order to dissolve them.
  4. a historical site that opened in 1892 as an immigration station
  5. a piece of land held by an owner.
  6. an outlying district of a city, especially a residential one.
  7. an arrangement whereby a person holds property as its nominal owner for the good of one or more beneficiaries.
  8. the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service.
  9. a place where different peoples, styles, theories, etc. are mixed together.
  10. the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.

16 Clues: an island in San Francisco Bay • a piece of land held by an owner. • the process of making an area more urban. • a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country. • an outlying district of a city, especially a residential one. • a historical site that opened in 1892 as an immigration station • ...