us history Crossword Puzzles

US History II Great Block 2016-01-15

US History II Great Block crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a woman of the 1920s who wore makeup, short skirts, short hair, and more jewelry
  2. biased communication designed to influence people's thoughts and actions
  3. acronym for the causes of WWI
  4. a camp of homeless people using scrap wood and metal to make shacks
  5. writer who exposes wrongdoing
  6. method used by Andrew Carnegie to grow his power in industry
  7. novel by Upton Sinclair that brought attention to the issues with meat packing
  8. making the sale or use of alcohol illegal
  9. organizations dedicated to helping people in need
  10. reporting that exaggerates the news to make it more exciting
  11. when strong countries take over smaller countries
  12. breakthrough of African American art and literature in the 20s
  13. giving government jobs to people who had helped a candidate get elected
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  1. the right to vote, major goal of women reformers
  2. transportation system designed to move large numbers of people along fixed routes
  3. plans where consumers could pay gradually over time for products
  4. where immigrants would pass through for inspection on arrival at the east coast
  5. multi family city dwellings
  6. date of the stock market crash (no dashes)
  7. the growth of cities
  8. the process of making iron ore into steel
  9. Deal FDR's plan to bring America out of the Great Depression
  10. where immigrants would pass through for inspection on arrival at the west coast
  11. illegal use of political influence for personal gain
  12. president during the stock market crash
  13. new type of music developed during the Harlem Renaissance
  14. payments made by the losing countries after war
  15. suspicion of foreign born people
  16. hidden saloons and nightclubs that illegally sold liquor
  17. economic system that supports government control to create equality

30 Clues: the growth of cities • multi family city dwellings • acronym for the causes of WWI • writer who exposes wrongdoing • suspicion of foreign born people • president during the stock market crash • the process of making iron ore into steel • making the sale or use of alcohol illegal • date of the stock market crash (no dashes) • payments made by the losing countries after war • ...

US History Final Exam Review 2014-06-05

US History Final Exam Review crossword puzzle
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  1. steel company that owns the coal mines, limestone quarries, and iron ore fields it depends on is an example of this type of integration. [197]
  2. Brits and French realized appeasement failed when Hitler made demands for land in this neighboring nation. [462]
  3. militia group backed Mussolini in Italy. [454]
  4. project to build America’s first atomic weapon was named after this section of NY City. [523]
  5. man’s plan for reconstruction called for reconciling with the south rather than seeking punishment. [140]
  6. man refused to command Union troops because he would not fight against the South. (last name) [126]
  7. Agricultural Adjustment Act actually paid farmers to not grow these. [428]
  8. this resolution, Congress gave their war powers over to President Johnson. (3 words no spaces) [658]
  9. president started out as an actor in Hollywood. [746]
  10. to the Constitutional Convention chose this man as their presiding officer. (last name) [37]
  11. W. Bush tried to reform this system by allowing workers to put part of their income into investment accounts. (2 words no spaces) [822]
  12. was the idea that God intended the USA to expand all the way to the Pacific Ocean. (2 words no spaces) [104]
  13. McKinley sent this battleship to Havana to evacuate Americans. It exploded and sank. [270]
  14. WWII Americans purchased these as a way of lending the government money to pay for the war. [507]
  15. said his doctrine and the Marshall plan were essential for doing this to communism. [539]
  16. suggest Nixon ordered the cover-up in this White House scandal. [714]
  17. New Frontier was the name given to the policies of this 1960s president. [597]
  18. invaded this northern portion of China to get raw materials. [457]
  19. was an improvement over barges because it could actually travel upstream against the current. [90]
  20. is how did President McKinley died. [278]
  21. US government tried to outlaw this Lakota tribe ritual. (2 words no spaces) [174]
  22. case of Marbury v. Madison established this right of the Supreme Court. (2 words no spaces) [83]
  23. 1960s rock festival drew thousands of music fans. [685]
  24. the Great Depression, farmers lost their crops due to this natural catastrophe that dried out the soil. [407]
  25. first, ranches saw this new invention as a threat because it prevented their cattle from roaming freely. (2 words no spaces) [163]
  26. the space race, Kennedy wanted Americans to be the first humans to go to here. [604]
  27. was built in order to relieve congestion on city streets. [223]
  28. type of energy was produced by the Three Mile Island power plant. [733]
  29. French & Indian War began because both the French and Brits wanted this river valley. [22]
  30. colony offered a new chance for those who had been imprisoned in England. [12]
  31. the Homestead Act, pioneers could keep the land for free if they lived on it for this many years. [167]
Down
  1. laissez-faire economies allow the free market to regulate prices and __________. [186]
  2. nation financed Christopher Columbus's voyage in 1492. [6]
  3. used the Lend-Lease Act to get arms to this nation without them having to pay for it upfront. [476]
  4. were first used in WWI to observe enemy movements. [338]
  5. protest this Act, American colonists boycotted all goods made in Britain. [24]
  6. WWII, Hitler wanted to capture this city in order to destroy the Soviet economy. [499]
  7. the bombing of Pearl Harbor a presidential order gave the military the authority to round up and imprison Americans belonging to this race. [504]
  8. Economic depression and this peace treaty led to the rise of dictators after WWI. [454]
  9. The Union Pacific and ______ Pacific built the Transcontinental Railroad. [188]
  10. WWI, the Triple Entente included France, Britain, and this nation. [320]
  11. farm workers became an important part of the Southwest’s agricultural system as a result of this program. [502]
  12. went to California in 1849 in search of this valuable resource. [108]
  13. was given by the the government to railroad companies to encourage rapid construction of this railroad. [192]
  14. Proclamation freed all slaves in states at war with the Union. [135]
  15. Act was meant to help Native Americans by giving them land to farm.
  16. who have a great deal of money and use it to help others are following the Gospel of ________. [232]
  17. Roosevelt viewed the strike by this group of workers as an example people putting private interests above the interests of the nation. (2 words no spaces) [301]
  18. the Glorious Revolution in England, colonists ousted this governor-general. [19]
  19. T. Scopes was put on trial fro teaching this theory. [380]
  20. type of machine was used to harvest wheat. [168]
  21. order to improve the lives of farm workers, Cesar Chavez organized a successful boycott on this fruit. [697]
  22. convoy system was developed to protect merchant ships from this type of naval ship. [499]
  23. challenged Florida law because the hand-recount could not be completed by the deadline. [806]

54 Clues: is how did President McKinley died. [278] • militia group backed Mussolini in Italy. [454] • type of machine was used to harvest wheat. [168] • president started out as an actor in Hollywood. [746] • 1960s rock festival drew thousands of music fans. [685] • were first used in WWI to observe enemy movements. [338] • ...

US History Semester Portfolio Crossword 2021-05-20

US History Semester Portfolio Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. An area under partial political control of another country
  2. A person who is riding a horse
  3. To withdraw from enemy forces
  4. A military force
  5. A city in eastern Kentucky
  6. To prevent someone from accomplishing something
  7. To experience something painful
  8. British troops
  9. Anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair
  10. Mental or emotional strain
  11. A person who rises in opposition
Down
  1. The killing or wounding of people
  2. The person in control of something
  3. A permanent unit of an army
  4. To be stationed or lodged in a specified place
  5. Information used to promote a political cause
  6. An American that volunteered for service
  7. The intensity that must be exceeded for a certain reaction
  8. To give an authoritative order
  9. A sustained fight between large organized armed forces

20 Clues: British troops • A military force • A city in eastern Kentucky • Mental or emotional strain • A permanent unit of an army • To withdraw from enemy forces • A person who is riding a horse • To give an authoritative order • To experience something painful • A person who rises in opposition • The killing or wounding of people • The person in control of something • ...

US History Sem 1 Final 2021-12-13

US History Sem 1 Final crossword puzzle
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  1. sunk the HMS Lusitania
  2. Trustbuster and Square Deal President
  3. nickname for American WWI General
  4. sensationalist news stories; color
  5. insures bank deposits
  6. method for manufacturing Model Ts
  7. place of attack on "date which will live in infamy"
  8. exploded in Havana Harbor to start war
  9. FDR strategy to control the Supreme Court
  10. laws that kept US out of war 1930s
  11. veterans who marched outside White House
  12. alphabet soup agencies
  13. ship that is still underwater at Pearl Harbor
  14. malaria building project
  15. Germany, Italy, Japan in WWII
  16. nickname for American Expeditionary Force soldier
  17. regulates the banking system
  18. public works projects for maintaining nature
  19. hands-off economics
  20. "way of the warrior"
  21. type of nationalism in fascism
Down
  1. "lightning war"
  2. made trusts and monopolies illegal
  3. "living space"
  4. location of British evacuation
  5. jones industrial average
  6. people in the middle of the political spectrum
  7. assassinated to start WWI
  8. international organization for maintaining peace
  9. overthrown by US Marines
  10. "buy now, pay later"
  11. took photo called Migrant Mother
  12. opened Japan to trade
  13. Stalin character trait
  14. man who said all great nations have great navies
  15. day of stock market crash
  16. 1920s President during prosperity
  17. wanted to recreate Roman Empire
  18. style of warfare WWI
  19. first man to fly solo across Atlantic
  20. anarchists executed during Red Scare

41 Clues: "living space" • "lightning war" • hands-off economics • "buy now, pay later" • style of warfare WWI • "way of the warrior" • insures bank deposits • opened Japan to trade • sunk the HMS Lusitania • Stalin character trait • alphabet soup agencies • jones industrial average • overthrown by US Marines • malaria building project • assassinated to start WWI • day of stock market crash • ...

Chapter 10 Vocab US History 2022-02-28

Chapter 10 Vocab US History crossword puzzle
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  1. Parts of a mechanism that can be substituted for one another.
  2. The buying and selling of slaves within the United States.
  3. An agreement that stated the people of Missouri could own slaves and be admitted to the Union along with Maine, a free state.
  4. The complete and exclusive control of an industry by one company.
  5. The transition from a pre-industrial economy to a market-oriented, capitalist economy.
  6. A work stoppage in order to force an employer to comply with demands.
  7. The cloth and clothing made from cotton and other raw materials.
  8. Lands governed by the federal government but not belonging to any state.
  9. Before the American Civil War.
  10. The idea that women should raise their children to be good citizens who participated in the government.
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  1. A nonviolent refusal to obey authority and laws.
  2. The act of putting an end to something, such as slavery.
  3. An era in which widespread production by machinery replaced goods made by hand.
  4. A boat outfitted with steam boiler engines to power the paddle wheels that propel it forward.
  5. A religious song based on scripture and biblical figures in the Bible, first sung by enslaved people in the South.
  6. The concept of loyalty and devotion to one’s nation.
  7. A loyalty to whichever section or region of the country one was from, rather than to the nation as a whole.
  8. An approach to foriegn policy that stated the American continents were no longer under European influence.
  9. Method of production in which large crews of people perform work in one location.
  10. A power not explicitly stated in the Constitution.
  11. A machine that cuts stalks of wheat or oats.
  12. Government funds for improvements or support of commerce.
  13. A machine that sends messages long distances by sending electrical pulses in code over electrical wires.
  14. Gin A machine that separates the cotton seeds and hulls from the cotton boll (tuft of cotton).
  15. System: A policy of promoting the US industrial system through the use of tariffs, federal subsidies to build roads and other public works, and a national bank to control currency.

25 Clues: Before the American Civil War. • A machine that cuts stalks of wheat or oats. • A nonviolent refusal to obey authority and laws. • A power not explicitly stated in the Constitution. • The concept of loyalty and devotion to one’s nation. • The act of putting an end to something, such as slavery. • Government funds for improvements or support of commerce. • ...

AP US History crossword puzzle 2022-05-16

AP US History crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. US Attack Germany
  2. Supreme court judicial
  3. We out
  4. Machine
  5. Economic revolution
  6. Don't mess with the US
  7. No Food
  8. Germany contacting Mexico
  9. Transport system
  10. attempt at consitution
Down
  1. Nixon is Bad
  2. counting of slaves as part
  3. Terrible state of the US
  4. Transfer of Slaves
  5. separate unconstitutional
  6. war over slavery
  7. 1930s programs
  8. Worst US president ever
  9. Japanese attack on US
  10. Cool air

20 Clues: We out • Machine • No Food • Cool air • Nixon is Bad • 1930s programs • war over slavery • Transport system • US Attack Germany • Transfer of Slaves • Economic revolution • Japanese attack on US • Supreme court judicial • Don't mess with the US • attempt at consitution • Worst US president ever • Terrible state of the US • separate unconstitutional • Germany contacting Mexico • counting of slaves as part

AP US history crossword puzzle 2022-05-16

AP US history crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. US Attack Germany
  2. Supreme court judicial
  3. We out
  4. Machine
  5. Economic revolution
  6. Don't mess with the US
  7. No Food
  8. Germany contacting Mexico
  9. Transport system
  10. attempt at consitution
Down
  1. Nixon is Bad
  2. counting of slaves as part
  3. Terrible state of the US
  4. Transfer of Slaves
  5. separate unconstitutional
  6. war over slavery
  7. 1930s programs
  8. Worst US president ever
  9. Japanese attack on US
  10. Cool air

20 Clues: We out • Machine • No Food • Cool air • Nixon is Bad • 1930s programs • war over slavery • Transport system • US Attack Germany • Transfer of Slaves • Economic revolution • Japanese attack on US • Supreme court judicial • Don't mess with the US • attempt at consitution • Worst US president ever • Terrible state of the US • separate unconstitutional • Germany contacting Mexico • counting of slaves as part

US Quiz - Politics, History, Geography 2021-07-07

US Quiz - Politics, History, Geography crossword puzzle
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  1. manipulating the boundaries of voting districts to favour your own party
  2. the only place in the US where you cannot vote for the President (1 word + 2 letters)
  3. mainly responsible for conservative 80s politics
  4. what happened 1861-65 (2 words)
  5. the flat states of Kansas, the Dakotas and Nebraska are on the “Great ___”
  6. the US government is elected every ___ years
  7. the three largest cities in the US are New York City, Los Angeles and ___
  8. name of the US legislative
  9. which President “FDR” stands for
  10. first African American President
  11. the US rank on the international "Democracy Index"
  12. the era of no more alcohol in the US
  13. the US anthem is called The Star ___ Banner
  14. the first US President
  15. President during 9/11
  16. which President “LBJ” stands for
  17. the animals that is used as the party logo of the Republicans
  18. another word for local political activism (think of a lawn)
  19. the name of the separation of powers in the US: “Checks and ___”
  20. the President with the Lewinsky affair
  21. the lower chamber of the US Congress: House of ___ (CH: Nationalrat)
  22. highest US court (2 words)
  23. who is meant by the acronym POTUS
  24. with 9.8m km2, the US is the ___ biggest country in the world
  25. the first 10 Amendments to the US Constitution are the “___ of Rights”
  26. around ___ per cent of US Americans are ethnically white
  27. what "G.O.P." stands for when talking about Republicans (3 words)
  28. the most important US document from 1776 (3 words)
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  1. what defeated Nixon
  2. protest against it brought countless people into the streets in the late sixties: “___ War”
  3. the US rank on the "Corruption Perception Index"
  4. the number of original US colonies
  5. “Boston ___ Party” in 1773 and “___ Party Movement” during the Obama years
  6. the northeastern states of the US are called New ___
  7. the US population elects the President indirectly, through the “___ College”
  8. 1950s senator who carried out a witch hunt to discover alleged Communists in American society
  9. "O'er the land of the free and the home of the ___"
  10. the closest US territory, in the Caribbean (2 words)
  11. the ___ Mountains pass the US from New Mexico all the way through Montana and onwards to Canada
  12. the American Dream: “From ___ to Riches”
  13. the official language of the US is ___
  14. the current US Vice president (2 words)
  15. the current US president (2 words)
  16. if, as a politician, you keep on talking and talking to prevent a bill from passing
  17. Roosevelt's economic strategy against the Great Depression: “___ Deal”
  18. federal states that sometimes vote Democrat and sometimes Republican (2 words)
  19. helped free the slaves before he was shot while watching a theatre play
  20. with 330m inhabitants, the US is the ___ most populated country in the world
  21. the upper chamber of the US Congress (CH: Ständerat)
  22. the animal that is used as the party logo of the Democrats
  23. Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana and some other states are geographically in the “Great ___” area of the US
  24. after the Christians, the ___ community is the largest religious community in the US
  25. the ___ community is the biggest ethnic minority community in the US
  26. the only President ever to resign from the office
  27. he wrote "all men are created equal", but had slaves of his own
  28. the President shot in Dallas in 1963
  29. when the Japanese planes came to Hawai'i (2 words)
  30. the number of US federal states
  31. the US form of government: “___ republic”
  32. a US motto: "In ___ we trust"

60 Clues: what defeated Nixon • President during 9/11 • the first US President • name of the US legislative • highest US court (2 words) • a US motto: "In ___ we trust" • what happened 1861-65 (2 words) • the number of US federal states • which President “FDR” stands for • first African American President • which President “LBJ” stands for • who is meant by the acronym POTUS • ...

Unit 3 Crossword US HISTORY 2022-10-24

Unit 3 Crossword US HISTORY crossword puzzle
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  1. Many farmers were now deeply in debt from _____ needed to purchase large scale machinery required to increase yields
  2. would go to Coney Island amusement parks, and attend baseball games
  3. Taking away someone's right to vote
  4. Made up of thousands of acres that had been bought from sod busters
  5. A building with thin walls, no windows, and outside bathrooms. It developed into sometimes dangerous city streets, and unsafe conditions.
  6. When prices fall because there's not enough money in circulation.
  7. Farmers/Pioneers who went west
  8. The 1892 populist party presidential candidate
  9. The most famous farmer advocacy group
  10. When a mob of people would gather and murder someone (Usually a black person) because they thought they had violated a law or social custom, "Mob Justice"
  11. Custer-Led military attack on Black Hills, where the US army was beaten by the Sioux (Crazy horse and sitting bull)
  12. Towns that were bypassed by the railroad and later disbanded.
  13. Massacre caused by misfired rifle that led the US Army to kill nearly 150 unarmed men, women, and children.
Down
  1. __________ made prices fall.
  2. These farmers were competing with the farmers out west.
  3. Book written by Mark Twain that jokingly talked about rich people's greed and political corruption.
  4. Government gave 160 acres to settlers who lived on the land for five years
  5. If your grandpa had been able to to something/unable to do something, you should be able to do it/ unable to do it too.
  6. Became the capital of western commerce because of it's railroad, factories, meat-packing plants, etc.
  7. Growing crops on someone else's land, and owing them money and a share of your crops
  8. Government law that banned Chinese immigration for 10 years, and prohibited Chinese from becoming US citizens.
  9. Laws in southern states that mandated racial segregation in public facilities like schools, restaurants, and rail cars.
  10. First professional baseball team
  11. Land held by tribes was to be divided up among natives. They could not sell this land since the government owned it. After 25 years they would be given the deed to the land, and they would become American Citizens.
  12. In this case, the supreme court declared segregation laws constitutional, stating that as long as accommodations were "separate but equal" it was legal to separated facilities for blacks and whites.
  13. would go to Vaudeville houses, dancehalls, and saloons for fun.
  14. To bring about an experience in which natives would raise above the land, and the whites would be buried by new land. The buffalo would return and all natives, dead and living, would be reunited.

27 Clues: __________ made prices fall. • Farmers/Pioneers who went west • First professional baseball team • Taking away someone's right to vote • The most famous farmer advocacy group • The 1892 populist party presidential candidate • These farmers were competing with the farmers out west. • Towns that were bypassed by the railroad and later disbanded. • ...

US History Chapter 5 Review 2022-10-17

US History Chapter 5 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. an animal that people caught to make oil
  2. to buy a product from another place and bring it where you are
  3. the colony started by Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson.
  4. the colonies that had good rivers for transportation and a longer growing season
  5. the round mountains that run north and south in the eastern United States
  6. the time of year when it is warm enough for plants to grow
  7. a gathering where colonists voted on laws
  8. The ___ of New England is very cool and dry.
  9. someone who disagrees with their leaders
  10. to send a product to another place
  11. the colonies with a watery coast called the tidewater
  12. all the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service.
  13. Anne __ was a woman who was banished because her Puritan leaders did not want her teaching about religion.
  14. most of the first settlers in New England were ___
  15. an Indian leader, also known as King Philip, who fought against the colonists in New England.
Down
  1. the first college in the thirteen colonies
  2. the Atlantic Ocean between Africa and the Americas
  3. to send away from a community
  4. the group of Indians that fought a small war against the New England colonists.
  5. the part of the southern colonies higher in the mountains
  6. ___ carried away the good soil from New England and left rocks and sandy soil.
  7. The Great ___ was a time in the 1700s when people in New England began to make religion a more important part of their lives.
  8. when a community makes their own laws
  9. the imaginary line that divides the Appalachian Mountains from the tidewater
  10. the most important fish caught in New England
  11. the buying and selling of people
  12. The trade routes between Europe, North America, and Africa became known as the ___ Trade.

27 Clues: to send away from a community • the buying and selling of people • to send a product to another place • when a community makes their own laws • an animal that people caught to make oil • someone who disagrees with their leaders • a gathering where colonists voted on laws • the first college in the thirteen colonies • The ___ of New England is very cool and dry. • ...

US history 1st 9 week 2023-09-21

US history 1st 9 week crossword puzzle
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  1. between 186-80, miles of railroad tripled, again in 1880-1920, created the time zones we use today
  2. Addition to the Monroe Doctrine asserting America's right to intervene in Latin American affairs
  3. Provided food, fuel, jobs to poor, Nicknamed "Boss"
  4. ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama built by the United States (1904-1914)
  5. a person working to destroy monopolies and trusts Roosevelt
  6. President Taft's policy of linking American business interests to diplomatic interests abroad
  7. Black, Mexican, White drove millions of cattle north from Texas, represented freedom of open range, stopped because people began putting up barbed wire fnences
  8. Prohibition of alcohol
  9. A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
  10. Britain, France, Russia, later US and Italy
  11. Est. to eliminate practices that restricted free trade, monopolies/trusts, gave government idea to protect laborers/ and small buisness owners
  12. Volunteer regiment of US Cavalry led by Teddy Roosevelt during the Spanish American War
  13. U.S. increass it's strength as a world power
  14. WorldWar1 Militarism, Alliance Systems, Imperialism, Nationalism
  15. was a organized union including many races, types of people
  16. income tax
  17. gained by the Spanish American war Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico
  18. dishonest or illegal actions
  19. Inegration Control of every aspect of production
  20. government's nonelected workers
  21. Monopoly on Oil Industry, VERY RICH, kept his workers from forming unions, used cutthroat business controls, Robber Baron
  22. Means by which all indians are dealt with, looked to remove indian influences especially through boarding schools, were not aloud to have ling hair, practice religion or native language
  23. Tax paid to the state, federal, and local governments approved by the 16th amendment
  24. Dominated the North, worked to remove greenback, repay national debt, supported high tariff
  25. an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations
  26. a 1913 law that set up a system of federal banks and gave government the power to control the money supply
  27. "capitalism, free trade", natural forces will guide the economy and the gov. need not interfere
  28. Great inequality and was against Christian idea of brotherhood, protestant should go into city and provide for poor, Catholics had parallel movement but was smaller
  29. War Yellow journalism, imperialism, Spain brutality to the Cubans, explosion of the USS Maine.
  30. The social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another (be coming American)
  31. This 1906 work by Upton Sinclair pointed out the abuses of the meat packing industry. The book led to the passage of the 1906 Meat Inspection Act.
  32. Gave women the right to vote
  33. strikers killed by Chicago police gathering for vigil, bomb thrown into crowd of police, killing one
  34. laws that enacted harsh punishments against anyone who opposed participation in the war
  35. JP Morgan controlled US Steel
  36. the right of women to vote 19th Amendment
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  1. Spain loses most of it's empire
  2. Granted tracts of land to individual families and auctioned much of what remained off to white farmers, Indians who adopted habits of civilized would become citizens
  3. Buying all other companies in business (Monopoly)
  4. Considered a cause of the Spanish-American War - letter from the Spanish ambassador criticizing President McKinley which was published in the Hearst newspaper. (1898)
  5. Invented the phonograph, light bulb, motion picture, system for generating and distributing electricity, became more reliable than water and steam power
  6. law requiring men to register for military service
  7. Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment started by Theodore Roosevelt
  8. Diplomatic policy developed by T.R where the "big stick" symbolizes his power and readiness to use military force if necessary. It is a way of intimidating countries without actually harming them and was the basis of U.S. imperialistic foreign policy.
  9. Dominated the South, pulled a lot of catholic voters
  10. Designed to regulate what railroads could change from state to state to ensure fair prices
  11. points President Woodrow Wilson's plan for organizing post World War I Europe and for avoiding future wars.
  12. A telegram Germany Sent to Mexico to convince Mexico to attack the U.S.
  13. War In 1898, a conflict between the United States and Spain, in which the U.S. supported the Cubans' fight for independence
  14. President of the United States He was unable to persuade the U.S. Congress to ratify the Treaty of Versailles or join the League of Nations.
  15. allows the U.S. to intervene in Cuba
  16. time at the turn of the 20th century in which groups sought to reform America economically, socially, and politically
  17. a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.
  18. 50k became citizens by Dawes act, 100k by their place of territory (Oklahoma), 1919 natives who fought in WWI were made citizens, 1924 rest if natives declared citizens
  19. Abundant Resources, growing labor supply, expanding market for manufactured goods, capital investment, Federal gov. promoted it.
  20. journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.
  21. Passed in 1883, an Act that created a federal civil service so that hiring and promotion would be based on merit rather than patronage.
  22. workers protested pay cut, Hayes said the strike would be put down by force
  23. Led a revolt of planter against Hawaii's Queen Liliuokalani in 1893
  24. Powers Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire
  25. a British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic on May 7, 1915
  26. Monopoly on Steel, "virtually integrated" control of every aspect of production, used Cutthroat business controls, workers worked everyday besides the 4th of July, Captain Industry
  27. offering accounts and photographs of the living conditions of poor working class Americans
  28. Theodore Roosevelt's promise of fair and equal treatment for all
  29. A deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other
  30. and Pulitzer Writers who used yellow journalism
  31. U.S. acquired the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico
  32. Archduke of Austria-Hungary assassinated by a Serbian nationalist. The immediate cause of for WWI.
  33. Direct election of senators
  34. Captain of the U.S. Navy who was for imperialism. He thought that a bigger navy was needed to protect American ships.
  35. American battleship that exploded and caused the Spanish American war
  36. a journalist who uncovers abuses and corruption in a society

72 Clues: income tax • Prohibition of alcohol • Direct election of senators • dishonest or illegal actions • Gave women the right to vote • JP Morgan controlled US Steel • Spain loses most of it's empire • government's nonelected workers • allows the U.S. to intervene in Cuba • the right of women to vote 19th Amendment • Britain, France, Russia, later US and Italy • ...

Unit 2 - Government (US History) 2023-10-13

Unit 2 - Government (US History) crossword puzzle
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  1. first 10 Amendments to the Constitution
  2. head of the executive branch
  3. document that set up the first government for the United States
  4. part of Congress that is equal for every state
  5. Southern states wanted all of these individuals counted in their population
  6. soldiers from the American Revolution were upset when their farms were being taken away
  7. number of years in one term for the House of Representatives
  8. number of years in one term for president
  9. part of Congress that is based on population
  10. first president of the United States
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  1. branch that interprets laws
  2. location of the Continental Congress
  3. how long a Supreme Court Justice can serve for
  4. branch that makes laws
  5. number of years in one for for the Senate
  6. this deal helped create a bicameral legislature
  7. Congress had no power to collect these under the Articles of Confederation
  8. group that wanted to ratify the Constitution
  9. branch that enforces laws
  10. highest court in the United States
  11. a change to the Constitution

21 Clues: branch that makes laws • branch that enforces laws • branch that interprets laws • head of the executive branch • a change to the Constitution • highest court in the United States • location of the Continental Congress • first president of the United States • first 10 Amendments to the Constitution • number of years in one for for the Senate • ...

Us History Chapters 6-7 2023-10-26

Us History Chapters 6-7 crossword puzzle
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  1. an invention by eli whitney
  2. invented by robert fulton in 1807
  3. a road that stretched from georgia to illinois
  4. ended the war of 1812
  5. an agreement to balance slave and free states
  6. a purchase in 1803 that doubled the size of the US
  7. an indian guide who helped lewis and clark
  8. the forcible seizure of men in the US for war
  9. John C Calhoun and henry clay
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  1. Devotion to the culture and interests of ones country
  2. a man who was a supreme court justice for 30 years
  3. an era made up by the presidencies of jefferson, madison, and monroe
  4. people who explored the louisiana purchase
  5. stated america was for americans
  6. An american boat that was sunk leading to the war of 1812
  7. Standardized parts that could be used in place of another
  8. Allowed merchants to trade with countries other than england and france
  9. a tax on incoming goods
  10. an agreement to cease fire
  11. 3rd president of the USA

20 Clues: ended the war of 1812 • a tax on incoming goods • 3rd president of the USA • an agreement to cease fire • an invention by eli whitney • John C Calhoun and henry clay • stated america was for americans • invented by robert fulton in 1807 • people who explored the louisiana purchase • an indian guide who helped lewis and clark • an agreement to balance slave and free states • ...

Period 5 AP US History 2023-12-20

Period 5 AP US History crossword puzzle
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  1. Reconstruction acts that separated the south into five districts which were run by generals
  2. An act that allowed the President to suspend the writ of habeas corpus to defeat the KKK
  3. The name of the president of the confederacy. Believed in white superiority
  4. A bill that decided half of the Confederate voting population must pledge loyalty to the Union before rejoining
  5. The name of the famed Confederate general who was responsible for nearly winning the war for the South
  6. A congressional power which allows the Legislative Branch to try and potential remove executive officials
  7. Notable senator who advocated for the abolition of slavery very early on
  8. Radical Republican politician who was a very strong proponent of Black freedom
  9. A mean term for northerners who moved south after the Civil war (often for personal gain)
  10. An institution which used forced labor to create products at cheap prices (predominantly in the South)
  11. The name of a new political party created at the start of the Civil war era
  12. A measure designed to limit the President's ability to remove officials without Senate consent
  13. The Reconstruction plan where Southern states could get a portion of their males to decide Congressional seats
  14. A series of three constitutional amendments that granted black americans progressively more rights
  15. The name of the town that hosted the "turning point" battle of the Civil War, where Lincoln delivered his famous address
  16. The name of a famous Union general turned president
  17. The name of a man who sued Abe Lincoln for suspending the writ of habeas corpus
  18. Lincoln's VP who became president after the untimely assassination
  19. An act that established two new states and allowed them to vote on if they were slave states or not
  20. An act that gave all persons born in the US citizenship "without distinction of race or color"
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  1. The name of the war of secession in the US
  2. Often considered "slavery part 2", restrictions on Black Americans after their emancipation
  3. A political party that wanted to restore the southern democrats and white supremacy
  4. A white southerner who (often for personal gain) supported reconstruction by the north
  5. The President during the Civil War who championed Black freedom
  6. The protection that guarantees a person will be sent to court (can't be arrested and held indefinitely)
  7. An act that guaranteed access to public facilities for all citizens regardless of race
  8. The name for a large land purchase that was originally viewed as extremely useless
  9. A court decision that ruled slaves couldn't sue as they weren't considered people
  10. A law passed by the south that allowed them to recapture escaped slaves
  11. A group established to help displaced black southerners and former slaves
  12. The name given to an event where the French put a new leader in Mexico who President Lincoln refused to acknowledge

32 Clues: The name of the war of secession in the US • The name of a famous Union general turned president • The President during the Civil War who championed Black freedom • Lincoln's VP who became president after the untimely assassination • A law passed by the south that allowed them to recapture escaped slaves • ...

Random US History Book Quest 2019-05-02

Random US History Book Quest crossword puzzle
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  1. The first American colony for England was _________________.
  2. Mr. Hill's dog's name is ___________________.
  3. The Mexican ________________ of land was the result of Mexico's surrender to the US in 1848.
  4. The first US capitol was ___________________.
  5. In 1787, A new US Constitution was drafted and signed.
  6. The US Constitution has ______________ main parts.
  7. In 1819, Spain ____________ Florida to the US.
  8. The new United States had to defeat England in the Revolutionary War.
  9. _____________ established colonies on the east coast of North America.
  10. England settled _________________ colonies from 1607-1733.
  11. In 1845, ______________ became part of the US.
  12. The young United States government rules was the Articles of ___________________.
  13. European explorers were exploring to find a western water route to __________
  14. James ___________was the President during the Mexican American War.
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  1. ______________ was the first European empire to settle in the New World.
  2. On July 4th, 1776, the American Colonies declared _______________________ from England.
  3. George ___________________ served as the first US President.
  4. The US Constitution is the _______________ law of the US.
  5. Spanish ________________ conquered the civilizations in Central and South America.
  6. The US doubled in size after the ______________ Purchase of 1803.
  7. Christopher ______________ accidently discovered the New World.
  8. Andrew Jackson is on the ______________ dollar bill.
  9. The last American colony for England was _________________.
  10. Before Cortez conquered them, the _____________ controlled Mesoamerica.
  11. Hernan Cortez was the Conquistador who established ______________ City.
  12. In the 1830's, thousands of Americans began to move west on the ___________ Trail.

26 Clues: Mr. Hill's dog's name is ___________________. • The first US capitol was ___________________. • In 1819, Spain ____________ Florida to the US. • In 1845, ______________ became part of the US. • The US Constitution has ______________ main parts. • Andrew Jackson is on the ______________ dollar bill. • In 1787, A new US Constitution was drafted and signed. • ...

AP US History Period 4 2024-04-28

AP US History Period 4 crossword puzzle
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  1. A canal completed in 1825 that connected the Great Lakes with the Hudson River
  2. The 11th President of the United States (1845-1849), known for his expansionist policies and for leading the country during the Mexican-American War
  3. The forced relocation of thousands of Native American tribes, particularly the Cherokee, from their ancestral lands in the southeastern United States to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) in the 1830s
  4. A reformer and activist who advocated for the humane treatment of the mentally ill and lobbied for the establishment of state-funded mental hospitals and asylums in the mid-19th century.
  5. The transition from handcrafted to machine-manufactured goods and the shift from agrarian to industrial economies
  6. The peace treaty signed in 1814 that ended the War of 1812, restoring pre-war borders and status quo ante bellum.
  7. A historic east-west wagon route and emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to the Oregon Territory
  8. The movement to end slavery, which gained momentum in the early 19th century and advocated for the immediate emancipation of enslaved people and the abolition of the institution of slavery.
  9. A series of legislative measures adopted by the United States Congress in the 1830s and 1840s to table, suppress, or prevent the discussion of antislavery petitions
  10. The belief prevalent in the 19th century that it was the divinely ordained mission of the United States to expand westward across the North American continent and spread democracy and civilization.
  11. An African American abolitionist and conductor of the Underground Railroad
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  1. The doctrine or theory that a state has the right to nullify, or invalidate, any federal law it deems unconstitutional
  2. The economic transformation in the United States during the early 19th century, characterized by the expansion of markets, transportation networks, and industrialization, leading to increased commercialization and interconnectedness
  3. The movement advocating for women's right to vote, which gained momentum in the 19th century and culminated in the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920
  4. A machine invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 that mechanized the process of separating cotton fibers from seeds
  5. A fraternal organization that emerged in the late 16th to early 17th century, emphasizing moral and ethical teachings, charitable work, and fellowship, with notable members including many Founding Fathers.
  6. A philosophical and literary movement of the early 19th century that emphasized the inherent goodness of people, the importance of intuition and individual conscience, and the spiritual connection between humanity and nature.
  7. An African American abolitionist and women's rights activist who escaped from slavery and became known for her powerful speeches and advocacy for abolition, women's suffrage, and social justice.
  8. A social reform movement in the 19th century aimed at reducing or eliminating the consumption of alcoholic beverages
  9. A policy articulated by President James Monroe in 1823, warning European powers against further colonization or interference in the Western Hemisphere

20 Clues: An African American abolitionist and conductor of the Underground Railroad • A canal completed in 1825 that connected the Great Lakes with the Hudson River • A machine invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 that mechanized the process of separating cotton fibers from seeds • ...

AP US History Period 6 2024-04-28

AP US History Period 6 crossword puzzle
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  1. A business strategy employed by industrialists such as John D. Rockefeller, in which a company acquires or merges with its competitors to create a monopoly or dominant market position.
  2. Exclusive control or domination of a market or industry by a single company or group
  3. State and local laws enacted in the Southern United States after Reconstruction that enforced racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans,
  4. An economic philosophy advocating minimal government intervention in the economy, allowing free markets to operate without regulation or interference, which dominated American economic policy during the Gilded Age.
  5. An ideological and economic vision promoted by Southern leaders after the Civil War, advocating for industrialization, economic diversification, and reconciliation with the North.
  6. A movement within Protestant Christianity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that sought to apply Christian principles to social problems such as poverty, inequality, and injustice
  7. A period in American history characterized by rapid economic growth, industrialization, and widespread corruption and inequality
  8. A device that produces light by passing electricity through a filament enclosed in a glass bulb, invented by Thomas Edison in 1879.
  9. A federal law passed in 1882 that prohibited Chinese immigration to the United States
  10. A political movement that emerged in the late 19th century, primarily among farmers and rural workers, advocating for economic reforms to address the challenges of industrialization and corporate power.
  11. A violent confrontation between police and labor demonstrators in Chicago's Haymarket Square in 1886
  12. Journalists and writers who exposed corruption, abuse, and social injustices during the Progressive Era
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  1. A railroad line that spanned the continent, connecting the eastern and western United States.
  2. A key battle fought during the Spanish-American War in 1898, in which American forces, including the Rough Riders led by Theodore Roosevelt, played a significant role in capturing strategic positions near Santiago, Cuba.
  3. Industrialists and businessmen who amassed enormous wealth and power during the Gilded Age through unethical or exploitative business practices
  4. A Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux chief and spiritual leader who led his people during years of resistance to United States government policies and military actions, including the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876.
  5. Overcrowded and unsanitary apartment buildings
  6. Sensationalist and often exaggerated journalism, characterized by lurid headlines, exaggerated stories, and biased reporting
  7. The policy of extending a nation's power and influence through diplomacy, military force, or economic domination, often involving the acquisition of colonies or territories abroad.
  8. A federal law passed in 1887 that aimed to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream American society by allotting tribal land to individual Native Americans and encouraging them to adopt Western farming practices and customs.

20 Clues: Overcrowded and unsanitary apartment buildings • Exclusive control or domination of a market or industry by a single company or group • A federal law passed in 1882 that prohibited Chinese immigration to the United States • A railroad line that spanned the continent, connecting the eastern and western United States. • ...

US History Vocabulary Final 2024 2024-12-14

US History Vocabulary Final 2024 crossword puzzle
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  1. Government programs are designed to provide assistance and support to those in need, such as food aid and unemployment benefits.
  2. The state of not having a job despite wanting to work.
  3. A severe downturn in the economy where businesses fail, unemployment rises, and people lose savings.
  4. The state of being without a job while actively looking for work.
  5. Borrowing money to buy stocks, usually paying only a small percentage upfront
  6. The ability to depend on oneself for needs and support, rather than relying on others or the government.
  7. Laws or rules made by a government.
  8. A law aimed at boosting farm prices by reducing overproduction and helping farmers earn a better income.
  9. Work, especially physical work done by workers.
  10. A person who prefers to keep traditional values and is cautious about making changes, especially in government.
  11. Help or support given to those in need, especially during tough economic times.
  12. Money placed into a bank account.
  13. People who put money into stocks or businesses hoping to make a profit
  14. A political and economic system where the government controls the production and distribution of goods.
  15. When more goods are produced than people can afford to buy
  16. A government program that provides financial support to people who are retired, disabled, or unemployed.
  17. The Central Bank of the United States manages the money supply and interest rates.
  18. A tax on goods imported from other countries, making them more expensive.
  19. The interest rate at which banks can borrow money from the Federal Reserve.
  20. Informal radio addresses by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to communicate with the American people.
  21. A period when stock prices are rising steadily
  22. A long period of economic decline is characterized by high unemployment and low production.
  23. Government-funded projects to build infrastructure like roads, bridges, and dams.
  24. A physical or mental condition that limits a person's movements, senses, or activities.
  25. A form of energy that powers homes and businesses, often provided through power lines.
  26. When people are not buying enough goods, excess products are sold in the market.
  27. A term used to describe makeshift shantytowns built by homeless people during the Great Depression, named after President Herbert Hoover.
  28. When a bank cannot meet its obligations and has to close, causing depositors to lose their savings
  29. The process of getting back to a normal state after a difficult period, like an economic downturn.
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  1. A public work relief program that provided jobs for young men to work on environmental projects, like planting trees and maintaining parks.
  2. Trust or belief in something, such as the banking system.
  3. A person who believes in progress and the need for government action to improve society and help those in need.
  4. Changes made to improve a system or organization, often to make it fairer or more effective.
  5. The lowest amount of money that workers can be paid for their work, set by law.
  6. An organization of workers that comes together to protect their rights and improve working conditions.
  7. A government agency was created to provide loans to banks and businesses during the Great Depression to help stabilize the economy.
  8. A series of programs and policies designed to help the U.S. recover from the Great Depression.
  9. Government-funded projects that create infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, and buildings, provide jobs and services to the community.
  10. A financial protection plan that guarantees compensation for loss or damage.
  11. The practice of farming, including growing crops and raising animals.
  12. A legal status of a person or business that cannot repay debts.
  13. A situation where many banks fail or close, causing people to lose their savings.
  14. An organization or group that works for a specific purpose, often part of the government.
  15. The difference in wealth between the richest and the poorest people in society.
  16. An economic idea that suggests benefits for the wealthy will eventually help everyone else in society.
  17. A person who wants significant changes in society and may support extreme measures to achieve those changes.
  18. A state of equality, often referring to the price levels that give farmers fair purchasing power.
  19. An organization of workers that aims to protect their rights and improve working conditions.
  20. Initiatives designed to provide immediate assistance to those in need, especially during economic hardship.
  21. A place where shares of companies are bought and sold
  22. A period when stock prices are falling steadily.
  23. A speech given by a newly elected president to outline their goals and reassure the public.
  24. A sudden and severe downturn in the economy, leading to high unemployment and widespread poverty.
  25. Making risky investments with the hope of earning large profits quickly
  26. The process of improving the economy after a downturn or recession.
  27. A group of World War I veterans marched to Washington, D.C., in 1932 to demand early payment of a bonus they were promised.
  28. A place where legal cases are heard and decided by judges.
  29. A situation where many people withdraw their money from a bank at the same time due to fear of failure
  30. Borrowed money that people use to purchase goods and services.
  31. An official order or command, often referring to the authority to take action.
  32. A political leader who gains support by appealing to people's emotions and prejudices.
  33. People can buy a portfolio of a company to own a part of it

62 Clues: Money placed into a bank account. • Laws or rules made by a government. • A period when stock prices are rising steadily • Work, especially physical work done by workers. • A period when stock prices are falling steadily. • A place where shares of companies are bought and sold • The state of not having a job despite wanting to work. • ...

US HISTORY CROSS WORD PUZZLE 2024-11-21

US HISTORY CROSS WORD PUZZLE crossword puzzle
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  1. First president of the United States, only put last name
  2. The first state to separate church and state and guaranteed to right to practice religion free from government intrusion
  3. Wrote the declaration of independence
  4. A change or addition to the terms of a contract or document.
  5. The federal government attempted a variety of treaties with Indian tribes to reduce conflict along the frontier
  6. 1874–1875 was developed by white Southern Democrats as part of the white insurgency during the Reconstruction
  7. Though the war had no clear winner, the treaty restored pre-war territorial boundaries, returned prisoners, and strengthened the United States as a nation.1812
  8. ____system,a group or network of institutions that provide financial services
  9. Turning point of the revolution
  10. "father of the constitution"
  11. Argued for a stronger national government
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  1. After the US Mexican war, conflict arose over land claims in California between former Mexican citizens and new settlers
  2. Whitch amendment allowed you to have freedom of religion,speech,press,assembly,petition
  3. This war between America and Britain established the US as a country with an identity when the new country defended its first "invasion".
  4. 1755-1804) was a Founding Father of the United States, soldier, lawyer, scholar, economist, congressman, and first U.S.Secretary of the Treasury.
  5. A plan in 1803 and establishment of judicial review
  6. A treaty that ended the War of the American Revolution.
  7. Political system where trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit. Its core principles are accumulation, ownership, and profiting from capital.
  8. Issued in 1215, the first document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government was not above the law
  9. Was an American Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States

20 Clues: "father of the constitution" • Turning point of the revolution • Wrote the declaration of independence • Argued for a stronger national government • A plan in 1803 and establishment of judicial review • A treaty that ended the War of the American Revolution. • First president of the United States, only put last name • ...

US History Midterm Review Crossword 2025-04-10

US History Midterm Review Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Immigrants from Europe arrived in this city's Ellis Island, next to the Statue of Liberty, quickly answerin 29 questions to enter the USA. This city was also America's largest at the time and was among the first to urbanize. (3 letters, abbreviation)
  2. A city in America's West that experienced a large earthquake in 1906 and was the site of arrival for many Chinese immigrant in America before the 'Yellow Peril.'
  3. A canal project created by the US in a Central American country to expand and help America's capitalist empire in 1903-1914. Many people died to help create this canal.
  4. This city in Illinois was a center of transportation and raw resource industries like for beef, trains, and steel. The book called "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair was set here in one of the meat factories.
  5. A political movement made to fight against the economic system that pursues profits at the expense of workers’ health, happiness, and freedom. The goal of this system is to return that power from companies to the workers.
  6. One of the reforms that people fought for in the early 1900s - it's goal was the end of sale and drinking of alcohol in the US. The Eighteenth Amendment achieved prohibition in the US in 1917/1919.
  7. A racist system of belief that emphasizes that the white people who immigrated to the US first are superior to others, including Blacks, Asians, and new White immigrants.
  8. People are separated according to their race. In the US South, Jim Crow laws forced black people to be separated from white people in most aspects of society, like schools and with public services.
  9. Transportation used in a city to carry a lot of people, developed in industrial times to take them to work more quickly in dense urbanized ciities. (Two Words).
  10. 16th president of the US, led the country through the Civil War but he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth towards the end of the war. (Last Name)
  11. This is a self-feeding cycle by which new technology allows materials and goods to be produced faster and cheaper. Then, because more resources are available, more money can be spent on new technologies and factories. The cycle continues again. This system is a part of capitalism.
  12. A city in the US state of Michigan, famous for its car manufacturing.
  13. The process of increasing growth and density of cities after and because of the industrial revolution and increasing population.
  14. The coming of people from other countries to live in a foreign country.
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  1. One of the industry leaders in the development of cars in Detroit and the assembly line production process. (Two words)
  2. A system by which strong nations extend their political, military, and economic control over other weaker lands and nations.
  3. The US bought this land from Russia in the far north of North America in 1867 - it's another example of the USA's imperial growth to control more and more land around the world.
  4. An economic system that maximizes profits through the continuous expansion of industry and development of technology.
  5. The political movement to end slavery and free the slaves around the world.
  6. A place where Native Americans were forcibly settled after the US conquered North America.
  7. A system where people are forced to work while being owned by another person.
  8. 26th president of the US, he was a great leader in the progressive age because he helped pass many positive, progressive reforms. (Last Name)
  9. A route by which slaves escaped from the South to North or Canada. (Two Words)
  10. Mass-produced entertainment, art, and more, made for everyone, especially the working-poor – this product is easy to make and easy to spread with technology. Examples include arcades, radios, entertainment, amusement parks, and baseball
  11. 1 or more companies attempt to control the entire economy of an industry and it allows companies to control prices, supply, demand, etc. without any competition or outside forces.

25 Clues: A city in the US state of Michigan, famous for its car manufacturing. • The coming of people from other countries to live in a foreign country. • The political movement to end slavery and free the slaves around the world. • A system where people are forced to work while being owned by another person. • ...

VA/US History Important People 2025-05-09

VA/US History Important People crossword puzzle
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  1. First American killed during American Revolution
  2. Invented the airplane
  3. Founded electricity as a source of power
  4. Invented the telephone
  5. leader in oil industry
  6. President of Confederacy
  7. "VA Declaration of Rights"
  8. First president of United States
  9. Assembly line for manufacturing
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  1. "Declaration of Independence"
  2. Communist revolution in Cuba
  3. Steel process
  4. leader in steel industry
  5. Confederate General
  6. President during Civil War,16th
  7. anti-lynching laws
  8. "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
  9. "Truman Doctrine"
  10. "Father of the Constitution"
  11. "I have a dream"

20 Clues: Steel process • "I have a dream" • "Truman Doctrine" • anti-lynching laws • Confederate General • "Uncle Tom's Cabin" • Invented the airplane • Invented the telephone • leader in oil industry • leader in steel industry • President of Confederacy • "VA Declaration of Rights" • Communist revolution in Cuba • "Father of the Constitution" • "Declaration of Independence" • ...

vocabulary us history 219/223 2025-01-26

vocabulary us history 219/223 crossword puzzle
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  1. positioned in opposition
  2. hold back from doing something
  3. conforming to the status quo
  4. distribute something officially
  5. boldness or daring
  6. a secure room or space
  7. grow, expand, or develop rapidly
  8. burst out suddenly and violently
  9. more than
  10. consuming in large quantities with enthusiasm
  11. a raw material that can be bought and sold
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  1. temporarily stop doing something
  2. gain possession or control over something
  3. automatically, without thinking
  4. priced unreasonably high
  5. duty or commitment
  6. main, or important element of a diet
  7. exchange a voucher for good, services, or money
  8. unstable
  9. extremely angry

20 Clues: unstable • more than • extremely angry • duty or commitment • boldness or daring • a secure room or space • positioned in opposition • priced unreasonably high • conforming to the status quo • hold back from doing something • automatically, without thinking • distribute something officially • temporarily stop doing something • grow, expand, or develop rapidly • ...

US History Honors (7.7-7.13) 2025-03-01

US History Honors (7.7-7.13) crossword puzzle
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  1. center of African American cultural revival
  2. term for the first months of Roosevelt's presidency (two words)
  3. took many factory jobs during World War 2 (Rosie the Riviter)
  4. target of the "Nine Old Men"
  5. group sent to internment camps during World War 2
  6. term for woman of 1920s who challenged social norms
  7. ended with the 21st Amendment
  8. radio addresses from Roosevelt (two words)
  9. new form of communication developed in the 1920s
  10. first person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean
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  1. first Atomic Bomb dropped here in August 1945
  2. victory in Europe and civil rights (two words)
  3. president during the New Deal
  4. rate was 25% at height of Great Depression
  5. limits for immmigration set during 1920s
  6. first meeting of Stalin, Churchill, & Roosevelt
  7. occupation aided by the AAA
  8. shanty towns outside cities
  9. Dec. 7, 1941
  10. party that dominated the 1920s
  11. convicted of teaching evolution in Biology class

21 Clues: Dec. 7, 1941 • occupation aided by the AAA • shanty towns outside cities • target of the "Nine Old Men" • president during the New Deal • ended with the 21st Amendment • party that dominated the 1920s • limits for immmigration set during 1920s • rate was 25% at height of Great Depression • radio addresses from Roosevelt (two words) • center of African American cultural revival • ...

US History Module 4 Vocabulary 2024-11-25

US History Module 4 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. a wealthy young French man
  2. a battle in New York that was the turning point of the revolutionary war
  3. the author of the book Common Sence
  4. a patriot naval hero
  5. an experienced military officer from pursia
  6. a local leader who agreed that you can't take any mans things or property
  7. a book by Thomas paine
  8. a famous conflice
  9. a important patriot victory because U.S soldiers took the British captive
  10. the last major battle of the revolutionary war
  11. colonists who chose to fight for great britian
  12. a Boston battle that showed the colonists could fight against O.R.
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  1. a meeting in Philadelphia with delegates from 12 colonies in may 1775
  2. a spy for the marquis de lafayette
  3. a large service of shootings
  4. a patriot that was there best a hit-and-run
  5. Jefferson the main writer of the declaration of independence
  6. the coercive acts in the spring of 1774
  7. first president of the United States
  8. December 16, 1773 when native Americans knocked a ship full of tea into the Boston harbor
  9. a two year making of peace agreements in G.B.
  10. a British general that was harassed by the continental army

22 Clues: a famous conflice • a patriot naval hero • a book by Thomas paine • a wealthy young French man • a large service of shootings • a spy for the marquis de lafayette • the author of the book Common Sence • first president of the United States • the coercive acts in the spring of 1774 • a patriot that was there best a hit-and-run • an experienced military officer from pursia • ...

US History Module 4 Vocabulary 2024-11-25

US History Module 4 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. a british general that was harassed by the continental army
  2. a battle won by Patriots against hessias
  3. an incident in which British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists killings people
  4. a battle that showed the colonists could fight well against the British arm
  5. officer who trained the continental army
  6. Patriot leader who commanded the continental army
  7. main author of declaration
  8. document that argued why the colonies should come together
  9. a 47 page phamplet that argued against British rule over america
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  1. French man who volunteered to serve in the continental army without pay
  2. a patriot and native hero
  3. protest against the tea act in which a group colonists borded British tea ships and dumped more that 340 chestts of tea into Boston harbor
  4. patriot that was the best hit+run
  5. laws passed to punish colonists for the Boston tea party
  6. enslaved black American who worked as a spy
  7. continental Congress A meeting of delegates from 12 colonies in Philadelphia in may 1775
  8. American colonists who chose to fight for independence
  9. the author of common sense
  10. a Boston leader who believed in parliament
  11. British soldiers who fought against the colonists in American revolution

20 Clues: a patriot and native hero • the author of common sense • main author of declaration • patriot that was the best hit+run • a battle won by Patriots against hessias • officer who trained the continental army • a Boston leader who believed in parliament • enslaved black American who worked as a spy • Patriot leader who commanded the continental army • ...

US History, Chapter 1 Review 2025-10-30

US History, Chapter 1 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. the man who discovered America
  2. funded Columbus's trip in 1492
  3. valued hard work and religious devotion, created schools so children could learn the gospel.
  4. founded to force the Dutch from the English colonies and remove them as a commercial rival
  5. one of the first tribes to encounter English settlers
  6. outfitted with triangular-shaped lateen sales, rudder on the side that allowed for quicker meneuvering
  7. belief that natural laws applied to social, political, and economic relationships
  8. founded for religious freedom,.
  9. restricted colonial trade to only importing/Exporting on English Ships.
  10. the belief that people could figure out these natural laws if they employed reason
  11. created empire by conquering neighboring cities and tribes
  12. based on the idea that the colonies duty was to make money and send it back to the homeland
  13. Led the first expedition to arrive in North America in 1497.
  14. believed to be the first people to develop civilization in Mesoamerica
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  1. a group of tribes that formed an alliance to stop the decline of the Iroquois population
  2. known for developing accurate calanders that we still use today.
  3. servants that could earn their freedom eventually
  4. refuge for persecuted peoples
  5. stresses an individual's piety (devoutness) and emotional relationship with God.
  6. a Wampanoag man that assisted pilgrims in growing corn and catching fish.
  7. Investors pool funds to raise large amounts of money for large projects
  8. a place to start new lives
  9. a land bridge exposed during the ice age
  10. large public meetings for preaching and prayer
  11. Invested in America to protect his fellow puritans from being persecuted in England
  12. a device that used the position of the sun to determine direction.
  13. founded in 1632 by George Calvert's son.

27 Clues: a place to start new lives • refuge for persecuted peoples • the man who discovered America • funded Columbus's trip in 1492 • founded for religious freedom,. • a land bridge exposed during the ice age • founded in 1632 by George Calvert's son. • large public meetings for preaching and prayer • servants that could earn their freedom eventually • ...

US History Nationalism and Sectionalism 2025-11-13

US History Nationalism and Sectionalism crossword puzzle
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  1. Jefferson, Madison, Monroe 24 years in Executive Branch
  2. Mex-Am War vet viewed conflict as unjustified
  3. Site of 1838 defense of black voting rights
  4. Proponent of states' rights
  5. Act that compelled northerners to capture and return escaped slaves
  6. Political compromise to maintain balance of free and slave states
  7. Author of Civil Disobedience
  8. System of government dividing power between national and state governments
  9. Site of 1834 protest on property restrictions
  10. weak national gov't
  11. US foreign policy doctrine 1823
  12. Jeffersonian metaphor - animal held by the ears
  13. President associated with Nullification Crisis
  14. Immigrant group working on canal
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  1. NY governor during canal construction
  2. Most divisive 19th c. American issue
  3. Movement that strengthened the nation after the War of 1812
  4. Political principle of self-government in territories
  5. Acquisition that doubled U.S. territory
  6. Canal from Hudson R to Buffalo
  7. 1828 Tariff
  8. Line est. at 36-30
  9. Internal improvements, high tariffs, nat'l bank
  10. Policy allowing a state to void a federal law
  11. Southern and Northern differences in economy and culture
  12. Secretary of State opposing Hamilton’s financial policies
  13. British traveler along the canal route
  14. Great Compromiser
  15. President claiming bloodshed on American soil in 1846
  16. Law forcing Native Americans from ancestral lands

30 Clues: 1828 Tariff • Great Compromiser • Line est. at 36-30 • weak national gov't • Proponent of states' rights • Author of Civil Disobedience • Canal from Hudson R to Buffalo • US foreign policy doctrine 1823 • Immigrant group working on canal • Most divisive 19th c. American issue • NY governor during canal construction • British traveler along the canal route • ...

US HISTORY Proj (2/7) 2025-12-02

US HISTORY Proj (2/7) crossword puzzle
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  1. – Hint: Crop central to early factories
  2. – Hint: What reformers wanted to improve
  3. – Hint: Fenced farmland → laborers pushed out
  4. – Hint: Hybrid textile machine
  5. – Hint: Word describing coast-to-coast railroad
  6. – Hint: Workers’ collective for rights
  7. – Hint: Key global shipping shortcut
  8. Inventor of the water frame
  9. – Hint: Pre-factory “cottage industry”
  10. – *Hint: Wrote Wealth of Nations
  11. – Hint: Misapplied theory used to justify inequality
  12. – Hint: Workers who smashed machines
  13. – Hint: Japan’s industrialization era
  14. – Hint: Central workplace of industry
  15. – Hint: Mass movement after famine
  16. – Hint: Growth of cities
  17. – Hint: 1851 London exhibition hall
  18. - Hint: Newcomen and Watt improved it
  19. – Hint: Pre-rail transportation system
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  1. – Hint: Made by Eli Whitney
  2. – Hint: Cheap steel method
  3. – Hint: Mechanized weaving device
  4. – Hint: Identical items for mass production
  5. – Hint: Step-by-step production system
  6. – Hint: Industry that industrialized first
  7. Power source for engines
  8. – Hint: European expansion for resources
  9. – Hint: Poor urban housing
  10. – Hint: Last word of a key spinning invention
  11. – Hint: Working class in Marxist theory
  12. – Hint: Making large quantities quickly
  13. – Hint: System based on private factories
  14. – Hint: Major reform issue in factories
  15. – Hint: Improved the steam engine
  16. – Hint: Big transportation revolution
  17. – Hint: New social group expanded
  18. – Hint: Main industrial-era energy source
  19. – Hint: Went under the Atlantic
  20. – Hint: Co-author of the Communist Manifesto
  21. – Hint: First instant communication tech

40 Clues: Power source for engines • – Hint: Growth of cities • – Hint: Cheap steel method • – Hint: Poor urban housing • – Hint: Made by Eli Whitney • Inventor of the water frame • – Hint: Hybrid textile machine • – Hint: Went under the Atlantic • – *Hint: Wrote Wealth of Nations • – Hint: Mechanized weaving device • – Hint: Improved the steam engine • – Hint: New social group expanded • ...

Slay the EOC Crossword 2023-05-03

Slay the EOC Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. period after Reconstruction when race relations were at their worst
  2. speech delivered by William Jennings Bryan advocating the use of silver not just gold
  3. regulated railroads, particularly monopoly practices
  4. formally ended the Russo-Japansese War; negotiations led by Teddy Roosevelt
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  1. Italian immigrant anarchists who were accused and executed perhaps because of nativism
  2. educational institution with the best US History students
  3. political movement aiming to promote the voice of the common man
  4. a false promise by Germany to warn passenger ships
  5. My score on the US History EOC
  6. University where everyone wants to go but not everyone can

10 Clues: My score on the US History EOC • a false promise by Germany to warn passenger ships • regulated railroads, particularly monopoly practices • educational institution with the best US History students • University where everyone wants to go but not everyone can • political movement aiming to promote the voice of the common man • ...

teachers crossword 2021-05-07

teachers crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. the math teacher
  2. The Band teacher
  3. The other PE Teacher
  4. The science Teacher
  5. The counselor
  6. person who cleans the school
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  1. the history/civics teacher
  2. The ELA teacher
  3. the PE teacher
  4. the intro to vision tech teacher
  5. person who gives us you lunch
  6. the orchestra teacher
  7. The Principal
  8. The wrestling coach
  9. The Librarian

15 Clues: The Principal • The counselor • The Librarian • the PE teacher • The ELA teacher • the math teacher • The Band teacher • The science Teacher • The wrestling coach • The other PE Teacher • the orchestra teacher • the history/civics teacher • person who cleans the school • person who gives us you lunch • the intro to vision tech teacher

Civil War 2022-05-09

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. bloodiest battle of the Civil War
  2. site of Lee's surrender to Grant
  3. prison camp that was more deadly than most battlefields
  4. another name for Bull Run
  5. the Gettysburg Address was a speech given at the dedication of this
  6. Union general who refused to follow Lincoln's order to pursue Lee after the battle of Antietam
  7. featured speaker at dedication of Gettysburg Cemetery
  8. nickname given to Gen Thomas Jackson for the way he pushed back Union forces
  9. the Siege of Vicksburg was fought to control this river
  10. the Battle of Hampton Roads was the first battle between these type of ships
  11. state in which the first shots of the war were fired
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  1. this Proclamation didn't actually free any slaves
  2. the fort that saw the first shots of the Civil War
  3. Confederate General who led his forces into Gettysburg and had to retreat in defeat
  4. this general made his March to the Sea in late 1864
  5. another name for the single bloodiest day in US history
  6. crop the South used to purchase supplies from Europe
  7. both Grant and Lee graduated from here
  8. site of the bloodiest single day in US history

19 Clues: another name for Bull Run • site of Lee's surrender to Grant • bloodiest battle of the Civil War • both Grant and Lee graduated from here • site of the bloodiest single day in US history • this Proclamation didn't actually free any slaves • the fort that saw the first shots of the Civil War • this general made his March to the Sea in late 1864 • ...

Unit 8: Early 20th Century Georgia crossword 2024-05-14

Unit 8: Early 20th Century Georgia crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. a time period in which a geographical area receives less than 2 inches of precipitation annually.
  2. act that allowed the US government to send billions of dollars in supplies and military equipment to allied countries in exchange for US rights in their military bases
  3. insect whose larvae food on cotton crops; decimated cotton production in the southeastern United States
  4. the most destructive war in human history; America entered the war in 1941 after the Japanese attack on pearl habor
  5. New Deal program that provided retirement and unemployment insurance for American taxpayers
  6. Goergia congressman who was an advocate for a strong US military; served 25 terms in the US house of Representatives, making him the longest serving congressman in US history
  7. a factor that led to the Great Depression; farmers continued to produce record numbers of crop yield though the demand for agricultural products was limited; this drove the cost of these products down.
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  1. Georgia governor and influential long term US senator
  2. American Naval base in Hawaii; a surprise attack on the base by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941 resulted in the US entering world war 2
  3. Goergia city that was home to Roosevelt's "little white house" site's warm water mineral springs were used as a rehabilitation center for polio victims.
  4. four time Georgia governor that fought against Roosevelt's New Deal policies.
  5. major war primarily between European powers; U.S. entered the war in 1917
  6. the New Deal program designed to build the capabilities to bring electricity to rural areas
  7. commonly known as FDR, was an AMerican statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death at Warm springs,Georgia in 1945; visited Goergia more than 40 times for his treatment of polio at warm springs
  8. a New Deal program that paid farmers a stipend not to grow crops in order to increase the price of agricultural products
  9. name given to a series of federal programs spearhead by president Franklin Roosevelt in order to help the nation recover from the Great depression
  10. a New Deal program that hired unemployed young men to work on public works projects

17 Clues: Georgia governor and influential long term US senator • major war primarily between European powers; U.S. entered the war in 1917 • four time Georgia governor that fought against Roosevelt's New Deal policies. • a New Deal program that hired unemployed young men to work on public works projects • ...

US History Unit 4 Keywords 2018-03-23

US History Unit 4 Keywords crossword puzzle
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  1. Trial of a president which can lead to them being removed from office
  2. Series of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon for which al-Qaeda claimed responsibility
  3. Peace agreement in Bosnia and Herzegovina ending Yugoslavian Wars
  4. Act making heath insurance mandatory and available to more Americans
  5. Use of violence to cause fear among a population in order to achieve a goal
  6. Banking crisis and depression that left many Americans with large amounts of debt
  7. Dictator of Iraq who invaded Kuwait
  8. Islamic groups that uses violence in attempt to create a society that models ancient Islam civilizations in Iraq and surrounding nations
  9. Computers and other machines and how they work and advancements made in this area
  10. Texas billionaire who ran as a third-party candidate in the 1992 presidential election
  11. The diversity of the human population in an area
  12. Education policy using set standards and goals to try to offer equal education to all children
  13. Massively destructive hurricane that revealed persisting racial inequalities
  14. Set of financial changes put in place to help the economy
  15. Military intervention to control and reduce terrorism
  16. Court case removing laws prohibiting disrespecting the American flag
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  1. Health care provided for senior citizens in America by the government
  2. War fought by the US and international forces against Iraq to protect important oil exporting nations of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia
  3. Act signed by George HW Bush to give more rights to Americans with disabilities
  4. Financial support for retired citizens in the US
  5. North America Free Trade Agreement which made trade among North American nations easier
  6. Prices of houses that suddenly collapsed in 2007
  7. Court case following the very tight 2000 election to determine which candidate would be president
  8. When people move to a new country without permission from the government
  9. George W Bush’s political policy that was a modified version of conservatism
  10. Leader of the al Qaeda terrorist organization
  11. Act giving the government more rights in order to combat terrorism in the US
  12. Policy of using military force against governments of nations regarded as a threat to the US
  13. General in Panama who the US sent military troops to remove from power
  14. Islamic terrorist group led by Osama bin Laden

30 Clues: Dictator of Iraq who invaded Kuwait • Leader of the al Qaeda terrorist organization • Islamic terrorist group led by Osama bin Laden • Financial support for retired citizens in the US • Prices of houses that suddenly collapsed in 2007 • The diversity of the human population in an area • Military intervention to control and reduce terrorism • ...

US History Vocab: Set 1 2022-01-31

US History Vocab: Set 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. a government tax on imports or exports,
  2. is an accommodation in which both sides make concessions
  3. the federal principle or system of government
  4. to leave out or exclude (someone or something), either intentionally or forgetfully
  5. approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
  6. is a more or less permanent union of countries with some or most political power vested in a central authority
  7. a war measure isolating an area of importance to the enemy
  8. something gained
  9. a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed
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  1. a LEGAL RIGHT to vote
  2. to cancel officially
  3. culpably involved
  4. a retaliatory action against an enemy
  5. a long and severe recession in an economy or market
  6. nonparticipation in a dispute or war,
  7. a written grant by a country's legislative or sovereign power, by which a body such as a company, college, or city is founded and its rights and privileges defined
  8. an authoritative order; a decree
  9. a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money
  10. someone who leaves one country to settle in another
  11. to give over

20 Clues: to give over • something gained • culpably involved • to cancel officially • a LEGAL RIGHT to vote • an authoritative order; a decree • a retaliatory action against an enemy • nonparticipation in a dispute or war, • a government tax on imports or exports, • the federal principle or system of government • a long and severe recession in an economy or market • ...

US History Review Extra Credit 2013-03-25

US History Review Extra Credit crossword puzzle
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  1. Political party that believed in an income tax, bank regulations, government ownership of railroads and telegraph companies, and unlimited coinage of silver.
  2. Allows citizens to vote on proposed or exiting laws.
  3. Lass passed by Southern states to keep the newly freed slaves inferior to whites and in a slave-like condition.
  4. A neighborhood center staffed by women for education, recreation, and social activities in poor areas. Often provided job training for immigrants; Jane Addams started the first one in the United States.
  5. White supremacist group that attacked African American politicians and leaders and white politicians who supported them.
  6. Hawaiian Queen who fought to put the Native Hawaiians back in charge of the islands before being forcefully removed from power.
  7. Writers that exposed the filth of society in popular magazines.
  8. Nickname for the Progressive Party that supported Theodore Roosevelt for President after Taft received the Republican Presidential nomination.
  9. This President fought to protect the consumer by passing the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act.
  10. Economic system in which private businesses run most industries, allowing competition to determine prices and wages.
  11. Founder of the American Red Cross.
  12. Type of mining that used water under high pressure to blast away dirt, exposing the minerals underneath.
  13. Abolished slavery specifically in the South during the Civil War.
  14. This amendment allowed voters to directly elect U.S. Senators.
  15. Effect of the transcontinental railroad; split the United States into four different time zones.
  16. This amendment enforced prohibition.
  17. Acronym for the group started by Susan B. Anthony that campaigned for a national amendment to give women the right to vote.
  18. Men who herded cattle from ranches to the railheads to ship them to meatpacking industries.
  19. President who got impeached for breaking the Tenure of Office Act.
  20. This amendment ended slavery.
  21. This act prohibited railroads from accepting rebates so all companies paid the same amount for shipping.
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  1. This amendment gave women the right to vote.
  2. Gave the Emancipation Proclamation.
  3. Assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
  4. First African American senator.
  5. Used by Joseph Pulitzer and William Hearst; used biased and scandalous stories and shocking illustrations to sell newspapers.
  6. Reform movement that addressed many of the social problems industrialization created.
  7. Fear of foreigners
  8. Ban on making, selling, and distributing alcohol.
  9. Union general and later president during Reconstruction.
  10. A trust with complete control over an industry, causing there to be no competition from other firms.
  11. Process of making immigrants more American; process requiring Native Americans to give up all aspects of the culture and instead adopting the white American culture.
  12. Battle where Sioux Indians defeated General Custer and his men.
  13. Wilson’s reform plan that called for tariff reductions, banking reform, and stronger anti-trust legislation.
  14. This President lost support of the Progressive Republicans because he allowed a high tariff to be passed and because of the Ballinger-Pinchot Affair.
  15. Policy proposed by the United States which aimed to give all nations equal trading rights in China.
  16. President of the Confederacy.
  17. This amendment allowed Congress to levy an income tax.
  18. This amendment gave all men citizenship regardless of race.
  19. This amendment gave all men the right to vote regardless of race.

40 Clues: Fear of foreigners • Assassinated Abraham Lincoln. • President of the Confederacy. • This amendment ended slavery. • First African American senator. • Founder of the American Red Cross. • Gave the Emancipation Proclamation. • This amendment enforced prohibition. • This amendment gave women the right to vote. • Ban on making, selling, and distributing alcohol. • ...

Chapter 5 Crossword (US History) 2014-12-04

Chapter 5 Crossword (US History) crossword puzzle
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  1. Viewed the land as Sacred Grounds and used all the land
  2. Featured much diversity in this occupation
  3. Improved the treatment of the Native Americans
  4. Famous cattle trail
  5. Wildlife and other things that made the plains dangerous
  6. Was an important writer of this time
  7. A place where Native Americans were place after being driven out of their homelands
  8. A famous battle with the Native Americans
  9. Brought gold and a growth of economy to the West
  10. Government Act that provided free housing in the West
  11. Inspiration of the cowboys riding horses
  12. Replaced cowboys and ranchers in the open range
  13. Featured much variety due to the many immigrants and races
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  1. What this section is about
  2. Included the combined harvester
  3. The act that required Natives to be forced into white culture
  4. Allowed the building of railroads
  5. The Native Americans used every part of this animal
  6. A rail system
  7. Where sod is stored
  8. Immigrants that helped building the transcontinental railroad

21 Clues: A rail system • Famous cattle trail • Where sod is stored • What this section is about • Included the combined harvester • Allowed the building of railroads • Was an important writer of this time • Inspiration of the cowboys riding horses • A famous battle with the Native Americans • Featured much diversity in this occupation • Improved the treatment of the Native Americans • ...

AP US History: Chapter 1 2016-09-12

AP US History: Chapter 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. Indian religious leader that led an uprising, killed hundreds of Europeans, captured Santa Fe, and drove the Spanish temporarily out of the region.
  2. the birthplace of Columbus
  3. Movement removed land from cultivation and limited England's ability to feed it's population
  4. I the strong leader of the English that helped them develop a sense of nationalism and encouraged expansion
  5. people traced their heredity through, and inherited property from their mothers rather than their fathers
  6. Revolution In all regions of the United State, tribes were experiencing __ because they were developing new sources of food, clothing, and shelter
  7. Hudson had a river named after him, and his explorations led to a permanent Dutch presence in the New World
  8. the name in which societies of the Maya regions were superseded by other Meso-American tribes; a name that eventually described people from a number of different tribes
  9. de Bois Adventurous fur traders and trappers who also penetrated far in the wilderness and developed an extensive trade that became a small part of the French colonial economy
  10. this tribe created the largest empire in the Americas
  11. Magellan A Portuguese employed by the Spanish completed the first known circumnavigation of the globe
  12. Puritans who were determined to worship as they pleased in their own independent congregations
  13. The __ people were in America before Columbus, and was named after a town in New Mexico where archeologists first discovered evidence of their tools and weapons
  14. was written on a post after the "Lost Colony" was destroyed
  15. Henry dreamed of establishing a Christian Empire in Asia to aid his country's wars against the Moors
  16. Reformation this began more because of a political dispute between the king and the pope than as a result of the doctrinal revolts
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  1. Revolt launched efforts to suppress tribal rituals that Europeans considered incompatible with Christianity
  2. Calvin went even further than Luther in rejecting the Catholic belief and introduced the doctrine of predestination
  3. the belief that the Irish were wild, vicious, and ignorant "savages" led to the ___ of the Irish
  4. slave trade Africans began selling slaves to traders from the Mediterranean in the ___
  5. was when a white man married a native woman; was a form of labor recruitment
  6. the first English colony
  7. The __ period is the history of the humans in America during a period of 5000 years around 8000 B.C.
  8. Sir Richard Grenville established a colony here by the orders of Raleigh. Sir Francis Drake arrived here the spring after it was settled with supplies and reinforcements also known as the "Lost Colony"

24 Clues: the first English colony • the birthplace of Columbus • this tribe created the largest empire in the Americas • was written on a post after the "Lost Colony" was destroyed • was when a white man married a native woman; was a form of labor recruitment • slave trade Africans began selling slaves to traders from the Mediterranean in the ___ • ...

US History Vocab Maddy Baar 2016-11-16

US History Vocab Maddy Baar crossword puzzle
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  1. People who raced for land in Oklahoma
  2. helped speed up of the processes of every day life and created new jobs for the US
  3. means "hands off" or non interference
  4. Federal land that was set aside for the Indians
  5. group of people who didn't feel that the 2 main political parties were doing enough to protect their interests and they decided to start their own party
  6. department of the government who was in charge of making sure that reservations had enough of al critical supplies so Native Americans would be taken care of
  7. when a company drives their competitors out of business and buy them out for a very low price, then raise prices to make up lost profits
  8. taxes put on imported goods that were meant to protect American made goods against cheaper or better made products coming in from other countries
  9. Industrialists that were praised for creating jobs and giving generously to charities
  10. proof that the US had taken it's place as one of the world powers when it came to hard work and inventiveness
  11. philosophy that suggested government ownership of businesses and the equal distribution of wealth
  12. People who cheated and left early for the best land
  13. a pull factor for most people, it was cheap, and it was most everyone life dream to own this
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  1. when a company is in complete control of a product or service and have eliminated all of their competition
  2. quit his job and became a full time inventor, worked on how to get an electric light to glow for a long time without overheating and burning up, and he invented the phonograph
  3. kept money supplies tight because it had to be backed by gold
  4. loose association of businesses who produce the same product. They limit production to drive up prices
  5. an attempt by the government to turn Native Americans into the rest of society
  6. philosophy that believes in the Survival of the Fittest. Government should take a laissez-faire approach
  7. Gaining control of the businesses that control the phases of a product's development
  8. a union during the post civil war, they only allowed membership to skilled workers. Lead by Samuel Gompers, they tried to obtain better wages, working hours and working conditions
  9. a new way of burning impurities out of iron thus producing a lighter, stronger, more flexible steel
  10. people who bought land cheap and sold it for profit
  11. connected the east and the west and employed immigrant workers
  12. land parcels were measured, registered, and deeded, this assured people that it was worth the risk to move out west and become land owners
  13. As production increases the cost of each item produced is lower
  14. first labor unions, lead by Terence Powderly, tried to organize all workers into unions, they accepted women, blacks and even unskilled workers, they worked towards reforms like equal pay for equal work, the 8 hour work day, and the end of child labor
  15. Signed by President Lincoln in 1862, they could buy 160 acres but only if they were 21 or the head of a family, they had to build a house on the land that had to be a certain size, live on the land for at least 6 months, and had to farm it for 5 years in a row
  16. Industrialists seen as stripping the world of its natural resources, competing ruthlessly to put others out of business and for treating their workers in a cruel and heartless way to increase their profits
  17. policemen that were called in for protests and strikes

30 Clues: People who raced for land in Oklahoma • means "hands off" or non interference • Federal land that was set aside for the Indians • people who bought land cheap and sold it for profit • People who cheated and left early for the best land • policemen that were called in for protests and strikes • kept money supplies tight because it had to be backed by gold • ...

US History Unit 2 Vocab 2022-09-29

US History Unit 2 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. The battle of ___ gave decisive victory to Americans over British in A.R
  2. Head of government in a country with a parliamentary political system
  3. The ____Act granted British East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the American Colonies (1773)
  4. The ____________ Petition was a final appeal to King before formal war declared
  5. The battle of ___ was the last major battle of the A.R
  6. The _____Acts were a series of punitive laws passed by the British parliament after the Boston Tea Party (1774)
  7. The Albany Plan of ___ was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government
  8. The Treaty of ___ (1783) ended the A.R and officially recognized the United States of America as independent nation
  9. A soldier hired to serve in a foreign army for a fee
  10. The ___Act enforced tax on sugar, molasses, and other products imported into the American colonies from non-British colonies (1764)
  11. Colonists who rejected British crown and wanted independence
  12. The ___Acts taxed imported goods and colonists saw act as abuse of power (1767)
  13. Loosely organized sometimes violent poilitical organization active in the 13 colonies founded to advance the rights of colonists and fight taxation without representation
  14. American colonists who stayed loyal to British Crown during American Revolution
  15. Forced accomodations for British troops on colonies
  16. The Second ________ was a meeting of delegates from 13 colonies united in the American Revolution (1775)
  17. Thomas Paine wrote 47 page pamphlet advocating independence from Britain with moral and political arguments called _____
  18. The___Act was a declaration by British parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act (1766)
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  1. A ban that forbids cooperation with a policy or handling of good etc.
  2. ___ of 1763 was a British produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide (KG3) transferred French territory to Britain
  3. The ___Act was a direct tax on paper products to help pay for British troops during French and Indian War (1765)
  4. The _____War was a French-British dispute over land/trade routes and British "won" happened 1754-1763 (7yrs War)
  5. Intellectual and philosophical movement emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition
  6. Confrontation in Boston where 9 British soldiers shot 5 unarmed colonists in a violent crowd(1770)
  7. Act of sealing off place to prevent people or goods from leaving
  8. The rights given to all humans, simply for being human
  9. The battle of ___ was the first victory for American troops
  10. Practice of making or seeking to make an excessive/unfair profit
  11. The Battles of ____ & _____ were the first military engagements of American Revolution (1775)
  12. The _____Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of 13 colonies (1774)
  13. ____Revere was a Sons of Liberty member, patriot, founding father, went to Lexington to warn patriots hiding there of possible British attack
  14. The ___ of Paris (1763) was a treaty concluding conflicts of French and Indian War
  15. A military operation in which enemy forces surround a town and force it to surrender by cutting off essentials (food)

33 Clues: Forced accomodations for British troops on colonies • A soldier hired to serve in a foreign army for a fee • The rights given to all humans, simply for being human • The battle of ___ was the last major battle of the A.R • The battle of ___ was the first victory for American troops • Colonists who rejected British crown and wanted independence • ...

Us History Chapter 2 Vocabulary 2022-09-19

Us History Chapter 2 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. A 16th century religious movement rejecting some Catholic teachings and practices
  2. One of a series of expeditions Europeans made to regain control of Christian Holy sites.
  3. A large farm
  4. a point of land that sticks out into the water, much like a peninsula
  5. A reawakening of culture and intellectual curiosity in Europe
  6. a Muslim house of worship
  7. an instrument used to plan a course using the stars
  8. A religious community where farming was carried out and Native Americans were converted to Christianity
  9. A fleet of Warships
  10. Settler who pays rent or provides work to a landlord in exchange for the right to use the landowner's land
  11. To travel completely around something, usually by water
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  1. A fort
  2. A sea passage between Atlantic and Pacific along the North coast of North America
  3. A form of Christianity opposed to the Catholic Church
  4. an instrument that shows the direction of magnetic north
  5. the use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes
  6. Spanish explorer
  7. related to the culture of early Greece and Rome
  8. A town in the Spanish lands
  9. a journey to a holy place
  10. resistance, such as disease

21 Clues: A fort • A large farm • Spanish explorer • A fleet of Warships • a Muslim house of worship • a journey to a holy place • A town in the Spanish lands • resistance, such as disease • related to the culture of early Greece and Rome • an instrument used to plan a course using the stars • A form of Christianity opposed to the Catholic Church • ...

Unit 1 Vocab- US History 2022-08-31

Unit 1 Vocab- US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. crop, crop that is needed for a population (ex. corn, wheat, rice, cotton)
  2. neglect, Great Britain policy to not interfere with American policies and economy as long as they are benefited
  3. history, traditions passed down through spoken word
  4. Exchange, transfer of items (plants, animals, diseases) between Europe Africa and the Americas
  5. ancestral decent traced through maternal line instead of paternal
  6. a conquerer
  7. colony, colony granted to individual(s) with fullest prerogatives of government
  8. Awakening, religious revival that impacted colonies in America during 1730s-40s
  9. trade, trade of goods between Europe Africa and the Americas (Transatlantic Slave Trade)
  10. Passage, stage of Transatlantic Slave Trade in which millions of enslaved Africans were transported to Americas
  11. Compact, a set of rules for self-governance established by the English settlers who travelled to New World on the Mayflower
  12. of Burgesses, first form of local government and elected officials in Virginia
  13. member of the group of English Protestants who regarded the Reformation of the Church of England as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate
  14. religious movement to reform Catholic Churches resulting in the creation of Protestant Churches
  15. large farms in colonies that used slaves to produce cash crops
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  1. company, company whose stock is jointly owned by share-holders therefore they split the profits and share the losses.
  2. a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons
  3. crops, crops produced for commercial value and not for individual use
  4. social system existing in Medieval Europe where people worked and fought for nobles who would provide protection
  5. practice of trading good/services for other goods/services
  6. colony, colony directly governed by the crown
  7. servants, a person who is voluntarily bound to work for another for a specified time in return for payment in land
  8. without fixed habitation and regularly moving/wandering
  9. transitional period in Europe from Middle Ages to modernity
  10. the economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances
  11. of Tordesillas, Line of Demarcation gives East to Portugal and West to Spain

26 Clues: a conquerer • colony, colony directly governed by the crown • history, traditions passed down through spoken word • without fixed habitation and regularly moving/wandering • practice of trading good/services for other goods/services • transitional period in Europe from Middle Ages to modernity • a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons • ...

US History study guide crossword 2022-12-12

US History study guide crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. the use of a country's financial power to extend its international influence
  2. a form of diplomacy which uses intimidation to scare countries into submission
  3. group of American writers identified with pre-World War I reform and exposé writing.
  4. a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries
  5. illegal bars during the prohibition
  6. the promotion of a widespread fear of a potential rise of communism
  7. a four wheeled vehicle used for transportation
  8. the belief that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively
  9. An organised group of workers
  10. a truce; agreement from both sides to stop fighting
  11. a type of land warfare using occupied lines largely comprising military trenches
  12. the making of amends for a wrong one has done
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  1. an area of land that is controlled by no one between two countries at war
  2. national policy to avoid interactions with other countries
  3. protecting the interests of the "Native born"
  4. the state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict
  5. the state or process of being international
  6. a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
  7. a place where many cultures and races mix in with each other
  8. to absorb, attach or add another thing or country

20 Clues: An organised group of workers • illegal bars during the prohibition • the state or process of being international • protecting the interests of the "Native born" • the making of amends for a wrong one has done • a four wheeled vehicle used for transportation • to absorb, attach or add another thing or country • a truce; agreement from both sides to stop fighting • ...

US History: The Early Republic 2023-01-25

US History: The Early Republic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Kidnapping sailors and forcing them to serve in a navy.
  2. The Alien and Sedition Act was passed by this president.
  3. Secret agents demanded a bribe to speak with the French ambassador.
  4. Farmers and southerners supported this party.
  5. This court case created Judicial Review.
  6. This Native American leader was killed during the Battle of the Thames.
  7. The ________ party believed in a strong central government.
  8. Treaty of _____ ended the War of 1812
  9. A person who favored going to war with Great Britain.
  10. This person sold the USA the Louisiana Purchase.
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  1. Pledge that the USA will defend any former colonies in the Americas against attack from Europe.
  2. Refusing to trade with a nation
  3. Farmers protested a tax on molasses in the ________
  4. States said they could ______ federal laws they disagreed with.
  5. Hamilton wanted to create a ________.
  6. This battle took place after the War of 1812 officially ended.
  7. The Election of 1796 was the first time candidates ran for a national _______.
  8. Dolly Madison saved this from the White House before it burned.
  9. Advisors to the president.
  10. France and the USA fought naval battles but never declared war in the _______.

20 Clues: Advisors to the president. • Refusing to trade with a nation • Hamilton wanted to create a ________. • Treaty of _____ ended the War of 1812 • This court case created Judicial Review. • Farmers and southerners supported this party. • This person sold the USA the Louisiana Purchase. • Farmers protested a tax on molasses in the ________ • ...

US Quiz - Politics, History, Geography 2020-05-11

US Quiz - Politics, History, Geography crossword puzzle
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  1. with 325m inhabitants, the US is the ... most populated country in the world
  2. the name of the separation of powers in the US (3 words)
  3. the lower chamber of the US Congress: House of ...
  4. the US form of government (2 words)
  5. the three largest cities in the US are New York City, Los Angeles and ...
  6. first African American President
  7. Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana and some other states are called the Great ... States because of their location
  8. if, as a politician, you keep on talking and talking to prevent a bill from passing
  9. around ... per cent of US Americans are ethnically white
  10. the US population elects the President indirectly, through the ... (2 words)
  11. protest against it brought countless people into the streets in the late sixties (2 words)
  12. the ... Mountains pass the US from New Mexico all the way through Montana and onwards to Canada
  13. highest US court (2 words)
  14. the northeastern states of the US are called New ...
  15. the first US President
  16. the current US Vice president (2 words)
  17. the closest US territory, in the Caribbean: ... (2 words)
  18. the US rank on the "Corruption Perception Index"
  19. which President LBJ stands for
  20. manipulating the boundaries of voting districts to favour your own party
  21. a US motto: "E ... unum"
  22. the number of US federal states
  23. POTUS is an acronym for the ...
  24. the only President ever to resign from the office
  25. the one with Lewinsky
  26. what "G.O.P." stands for when talking about Republicans (3 words)
  27. mainly responsible for conservative 80s politics
  28. name of the US legislative
  29. what defeated Nixon
  30. with 9.8m km2, the US is the ... biggest country in the world
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  1. the most important US document from 1776 (3 words)
  2. the party logo of the Republicans
  3. helped free the slaves before he was shot while watching a play
  4. President Roosevelt's economic strategy against the Great Depression (2 words)
  5. 1950s senator who carried out a witch hunt to discover alleged Communists in American society
  6. the American Dream: from ... to riches
  7. which President FDR stands for
  8. 1861-65 (2 words)
  9. the number of original US colonies
  10. the upper chamber of the US Congress
  11. another word for local political activism
  12. when the Japanese planes came to Hawai'i (2 words)
  13. the first 10 Amendments to the US Constitution (3 words)
  14. he wrote "all men are created equal", but had slaves of his own
  15. the US rank on the international "Democracy Index" (2 words)
  16. shot in Dallas in 1963
  17. the flat states of Kansas, the Dakotas and Nebraska are on the Great ...
  18. the US anthem is called The Star ... Banner
  19. after the Christians, the ... community is the largest religious community in the US
  20. in 1773 a political protest in Boston, during the Obama years a conservative movement
  21. the era of no more alcohol in the US
  22. the US government is elected every ... years
  23. the only place in the US where you cannot vote for the President (2 words)
  24. a US motto: "In ... we trust"
  25. the party logo of the Democrats
  26. federal states that sometimes vote Democrat and sometimes Republican (2 words)
  27. the ... community is the biggest ethnic minority community in the US
  28. "O'er the land of the free and the home of the ..."
  29. the official language of the US is ...
  30. President during 9/11

60 Clues: 1861-65 (2 words) • what defeated Nixon • the one with Lewinsky • President during 9/11 • shot in Dallas in 1963 • the first US President • a US motto: "E ... unum" • highest US court (2 words) • name of the US legislative • a US motto: "In ... we trust" • which President FDR stands for • which President LBJ stands for • the party logo of the Democrats • the number of US federal states • ...

US History Module 4 Crossword 2020-11-05

US History Module 4 Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a candidate that was for the Whig Party and was against Martin Van Buren
  2. a party that was a previous work of today’s Democratic party
  3. a House speaker that helped to promote the American System
  4. a canal that helped to link the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes
  5. a Secretary of the State that authorized a foreign policy with the basis of nationalism the belief that national interests are more important than regional concerns as well as impact from other countries
  6. a situation where after the banks and credit system were closed, the people had a decrease of savings, lots of businesses were bankrupted, and lots of the population (more than a third) were unemployed
  7. the process of producing goods in mass amounts
  8. the plan to unify nations and their economical differences
  9. a party that was created by Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams, and Daniel Webster to go against Andrew Jackson
  10. an inventor that created the first musket of interchangeable parts
  11. an act where the federal government helped by funding treaties that would cause the Indians to be moved to the West
  12. a tariff that protected the North and made the South buy expensive goods from the North
  13. a bank that was formed and later had issues against it where there was a personal war/vendetta and they almost got recharted
  14. a vice president for William Henry Harrison and actually was opposed to the parts of the Whig program
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  1. a senator in Massachusetts that thrived in the Senate and was able to give one of the best speeches in American history
  2. a Vice President that began the Tariff of Abominations
  3. the new start to the world that impacted the world socially and economically with the rise of machines and factory production
  4. a case in which Maryland attempted to file a heavy tax on the Bank of the US
  5. a treaty where Spain gave US Florida and the Oregon Territory
  6. a system where the incoming officials can kick out the previous appointees and replace them with their friends
  7. a Vice-President that was chosen by the Democrats to be a candidate after Andrew Jackson’s leave
  8. an invention that was used to clean seeds from cotton and separate it
  9. the road that started at Cumberland, Maryland to Vandalia, Illinois
  10. a set of parts that are identical
  11. a chief political opponent to John Quincy Adams
  12. a set of principles that was based from the action of Spain and Portugal, Russia, and the US in the Western Hemisphere area
  13. a trail where the Native American tribe called the Cherokee buried their people who died on the journey of moving to the West.
  14. the plan to place a tariff on imported goods to help increase money

28 Clues: a set of parts that are identical • the process of producing goods in mass amounts • a chief political opponent to John Quincy Adams • a Vice President that began the Tariff of Abominations • a House speaker that helped to promote the American System • the plan to unify nations and their economical differences • ...

US History to 1865 Review 2022-05-15

US History to 1865 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. These rights, mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, included life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
  2. Turning point of the Civil War in the east.
  3. This was settled by the Pilgrims.
  4. The abolitionist who conducted the Underground Railroad.
  5. Of or involving farming.
  6. A Mid-Atlantic colony established by the Quakers.
  7. The suffragist who was jailed for voting in an election.
  8. A large farm where cash crops are grown, located in the south.
  9. Author of the Declaration of Independence.
  10. Stated that slavery would end in the Confederate states;Jan. 1, 1863.
  11. James Monroe's policy of protecting lands in the Americas from European powers.
  12. This branch of government enforces the laws, and includes the office of the president.
  13. Famous Civil War nurse, who started the American Red Cross.
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  1. This was brought to America by the explorers, and brought death to Native Americans.
  2. The name of England's first attempt at a permanent settlement in the new world.
  3. This branch of government makes sure laws are in agreement with the US Constitution.
  4. The right to vote.
  5. This branch of government makes the laws.
  6. Another name for city life.
  7. The way a nation uses its resources, makes products, and distributes those products.
  8. Another name for country, farm life.
  9. This Native American tribe lived in igloos.
  10. Robert LaSalle explored and claimed this river and all of it's tributaries for France.
  11. A person whose passage to America was paid for in exchange for 7 years of labor.
  12. This trail was the northern route to the Pacific Ocean.
  13. A tax on imported goods.
  14. This explorer sought the Northwest Passage to Asia.
  15. This ocean borders the United States to the east.
  16. Enslaved African-American credited with the invention of the reaper.
  17. The nation created by southern states that seceded from the Union.

30 Clues: The right to vote. • Of or involving farming. • A tax on imported goods. • Another name for city life. • This was settled by the Pilgrims. • Another name for country, farm life. • This branch of government makes the laws. • Author of the Declaration of Independence. • Turning point of the Civil War in the east. • This Native American tribe lived in igloos. • ...

US History - Jefferson Era Puzzle 2022-10-19

US History - Jefferson Era Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. invented by Eli Whitney
  2. A famous Indian guide who helped guide Lewis and Clark
  3. the devotion to the culture and interests of one's country
  4. an agreement to balance free and slave states
  5. Ended the war of 1812
  6. They explored the Louisiana Purchase
  7. allowed merchants to trade only with countries other than France and England
  8. Went from Georgia to Illinois
  9. A time made up of the presidencies of Jefferson/Madison/Monroe
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  1. Stated America was for Americans
  2. a land purchase in 1803, doubled the land of America
  3. Invented by Robert Fulton in 1807
  4. they called forcible seizure of American sailors into the royal navy this term
  5. An American boat that sank and thus led to the war of 1812
  6. A tax on incoming goods
  7. Standardize parts that could be used in place of one another
  8. An agreement to cease fire
  9. John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay were known as this
  10. The 3rd president of the US
  11. Was a Supreme Court justice for 30 years

20 Clues: Ended the war of 1812 • invented by Eli Whitney • A tax on incoming goods • An agreement to cease fire • The 3rd president of the US • Went from Georgia to Illinois • Stated America was for Americans • Invented by Robert Fulton in 1807 • They explored the Louisiana Purchase • Was a Supreme Court justice for 30 years • an agreement to balance free and slave states • ...

Unit 3 Crossword US HISTORY 2022-10-24

Unit 3 Crossword US HISTORY crossword puzzle
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  1. To bring about an experience in which natives would raise above the land, and the whites would be buried by new land. The buffalo would return and all natives, dead and living, would be reunited.
  2. Taking away someone's right to vote
  3. Government law that banned chinese immigration for 10 years, and prohibited chinese from becoming US citizens.
  4. When prices fall because there's not enough money in circulation.
  5. The 1892 populist party presidential candidate
  6. Massacre caused by misfired rifle that led the US Army to kill nearly 150 unarmed men, women, and children.
  7. Laws in southern states that mandated racial segregation in public facilities like schools, resturants, and rail cars.
  8. Towns that were bypassed by the railroad and later disbanded.
  9. Growing crops on someone else's land, and owing them money and a share of your crops
  10. Many farmers were now deeply in debt from _____ needed to purchase large scale machinery required to increase yields
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  1. __________ made prices fall.
  2. Book written by Mark Twain that jokingly talked about rich people's greed and political corruption.
  3. If your grandpa had been able to to something/unable to do something, you should be able to do it/ unable to do it too.
  4. First professional baseball team
  5. would go to Coney Island amusement parks, and attend baseball games
  6. Land held by tribes was to be divided up among natives. They could not sell this land since the government owned it. After 25 years they would be given the deed to the land, and they would become American Citizens.
  7. Made up of thousands of acres that had been bought from sod busters
  8. would go to Vaudeville houses, dancehalls, and saloons for fun.
  9. In this case, the supreme court declared segregationlaws constitutional, stating that as long as accomodations were "seperate but equal" it was legal to separated facilities for blacks and whites.
  10. Government gave 160 acres to settlers who lived on the land for five years
  11. A building with thin walls, no windows, and outside bathrooms. It developed into sometimes dangerous city streets, and unsafe conditions.
  12. Farmers/Pioneers who went west
  13. These farmers were competing with the farmers out west.
  14. When a mob of people would gather and murder someone (Usually a black person) because they thought they had violated a law or social custon, "Mob Justice"
  15. Custer-Led military attack on Black Hills, where the US army was beaten by the Sioux (Crazy horse and sitting bull)
  16. Became the capital of western commerce because of it's railroad, factories, meat-packing plants, etc.
  17. The most famous farmer advocacy group

27 Clues: __________ made prices fall. • Farmers/Pioneers who went west • First professional baseball team • Taking away someone's right to vote • The most famous farmer advocacy group • The 1892 populist party presidential candidate • These farmers were competing with the farmers out west. • Towns that were bypassed by the railroad and later disbanded. • ...

Unit 1 Vocab- US History 2022-09-01

Unit 1 Vocab- US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. member of the group of English Protestants who regarded the Reformation of the Church of England as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate
  2. trade trade of goods between Europe Africa and the Americas (Transatlantic Slave Trade)
  3. of Tordesillas Line of Demarcation gives East to Portugal and West to Spain
  4. compact a set of rules for self-governance established by the English settlers who travelled to New World on the Mayflower
  5. neglect Great Britain policy to not interfere with American policies and economy as long as they are benefited
  6. history traditions passed down through spoken word
  7. religious movement to reform Catholic Churches resulting in the creation of Protestant Churches
  8. transitional period in Europe from Middle Ages to modernity
  9. a conquerer
  10. awakening religious revival that impacted colonies in America during 1730s-40s
  11. company company whose stock is jointly owned by share-holders therefore they split the profits and share the losses
  12. crop crop that is needed for a population (ex. corn, wheat, rice, cotton)
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  1. the economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances
  2. servants a person who is voluntarily bound to work for another for a specified time in return for payment in land
  3. ancestral decent traced through maternal line instead of paternal
  4. exchange transfer of items (plants, animals, diseases) between Europe Africa and the Americas
  5. social system existing in Medieval Europe where people worked and fought for nobles who would provide protection
  6. practice of trading good/services for other goods/services
  7. passage stage of Transatlantic Slave Trade in which millions of enslaved Africans were transported to Americas
  8. colony colony granted to individual(s) with fullest prerogatives of government
  9. colony colony directly governed by the crown
  10. a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons
  11. large farms in colonies that used slaves to produce cash crops
  12. crops crops produced for commercial value and not for individual use
  13. without fixed habitation and regularly moving/wandering
  14. of Burgesses first form of local government and elected officials in Virginia

26 Clues: a conquerer • colony colony directly governed by the crown • history traditions passed down through spoken word • without fixed habitation and regularly moving/wandering • practice of trading good/services for other goods/services • transitional period in Europe from Middle Ages to modernity • a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons • ...

US History Unit 4 Keywords 2017-11-24

US History Unit 4 Keywords crossword puzzle
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  1. When people can vote on issues like people voted on slavery in Utah and New Mexico before the Civil War
  2. Vote that sought to replace Abraham Lincoln’s Vice President and successor with a different president in 1868 but failed by one vote in the Senate
  3. Period after the Civil War from 1865 to 1877 when the United States were reunited and issues from the war were confronted
  4. War between Kansas and Missouri over slavery and Missouri disrupting Kansas’ vote on whether to allow slavery
  5. The first African-American regiment to serve in the Civil War
  6. Declaration by the Supreme Court that African-Americans could never be citizens of the United States
  7. Breaking away from a country like southern States did before the civil war
  8. Supporter of slavery who assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  9. Political party that supported granting more rights to African-American and wanted to punish Southern states for leaving the Union
  10. Where the last battle of the Civil War took place and General Lee surrendered
  11. State laws in the South that placed many limitations on the freedom of African-Americans
  12. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, good strategists and worked well together
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  1. Provisory president of the Confederacy made up of the seceded Southern states
  2. Series of debates between the candidates running for the Senate in Illinois in 1858
  3. Raid attempting to seize guns to give to slaves to help them obtain freedom that resulted in failure and the execution of the organizer
  4. Plan to cut the South off from supplies from the Atlantic and the Mississippi River.
  5. Compromise allowing California to enter the Union as a free state, Utah and New Mexico to vote on slavery, and ending slave trade in Washington DC
  6. Declaration by Abraham Lincoln freeing slaves in the states that had seceded from the Union
  7. Act making slaves who had escaped to Northern states be captured and returned to the South
  8. Act repealing the Missouri compromise and declaring that all states could choose to be slave states if they wanted
  9. Novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe demonstrating the immorality of slavery
  10. Political party in the north of the United States that opposed slavery
  11. Association that provided freed slaves and other Southerners with resources such as food, medical care, schools and land
  12. Ulysses S. Grant and Sherman, not particularly good strategists

24 Clues: Supporter of slavery who assassinated Abraham Lincoln • The first African-American regiment to serve in the Civil War • Ulysses S. Grant and Sherman, not particularly good strategists • Political party in the north of the United States that opposed slavery • Breaking away from a country like southern States did before the civil war • ...

US History in Film Vocabulary 2018-08-06

US History in Film Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. The prosecution and execution of 20 men and women for witchcraft in Massachusetts in 1692
  2. A person who agrees to work for another person for a specific period of time, usually seven years, under a contract. in return for transportation, food, and shelter
  3. Any of several acts of parliament between 1651 and 1847 designed primarily to expand British trade and limit trade by British colonies with countries that were rivals to Great Britain
  4. Agreement in which settlers of Plymouth Colony agreed to obey their government's laws
  5. Revolt in 1676 by Virginia colonists against the royal governor
  6. Colony with a governor appointed by the King
  7. One leg of the the triangular trade, also used to refer to the forced transport of slaves
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  1. operated from the late 16th to early 19th centuries, carrying slaves, cash crops, and manufactured goods between West Africa, Caribbean or American colonies and the European colonial powers
  2. A city in south western New York
  3. a form of church membership among the Congregational churches of New England allowed by decisions in 1657 and 1662 and permitting baptized persons of moral life and orthodox faith to enjoy privileges of full membership except the partaking of the Lord's Supper
  4. War, beginning in 1675, between English colonist and Native Americans
  5. Economic theory that a country should acquire as much bullion, or gold and silver as possible by exporting more goods than imports
  6. refers collectively to two joint stock companies chartered under James I on 10 April 1606 with the goal of establishing settlements on the coast of North America.
  7. One of the early English settlers of North America, he was credited with the first cultivation of tobacco as an export crop in the colony of Virginia
  8. Virginia legislation formed in 1619
  9. A member of an American Indian people of eastern virginia
  10. Critic of puritan leadership of Massachusetts Bay colony; banished for her religious beliefs
  11. People who favored the purification of England's Anglican Church
  12. A Puritan religious leader of the seventeenth century, born in England. After he was expelled from Massachusetts for his tolerant religious views, Williams founded the colony of Rhode Island as a place of complete religious toleration.
  13. A Native American woman notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown

20 Clues: A city in south western New York • Virginia legislation formed in 1619 • Colony with a governor appointed by the King • A member of an American Indian people of eastern virginia • Revolt in 1676 by Virginia colonists against the royal governor • People who favored the purification of England's Anglican Church • ...

US History Unit 3 Vocabulary 2018-09-01

US History Unit 3 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. the fundamental law of the United States, drafted in Philadelphia in 1787, ratified in 1788 and put into effect in 1789. It establishes a strong central government in place of the Articles of Confederation
  2. a political leader of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries; one of the Founding
  3. a riot in Boston arising from the resentment of Boston colonists toward British troops quartered inf the city, in which the troops fired on the mob and killed several persons.
  4. an agreement that large and small states reached during the constitutional convention of 1787.
  5. the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain
  6. an outline of the process for states to count slaves as part of the population to determine representation and taxation for the federal government
  7. an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies
  8. a colonist of the American revolutionary period who supported the British cause
  9. a series of military engagements between Britain and France in North America between 1754 and 1763.
  10. an act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents.
  11. a form of government in which elected individuals represent the citizen body and exercise power according to the rule of law under a constitution.
  12. people who supported the constitution
  13. the that persons’ moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they live.
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  1. a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775-76 advocating independence from Great Britain to the people in the Thirteen Colonies
  2. who did not support the constitution and were against it
  3. 1st president of the United States; commander-in-chief of the continental Army during the American Revolution
  4. the leader of the Democratic-Republican party, and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and served as president from 1801 to 1809
  5. rights that people supposedly have under natural law
  6. a treaty that ended the French and Indian War between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies.
  7. the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789
  8. a treaty signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War
  9. commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence
  10. a seventeenth-century English philosopher
  11. the first ten amendments to the constitution.
  12. an American revolutionary leader and pamphleteer who supported the American colonist’s fight for independence and supported the French Revolution
  13. a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system

26 Clues: people who supported the constitution • a seventeenth-century English philosopher • the first ten amendments to the constitution. • rights that people supposedly have under natural law • who did not support the constitution and were against it • commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence • ...

US History Chapter 4 & 5 2023-09-24

US History Chapter 4 & 5 crossword puzzle
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  1. General of the British army
  2. Treaty that ended the French and Indian War in 1763
  3. Act that taxed legal documents
  4. University that was founded to train Native Americans as missionaries to their own people
  5. Act that stated that the colonies were subordinate to Britain
  6. The first professional musician and composer born in America
  7. What the French and Indian War was known as in Europe
  8. Along with political freedoms, what other freedoms did the Great Awakening help the colonists develop
  9. Preacher of America's most famous sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
  10. Denomination that John and Charles Wesley helped organize
  11. What the Great Awakening was called in Britain
  12. Correctly predicted an eclipse
  13. Best-known missionary to the Indigenous tribes
  14. Idea that the colonies existed solely for the good of their mother country
  15. War that began in 1754
  16. Name given to the Congress that met in 1765
  17. Agreement that granted membership to unconverted descendants of church members
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  1. Young Irish member of Parliament who defended the colonies
  2. Helped introduce the smallpox inoculation
  3. German immigrants who demonstrated a zeal for missionary work
  4. British Prime Minister who canceled land grants and raised the taxes
  5. The most powerful voice of the Great Awakening
  6. Man who led the Virginia Rangers during the French and Indian War
  7. First poet of African descent in America
  8. Act that required colonists to give housing to British soldiers
  9. The Proclamation of 1763 canceled all of these

26 Clues: War that began in 1754 • General of the British army • Act that taxed legal documents • Correctly predicted an eclipse • First poet of African descent in America • Helped introduce the smallpox inoculation • Name given to the Congress that met in 1765 • The most powerful voice of the Great Awakening • What the Great Awakening was called in Britain • ...

US History Open Notebook Assignment 2024-08-21

US History Open Notebook Assignment crossword puzzle
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  1. The South had better military ___________ to lead their troops because it was part of their cultural upbringing to prepare for eventual war someday.
  2. Type of tax that benefited the North more than the South and mafe manufactured goods from England too expensive.
  3. In the South, the growth of "________ ________" and commercial farming let to a desire for more western lands.
  4. The North had a higher one and it was a big advantage.
  5. The Union war strategy was known as the ______________ Plan.
  6. Indians were forced to march along the Trail of ___________.
  7. Speech that freed the slaves.
  8. A Latin word used by historians to describe the period (or "Era") of time of time "before the war."
  9. Loyalty to a particular region of a country as opposed to the country itself.
  10. President of the C.S.A.
  11. South Carolina was the first state to do this (to leave the USA).
  12. The President who freed the slaves.
  13. Period of time describing the advancement from a subsistence lifestyle to one where more goods are grown and more opportunities for buying and selling exist than ever before.
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  1. When the will of the citizens get to determine the direction of their government.
  2. Doing everything possible to win battles, including breaking the "rules" of warfare.
  3. The south had fewer of these than the North, limiting its ability to manufacture things as quickly.
  4. Someone who wanted an immediate end to slavery.
  5. The state named for the Compromise of 1820.
  6. destiny Idea that Americans was meant to settled the entire continent to the Pacific Ocean.
  7. This state entered the Union as a result of the Compromise of 1850.
  8. The Oregon ____________
  9. The firing on Fort _________ was the official start of The Civil War.
  10. The _______________ Railroad.
  11. Slav states that did not secede from the Union were called ___________ states.
  12. This law forced all citizens to report and return any person who had escaped slavery in the south after 1850.
  13. Another name for the C.S.A.

26 Clues: The Oregon ____________ • President of the C.S.A. • Another name for the C.S.A. • The _______________ Railroad. • Speech that freed the slaves. • The President who freed the slaves. • The state named for the Compromise of 1820. • Someone who wanted an immediate end to slavery. • The North had a higher one and it was a big advantage. • ...

AP US History Period 1 2024-04-27

AP US History Period 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. A disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C, which affected many sailors during long sea voyages in the Age of Exploration.
  2. The chief of the Powhatan Confederacy, a group of Native American tribes in Virginia encountered by the Jamestown settlers.
  3. An economic system based on the theory that a nation's wealth and power depend on its ability to accumulate gold and silver by exporting more than it imports and establishing colonies as sources of raw materials and markets.
  4. A small, highly maneuverable sailing ship developed by the Portuguese in the 15th century, crucial for long-distance exploration.
  5. French Protestants who faced persecution in France and sought religious freedom, some of whom settled in the Americas, particularly in Florida and South Carolina.
  6. A Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in central Mexico in the 14th to 16th centuries until it was conquered by Hernán Cortés in 1521.
  7. The first permanent English settlement in North America, established in 1607 in present-day Virginia.
  8. A system of labor established by the Spanish in the Americas, where Spanish settlers were granted land and native laborers in exchange for converting them to Christianity.
  9. A French settlement founded by Samuel de Champlain in 1608, serving as the capital of New France and an important center of the fur trade.
  10. English Separatists who migrated to North America in 1620, seeking religious freedom and establishing Plymouth Colony.
  11. A Spanish conqueror or explorer, particularly those who sought to conquer the indigenous peoples of the Americas in the 16th century.
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  1. A Spanish conquistador who led the conquest of the Inca Empire in Peru in the 16th century.
  2. The practice of owning and exploiting individuals as property, which became a significant aspect of labor in the Americas, particularly in plantation economies.
  3. An ancient Native American city located near present-day St. Louis, Missouri, which was the largest urban center in the pre-Columbian Americas north of Mexico.
  4. A Native American woman belonging to the Powhatan tribe, known for her association with the Jamestown settlement and her role in facilitating relations between the Powhatan Confederacy and the English colonists.
  5. A group of indigenous peoples of the Caribbean encountered by Christopher Columbus during his voyages in the late 15th century.
  6. Large agricultural estates primarily producing cash crops such as tobacco, sugar, and cotton, often worked by enslaved laborers.
  7. An Italian explorer and navigator after whom America was named, who made several voyages to the Americas in the late 15th and early 16th centuries
  8. A type of corn that was one of the staple crops of Native American agriculture in the Americas, including present-day Mexico and the southwestern United States.
  9. An early English settlement in present-day North Carolina, often referred to as "The Lost Colony" due to its mysterious disappearance in the late 16th century.
  10. A treaty signed in 1494 between Spain and Portugal, dividing the newly discovered lands outside Europe between them along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands (off the west coast of Africa.

21 Clues: A Spanish conquistador who led the conquest of the Inca Empire in Peru in the 16th century. • The first permanent English settlement in North America, established in 1607 in present-day Virginia. • English Separatists who migrated to North America in 1620, seeking religious freedom and establishing Plymouth Colony. • ...

US History 9 - Chapter 3 2024-12-04

US History 9 - Chapter 3 crossword puzzle
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  1. Explorer knighted by Queen Elizabeth for attacking Spanish ships.
  2. Religious group seeking to leave the Church of England.
  3. Major city in Pennsylvania, planned by William Penn.
  4. Introduced tobacco cultivation to Virginia.
  5. Movement of Puritans to Massachusetts Bay Colony.
  6. Religious group seeking to reform the Church of England.
  7. Refuge for debtors, founded by James Oglethorpe.
  8. Religious dissenter who was banished from Massachusetts.
  9. Native American woman who married John Rolfe.
  10. Agreement signed by the Pilgrims to establish self-governance.
  11. Proprietary colony established as a refuge for Catholics.
  12. Religious group that settled Pennsylvania.
  13. Document granting rights to establish colonies in Virginia.
  14. Leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony who envisioned a "city on a hill."
  15. First representative assembly in the American colonies.
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  1. Colony founded by Roger Williams for religious freedom.
  2. Naval fleet defeated by England, paving the way for colonization.
  3. Colony established as a "holy experiment" by William Penn.
  4. Colony originally settled by the Dutch and renamed by the English.
  5. Cash crop that helped Jamestown prosper.
  6. Boundary line separating Maryland and Pennsylvania.
  7. The first successful English colony in North America.
  8. Original Dutch name for New York.
  9. Colony founded by the Pilgrims in 1620.
  10. Leader who helped Jamestown survive through trade with Native Americans.
  11. Colony created as a buffer against Spanish Florida.
  12. Quaker leader who established Pennsylvania.
  13. Wealthy landowners in New Netherland who ruled large estates.
  14. Governor of Plymouth and author of "Of Plymouth Plantation."
  15. Founder of Connecticut who advocated for democratic principles.
  16. Rebellion led by a Virginia planter in 1676.
  17. Staple crop of South Carolina.
  18. Group of Separatists who established Plymouth.

33 Clues: Staple crop of South Carolina. • Original Dutch name for New York. • Colony founded by the Pilgrims in 1620. • Cash crop that helped Jamestown prosper. • Religious group that settled Pennsylvania. • Introduced tobacco cultivation to Virginia. • Quaker leader who established Pennsylvania. • Rebellion led by a Virginia planter in 1676. • ...

US History - Chapter 2 Vocab 2024-12-05

US History - Chapter 2 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. A specific group of Separatists who traveled to America on the Mayflower seeking religious freedom.
  2. An English soldier and explorer who played a significant role in the early days of the Jamestown colony in Virginia.
  3. A settlement established by religious groups to convert people to their religion, often including a church.
  4. company A business entity where different investors can buy shares and fund a project, like establishing a colony.
  5. An agreement made by the Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower to create a government for their new colony.
  6. The first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America, established in Virginia.
  7. The title held by the founder of the Maryland colony, named Cecil Calvert, who promoted religious tolerance.
  8. A person appointed to govern a country or province on behalf of a king or queen.
  9. A colony ruled directly by the king or queen through appointed governors.
  10. Someone who tries to spread their religion to other people, often in different countries.
  11. People who wanted to separate from the Church of England to form their own independent congregations.
  12. A member of a religious group that believes in direct experience with God and equality for all people.
  13. A military fort built by the Spanish in the Americas to protect their settlements.
  14. A city in Canada, originally founded by the French.
  15. A Native American tribe in Virginia, also the name of their leader when English settlers arrived.
  16. A religious leader who founded Rhode Island for its policy of religious tolerance, separating church and state.
  17. A revolt in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.
  18. The first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, known for his vision of a "city upon a hill."
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  1. The founder of Pennsylvania, known for promoting religious freedom and treating Native Americans fairly.
  2. A conflict in the 1670s between Native Americans and English settlers in New England, named after the Wampanoag leader Metacom, also known as King Philip.
  3. The founder of the Georgia colony, who aimed to provide a place for debtors and the poor.
  4. A legal document that grants rights and privileges to a person or organization, often used to establish a colony.
  5. de bois French fur traders who traveled into Native American territories to trade for furs.
  6. The leader of the Wampanoag tribe during King Philip’s War, who resisted English colonization.
  7. A member of a religious group in England that sought to purify the Church of England and believed in strict religious discipline.
  8. A person of mixed European and Indigenous American ancestry.
  9. A colony granted by the king to a specific person or group, who has full governing rights.
  10. de Champlain A French explorer known as the "Father of New France" for his role in establishing Quebec and exploring parts of Canada.
  11. People of mixed Indigenous and French Canadian ancestry, historically linked to the fur trade.
  12. A Puritan woman who challenged the religious authorities in Massachusetts and was eventually banished.
  13. Passage A sea route through the Arctic that European explorers sought to find to connect Europe to Asia.

31 Clues: A city in Canada, originally founded by the French. • A person of mixed European and Indigenous American ancestry. • A colony ruled directly by the king or queen through appointed governors. • A person appointed to govern a country or province on behalf of a king or queen. • A military fort built by the Spanish in the Americas to protect their settlements. • ...

Chapter 5 US History Crossword 2024-11-26

Chapter 5 US History Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. to gather together
  2. a group of states joined together by a formal agreement
  3. a type of organization in which two related parts work together
  4. items in a legal document that state conditions or requirements
  5. a sense or belief a person has that a certain action is right or wrong
  6. relating to a system of government in which the national government shares power with other levels of government, such as the states; can also refer to national government
  7. entitlement that all people are born with and that cannot be taken away by the government
  8. to carefully discuss and consider issues
  9. a period from the late 1600s through the 1700s in which philosophers and intellectuals suggested that people should live by reason and intelligence rather than superstition and traditional beliefs
  10. to limit or take away some of the rights of others
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  1. having the power to carry out and enforce laws
  2. having to do with courts of law or decisions of right or wrong
  3. when each side in a disagreement gives up some of what they want to reach an agreement
  4. approval or agreement
  5. having the power to make laws
  6. to cancel or do away with something, such as a law
  7. the act of doing what is expected or what is ordered by law
  8. to change or add to a law or document
  9. the act of giving temporary lodging and meals to soldiers
  10. sign or give formal consent to a document or agreement

20 Clues: to gather together • approval or agreement • having the power to make laws • to change or add to a law or document • to carefully discuss and consider issues • having the power to carry out and enforce laws • to cancel or do away with something, such as a law • to limit or take away some of the rights of others • sign or give formal consent to a document or agreement • ...

US History Module 4 Vocabulary 2024-11-25

US History Module 4 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. The Peace agreement in which Great Britain recognized the Independence of the U.S.
  2. Enslaved Black American who worked as a spy for the Continental Army and helped during the battle of Yorktown
  3. Last major battle of the American Revolution
  4. Boston leader who believed parliament could not tax the colonists without permission.
  5. Frenchman who volunteered to serve in the Continental Army without pay
  6. Main author of the Declaration of Independence
  7. Incident where British soldiers shot into a crowd killing five people.
  8. Document that argued why the colonies should come together formally and announced their break from Great Britian
  9. British Army officer who surrendered in the battle of Yorktown
  10. Author of the book Common Sense
  11. Laws passed to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party
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  1. Incident where a lot of colonists dumped chests of tea into the Boston Harbor
  2. Battle won by the Patriots against Hessian Mercenaries
  3. Prussian military officer who trained the Continental Army
  4. American Naval Officer who served in the Continental Army
  5. British soldiers who fought colonists in the American Revolution
  6. A meeting of delegates from 12 colonies in Philadelphia in May 1775
  7. Victory for American forces in which British General John Burgoyne surrendered his entire army to American General Horatio Gates
  8. Patriot leader who commanded the Continental Army.
  9. A battle in Boston where colonists fought the British Army
  10. American colonists who chose to fight for Independence
  11. Military officer who served during the French and Indian war
  12. A 47 Page book that argued against British rule over America

23 Clues: Author of the book Common Sense • Last major battle of the American Revolution • Main author of the Declaration of Independence • Patriot leader who commanded the Continental Army. • Battle won by the Patriots against Hessian Mercenaries • American colonists who chose to fight for Independence • Laws passed to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party • ...

Us History Module 4 Vocabulary 2024-11-25

Us History Module 4 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. An event where Americans sneaked onto the three tea filled ships and dumped are 340 tea chest into the ocean
  2. Local leader of Boston town who believed parliament could not tax colonists
  3. An important patriot victory
  4. an author that emigrated to the colonies from Great Britian
  5. A 47 page pamphlet that was distributed in Philadelphia in January 1776
  6. A Scottish born American naval officer who served in the continental navy
  7. British soilders
  8. A Virginian man who was sent to command the army
  9. A Frenchman who volunteered to serve the continental army without pay
  10. A peace agreement that officially ended the Revolutionary War
  11. A patriot who organized Marion's Brigade
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  1. A formal announcement that the colonists break free from Great Britian
  2. A gathering of people from the colonies who were troubled about the relationship between American and Great Britian
  3. served as a generd in the British army during the American war for independce
  4. A Persian military officer who trained the continental army
  5. a bunch of laws that had seven effects
  6. A conflict between the British and Americans which was launched from Breed's Hill
  7. A story giveing only one side in a argument against the British
  8. Last major battle of the American Revolution
  9. A turning point of revolutionary war greatest victory for American forces
  10. An enslaved African who worked as a spy for the marquis de Lafayette
  11. Colonists who chose to fight for independence from Great Britain

22 Clues: British soilders • An important patriot victory • a bunch of laws that had seven effects • A patriot who organized Marion's Brigade • Last major battle of the American Revolution • A Virginian man who was sent to command the army • an author that emigrated to the colonies from Great Britian • A Persian military officer who trained the continental army • ...

US History Ch 10 Vocab 2025-03-04

US History Ch 10 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. of 1837 – A financial crisis caused by Jackson’s economic policies, including the veto of the national bank and the Specie Circular.
  2. Banks – State banks where Jackson placed federal funds after dismantling the national bank.
  3. War – Jackson’s campaign to destroy the Second Bank of the United States, which he viewed as corrupt.
  4. Crisis – A confrontation between South Carolina and the federal government over the Tariff of 1828, leading to debates on states' rights.
  5. Removal Act (1830) – Law signed by Jackson that forced Native American tribes to relocate west of the Mississippi River.
  6. Circular – Jackson’s order that government land could only be bought with gold or silver, contributing to the economic downturn.
  7. v. Georgia (1832) – Supreme Court case ruling that Georgia had no authority over Cherokee lands; Jackson ignored the ruling.
  8. Rights Doctrine – The belief that states have the right to ignore federal laws they deem unconstitutional.
  9. Bill (1833) – Gave Jackson the power to use military force to enforce federal tariffs in response to the Nullification Crisis.
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  1. Tariff of 1833 – A tariff proposed by Henry Clay to ease tensions over the Tariff of Abominations.
  2. Democracy – A movement for more democratic participation in government, expanding voting rights to more white men.
  3. System – The practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs.
  4. Van Buren – Jackson’s close ally and successor as the 8th President; dealt with the Panic of 1837.
  5. of Tears – The forced migration of Cherokee and other tribes to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma), resulting in thousands of deaths.
  6. C. Calhoun – Jackson’s Vice President who supported states' rights and nullification.
  7. of Abominations (1828) – A high tariff on imports that angered Southern states, especially South Carolina.
  8. Jackson – The 7th President of the United States (1829-1837); known for his populist policies and expansion of presidential power.
  9. Party – The political party founded by Jackson and his supporters, emphasizing states' rights and limited government.
  10. Clay – A political rival of Jackson who supported the American System and helped negotiate the Compromise Tariff of 1833.
  11. Party – A political party formed in opposition to Jackson, supporting a strong Congress and internal improvements.

20 Clues: System – The practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs. • C. Calhoun – Jackson’s Vice President who supported states' rights and nullification. • Banks – State banks where Jackson placed federal funds after dismantling the national bank. • ...

Unit 1 US History Review 2025-08-29

Unit 1 US History Review crossword puzzle
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  1. the right to freedom of speech, press, religion, and assembly
  2. president who signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830
  3. General Washington crossed the Delaware River on Christmas night.
  4. a confrontation between soldiers and colonists in the streets of a major city leading to 5 colonists being killed
  5. warfare adopted by the Patriots as a new style of fighting
  6. president who didn't win the popular vote in 1832 but won the presidency because of the "Corrupt Bargain"
  7. alliance with the colonists and supported with their navy
  8. "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
  9. British issued a rule which forbade settlement west of this line - a borderline running along the spine of the Appalachian Mountains
  10. Paul Revere created a picture to distribute in newspapers showing the effects of the Boston Massacre to encourage colonists to fight for independence
  11. A colonist who supported the British Crown.
  12. The primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
  13. Branch of government responsible for making laws
  14. "No taxation without _____________!"
  15. A British tax on paper goods and legal documents.
  16. The final major battle of the war leading to the surrender of Cornwallis.
  17. A colonist who supported American independence.
  18. the first ten amendments to the US Constitution
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  1. largest navy in the world during the war
  2. A secret group of American colonists who protested British policies often through public demonstrations and sometimes violence.
  3. The Right to bear ______ is protected by the 2nd Amendment.
  4. The French and __________ War led to massive war debt for the British
  5. supportive of the US Constitution and a strong national government
  6. The French nobleman who became a major general in the Continental Army.
  7. The commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
  8. a way for presidents to reward those loyal to them by providing them with government positions/jobs
  9. Patriot ally from Prussia who trained soldiers
  10. The King of Great Britain during the American Revolution.
  11. The battle that is considered the turning point of the war.
  12. The winter encampment of the Continental Army in 1777-1778 known for its harsh conditions.
  13. The amendment that grants citizens the right to a speedy and public trial
  14. The treaty that officially ended the American Revolution.
  15. The first battle of the Revolution known as the "shot heard 'round the world."

33 Clues: "Give me liberty, or give me death!" • "No taxation without _____________!" • largest navy in the world during the war • A colonist who supported the British Crown. • Patriot ally from Prussia who trained soldiers • The commander-in-chief of the Continental Army. • A colonist who supported American independence. • the first ten amendments to the US Constitution • ...

Open Doors US History B 2025-05-15

Open Doors US History B crossword puzzle
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  1. Nationwide ban on alcohol from 1920 to 1933.
  2. Popular music style that exploded in the 1920s.
  3. A severe, long-lasting economic downturn.
  4. The decade also called the Roaring ___.
  5. Women's right to vote, achieved in 1920.
  6. When many people withdrew money in fear of collapse.
  7. Car company that helped make automobiles affordable.
  8. A mild economic downturn.
  9. Nickname for the Roaring Twenties.
  10. Someone who illegally made or sold alcohol.
  11. State where the Scopes Trial took place.
  12. Secret bar during Prohibition.
  13. Type of line that revolutionized manufacturing.
  14. Shantytown named after the president blamed for the Depression.
  15. Criminal figure who thrived during Prohibition.
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  1. Young woman known for energetic freedom and fashion in the 1920s.
  2. Region hit by drought and dust storms in the 1930s.
  3. Day of the 1929 stock market crash.
  4. Teacher in a famous trial about teaching evolution.
  5. FDR’s plan to recover from the Great Depression.
  6. First radio station to broadcast news in 1920.
  7. Popular home entertainment and news source in the 1920s and 30s.
  8. Word often paired with Harlem to describe the 1920s cultural movement.
  9. President during most of the Great Depression.
  10. New Deal program that gave jobs to young men.
  11. New York neighborhood at the heart of a Black cultural revival.
  12. Affordable car introduced by Ford.
  13. Baseball legend of the 1920s.
  14. It crashed in 1929, starting the Great Depression.
  15. Infamous gangster who profited during Prohibition.

30 Clues: A mild economic downturn. • Baseball legend of the 1920s. • Secret bar during Prohibition. • Nickname for the Roaring Twenties. • Affordable car introduced by Ford. • Day of the 1929 stock market crash. • The decade also called the Roaring ___. • Women's right to vote, achieved in 1920. • State where the Scopes Trial took place. • A severe, long-lasting economic downturn. • ...

US History Unit 4 Quiz 2025-10-23

US History Unit 4 Quiz crossword puzzle
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  1. an economic philosophy that advocates for minimal government involvement in the economy
  2. Amendment Granted citizenship to all citizens and guaranteed all citizens equal protection of the laws
  3. Supremacy The belief that white people and culture is superior to all other cultures.
  4. a set of restrictive laws passed by Southern states after the Civil War to control the labor and behavior of Black people.
  5. the process of Immigrants assimilating to American culture.
  6. Amendment Prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on "race, color, or previous condition of servitude"
  7. an "add-on" to the Constitution
  8. The transformation of rural areas into urban areas.
  9. the process of transforming from an agricultural economy to a manufacturing economy.
  10. the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service.
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  1. was originally promised to freed slaves as reparations.
  2. a Protestant white-supremacist hate group founded in 1865.
  3. a type of building shared by multiple dwellings, typically with flats or apartments on each floor and with shared entrance stairway access.
  4. favoring the interests of native-born people over foreign-born people.
  5. The merging of companies that make similar products.
  6. Amendment Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States, except as punishment for a crime
  7. a railroad line linking the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States, completed in 1869.
  8. The period during which the United States began to rebuild after the Civil War. It lasted from 1865 to 1877.
  9. is the public killing of an individual who has not received any due process.
  10. a popular immigration processing center in New York City
  11. an American investigative journalist, and one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

21 Clues: an "add-on" to the Constitution • The transformation of rural areas into urban areas. • The merging of companies that make similar products. • was originally promised to freed slaves as reparations. • a popular immigration processing center in New York City • a Protestant white-supremacist hate group founded in 1865. • ...

US HIstory Chpt 22-23 2014-04-08

US HIstory Chpt 22-23 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. made snow white
  2. Minor officer of the courts
  3. monetary standard in which one ounce of gold equals a set number of dollars
  4. Buying A stock by paying only a fraction of the stoc price and borrowing the rest
  5. Process where a neutal party hears arguements from two opposing sides
  6. A demand by a broker that investors pay back loans made for stocks
  7. Homeless and usually penniless wanderer
  8. Something that provides security against misfortune
  9. A board can that started in the 30's
  10. favored balancing the budget and cutting spending
  11. Government practice of spending borrowed money rather than raising taxes
  12. Method of boycotting work by sitting down at work
  13. Requires workers and employers to pay a tax
  14. a British economic
  15. Area of the southern great plains severely by droughts and dust storms
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  1. Economically depressed section of town
  2. projects built with government funds
  3. Act of buying stocks at great risk with the anticipation that the price will rise
  4. for buying and selling stocks in corporations
  5. period of rising stock prices
  6. led regionalist schools
  7. A swedish actress
  8. broadcasts made by fdr
  9. Role of government to work out conflicts among competing groups
  10. Buying an item on credit with a monthly plan to pay it off
  11. Roosevelt's first serious political mistake as president
  12. A serial drama on tv
  13. Take possession of a property from a mortgagor
  14. Nickname of shanytown
  15. the head of the PWA
  16. Aid for the needy

31 Clues: made snow white • A swedish actress • Aid for the needy • a British economic • the head of the PWA • A serial drama on tv • Nickname of shanytown • broadcasts made by fdr • led regionalist schools • Minor officer of the courts • period of rising stock prices • projects built with government funds • A board can that started in the 30's • Economically depressed section of town • ...

US History: Chapter 2 Vocabulary 2013-10-10

US History: Chapter 2 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. anti slavery party
  2. taxes on imported goods
  3. the act of bringing charges to an official to see if he-she be removed
  4. proposed that slavery be continued in south but not in Mexico
  5. act of peacefully disobeying laws
  6. won presidential election of 1828
  7. territory would decide whether or not to have slaves
  8. north strategy to starve the south into submission
  9. abolitionist speaker
  10. allowed Missouri to enter the Union
  11. bringing the south back into the Union
  12. president born in a log cabin
  13. led a small rebellions against slavery
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  1. something that God has intended to happen
  2. network of abolitionists to free slaves
  3. one of the nations finest military leaders
  4. price increases
  5. break away from the union
  6. guarantees than no one be held in prison without specific charges
  7. person who fights against slavery

20 Clues: price increases • anti slavery party • abolitionist speaker • taxes on imported goods • break away from the union • president born in a log cabin • act of peacefully disobeying laws • won presidential election of 1828 • person who fights against slavery • allowed Missouri to enter the Union • bringing the south back into the Union • led a small rebellions against slavery • ...

Final Exam Vocabulary US History 2016-04-28

Final Exam Vocabulary US History crossword puzzle
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  1. to cancel a federal law
  2. a group of families that are related to one another
  3. an example to be followed by others in the future
  4. a person joined with another for a common purpose
  5. to give up
  6. an economic system in which people put money or capital into a business or project in order to make a profit
  7. conqueror who defeated the Indian civilizations of Mexico, Central America or Peru
  8. to impose a tax by law
  9. to travel all the way around the world
  10. shutting a port or roadway to prevent people or supplies from coming into or leaving an area
  11. a person who wanted to end slavery
  12. belief that there is only one God
  13. economic policy that held that a nation prospered by exporting more goods than importing
  14. practice of seizing sailors on American ships and forcing them to serve in the British army
  15. organized body of armed volunteers
  16. money used to make purchases
  17. government order that forbids foreign trade
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  1. an organized campaign to refuse to buy or use certain goods and services
  2. a system in which a ruler grants parts of his land to lords in exchange for military service
  3. to loose strength or power over a period of time
  4. having to do with home or household or a country's internal affairs
  5. total ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol
  6. basic public works needed for a society to function
  7. avoiding involvement in other countries' affairs
  8. a government pardon
  9. fighter who works as part of a small band making hit and run attacks
  10. the belief that one race is superior or inferior to another
  11. to set free
  12. story or legend

29 Clues: to give up • to set free • story or legend • a government pardon • to impose a tax by law • to cancel a federal law • money used to make purchases • belief that there is only one God • a person who wanted to end slavery • organized body of armed volunteers • to travel all the way around the world • government order that forbids foreign trade • ...

US History Units 5&6 2021-01-14

US History Units 5&6 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a young woman in the 1920s who dressed and behaved in a way that was considered very modern
  2. To protect something (i.e. banks) from bad things in the future
  3. Market a system for buying and selling stocks, or ownership shares in a company
  4. an official limit on the number or amount of people or things that are allowed
  5. a tax on goods coming into or leaving a country
  6. activity in which someone buys and sells stocks in the hope of making a large profit but with the risk of a large loss
  7. a system of strictly and literally following a set of rules and laws especially about religion
  8. Policy Government decisions about printing money and setting interest rates
  9. to make or sell (alcoholic liquor) illegally
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  1. A belief that older ways of doing or thinking about things are better than newer ways
  2. The emergence of Black cultural creativity from Harlem, NY in the 1920’s
  3. to return (someone) to his or her own country
  4. the state of not having a job
  5. System of supporting citizens who cannot afford to live on their own
  6. a way of organizing a society in which the government owns the things that are used to make and transport products (such as land, oil, factories, ships, etc.) and there is no privately owned property
  7. A movement in the early 20th century to adapt philosphy, religion, and art to the realities of the new urbanized, industrialized society
  8. Crime criminal activities that are planned and controlled by powerful groups and carried out on a large scale.
  9. the process or system by which goods and services are produced, sold, and bought in a country
  10. a belief that government and laws are not necessary
  11. forcing a non-citizen to leave a country

20 Clues: the state of not having a job • forcing a non-citizen to leave a country • to make or sell (alcoholic liquor) illegally • to return (someone) to his or her own country • a tax on goods coming into or leaving a country • a belief that government and laws are not necessary • To protect something (i.e. banks) from bad things in the future • ...

US History Unit 3 Keywords 2017-11-19

US History Unit 3 Keywords crossword puzzle
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  1. Woman who helped create asylums with better conditions for the inhabitants
  2. Transcendentalist who lived self sufficiently and isolated from society for two years and then wrote Civil Disobedience promoting peaceful activism
  3. American who led a group of people to live in Texas when it was part of Mexico
  4. Period during the early 1800s in which the importance of religion increased and the nature of religion changed
  5. Forceful relocation of Cherokee and other Indian tribes
  6. Cult that declared that women should stay at home and not participate in the market-economy
  7. Inventor of the cotton gin
  8. Canal connecting the Great Lakes to the Hudson River
  9. Document stating that the U.S. would not tolerate any more European colonization of the Western Hemisphere and would stay out of European affairs
  10. Agreement saying that Missouri could only become a slave state if Maine was created as a free state to maintain a balance
  11. Meeting to ask for more rights for women in the US
  12. Feeling of solidarity among people from the same country
  13. created to oppose the Jacksonian democrats and supported in the Northeast
  14. Stronger unity among regions than among a whole nation
  15. “The Great Compromiser” who suggested the Missouri Compromise and created the Whig party
  16. Bank destroyed by Andrew Jackson that loaned money to state banks
  17. Person who agrees with the idea that everybody can judge what is right or wrong based on their intuition
  18. American writer, author of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  19. Female writer who wrote a Uncle Tom's Cabin supporting the abolishment of slavery
  20. Railroad Network of houses and places where slaves could hide as they escaped from the south to the north
  21. that Jackson transferred money to from the 2nd Bank of the United States
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  1. Famous textile mills in Massachusetts worked in mainly by young women
  2. Path crossing from the east of the US to the west that many Americans migrated along
  3. Leader of The Transcendental Club that met in Boston
  4. Period when people rapidly migrated to California as a result of gold being found there
  5. Treaty ending the Mexican-American War and annexing several places including Texas and California
  6. Writer and poet who used a gothic style
  7. Education reformer who advocated for the creation of common schools
  8. Period during which there was only one major political party
  9. Belief that Americans had a mission to move westward and inhabit the whole country.
  10. Organizer of the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls
  11. Writer of a magazine that supported the abolishment of slavery
  12. Deal in which Henry Clay helped John Quincy Adams become president and Adams appointed Clay as Secretary of State
  13. System in which supporters of a political party received government jobs for their loyalty
  14. Suggestion to ban slavery in the states acquired after the Mexican-American War that was refused
  15. Increased demonstrations of sectionalism between the North and the South during Jackson's presidency
  16. Former slave who strongly advocated for abolishing slavery
  17. Transaction of a portion of land on the Mexican border to the US in 1853
  18. Treaty handing Florida over to the U.S. from Spain
  19. Military fort where many Texans were killed in the Mexican-American War

40 Clues: Inventor of the cotton gin • Writer and poet who used a gothic style • Meeting to ask for more rights for women in the US • Treaty handing Florida over to the U.S. from Spain • Leader of The Transcendental Club that met in Boston • Canal connecting the Great Lakes to the Hudson River • Stronger unity among regions than among a whole nation • ...

US History Unit 3 Vocabulary 2018-09-01

US History Unit 3 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rights that people supposedly have under natural law
  2. the leader of the Democratic-Republican party, and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and served as president from 1801 to 1809
  3. a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775-76 advocating independence from Great Britain to the people in the Thirteen Colonies
  4. the first ten amendments to the constitution.
  5. an American revolutionary leader and pamphleteer who supported the American colonist’s fight for independence and supported the French Revolution
  6. the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789
  7. a treaty signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War
  8. who did not support the constitution and were against it
  9. a riot in Boston arising from the resentment of Boston colonists toward British troops quartered inf the city, in which the troops fired on the mob and killed several persons.
  10. an outline of the process for states to count slaves as part of the population to determine representation and taxation for the federal government
  11. a series of military engagements between Britain and France in North America between 1754 and 1763.
  12. the that persons’ moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they live.
  13. a political leader of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries; one of the Founding
  14. the fundamental law of the United States, drafted in Philadelphia in 1787, ratified in 1788 and put into effect in 1789. It establishes a strong central government in place of the Articles of Confederation
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  1. 1st president of the United States; commander-in-chief of the continental Army during the American Revolution
  2. an agreement that large and small states reached during the constitutional convention of 1787.
  3. a seventeenth-century English philosopher
  4. an act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents.
  5. the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain
  6. a form of government in which elected individuals represent the citizen body and exercise power according to the rule of law under a constitution.
  7. people who supported the constitution
  8. an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies
  9. a treaty that ended the French and Indian War between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies.
  10. commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence
  11. a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system
  12. a colonist of the American revolutionary period who supported the British cause

26 Clues: people who supported the constitution • a seventeenth-century English philosopher • the first ten amendments to the constitution. • rights that people supposedly have under natural law • who did not support the constitution and were against it • commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence • ...

AP US History Period 3 2024-04-28

AP US History Period 3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A person of mixed African and European ancestry, often subject to discrimination and social stigma in colonial America.
  2. A series of essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay in support of ratifying the United States Constitution
  3. The uncharted or sparsely settled regions beyond the established boundaries of civilization
  4. A tax imposed by the British Parliament in 1765 on all paper documents in the American colonies
  5. Colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolution, often facing persecution and exile by patriots.
  6. A political ideology that emphasizes the importance of civic virtue, popular sovereignty, and the common good
  7. A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1776 that argued for American independence from British rule
  8. A violent uprising by western Pennsylvania farmers in 1794 in protest of a federal excise tax on whiskey
  9. also known as the Haudenosaunee, was a powerful alliance of Native American tribes in the northeastern United States
  10. Supporters of the ratification of the United States Constitution and advocates for a strong central government
  11. A clause in Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution granting Congress the authority to pass laws necessary and proper for carrying out its enumerated powers
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  1. A proclamation issued by President George Washington in 1793 declaring the United States neutral in the conflict between France and Great Britain
  2. The region west of the Appalachian Mountains, including the Ohio River Valley and the Great Lakes region
  3. A proposal presented by Virginia delegates at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 calling for a strong central government with a bicameral legislature and representation based on population.
  4. A violent confrontation between British soldiers and a mob of colonists in Boston on March 5, 1770
  5. A series of punitive measures imposed by the British Parliament in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party
  6. Colonists who supported the American Revolution and independence from British rule
  7. Conduct or speech inciting rebellion against the authority of a state or monarch, often used to suppress dissent or criticism of the government.
  8. A law passed by Congress in 1787 that established a system for governing the Northwest Territory
  9. The acquisition of the Louisiana Territory from France by the United States in 1803

20 Clues: Colonists who supported the American Revolution and independence from British rule • The acquisition of the Louisiana Territory from France by the United States in 1803 • The uncharted or sparsely settled regions beyond the established boundaries of civilization • ...

AP US History Period 5 2024-04-28

AP US History Period 5 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Social and cultural movements in the United States before the Civil War aimed at addressing various issues, including temperance, women's rights, education, and abolition.
  2. Laws passed by Southern states after the Civil War to restrict the rights and freedoms of African Americans
  3. The granting of voting rights, especially to marginalized or disenfranchised groups.
  4. A system of agricultural labor prevalent in the South after the Civil War, in which landless farmers, often African Americans, rented land and equipment from landowners in exchange for a share of the crop.
  5. The period of rebuilding and political reform in the former Confederate states after the Civil War
  6. The treaty signed in 1848 that ended the Mexican-American War
  7. The first African American to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate, representing Mississippi from 1875 to 1881 during the Reconstruction era.
  8. An amendment to the United States Constitution ratified in 1865 that abolished slavery throughout the country
  9. A proposed amendment to a congressional appropriations bill in 1846 that sought to prohibit slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico during the Mexican-American War
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  1. A law passed in 1862 that provided 160 acres of public land to settlers willing to live on and cultivate the land for five years, encouraging westward expansion and settlement.
  2. An abolitionist who led a raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), in 1859 in an attempt to incite a slave rebellion
  3. Native American communities in the Southwestern United States, particularly in present-day New Mexico, who faced challenges and conflicts with Spanish colonizers and later American settlers.
  4. An underwater telegraph cable laid across the Atlantic Ocean, enabling telegraphic communication between North America and Europe.
  5. A crucial battle fought in July 1863 in Pennsylvania during the Civil War, resulting in a Union victory and serving as a turning point in the conflict.
  6. A period of violent conflict in Kansas Territory from 1854 to 1859 over the issue of slavery, as pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers clashed in a struggle to influence the territory's future.
  7. During the Civil War President Lincoln suspended this legal principle that protects individuals from unlawful detention, requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court
  8. A federal fort in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired on April 12, 1861
  9. The withdrawal of Southern states from the Union in response to Abraham Lincoln's election as president in 1860 and the perceived threat to the institution of slavery
  10. A communication device that transmits messages over long distances using electrical signals.
  11. The mass migration of people to California in search of gold, which began in 1848 after the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill, leading to rapid population growth and economic development in the region.
  12. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who faced persecution and eventually migrated westward to settle in Utah under the leadership of Brigham Young.

21 Clues: The treaty signed in 1848 that ended the Mexican-American War • The granting of voting rights, especially to marginalized or disenfranchised groups. • A communication device that transmits messages over long distances using electrical signals. • The period of rebuilding and political reform in the former Confederate states after the Civil War • ...

US History Chapter 1-3 2023-09-06

US History Chapter 1-3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Father of New France
  2. "City of Brotherly Love"
  3. Colony founded as a haven for Quakers
  4. Colony originally established for debtors
  5. Spanish leader of the expedition that explored the Mississippi
  6. Founder of Pennsylvania and Delaware
  7. Trade with the East was revived by the ___________.
  8. Spanish explorer who discovered the Pacific Ocean
  9. First governor of Plymouth
  10. The Ninety-five Thesis were written and posted on a door by __________.
  11. Leader of the expedition that discovered the Grand Canyon
  12. First governor of Massachusettes Bay
  13. New name for New Netherland
  14. Founder of the Hartford settlement
  15. Made the first Spanish landing on the mainland of North America
  16. Wrote the History of Plymouth Plantation
  17. First Englishman to sail around the world
  18. Explorer of the St. Lawrence River
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  1. Founded the colony of Rhode Island
  2. Colony founded as a haven for Catholics
  3. Invented by Gutenberg in 1440
  4. The one who gave individuals land for proprietary colonies
  5. Country that defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588
  6. Landed at Plymouth in 1620
  7. Worked among the Wampanoag on Martha's Vineyard
  8. Marquette and Joliet explored the Mississippi for this country
  9. First college established in 1636
  10. First permanent settlement in present-day US
  11. Translated the Bible into the Algonquian language
  12. Landed in the New World in 1492
  13. The House of Burgesses in ______________ set a precedent for representative governments
  14. Conquered the Aztecs

32 Clues: Father of New France • Conquered the Aztecs • "City of Brotherly Love" • Landed at Plymouth in 1620 • First governor of Plymouth • New name for New Netherland • Invented by Gutenberg in 1440 • Landed in the New World in 1492 • First college established in 1636 • Founded the colony of Rhode Island • Founder of the Hartford settlement • Explorer of the St. Lawrence River • ...

US History Unit 4 Crossword 2023-11-29

US History Unit 4 Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. __________ Democracy; The idea that the common people should control the government
  2. A closing off of an area to keep people or supplies from going in or out
  3. An economic system based on private ownership of farms and businesses
  4. Indian _____ Act; Law allowing the president to make treaties with American Indians in the East to trade them for last in the Great Plains. Those that refused were met with force.
  5. _______ servant; An employee of the government
  6. A government order that forbids trade with another country
  7. To refuse to recognize a federal law. This action by a state is called nullification.
  8. _______ system; The practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs
  9. A tax imposed by the government on goods imported from another country
  10. Monroe ________; President James Monroe’s declaration in 1823 that the Western Hemisphere was no longer open to European colonization
  11. War between the United States and Great Britain; the ________ burned down the Capitol building and the White House
  12. Unexplored wilderness at the edge of the country
  13. Members of Congress that advocated for going to war with Great Britain
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  1. American _______; A proposal to the government that called for taxes on imports. Federally funded transportation projects, and a new national bank
  2. A policy of not choosing sides in a dispute or war between other countries
  3. Art made by ordinary people (as opposed to trained artists) using traditional methods
  4. The crime of encouraging rebellion against the government
  5. George Washington’s parting message to the nation, given in 1796, in which he warned of threats to the nation’s future
  6. A narrow interpretation of the Constitution, meaning that Congress has only those powers specifically given in the Constitution
  7. A policy of avoiding political or military agreements with other countries
  8. A broad interpretation of the Constitution, meaning that Congress has powers beyond those specifically give in the Constitution
  9. Agreement signed between the United States and Great Britain in which GB agreed to stop attacks on US shipping.
  10. To withdraw from an organization or alliance
  11. The removal of Cherokee from Georgia to Indian Territory in 1838 and 1839
  12. Whiskey _________; A revolt by farmers in 1794 against an excise tax on whiskey
  13. XYZ ______; Incident in which the French foreign minister refused to meet with American representatives; increased tensions with France.
  14. A religious folk song of African American origin

27 Clues: To withdraw from an organization or alliance • _______ servant; An employee of the government • A religious folk song of African American origin • Unexplored wilderness at the edge of the country • The crime of encouraging rebellion against the government • A government order that forbids trade with another country • ...

3rd Quarter US History Crossword 2023-03-09

3rd Quarter US History Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Development of industries
  2. To move to a new place
  3. Extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
  4. Taxes on alcohol and tobacco
  5. Became a territory of the United States in 1900
  6. Founded by Thomas Alva Edison
  7. Invented by Alexander Graham Bell
  8. A new idea or method
  9. Discrimination towards foreigners
  10. Raids in the US to arrest communists, socialists and anyone who spoke against the government
  11. Laws passed in the South just after the civil war aimed at controlling freedom and enabling plantation owners to exploit African American workers
  12. A farmer who works the land for an owner who provides equipment and seed and receives a share of the crop
  13. The process of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories
  14. Transportation that moved people and products cross country
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  1. To absorb a group into the culture of another population
  2. Gardens started during WWI to save food for the troops
  3. Invented by Thaddeus Lowe
  4. An Act to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees
  5. A person who continually moves from place to place, usually in search of food
  6. Treaty that ended WWI but was not signed by the United States
  7. Assassinated archduke that started WWI
  8. Moving to a foreign country to live permanently
  9. Laws that enforced segregation
  10. New invention and method of warfare that was used during WWI
  11. the process of making an area more urban; like a city
  12. Vessel sunk by German submarines contributing to America entering WWI
  13. material used in the production process such as money, land, wood, steel

27 Clues: A new idea or method • To move to a new place • Invented by Thaddeus Lowe • Taxes on alcohol and tobacco • The Development of industries • Founded by Thomas Alva Edison • Laws that enforced segregation • Invented by Alexander Graham Bell • Discrimination towards foreigners • Assassinated archduke that started WWI • Became a territory of the United States in 1900 • ...

Lesson 1 Crossword US History 2023-03-28

Lesson 1 Crossword US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. In addition to firearms, deadly ______________ brought by the Spanish killed many native peoples. Pg 7
  2. Columbus first landed on an island in the _________________. Pg 7
  3. It is thought that the first American civilizations arose between 1500 BCE and 1200 BCE among the ____________. Pg 5
  4. The Treaty of Tordesillas recognized this country’s claim to most of the Americas. Pg 7
  5. The U.S. _____________ was drafted in 1787. Pg 2
  6. Jamestown was funded by ____________ investors.
  7. Research suggests that the first people arrived in the ____________ between 15,000 and 30,000 years ago.
  8. After the victory at Saratoga, the US signed a military alliance with ___________. Pg 13
  9. The religious movement in the 1700s was called the Great ______________. Pg 11
  10. These settlers decided the Church of England was too corrupt, so they left to escape persecution. Pg 8
  11. This state was named after the French King Louix XIV. pg 8
  12. In the 1600s, _____________ finally succeeded in establishing North American Colonies. Pg 8
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  1. In 1607, England founded ____________ in Virginia. Pg 2
  2. In 1639, America’s first ______________ constitution was drafted in Connecticut. Pg 9
  3. In 1609, a navigator named Henry Hudson was hired by ________________ merchants to explore inland rivers. Pg 9
  4. During the Renaissance, the invention of the ______________ made sea travel easier. Pg 6
  5. As the President of the Committee on Public Safety, John Hancock had the power to call up the ______________. Pg 12
  6. The Proclamation of 1663 tried to halt colonial expansion west of the __________________. Pg 11
  7. In 1776, the Second _______________ Congress declared independence from Britain. Pg 12
  8. As the need for workers increased, an increased number of _________________ persons were brought over from Africa. Pg 10
  9. The Puritans arrived in Massachusetts and founded _____________. Pg 9
  10. By 900 CE, the Mississippian people had built, one of the largest early American cities. Pg 5
  11. American Colonists were angry at the British tax policies and demanded “No _______________ without Representation!” pg 11
  12. The Navajo people primarily settled in ____________ villages. Pg 5
  13. This colony was a refuge for Catholics who faced persecution in England. Pg 9

25 Clues: Jamestown was funded by ____________ investors. • The U.S. _____________ was drafted in 1787. Pg 2 • In 1607, England founded ____________ in Virginia. Pg 2 • This state was named after the French King Louix XIV. pg 8 • Columbus first landed on an island in the _________________. Pg 7 • The Navajo people primarily settled in ____________ villages. Pg 5 • ...

US History Chapter 2 Vocabulary 2023-05-29

US History Chapter 2 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A Spanish community for the religious conversion and training of Native Americans
  2. Over a wide area
  3. Spanish explorer
  4. When two or more groups or objects come together
  5. A fort in Spanish America
  6. A sixteenth-century religious movement rejecting or changing some Roman Catholic teachings and practices and establishing Protestant churches
  7. Settler who paid the landowner an annual rent and worked for that lord for a fixed number of days each year
  8. To commit oneself or one's resources to something
  9. Navigation aid that shows the direction in which a person or vessel is traveling
  10. A large farm
  11. A narrow water passage between larger bodies of water
  12. A fleet of warships
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  1. To present; to offer
  2. A town and center of trade in Spanish America
  3. To go around completely
  4. A sea passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans along the north coast of North America
  5. The use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes
  6. Resistance
  7. A form of Christianity that was in opposition to the Catholic Church
  8. To get someone to act or think a certain way
  9. To change

21 Clues: To change • Resistance • A large farm • Over a wide area • Spanish explorer • A fleet of warships • To present; to offer • To go around completely • A fort in Spanish America • To get someone to act or think a certain way • A town and center of trade in Spanish America • When two or more groups or objects come together • To commit oneself or one's resources to something • ...

US History Unit 4 Vocab 2021-09-21

US History Unit 4 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. series of laws enacted in 1935 and 1936 to prevent U.S. arms sales and loans to nations at war
  2. a slogan to promote the fight for democracy in oversea campaigns and at the home front
  3. agency created to insure individual bank accounts
  4. major naval battle in the Pacific theater of WWII, a major turning point in the war in the Pacific
  5. symbol for women in the workforce and women's independence
  6. first city targeted by an atomic bomb from the U.S.
  7. an influential african american and used mass protests as a means of influencing the policies of the federal government
  8. advocates a strong, centralized, nationalistic government headed by a powerful dictator
  9. gave the president unlimited authority to direct material aid to the war effort in Europe
  10. political system based on one-party government and state ownership of property
  11. japanese americans were forcibly relocated and incarcerated in concentration camps in the western interior of the country
  12. large scale public works construction agency
  13. the day when the Allies invaded Northern France. It began the liberation
  14. The bombing of this city caused terrible human devastation and helped end WWII
  15. American military officer best known for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa and Normandy
  16. womens branch in the army
  17. American military leader who served as a general who commanded the southwest pacific in WWII
  18. required all men ages 21 through 45 to register for the draft
  19. soviet communist party leader
  20. Cash payments or food provided by government
  21. the last major German offensive of the Western Front during WWII
  22. a series of violent riots where mobs of U.S. servicemen clashed with young latinos
  23. American physicist responsible for research and design of atomic bomb
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  1. planned to reorganize the federal judiciary by adding a new justice each time a justice reached age 70 and failed to retire
  2. controlled distribution and restriction placed on scarce items
  3. Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party
  4. the granting of concessions to a hostile power in order to keep the peace
  5. 40th governor of Louisiana who introduced a series of bills called the "Long Plan"
  6. When banking transactions were suspended across the nation
  7. Radio addresses given by Roosevelt
  8. Catholic priest who held radio broadcasts
  9. debt security issued by the government to finance military operations during wars and conflicts
  10. best known for townsend act that provided every senior $200 a month during the great depression
  11. an agreement in which two nations promise not to go to war with each other
  12. a joint declaration released by the American president and the british prime minister to define the allied goals for the post war world
  13. helped to fight the devastating economic effects of the Great Depression and prevent any future market calamities.
  14. government exercises complete control over its citizen’s lives
  15. Japanese bombing tactic designed to destroy enemy warship during WWII
  16. code name for the american led effort to make a functional atomic weapon
  17. a meeting between US President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill
  18. The government spending
  19. When the bottom fell out of the market
  20. meeting of three WWII allies, the purpose was to decide what to do with Germany once it had been defeated
  21. Buy now pay later
  22. General in the US and was the first officer assigned to the Tank Corps in WWI
  23. strategy employed by the United States to gain military bases and secure the many small islands in the Pacific.
  24. part of something that is easiest to attack
  25. opposition to political and economic entanglements wth other countries
  26. The government would buy surplus crops at guaranteed prices and sell them on the world market.
  27. Region hit hardest by extreme windstorms

50 Clues: Buy now pay later • The government spending • womens branch in the army • soviet communist party leader • Radio addresses given by Roosevelt • When the bottom fell out of the market • Region hit hardest by extreme windstorms • Catholic priest who held radio broadcasts • part of something that is easiest to attack • large scale public works construction agency • ...

US History End of Course 2022-05-12

US History End of Course crossword puzzle
Across
  1. president during the Civil War
  2. women of the 1920s who challenged traditional gender norms
  3. Germany used these to sink American cargo ships during WWI
  4. used to buy things by borrowing money
  5. book that exposed how disgusting meat packing plants were
  6. workers' organization that fights for better pay and conditions
  7. north's plan to suffocate the South
  8. issue that separated the North and the South
  9. invasion of beaches of Northern France by the Allies to defeat the Nazis
  10. massive failure of these led to the Great Depression
  11. long period of tension between the US and the Soviet Union after WWII
  12. highways built in the 1950s as part of the Cold War
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  1. Rockefeller dominated this industry owning 90% of the refineries
  2. suburb built in the 1950s that contributed to White Flight
  3. war US took part in during the 1960s and 1970s in order to contain communism
  4. Carnegie dominated this industry; enabled massive building projects
  5. country that bombed Pearl Harbor
  6. when one person or company owns an entire industry
  7. describes 1920s lack of rules and influence of Harlem Renaissance
  8. farmers' political party in the 1890s
  9. amendment that gave Black men the right to vote
  10. fear of communism that gripped the US in both the 1920s and 1950s
  11. transportation innovation that connected the US in the late 1800s
  12. country US fought a war against in 1898 to become a world power
  13. FDR's plan to get the US out of the depression

25 Clues: president during the Civil War • country that bombed Pearl Harbor • north's plan to suffocate the South • used to buy things by borrowing money • farmers' political party in the 1890s • issue that separated the North and the South • FDR's plan to get the US out of the depression • amendment that gave Black men the right to vote • ...

US History B: Final Review 2022-05-18

US History B: Final Review crossword puzzle
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  1. The Truman Doctrine pledged to help any country who was fighting against this economic policy of the Soviet Union.
  2. Name given to the treatment of Jews and other "undesirables" by the Nazis.
  3. During the 9/11 terrorist attacks, terrorists used four commercial _____________ to kill over 3,000 Americans.
  4. Defense spending by this president in the 1980s led to a recession but also contributed to the end of the Cold War because the USSR could not keep up with the spending.
  5. The policy of giving special consideration to women and minorities to make up for past discrimination.
  6. The acronym of this is what the United States joined as a reaction to European nations joining the EU (European Union).
  7. The decline in _______ values was one of the reasons the financial crisis of 2008 began- that, coupled with faulty bank loans.
  8. Building where the Democratic National Headquarters were located that were broken into by Richard Nixon's re-election campaign workers.
  9. The group of Americans who were forcefully put into internment camps during WWII.
  10. One of the charges against Bill Clinton which meant he had lied under oath.
  11. This was the state in the 2000 election which came under controversy over who its 25 electoral votes should be awarded to: Bush or Gore.
  12. A protest method used during the Civil Rights Movement where black Americans would sit at a counter until served food.
  13. The Brown v Board decision revered the policy of "separate but equal" which said that _________________ was ok.
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  1. This president was responsible with policies such as DACA which protected children who were not citizens but had been brought to the US and the Affordable Healthcare Act, which expanded health insurance.
  2. The New Right was the resurgence of the _____________ movement which got Republican Ronald Reagan elected in the 1980s.
  3. Gerald Ford is most remembered for the ________ that he gave Richard Nixon-an official forgiveness.
  4. Students from this country took 66 Americans hostage to protest the Shah coming to America.
  5. Financial crisis beginning in 1929 that was one of the reasons world leaders chose to appease Hitler.
  6. The economic phenomenon created by high inflation and high unemployment.
  7. Mikhail ____________'s policy of perestroika and glasnosts led to the end of the Cold war.
  8. This Asian country remained divided at the same spot it was divided before the war started in 1950.
  9. Laws that made segregation legal.
  10. This group of guerilla fighters in Vietnam was incredibly difficult to fight because of their ability to blend in, tunnel system, and did not control any land.
  11. The Bay of Pigs invasion was a failed attempt by the CIA to overthrow Cuban leader Fidel ____________.

24 Clues: Laws that made segregation legal. • The economic phenomenon created by high inflation and high unemployment. • Name given to the treatment of Jews and other "undesirables" by the Nazis. • One of the charges against Bill Clinton which meant he had lied under oath. • The group of Americans who were forcefully put into internment camps during WWII. • ...

AP US History Crossword Puzzle 2022-05-17

AP US History Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. colonists who rebelled against British control during the American Revolution.
  2. An economic system to increase a nation's wealth by the government regulating the commercial and economic interests of a nation.
  3. People who studied corruption and wrongdoing in established institutions and published and exposed it in the papers and magazines.
  4. the movement of about six million African Americans from rural areas of the Southern states of the United States to urban areas in the Northern states between 1916 and 1970.
  5. American colonists who remained loyal to the parliament and to the king and opposed rebellions against the parliament's various acts and taxes.
  6. A system of agriculture where a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crop produced on land
  7. Idea that the United States is destined by God (divine right) to spread and expand it's democracy throughout the nation.
  8. British soldiers in Boston opened fire on a group of American colonists killing five men after the colonists were throwing objects at the stationed British soldiers in Boston.
  9. Offered 160 acres of land to any settler who would pay a $10 registration fee and live there for 5 years to cultivate and farm on it.
  10. A system of economic production based on the private ownership of property and the contractual exchange for profit of goods, labor, etc.
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  1. The government's hands-off policy towards expanding business and the economy
  2. admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state, while banning slavery from the remaining Louisiana Purchase lands located north of the 36º 30' parallel.
  3. Refers to the industrialists or big business owners who gained huge profits by paying their employees extremely low wages. They also drove their competitors out of business by selling their products cheaper than it cost to produce it. Then when they controlled the market, they hiked prices high above original price.
  4. An act that required colonists to pay taxes on every page of printed paper they used. The tax also included fees for playing cards, dice, and newspapers.
  5. Dominant theological credo of the New England Puritans based on the teachings of John Calvin. Calvinists believed in predestination that only "the elect" were destined for salvation.
  6. a white supremacist terrorist group that emerged during Reconstruction. Used violence against blacks in order to maintain black economic instability and ensure white racial and economic superiority in the postwar South.
  7. poorly built, overcrowded housing where many immigrants lived.
  8. A radical political organization formed after the passage of the Stamp Act to protest various British acts through both peaceful and violent protests.
  9. A U.S. foreign policy adopted by President Harry Truman in the late 1940s, in which the United States tried to stop the spread of communism by creating alliances and helping weak countries to resist Soviet advances.
  10. a series of programs and projects instituted during the Great Depression by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that aimed to restore prosperity to Americans.

20 Clues: poorly built, overcrowded housing where many immigrants lived. • The government's hands-off policy towards expanding business and the economy • colonists who rebelled against British control during the American Revolution. • Idea that the United States is destined by God (divine right) to spread and expand it's democracy throughout the nation. • ...

AP US History Crossword Puzzle 2022-05-12

AP US History Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. act that gave Native Americans 160 acres for farm land and set up schools
  2. long journey for Native Americans that were forced to leave their own land
  3. creator of Standard Oil Company
  4. act in which the government gave land away to citizens
  5. led to expansion of slavery, invented by Eli Whitney
  6. movement of Africans Americans from the rural south to the urban North
  7. the fear of communism ideals spreading
  8. biggest economic depression in U.S. history
  9. the rebellion that led to the removal of the Articles of Confederation
  10. numerous amount of programs made by FDR to stimulate the economy
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  1. exchange between native americans and europeans
  2. system used by the Spanish to enforce labor on Native Americans
  3. 1820-1850 economy transitions from agrarian
  4. 1870s-1890s everything looked great but corrupt politics and wealth gap grew
  5. amendment that abolished slavery
  6. United States first foreign policy
  7. period after the civil war to rebuild the south
  8. the expansion through further unexplored territory based on the ideals of God
  9. type of politics used during the beginning of the 19th century to get more voters for a party
  10. what caused the U.S. to join world war II

20 Clues: creator of Standard Oil Company • amendment that abolished slavery • United States first foreign policy • the fear of communism ideals spreading • what caused the U.S. to join world war II • 1820-1850 economy transitions from agrarian • biggest economic depression in U.S. history • exchange between native americans and europeans • ...

Unit 1 Vocab US History 2024-09-10

Unit 1 Vocab US History crossword puzzle
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  1. D. Rockefeller, Had a monopoly on the Oil Industry, through his company, Standard Oil. He controlled over 90% of the country’s oil supplies during his life. Practiced philanthropy at the end of his life.
  2. VS Tesla, A competition between Nikola Tesla, and Thomas Edison to create the first monopoly over electricity, with the help of JP Morgan. Edison invented DC, and Tesla invented AC.
  3. Island, The main immigration checkpoint on the West coast. Located in San Francisco Bay, mainly processed asian immigrants.
  4. Vanderbilt, Created the first monopoly ever, using the shipping industry as a foundation. Known for being very combative and cunning, he monopolized shipping, before expanding to railroads. He owned all the railroads in the Eastern and Mid-Eastern states.
  5. Strike, A strike in Homestead, Pennsylvania, at the Carnegie Steel plant. Workers went on strike to protest better pay and conditions, and a violent confrontation between the “Pinkertons” (Corporate militias) resulted in deaths.
  6. Small little “apartments” 7-8 floors tall with 10-20 apartments on each floor that had no running water, electricity, a shared bathroom on each floor. Poor ventilation lead to rapid spread of disease.
  7. Factors of Immigration, Push factors are a force that pushes you away from your home country (involuntary), and Pull factors are forces that draw you towards a country (voluntary)
  8. Darwinism, The theory of “survival of the fittest” applied to the economy, in where the rich survive, and the poor don’t.
  9. Ford, Revolutionized and monopolized automobile industry. He made cars affordable for all classes of people, and he also invented the assembly line. He was also the first to use a 5 day workweek.
  10. Island, The main immigration checkpoint on the East coast, located in NY, next to the Statue of liberty. Mainly processed european immigrants.
  11. Baron, A Monopoly/business owner that exploits workers for profits, and is generally greedy and money-hungry. Typically also drains a county of natural resources.
  12. Tweed, The most well known political boss in our history. He had control of NYC, and embezzled over $200 million. He gave favors to immigrants in return for votes, which kept him in office. (Fun fact - The “Get out of Jail free card in Monopoly is based on him.)
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  1. Unions, Working class people join together to fight against robber barons, for shorter work days, better pay, removal of child labor, and safer working conditions. Typically this was done through strikes.
  2. Exclusion Act, A law that banned Chinese immigration for all but a select few (diplomats, who still had to get very explicit permission). Meant to last 10 years, but it was extended, and lasted over 20.
  3. Integration, Purchasing all the steps to produce a product (eliminating the “middle man”)
  4. of Industry, A Monopoly/business owner who creates jobs, treats workers well, increases productivity, and practices philanthropy at the end of their life.
  5. Integration, Purchasing all the competitors so that you have full control of all the product.
  6. Rapid growth during the gilded age, where cities grew up, not out. Lots of available housing and jobs, but it created lots of problems.
  7. Gilded Age, A period of prosperity in the United States that lasted 1877-1900s, It was a period of superficial glitter, rapid growth, corruption, and new wealth.
  8. Morgan, Created a monopoly on the Finance Industry. He personally financed many politicians, and had a habit of collecting monopolies.
  9. When one person/company owns all of a product through vertical or horizontal integration.
  10. Prioritizing the interests of native born people rather than immigrants, typically by using immigration restrictions.
  11. Economics, The idea that the government should not interfere with the economy, and should let business compete with each other to produce a cheaper, higher quality product.
  12. Antitrust Act, In 1890, an act was passed that made it illegal to form trusts/monopolies. It forced people to break up their companies, but only applied to commerce. This also got rid of the Laissez Faire Economy.
  13. Carnegie, The image of “rags to riches.” Born to poor scottish family, immigrated, and made a monopoly on the steel industry. His company, US Steel, became the first billion-dollar company. Donated 90% of his wealth at the end of his life.

25 Clues: Integration, Purchasing all the steps to produce a product (eliminating the “middle man”) • When one person/company owns all of a product through vertical or horizontal integration. • Integration, Purchasing all the competitors so that you have full control of all the product. • ...

US History Unit 1 Vocab 2024-09-10

US History Unit 1 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A law that banned Chinese immigration for all but a select few (diplomats, who still had to get very explicit permission). Meant to last 10 years, but it was extended, and lasted over 20.
  2. Had a monopoly on the Oil Industry, through his company, Standard Oil. He controlled over 90% of the country’s oil supplies during his life. Practiced philanthropy at the end of his life.
  3. Push factors are a force that pushes you away from your home country (involuntary), and Pull factors are forces that draw you towards a country (voluntary)
  4. Small little “apartments” 7-8 floors tall with 10-20 apartments on each floor that had no running water, electricity, a shared bathroom on each floor. Poor ventilation lead to rapid spread of disease.
  5. A strike in Homestead, Pennsylvania, at the Carnegie Steel plant. Workers went on strike to protest better pay and conditions, and a violent confrontation between the “Pinkertons” (Corporate militias) resulted in deaths.
  6. A Monopoly/business owner that exploits workers for profits, and is generally greedy and money-hungry. Typically also drains a county of natural resources.
  7. The most well known political boss in our history. He had control of NYC, and embezzled over $200 million. He gave favors to immigrants in return for votes, which kept him in office. (Fun fact - The “Get out of Jail free card in Monopoly is based on him.)
  8. The theory of “survival of the fittest” applied to the economy, in where the rich survive, and the poor don’t.
  9. Rapid growth during the gilded age, where cities grew up, not out. Lots of available housing and jobs, but it created lots of problems.
  10. Purchasing all the steps to produce a product (eliminating the “middle man”)
  11. A period of prosperity in the United States that lasted 1877-1900s, It was a period of superficial glitter, rapid growth, corruption, and new wealth.
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  1. The idea that the government should not interfere with the economy, and should let business compete with each other to produce a cheaper, higher quality product.
  2. When one person/company owns all of a product through vertical or horizontal integration.
  3. Created a monopoly on the Finance Industry. He personally financed many politicians, and had a habit of collecting monopolies.
  4. Created the first monopoly ever, using the shipping industry as a foundation. Known for being very combative and cunning, he monopolized shipping, before expanding to railroads. He owned all the railroads in the Eastern and Mid-Eastern states.
  5. In 1890, an act was passed that made it illegal to form trusts/monopolies. It forced people to break up their companies, but only applied to commerce. This also got rid of the Laissez Faire Economy.
  6. The main immigration checkpoint on the West coast. Located in San Francisco Bay, mainly processed asian immigrants.
  7. Revolutionized and monopolized automobile industry. He made cars affordable for all classes of people, and he also invented the assembly line. He was also the first to use a 5 day workweek.
  8. The main immigration checkpoint on the East coast, located in NY, next to the Statue of liberty. Mainly processed european immigrants.
  9. Prioritizing the interests of native born people rather than immigrants, typically by using immigration restrictions.
  10. Working class people join together to fight against robber barons, for shorter work days, better pay, removal of child labor, and safer working conditions. Typically this was done through strikes.
  11. Purchasing all the competitors so that you have full control of all the product.
  12. A Monopoly/business owner who creates jobs, treats workers well, increases productivity, and practices philanthropy at the end of their life.
  13. The image of “rags to riches.” Born to poor scottish family, immigrated, and made a monopoly on the steel industry. His company, US Steel, became the first billion-dollar company. Donated 90% of his wealth at the end of his life.
  14. A competition between Nikola Tesla, and Thomas Edison to create the first monopoly over electricity, with the help of JP Morgan. Edison invented DC, and Tesla invented AC.

25 Clues: Purchasing all the steps to produce a product (eliminating the “middle man”) • Purchasing all the competitors so that you have full control of all the product. • When one person/company owns all of a product through vertical or horizontal integration. • ...

Virginia & US History Crossword Puzzle 2024-09-11

Virginia & US History Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Coercive British laws passed to punish Boston after the Tea Party
  2. British taxes on glass, paint, tea, and paper that sparked protest
  3. Boston event where British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists
  4. The primary strategy of the Continental Army to outlast the British
  5. Ship that attacked British vessels on the high seas
  6. British soldiers were known as this because of their uniforms
  7. Valley Forge was known for its severe lack of this
  8. British general who surrendered at Yorktown
  9. Document that officially declared American independence
  10. American pamphleteer who inspired the colonies with "Common Sense"
  11. French general who aided the Patriots
  12. Patriot general who became a traitor
  13. Declaration author
  14. City where the Declaration of Independence was signed
  15. Act passed by British Parliament taxing all printed materials in the colonies
  16. Tea-related protest against British taxes
  17. Nickname for the Patriots who supported the Revolution
  18. Final major battle of the Revolutionary War
  19. Phrase representing the American fight against taxation
  20. The country that supported the Patriots after the Battle of Saratoga
  21. Location of a major British base in the southern theater of the war
  22. Secret network formed to communicate plans among the Patriots
  23. American spy who said "I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country"
  24. Commander of the Continental Army
  25. The river Washington crossed to surprise Hessian troops
  26. Tactic used by Washington to escape British attacks, often moving forces at night
  27. A surprise attack by small groups, avoiding direct confrontation
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  1. Common term for American soldiers in the Revolutionary War
  2. Group of British soldiers hired from Germany
  3. Radical group that organized protests against British taxes
  4. Meeting where delegates from 13 colonies debated independence
  5. German officer who trained the Continental Army at Valley Forge
  6. A group that supported British rule during the war
  7. Patriot who warned of British troop movements
  8. Notable winter encampment of the Continental Army, known for harsh conditions
  9. Main British strategy was to control these
  10. Battle in Massachusetts that was an early conflict in the war
  11. Continental Army's adversary in the Revolutionary War
  12. of warfare used by the Americans to weaken British forces
  13. Key battle fought on Christmas night after Washington crossed the Delaware River
  14. Battle in New York that was a turning point of the war, leading to French support
  15. British policy of forcing American sailors into naval service
  16. Island where the British set up a strong base during the war
  17. Political group that led the colonies during the war
  18. American naval commander known for "I have not yet begun to fight"
  19. The famous Revere's Ride warning of British troop movements
  20. Treaty that officially ended the war
  21. Place where American forces captured a large British arsenal in 1775
  22. British commander known for his aggressive campaigns in the south
  23. Political philosopher whose ideas of liberty influenced American leaders

50 Clues: Declaration author • Commander of the Continental Army • Patriot general who became a traitor • Treaty that officially ended the war • French general who aided the Patriots • Tea-related protest against British taxes • Main British strategy was to control these • British general who surrendered at Yorktown • Final major battle of the Revolutionary War • ...

US History Chapter 8 Crossword 2023-10-25

US History Chapter 8 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Agreement where the Spanish gave Florida to the US
  2. Defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend
  3. Very dangerous animal encountered by Louis and Clark
  4. Last battle of the War of 1812
  5. Killed Alexander Hamilton in a dual
  6. The tribe to which Sacagawea belonged
  7. New name for the Democratic-Republicans
  8. Leading War Hawk from Kentucky
  9. Agreement that allowed Maine and Missouri to become part of the US
  10. Ended the War of 1812
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  1. Defeated Tecumseh at Tippecanoe
  2. Leader sent by Jefferson to explore the southern part of the Louisiana Purchase
  3. Captured by the British and burned in August of 1814
  4. Supported Henry Clay and wanted a war with Great Britain
  5. Name of the ship used by Lewis and Clark
  6. Author of "The Star Spangled Banner"
  7. Nation that the US went to war with in 1812
  8. Fourth President elected in 1808
  9. Elected 6th President in 1824
  10. Won the Battle of Lake Eerie
  11. Pirates who controlled the coast on the northern shore of Africa
  12. A squadron of ___________ soldiers captured Pike and his men.
  13. Policy of not taking sides in a conflict
  14. River navigated by Louis and Clark that flowed into the Columbia River
  15. Nickname for the USS Constitution
  16. Accompanied Robert Livingston with an offer to buy New Orleans
  17. Starting point for the Lewis and Clark Expedition

27 Clues: Ended the War of 1812 • Won the Battle of Lake Eerie • Elected 6th President in 1824 • Last battle of the War of 1812 • Leading War Hawk from Kentucky • Defeated Tecumseh at Tippecanoe • Fourth President elected in 1808 • Nickname for the USS Constitution • Killed Alexander Hamilton in a dual • Author of "The Star Spangled Banner" • The tribe to which Sacagawea belonged • ...

US HISTORY CROSSWORD: LESSON 11 2023-12-08

US HISTORY CROSSWORD: LESSON 11 crossword puzzle
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  1. a metaphorical crucifixion of the working class by maintaining the gold standard.
  2. is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation's food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation.
  3. An agricultural production that exceeds the needs of the society for which it is being produced and may be exported or stored for future times.
  4. the belief, held by many Americans in the 1840s, that the United States was destined to spread across the North American continent and beyond
  5. a person who tries to persuade legislators to pass laws favorable to a particular group
  6. A type of usually violent conflict, that subject control of "open range"
  7. 1887 Act that regulated land rights on tribal territories with the US.
  8. a Mexican cowboy
  9. A momentary victory for the Lakota and Cheyenne. The death of Custer andd his troops became a rallying point for the U.S. to increase their efforts to force native people onto reservation lands
  10. the absorption of people into the dominant culture
  11. a political philosophy that favors the common person's interests over those of wealthy people or business interestsProspector
  12. the cattle-drive trail from San Antonio, Texas, to Abilene, Kansas
  13. opposed the manufacturing and processing monopolies that fixed grain and livestock prices at a disadvantage to farmers
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  1. an 1862 federal law that granted tracts of land called homesteads to western settlers who agreed to work the land and live on it for five years
  2. A left-wing agarian populist political party in the U.S. in the late 19th century.
  3. A system created to keep Native Americans off of lands that European Americans wished to settle
  4. the growth of cities
  5. A massacre of cheyenne and Apano people bye the U.S. Army in the American-Indian War
  6. An organized agrarian economic movement among American farmers that developed and flourished.
  7. A railroad that connected the west of the U.S. with the east.
  8. an area of federal land reserved for Indigenous tribes
  9. A massacre of nearly 300 Lakota people by soldiers of the U.S. Army
  10. A market structure where a single seller or producer assumes a dominant position in an industry.

23 Clues: a Mexican cowboy • the growth of cities • the absorption of people into the dominant culture • an area of federal land reserved for Indigenous tribes • A railroad that connected the west of the U.S. with the east. • the cattle-drive trail from San Antonio, Texas, to Abilene, Kansas • A massacre of nearly 300 Lakota people by soldiers of the U.S. Army • ...

US History Chapter 4 Vocab 2024-10-11

US History Chapter 4 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. Choosing not to support or oppose a side in a conflict, as some colonies did during European wars.
  2. The presence of different cultures, ethnicities, or ideas within a population, seen in some colonial settlements.
  3. A system where citizens elect others to make decisions and laws on their behalf, as seen in colonial legislatures.
  4. A system of trade involving three regions, typically exchanging goods like slaves, raw materials, and manufactured products between Africa, the Americas, and Europe.
  5. To change someone’s beliefs or opinions, especially in matters of religion, as missionaries tried with Native Americans.
  6. A powerful group of Native American nations that formed an alliance to manage collective interests and relations with colonial powers.
  7. The most important person or idea in a situation, such as a leader or key belief in a colony.
  8. A group of local citizens who organize to defend their community during emergencies, often used in colonial defense.
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  1. Producing just enough food for a family’s needs, common in rural areas of New England.
  2. A young person who trains under a skilled worker to learn a trade or craft, common in colonial industries.
  3. Goods brought into a region or country, such as manufactured items arriving from Europe into colonial ports.
  4. Goods sent from one country to another, often raw materials shipped from the colonies to England.
  5. The movement of people into a new area or country to settle, contributing to the population growth of the colonies.
  6. An economic policy where colonies supply raw materials to the parent country to increase its wealth and power.
  7. To change behavior or practices to fit new circumstances, as colonists did to survive in new environments.
  8. Laws that restricted the rights and behaviors of enslaved people and ensured control over them.
  9. A formal agreement between groups or nations to cooperate, often for mutual defense or political purposes.
  10. virtue The practice of actively engaging in and contributing to the improvement of one's community and governance.
  11. A type of agricultural product grown for sale rather than personal use, such as tobacco in the Southern colonies.
  12. To temporarily stop or delay an action or process, such as halting colonial assemblies.
  13. Special attention or importance given to something, like the focus on religious freedom in some areas.
  14. A rapid and widespread outbreak of disease, like smallpox, which greatly affected colonial communities.
  15. To depend on someone or something for support or help, like colonists depending on local resources.
  16. To force rules, taxes, or regulations onto others, like when Britain enacted new laws on the colonies.

24 Clues: Producing just enough food for a family’s needs, common in rural areas of New England. • To temporarily stop or delay an action or process, such as halting colonial assemblies. • The most important person or idea in a situation, such as a leader or key belief in a colony. • ...

US History Module 4 Vocab 2024-11-25

US History Module 4 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. former governor-general of India and a British Army general
  2. Patriot leader who commanded the Continental army and became the first president of the United States
  3. author of Common Sense who wrote that citizens, not monarchs, should make laws
  4. American naval officer known as the father of the US Navy
  5. a document that argued why the colonists should come together formally and that announce their break from Great Britain
  6. a battle in Boston that showed the colonists could fight against the British army
  7. an enslaved Black American who worked as a spy and provided information that gave the Continental Army an advantage at Yorktown
  8. a Frenchman who volunteered to serve in the Continental Army without pay and used his money and influence to support the Patriots
  9. laws passed to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party
  10. Boston leader who believed Parliament could not tax the the colonists without their permission
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  1. a Prussian military officer who trained the Continental Army
  2. American colonists who chose to fight for independence
  3. a battle won by the Patriots against Hessian mercenaries
  4. the last major battle of the American Revolution
  5. British soldiers who fought against the colonists in the American Revolution
  6. a great victory for the American forces in which British general John Burgone surrendered his entire army to American general Horatio Gates
  7. the main author of the Declaration of Independence
  8. an incident in which British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists, killing five people
  9. American military officer
  10. a 47-page pamphlet that argued against British rule over America
  11. a protest against the Tea Act in which a group of colonists boarded British tea ships and dumped more than 340 chests of tea into Boston Harbor
  12. continental Congress a meeting of delegates from 12 colonies in Philadelphia in May 1775
  13. the peace agreement in which Great Britain recongnized the independence of the United States

23 Clues: American military officer • the last major battle of the American Revolution • the main author of the Declaration of Independence • American colonists who chose to fight for independence • a battle won by the Patriots against Hessian mercenaries • American naval officer known as the father of the US Navy • former governor-general of India and a British Army general • ...

US History Chapter 19 Vocabulary 2025-04-05

US History Chapter 19 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Espionage and ___ Acts - Under the Espionage and ___ Acts a person could be fined up to $10,000 and sentenced to 20 years in jail for interfering with the war effort or for saying anything disloyal, pro fane, or abusive about the government or the war effort (598).
  2. ___ - A truce; at the eleventh hour, on the eleventh day, in the eleventh month of 1918, Germany agreed to a cease-fire and signed the ___ that ended the war (593).
  3. ___ - The Triple Entente, later known as the ___, consisted of France, Britain, and Russia.
  4. ___ - The development of armed forces and their use as a tool of diplomacy (579).
  5. David Lloyd ___ - The British prime minister, had just won reelection on the slogan “Make Germany Pay” (605).
  6. Archduke Franz ___ - The heir to the Austrian throne whose assassination began the Great War (580).
  7. League of ___ - an international organization to address diplomatic crises like those that had sparked the war,; would provide a forum for nations to discuss and settle their grievances without having to resort to war (605).
  8. Selective ___ Act - The act required men to register with the government in order to be randomly selected for military service (588).
  9. Conscientious ___ - A person who opposes warfare on moral grounds (592).
  10. ___ - A kind of biased communication designed to influence people’s thoughts and actions (596).
  11. War ___ Board - The main regulatory body of war-related industries; established in 1917, the WIB set production quotas and allocated raw materials. The board encouraged companies to use mass-production techniques to increase efficiency. It also urged them to eliminate waste by standardizing products (595).
  12. War-___ clause - Forced Germany to admit sole responsibility for starting World War I (606).
  13. ___ - War damages (606).
  14. ___ man’s land - Between the trench complexes lay “___ man’s land”—a barren expanse of mud pockmarked with shell craters and filled with barbed wire (582).
  15. Great ___ - The large-scale movement of hundreds of thousands of Southern blacks to cities in the North (599).
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  1. ___ - A devotion to the interests and culture of one’s nation (579).
  2. Eddie ___- Famous fighter pilot of World War I, after engaging in 134 air battles and downing 26 enemy aircraft, Rickenbacker won fame as the Allied pilot with the most victories—“American ace of aces” (587).
  3. ___Points - President Wilson’s plan for world peace; The points were divided into three groups. The f irst five points were issues that Wilson believed had to be addressed to prevent another war. The next eight points dealt with boundary changes. The fourteenth point called for the creation of an inter national organization to address diplomatic crises like those that had sparked the war (605).
  4. ___ note - A telegram from the German foreign minister to the German ambassador in Mexico that was intercepted by British agents. The telegram proposed an alliance between Mexico and Germany and promised that if war with the United States broke out, Germany would support Mexico in recovering “lost territory in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona” (585).
  5. Alvin ___ - A redheaded mountaineer and blacksmith from Tennessee, ___ sought exemption as a conscientious objector. On October 8, 1918, armed only with a rifle and a revolver, he killed 25 Germans and—with six other doughboys—captured 132 prisoners. General Pershing called him the outstanding soldier of the AEF, while Marshal Foch, the commander of Allied forces in Europe, described his feat as “the greatest thing accomplished by any private soldier of all the armies of Europe.” For his heroic acts, he was promoted to sergeant and became a celebrity when he returned to the United States (592).
  6. ___ system - A system in which a heavy guard of destroyers escorted merchant ships back and forth across the Atlantic in groups (589).
  7. ___- a U-boat sank the British liner Lusitania off the southern coast of Ireland. Of the 1,198 persons lost, 128 were Americans. Despite Germany’s explanation, Americans became outraged with Germany because of the loss of life. American public opinion turned against Germany and the Central Powers (584).
  8. American ___Force - Included men from widely separated parts of the country. American infantrymen were nicknamed doughboys, possibly because of the white belts they wore, which they cleaned with pipe clay, or “dough” (590).
  9. George ___ - A former muckraking journalist and head of the Committee on Public Information, the nation’s first propaganda agency (596).
  10. ___ Powers - Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire were later known as the ___Powers (580).
  11. Treaty of ___ - established nine new nations—including Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia—and shifted the boundaries of other nations. It carved five areas out of the Ottoman Empire and gave them to France and Great Britain as mandates, or temporary colonies. The treaty barred Germany from maintaining an army. It also required Germany to return the region of Alsace-Lorraine to France and to pay reparations amounting to $33 billion to the Allies.
  12. Henry Cabot ___ - Conservative senators, headed by Henry Cabot __,were suspicious of the provision for joint economic and military action against aggression, even though it was voluntary. They wanted the constitutional right of Congress to declare war included in the treaty (607).
  13. Bernard M. ___ - Reorganized and led the War Industries Board in 1918 (595).
  14. General John J. ___ - Commander of the American Expeditionary Force, ___believed in aggressive combat and felt that three years of trench warfare had made the Allies too defensive. Under Pershing, American forces helped to stop the German advance, capturing important enemy positions. After the war, Pershing was made General of the Armies of the United States—the highest rank given to an officer (590).
  15. Georges ___ - The French premier had lived through two German invasions of France and was determined to prevent future invasions. (605)
  16. ___warfare - Warfare in which armies fought for mere yards of ground (582).

31 Clues: ___ - War damages (606). • ___ - A devotion to the interests and culture of one’s nation (579). • Conscientious ___ - A person who opposes warfare on moral grounds (592). • ___warfare - Warfare in which armies fought for mere yards of ground (582). • Bernard M. ___ - Reorganized and led the War Industries Board in 1918 (595). • ...

US History Final Review #2 2024-03-13

US History Final Review #2 crossword puzzle
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  1. The country formed by seceding southern states
  2. People who opposed immigration
  3. Nickname for the Peace Democrats, a group who spoke out against the war
  4. The process of readmitting the former confederate states to the Union
  5. Secret society that used violence to oppress African Americans
  6. The voyage across the Atlantic that enslaved Africans were forced to endure
  7. Confederate plan to enlist Britain's aid in return for continued cotton shipments
  8. Eearly leader of the Republican Party and President during the Civil War
  9. The freeing of slaves
  10. Ships that were heavily armored with iron
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  1. Word for experimental communities that tried to create a perfect society
  2. Slave who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom in 1846
  3. Constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment
  4. Process of bringing charges of wrongdoing against a public official
  5. Four slave states-Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri- that bordered the North and did not join the Confederacy
  6. Forced separation of whites and African Americans in public places
  7. The movement to encourage people not to drink alcohol
  8. Confederate general during many important battles of the Civil War
  9. A social and economic level between the wealthy and the poor
  10. Strategy in which both civilian and military reources are destroyed
  11. Belief that people should rise above material things in life and that people should depend on themselves, rather than outside authority

21 Clues: The freeing of slaves • People who opposed immigration • Ships that were heavily armored with iron • The country formed by seceding southern states • Slave who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom in 1846 • The movement to encourage people not to drink alcohol • Constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment • ...

US History - Chapter 6/7 2024-03-19

US History - Chapter 6/7 crossword puzzle
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  1. What Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun were known as.
  2. Standardized parts that could be used in place of one another.
  3. An agreement of cease fire.
  4. The Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe.
  5. The for cable seizure of American sailors in the Royal Navy.
  6. Stated America was for Americans.
  7. Allowed merchants to trade only with countries other than France and England
  8. The road that stretched from Georgia to Illinois.
  9. Explorers of the Louisiana Purchase.
  10. Supreme Court Justice for over 30 years.
  11. Event in 1803 that doubled the size of the U.S.
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  1. The boat that sunk leading to the war to the War of 1812
  2. An agreement to balance free and slave states.
  3. The third President of The United States.
  4. A tax on incoming goods.
  5. Invention by Eli Whitney.
  6. The devotion to the culture and interest's of one's country
  7. The ending of the War of 1812.
  8. Famous Indian guide who helped Lewis and Clark.
  9. Invention by Robert Fulton in 1807.

20 Clues: A tax on incoming goods. • Invention by Eli Whitney. • An agreement of cease fire. • The ending of the War of 1812. • Stated America was for Americans. • Invention by Robert Fulton in 1807. • Explorers of the Louisiana Purchase. • Supreme Court Justice for over 30 years. • The third President of The United States. • An agreement to balance free and slave states. • ...

US History Chapter 12 Vocab 2025-05-19

US History Chapter 12 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. A law passed in 1830 that allowed the U.S. government to move Native Americans west
  2. A meeting where a political party chooses its candidate
  3. Giving government jobs to political supporters
  4. Conflicts between the U.S. and the Seminole tribe, who resisted relocation in Florida
  5. A federally chartered bank that held government funds and regulated smaller banks
  6. A government department that manages money and finances
  7. Related to the national government
  8. The most votes, but not more than half
  9. To take part in something
  10. The power to reject a proposed law
  11. Something that stands for or represents something else
  12. Son A candidate supported mainly by their home state
  13. To stay alive or continue to exist
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  1. A financial crisis that led to widespread unemployment and business failure
  2. The forced march of the Cherokee to Indian Territory, during which thousands died
  3. 7th U.S. President known for expanding democracy and enforcing the Indian Removal Act
  4. To make a process easier or smoother
  5. Using insults or false accusations to damage an opponent’s reputation
  6. More than half of a total number
  7. An established organization or system in society
  8. A system of government with many departments and officials
  9. To move to a new place

22 Clues: To move to a new place • To take part in something • More than half of a total number • Related to the national government • The power to reject a proposed law • To stay alive or continue to exist • To make a process easier or smoother • The most votes, but not more than half • Giving government jobs to political supporters • An established organization or system in society • ...

Unit 3 Test (US HISTORY) 2022-10-18

Unit 3 Test (US HISTORY) crossword puzzle
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  1. Farmers/Pioneers who went west
  2. A building with thin walls, no windows, and outside bathrooms. Living Quarters were cramped. It developed into sometimes dangerous city streets, and unsafe conditions.
  3. First professional Baseball Team
  4. Taking away someone's right to vote
  5. Man who sat two inches from his table and would eat till his stomach touched it.
  6. Government gave 160 acres to settlers who lived on the land for five years
  7. Made up of thousands of acres that had been bought from sod busters
  8. To bring about an experience in which Natives would raise above the land, and the whites would be buried by new land. The buffalo would return and all natives, living and dead, would be reunited.
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  1. In this case, the Supreme Court declared segregation laws constitutional, claiming that, as long as the accommodations were “separate but equal,” it was legal to separate facilities for blacks and whites.
  2. Massacre caused by misfired rifle which led the US Army to kill nearly 150 unarmed men, women, and children.
  3. Custer-led military attack on Black Hills, where they were beaten by the Sioux (Crazy Horse and Sitting bull)
  4. Government law that banned Chinese immigration for 10 years, and prohibited Chinese from becoming US citizens.
  5. Would go to the Vaudeville houses, dancehalls, and saloons.
  6. IF your grandpa had been able/unable to do something, you should be able/unable to do it too.
  7. Would go to Coney Island amusement parks, and attend baseball games
  8. When a mob of people would gather and murder someone (Usually a black person) because they thought they had violated a law or a social custom
  9. Became the capital of Western commerce because of it's rail road, factories, meat-packing plants, etc.
  10. Where a lot of immigrants entered the USA
  11. A book that jokingly talked about the greed of the rich and political corruption.
  12. Laws in southern states that mandated racial segregation in public facilities like schools, resturants, and rail cars
  13. Land held by tribes was to be divided up among natives. They could not sell this land, since government owned it for 25 years. After 25 years, the natives would be given the deed to the land, and they would become American Citizens.
  14. towns that were bypassed by the railroad and often disbanded.

22 Clues: Farmers/Pioneers who went west • First professional Baseball Team • Taking away someone's right to vote • Where a lot of immigrants entered the USA • Would go to the Vaudeville houses, dancehalls, and saloons. • towns that were bypassed by the railroad and often disbanded. • Would go to Coney Island amusement parks, and attend baseball games • ...

Chapter 4 Vocabulary - US History 2022-10-09

Chapter 4 Vocabulary - US History crossword puzzle
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  1. Pontiac was the chief of an Ottawa village that captured British outposts. The forces killed settlers along the Pennsylvania and Virginia frontiers.
  2. Minister from Massachusetts involved in the Great Awakening by giving powerful and convincing sermons.
  3. The idea that knowledge, reason and science could improve society.
  4. Publisher of the New-York Weekly Journal who accused New York's governor of corruption
  5. A religious revival that inspired greater religious freedom
  6. The Massachusetts Puritans required communities with 50 or more homes to have a public school
  7. To sell goods to other countries
  8. An economic theory that a nation's power depends on its ability to increase wealth by increasing exports and accumulating precious metals in return
  9. The ruler could not suspend Parliament's laws, impose taxes, or raise an army without Parliament's consent.
  10. The banning of printed materials because they contain unpopular or offensive ideas.
  11. A pattern of trade that developed in colonial times among the Americas, Africa and Europe
  12. This treaty forced France to give Canada and most of its land east of the Mississippi River to Great Britain.
  13. Crops that could be sold easily in markets in the colonies and overseas.
  14. Partnership
  15. Variety, such as ethnic or national groups.
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  1. A system in which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government on their behalf.
  2. Confederacy: The most powerful group of Native Americans in eastern North America
  3. This was to be for a united colonial government designed by Benjamin Franklin. Each colony would have to give up some of its power
  4. Producing enough to meet the needs of their family, with little to none left for sale or trade.
  5. A person who learns a trade from a skilled craftsperson
  6. Conflict between the British and the French.
  7. The second or middle part of the three-part route across the ocean known as the triangular trade.
  8. The permanent movement of people into a country from other countries.
  9. An illness that affects large numbers of people.
  10. A military force made up of ordinary citizens.
  11. The Prime Minister of the British government that said Britain would pay for the French and Indian War knowing he would tax the colonists later to cover the cost of the war.
  12. To bring in goods from other countries.
  13. The law forced colonists to sell their raw materials to England even if they could get a better price elsewhere.
  14. Rules focusing on the behavior and punishment of enslaved people; laws in Southern states that controlled enslaved people.

29 Clues: Partnership • To sell goods to other countries • To bring in goods from other countries. • Variety, such as ethnic or national groups. • Conflict between the British and the French. • A military force made up of ordinary citizens. • An illness that affects large numbers of people. • A person who learns a trade from a skilled craftsperson • ...

US History Test 16 Review 2022-06-14

US History Test 16 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. We celebrate this on November 11 because it's when World War I ended, to honor those who served. (Be able to write this explanation in your own words!)
  2. This movement was defeated during World War II.
  3. Operation Desert Storm lasted two and a half ___.
  4. Churchill Prime Minister of the UK during World War II
  5. This man was President during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (This is a new fact!)
  6. This war ended November 11, 1918.
  7. In 1983, Reagan sent US troops to liberate this island from Cuba (you missed this on the quiz)
  8. This man destroyed insects to help the builders of the Panama Canal
  9. This war, Operation ___ ___ was due to the invasion of Kuwait.
  10. This President was shot and killed during a motorcade in Dallas.
  11. Berlin was divided after this war.
  12. This man discovered Hawaii
  13. During the ___ ___ war, Teddy Roosevelt led the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill.
  14. The dictator who invaded Kuwait in 1990
  15. In the case Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court ended school ___.
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  1. Germany sank this ship during World War I.
  2. This man was leader of Germany during World War I
  3. After September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush declared this because Al Qaeda terrorists had attacked us. (Be able to write this explanation in your own words!)
  4. President Johnson committed the US to be very involved in this war. (This is a new fact!)
  5. Saddam Hussein was finally removed from power during Operation ___ ____.
  6. The first man to walk on the moon
  7. The first female Supreme Court justice
  8. The first black Supreme Court justice
  9. President during World War I
  10. President Reagan's policy that Communism should be stopped before it enters a country was known as this. (Be able to write this explanation in your own words!)
  11. The hurricane that damaged New Orleans was called Hurricane ___.
  12. The only President to resign from office
  13. World War II was ended in Japan with the dropping of two ___ ____.
  14. The man who convinced the US government to buy Alaska
  15. The Cold War was a conflict between the Soviet Union and ___ ____.
  16. The US purchased Alaska from this country
  17. The first war after World War II (This might be a new fact!)

32 Clues: This man discovered Hawaii • President during World War I • The first man to walk on the moon • This war ended November 11, 1918. • Berlin was divided after this war. • The first black Supreme Court justice • The first female Supreme Court justice • The dictator who invaded Kuwait in 1990 • The only President to resign from office • The US purchased Alaska from this country • ...

Unit 2 Vocabulary (US History) 2022-09-22

Unit 2 Vocabulary (US History) crossword puzzle
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  1. Philadelphia 1775 it took the huge step of declaring America's independence from Britain.
  2. Revolutionary War battle, winter of 1776, New Jersey; unprecedented fighting vs the Hessians around Christmas
  3. a serie battles in 1777 in NY, was a turning point in the war. The largest victory yet for the Americans.
  4. established & legitimized the authority of Great Britain to tax the British colonies in North America.
  5. a group of colonist who used disobedience to intimidate and outrage loyalist and the British government
  6. the event that led to the committee of correspondence being created
  7. tactic in which an enemy is surrounded and starved in order to make it surrender
  8. a foreign soldier who is hired and fights for a fee
  9. colonials who fought for American independence from Great Britain
  10. housing troops
  11. tax on news paper, pamphlets, and legal documents
  12. An article that started chatter on the future revolution
  13. a right that is given to a person simply because they are human
  14. made a painting about the Boston Massacre
  15. expressed colonists continued loyalty to monarch & sought an end to fighting until a solution could be found
  16. Order by the British king that closed the region west of the Appalachian Mountains to all settlement by colonists
  17. made to help the east India tea company make more money
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  1. proposal by Benjamin Franklin for the creation of a grand council of representatives from Britain’s American colonies
  2. Coercive Acts; Parliament passed these laws to punish the Massachusetts colony for the Boston Tea Party.
  3. what colonist did to protest agents the sugar act “Revenue Act” law aimed at preventing the smuggling of molasses & collecting higher taxes & duties.
  4. top official in a parliamentary government
  5. movement that emphasized science & reason to improve society
  6. used to isolate and cut off outside contact
  7. Signed by Great Britain, France and Spain to exchange land
  8. what implemented a tax on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea
  9. established & legitimized the authority of Great Britain to tax the British colonies in North America.
  10. a steady increase in prices over time
  11. what was made to cut taxes on imported molasses
  12. person who remained loyal to Great Britain during the Revolution

29 Clues: housing troops • a steady increase in prices over time • made a painting about the Boston Massacre • top official in a parliamentary government • used to isolate and cut off outside contact • what was made to cut taxes on imported molasses • tax on news paper, pamphlets, and legal documents • a foreign soldier who is hired and fights for a fee • ...

US History: Module 4 Review 2025-09-16

US History: Module 4 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. What it was called when the U.S. put limits on the number of immigrants to America
  2. Group of women who challenged traditional roles
  3. What cars provided to Americans
  4. What the banning of alcohol was called
  5. Buying products with a down payment + paying installments
  6. The man who started the Back to Africa movement
  7. The name of the mass movement of Blacks from the South
  8. The woman who fled the South because she fought against lynching
  9. The Father of Jazz
  10. First sports celebrity
  11. Buying with the hope of the value increasing
  12. Represents social status based on what you own
  13. The strategy of mass producing cars to make them more affordable
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  1. The genre made popular by the Grand Ole Opry
  2. Secret drinking clubs
  3. When police arrested suspected Communists
  4. Illegally making, selling, + transporting alcohol
  5. The source of the First Red Scare
  6. Father of the Blues
  7. Black cultural, social, and artistic boom centered in a NY city
  8. What did new technology allow Americans to have during the 1920s?
  9. Wrote stories criticizing the U.S.' treatment of Blacks
  10. Trial that debated teaching evolution vs. creationism
  11. Most common technology of the 1920s

24 Clues: The Father of Jazz • Father of the Blues • Secret drinking clubs • First sports celebrity • What cars provided to Americans • The source of the First Red Scare • Most common technology of the 1920s • What the banning of alcohol was called • When police arrested suspected Communists • The genre made popular by the Grand Ole Opry • Buying with the hope of the value increasing • ...

US History Qtr. 1 Review 2025-10-09

US History Qtr. 1 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. ____ Act: Law that said colonists had to house soldiers and pay for their stuff
  2. The US's neighbor to the South
  3. Modern-day state where Jamestown is located
  4. Where the first shots of the American Revolution were fired
  5. How many colonies were there when they declared independence
  6. One of two countries that claimed the Ohio Valley
  7. Ocean on the West Coast of North America
  8. Water that is a mix of fresh and salty
  9. The first permanent English settlement in the New World
  10. _____ Petition: Last ditch effort by the colonies to avoid war. Ignored by the king
  11. Country the first Jamestown settlers came from
  12. The crime committed against England by the signers of the Declaration
  13. Rich men that weren't used to working with their hands. 43% of Jamestown was one
  14. Explorer who was the first European in the New World. He thought the Earth was pear shaped
  15. Term we use now for the people Columbus thought were Indians
  16. Group of townspeople trained to fight in an emergency
  17. Colonists who were not loyal to England and wanted independence
  18. French and ____ War
  19. Country that Columbus created colonies for
  20. 1st and 2nd ____ Congress: Where colonies met to discuss what to do about King George
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  1. Author of the Declaration of Independence
  2. "Give me ___ or give me Death!" -Patrick Henry
  3. _____ Acts: Laws designed to punish Boston and Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party
  4. Ocean on the East Coast of North America
  5. Indigenous group that lived around Jamestown
  6. Columbian ____: Transfer of goods/diseases from Old World to New World and vice versa
  7. ___ of 1763: Said colonists couldn't move into the Ohio Valley
  8. ____ Act: Put an extra tax on paper to help pay for the French and Indian War
  9. The US's neighbor to the North
  10. Boston ____: British soldiers killed 5 colonists, including Crispus Attucks
  11. King of England during the Road to Revolution
  12. Colonists who were loyal to England and the King
  13. Who the Continental Congress elected to lead its Army
  14. Boston ____: Protest against the tea tax and the BEIC's tea monopoly
  15. How many states are there today?

35 Clues: French and ____ War • The US's neighbor to the South • The US's neighbor to the North • How many states are there today? • Water that is a mix of fresh and salty • Ocean on the East Coast of North America • Ocean on the West Coast of North America • Author of the Declaration of Independence • Country that Columbus created colonies for • ...

iCivics US History Unit 1 2025-11-13

iCivics US History Unit 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. a person or group of people who hold power to make decisions for a nation, state, tribe, city, etc.
  2. a system of government where the people hold power through elected representatives who then make laws and decision
  3. a person who voluntarily settles in a colony
  4. when one nation sends people to a place to establish their own permanent settlements, often using force, to gain wealth and power and in the process disrupting the Indigenous peoples
  5. (of people) coming from a particular place and having lived there for a long time before other people came there
  6. an argument or point you are trying to prove; the central or main idea in a piece of writing or an image
  7. the facts you use to support or prove your claim
  8. any land that is owned by an individual or group outside of the government
  9. a social construct used to categorize people into groups based on traits like skin color, physical features, or the identity of their ancestors
  10. a nation's independent authority and the right to govern itself
  11. a group of people who live in the same area or having a certain characteristic in common
  12. a form of government with one leader whose power is generally passed down through the family
  13. a set of principles or thoughts that people use to understand the world around them
  14. to communicate with or react to people or things
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  1. process of allowing citizens to shape the decisions made by the government through the representatives chosen by them
  2. an official agreement made between sovereign nations
  3. an organized system of beliefs, ceremonies, and rules used to worship a god or group of gods
  4. relating to gaining, seeking, and/or organizing power; includes events related to the government, such as making, enforcing, and interpreting laws
  5. a person chosen to act or speak for others, often in a government; having people who are chosen in elections to act or speak for or in support of the people who voted for them
  6. relating to the process or system by which goods and services are produced, sold, and bought
  7. an act or effort to fight against something or someone or a refusal to accept something
  8. the ability to make decisions about people and resources in a society
  9. a form of slavery that allowed people to be owned as property that could be bought, sold, given, and inherited
  10. an area that is controlled by a foreign country that is often far away
  11. a person who is made the property of another, is forced to work, and does not have freedom
  12. a Native Nation's right to self-govern and control its own laws, people, land, and resources; cannot be given or taken, only acknowledged or recognized
  13. a union of states, groups of people, or political parties with the same aim
  14. an effort by many people to change something through protests or violence
  15. a system of forced labor for the social, political, and economic gain of the enslaver that deprived enslaved people of the rights to their labor, their families, and their persons
  16. the state of being free, not being imprisoned or enslaved; the power to do what you want to do
  17. shared by members of a group or community
  18. materials that occur in nature and can be used for survival or economic gain through trade
  19. of or relating to people or society in general
  20. a group of countries or regions that is controlled by one ruler or one government
  21. the ability to act and exert power over one’s own life
  22. a group of people who are thought of as being all the same

36 Clues: shared by members of a group or community • a person who voluntarily settles in a colony • of or relating to people or society in general • the facts you use to support or prove your claim • to communicate with or react to people or things • an official agreement made between sovereign nations • the ability to act and exert power over one’s own life • ...