us history Crossword Puzzles

US History Unit 4 Crossword 2023-11-29

US History Unit 4 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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 • ...

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 • ...

US History: Semester One Final 2025-12-04

US History: Semester One Final crossword puzzle
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  1. A piece of media designed to sway an opinion on a topic.
  2. A network of collaborators who help enslaved people escape.
  3. Formed in 1861 by the southern states after their secession from the Union.
  4. to leave a country
  5. land ruled by another country
  6. The outline of how the US government works.
  7. After the Civil War the federal government wanted to rebuild the South and give rights to former slaves.
  8. White terrorist group that enforced unfair laws and codes
  9. People in favor of weak national government and strong state government.
  10. The expansion of a country's political, economic, cultural, media, and military influence beyond its borders.
  11. A document that declared independence from Great Britain with a list of reasons for their separation.
  12. The process of transforming from an agricultural economy to a manufacturing economy.
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  1. War In 1898, a conflict between the United States and Spain, in which the U.S. supported the Cubans' fight for independence
  2. Decision The Supreme Court case that ruled that slaves were property, not people, and therefore did not have the rights of citizens.
  3. A type of building shared by multiple dwellings, often overcrowded, with apartments on each floor and shared access.
  4. Legislative, Executive, Judicial
  5. The belief that the United States must possess the land of North America, and that it is ordained by God for the United States to expand westward.
  6. Reporters who exposed poor working conditions, poor living conditions, and unfair business practices in the country.
  7. A country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.
  8. A system in which enslaved people are considered property that can be bought, sold, given, or inherited.
  9. Civil War A war between the South and North over state's rights to slavery
  10. The belief that slavery had to be eradicated for a variety of reasons.
  11. The task that white colonists believed they needed to "civilize" other countries.
  12. The social and political movement that aimed to fix issues created by Industrialization and Urbanization.
  13. Slave Act Declared that any runaway slave had to be returned back to the South, and anyone caught assisting a runaway slave would face legal trouble.
  14. The public killing of an individual without any legal trial or due process.

26 Clues: to leave a country • land ruled by another country • Legislative, Executive, Judicial • The outline of how the US government works. • A piece of media designed to sway an opinion on a topic. • White terrorist group that enforced unfair laws and codes • A network of collaborators who help enslaved people escape. • ...

Fall Final US History 2025 2025-12-10

Fall Final US History 2025 crossword puzzle
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  1. of Burgesses:The first democratically elected legislative body in colonial America, established in the Colony of Virginia in 1619.
  2. Destiny:The 19th-century belief that the United States was divinely ordained to expand its dominion and spread democracy across the North American continent.
  3. of Confederation:The first government established by the United States (1781–1789), which created a weak central government and left most power with the individual states.
  4. Compromise:An agreement that counted three-fifths of a state's enslaved population toward that state's total population for purposes of both representation in the House of Representatives and direct taxation.
  5. of Rights:The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantee fundamental freedoms and individual rights, added to protect citizens from potential government overreach.
  6. who opposed the ratification of the Constitution, fearing it gave too much power to the national government, and demanded the addition of a Bill of Rights.
  7. Sense:A highly influential 1776 pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that used clear, persuasive arguments to urge the colonists toward immediate independence from Great Britain.
  8. Awakening:A series of religious revivals in the 1730s and 1740s that emphasized personal faith, emotional worship, and challenged the authority of established clergy.
  9. who supported the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and advocated for a strong national government.
  10. Trade:A system of trade in the colonial era, often called the Triangular Trade, involving the exchange of goods between the American colonies, Great Britain, and Africa/West Indies.
  11. Without Representation:The core colonial grievance that the British Parliament had no right to levy taxes on the colonists because the colonists were not represented in that body.
  12. of Independence:The document adopted on July 4, 1776, by the Continental Congress, formally proclaiming that the thirteen American colonies were independent from Great Britain.
  13. Neglect:An unofficial British policy of loosely enforcing or not enforcing trade laws in the American colonies, which fostered colonial self-government and economic freedom until the mid-1700s.
  14. system of government in which power is constitutionally divided between a central (federal) government and regional (state) governments.
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  1. of Paris (1783):The agreement signed by Great Britain and the United States that officially ended the American Revolutionary War and formally recognized American independence.
  2. economic theory where a mother country's goal is to accumulate wealth by exporting more than it imports, using its colonies for cheap raw materials and as an exclusive market.
  3. Acts:A series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party, which closed the port of Boston and curtailed local self-governance.
  4. Colonies:The "Breadbasket Colonies," known for their fertile soil, grain production, and diverse population of various European backgrounds.
  5. of Saratoga:A decisive American victory in 1777 during the Revolutionary War, considered the turning point because it convinced France to officially join the war as an American ally.
  6. Locke:A 17th-century English philosopher whose ideas about the social contract and natural rights heavily influenced the American Revolution and the founding documents.
  7. Compact:An agreement signed by the Pilgrims in 1620 to establish a basic government and legal system for the Plymouth Colony, representing an early form of self-government.
  8. Act:A 1765 British law that required colonists to pay a tax on printed materials, including legal documents, pamphlets, and newspapers, leading to significant colonial protest.
  9. England Colonies:The northern colonial region, characterized by an economy based on trade, fishing, whaling, and shipbuilding due to rocky soil and a cold climate.
  10. is an excellent idea for studying\! Here are the 30 terms and their definitions formatted into a simple list that you can easily copy and paste into tools like crosswordlabs.com:
  11. Line of 1763:A British-issued boundary that prohibited American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains in an effort to prevent conflict with Native American tribes.
  12. Rebellion:An uprising of Massachusetts farmers in 1786–1787 that highlighted the inability of the government under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
  13. Passage:The forced, harrowing voyage across the Atlantic Ocean endured by millions of enslaved Africans being transported from Africa to the Americas.
  14. Colonies:The southernmost region, focused on cash crops like tobacco, rice, and indigo, relying heavily on the plantation system and enslaved labor.
  15. Rights:Fundamental human rights identified by John Locke, including "life, liberty, and property," which Thomas Jefferson adapted to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" in the Declaration.
  16. Compromise:The agreement that established the national legislature (Congress) with two houses: the House of Representatives (based on state population) and the Senate (equal representation for each state).
  17. and Indian War:A major conflict (1754–1763) between Great Britain and France over control of the Ohio River Valley, resulting in a decisive British victory and the acquisition of vast North American territory.

31 Clues: who supported the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and advocated for a strong national government. • of Burgesses:The first democratically elected legislative body in colonial America, established in the Colony of Virginia in 1619. • ...

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 • ...

Quarter 3 US History Interim 2026-03-05

Quarter 3 US History Interim crossword puzzle
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  1. Speech that described the growing division between democratic Western Europe and Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe.
  2. Employees whose tax-funded jobs helped them remain economically stable during the Depression.
  3. Major policy shift that expanded federal responsibility for economic welfare.
  4. Postwar division of this European nation represented the growing divide between Western democracies and Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe.
  5. President who maintained morale through “fireside chats.”
  6. Native American soldiers who used their languages to create secure military codes.
  7. Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated to these during WWII.
  8. U.S. entry into WWII provided this crucial strength that shifted momentum against the Axis Powers.
  9. African American campaign calling for victory abroad and equality at home.
  10. Economic system promoted by Western democracies after WWII.
  11. Eisenhower-era system that boosted economic growth nationwide.
  12. This New Deal program demonstrates the lasting impact of the New Deal on American society.
  13. 1947 Doctrine that committed the U.S. to provide aid to nations resisting communism.
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  1. Group that was least directly impacted by the Dust Bowl.
  2. Women’s wartime service showed they could succeed in these high-skill roles.
  3. 1949 military alliance pledging collective defense against Soviet aggression.
  4. Law that provided veterans with education and housing benefits.
  5. Political system established by the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe.
  6. 1930s artists and writers often expressed this quality while coping with hardship.
  7. Before the New Deal, communities offered short-term help through these food distribution centers.
  8. Wartime savings and production capacity helped fuel this after the war ended in 1945.
  9. This political Party became dominant thanks to the New Deal Coalition.

22 Clues: Group that was least directly impacted by the Dust Bowl. • President who maintained morale through “fireside chats.” • Economic system promoted by Western democracies after WWII. • Eisenhower-era system that boosted economic growth nationwide. • Law that provided veterans with education and housing benefits. • ...

US History Qtr. 3 Review 2026-03-13

US History Qtr. 3 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Idea that the US was destined by the Christian god to take over North America
  2. Trail taken by many pioneers seeking a new life in the West. Also a fun computer game
  3. The 5 __ Tribes: Seminole, Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, and Chickasaw. So-called because they adopted "american" style farming and slave owning
  4. __ Party: Group of pioneers who took a fake shortcut, got caught in a blizzard, and resorted to cannibalism
  5. Journey indigenous people were forced into by the US government. Many died
  6. Country that Mexico declared independence from
  7. Something that makes someone want to move to a place (cheap land, economic opportunity, etc.)
  8. 11th President. Promised expansion. Led US into war with Mexico
  9. Something that makes someone want to move away from (no jobs, oppression, etc.)where they live
  10. The growth of the US from Atlantic to Pacific. The whole point of what we did in Qtr. 3
  11. Country the US went to war with to gain a bunch of land
  12. Huge grassland that makes up the middle third (roughly) of the US
  13. Massive mountain range that made travel difficult for many pioneers
  14. Beasts of burden used to pull many wagons along the trails West
  15. Huge territory purchased by the 3rd president
  16. 1st US President
  17. Land that two sides both claim
  18. "Old Fuss and Feathers." US General who enfored the Indian Removal Act
  19. Country that the 3rd president bought a giant territory from
  20. One of the diseases many people caught on the Oregon Trail
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  1. Indigenous teenage girl who accompanied Lewis and Clark and saved their lives multiple times
  2. Law passed by US government that forced indigenous people off their lands
  3. Mexican Catholic priest who started the Mexican independence movement
  4. Lewis and __: Sent to explore the huge new territory the US bought
  5. National mammal of the US. Many plains tribes relied heavily on these animals until they were nearly hunted to extinction
  6. River that the US said was the border between it and Mexico. Is the border today
  7. __ and Clark: Sent to explore the huge new territory the US bought
  8. US state that was part of Mexico until Americans that moved there revolted against Mexico
  9. US General who led the Army during the war with Mexico. Later elected 12th President
  10. 3rd US President
  11. River that Mexico said was the border between it and the US
  12. 7th President. Signed a law that forced indigenous people off their lands.
  13. William Henry __: 9th president. Died after 30 days because he didn't wear a coat in the cold/rainy weather
  14. Corps of __: The group Lewis and Clark assembled to go into the West
  15. Meriwether Lewis' dog who accompanied him to the West

35 Clues: 3rd US President • 1st US President • Land that two sides both claim • Huge territory purchased by the 3rd president • Country that Mexico declared independence from • Meriwether Lewis' dog who accompanied him to the West • Country the US went to war with to gain a bunch of land • One of the diseases many people caught on the Oregon Trail • ...

US History -- Final Exam Review 2026-05-11

US History -- Final Exam Review crossword puzzle
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  1. America invaded a small island in the South Pacific in WWII
  2. This amendment made alcohol illegal to consume or sell
  3. President who was never voted in as Pres or VP
  4. This organization was created after WWII to keep countries free and secure
  5. The ___ powers included Germany, Italy, and Japan
  6. FDR used this to fight the Great Depression
  7. The ____ Missile Crisis pushed America to the brink of nuclear war
  8. This "renaissance" celebrated African American identity
  9. This amendment limited a president to 2 terms
  10. This country dealt with hyperinflation in the 1920's
  11. The reason WWI was so destructive in Europe
  12. This plan helped Europe rebuild after WWII
  13. This killed more people than WWI
  14. Millions of Black Americans moved north
  15. This WWII operation had Germany invade deep into Russia
  16. Post-war movement of Americans out of major cities
  17. America tried to overthrow the communist gov't of Cuba
  18. Place where most money in a bank goes
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  1. America's 1st radio station was here
  2. This amendment gave women the right to vote
  3. This invasion was the turning point of WWII
  4. The assembly line made these accessible to the masses
  5. These were pop-up neighborhoods in public areas during the Great Depression
  6. This amendment repealed Prohibition
  7. This organization (abbreviation) is a peace-keeping entity
  8. Creator of the assembly line
  9. Fueled by anti-communist beliefs in America
  10. Part of the counterculture movement
  11. America was part of this WWII "team"
  12. This president resigned rather than being impeached
  13. President during the Korean War
  14. Effect of the stock market crash of 1929
  15. Caused America to enter WWII
  16. This president created the Peace Corps
  17. This civil rights leader (initials) stressed peaceful protests
  18. This president (initials) signed the Civil Rights Act into law
  19. This president used the radio to have fireside chats with Americans
  20. This president who chose to use the atomic bomb
  21. This president believed in "Trickle-down" economics
  22. the unlucky president

40 Clues: the unlucky president • Creator of the assembly line • Caused America to enter WWII • President during the Korean War • This killed more people than WWI • This amendment repealed Prohibition • Part of the counterculture movement • America's 1st radio station was here • America was part of this WWII "team" • Place where most money in a bank goes • ...

US History Timeline Song Crossword 2026-06-02

US History Timeline Song Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Around the twentieth century, The ___________ Era then would be
  2. The day and month that the Declaration of Independence was signed
  3. The year that Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin
  4. The president elected in 1828
  5. The people who embarked on an exploration in 1804
  6. The first colony in America, inhabited by Pocahontas and John Smith
  7. The man that froze with soldiers on Valley Forge
  8. And then on July’s first three nights, ____ ___________ saw bloody fights
  9. What they cried ‘gainst Mexico in 1836
  10. The president elected in 1860
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  1. The year that the Missouri Compromise made a Maine-Missouri balance
  2. A word meaning something is golden on the outside and cheap on the inside. The _________ Age
  3. The year that Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock
  4. In eighteen-fifty, _______ _______ helped keep the Civil War at bay
  5. And then in eighteen-sixty-three, Abe Lincoln said, “The _______ are free.”
  6. The state that many settlers found gold in during 1849
  7. The fight to keep the Union together from 1861-1865
  8. The U.S. president elected in 1800
  9. The day and month that the Constitution was finally seen
  10. The _______ _________ Act in fifty-four, To slavery, opened up the door. (write full names of the states)

20 Clues: The president elected in 1828 • The president elected in 1860 • The U.S. president elected in 1800 • What they cried ‘gainst Mexico in 1836 • The year that Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock • The man that froze with soldiers on Valley Forge • The year that Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin • The people who embarked on an exploration in 1804 • ...

Unit 10 - The Great Depression 2020-03-26

Unit 10 - The Great Depression crossword puzzle
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  1. Named after President Herbert Hoover to signify the homeless
  2. Decade lasting drought that caused farmers to mass migrate
  3. FDR’s plan to rebuild US economy after Great Depression
  4. Known for being the worst economic era in US history
  5. New Deal program focusing on improving public infrastructure
  6. 32nd US President
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  1. Black Tuesday, US economy lost over 14 billion dollars that day
  2. New deal program to insure the elderly, to fight against unemployment
  3. "First Lady of the World"; philanthropist
  4. Louisiana Senator that sought for “Share our wealth” plan

10 Clues: 32nd US President • "First Lady of the World"; philanthropist • Known for being the worst economic era in US history • FDR’s plan to rebuild US economy after Great Depression • Louisiana Senator that sought for “Share our wealth” plan • Decade lasting drought that caused farmers to mass migrate • Named after President Herbert Hoover to signify the homeless • ...

Collective Crossword 2026-06-10

Collective Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. This song became the first all-female team up to sell 10 million in the US
  2. This artist made history when he held the top 3 albums on the Billboard 200 at once
  3. The Killers album featuring “Mr. Brightside”
  4. Featured artist on the Billboard Hot 100 #1 Ludacris single “Stand Up”
  5. The most successful song in Billboard Hot 100 history
  6. First song to sell 20 million in the US (Hint: Spider)
  7. “Still the highest selling female rapper, for the record”
  8. Sabrina Carpenter’s first Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit
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  1. The final song featured in the Netflix film KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
  2. The lead single from Chappell Roan’s The Rise And Fall of A Midwest Princess
  3. Last name of Florence, less The Machine
  4. Fan favorite Taylor Swift song from Lover, issued as a commercial single in 2023
  5. Rihanna’s first #1 hit (Hint: samples “Tainted Love”)
  6. Bloodhound ____, first major Republic release
  7. Finish the lyric: “Monte, ____, Roppo”
  8. Justin Bieber’s first Hot 100 top 10 hit; once the most watched music video of all-time
  9. Finish the lyric: “I love ____, but it’s the season of the sticks”

17 Clues: Finish the lyric: “Monte, ____, Roppo” • Last name of Florence, less The Machine • The Killers album featuring “Mr. Brightside” • Bloodhound ____, first major Republic release • Sabrina Carpenter’s first Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit • Rihanna’s first #1 hit (Hint: samples “Tainted Love”) • The most successful song in Billboard Hot 100 history • ...

Ms. Luyet's Crossword Puzzle :) 2022-08-31

Ms. Luyet's Crossword Puzzle :) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the number of US states
  2. the class you are supposed to do homework
  3. the number of continents
  4. a book of maps is called
  5. make sure you drink plenty of it!
  6. Independence day is the ____ of July.
  7. the name of your history teacher
  8. Ms. Luyet's class wide competition
  9. the first name of the first president of the USA
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  1. the number of oceans
  2. Shows directions like North & South
  3. the most populated continent
  4. the largest US state
  5. should think about crossing the red tape
  6. PA stands for "Pulaski ....."
  7. you may always sit on the couch if it is your__?
  8. Never Eat Soggy...
  9. the MS dean of students
  10. should you cross the red tape?

19 Clues: Never Eat Soggy... • the number of oceans • the largest US state • the number of US states • the MS dean of students • the number of continents • a book of maps is called • the most populated continent • PA stands for "Pulaski ....." • should you cross the red tape? • the name of your history teacher • make sure you drink plenty of it! • Ms. Luyet's class wide competition • ...

Christmas 2023-10-02

Christmas crossword puzzle
Across
  1. You can have _____ because God has a plan.
  2. A name for Jesus from Isaiah: Everlasting _____
  3. I should treat others the way I want to be _____.
  4. A name for Jesus from Isaiah: _____ Counselor
  5. I need to make the _____ choice.
  6. A name for Jesus from Isaiah: _____ God
  7. You can have _____ because God is faithful.
  8. A name for Jesus that means "God with us."
  9. "For to us a _____ is born, to us a son is given."
  10. You can have _____ because God sent Jesus.
Down
  1. _____ Jesus all year long.
  2. A name for Jesus from Isaiah: Prince of _____
  3. God’s love is for _____.
  4. I can _____ God no matter what.
  5. The first people to hear the most important news in history.
  6. The prophet that told the people that God would send a Rescuer.
  7. Celebrating Jesus, God’s greatest gift.
  8. The king that got upset when he learned Jesus was born.

18 Clues: God’s love is for _____. • _____ Jesus all year long. • I can _____ God no matter what. • I need to make the _____ choice. • A name for Jesus from Isaiah: _____ God • Celebrating Jesus, God’s greatest gift. • You can have _____ because God has a plan. • A name for Jesus that means "God with us." • You can have _____ because God sent Jesus. • ...

SUBJECT 2024-02-26

SUBJECT crossword puzzle
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  1. The subject that teaches us about government and democracy is called
  2. The subject that teaches us about art and how to create it is called
  3. The subject that teaches us about number, calculations and shape is called
  4. The subject that teaches us about the history of the world, geography, and economy is called
  5. The subject that teaches us about the natural world is called
Down
  1. The subject that teaches us about reading, writing, and speaking English is called
  2. The subject that teaches us about the human body and how it works is called
  3. The subject that teaches us about our national language is called
  4. The subject that teaches us about our mother language is called
  5. The subject that teaches us about religion is called

10 Clues: The subject that teaches us about religion is called • The subject that teaches us about the natural world is called • The subject that teaches us about our mother language is called • The subject that teaches us about our national language is called • The subject that teaches us about government and democracy is called • ...

Unit 6 Vocab Menu 2024-03-19

Unit 6 Vocab Menu crossword puzzle
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  1. agency that collected info on soviets
  2. Committee that investigated communist activity
  3. Border between the 2 Korea
  4. President during end of Vietnam War
  5. Process to require military contribution by Americans by going in the Army
  6. ____Conference decided how Germany was divided
  7. Cuban____Crisis closest to Nuclear war in History
  8. alliance that stops spread of communism
  9. _____Wall quarantined Berlin from the rest of the world
  10. ___State was a shooting at a college against anti Vietnam war actiists
  11. _____Theory that meant if one country fell to communism the rest would
  12. Gulf of_____ Resolution gave LBJ power to increase mIlitary action in Vietnam
  13. _______Accords decided France to leave Vietnam
  14. ___Scare was the fear of communist spread mainly in US Society
  15. _____War that left Korea divided
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  1. 38th____ Divided Korea
  2. First Sattelitte ever launched by USSR
  3. _____Plan was a plan to rebuild wartorn countries
  4. ____Lai Vietnam village massacred by US
  5. _____Nations was a group of countries to discuss forien disputes
  6. ____Papers revealed US had bombed Laos and Cambodia
  7. _____Offensive was the military action against US in Vietnam
  8. Fidel___ Leader of Cuba during Cuban Missile Crisis
  9. Force that went against US in Vietnam
  10. President during end of Vietnam War
  11. President During Space Race
  12. President during H-Bomb Development
  13. Alliance that supported communism

28 Clues: 38th____ Divided Korea • Border between the 2 Korea • President During Space Race • _____War that left Korea divided • Alliance that supported communism • President during end of Vietnam War • President during end of Vietnam War • President during H-Bomb Development • agency that collected info on soviets • Force that went against US in Vietnam • ...

Christmas 2023-10-02

Christmas crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A name for Jesus that means "God with us."
  2. I need to make the _____ choice.
  3. A name for Jesus from Isaiah: _____ Counselor
  4. God’s love is for _____.
  5. I can _____ God no matter what.
  6. You can have _____ because God is faithful.
  7. A name for Jesus from Isaiah: Everlasting _____
  8. Celebrating Jesus, God’s greatest gift.
Down
  1. "For to us a _____ is born, to us a son is given."
  2. _____ Jesus all year long.
  3. The first people to hear the most important news in history.
  4. You can have _____ because God sent Jesus.
  5. A name for Jesus from Isaiah: Prince of _____
  6. I should treat others the way I want to be _____.
  7. The prophet that told the people that God would send a Rescuer.
  8. The king that got upset when he learned Jesus was born.
  9. You can have _____ because God has a plan.
  10. A name for Jesus from Isaiah: _____ God

18 Clues: God’s love is for _____. • _____ Jesus all year long. • I can _____ God no matter what. • I need to make the _____ choice. • A name for Jesus from Isaiah: _____ God • Celebrating Jesus, God’s greatest gift. • A name for Jesus that means "God with us." • You can have _____ because God sent Jesus. • You can have _____ because God has a plan. • ...

US history chapter 8 2023-01-12

US history chapter 8 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A native American who signed the treaty.
  2. A ritual that celebrated a hoped for day
  3. A man who explored the land in 1819
  4. being absorbed into American society as landowners
  5. planting seeds deep into the ground
  6. People who roamed vast distances to follow Buffalo
Down
  1. people who plowed the soil
  2. a tract of public land available for settlement
  3. large farms that yielded large profits
  4. the act allotted to each head of household 160 acres
  5. payments to reservation dwellers
  6. where families could become self-supporting
  7. canadian miner who Comstock load was named after
  8. Richest silver mine in American History.

14 Clues: people who plowed the soil • payments to reservation dwellers • A man who explored the land in 1819 • planting seeds deep into the ground • large farms that yielded large profits • A native American who signed the treaty. • A ritual that celebrated a hoped for day • Richest silver mine in American History. • where families could become self-supporting • ...

Nasir Gaines US history 2022-02-17

Nasir Gaines US history crossword puzzle
Across
  1. government power is divided between the federal government and the state governments
  2. solved the problem of representation in Congress
  3. interprets the laws
  4. makes the laws
  5. enforces the laws
  6. developed by the New Jersey delegates to the Constitutional Convention
Down
  1. solved the problem of how enslaved people were to be counted in determining representation in Congress
  2. rule by the people
  3. powers of government are divided among three branches
  4. developed by the Virginia delegates to the constitutional convention
  5. accused of misconduct
  6. to prevent any one of the three branches from becoming too powerful
  7. a change to the constitution
  8. to reject

14 Clues: to reject • makes the laws • enforces the laws • rule by the people • interprets the laws • accused of misconduct • a change to the constitution • solved the problem of representation in Congress • powers of government are divided among three branches • to prevent any one of the three branches from becoming too powerful • ...

Us History Crossword Vocab 2024-01-17

Us History Crossword Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. The ability to read and write
  2. Control or ban of the use of alcohol
  3. Schools schools for training high school graduates to become teachers
  4. Religious folk songs of African-American origin
  5. People in favor of the eradication of slavery
  6. A large meeting where a preacher converts many to Christianity
  7. Union A group of workers who act together to protect and expand their rights in the workplace
  8. disobedience refusing to obey laws considered unjust
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  1. A machine or system that delivers messages with the use of simple electrical signals sent over wires
  2. Extreme, widespread lack of available food
  3. An idealistically perfect place or society
  4. Philosophy of humanity’s inherent goodness and gods in dwelling in nature
  5. 19th-century movement against immigration
  6. Codes Laws in a southern salve that controlled enslaved people

14 Clues: The ability to read and write • Control or ban of the use of alcohol • 19th-century movement against immigration • Extreme, widespread lack of available food • An idealistically perfect place or society • People in favor of the eradication of slavery • Religious folk songs of African-American origin • disobedience refusing to obey laws considered unjust • ...

US History Terms Crossword 2025-08-28

US History Terms Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the order in which events occur
  2. the position that researchers take about a particular topic, based on evidence they have gathered
  3. information that can be used to prove a statement or support a conclusion or arugment
  4. personal preference or leaning about a topic or issue
  5. someone who studies, learns, and writes about the past
  6. your school mascot
  7. the H2O dispensing mechanism that is new to the classroom
Down
  1. the number of people in a specified area, region, state, or country
  2. a conclusion you make based on evidence and reasoning
  3. your principal's name
  4. document, photograph, or other record created by someone who was present during the event
  5. document created later in time, often by scholars or experts or historians who was not present during the period in which they occur
  6. the topic of this class
  7. Ms. Layland's favorite classroom rule

14 Clues: your school mascot • your principal's name • the topic of this class • the order in which events occur • Ms. Layland's favorite classroom rule • a conclusion you make based on evidence and reasoning • personal preference or leaning about a topic or issue • someone who studies, learns, and writes about the past • the H2O dispensing mechanism that is new to the classroom • ...

CrashCourse US History 15 2024-11-19

CrashCourse US History 15 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. types of learning establishments founded during this time
  2. largest reform movement of 1st half of 19th century
  3. leading evangelical of 2nd Great Awakening
  4. movement against alcohol
  5. author of mystery document
  6. some American black ppl moved here in Africa
Down
  1. influential anti-slavery novel
  2. belief that society could reach an ideal
  3. type of religion that spearheaded many reforms
  4. celibate furniture makers
  5. communities attempting to create ideal societies
  6. 1841 transcendentalist utopian community
  7. Mormons
  8. radical white abolitionist

14 Clues: Mormons • movement against alcohol • celibate furniture makers • radical white abolitionist • author of mystery document • influential anti-slavery novel • belief that society could reach an ideal • 1841 transcendentalist utopian community • leading evangelical of 2nd Great Awakening • some American black ppl moved here in Africa • type of religion that spearheaded many reforms • ...

US HISTORY CROSSWORD 1 2025-12-11

US HISTORY CROSSWORD 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Act Reform law passed after Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle.
  2. African American WWI regiment known for valor were from.
  3. Early wave of immigrants from Northern and Western Europe.
  4. Policy of expanding power through territorial or economic control.
Down
  1. Journalists who exposed corruption and unsafe conditions.
  2. Movement of African Americans to northern industrial cities.
  3. Political group supporting free silver and income tax reforms.
  4. WWI fighting from long defensive trenches.
  5. Theodore Roosevelt’s program promoting trust-busting and fairness.
  6. Process that allowed mass-producing steel.
  7. Roosevelt’s diplomacy backed by military strength.
  8. Businesses that gained total control of entire industries.
  9. Federal policy pushing assimilation of American Indians.
  10. Sensationalized reporting contributing to the Spanish-American War.

14 Clues: WWI fighting from long defensive trenches. • Process that allowed mass-producing steel. • Roosevelt’s diplomacy backed by military strength. • Act Reform law passed after Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. • African American WWI regiment known for valor were from. • Federal policy pushing assimilation of American Indians. • ...

US History Chapter 4 2026-04-21

US History Chapter 4 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Required exams for some government jobs. ____ Act.
  2. Carnegie’s ________________________ said the wealthy should help others help themselves.
  3. Opposed Catholic immigration. American ____ Association.
  4. Journalist who led anti-lynching campaigns.
  5. Immigration station in California for Asians. ____ Island.
  6. Farmers who wanted free silver and regulation supported ________________________.
  7. Founded Hull House to aid immigrants and the poor.
Down
  1. Immigration station in New York for European. ____ Island.
  2. Social ________________________ applied Darwin’s theory of evolution to society.
  3. Promoted Reform Darwinism and government intervention.
  4. Supreme Court case upholding segregation. Plessy v ____.
  5. Rising ________________________ reflected prejudice against immigrants.
  6. Overcrowded housing for the working class.
  7. Wrote 'rags-to-riches' novels.

14 Clues: Wrote 'rags-to-riches' novels. • Overcrowded housing for the working class. • Journalist who led anti-lynching campaigns. • Required exams for some government jobs. ____ Act. • Founded Hull House to aid immigrants and the poor. • Promoted Reform Darwinism and government intervention. • Supreme Court case upholding segregation. Plessy v ____. • ...

Prowl Crossword 2018-01-17

Prowl Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. German teacher.
  2. Club Abby Otteson runs.
  3. Choir piece stand in the ______.
  4. New pizza place in belleville
  5. Trades/ PLTW teacher.
  6. Biology/Physical Science teacher.
  7. Yearbook teacher.
  8. Spanish teacher.
  9. Intro Collage Read & Write teacher.
  10. Culinary Arts/ Personal Finance teacher.
  11. Band teacher.
  12. Geometry/Algebra 2 teacher.
  13. New middle school math teacher
  14. Digital Photography teacher.
  15. English 10/ AP Literature teacher.
Down
  1. Martin’s least favorite
  2. The name of Belleville High School's Mascot.
  3. Algebra 1/ Pre-Calculus teacher.
  4. Business Marketing teacher.
  5. World Geography/ Civics/ Us History/ AP Government teacher.
  6. Choir teacher.
  7. Agriculture teacher.
  8. Ex spanish teacher
  9. Calculus/Statistics teacher.
  10. Gym/Health teacher.
  11. Public Issues teacher.
  12. World History/ Honors English 9 teacher.
  13. Chemistry/Physics teacher.
  14. Health & Wellness teacher.
  15. Farrar Business and trades club run by _____

30 Clues: Band teacher. • Choir teacher. • German teacher. • Spanish teacher. • Yearbook teacher. • Ex spanish teacher • Gym/Health teacher. • Agriculture teacher. • Trades/ PLTW teacher. • Public Issues teacher. • Martin’s least favorite • Club Abby Otteson runs. • Chemistry/Physics teacher. • Health & Wellness teacher. • Business Marketing teacher. • Geometry/Algebra 2 teacher. • ...

Angels, Satan, and Demons 2024-11-06

Angels, Satan, and Demons crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Satan was conquered by him
  2. Angel known for blowing his horn
  3. What do angels think of the church?
  4. Satan's name for tempting
  5. Number of times angels mentioned in New and Old Testament
  6. Being created by God with wings (starts with a H)
  7. What should we do about trying to see Satan behind every misfortune?
  8. What type of mind should us christians have?
  9. How long do angels live?
  10. Chances of experiencing an angel today
Down
  1. Being created by God with wings (starts with a S)
  2. Angel's gender
  3. How did angels come into existence?
  4. Satan's power over believers
  5. Unseen portion of history
  6. # of angels in heaven
  7. Arc Angel
  8. What will the angels do when God comes down in clouds of glory
  9. Michael's phrase
  10. Seen portion of history

20 Clues: Arc Angel • Angel's gender • Michael's phrase • # of angels in heaven • Seen portion of history • How long do angels live? • Unseen portion of history • Satan's name for tempting • Satan was conquered by him • Satan's power over believers • Angel known for blowing his horn • How did angels come into existence? • What do angels think of the church? • ...

Credit Statistics 2024-04-23

Credit Statistics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Generation with the highest average credit score
  2. 850 is the _____ possible credit score
  3. 1 in 10 American adults
  4. Upper bound of age range with the most credit card debt
  5. US state with the lowest average credit
  6. Status that cannot be on the account
  7. You report your account to a ______ (qualification for FICO score)
  8. US state with the highest average credit
  9. The lower the age, the ______ credit score
Down
  1. US state with the highest average credit card debt
  2. Lower bound of age range with the most credit card debt
  3. % of people that pay purchases with credit cards
  4. 11% of Americans don't qualify
  5. Credit score of 22% Americans
  6. % of Americans that don't check credit score
  7. As age _______, credit score increases
  8. Credit invisibility = no credit ______
  9. At least 1 credit account must be open for ____ months to qualify for a FICO score

18 Clues: 1 in 10 American adults • Credit score of 22% Americans • 11% of Americans don't qualify • Status that cannot be on the account • 850 is the _____ possible credit score • As age _______, credit score increases • Credit invisibility = no credit ______ • US state with the lowest average credit • US state with the highest average credit • ...

Hiistory 2020-05-07

Hiistory crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an air raid from US to Tokyo, Japan
  2. Code name for Hitllers plan to invade soviet
  3. inaction at beginning of war from invasion of Poland
  4. a campaign intended to bring swift victory
  5. fought mainly in aricrafts and naval vessils
  6. an allied invasion of French N.Africa WW2
Down
  1. the royal air forces defends the United Kingdom
  2. US naval base that was bombed by surprise by Japan
  3. The defense and evacuation to Britain and its allies
  4. Code name for battle of Norway
  5. German and its allies fight soviet union
  6. the last major German campaign on W.Front
  7. The bloodiest and longest sieges in the history of wars
  8. Military campaign Between Us marines and japans army
  9. WW2 naval battle-6 months after pearl harbor

15 Clues: Code name for battle of Norway • an air raid from US to Tokyo, Japan • German and its allies fight soviet union • the last major German campaign on W.Front • an allied invasion of French N.Africa WW2 • a campaign intended to bring swift victory • Code name for Hitllers plan to invade soviet • fought mainly in aricrafts and naval vessils • ...

Hiistory 2020-05-07

Hiistory crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an air raid from US to Tokyo, Japan
  2. Code name for Hitllers plan to invade soviet
  3. inaction at beginning of war from invasion of Poland
  4. a campaign intended to bring swift victory
  5. fought mainly in aricrafts and naval vessils
  6. an allied invasion of French N.Africa WW2
Down
  1. the royal air forces defends the United Kingdom
  2. US naval base that was bombed by surprise by Japan
  3. The defense and evacuation to Britain and its allies
  4. Code name for battle of Norway
  5. German and its allies fight soviet union
  6. the last major German campaign on W.Front
  7. The bloodiest and longest sieges in the history of wars
  8. Military campaign Between Us marines and japans army
  9. WW2 naval battle-6 months after pearl harbor

15 Clues: Code name for battle of Norway • an air raid from US to Tokyo, Japan • German and its allies fight soviet union • the last major German campaign on W.Front • an allied invasion of French N.Africa WW2 • a campaign intended to bring swift victory • Code name for Hitllers plan to invade soviet • fought mainly in aricrafts and naval vessils • ...

The Life of Ike 2025-02-10

The Life of Ike crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ______ withered away and were replaced by shopping malls in the suburbs
  2. Determined to balance the Federal ______
  3. Book by Gunnar Myrdal exposing US hypocrisy (pg. 860)
  4. Eisenhower's Running mate
  5. The ______ uprising exposed holes in the US’s plan to have a full nuclear armament
  6. Veteran civil Rights activist who led the SNCC
  7. John Dulles had a policy of ________ in 1954
  8. The President before Ike
Down
  1. The city where the biggest bus boycotts took place
  2. Biggest public works project in US history
  3. Eisenhower's Campaign Slogan
  4. Broke the MLB Color barrier
  5. The prime minister of the USSR that diffused nuclear tensions over Cuba and negotiated successfully with the US
  6. …ideally suited to sooth the _____ of Americans
  7. Eisenhower’s philosophy _______ Conservatism

15 Clues: The President before Ike • Eisenhower's Running mate • Broke the MLB Color barrier • Eisenhower's Campaign Slogan • Determined to balance the Federal ______ • Biggest public works project in US history • John Dulles had a policy of ________ in 1954 • Eisenhower’s philosophy _______ Conservatism • Veteran civil Rights activist who led the SNCC • ...

Prowl Crossword!!!! 2018-01-17

Prowl Crossword!!!! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. German teacher.
  2. Public Issues teacher.
  3. Choir teacher.
  4. Gym/Health teacher.
  5. New middle school math teacher
  6. World Geography/Civics/Us History/AP Government teacher.
  7. Geometry/Algebra 2 teacher.
  8. The name of Belleville High School's Mascot.
  9. New pizza place in Belleville.
  10. Agriculture teacher.
  11. Calculus/Statistics teacher.
  12. Club Abby Otteson runs.
  13. Trades PLTW teacher.
  14. World History/Honors English 9 teacher.
  15. Martin’s least favorite color.
Down
  1. Business Marketing teacher.
  2. Choir piece stand in the ______.
  3. Culinary Arts/Personal Finance teacher.
  4. Digital Photography teacher.
  5. English 10/AP Literature teacher.
  6. Biology/Physical Science teacher.
  7. Ex spanish teacher.
  8. Spanish teacher.
  9. Intro Collage Read & Write teacher.
  10. Health & Wellness teacher.
  11. Algebra 1/Pre-Calculus teacher.
  12. Yearbook teacher.
  13. Chemistry/Physics teacher.
  14. Farrar Business and trades club run by _____.
  15. Band teacher.

30 Clues: Band teacher. • Choir teacher. • German teacher. • Spanish teacher. • Yearbook teacher. • Gym/Health teacher. • Ex spanish teacher. • Agriculture teacher. • Trades PLTW teacher. • Public Issues teacher. • Club Abby Otteson runs. • Health & Wellness teacher. • Chemistry/Physics teacher. • Business Marketing teacher. • Geometry/Algebra 2 teacher. • Digital Photography teacher. • ...

Prowl Crossword!!!! 2018-01-17

Prowl Crossword!!!! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Club Abby Otteson runs.
  2. The name of Belleville High School's Mascot.
  3. Digital Photography teacher.
  4. Algebra 1/Pre-Calculus teacher.
  5. Geometry/Algebra 2 teacher.
  6. Chemistry/Physics teacher.
  7. Choir teacher.
  8. English 10/AP Literature teacher.
  9. German teacher.
  10. Yearbook teacher.
  11. Calculus/Statistics teacher.
  12. Health & Wellness teacher.
Down
  1. Gym/Health teacher.
  2. Biology/Physical Science teacher.
  3. Choir piece stand in the ______.
  4. Business Marketing teacher.
  5. New middle school math teacher
  6. World Geography/Civics/Us History/AP Government teacher.
  7. Trades PLTW teacher.
  8. Intro Collage Read & Write teacher.
  9. World History/Honors English 9 teacher.
  10. Public Issues teacher.
  11. Spanish teacher.
  12. Agriculture teacher.
  13. New pizza place in Belleville.
  14. Culinary Arts/Personal Finance teacher.
  15. Martin’s least favorite color.
  16. Band teacher.
  17. Farrar Business and trades club run by _____.

29 Clues: Band teacher. • Choir teacher. • German teacher. • Spanish teacher. • Yearbook teacher. • Gym/Health teacher. • Trades PLTW teacher. • Agriculture teacher. • Public Issues teacher. • Club Abby Otteson runs. • Chemistry/Physics teacher. • Health & Wellness teacher. • Business Marketing teacher. • Geometry/Algebra 2 teacher. • Digital Photography teacher. • Calculus/Statistics teacher. • ...

History 2021-12-17

History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. slaves who fought in amphitheatre
  2. Apartment buildings Plebians lived in
  3. Poor people in Rome
  4. someone who worships many gods
  5. Any human-made objects from the past
  6. a source from a later date
  7. a long white robe
  8. where gladiators fought
  9. a Viking boat
  10. the art of public speaking
  11. when something is one sided
Down
  1. when weapons were made out of iron
  2. people who study history
  3. Big houses patricians lived in
  4. a Viking camp by the water
  5. when weapons were made of bronze
  6. a long dress
  7. a written source
  8. Study of the past
  9. An account of a persons life by someone else
  10. Rich people in Rome
  11. something that gives us info about the past
  12. a book written by hand
  13. box contains replicas of artefacts
  14. a physical source

25 Clues: a long dress • a Viking boat • a written source • Study of the past • a long white robe • a physical source • Poor people in Rome • Rich people in Rome • a book written by hand • where gladiators fought • people who study history • a Viking camp by the water • a source from a later date • the art of public speaking • when something is one sided • Big houses patricians lived in • ...

Black History Month Crossword Puzzle 2022-01-13

Black History Month Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. First African-American President in U.S. History
  2. First black recipient of the Nobal Peace Prize
  3. Musician nicknamed 'Satcho'
  4. Bus Boycott location
  5. First African-American world heavyweight boxing champion
  6. First black woman in Congress
  7. 'I know Why the Caged Bird Sings'
  8. Musical form born out of the blues
  9. This amendment abolished slavery
  10. Founder of Famous Amos cookies
  11. Emancipation Proclamation
  12. Singersongwriter of 'Isn't She Lovely'
  13. 'I have a Dream' Speech
  14. First state to abolish slavery
Down
  1. Father of Black History
  2. Conductor of the Underground Railroad
  3. First African-American Supreme Court Justice
  4. First African-American in MLB
  5. First African-American elected to the US Senate
  6. Famous Philanthropist with a talk show
  7. First African-American to win an Academy Award
  8. The 'King of Pop'
  9. Hit single 'What's Goin On'

23 Clues: The 'King of Pop' • Bus Boycott location • Father of Black History • 'I have a Dream' Speech • Emancipation Proclamation • Musician nicknamed 'Satcho' • Hit single 'What's Goin On' • First African-American in MLB • First black woman in Congress • Founder of Famous Amos cookies • First state to abolish slavery • This amendment abolished slavery • 'I know Why the Caged Bird Sings' • ...

French Regions 2025-11-24

French Regions crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Swedish rule history and bad agriculture
  2. Dual-nation status and two capitals
  3. Rum capital
  4. Pyrenees and the Mediterranean
  5. Italy and the French Rivera
  6. Volcanos and snowy peaks
  7. Famous for one city
  8. Over-water bungalow and 118 islands
  9. World's largest lagoon and humpback whales
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  1. Snails and special mustard
  2. Lascaux caves and Rugby
  3. The Chateau de Chantilly and the Vimy Memorial
  4. Fani Maore and Cyclone Chido
  5. National park and vanilla
  6. The Renaissance and chateaus over rivers
  7. Amazon rain forest and Brazil
  8. Crater lakes and Oceania
  9. 1920s US rum smuggler
  10. Napoleon Bonaparte and the GR20
  11. D-day location
  12. Le Mans and long beaches
  13. History from 1914 to 1918
  14. Butterfly shape
  15. Harbors and fishing ports

24 Clues: Rum capital • D-day location • Butterfly shape • Famous for one city • 1920s US rum smuggler • Lascaux caves and Rugby • Crater lakes and Oceania • Le Mans and long beaches • Volcanos and snowy peaks • National park and vanilla • History from 1914 to 1918 • Harbors and fishing ports • Snails and special mustard • Italy and the French Rivera • Fani Maore and Cyclone Chido • ...

Prowl Crossword 2018-01-17

Prowl Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Chemistry/Physics teacher.
  2. New middle school math teacher
  3. Digital Photography teacher.
  4. German teacher.
  5. Spanish teacher.
  6. Farrar Business and trades club run by _____
  7. Geometry/Algebra 2 teacher.
  8. Algebra 1/ Pre-Calculus teacher.
  9. Club Abby Otteson runs.
  10. World Geography/ Civics/ Us History/ AP Government teacher.
  11. Choir teacher.
  12. Gym/Health teacher.
  13. The name of Belleville High School's Mascot.
  14. World History/ Honors English 9 teacher.
  15. Agriculture teacher.
  16. Biology/Physical Science teacher.
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  1. New pizza place in belleville
  2. Public Issues teacher.
  3. Intro Collage Read & Write teacher.
  4. Calculus/Statistics teacher.
  5. Band teacher.
  6. Trades/ PLTW teacher.
  7. Choir piece stand in the ______.
  8. Business Marketing teacher.
  9. Health & Wellness teacher.
  10. Culinary Arts/ Personal Finance teacher.
  11. Yearbook teacher.
  12. English 10/ AP Literature teacher.
  13. Ex spanish teacher
  14. Martin’s least favorite

30 Clues: Band teacher. • Choir teacher. • German teacher. • Spanish teacher. • Yearbook teacher. • Ex spanish teacher • Gym/Health teacher. • Agriculture teacher. • Trades/ PLTW teacher. • Public Issues teacher. • Club Abby Otteson runs. • Martin’s least favorite • Chemistry/Physics teacher. • Health & Wellness teacher. • Business Marketing teacher. • Geometry/Algebra 2 teacher. • ...

Orlando Magic 2020-03-23

Orlando Magic crossword puzzle
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  1. Resembles a Judge from New York
  2. 2007-08 NBA Most Improved Player
  3. You have my respect, Stark
  4. A giraffe moving like a lion
  5. Johnny Storm
  6. Wonders if this puzzle is anything
  7. Backboard slapper
  8. Without them, there is no Magic
  9. First draft pick in franchise history
  10. Department of Motor Vehicles
  11. First win in franchise history (exhibition)
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  1. No relation to Michael
  2. Seinfeld's neighbor, in another life
  3. Same number as a Hamilton
  4. Surname of both Brian and Grant
  5. Franchise leader for points in a single game (62)
  6. Speaks Serbian, French and English
  7. 2004-05 NBA All-Rookie Second Team selection
  8. 7'10"
  9. Relative once frolicked in a land called Honalee
  10. Obtained in exchange for a 2007 second-round draft pick
  11. Blue Chips
  12. Backboard breaker
  13. Why not us … Why not now?

24 Clues: 7'10" • Blue Chips • Johnny Storm • Backboard slapper • Backboard breaker • No relation to Michael • Same number as a Hamilton • Why not us … Why not now? • You have my respect, Stark • A giraffe moving like a lion • Department of Motor Vehicles • Resembles a Judge from New York • Surname of both Brian and Grant • Without them, there is no Magic • 2007-08 NBA Most Improved Player • ...

Laughter is the Best Medicine 2021-01-22

Laughter is the Best Medicine crossword puzzle
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  1. the funniest person you know
  2. make it a habit to spend time with people who make you _____________________.
  3. laughter helps increase the amount of ______________ our lungs breathe in
  4. your English teacher
  5. your math teacher
  6. your favorite counselor
  7. laughing can help put us in the _____ zone.
  8. laughing can help us sooth tense ____________.
  9. laughing can ease symptoms of depression and anxiety and even help us feel ____________.
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  1. a way of dealing with a difficult situation or feeling such as taking a walk, laughing, or talking with someone we trust
  2. you can actually develop a sense of ___________________ if you feel like you don't have one
  3. laughing can help you to _____________ and relieve some of the physical symptoms of stress
  4. a colorful bird with long tail feathers
  5. rhymes with wiggle
  6. knock knock ______________
  7. "feel good" chemicals released by the brain when we laugh
  8. rhymes with buckle
  9. your favorite Australian history teacher!

18 Clues: your math teacher • rhymes with wiggle • rhymes with buckle • your English teacher • your favorite counselor • knock knock ______________ • the funniest person you know • a colorful bird with long tail feathers • your favorite Australian history teacher! • laughing can help put us in the _____ zone. • laughing can help us sooth tense ____________. • ...

Random 2022-02-24

Random crossword puzzle
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  1. Youtube
  2. pulls your check
  3. Mom, dad, sister brother
  4. sticky
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  1. Black history month
  2. You sleep on this
  3. You eat your dinner on this
  4. us
  5. United
  6. Please

10 Clues: us • United • Please • sticky • Youtube • pulls your check • You sleep on this • Black history month • Mom, dad, sister brother • You eat your dinner on this

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
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  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 • ...

Unit 1 Vocab US History 2020-10-27

Unit 1 Vocab US History crossword puzzle
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  1. - (n.) a group of people with wealth and power
  2. - (n.) the exchange of goods between different countries or areas; trade
  3. - (n.) people represented by someone in government convene - (v.) to gather for a meeting
  4. - (n.) the branch of government that interprets the laws in the courts
  5. of Confederation - (n.) the original plan of government for the United States
  6. - (n.) the branch of government that makes the laws
  7. rule - (n.) control of things by a violent or illegal group
  8. - (n.) a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president
  9. - (n.) people who opposed ratification of the Constitution, feared a strong federal government
  10. - (n.) the state of being superior to all others in power and authority
  11. - (adj.) corresponding in size to something else; ratio
  12. - (n.) people who supported ratification of the Constitution, wanted a strong federal government
  13. - (n.) something formed when two or more things are joined
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  1. - (n.) a person or group that acts or speaks on behalf of others (v.) to act or speak on behalf of others
  2. - (n.) the use of absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way direct democracy - (n.) form of government where the people vote directly on things Electoral College - (n.) method of electing the U.S. president through electors
  3. - (adj.) relating to a government that is made up of unified states
  4. - (n.) the branch of government that executes and enforces the laws
  5. - (n.) social grouping based on wealth
  6. - (n.) a group of people with wealth and power (adj.) relating to or being part of a group of people with wealth and power
  7. army - (n.) permanent military, with professional full-time soldiers
  8. - (n.) a course of action by a government
  9. - (adj.) where power is shared by the people
  10. - (adj.) having independent power (n.) supreme power and authority
  11. - (n.) an amount of money collected by a government (v.) to impose a tax on someone or something
  12. - (n.) basic rule or belief
  13. - (n.) a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports
  14. or the purse - power over the military or government spending
  15. - (n.) the approval process
  16. - (n.) form of government where the power is held by a king or queen oppression - (n.) the use of power in an unfair manner
  17. vote - total number of votes
  18. - (n.) cruel and oppressive government or rule

31 Clues: - (n.) basic rule or belief • - (n.) the approval process • vote - total number of votes • - (n.) social grouping based on wealth • - (n.) a course of action by a government • - (adj.) where power is shared by the people • - (n.) a group of people with wealth and power • - (n.) cruel and oppressive government or rule • - (n.) the branch of government that makes the laws • ...

Kieran’s US History Crossword Puzzle 2021-02-15

Kieran’s US History Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Prejudice against the growing number of immigrants and an increase in KKK membership was a result of
  2. Set limits on immigrants and totally stopped Japanese immigration
  3. Gov’t tracked down foreigners with opposing political views and charged them with crimes or deported them
  4. Soldiers returned home and struggled to find work
  5. Well-liked during his presidency but later discredited because of many scandals
  6. A hands-off policy
  7. The center of film and cinema in America
  8. “Survival of the fittest” and evolution
  9. A fixation on tangible possessions
  10. Did not follow the tradition of former pieces and works
  11. After WWI Americans wanted a return to
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  1. The US wanted to stay out of world problems
  2. Made war illegal according to national law
  3. John T. Scopes and Clarence Darrow vs William Jennings Bryan
  4. Began ideas of socialism and communism
  5. Practiced a laissez-faire approach to the gov’t and
  6. Developed the Theory of Relativity
  7. A movement that ignored moral standards
  8. Lessened German war reparations
  9. Believed self-restraint (control) led to emotional problems

20 Clues: A hands-off policy • Lessened German war reparations • Developed the Theory of Relativity • A fixation on tangible possessions • Began ideas of socialism and communism • After WWI Americans wanted a return to • A movement that ignored moral standards • “Survival of the fittest” and evolution • The center of film and cinema in America • ...

Unit 6 US History Crossword 2021-10-28

Unit 6 US History Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. a term used for central/southern great plains during the 1930s when the region suffered massive drought
  2. members of a radical political movement aimed to insight chaos due to lack of authority
  3. started prohibition
  4. a method of manufacturing that was developed by Henry Ford; decreased the need for skilled labor and increased the efficiency of manufacturing
  5. a time in which the U.S. was combating communism; over 4,000 alleged communists were arrested
  6. emancipated women who embraced new fashions and urban attitudes; they aroused public anxiety about decline in moral values
  7. when president Harding gave cabinet positions to his friends leading to corruption
  8. banned the manufacture or sale of alcohol
  9. the development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale
  10. president from 1921-23; gave cabinet position to his friends which led to a lot of corruption
  11. the preoccupation of society with the acquisition of consumer goods
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  1. ended prohibition
  2. arrangement that limited the number of immigrants who could enter the U.S. from specific countries
  3. allowed people to buy goods and pay the debt off later over an extended period of time
  4. another name for the scopes trial
  5. a music style that emerged during the harlem renaissance
  6. a time period in which African American culture was celebrated through art, music, and writings
  7. a person who temporarily or permanently resides in a country or culture other than that of the person's upbringing
  8. clubs where alcohol was sold illegally during the prohibition
  9. american writers in the 1920s that were marked by disillusion with WW1 and searched for meaning

20 Clues: ended prohibition • started prohibition • another name for the scopes trial • banned the manufacture or sale of alcohol • a music style that emerged during the harlem renaissance • clubs where alcohol was sold illegally during the prohibition • the preoccupation of society with the acquisition of consumer goods • ...

EPIC US History Review Crossword 2021-11-02

EPIC US History Review Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. This person sold the Louisiana Territory to America
  2. This is how many Branches of Government there are
  3. This is the last name of the SECOND President
  4. In the American ____ Americans won Independence
  5. This was the idea America was destined to expand West
  6. This is the ship the pilgrims sailed on to the New World
  7. This is the last name of the first US President
  8. Trading ____ are ships that trade goods
  9. This becomes a law if passed by Congress and the President
  10. The ____ and Sedition Acts were made by John Adams
  11. This is the country Napoleon Bonaparte was in charge of
  12. This is another word for "reason"
  13. In the Treaty of ______ America and Britain made peace
  14. To put someone on trail
  15. Land that belongs to a certain person/country
  16. This is where the Salem Witch Trials took place
  17. This is Mrs. C.'s favorite drink
  18. This person helped lead the Lewis and Clark expedition
  19. This is the last name of the THIRD President
  20. This is the name of our class fish
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  1. This Branch includes the President and Vice President
  2. This is another word for important
  3. This is when America bought land from France
  4. This is the last name of the FIRST President
  5. This is the direction America wanted to expand
  6. Finish this: The Bill of _______
  7. To gain something being passed down
  8. This is another word for "to buy"
  9. This is what settlers called the New World

29 Clues: To put someone on trail • Finish this: The Bill of _______ • This is Mrs. C.'s favorite drink • This is another word for "reason" • This is another word for "to buy" • This is another word for important • This is the name of our class fish • To gain something being passed down • Trading ____ are ships that trade goods • This is what settlers called the New World • ...

US History Chapter 8 Crossword 2023-05-10

US History Chapter 8 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. When both presidents running sent laywers to Florida to recount votes
  2. President who started Operation Desert Storm
  3. Case that upheld the 2nd amendment
  4. A pardon given by the government with offences related to immigration
  5. When Citizens United overturned the ruling of Bush v Gore
  6. Terrorist organization that was formed from fired Iraqi generals
  7. When Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait and refused to leave
  8. Crimes commited with motivation from politcal or social ideologies
  9. President that granted Richard Nixon a full pardon to calm earlier controversies
  10. President during the time of the Iranian hostage crisis
  11. Created to provide assisstance to businesses that were on the road to bankruptcy in 2008
  12. Controversial war prison controlled by the United States
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  1. Case that upheld the 14th amendment and made gay marriage legal
  2. When the world is connected through trade and treaties
  3. To set specific money aside for a reason
  4. A protection statement for refugees who left their native country due to political reasons
  5. One of the deadliest hurricanes that hit Louisiana and Florida
  6. The temporary collapse of the economy in 2007-2008
  7. Act that increases health coverage for uninsured citizens
  8. President from 1981 to 1999 and tried to be assassinated but lived and ran for presidency
  9. Act that gave the government control to search through your telephone, email, medical, and finacial records
  10. President that was involved in the watergate scandal and ended up resigning
  11. Exponential increase in the production of oil
  12. A social and/or political party that believes in limited governments
  13. A free trade agreement with only a selective amount of countries
  14. Occurs when a government spends more than they are receiving
  15. A spring full of anti government protests in the middle east
  16. A social and/or political party that believes in equality in law and politics Reagan Doctrine: When America secretly provided assistance to any country or movement supporting anti communism

28 Clues: Case that upheld the 2nd amendment • To set specific money aside for a reason • President who started Operation Desert Storm • Exponential increase in the production of oil • The temporary collapse of the economy in 2007-2008 • When Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait and refused to leave • When the world is connected through trade and treaties • ...

US History Chapter 3 Vocabulary 2023-06-02

US History Chapter 3 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. The indigofera plant, used to make dye.
  2. Elected representative to an assembly
  3. To control
  4. Landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled over large areas of land
  5. The ability to accept or put up with different views or behaviors
  6. A list of fundamental laws to support a government
  7. Person or country that owes money
  8. Of or relating to national, tribal, racial, religious, language, or cultural background
  9. A statement of ideals or plans of action
  10. A document granting the recipient the right to settle a colony
  11. Large area of land that has one owner
  12. To mistreat a person or group on the basis of their beliefs
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  1. To apply a rule or law
  2. To be in action; to operate
  3. To disagree with or oppose an opinion
  4. To increase in size or number
  5. A 50-acre grant of land given to colonial settlers who paid their own way
  6. A company in which investors buy stock in return for a share of its future profits
  7. Laborer who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America
  8. To try to discover facts and other information about something
  9. People opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes

21 Clues: To control • To apply a rule or law • To be in action; to operate • To increase in size or number • Person or country that owes money • To disagree with or oppose an opinion • Elected representative to an assembly • Large area of land that has one owner • The indigofera plant, used to make dye. • A statement of ideals or plans of action • ...

US History Chapter 4 Vocabulary 2023-06-06

US History Chapter 4 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Producing just enough to meet immediate needs
  2. To set aside or temporarily stop operation of something
  3. A crop that can be sold easily in markets
  4. To force on others
  5. A military force made up of ordinary citizens
  6. To change in response to a new set of conditions
  7. Taking no side
  8. Food
  9. A group of Native American nations in eastern North America joined together under one general government
  10. The permanent movement of people into one country from other nations
  11. An illness that affects large numbers of people
  12. To change the religious beliefs of someone
  13. Trade route between three destinations, such as Britain, West Africa, and the West Indies
  14. A special stress or indication of importance
  15. An economy theory whose goal is building a state's wealth and power by increasing export and accumulating precious metals in return
  16. To depend upon
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  1. A system by which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government
  2. To reduce in strength
  3. The democratic ideas, practices, and values that are at the heart of citizenship in a free society
  4. Rules focusing on the behavior and punishment of enslaved people
  5. A young person who learns a trade from a skilled craftsperson
  6. Partnership
  7. To bring in from foreign markets
  8. Very important
  9. Variety, such as of ethnic or national groups
  10. To sell abroad

26 Clues: Food • Partnership • Taking no side • Very important • To sell abroad • To depend upon • To force on others • To reduce in strength • To bring in from foreign markets • A crop that can be sold easily in markets • To change the religious beliefs of someone • A special stress or indication of importance • Producing just enough to meet immediate needs • ...

US History Chapter 5 Vocabulary 2023-06-11

US History Chapter 5 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Court document allowing customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods
  2. Incoming money from taxes or other sources
  3. Open defiance of authority
  4. An organization that spread political ideas and information through the colonies
  5. American colonist who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence
  6. The introduction to a formal document that often tells why the document was written
  7. Rank or place as compared to others
  8. During Revolutionary era, civilian sword to be ready to fight with only one minute's notice
  9. The ability to follow strict rules and procedures
  10. To move into and take control of a place, especially by force
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  1. To cancel an act or law
  2. An official expression of opinion by a group
  3. To disregard or go against
  4. A sudden, often violent clash
  5. A formal request
  6. To refuse to buy items in order to show disapproval or force acceptance of one's terms
  7. To draw near to something
  8. To prevent or forbid
  9. A discussion of opposing points of view
  10. Ideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help a cause
  11. American colonist who favored American independence
  12. Known as
  13. A mocking figure representing an unpopular individual

23 Clues: Known as • A formal request • To prevent or forbid • To cancel an act or law • To draw near to something • To disregard or go against • Open defiance of authority • A sudden, often violent clash • Rank or place as compared to others • A discussion of opposing points of view • Incoming money from taxes or other sources • An official expression of opinion by a group • ...

US History Final Exam Review 2013-01-22

US History Final Exam Review crossword puzzle
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  1. The Cuban _____________ Crisis almost lead to nuclear war between the U.S. and U.S.S.R.
  2. Truman hoped to stop communism from spreading with a ___________________ policy
  3. The laws that _______________________ (kept them from voting) African-Americans were fixed by the Voting Rights Act of 1965
  4. Johnson and FDR established the most social ______________ programs
  5. The Social Security Act helped those who lost their jobs by establishing _________________ insurance
  6. Nixon chose to ________________ from office because of the Watergate scandal
  7. Both the eras of The Red Scare and McCarthyism were based on fears of _____________________
  8. Brown vs. Board of Ed. stated that ____________________ was unconsitituional
  9. One reason the US interviened in Vietnam was because of the ________________ Theory
  10. Increased military spending during the 1980s under Reagan led to an _______________ budget deficit
  11. The ____________ Airlift was a very successful US operation during the Cold War
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  1. Johnson's Great ______________ program focused on helping the poor in America
  2. Starting in the 1950s the Middle East became more important due to the Suez Canal and the production of ________
  3. The Social Security Act set up _____________ for the elderly
  4. U.S. relations with _____________ American countries was improved by FDR's Good Neighbor Policy
  5. When Iraq invaded Kuwait the US launched The _______________ Gulf War to free our ally Kuwait
  6. ________________ led to the stock market crash
  7. The processes by which prices rise over time
  8. MLK helped organize and operat the _________________ Bus Boycott to protest racial segregation on city buses
  9. ___________, otherwise known as the North American Treaty Organization
  10. The US has fought ________________ twice in the last 20 years
  11. It is commonly believed that WW2 helped end the Great _________________
  12. The ______________ War and the Cold War were cause by the fear of the global spread of communism
  13. Supply Side _____________ says loweing taxes actually increases government revenue do to increased business activity
  14. FDR's attempt to limit checks and balances through "Courtpacking" tried to add favorable ________________ to the Supreme Court
  15. By putting Japanese Americans in camps during WW2 the government suspended their ___________-Liberties
  16. The Camp David ____________ led to a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt
  17. The League of Nations and the United ______________ are organizations that hope to prevent future wars
  18. The US got involved in the war in ______________ to help prevent the spread of communism in south east asia.

29 Clues: The processes by which prices rise over time • ________________ led to the stock market crash • The Social Security Act set up _____________ for the elderly • The US has fought ________________ twice in the last 20 years • Johnson and FDR established the most social ______________ programs • ___________, otherwise known as the North American Treaty Organization • ...

US History Review Extra Credit 2013-03-25

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

40 Clues: Fear of foreigners • This amendment ended slavery. • Assassinated Abraham Lincoln. • President of the Confederacy. • 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. • ...

US HISTORY (CHAPTERS 7&8) 2013-10-20

US HISTORY (CHAPTERS 7&8) crossword puzzle
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  1. A BOLD GOAL OF WOMEN TO GAIN THE RIGHT TO VOTE
  2. BENJAMIN ________ 2ND PRESIDENT IN HISTORY TO LOSE POPULAR BUT WIN COLLEGE VOTE
  3. HIS EFFORTS LEAD CONGRESS TO CREATE YOSEMITE
  4. EARNED PHD FROM HARVARD
  5. ________ BLANCES TARGETED AND BURNED DOWN HOUSES OF LARGE RANCH OWNERS
  6. THIS RECLAMATION ACT GAVE GOVT. THE POWER TO DISTRIBUTE WATER WHERE AND HOW
  7. ATTACDKING OR KILLING
  8. CLAUSES THAT ALLOWS ONE TO VOTE AS LONG AS ANCESTORS DID PRIOR TO 1866
  9. ____________ LINCOLN PRESIDENT OF GILDED AGE
  10. THIS AMENDMENT PROHIBITED GOVT. FROM DENYING PEOPLE THE RIGHT TO VOTE
  11. IDA B. ____:BLACK TEACHER THAT HELPED FORM NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORADO WOMEN
  12. QUESTIONED SUPPORTING FUNDRAISING DRIVE FOR BUILDING STATUE OF LIBERTY
  13. FOOD AND DRUG ACT THAT WAS NOT TAINTED
  14. ________ CHAPMAN CATT REENERGIZED THE NATIONAL SUFFRAGE
  15. A LEAGUE THAT GAVE SPECIAL LABELS TO GOODS PRODUCED UNDER FAIR,SAFE AND HEALTHY CONDITIONS.
  16. THIS ACT REGULATES WHAT ACTIVITIES BUSINESSES CANNOT DO THROUGH THE SHERMAN ANTITRUST ACT
  17. __________HISPANO-AMERICANO PROTECTED MEXICAN-AMERICANS RIGHTS
  18. LEAGUE THAT HUNDREDS OF GROUPS FROM DIFFERNT CITIES JOINED
  19. ___________B HAYES; OWED HIS 1876 ELECTION WIN TO A SECRET DEAL
  20. THIS ACT PLACED NATIONAL BANKS UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE FERDERAL RESERVE
  21. _________ CLEVELAND HAD A REPUTATION OF INTEGRITY
  22. HELPED TO FREE AFRICAN AMERICANS FROM PEONAGE
  23. PROGRAM TO RESTORE GOVT. TRUSTFUNDING POWER
  24. EFFORTS OF MANY PROGRESSIVES
  25. JAMES WELLS RENAMED THIS NEWSPAPER
  26. MEXICANS BORN IN AMERICA
  27. VOTERS ABILITY TO REMOVE PUBLIC SERVENTS FROM OFFICE PRE TERM
  28. A MOVEMENT LED BY THE W.C.T.U.
  29. WOMENS CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE LEADER
  30. A HOUSE/COMMUNITY CENTER. PROVIDED SOCIAL SERVICES TO URBAN POOR
  31. AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN WHO FOUGHT FOR JUSTICE
  32. GAVE THE ICC STRONG ENFORCEMENT POWERS
  33. THIS AMENDMENT GAVE CONGRESS THE POWER TO DO ANYTHING
  34. THIS COMMISSION EST. THE FTC TO MONITOR BUSINESS PRACTICES, FALSE ADVERTISING AND DISHONEST LABELING
  35. THE "PEOPLES PARTY"
  36. ABBREVIATION FOR THE ASSOCIATION THAT WORKED ON STATE/NATIONAL SIDES FOR WOMENS RIGHT TO VOTE
  37. __________H.KELLEY:MINNESOTA FARMER
  38. THIS AMMENDMENT STATED THE RIGHT TO VOTE CANNOT DISCRIMINATE BY GENDER
  39. LAWS THAT KEPT BLACKS & WHITES SEGREGATED
  40. THIS IS WILLIAM MARCY TWEED'S NICKNAME
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  1. ________ TARRIF ACT:LOWERED TARRIFS OF IMPORTED GOODS AND EST. GRADUATED INCOME TAX
  2. ANDREW JACKSON WAS THE FIRST ONE TO USE THIS SYSTEM
  3. THIS AMENDMENT BANNED THE MAKING, SELLING AND TRANSPORTING OF ALCOHOL IN THE USA
  4. INFLUENTIAL MUCKRAKER
  5. TAXES VOTERS HAD TO PAY TO VOTE
  6. BASIS OF THE NATIONS CURRENCY
  7. THIS AMENDMENT DENIED CITIZENSHIP AND GUARANTEED EQUAL PROTECTION
  8. THIS PARTY OF PEOPLE BOLTED FROM REPUBLICANS
  9. A DEAL THAT IS NOT ROUND
  10. IDA'S DAD
  11. TOO FASCINATED WITH THE UGLIER SIDE
  12. WILLIAM__________:A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE WHO ACCUMULATED $15,000,000.00
  13. WILLIAM JENNINGS_______LEAD SOME TO BELIEVE THEY COULD WIN THE WHITE HOUSE
  14. DIRECT ________:ELECTION FOR NOMINEES TO BE CHOSEN BY CITIZENS FOR UPCOMING ELECTIONS
  15. TESTS UNDERSTANDING
  16. _______T. WASHINGTON:MOST FAMOUS BLACK LEADER DURING LATE 19TH CENTURY
  17. A MILLION MEMBERS WERE ATTRACTED BY THIS
  18. SHE BELIEVED WOMEN WERE HURT BY UNFAIR PRICES OF GOODS
  19. ALLOWS CITIZENS TO APPROVE OR REJECT LAWS
  20. THIS ACT OUTLAWED MONOPOLIES AND PRACTICES THAT RESTRAINED TRADE
  21. ELIZABETH CADY _______ HELPED S.B.ANTHONY FORM THE SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION
  22. INSPECTION ACT THAT GAVE AGENTS TO INSPECT IMPORTED MEAT
  23. WAS N.A.W.S.A.'S BEST KNOW LEADER
  24. DEFENDS JEWS
  25. BOOKER T. _____:TOLD BLACKS TO MOVE SLOWLY TOWARDS RACIAL PROGRESS
  26. MARK TWAIN COINED POST RECONSTUCTION ERA
  27. MARGARET________ THOUGHT THAT WOMENS HEALTH/LIFE WOULD IMPROVE WITH FEWER CHILDREN
  28. BOOK ABOUT CHRISITIANITY AND THE SOCIAL CRISIS
  29. TEDDY WAS A 43 YEAR OLD PRESIDENT
  30. A CIVIL SERVICE ACT THAT WROTE A CIVIL SERVICE EXAM
  31. PLACED STRICT GOVT. CONTROLS ON CORPORATIONS
  32. LEADING FIGURE IN THE SETTLEMENT OF URBAN POOR
  33. A SYSTEM THAT INCLUDES FEDERAL JOBS IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
  34. GROUPS THAT MADE LOANS AND PROVIDED LEGAL ASSISTANCE
  35. 1890'S MOVEMENT
  36. THIS AMENDMENT INSTITUTED THE DIRECT ELECTION OF SENATORS BY THE PEOPLE OF EACH STATE
  37. HELPS TO PUT A PROPOSED LAW DIRECTLY ON THE BALLOT
  38. _________ STEFFENS LEAD THE MUCKRAKERS
  39. _________ WILSON WON THE WHITEHOSE AFTER THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY SPLIT
  40. A MOVEMENT THAT IS NOT A WATERFALL BUT DENOUNCED GRADUAL PROGRESS
  41. THIS GIFFORD LEAD THE DIVISION OF FORESTRY
  42. THIS ACT IMPOSED FINES AND RAILROADS THAT GAVE SPECIAL RATES TO FAVORED SHIPPERS
  43. _______ B. ANTHONY FOUGHT FOR WOMENS RIGHTS TO VOTE

83 Clues: IDA'S DAD • DEFENDS JEWS • 1890'S MOVEMENT • TESTS UNDERSTANDING • THE "PEOPLES PARTY" • INFLUENTIAL MUCKRAKER • ATTACDKING OR KILLING • EARNED PHD FROM HARVARD • A DEAL THAT IS NOT ROUND • MEXICANS BORN IN AMERICA • EFFORTS OF MANY PROGRESSIVES • BASIS OF THE NATIONS CURRENCY • A MOVEMENT LED BY THE W.C.T.U. • TAXES VOTERS HAD TO PAY TO VOTE • WAS N.A.W.S.A.'S BEST KNOW LEADER • ...

US HISTORY 8 REVIEW 5,6,8 2014-11-30

US HISTORY 8 REVIEW 5,6,8 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an example to be followed by others in thye future
  2. a ceremony in which the President takes oath of office
  3. armed civilian ships that had their government's permission to attack enemy ships and keep their goods
  4. an agreement between nations or groups to help each other against other nations or groups
  5. a fort that was built by Washington 50miles south of Fort Duquesne
  6. a high-ranking officer in George Washington’s Army that was a European volunteer
  7. contrary to what is permitted by the Constitution 35
  8. This is the idea that the union binding "these United States" is an agreement between the states and that they therefore can overrule federal law
  9. the indian tribe that the Bristish wanted to make an alliance with to fight against the French
  10. a certificate issued by a government for an amount of money that the government promises to pay with interest
  11. not favoring either side in a dispute
  12. a British enforced proclamation that banned settlers from moving west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains
  13. the leader of the Ottawa Nation
  14. became Britains Prime Minister in 1757
  15. the man that was chosen by William Pitt that became one of Britains top generals
  16. an act that made colonists buy special stamps
  17. or introduction
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  1. people who invest in a risky venture in the hope of making a large profit
  2. a French fort that was built near the Ohio River
  3. soldiers who are paid to fight for a country other than their own
  4. an act that was passed that made the colonists house British soldiers
  5. or paper money
  6. means import tax
  7. a man that was sent to London by Washington to try and solve problems with Britain
  8. Spanish Louisiana governor that began helping the Americans before Spain declared war on Britain in 1779
  9. a formal statement of opinion
  10. the 21 year old surveyor that was chosen to lead the Virginian militia
  11. or signed up for duty
  12. means surrendered
  13. an organized political group
  14. the British general that was sent to capture Fort Duqesne but was ambushed on the way there
  15. the Bonhomme Richard Captain that fought for America in the sea
  16. formal complaints
  17. or people not in the military
  18. Franklins plan that called for a council of representatives elected by the colonial assemblies
  19. deprive of legal force
  20. a force made up of civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army
  21. a German baron that helped train the Continental Army
  22. a British enforced tax that was put on the colonists that taxed several prducts including molasses
  23. the capital city of New France

40 Clues: or paper money • or introduction • means import tax • means surrendered • formal complaints • or signed up for duty • deprive of legal force • an organized political group • a formal statement of opinion • or people not in the military • the capital city of New France • the leader of the Ottawa Nation • not favoring either side in a dispute • became Britains Prime Minister in 1757 • ...

Coyle US History: Western Expansion 2016-02-04

Coyle US History: Western Expansion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a person who makes maps
  2. young Native American woman
  3. 3rd President of the USA
  4. river that divided eastern and western US
  5. port city at the mouth of the Mississippi
  6. past tense of grew
  7. very big
  8. grow three times
  9. famous emperor of France
  10. a type of brown bear
  11. one of the leaders of the Corps of Discovery
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  1. to visit a place to learn more about it
  2. animal that lives on the Great Plains
  3. a person who helps people talk to each other
  4. one of the leaders of the Corps of Discovery
  5. buy
  6. mountains that divide North America
  7. a long scientific trip
  8. to have something like a house or car, not a pen or pencil
  9. grow two times
  10. come back
  11. ocean that was the destination of the expedition
  12. to get bigger

23 Clues: buy • very big • come back • to get bigger • grow two times • grow three times • past tense of grew • a type of brown bear • a long scientific trip • a person who makes maps • 3rd President of the USA • famous emperor of France • young Native American woman • mountains that divide North America • animal that lives on the Great Plains • to visit a place to learn more about it • ...

US History Unit 2 Keywords 2017-11-13

US History Unit 2 Keywords crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Act declaring that people had to pay to stamp every paper item they bought
  2. A group of acts that the colonists found unfair and decided to protest against
  3. The British surrender at the Battle of Saratoga and France creates an alliance with the Americans
  4. Where General Cornwallis surrendered and major fighting ended
  5. Treaty hat ended the Revolutionary War and granted independence to the American colonies
  6. Protest resulting in the massacre of 5 colonists by British soldiers
  7. A group of rules passed by congress in 1777
  8. A series of taxes and acts imposed on colonists
  9. The army of American colonist soldiers in the Revolutionary War led by George Washington
  10. Case in which the supreme court gained the right to decide wether acts of Congress opposed the Constitution
  11. Committees formed to communicate information throughout the colonies
  12. Act reducing tax on Caribbean imports and increasing the reinforcement of this tax
  13. The first shot fired in the Revolutionary War in Lexington
  14. Rebellion against the state government in Massachusetts caused by economic issues after the Revolutionary War
  15. Policy in which Britain did not enforce the laws and taxes imposed on the colonies
  16. Proposition by the French that to negotiate, the US would have to lend them money
  17. Federalist who created an economic plan to make a successful government and helped create the treasury department and first national bank
  18. People who organized street protests and boycotts
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  1. Act declaring that colonists must provide British soldiers with housing
  2. A group of rules created to strengthen the national government
  3. Document declaring the independence of the 13 colonies
  4. Petition sent to King George III suggesting peace between Britain and the colonies
  5. First and second times delegates from 12 or 13 colonies met in Philadelphia to discuss issues with British rule
  6. Act declaring that Britain still had control over the colonies
  7. Protest during which colonists dumped tea into the Boston harbor
  8. Rebellion against a tax imposed on whiskey
  9. First war fought by the US which was against Britain
  10. People who wanted more a stronger national government
  11. Transaction in which Jefferson bought a large area of land west of the original colonies from Napoleon
  12. The first ten amendments made to the Constitution
  13. Colonist who wrote a pamphlet called “Common Sense”
  14. Rules making it illegal to criticize the government
  15. People who wanted stronger state governments
  16. Period after the War of 1812 during which Americans wanted a united nation
  17. Treaty ending the War of 1812 and making no land exchanges

35 Clues: Rebellion against a tax imposed on whiskey • A group of rules passed by congress in 1777 • People who wanted stronger state governments • A series of taxes and acts imposed on colonists • The first ten amendments made to the Constitution • People who organized street protests and boycotts • Colonist who wrote a pamphlet called “Common Sense” • ...

US History Unit 2 Keywords 2018-02-22

US History Unit 2 Keywords crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Conference in which the Allies decided how to end World War II and what to do next
  2. Acts made by Roosevelt to attempt to keep the US out of World War II by avoiding actions taken before the first world war
  3. Economic aid provided to Western European nations by the U.S. after WWII
  4. Trade in which the other nation had to transport the goods instead of the US
  5. Policy of ignoring military actions in hopes of avoiding conflict
  6. Reforms and changes made by Franklin Roosevelt to help solve problems caused by the Great Depression and prevent similar issues in the future
  7. Law allowing veterans to receive loans to build homes or pursue and education
  8. 7 December 1941, the day that Japan bombed Pearl Harbor causing the US to declare war on Japan
  9. Secret project of building an atomic bomb
  10. Line at which North and South Korea became divided into communist and non-communist parts
  11. Man who wanted wealth to be redistributed to the poor in the Great Depression
  12. Agreement of the US to help Britain in WWII by providing weapons and money
  13. 29 October 1929 when stock values suddenly fell as many people tried to sell their stocks
  14. International organization created after WWII to maintain peace in the world
  15. Government in which one leader has absolute power
  16. Drought and winds in Oklahoma during the Great Depression
  17. US military strategy of capturing Pacific islands and establishing bases there to get closer to Japan
  18. Decision to strengthen relations between the US and other Western Hemisphere countries
  19. Agreement between North American and Western European nations to protect each other
  20. Divide between communist Eastern Europe and non-communist Western Europe
Down
  1. Japanese aircraft pilots who crashed their explosive-filled planes into U.S. ships killing themselves in the process
  2. Group of WWI soldiers and their families who marched in Washington DC to demand payment for their service
  3. Female secretary of labor in the US who promoted the Social Security program
  4. Court case in which the supreme court defended Japanese internment camps and deemed them necessary
  5. Franklin Roosevelt’s weekly radio program that explained current issues in simple language
  6. Woman on US propaganda posters encouraging women to join the war effort by working in factories for example
  7. Shantytowns in urban areas during the Great Depression
  8. Antisemitic laws in Germany in World War II
  9. American general who led the US forces in Japan in WWII and the UN forces in the Korean War
  10. Act giving less power to labor unions
  11. The US join the war, the Allies win a victory in North Africa, the Soviets gain ground at Stalingrad, D-Day allows the Allies to free France and the US drops atomic bombs in Japan
  12. Name given to the use of the containment policy
  13. Policy of using US military forces to sop the spread of communism
  14. Sending of supplies to West Berlin by airplane when the Soviet Union blocked roads to West Germany
  15. Theory that as more nations became communist, other nearby countries would follow
  16. Military technique involving the use of airplanes followed by infantry and tanks and use by Germany in WWII

36 Clues: Act giving less power to labor unions • Secret project of building an atomic bomb • Antisemitic laws in Germany in World War II • Name given to the use of the containment policy • Government in which one leader has absolute power • Shantytowns in urban areas during the Great Depression • Drought and winds in Oklahoma during the Great Depression • ...

Gilded Age Politics US History 2018-10-16

Gilded Age Politics US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. First Democrat elected president since 1856
  2. Party that favored “tight” money
  3. Policy that government should play a limited role in the economy
  4. Laws governing moral behavior, such as no dancing on Sunday
  5. Tax on an imported good
  6. Used the term Gilded Age to describe this time period
  7. Faction of Republican party that favored Senator Conkling
  8. This outlawed any combination of companies that restrained interstate commerce
  9. Non-elected government employees
  10. His slogan was “A full dinner pail”
  11. Assassin who killed McKinley
  12. President shot by an assassin in 1881
  13. Led “army” on march to Washington D.C.
  14. Party that wanted money backed by silver
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  1. Started the spoils system
  2. Law that said government employees could not be fired for politics
  3. Faction of Republican party that favored Senator Blaine
  4. Covered with a thin layer of gold
  5. Republicans who supported Cleveland
  6. Began reform of the Civil Service

20 Clues: Tax on an imported good • Started the spoils system • Assassin who killed McKinley • Party that favored “tight” money • Non-elected government employees • Covered with a thin layer of gold • Began reform of the Civil Service • Republicans who supported Cleveland • His slogan was “A full dinner pail” • President shot by an assassin in 1881 • ...

US History Chapter 12 Review 2022-03-21

US History Chapter 12 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. land bought so a railroad could be built
  2. settlement in Kentucky named for Daniel Boone
  3. President during the Mexican War
  4. led the Texans in their fight for independence
  5. during which battle was the national anthem written
  6. the winner of the War of 1812
  7. territory Jefferson sent Lewis & Clark to explore
  8. President who bought Florida from Spain
  9. the writer of the national anthem
  10. territory where the Whitmans served as missionaries
Down
  1. After the Lousiana purchase, the US was this much larger
  2. the battle where the Texans defeated Santa Anna
  3. first person to write schoolbooks for America's children
  4. he blazed the Wilderness Road
  5. led Lewis and Clark through the wilderness
  6. over 180 men died here fighting for Texas's independence
  7. settlers rushed to mine this in California
  8. the section of land that became California and other states
  9. the section of land that Texas was formed from, the Texas ___
  10. territory that later became states Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin

20 Clues: he blazed the Wilderness Road • the winner of the War of 1812 • President during the Mexican War • the writer of the national anthem • President who bought Florida from Spain • land bought so a railroad could be built • led Lewis and Clark through the wilderness • settlers rushed to mine this in California • settlement in Kentucky named for Daniel Boone • ...

US History Vocab: Set 1 2022-01-31

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

20 Clues: to give over • something gained • culpably involved • to cancel officially • a LEGAL RIGHT to vote • an authoritative order; a decree • nonparticipation in a dispute or war • a retaliatory action against an enemy • a government tax on imports or exports, • the federal principle or system of government • someone who leaves one country to settle in another • ...

AP US history crossword puzzle 2022-05-16

AP US history crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. US Attack Germany in france
  2. Supreme court judicial
  3. split of colonies from GB
  4. Made factory jobs numbing
  5. Death of the barter system
  6. US wont tolerate colonization
  7. Long drought and poor crops
  8. Germany contacting Mexico
  9. Transport system Est and Wst
  10. attempt at constitution
Down
  1. Nixon trying to find results
  2. count slaves as part person
  3. 1930 terrible Economic crash
  4. Transfer of Slaves To US
  5. separate unconstitutional
  6. war over slavery
  7. 1930s programs to fix crash
  8. Worst US president ever
  9. Japanese attack on US WW2
  10. Moved south for invention

20 Clues: war over slavery • Supreme court judicial • Worst US president ever • attempt at constitution • Transfer of Slaves To US • split of colonies from GB • Made factory jobs numbing • separate unconstitutional • Japanese attack on US WW2 • Germany contacting Mexico • Moved south for invention • Death of the barter system • count slaves as part person • US Attack Germany in france • ...

US History Unit 3 Vocab 2023-12-04

US History Unit 3 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Enslaved people who had been freed by the war
  2. Laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves; passed by southern states following the Civil War
  3. A policy of favoring native-born individuals over foreign-born ones
  4. The application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as a justification for their imperialist expansion.
  5. General Custer and his men were wiped out by a coalition of Sioux and Cheyenne Indians led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse
  6. A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries poitically, socially, and economically.
  7. Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites
  8. Railroad connecting the west and east coasts of the continental US
  9. These places were created in order to forcibly assimilate Indian children to white culture. They cut their hair, converted them to Christianity, forced them to change their language and used various other ways to make Indian children act like white Americans.
  10. The system that allotted land with designated boundaries to Native American tribes in the west, beginning in the 1850s and ending with the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887. Within these reservations, most land was used communally, rather than owned individually.
  11. 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.
Down
  1. a 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal
  2. 1870s - 1890s; time period looked good on the outside, despite the corrupt politics & growing gap between the rich & poor
  3. A party organization that recruits voter loyalty with tangible incentives and is characterized by a high degree of control over member activity
  4. the period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union
  5. A system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops.
  6. southerners who wanted to work with the northern republicans during reconstruction
  7. Complete control of a product or business by one person or group
  8. Process of a person or group adopting the culture, language, and traditions of the larger group in society (i.e immigrants and Native Americans in us history.)
  9. the growth of cities
  10. An immigrant receiving station that opened in 1892, where immigrants were given a medical examination and only allowed in if they were healthy
  11. A northerner who went to the South immediately after the Civil War; especially one who tried to gain political advantage or other advantages from the disorganized situation in southern states
  12. Policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the nation's economy.
  13. 1890 confrontation between U.S. cavalry and Sioux that marked the end of Indian resistance

24 Clues: the growth of cities • Enslaved people who had been freed by the war • Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites • Complete control of a product or business by one person or group • Railroad connecting the west and east coasts of the continental US • A policy of favoring native-born individuals over foreign-born ones • ...

US History Chapter 6 Crossword 2025-01-08

US History Chapter 6 Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The branch of government that enforces laws.
  2. A formal meeting or agreement.
  3. A specific section or part of a legal document.
  4. A period of severe economic downturn.
  5. Corresponding in size or amount to something else.
  6. A group of representatives who formally elect the president and vice president.
  7. To change or revise something, often a law or document.
  8. To live in a specific place.
  9. A system where branches of government limit each other's powers to prevent misuse.
  10. A change or addition to a document, especially the Constitution.
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  1. To lose value over time.
  2. An agreement where each side gives up something to reach a solution.
  3. A system of government where power is shared between national and state governments.
  4. A law or regulation enacted by a government.
  5. A custom or practice passed down over time.
  6. The branch of government that interprets laws and ensures justice.
  7. A legislative system with two chambers or houses.
  8. A government where citizens elect leaders to represent them.
  9. To leave something behind or give up on it.
  10. The act of freeing enslaved individuals.
  11. The branch of government that makes laws.

21 Clues: To lose value over time. • To live in a specific place. • A formal meeting or agreement. • A period of severe economic downturn. • The act of freeing enslaved individuals. • The branch of government that makes laws. • A custom or practice passed down over time. • To leave something behind or give up on it. • The branch of government that enforces laws. • ...

Spiridakis-US History 1 Review 2025-06-09

Spiridakis-US History 1 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This treaty ended the War of 1812
  2. The American Indian warrior leader who formed an Indian Confederacy and fought with the British in the War of 1812
  3. The path of the forced relocation of eastern American Indians to what is now Oklahoma
  4. The founding document of that details how the United States government works.
  5. American __________ was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in order to get more people to sign up for the Continental Army
  6. The Preamble of the Declaration of ______________ details the natural rights of all humans and the role of government in society.
  7. Which political party wanted to ratify the Constitution
  8. This made communication also instant especially during the Civil War
  9. _________ Rebellion proved that the Articles were too weak and there needed to be more power placed in the central government
  10. Where did George Washington camp his army over the winter of 1777-1778. During this winter the army would become better trained.
  11. John Deere created this tool to deal with the stickier soil out west
  12. This branch of government is in charge of enforcing the laws
  13. The writer of the Declaration of Independence and the person who purchased the Louisiana Purchase from France
  14. The Monroe Doctrine warned that if any _____________ nations were to colonize nations in South America, the U.S. would consider it an act of violence
  15. The belief that the United States was fated to spread from the Atlantic to the Pacific
  16. Last name of our first president
  17. Frederick Douglass was a main leader in the fight for _________.
  18. the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state
  19. Judicial ____________ is the practice in which the Supreme Court determines if laws are unconstitutional or not
  20. Which political party wanted to end the expansion of slavery
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  1. The 14th Amendment granted ______________ to all people born in the U.S.
  2. This state fought for its independence from Mexico because of different cultures and political ideas on slavery
  3. An addition or a change to the Constitution
  4. This branch of government is in charge of interpreting the laws and deciding if laws are constitutional
  5. The 15th Amendment Prohibited denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Which group of people did this leave out?
  6. This branch of government is in charge of making laws
  7. To make a law void
  8. The Boston Tea Party was protesting the tax on tea and a company's ________ on tea products
  9. last name of the president during the time of the Alien and Sedition Acts
  10. The ________ Act of 1807 stopped trade with Britain and France in order to stay neutral in their war
  11. The authority of a state to govern itself or another state
  12. To add as an extra part, especially to a piece of land
  13. The 13th Amendment abolished ____________, except as punishment for a crime
  14. The group of congressmen who argued for war with Britain which would lead to the War of 1812
  15. A weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that the federal government could not ____ the states.
  16. The first permanent English colony in the New World
  17. The Articles of Confederation put forward a weak central government and ________ state governments
  18. When the British Navy would force sailors into the military
  19. Marbury v. ________ was the supreme court case that established judicial review
  20. The ______ Act placed a tax on on various paper products and items, including newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards. The act was a direct tax
  21. The Boston _______ took place in 1770. 5 people died and John Adams would defend the British soldiers in court
  22. a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.
  23. This movement's goal was to better society and family life by getting rid of alcohol
  24. sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid.

44 Clues: To make a law void • Last name of our first president • This treaty ended the War of 1812 • An addition or a change to the Constitution • The first permanent English colony in the New World • This branch of government is in charge of making laws • To add as an extra part, especially to a piece of land • Which political party wanted to ratify the Constitution • ...

US History Q2 Vocab Review 2024-12-09

US History Q2 Vocab Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Movement to give women the right to vote.
  2. Reporters who exposed the abuses and corruption of big business.
  3. Young women that wore smaller clothes and went out without chaperones.
  4. What did workers do at Homestead and Pullman do to Carnegie's steel mills?
  5. These groups overcharged local governments and bribed officials to win public contracts.
  6. Newspapers distorting the truth and exaggerating details to shift public opinion.
  7. Black Civil Rights activist that helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
  8. A powerful country extending control over a smaller, weak country.
  9. Reformers who believed in using government rules to fixes abuses.
  10. Workers organized themselves into these to negotiate wages and working conditions.
  11. Amendments giving America indirect control and special rights in Cuba.
  12. Policy that states America will act as a policeman in Latin America.
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  1. The fear that Communism had spread into the USA; led to the "Palmer Raids"
  2. Period after the 18th Amendment when alcohol was banned.
  3. This law did not allow Chinese immigration and placed restrictions on Chinese citizens.
  4. The wealthy at the top of society were superior to other.
  5. Period that saw African-American culture flourish.
  6. Certificates sold by the government to pay for a war with a promise to repay with interest.
  7. Agreement between Japan and USA to limit immigration.
  8. Peace keeping organization established after World War 1.
  9. Unrestricted Submarine Warfare sank this boat; Led to USA joining World War 1.

21 Clues: Movement to give women the right to vote. • Period that saw African-American culture flourish. • Agreement between Japan and USA to limit immigration. • Period after the 18th Amendment when alcohol was banned. • The wealthy at the top of society were superior to other. • Peace keeping organization established after World War 1. • ...

AP US History Period 2 2024-04-27

AP US History Period 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. The overthrow of King James II of England in 1688 and his replacement by William and Mary, which established parliamentary supremacy and limited the power of the monarchy.
  2. A land distribution system in the Virginia Colony where settlers were granted 50 acres of land for each person they brought to the New World.
  3. An English Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania in 1681 as a haven for Quakers and a model of religious tolerance.
  4. Farming practices aimed at producing enough food to meet the needs of the farmer and their family, without surplus for trade or market sale
  5. The practice of passing down inherited property, particularly land, to the firstborn son, which was common in colonial America and contributed to the concentration of wealth and power in elite families.
  6. The region of British North America consisting of present-day New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, characterized by diverse agricultural economies and religious tolerance.
  7. An armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the colonial government's perceived favoritism towards wealthy landowners and Native Americans.
  8. A conflict between Great Britain and France, along with their respective Native American allies, fought from 1754 to 1763
  9. The practice of forcibly recruiting individuals into military service, particularly practiced by the British Royal Navy during the colonial period, leading to tensions and resentment among American colonists.
  10. A raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold, such as tobacco, sugar, and fur, which were significant commodities in the colonial economy.
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  1. A series of laws and practices in England during the 16th and 17th centuries that consolidated and enclosed common lands into private estates
  2. a rare instance of Native American success against European colonization in North America.
  3. A labor system where individuals worked for a specified period (usually around 4-7 years) in exchange for passage to the New World and, often, land after their service ended.
  4. A business entity in which shares of the company's stock can be bought and sold by shareholders, often used for financing colonial ventures in the 16th and 17th centuries.
  5. A proposal by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 to create a unified government for the American colonies, which was not adopted but laid the groundwork for future colonial cooperation.
  6. Members of the Religious Society of Friends, known for their religious tolerance, pacifism, and opposition to slavery.
  7. The supreme authority or power of a state to govern itself without interference from external forces.
  8. An intellectual and philosophical movement in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries that emphasized reason, science, and individualism as means of understanding and improving society.
  9. A cash crop grown in the Chesapeake colonies, particularly Virginia and Maryland, that became a major source of wealth and labor demand in the colonial economy.
  10. British colonial policy in the early 18th century that allowed the American colonies a significant degree of autonomy in exchange for colonial economic loyalty.

20 Clues: a rare instance of Native American success against European colonization in North America. • The supreme authority or power of a state to govern itself without interference from external forces. • Members of the Religious Society of Friends, known for their religious tolerance, pacifism, and opposition to slavery. • ...

AP US History Period 9 2024-04-29

AP US History Period 9 crossword puzzle
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  1. The simulation of human intelligence by computer systems, enabling tasks such as problem-solving, learning, and decision-making, with applications ranging from robotics to data analysis.
  2. A landmark healthcare reform law signed by President Barack Obama in 2010, aimed at expanding access to healthcare coverage, reducing healthcare costs, and improving the quality of care in the United States.
  3. A grassroots movement advocating for racial justice and equality, particularly in response to police brutality and systemic racism against Black communities, sparked by the acquittal of Trayvon Martin's killer in 2013.
  4. A social movement that emerged in the wake of sexual harassment and assault allegations against high-profile individuals, aiming to raise awareness about sexual violence, support survivors, and advocate for institutional change.
  5. The process of increasing interconnectedness and interdependence among countries, economies, and cultures, facilitated by advances in technology, transportation, and communication.
  6. Digital or virtual currencies that use cryptography for security and operate independently of central banks or governments
  7. The use of violence, intimidation, or coercion for political, religious, or ideological purposes, often targeting civilians or non-combatants
  8. The process of urban redevelopment or revitalization, often resulting in the displacement of lower-income residents and the transformation of neighborhoods into higher-income, more affluent areas.
  9. a political ideology characterized by its advocacy for assertive foreign policy, promotion of democracy, and belief in the use of military force to spread American values and interests abroad.
  10. Online platforms and technologies that enable users to create, share, and exchange information and content
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  1. The economic policies implemented during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, characterized by tax cuts, deregulation, and a focus on supply-side economics to stimulate economic growth.
  2. The disproportionate imprisonment of individuals, particularly from marginalized communities such as Black and Hispanic populations, resulting from harsh sentencing laws, racial bias, and socioeconomic factors.
  3. The manipulation of an organism's genetic material using biotechnology techniques
  4. A military campaign initiated by President George W. Bush in response to the 9/11 attacks, aimed at combating terrorism, eliminating terrorist networks, and promoting democracy and stability in the Middle East and beyond.
  5. A federal agency established in 2002 in response to the 9/11 attacks, tasked with protecting the United States from terrorist threats, securing borders, and coordinating emergency response efforts.
  6. Measures and practices aimed at protecting computer systems, networks, and data from cyber threats such as hacking, malware, and data breaches
  7. A conservative political movement that emerged in the early 21st century, characterized by opposition to government spending, taxation, and regulation, and advocating for limited government and fiscal responsibility.
  8. known for being the first African American president, his healthcare reform initiative (Affordable Care Act), and efforts to address economic recovery and climate change.
  9. A public health crisis involving the misuse, addiction, and overdose deaths related to prescription opioids, heroin, and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, leading to widespread social and economic consequences.
  10. The eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union, serving as General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1985 until 1991 and is widely known for his policies of glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring), which aimed to reform the Soviet political and economic systems, but ultimately led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.

20 Clues: The manipulation of an organism's genetic material using biotechnology techniques • Online platforms and technologies that enable users to create, share, and exchange information and content • Digital or virtual currencies that use cryptography for security and operate independently of central banks or governments • ...

Ms. Kaufman's US History Puzzle! 2025-03-26

Ms. Kaufman's US History Puzzle! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the route taken by many migrants to journey west
  2. the president who engineered the Mexican-American war
  3. site of the 1849 gold rush
  4. the belief that the US expanding coast to coast was meant to be
  5. to improve something
  6. state where Andrew Jackson led the war against the Seminoles
  7. location of the first women's rights convention
  8. the forced journey Native Americans were marched on by US soldiers
  9. a proposed law that has not passed yet
  10. the country whose enslaved population revolted against France and created their own nation
  11. the right to vote
  12. the state that first broke from Mexico before asking to join the US
  13. the legal guiding document for the United States
  14. the two men who led an expedition to scope out the new Louisiana Territory
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  1. when one nation takes land from another and adds it to their territory by force
  2. the $15 million buy made under Thomas Jefferson that doubled the size of the US
  3. the plains animal that plays a central part in the lives of many native american tribes
  4. the first US government attempt that was a failure
  5. the US president who championed the Indian Removal Act
  6. the coolest history teacher you've ever had ;)
  7. the port city at the mouth of the Mississippi river, crucial for trade
  8. the first ten amendments of the US constitution
  9. the part of congress with equal representation for each state
  10. everyone gets what they need
  11. the tribe at the center of the Indian Removal Act
  12. an agreement made between two or more nations

26 Clues: the right to vote • to improve something • site of the 1849 gold rush • everyone gets what they need • a proposed law that has not passed yet • an agreement made between two or more nations • the coolest history teacher you've ever had ;) • the first ten amendments of the US constitution • location of the first women's rights convention • ...

US History Post Test Review 2025-03-25

US History Post Test Review crossword puzzle
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  1. this battle was the turning point in the war in the Pacific.
  2. the time period when it was illegal to sell, manufacture or transport alcohol
  3. industry located in Pittsburgh
  4. Abraham Lincoln felt it was more important to _________ the Union than to punish the South
  5. the attack at this Navy base in Hawaii caused America to join WWII
  6. poet who combined African and American cultural roots: Langston...
  7. the 19th amendment granted women's rights to ______
  8. immigrants who lived in overcrowded cities received aid from
  9. captain of the oil industry: John D. ___________
  10. the systematic attempt by the Nazis to rid Europe of all the Jews was known as...
  11. Central Powers of World War I: Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire and...
  12. this development contributed to powering labor saving products
  13. industry centered in New England, and did not have a captain
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  1. captain of the railroad industry: Cornelius ___________
  2. Theodore Roosevelt believed in this diplomacy. Speak softly and carry a...
  3. production method used by Henry Ford to lower the cost of the Model-T
  4. Booker T. Washington is to __________ education as W.E.B. Du Bois is to full political rights
  5. after the Spanish-American War, the U.S. took possession of Guam, Puerto Rico and this nation
  6. captain of the steel industry: Andrew ___________
  7. grants U.S. citizenship to African Americans
  8. the United States joined World War I after this British passenger ship was sunk
  9. northeast city where the Harlem Renaissance was born
  10. blues singer who sang hits like "Downtown Blues"
  11. where the Spanish-American War mainly took place
  12. novelist who portrayed the strength of poor migrant workers

25 Clues: industry located in Pittsburgh • grants U.S. citizenship to African Americans • captain of the oil industry: John D. ___________ • blues singer who sang hits like "Downtown Blues" • where the Spanish-American War mainly took place • captain of the steel industry: Andrew ___________ • the 19th amendment granted women's rights to ______ • ...

US History Chapter 5 Vocab 2024-11-06

US History Chapter 5 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. A formal discussion on a particular topic where opposing arguments are presented.
  2. To meet or come into contact with, often unexpectedly.
  3. A roughly made model of a person, often used to express anger or protest.
  4. To break or fail to comply with a rule, law, or agreement.
  5. A way of dealing with a situation or method of doing something.
  6. Money collected by a government, often through taxes.
  7. A person who remained loyal to the British crown during the American Revolution.
  8. The practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior.
  9. Groups formed by American colonists to coordinate communication and organize resistance to British policies.
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  1. A formal written request made to an authority or government, often signed by many people.
  2. The introductory statement of a document that outlines its purpose and guiding principles.
  3. Information, often biased or misleading, used to promote a political cause or viewpoint.
  4. A legal document that allowed British officials to search homes and businesses for smuggled goods.
  5. An act of resistance or uprising against a government or authority.
  6. A refusal to buy or use goods and services as a form of protest.
  7. To officially cancel or reverse a law or act.
  8. To take control of a place, often by military force.
  9. A formal decision or expression of opinion by a group.
  10. Colonial militia members who were prepared to fight at a moment’s notice.
  11. The social, legal, or professional standing of a person or group.
  12. A colonist who supported American independence from Britain.
  13. To formally forbid something by law or rule.

22 Clues: To formally forbid something by law or rule. • To officially cancel or reverse a law or act. • To take control of a place, often by military force. • Money collected by a government, often through taxes. • To meet or come into contact with, often unexpectedly. • A formal decision or expression of opinion by a group. • ...

iCivics US History Unit 2 2025-11-13

iCivics US History Unit 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the idea that all people have the same rights
  2. an agreement between people, groups, and nations to work together
  3. a large, organized group of professional soldiers trained to fight; relating to soldiers or armed forces
  4. to give reason for doing something
  5. the agreement of the people to give power to the government
  6. to accept something formally or officially
  7. to cancel a law
  8. money that you have to pay to the government so that it can pay for public services
  9. a foundational idea or belief that guides decisions and actions
  10. freedoms that every person is born with including life, liberty, and property
  11. to correct something that is wrong or unfair
  12. rights of a citizen to participate in government that are expressed in a constitution or other laws
  13. a group of people who are not professional soldiers but are organized to act as an army
  14. people in the colonies who remained faithful, or loyal, to the British government
  15. a fight between opposing armed forces, often part of a war
  16. a state of fighting between two or more nations or groups of people, often consisting of multiple battles
  17. the act of ending a conflict by coming to an understanding
  18. a statement written by a group of people to ask their government to change something
  19. freedom, especially freedom from government tyranny
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  1. an agreement between the people and the government; the people agree to be governed and the government must protect their natural rights
  2. the freedom of a country or people to govern themselves without being controlled by another country
  3. a war between groups of people in the same nation consent agreement
  4. when something causes a complete or dramatic change to existing ideas and systems
  5. land that is claimed by multiple groups
  6. the military representing the 13 colonies and later the United States of America during the American Revolution
  7. the process by which an army tries to capture a place by surrounding it and cutting off supplies and help
  8. something, often money, that is owed
  9. a line that separates political or geographic areas
  10. a digital audio file that can be taken from the internet and played on a device, with new episodes being released to the public on a regular basis
  11. the state of not supporting either side in a conflict
  12. the work of maintaining peaceful relationships with different nations to support your own nation's interests
  13. people in the colonies who wanted independence from the British government
  14. a person who believes that war can never be justified and should therefore never occur
  15. a complaint against something believed to be wrong or unfair
  16. ideas or statements, often false or exaggerated, that are spread to shape people’s opinions
  17. people, groups, and nations that have agreed to work together
  18. a dramatic and wide-reaching change in the way something is structured in favor of a new system
  19. an organized act of refusing to buy or use something

38 Clues: to cancel a law • to give reason for doing something • something, often money, that is owed • land that is claimed by multiple groups • to accept something formally or officially • to correct something that is wrong or unfair • the idea that all people have the same rights • a line that separates political or geographic areas • ...

US History Review Puzzle #1 2025-12-08

US History Review Puzzle #1 crossword puzzle
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  1. American militia of Revolutionary War
  2. Led the Continental Army
  3. Published anti-slavery newspaper "The Liberator"
  4. The Wright brothers invented this
  5. Wrote "Common Sense"
  6. Forced onto the Trail of Tears
  7. Labor Leader
  8. Invented a new steel making process
  9. Invented the light bulb
  10. Fought the Civil War to preserve the union
  11. Controlled the steel industry
  12. Had an "Open Door" foreign policy
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  1. President of the "Common Man"
  2. Controlled politics during Industrialization
  3. Said, "Make the world safe for democracy."
  4. FDR's policy that combated the Great Depression
  5. Northerners who came South to get rich
  6. Had a "Square Deal"
  7. Created the assembly line process
  8. Tolerant American Colony
  9. Controlled the railroad industry
  10. Controlled the banking industry

22 Clues: Labor Leader • Had a "Square Deal" • Wrote "Common Sense" • Invented the light bulb • Led the Continental Army • Tolerant American Colony • President of the "Common Man" • Controlled the steel industry • Forced onto the Trail of Tears • Controlled the banking industry • Controlled the railroad industry • The Wright brothers invented this • Created the assembly line process • ...

Semester 1 US History Review 2025-12-09

Semester 1 US History Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Final major battle of the war
  2. What the Pilgrims and Puritans hoped to get by forming new colonies (religious _______)
  3. British search orders allowing officials to look anywhere for smuggled goods
  4. Agreement Pilgrims made to self-govern in 1620
  5. Harsh winter camp where Washington’s army trained and improved
  6. Laws passed to punish Boston for its protests
  7. Device that helped sailors find their direction at sea
  8. Trade route connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas
  9. Region with cold climate, rocky soil, and many ports
  10. Spanish explorers who conquered large areas of the Americas
  11. First European country to sail around Africa to reach Asia
  12. Colony, later state, that was home to the Pilgrims and Puritans
  13. Laws that restricted colonial trade to only Britain
  14. Protest where colonists dumped tea into the harbor
  15. Writer of the Declaration
  16. French nobleman who helped train and support the Continental Army
  17. Exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between Old and New Worlds
  18. Brutal voyage enslaved Africans were forced to take across the Atlantic
  19. Region based on plantations and enslaved labor
  20. Region known for wheat, oats, and diverse settlers
  21. American soldiers fighting for independence
  22. Italian explorer sailing for Spain who reached the Caribbean in 1492
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  1. Slogan arguing that colonists shouldn't pay taxes without political voice
  2. First battles of the Revolutionary War
  3. Ancient empire in present-day Mexico known for pyramids and accurate calendars
  4. Religious movement in the 1700s that encouraged new ideas and questioning authority
  5. Tax on imported goods like glass, paint, and tea
  6. Event where British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists
  7. Explorer who circumnavigated the globe (or whose crew did)
  8. Route explorers hoped to find through North America to Asia
  9. Early form of government in Virginia, first elected assembly in colonies
  10. American diplomat who secured French support
  11. Law requiring colonists to house British soldiers
  12. Harsh code name for colonists who supported independence
  13. Document declaring the colonies independent from Britain
  14. Colonists loyal to the British king
  15. Indigenous culture known for giant stone head carvings
  16. Assembly of colonial delegates reacting to the Intolerable Acts
  17. Treaty that officially ended the Revolutionary War
  18. Cash crop grown in Southern Colonies
  19. French explorers mainly interested in trading this valuable item
  20. Tax on printed materials that angered many colonists
  21. Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army
  22. Three G’s reasons for colonizing
  23. People who lived in longhouses and farmed in the Eastern Woodlands
  24. Large farm growing one cash crop that relied on enslaved labor
  25. Turning-point battle that helped win French support
  26. German soldiers hired by the British

48 Clues: Writer of the Declaration • Final major battle of the war • Three G’s reasons for colonizing • Colonists loyal to the British king • Cash crop grown in Southern Colonies • German soldiers hired by the British • First battles of the Revolutionary War • Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army • American soldiers fighting for independence • ...

US History 1980s and Beyond 2026-04-30

US History 1980s and Beyond crossword puzzle
Across
  1. nation overrun by Saddam Hussein
  2. US President who failed to end the Iran Hostage Crisis.
  3. American military leader who illegally sold weapons
  4. Israel and Egypt agreed to peace in 1979
  5. Iranian reference to the USA in 1979
  6. site of ATF attacks against David Korean/Branch Dravidians
  7. war on this was waged to prevent attacks on US
  8. Terrible disease of the 1980s that killed many people and started in homosexual communities.
  9. referred to an open society
  10. Branch-Davidian leader who violated laws
  11. Republican idea to give tax cuts and expand business
  12. reference to the New Right; wanted conservative ideas
  13. divided German city during the Cold War
  14. bomb placed here by a domestic terrorist in 1990s
  15. President Carter raised this crop
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  1. Mass shooting in CO by students in 1990s
  2. Illegal sales of weapons to support a revolution
  3. Pres. Bush promised not to raise these for Americans
  4. location of massive protest against Communism
  5. first African American President of USA
  6. involved the invasion of US forces in Iraq
  7. removed Sloban Milosevic from power in Yugoslavia
  8. third party billionaire who influence presidential race
  9. Democrat who lost a close election in 2000
  10. Soviet leader who brought downfall of Communism
  11. approved welfare reform; Whitewater controversy
  12. airline flight hijacked by terrorist in 1980s
  13. signed the Americans with Disabilities Act
  14. explosion hindered progression of NASA in 1980s
  15. example of 1980s technology
  16. missile system of 1980s to stop nuclear attacks
  17. one of the locations of terrorist attacks on 9/11

32 Clues: referred to an open society • example of 1980s technology • nation overrun by Saddam Hussein • President Carter raised this crop • Iranian reference to the USA in 1979 • first African American President of USA • divided German city during the Cold War • Mass shooting in CO by students in 1990s • Israel and Egypt agreed to peace in 1979 • ...

Changes in the 20th Century for African Americans 2023-03-13

Changes in the 20th Century for African Americans crossword puzzle
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  1. activist group that formed out of the Niagra movement in 1919 to bring attention to racial inequalities and violence - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  2. founder of the Niagra Movement - which would later become the NAACP - also the first Black man to graduate with a Doctorate Degree from Harvard University
  3. killing by a mob without the benefit of a trial or due process of law; often targeted African Americans in the Jim Crow Era
  4. activist who challenged the Louisiana State Separate Car Act in 1896; his case made it to the US Supreme court in which racial segregation was upheld
  5. permanent change to the US Constitution in 1868 that made all persons born in the US citizens and granted equal protection of the law
  6. permanent change to the US Constitution that stipulated the right to vote could not be denied to a man due to his race or previous condition of servitude
  7. term coined by WEB DuBois for the educated Black elite of the late nineteenth and early 20th Century
  8. laws passed by the national government in the aftermath of the Civil War during a time period known as Reconstruction; nullified state level black codes and upheld basic rights of citizenship for African Americans
  9. this all-black volunteer infantry was recruited in the Northern states for service with Union military forces during the Civil War. This was the feature of the movie "Glory"
  10. first African American United States Senator
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  1. a person who sought to end slavery within their colony, state, or nation
  2. state and local level laws that mandated racial segregation
  3. known as the father of Black history, graduated from Harvard University and authored over 20 books on the subject of African and African American history
  4. vocation school started by Booker T Washington in Alabama in which African Americans were trained in workplace skills
  5. female journalist and anti-lynching activist who made a famous speech calling on national government intervention in state level offenses of lynching of African Americans
  6. four regiments of black soldiers that served with the US Army on the western frontier and engaged in many Indian wars
  7. born in 1867 in Richmond, Virginia, she became one of the wealthiest Black Women in the United States and used her wealth to fund other colleges and universities - especially those for Black girls.
  8. acronym for a predominately Black College or University that number over 200 today
  9. events that occurred throughout the United States in the early 20th Century in which Black and White mobs violently clashed; usually resulting in the destruction of Black Communities
  10. largest movement of the AfricanAmerican population in US history; from the rural south to urban centers in the north in search of better economic opportunities and freedom from racial discrimination
  11. born on a Louisiana cotton plantation as Sarah Breedlove, she became the most successful Black entrepreneur of the early 20th century

21 Clues: first African American United States Senator • state and local level laws that mandated racial segregation • a person who sought to end slavery within their colony, state, or nation • acronym for a predominately Black College or University that number over 200 today • ...

THE FUN THEY HAD 2020-07-05

THE FUN THEY HAD crossword puzzle
Across
  1. subject that tells us about physical boundaries
  2. what comes after present
  3. thing which have many folds or lines
  4. a person that always their for us
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  1. a person which is known as GURU
  2. a sapce just below the roof
  3. which type of books are their in past
  4. showing you think is worthless
  5. subject that tells us about past

9 Clues: what comes after present • a sapce just below the roof • showing you think is worthless • a person which is known as GURU • subject that tells us about past • a person that always their for us • thing which have many folds or lines • which type of books are their in past • subject that tells us about physical boundaries

Unit 10 Vocabulary 2023-02-15

Unit 10 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. A period of US economic decline lasting from 1929 until the mid-1940s when the U.S. entered WWII
  2. federal agency established in 1936 by the Rural Electrification Act to bring electricity to rural areas
  3. Invasive beetle that feeds on flowers and cotton buds; proved disastrous to cotton producers during the Great Depression
  4. A period of little or no rainfall; caused the Dust Bowl in the US in the 1930s
  5. Georgia governor who served 3 terms in the 1930s and 1940s
  6. A corporation active during WWII that manufactured the B-29 aircraft
  7. laws enacted by FDR during the Great Depression to rebuild US economy
  8. "The Father of the Two-Ocean Navy"
  9. A Great Depression-era work relief program putting young men to work in rural areas
  10. the largest war in history; conflict in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, and the Atlantic Ocean
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  1. provides income to the elderly based on payments made into the system
  2. US president from 1933-1945 during the Great Depression and WWII
  3. deepwater ports in Georgia important to the US during WWII
  4. Hawian naval base attacked by Japan on 12/7/41 leading US entry to WWII
  5. 1938 federal law ruled unconstitutional, modified, and passed setting quotas on farm produce to keep farmers in business
  6. 1941 Act, signed by FDR, allowing the US to aid to Great Britain and the Allies in WWII
  7. Included Fort McPherson, Camp Gordon, Camp Benning
  8. "The Great War"
  9. former Georgia governor and US senator who worked to strengthen national defense and opposed civil rights

19 Clues: "The Great War" • "The Father of the Two-Ocean Navy" • Included Fort McPherson, Camp Gordon, Camp Benning • deepwater ports in Georgia important to the US during WWII • Georgia governor who served 3 terms in the 1930s and 1940s • US president from 1933-1945 during the Great Depression and WWII • A corporation active during WWII that manufactured the B-29 aircraft • ...

End Of The Year Crossword Puzzle 2021-05-20

End Of The Year Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the action or process of precipitating a substance from a solution.
  2. History The whole month of February
  3. it happened before us
  4. cause (someone) to become hostile.
  5. it's work that we get but its due in 3 weeks.
  6. to prevent or hinder
  7. look it up
Down
  1. a positive in attitude and full of energy and new ideas.
  2. a bird
  3. of spirit in the bible
  4. to move or cause to move at a great speed, typically in a wildly uncontrolled manner.
  5. we get a grade for it
  6. extend the duration of.
  7. the lawyer in the book "To Kill A Mockingbird"
  8. you can build up your own
  9. like a paragraph but longer

16 Clues: a bird • look it up • to prevent or hinder • we get a grade for it • it happened before us • of spirit in the bible • extend the duration of. • you can build up your own • like a paragraph but longer • cause (someone) to become hostile. • History The whole month of February • it's work that we get but its due in 3 weeks. • the lawyer in the book "To Kill A Mockingbird" • ...

History of Technology 2023-11-07

History of Technology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. artifacts from this age include artificial heart, computers, space shuttle
  2. 10,000BC to 8,000BC
  3. Latin term for "after death"
  4. 1400AD-1750AD
  5. BC stands for
  6. First 3 ages of history are called the _________ _____
  7. End of this period marked the end of the last Ice Age
  8. One of the first inventions
  9. A chronological record of significant events often including an explanation of their causes
Down
  1. 2300BC - 700BC
  2. artifacts include wooden and stone plows, pottery, sickles
  3. Anything that extends human capabilities and helps us meet our wants and needs
  4. 450AD-1400AD
  5. 1750AD - 1950AD
  6. Combining of copper and tin to make bronze
  7. period characterized by using iron as the main metal

16 Clues: 450AD-1400AD • 1400AD-1750AD • BC stands for • 2300BC - 700BC • 1750AD - 1950AD • 10,000BC to 8,000BC • One of the first inventions • Latin term for "after death" • Combining of copper and tin to make bronze • period characterized by using iron as the main metal • End of this period marked the end of the last Ice Age • First 3 ages of history are called the _________ _____ • ...