us history Crossword Puzzles
us history 2024-03-19
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- standardized parts that could be used in place of one another
- stretched from Georgia to Illinois
- was the third us president
- was invented by Eli Whitney
- The forcible seizure of American sailors into the Royal navy
- was in 1803 and it doubled the size of the us
- ended the War of 1812
- was invented by Fulton in 1807
- allowed merchants to trade only with countries other than France and England
- was made up of the presidencies of Jefferson/Madison/Monroe
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- is a tax on incoming goods
- stated America was for Americans
- John C. Calhoun and Henery Clay were known as these
- is an agreement to cease fire
- Explored the Louisiana purchase
- was a famous Indian who helped Lewis and Clark
- is the devotion to the culture and interest of ones country
- was a ship that sank in which led to the War of 1812
18 Clues: ended the War of 1812 • is a tax on incoming goods • was the third us president • was invented by Eli Whitney • is an agreement to cease fire • was invented by Fulton in 1807 • Explored the Louisiana purchase • stated America was for Americans • stretched from Georgia to Illinois • was in 1803 and it doubled the size of the us • was a famous Indian who helped Lewis and Clark • ...
US History 2013-04-10
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- ____ amendment provided direct election of senators
- _____ amendment gave African American men the right to vote
- _____ amendment created a graduated income tax
- Written mostly by Jefferson to list the grievances (complaints) against Great Britain and to declare independence from Great Britain
- _____ amendment gave freedom to the slaves in all of the states
- ____ amendment ended poll taxes
- Treaty that ended World War I. Was extremely harsh on Germany
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- Document, which formed the first government of the U.S. near the end of the American Revolution. States had more power than the national government.
- ___ amendment gave women the right to vote
- A document outlining the basic form and rules of the U.S. government
- Major ideas found in the U.S. Constitution of limiting the power to tax and right to a fair trail
- Foundation for American government for freedoms such as freedom of speech and trial by jury
- Declaration by Truman to economically assist any country fighting Communism after World War II. The declaration marked the beginning of the Containment Policy (plan to keep Communism from spreading)
- Peace plan issued by Wilson that called for freedom of the seas, reduction of armaments, and end to secret diplomacy. Important part was the creation of the League of Nations a national peace organization
- Essays written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay to support the ratification of the Constitution
- First ten amendments to the Constitution guaranteeing individual liberties and due process
- ____ amendment required states to give citizenship to all citizens born in the United States and gave other basic civil rights
- Gave the right of 18 years old to vote
18 Clues: ____ amendment ended poll taxes • Gave the right of 18 years old to vote • ___ amendment gave women the right to vote • _____ amendment created a graduated income tax • ____ amendment provided direct election of senators • _____ amendment gave African American men the right to vote • Treaty that ended World War I. Was extremely harsh on Germany • ...
US History 2023-06-07
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- American pamphleteer and Founding Father who wrote "Common Sense."
- commander-in-chief during the war.
- The British general who surrendered at Yorktown.
- The document that declared the independence of the American colonies.
- French military officer who aided the American cause.
- Volunteer soldiers ready for rapid deployment during the war.
- of Paris The treaty that officially ended the Revolutionary War.
- Famous phrase associated with Patrick Henry's speech.
- British soldiers hired to fight against the American colonists.
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- measure imposed on the American colonies by the British.
- The strategy of avoiding direct engagement with the enemy while wearing them down.
- The American military alliance with France during the war.
- American military officer known for his winter encampment at Valley Forge.
- The group of colonial delegates that convened to oppose British policies.
- A significant victory for the Americans in New York.
- The location where the American Declaration of Independence was adopted.
- The final major battle of the Revolutionary War.
- The first major battle of the Revolutionary War.
18 Clues: commander-in-chief during the war. • The British general who surrendered at Yorktown. • The final major battle of the Revolutionary War. • The first major battle of the Revolutionary War. • A significant victory for the Americans in New York. • French military officer who aided the American cause. • Famous phrase associated with Patrick Henry's speech. • ...
us history 2023-01-05
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- American jazz pianist
- implemented protectionist trade policie
- amaican political activist
- Was a millatary soldier
- unemployment cause these kind of lines
- the area where there was no water
- person identified with the state of Oklahoma
- a testimony to the truth
- Jamaican-American writer and poet
- to return someone to their home land
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- they farm land that is rented
- this act say anything with .5 achool is banned
- A comic book writer
- Austrian neurologist
- a shantytown built by unemployed and destitute people during the Depression
- the nickname for the wall street crash
- editor of Harper's Magazine
- encourage people to be from local businesses
18 Clues: A comic book writer • Austrian neurologist • American jazz pianist • Was a millatary soldier • a testimony to the truth • amaican political activist • editor of Harper's Magazine • they farm land that is rented • the area where there was no water • Jamaican-American writer and poet • to return someone to their home land • the nickname for the wall street crash • ...
US History 2021-05-05
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- Movement addressed issues of American societies beliefs and morals
- Crow laws put in place to enforce separate but equal
- Clause a provision that allows people or entities to follow old rules that once governed their activity instead of newly implemented ones
- National advancement of colored people
- Du Bois He was a historian, author, and civil rights, activist.
- B. Anthony women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement
- laws restricted on who can work (age ect.)
- Amendment right for women to vote
- Movement political environmental movement meant to protect land, animals, and other things in the future.
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- the right to vote in political elections
- B. Wells an American investigative journalist, major leader in the civil rights movements
- Movement secret meeting near Niagra falls led by W.E.B Du Bois about full civil liberties.
- v. Ferguson came up with separate but equal
- Journalists who established leaders as corrupt
- the action of setting something or someone apart
- T. Washington dominant leader in the African American community. Also an American educator and journalist.
- Amendment direct election of senators to represent each state
- tax tax levied on all adults
18 Clues: tax tax levied on all adults • Amendment right for women to vote • National advancement of colored people • the right to vote in political elections • laws restricted on who can work (age ect.) • v. Ferguson came up with separate but equal • Journalists who established leaders as corrupt • the action of setting something or someone apart • ...
US History 2023-10-02
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- U.S. Immigration Station
- poverty, lack of social mobility, violence, or persecution
- a very tall building of many stories
- historical site that opened in 1892 as an immigration station
- a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country
- a building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine
- the practice of agriculture
- a permanent road laid with rails
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- built his wealth in railroads
- the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States
- a motivating cause that attracts a person to migrate to another region or country
- a room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments
- Used steel to make buildings
- Refined Kerosine Seller
- the development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale
- Frick Weakened dam by lowering it
- conditions relating to public health, especially the provision of clean drinking water and adequate sewage disposal
- the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants
18 Clues: Refined Kerosine Seller • U.S. Immigration Station • the practice of agriculture • Used steel to make buildings • built his wealth in railroads • a permanent road laid with rails • Frick Weakened dam by lowering it • a very tall building of many stories • poverty, lack of social mobility, violence, or persecution • a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country • ...
us history 2021-01-13
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- a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
- a general vote by the electorate on a single political question which has been referred to them for a direct decision.
- an armed conflict between Spain and the United States in 1898.
- the ability to assess and initiate things independently.
- a 1906 novel by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair (1878–1968).
- is a political philosophy in support of social reform.
- was an American statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer, who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
- an artificial 82 km waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.
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- were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States
- were reform-minded journalists in the Progressive Era in the United States who exposed established institutions and leaders as corrupt.
- s a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey and Ida B. Wells.
- a person favoring a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
- an addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904 after the Venezuela Crisis of 1902–1903.
- was a peace agreement between Spain and the United States that ended the Spanish-American War.
- was an American writer, investigative journalist, biographer and lecturer. She was one of the leading muckrakers of the Progressive Era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and pioneered investigative journalism.
- to call back
- was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal"
- was a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, United States that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr.
18 Clues: to call back • is a political philosophy in support of social reform. • the ability to assess and initiate things independently. • an armed conflict between Spain and the United States in 1898. • a 1906 novel by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair (1878–1968). • ...
US HISTORY 2023-09-13
21 Clues: Act • Act • Acts • Tree • Sense • Adams • Paine • Locke • Attucks • of 1763 • Act 1764 • Massacre • Tea Party • of Liberty • of Liberty • and Concord • of Bunker Hill • of Paris, 1763 • of Independence • of Correspondence • without Representation
Us history 2023-09-13
21 Clues: Act • Act • Acts • Tree • Sense • Adams • Paine • Locke • Attucks • of 1763 • Act 1764 • Massacre • Tea Party • of Liberty • of Liberty • and Concord • of Bunker Hill • of Paris, 1763 • of Independence • of Correspondence • without Representation
US History 2023-10-12
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- where the final battle of the revolutionary war took place
- a phrase used to describe a common punishment the colonists had given to British tax collectors
- German mercenaries
- well known for his famous midnight ride
- "Lexington and _____"
- "No taxation without _______"
- women excelled at this form of spying
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- the famous three words on a revolutionary war graphic made during the French and Indian War
- "Outgunned, outplanned, outnumbered ______"
- a nickname for the colonists used by loyalists
- The famous future president who defended the British during the case of the Boston Massacre
- The second unalienable right listed in the Declaration of Independence
- The building in which the 2nd Continental Congress met
- head chief of writing the Declaration of Independence
- where the continental army was stationed for six months
- The negative word used to describe the rule of King George III
- acts made by the British government as a retaliation to the Boston tea party
- The man who was off charming the French into joining the colonists' side
18 Clues: German mercenaries • "Lexington and _____" • "No taxation without _______" • women excelled at this form of spying • well known for his famous midnight ride • "Outgunned, outplanned, outnumbered ______" • a nickname for the colonists used by loyalists • head chief of writing the Declaration of Independence • The building in which the 2nd Continental Congress met • ...
US HISTORY 2024-05-22
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- - Landmark Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review.
- - Movement advocating for equal rights and treatment of African Americans.
- - The United States _____________ is the supreme law of the land.
- - Declaration of _____________ was adopted on July 4, 1776.
- - African American civil rights activist who refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama.
- - Symbolic figure representing women who worked in factories during World War II.
- - Series of conflicts between Native American tribes and the United States government.
- - New York City borough where the Statue of Liberty is located.
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- - Secret research project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II.
- - President Abraham Lincoln's _____________ Proclamation declared freedom for slaves in Confederate states.
- - Era in US history when the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages were banned.
- - Major battle of the Civil War fought in Pennsylvania in 1863.
- - Period after the Civil War when the South was rebuilt and readmitted to the Union.
- - Belief that it was America's destiny to expand westward across the North American continent.
- - Political scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
- - Severe economic downturn that lasted from 1929 to the late 1930s.
- - Conflict between the Northern and Southern states from 1861 to 1865.
- - Period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union.
18 Clues: - Declaration of _____________ was adopted on July 4, 1776. • - Major battle of the Civil War fought in Pennsylvania in 1863. • - New York City borough where the Statue of Liberty is located. • - The United States _____________ is the supreme law of the land. • - Severe economic downturn that lasted from 1929 to the late 1930s. • ...
US History 2024-06-11
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- Space shuttle disaster in 1986 claiming the lives of all seven crew members
- Energy crisis of the 1970s caused by an Arab oil embargo
- President Reagan's economic plan of tax cuts and deregulation
- Scandal involving secret US support for the Nicaraguan Contra rebels
- First Gulf War fought in 1991 to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi invasion
- President who signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1993
- Secret Pentagon documents leaked in 1971 revealing US involvement in Vietnam
- Widespread fear of nuclear war between the US and Soviet Union during the Cold War
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- Major nuclear accident at a Pennsylvania power plant in 1979
- First African American Supreme Court Justice, appointed in 1986
- Massive internet stock market bubble that burst in 2000
- Social and political movement that advocated for equality for women throughout the 1970s and 1980s
- President who resigned in 1974 due to the Watergate scandal
- Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, symbolizing the end of the
- Landmark Supreme Court case in 1973 legalizing abortion nationwide
- Landmark legislation passed in 1972 protecting the environment
- Series of international trade agreements promoting free trade
- US military intervention in Panama in 1989 to remove dictator Manuel Noriega
18 Clues: Massive internet stock market bubble that burst in 2000 • Energy crisis of the 1970s caused by an Arab oil embargo • President who resigned in 1974 due to the Watergate scandal • Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, symbolizing the end of the • Major nuclear accident at a Pennsylvania power plant in 1979 • President Reagan's economic plan of tax cuts and deregulation • ...
US history 2023-02-09
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- A war fought from 1939 to 1945
- US President Franklin Douglas Roosevelt
- insect whose larvae feed on cotton crops
- A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat
- the historic period (1933-1940) in the U.S. during which President Franklin Roosevelt's economic policies were implemented
- Georgia governor that fought against Roosevelt's New Deal policies
- Another leading component to the start of the Great Depression.
- a long period without rain
- A nickname for the Great Plains regions hit by drought
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- His best known accomplishments as a Senator are his support of the military and along with his partnership of Carl Vinson
- Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. The attack devastated the American
- Father of the Two-Ocean Navy
- A war fought from 1914 to 1918
- A telegram Germany Sent to Mexico to convince Mexico to attack the U.S.
- allowed sales or loans of war materials to any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the U.S
- New Deal program designed to build the capabilities to bring electricity to rural areas
- So many crops were grown, a lot of them were thrown away.
17 Clues: a long period without rain • Father of the Two-Ocean Navy • A war fought from 1939 to 1945 • A war fought from 1914 to 1918 • US President Franklin Douglas Roosevelt • insect whose larvae feed on cotton crops • A nickname for the Great Plains regions hit by drought • A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat • ...
US history 2021-09-20
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- Never ending or occurring repeatedly
- Incorporating a territory within the domain of another country
- The act of putting something into action; the ceremony that marks the beginning of a 4 year presidential term
- A military blockade of a city or fortified place to force it into
- During war it’s the act of wearing down by constant attack
- The process of freeing enslaved persons
- An act of rebellion
- NOUN; the action of withdrawing from a political alliance, federal union, Or political organization
- The belief that the expansion of the United States westward, towards The Pacific Ocean was ordained by God in order to civilize and Democratize
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- VERB; formal withdrawal from a political alliance, federal union, or political organization
- During the years prior to the Civil War:the idea that people living in a territory would have the right to vote themselves to decide whether or not the territory would allow slavery
- The intent or desire to do evil
- The rebuilding of the former Confederate states after the Civil War
- A set of laws that regulated slavery and defined the relationshipb between enslaved Africans and free whites
- The division of the country along regional lines over a particular issue
- Term for the south’s reliance on slavery
- To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office
17 Clues: An act of rebellion • The intent or desire to do evil • Never ending or occurring repeatedly • The process of freeing enslaved persons • Term for the south’s reliance on slavery • During war it’s the act of wearing down by constant attack • Incorporating a territory within the domain of another country • To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office • ...
us history 2022-02-02
18 Clues: cotton gin • Gettysburg • impeachment • fort Sumter • Trent affair • Nebraska act • nullification • Fredericksburg • union blockade • freedmen bureau • march of the sea • manifest destiny • election of 1876 • market revolution • Gettysburg address • rights bill of 1866 • underground railroad • California gold rush
us history 2022-02-02
18 Clues: cotton gin • Gettysburg • impeachment • fort Sumter • Trent affair • Fredericksburg • union blockade • freedmen bureau • march of the sea • manifest destiny • election of 1876 • market revolution • Gettysburg address • bill of rights 1866 • kansas-Nebraska act • nullification crisis • underground railroad • California gold rush
US History 2015-02-10
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- "I have a Dream"
- Popular political party during the great Depression
- Cuba threatened the US with what type of weapons
- President Wilson agreed to repeal this Act
- Allies of the US during Korean War 1950
- Civil Right Act of 1964 (President)
- Founding member of National Association for the advancement of Colored People-NAACP
- Said, "I'm not a crook"
- Orville and Wilber Wright built first_________.
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- President who died in 1962
- Act that threatened individual freedoms
- From Washington DC to New Orleans (Congress of Racial Equality)
- Ended in 1945
- Refused to give up seat on bus
- Voting Rights Act 1965 (President)
- russian spies
- Father of the Bill of rights
- Father of Constitution
18 Clues: Ended in 1945 • russian spies • "I have a Dream" • Father of Constitution • Said, "I'm not a crook" • President who died in 1962 • Father of the Bill of rights • Refused to give up seat on bus • Voting Rights Act 1965 (President) • Civil Right Act of 1964 (President) • Act that threatened individual freedoms • Allies of the US during Korean War 1950 • ...
US History 2023-04-27
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- President who created the New Deal
- Amendment that ended prohibtion
- Amendment that gives equal rights to all men
- Amendment that ends slavery
- Amendment that made presidents only serve 2 terms
- Amendment that created women's suffrage
- President who failed the American people in the great depression
- President who said we would go to the moon
- President who had the Watergate scandal
- President who was impeached for lying under oath
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- Amendment that gives all men the right to vote
- President who got blamed for the Iran Hostage Crisis
- President who created the National Park System
- President who used trickle down economics
- Amendment that made alcohol illegal
- President during WW1, created the league of nations
- President who changed healthcare
17 Clues: Amendment that ends slavery • Amendment that ended prohibtion • President who changed healthcare • President who created the New Deal • Amendment that made alcohol illegal • Amendment that created women's suffrage • President who had the Watergate scandal • President who used trickle down economics • President who said we would go to the moon • ...
us history 2022-02-02
18 Clues: cotton gin • Gettysburg • impeachment • fort Sumter • Nebraska act • Trent affair • nullification • Fredericksburg • freedmen bureau • march of the sea • manifest destiny • election of 1876 • market revolution • Gettysburg address • rights bill of 1866 • California gold rush • underground railroad • blockade union blockade
US History 2022-05-07
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- A reformer who favors putting an end to slavery
- A government tax on imports or exports
- A long and severe recession in an economy or market
- The orientation of those who favor government by the people
- The act of settling a group of people in a new place
- The act of keeping something from spreading
- Freeing someone from the control of another
- A legal right to vote
- All the weapons and equipment that a country has
- A sustained increase in the money supply of a country
- A market in which there are many buyers but only one seller
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- The social class between the lower and upper classes
- A member of a former political party in the United States that favored a strong centralized federal government
- Legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States from 1920 to 1933 under the terms of the Eighteenth Amendment
- The practice of requiring separate housing, education and other services for people of color
- Those qualified to vote
- A policy of nonparticipation in international relations
17 Clues: A legal right to vote • Those qualified to vote • A government tax on imports or exports • The act of keeping something from spreading • Freeing someone from the control of another • A reformer who favors putting an end to slavery • All the weapons and equipment that a country has • A long and severe recession in an economy or market • ...
US History 2023-05-03
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- Former slave and leader in the abolition movement in the US
- American Warship sunk in Cuba, cause of the Spanish American War
- ________ camps unjustly held Japanese Americans during WWII
- FDR's government programs that aimed at helping the US out of the Great Depression
- ship that was sunk by the German submarines in 1915, cause of US entry into WWI
- houses in the great plains were made out of ______ because of the lack of wood
- Symbol of women in the workforce during WWII
- Outlawing alcohol, the 18th amendment
- Innovative transportation that moved people and goods across the country in the late 1800s
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- Wilson's _________ Points were his plans for the end of WWI
- The word used to describe a country becoming more urban than rural
- the right to vote
- The cause of US involvement in WWII
- This region includes Nebraska, Kansas and Illinois
- Booker T._______________ was an advocate for educational equality
- The period between 1865 and 1877 where the united states was rebuilding after the Civil War
- The battle of __________ was the turning point in the Pacific theater of WWII
17 Clues: the right to vote • The cause of US involvement in WWII • Outlawing alcohol, the 18th amendment • Symbol of women in the workforce during WWII • This region includes Nebraska, Kansas and Illinois • Wilson's _________ Points were his plans for the end of WWI • Former slave and leader in the abolition movement in the US • ...
Us history 2024-11-27
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- This was the area people reunited with their family's and immigrating to the US on Ellis Island.
- How many questions were on the test the immigrants needed to pass?
- _______ consistently was kept as the top immigrants in Texas.
- Due to most immigrants not speaking English their was a _________.
- Can make immigrants leave their home country
- When there are good ___ opportunities, many people will immigrate to a country.
- This country consistently was had the most immigrants in Montana
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- Immigrants may have been ______ by people with less pay or charging more.
- Many immigrants faced ________ by groups of people.
- The UK mainly had immigrants in this state during 1890-1920.
- A ruler that may cause people to leave due to them being too harsh.
- This can cause a country to have more immigrants that left their own countries because of war.
- Doctors checked for sick or mentally unstable people here
- Most immigrants from this country in St. Luis have made a well known neighborhood
- Most immigrants from this country where found in North Dakota
- A good _______ can make people want to come to a country
- _____ wars can cause people to leave their country.
17 Clues: Can make immigrants leave their home country • Many immigrants faced ________ by groups of people. • _____ wars can cause people to leave their country. • A good _______ can make people want to come to a country • Doctors checked for sick or mentally unstable people here • The UK mainly had immigrants in this state during 1890-1920. • ...
US History 2021-09-21
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- Term for the south’s reliance on slavery
- Never ending or occurring repeatedly
- The belief that the expansion of the United States westward, towards The Pacific Ocean was ordained by God in order to civilize and Democratize
- The rebuilding of the former Confederate states after the Civil War
- incorporating a territory within the domain of another country
- To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office
- A military blockade of a city or fortified place to force it into surrendering
- An act of rebellion
- during the years prior to the Civil War: the idea that people living in a territory would have the right to vote themselves to decide whether or not the territory would allow slavery
- verb; formal withdrawal from a political alliance, federal union, or political organization
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- The act of putting something into action; the ceremony that marks the beginning of a 4 year presidential term
- The intent or desire to do evil
- The division of the country along regional lines over a particular issue
- The process of freeing enslaved persons
- noun; the action of withdrawing from a political alliance, federal union, or political organization
- During war it’s the act of wearing down by constant attack
- A set of laws that regulated slavery and defined the relationship Between enslaved Africans and free whites
17 Clues: An act of rebellion • The intent or desire to do evil • Never ending or occurring repeatedly • The process of freeing enslaved persons • Term for the south’s reliance on slavery • During war it’s the act of wearing down by constant attack • To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office • incorporating a territory within the domain of another country • ...
US history 2022-01-29
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- no further progress in war or battle
- Zone that are military free
- Vietnamese minister
- was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw
- imaginary line separating north and south Korea
- A race between weapons
- War fought in Korea
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- the willingness to bring your people to the brink of war
- chemical substance used in Vietnam and very flammable
- the collecting of items and survival goods
- strong nuclear weapon
- the government leadership used by United States
- shelters used for protection against possible nuclear bombs
- a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
- A race to get into space
- dangerous chemical used to clear dense vegetation
16 Clues: Vietnamese minister • War fought in Korea • strong nuclear weapon • A race between weapons • A race to get into space • Zone that are military free • no further progress in war or battle • the collecting of items and survival goods • the government leadership used by United States • imaginary line separating north and south Korea • ...
US History 2022-11-07
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- American gangster who dominated crime in Chicago
- Famous American professional baseball player
- The day the stock market crashed
- Pays retired workers over the age of 65
- 31st president of the US
- American trumpeter and vocalist
- Charged with robbery and murder
- A period of rich cultural activity of African Americans
- 30th president of the United States who helped found the FBI
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- Going from one social status to another
- The formation of divisions separating social classes
- Regulates fair wages that would stimulate economic recovery
- A place where alcohol is served illegally
- 32nd US president
- Severe dust storms, major drought
- Energetic young women with a freedom-embracing lifestyle
16 Clues: 32nd US president • 31st president of the US • American trumpeter and vocalist • Charged with robbery and murder • The day the stock market crashed • Severe dust storms, major drought • Going from one social status to another • Pays retired workers over the age of 65 • A place where alcohol is served illegally • Famous American professional baseball player • ...
US History 2023-03-07
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- Slave that got ruled as properties
- The name of the north
- Failed slave rebellion
- State that allows slavery
- Election of Lincoln
- Name of the south
- Dred Scott's owner
- People against slavery
- economy in the south
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- State that does not allow slavery
- economy in the north
- when a state joins
- Africans forced to do tasks
- 16th president
- Added California as a free state
- when a state leaves
16 Clues: 16th president • Name of the south • when a state joins • Dred Scott's owner • Election of Lincoln • when a state leaves • economy in the north • economy in the south • The name of the north • Failed slave rebellion • People against slavery • State that allows slavery • Africans forced to do tasks • Added California as a free state • State that does not allow slavery • ...
us history 2023-05-19
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- pre halloween beauty date
- Christmas pj
- early game to be less awkward
- insta post date
- cutest girl
- ya bebe
- double date
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- I smashed them
- stealing fountain drinks
- when Derek is gone
- with Sasha and Arnou
- cover her eyes
- our first child
- we missed the final (stuck at work)
- can be played without nets
- our first competition
16 Clues: ya bebe • cutest girl • double date • Christmas pj • I smashed them • cover her eyes • insta post date • our first child • when Derek is gone • with Sasha and Arnou • our first competition • stealing fountain drinks • pre halloween beauty date • can be played without nets • early game to be less awkward • we missed the final (stuck at work)
US History 2023-04-26
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- Which form of government is led by a king or queen?
- How many branches are the in the US?
- Which group makes up the Legislative branch?
- What is the current form of government?
- Which branch creates laws?
- Where is the US capital?
- Who was the first president?
- This party wants a bigger government
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- What do we call the first ten amendments?
- Who is the head of the Executive branch?
- Which branch executes laws?
- Which form of government is led by a few?
- Which branch interprets laws?
- This group of Congress includes 100 people
- No government!! AH!!!
- How many original colonies did the US have?
16 Clues: No government!! AH!!! • Where is the US capital? • Which branch creates laws? • Which branch executes laws? • Who was the first president? • Which branch interprets laws? • How many branches are the in the US? • This party wants a bigger government • What is the current form of government? • Who is the head of the Executive branch? • What do we call the first ten amendments? • ...
us history 2022-02-02
17 Clues: cotton gin • Gettysburg • impeachment • fort Sumter • Trent affair • Nebraska act • nulification • Fredericksburg • freedmen bureau • manifest destiny • march of the sea • election of 1876 • market revolution • Gettysburg address • rights bill of 1866 • california gold rush • underground railroad
US History 2024-03-15
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- Exposing the abuses of government and taxes
- Business leader who amass fortune
- Giving women right to vote
- A monetary system
- when you buy your suppliers out
- weathly us business men who make money
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- Gave congress power to collect taxes
- People coming into the country
- US senators would elect people instead of leg
- The process of aquring competitors
- Political movement that embraced "Common man"
- A industrialization people left their farms
- Migration from an country
- Outlawed the making, selling of alcohol
- Opposing immigration grew anti immigrant group
- Group of workers who seek to improve economic
16 Clues: A monetary system • Migration from an country • Giving women right to vote • People coming into the country • when you buy your suppliers out • Business leader who amass fortune • The process of aquring competitors • Gave congress power to collect taxes • weathly us business men who make money • Outlawed the making, selling of alcohol • ...
US History 2023-09-07
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- your social studies teacher
- a place for debtors from England
- _______era-also known as the age of reason
- 3 branches-interprets laws
- _______ compact written in 1620
- the first great _______ - religious movement
- the first permanent settlement established in 1607
- 3 branches-enforces laws
- new ________ colonies had rocky soil
- _________ colonies known as "The Breadbasket" and the "Melting Pot"
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- 3 branches-makes laws
- a colony for English catholics
- colony created for Quakers by William Penn
- _______Trade- term used to describe the trade between Europe, Africa and the Americas
- colony were they wrote the first constitution in America
- ______ colonies that had good soil for farming
- the _______ passage-route from Africa to America that brought the slaves
17 Clues: 3 branches-makes laws • 3 branches-enforces laws • 3 branches-interprets laws • your social studies teacher • a colony for English catholics • _______ compact written in 1620 • a place for debtors from England • new ________ colonies had rocky soil • colony created for Quakers by William Penn • _______era-also known as the age of reason • ...
US History 2022-11-15
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- voice of Anti-Federalists
- number of senators from each state
- president of constitutional convention
- name of upper house
- number of states in 1787
- this type of legislature has two houses
- people in favor of Constitution
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- leader of Federalists
- ordinance that set rules
- slave clause forcing return of slaves
- organized by the Land Ordinance
- first name of New Jersey proposer
- college where votes are based on reps
- Articles could not impose these
- name of rebellion against judges
- last name of Virginia Plan proposer
16 Clues: name of upper house • leader of Federalists • ordinance that set rules • number of states in 1787 • voice of Anti-Federalists • organized by the Land Ordinance • Articles could not impose these • people in favor of Constitution • name of rebellion against judges • first name of New Jersey proposer • number of senators from each state • last name of Virginia Plan proposer • ...
US history 2022-11-08
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- Young western women who wore short skirts, had short hair, and listened to jazz music. This was not normal for this time period.
- 30th president of the united states
- These were anarchists who thought social justice would only show up with destruction of government
- This is what people called the Drought strikens southern plains
- When the stock market crashed
- Was an African American trumpet and singer.
- President D. Roosevalut was trying to repair the nations economy
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- was the 31 president of the United states
- 32nd president help restore the countrie after the great depression.
- When African American culture centered into Harlem, Manhattan
- Signed into law by President D Roosevault this would give retired people some money.
- Was a famous american baseball player, he was unemployed in the great depression.
- Inequalities when resources, opportunities, privileges, are distributed based on your social class.
- Was a gangster who ran a soup kitchen during the great depression
- People trying to chance social classes.
- Where alchohal is illeagy sold
16 Clues: When the stock market crashed • Where alchohal is illeagy sold • 30th president of the united states • People trying to chance social classes. • was the 31 president of the United states • Was an African American trumpet and singer. • When African American culture centered into Harlem, Manhattan • This is what people called the Drought strikens southern plains • ...
US History 2024-11-27
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- geopolitical philosophy that emphasises political expediency over moral concerns
- most noticeable or important
- the quality of being religious or reverent
- preferential treatment of one’s family or close acquaintances
- either of two small wingless parasitic insects that live on the skin of mammals and birds
- a disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C
- to desire something that one should not
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- the action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty,
- a means of securing the necessities of life
- a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing
- the state or quality of lasting forever
- a gastrointestinal disease
- is the renunciation of your religion
- an outcast
- fake doctor, a fraud
- having or showing sharp powers of judgement; astute
16 Clues: an outcast • fake doctor, a fraud • a gastrointestinal disease • most noticeable or important • is the renunciation of your religion • the state or quality of lasting forever • to desire something that one should not • the quality of being religious or reverent • a means of securing the necessities of life • a disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C • ...
US History 2022-12-15
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- man who made the model T
- woman's right to vote
- production is when you have multiple of one thing
- amendment brought back liquor and alcohol
- made money in oil
- was the president of the civil war
- line forms a line to pass stuff to one another
- is another word for North
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- to make an agreement
- slave who sued for his freedom
- nineteenth amendment is for women the right to vote
- when not one person comes to work
- means to leave the country
- Niles North High school
- made his money in steel
- is total control of an industry
16 Clues: made money in oil • to make an agreement • woman's right to vote • Niles North High school • made his money in steel • man who made the model T • is another word for North • means to leave the country • slave who sued for his freedom • is total control of an industry • when not one person comes to work • was the president of the civil war • amendment brought back liquor and alcohol • ...
US History 2021-03-08
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- Focusing on nature, it advocated the idea of personal knowledge of God, believing that no intermediary was needed for spiritual insight
- God existed in only one person, and not in the orthodox Trinity
- It was an attempt to have no more slavery to be brought to Missouri
- The largest part of a general process of biological globalization that followed the transoceanic voyaging in the 15th and the 16th century
- Declaration of freedom of the slaves
- Eli Whitney invented it which is more effective than the handpicking process
- It was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf in Boston where American colonists were angry at Britain for imposing taxation on tea
- It was the North American conflict in a large imperial war between Great Britain and French known as the Seven Years' War
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- It was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas
- The purchase made by Jefferson, evaluated as a great purchase since it expanded the land of America
- A law that restricted design trade to English ships effective chiefly in the 17th and 18th century
- It increased taxes on imported goods
- It is known as the response from Douglas to Lincoln
- One of the most influential pamphlets ever written by Thomas Paine
- A communal society in which has a "communitarian" nature
- The campaign of 1844 & an expression of the mighty emotional upsurge
16 Clues: It increased taxes on imported goods • Declaration of freedom of the slaves • It is known as the response from Douglas to Lincoln • A communal society in which has a "communitarian" nature • It was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas • God existed in only one person, and not in the orthodox Trinity • ...
US History 2021-03-08
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- The largest part of a general process of biological globalization that followed the transoceanic voyaging in the 15th and the 16th century
- God existed in only one person, and not in the orthodox Trinity
- A law that restricted design trade to English ships effective chiefly in the 17th and 18th century
- It was an attempt to have no more slavery to be brought to Missouri
- Declaration of freedom of the slaves
- It was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf in Boston where American colonists were angry at Britain for imposing taxation on tea
- It increased taxes on imported goods
- It was the North American conflict in a large imperial war between Great Britain and French known as the Seven Years' War
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- Eli Whitney invented it which is more effective than the handpicking process
- The purchase made by Jefferson, evaluated as a great purchase since it expanded the land of America
- The campaign of 1844 & an expression of the mighty emotional upsurge
- It was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas
- One of the most influential pamphlets ever written by Thomas Paine
- It is known as the response from Douglas to Lincoln
- Focusing on nature, it advocated the idea of personal knowledge of God, believing that no intermediary was needed for spiritual insight
- A communal society in which has a "communitarian" nature
16 Clues: Declaration of freedom of the slaves • It increased taxes on imported goods • It is known as the response from Douglas to Lincoln • A communal society in which has a "communitarian" nature • It was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas • God existed in only one person, and not in the orthodox Trinity • ...
US History 2022-11-07
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- American gangster who dominated crime in Chicago
- Famous American professional baseball player
- The day the stock market crashed
- Pays retired workers over the age of 65
- 31st president of the US
- American trumpeter and vocalist
- Charged with robbery and murder
- A period of rich cultural activity of African Americans
- 30th president of the United States who helped found the FBI
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- Going from one social status to another
- The formation of divisions separating social classes
- Regulates fair wages that would stimulate economic recovery
- A place where alcohol is served illegally
- 32nd US president
- Severe dust storms, major drought
- Energetic young women with a freedom-embracing lifestyle
16 Clues: 32nd US president • 31st president of the US • American trumpeter and vocalist • Charged with robbery and murder • The day the stock market crashed • Severe dust storms, major drought • Going from one social status to another • Pays retired workers over the age of 65 • A place where alcohol is served illegally • Famous American professional baseball player • ...
US History 2022-10-28
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- an island in San Francisco Bay
- a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.
- an institution in an inner-city area providing educational, recreational, and other social services to the community.
- a shoot or twig inserted into a slit on the trunk or stem of a living plant, from which it receives sap
- materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.
- the power to control appointments to office or the right to privileges
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- the law authorized the President to break up reservation land, which was held in common by the members of a tribe, into small allotments to be parceled out to individuals.
- the process of making an area more urban.
- authorized the federal government to institute proceedings against trusts in order to dissolve them.
- a historical site that opened in 1892 as an immigration station
- a piece of land held by an owner.
- an outlying district of a city, especially a residential one.
- an arrangement whereby a person holds property as its nominal owner for the good of one or more beneficiaries.
- the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service.
- a place where different peoples, styles, theories, etc. are mixed together.
- the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
16 Clues: an island in San Francisco Bay • a piece of land held by an owner. • the process of making an area more urban. • a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country. • an outlying district of a city, especially a residential one. • a historical site that opened in 1892 as an immigration station • ...
US history 2024-03-04
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- money in the bank
- assassinated leader of AH
- payment for war damages
- the flu
- secret alcohol seller
- cause of wwI that lead to a arms race
- struggle,sadness
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- president during the start of wwI
- a great movement of people to a new place
- a large group of senators
- a leading republican foreign policy expert
- commander of US forces in Europe
- underwater machines
- group of merchant ships that sailed together
- note sent to Mexico to invade the US
- staged a revolution and gained control of Russia
16 Clues: the flu • struggle,sadness • money in the bank • underwater machines • secret alcohol seller • payment for war damages • a large group of senators • assassinated leader of AH • commander of US forces in Europe • president during the start of wwI • note sent to Mexico to invade the US • cause of wwI that lead to a arms race • a great movement of people to a new place • ...
US History 2024-05-06
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- a main road, especially one connecting major towns or cities.
- a period marked by a significant increase of births.
- The Montgomery bus boycott was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. It was a foundational event in the civil rights movement in the United
- an American couple who were executed in 1953 as spies for the Soviet Union.
- created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloyalty and rebel activities on the part of private citizens, public employees and organizations
- the principle that the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or Communist insurrection.
- the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.
- an outlying part of a city or town
- a geopolitical strategic foreign policy pursued by the United State
- former Cali Governor
- Person who refused to give her seat up to a white man
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- American government official accused in 1948 of having spied for the Soviet Union in the 1930s.
- a civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating
- , period of public fear and anxiety over the supposed rise of communist or socialist ideologies in a noncommunist state.
- a law that provided a range of benefits for some of the returning World War II veterans.
- Blockade from 24 June 1948 to 12 May 1949, cutting off all land and river transit between West Berlin and West Germany.
16 Clues: former Cali Governor • an outlying part of a city or town • a period marked by a significant increase of births. • Person who refused to give her seat up to a white man • a main road, especially one connecting major towns or cities. • a geopolitical strategic foreign policy pursued by the United State • ...
US History 2014-08-21
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- eliminate slavery
- agreement between the federal government and the southern states to keep the South from seceding.
- a largely southern political party that favored slavery.
- a confederate sympathizer and professional actor.
- largest battle of the American Civil War.
- location of a major civil war battle in Maryland.
- a speech that was given by president Abraham Lincoln.
- 1820 to appease slave state concerns over a federal abolition of slavery.
- a union stronghold in South Carolina.
- a union general who served under President Lincoln.
- the 16th president
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- issued on January 1, 1863.
- a new political party that emerged in the North in the mid 1800's.
- is the act of a state to leave the nation under which it belongs and become a sovereign nation of its own.
- president of the Confederate states of America.
- general of the confederate troops during the Civil War.
16 Clues: eliminate slavery • the 16th president • issued on January 1, 1863. • a union stronghold in South Carolina. • largest battle of the American Civil War. • president of the Confederate states of America. • a confederate sympathizer and professional actor. • location of a major civil war battle in Maryland. • a union general who served under President Lincoln. • ...
us history 2022-02-02
18 Clues: cotton gin • Gettysburg • impeachment • impeachment • fort Sumter • Nebraska act • Trent affair • nullification • Fredericksburg • freedmen bureau • election of 1876 • march of the sea • manifest destiny • market revolution • Gettysburg address • rights bill of 1866 • underground railroad • California gold rush
US History 2022-11-07
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- The formation of divisions separating social classes
- The day the stock market crashed
- 31st president of the US
- A period of rich cultural activity of African Americans
- Going from one social status to another
- Regulates fair wages that would stimulate economic recovery
Down
- 30th president of the United States who helped found the FBI
- American gangster who dominated crime in Chicago
- Famous American professional baseball player
- Charged with robbery and murder
- American trumpeter and vocalist
- A place where alcohol is served illegally
- Energetic young women with a freedom-embracing lifestyle
- Pays retired workers over the age of 65
- Severe dust storms, major drought
- 32nd US president
16 Clues: 32nd US president • 31st president of the US • Charged with robbery and murder • American trumpeter and vocalist • The day the stock market crashed • Severe dust storms, major drought • Pays retired workers over the age of 65 • Going from one social status to another • A place where alcohol is served illegally • Famous American professional baseball player • ...
US History 2021-09-21
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- Never ending or occurring repeatedly
- An act of rebellion attrition During war it’s the act of wearing down by constant attack
- Institution Term for the south’s reliance on slavery
- The intent or desire to do evil
- A set of laws that regulated slavery and defined the relationship Between enslaved Africans and free whites
- The rebuilding of the former Confederate states after the Civil War
- The division of the country along regional lines over a particular issue
- The process of freeing enslaved persons
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- The belief that the expansion of the United States westward, towards The Pacific Ocean was ordained by God in order to civilize and Democratize
- The act of putting something into action; the ceremony that marks the beginning of a 4 year presidential term
- during the years prior to the Civil War: the idea that people living in a territory would have the right to vote themselves to decide whether or not the territory would allow slavery
- To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office
- incorporating a territory within the domain of another country
- noun; the action of withdrawing from a political alliance, federal union, or political organization
- A military blockade of a city or fortified place to force it into surrendering
- verb; formal withdrawal from a political alliance, federal union, or political organization
16 Clues: The intent or desire to do evil • Never ending or occurring repeatedly • The process of freeing enslaved persons • Institution Term for the south’s reliance on slavery • To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office • incorporating a territory within the domain of another country • The rebuilding of the former Confederate states after the Civil War • ...
US HISTORY 2021-11-09
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- The Manifest Destiny stated that the US would expand its territory all the way to the ___ Ocean.
- The Northern states of the US wanted to abolish it but the Southern states did not.
- First English settlement in what is now the US.
- Last name of the first president of the US.
- ___ was dumped into the ocean by angry colonists at the Boston Tea Party.
- Territory bought from France by the US.
- The ___ defeated Great Britain in the battle of New Orleans.
- Lost the war against the British in the 7-Year War.
- As a result of the ___-American War, Mexico lost more than 55% of its territory.
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- As a result of the American ___ War, slavery was abolished in the US.
- In 1898, the US became an ___, when it became interested in controlling other nations.
- Territory that became independent from Mexico and then became part of the US.
- Created the Stamp Act to recoup some percentage of the cost of the 7-Year War.
- Florida belonged to this country before becoming part of the US.
- This territory was bought from Russia and became the largest state in the US.
- As a result of the Spanish-American War, the US took control of ____.
16 Clues: Territory bought from France by the US. • Last name of the first president of the US. • First English settlement in what is now the US. • Lost the war against the British in the 7-Year War. • The ___ defeated Great Britain in the battle of New Orleans. • Florida belonged to this country before becoming part of the US. • ...
Black History Month Crossword 2023-02-02
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- Black History month is in this month
- This color represents blood in black history month
- Black history month's month in the US was chosen based on Frederick ___'s and Abraham ___'s birthday
- ___ Bridges was one of the first black kids to go to a white school
- The name of a famous speech MLK gave
- ___ Tubman helped people escape slavery through the underground railroad
- Known as the father of Black History Month in the US
- First woman to be vice president
- The ___ proclamation was an official order that Abraham Lincoln issued that freed slaves in the US
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- ___ Banneker was a black man who helped plan out Washington DC and pleaded for the abolition of slavery
- This color represents growth in black history month
- ___ Baptiste was known as the founder of Chicago and translated many languages for many groups of people
- ___ Freeman was the first black woman to sue for her freedom
- Frederick ___ became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York
- ___ Colvin was the first woman to refuse changing their seat on a bus
- The black history month theme of 2023
- To separate differnt kinds of people based on something about them
- Laws that segregated black people
- This color represents prosperity in black history month
- The association that started Black History Month
20 Clues: First woman to be vice president • Laws that segregated black people • Black History month is in this month • The name of a famous speech MLK gave • The black history month theme of 2023 • The association that started Black History Month • This color represents blood in black history month • This color represents growth in black history month • ...
Us history 2023-05-17
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- Neither side is winning
- Power over nations
- Had an affair with Monica Lewinsky
- conservationist
- Used assembly line
- competition against developing nations
- government is hands off
- turned iron to steel
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- exposed bad conditions
- Annexed to US
- act to try and fit in with a group
- Broke stalemate
- A Philanthropist
- 18th amendment banned
- cause of stock market crash
15 Clues: Annexed to US • Broke stalemate • conservationist • A Philanthropist • Power over nations • Used assembly line • turned iron to steel • 18th amendment banned • exposed bad conditions • Neither side is winning • government is hands off • cause of stock market crash • act to try and fit in with a group • Had an affair with Monica Lewinsky • competition against developing nations
US History 2023-10-30
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- passed in 1649
- middle colony
- alliance among independent states
- government should protect rights
- Political change
- political independence
- Virginia congress
- colonial contracts with England
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- power of the people
- legal restrictions on women
- in 1692
- new england colony
- Human labor bought and sold
- southern colony
- people have natural rights
15 Clues: in 1692 • middle colony • passed in 1649 • southern colony • Political change • Virginia congress • new england colony • power of the people • political independence • people have natural rights • legal restrictions on women • Human labor bought and sold • colonial contracts with England • government should protect rights • alliance among independent states
Us History 2024-05-19
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- Military alliance formed in response to NATO.
- City where a wall divided East and West sectors.
- Leader of the USSR during the Cuban Missile Crisis
- Berlin Airlift Countered this soviet blockade called?
- The first satellite in orbit
- Soviet Leader at the begging of the Iron Curtain
- Capital city of Hungary.
- Period of tension between the us and Ussr.
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- Alliance of the Soviet Union and allies.
- When did the Korean war start (decade)
- Capital City of East Germany
- US program to aid European countries after ww2
- U.S. spy plane shot down over Soviet territory in 1960.
- Soviet Union's main spy agency
- Barrier that divided Germany
15 Clues: Capital city of Hungary. • Capital City of East Germany • The first satellite in orbit • Barrier that divided Germany • Soviet Union's main spy agency • When did the Korean war start (decade) • Alliance of the Soviet Union and allies. • Period of tension between the us and Ussr. • Military alliance formed in response to NATO. • US program to aid European countries after ww2 • ...
US History 2021-09-25
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- to take pride in your country
- taxes that you have to pay to purchase goods from foreign countries
- a movement resulting in the ideas of natural born rights
- crazy people who do not want the constitution and prefer anarchy
- lands beyond our settlements
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- The document that started the revolutionary war was a ________________.
- The old government that we had to put up with but never want to see again
- the part of the government that makes decisions
- man a solider that was able to come when ever asked to fight for the army
- The guy on the oat meal packages
- money paid by the people to be used for the greater good of the public
- the group that fought for America in the American Revolution fake hair
- the government that is above the state government.
- goods we send out of the country
- we won ____________________ from our old mother country
15 Clues: lands beyond our settlements • to take pride in your country • The guy on the oat meal packages • goods we send out of the country • the part of the government that makes decisions • the government that is above the state government. • we won ____________________ from our old mother country • a movement resulting in the ideas of natural born rights • ...
US HISTORY 2014-05-16
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- combination of high inflation and high unemployment
- to charge a public official with wrong doing in office
- the reduction or removal of government control
- scandal scandal that led to president Nixon's resignation 1974
- 200th anniversary
- movement calling for greter attention to non European cultures in such areas as education
- a political coalition of conservative groups formed in 1980
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- sanctions trade restrictions and other economic measures intended to punish another nation
- a listening device used to intercept telephone info.
- pres. Nixon's call for a new partnership between federal gov. and state gov.
- Spanish for counterrevolution
- gov. program that guarantees payments to a particular group
- laying off workers to cut cost
- a computer network that links millions of people around the world
- the systematic segregation of people of different racial backgrounds
15 Clues: 200th anniversary • Spanish for counterrevolution • laying off workers to cut cost • the reduction or removal of government control • combination of high inflation and high unemployment • a listening device used to intercept telephone info. • to charge a public official with wrong doing in office • gov. program that guarantees payments to a particular group • ...
US History 2024-04-29
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- Needed to run the government
- Country that colonized the USA
- First US President
- Formal start of someone's presidency/start of office
- Skills and Knowledge of workers in creating products and services
- Horse riders that delivers products to places via horses
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- Means to change
- George Washington's hometown
- Original number of states in the USA
- How many were the original Bill of Rights
- Tax imposed on imported goods
- Complete: For whom to __________
- Right to bear ___________.
- Means to approve
- people from Africa that were forced to do work.
15 Clues: Means to change • Means to approve • First US President • Right to bear ___________. • George Washington's hometown • Needed to run the government • Tax imposed on imported goods • Country that colonized the USA • Complete: For whom to __________ • Original number of states in the USA • How many were the original Bill of Rights • people from Africa that were forced to do work. • ...
us history 2022-12-01
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- a grandson of Jonathan Edwards and was elected President of Yale in 1795
- probably the most significant camp meeting was help
- also known as the third great awakening and sometimes called the prayer meeting revival
- was the movement to eliminate slavery immediately and entirely
- also known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
- most important and most militant abolitionist leader
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- it touched different regions of the nation in different ways, and its effects reached even across the sea
- sought to establish small perfect communities that would serve as models for the reform of society at large
- was the "faith" of several American leader; believe reason rather than Scripture
- a machine containing a series of metal teeth mounted on rollers that separated the cotton from the troublesome seeds
- group that began in England in the 1700s and their name came from shaking or dancing that accompanied their worship
- was the founder of Christian Science and was reared in a strict Congregationalist home
- was one of the most brilliant, eloquent, and most radical abolitionist
- founded Mormonism in 1830
- where followers of the teachings of English minister John Wesley
15 Clues: founded Mormonism in 1830 • probably the most significant camp meeting was help • most important and most militant abolitionist leader • also known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints • was the movement to eliminate slavery immediately and entirely • where followers of the teachings of English minister John Wesley • ...
US History 2024-05-15
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- who was the only vice president without going to elections
- Which president started the Vietnam War
- first black president
- a nationwide ban on the sale and import of alcoholic beverages
- figure in the American civil rights movement
- National Woman Suffrage Association
- president assassinated in Dallas
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- who is in the 1 dollar bill
- young women known for their energetic freedom
- insurance for people with limited income
- resignates as a result of the watergate scandal
- who made the 911 attack
- federal health insurance for anyone age 65 and older
- 32nd president
- president during the Great Depression
15 Clues: 32nd president • first black president • who made the 911 attack • who is in the 1 dollar bill • president assassinated in Dallas • National Woman Suffrage Association • president during the Great Depression • Which president started the Vietnam War • insurance for people with limited income • figure in the American civil rights movement • ...
US History 2021-03-05
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- moved to America because of constant harassment from the British
- the growth of cities
- the largest immigrant group to migrate to the United States
- location of the erie canal
- people that were born in America
- cash crop that drastically helped the South's economy
- forces which pulled immigrants towards the United States
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- horse-drawn machine that mowed wheat and other types of grains
- immigrant group that introduced log cabins
- machine that helped separate the seeds from cotton
- a group of immigrants who helped the construct the transcontinental railroad
- a type of building/home that was shared by multiple people and usually lived in by immigrants
- a machine that enabled an individual to produce multiple spools of threads simultaneously
- a famous inventor who invented the cotton gin and the idea of interchangeable parts
- forces which led people out the United States
15 Clues: the growth of cities • location of the erie canal • people that were born in America • immigrant group that introduced log cabins • forces which led people out the United States • machine that helped separate the seeds from cotton • cash crop that drastically helped the South's economy • forces which pulled immigrants towards the United States • ...
US History 2017-09-28
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- restricting freedoms for African Americans
- freedmen working for land, supplies, and cabin rather than money
- equal rights
- abolish slavery
- voted to return to union
- racist hate group
- citizenship to all people born in US
- provide help for southerners
- ignore something
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- control of the south
- kicking the president/federal officials out of their spots
- South was control by the US Army
- poor white southerns
- the right to vote
- northern businessmen that went to the south during reconstruction
15 Clues: equal rights • abolish slavery • ignore something • the right to vote • racist hate group • control of the south • poor white southerns • voted to return to union • provide help for southerners • South was control by the US Army • citizenship to all people born in US • restricting freedoms for African Americans • kicking the president/federal officials out of their spots • ...
US History 2016-10-24
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- designed to protect industry
- a collections of 85 articles
- a series of laws
- a law to regulate settlement
- the first ten amendments to the constitution
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- someone who supports the federalist party
- the first constitution for America
- was a big argument
- outlined the process for the states
- protests by famers against taxes
- the region north of the Ohio river
- a political and diplomatic episode
- was the fourth chief justice of the US
- the first banking system
- a tax protest
15 Clues: a tax protest • a series of laws • was a big argument • the first banking system • designed to protect industry • a collections of 85 articles • a law to regulate settlement • protests by famers against taxes • the first constitution for America • the region north of the Ohio river • a political and diplomatic episode • outlined the process for the states • ...
US History 2019-01-30
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- what the native americans lived in
- sea journeys
- When you do somethings you may not be able to do
- when you come to a new place
- not what you are used to
- when you exchange goods
- power what the USA were before it got independence
- when you are ill you have a diseases
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- when you go out the wild and collect stuff
- they go out and find somethings
- when you have a hard time with something
- take over of land
- when you are not happy about something
- you great great great great grandparents
- all of it
15 Clues: all of it • sea journeys • take over of land • when you exchange goods • not what you are used to • when you come to a new place • they go out and find somethings • what the native americans lived in • when you are ill you have a diseases • when you are not happy about something • when you have a hard time with something • you great great great great grandparents • ...
US History 2023-09-18
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- Children could be baptized if family was not believers
- Founded the first Baptist church in America
- Originated the Quakers
- Followed teachings of Martin Luther
- settled in New Amsterdam, not large numbers
- More conservative branch of Mennonites
- Gave Angry God sermon
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- The outstanding evangelist of Great Awakening
- Also called friends
- Powerful Religious, social, and political force
- Also called the French Reformed
- Grew slowly at first, persecuted by colonial authorities
- The basic docrins, justification by faith
- Largest Anabaptist group
- Resulted from several girls claiming witches were afflicting them
15 Clues: Also called friends • Gave Angry God sermon • Originated the Quakers • Largest Anabaptist group • Also called the French Reformed • Followed teachings of Martin Luther • More conservative branch of Mennonites • The basic docrins, justification by faith • Founded the first Baptist church in America • settled in New Amsterdam, not large numbers • ...
US History 2024-11-13
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- First US Capital
- First President to live in White House
- First man on the moon
- First US National Monument
- Gift from France
- Last state admitted to the Union
- Invented bifocals
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- Site of Constitutional Convention
- 1920 Voters
- First President on TV
- Captain of the Titanic
- Name of the 1929 crash
- Boston Tea Party Protested this
- Where Lincoln was assassinated
- Established in 1912 by Juliette Low
15 Clues: 1920 Voters • First US Capital • Gift from France • Invented bifocals • First President on TV • First man on the moon • Captain of the Titanic • Name of the 1929 crash • First US National Monument • Where Lincoln was assassinated • Boston Tea Party Protested this • Last state admitted to the Union • Site of Constitutional Convention • Established in 1912 by Juliette Low • ...
US History 2022-10-18
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- starting in 1630
- puritan commonwealth
- a belief system in which
- broken with church
- An english Puritan separatist
- self governing
- Indian who spoke english
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- group who settled in massachusetts
- a period in the 17th century
- protestants who wished to purify
- In 1629
- Southern most state
- first constitution
- People who left England
- first college
15 Clues: In 1629 • first college • self governing • starting in 1630 • first constitution • broken with church • Southern most state • puritan commonwealth • People who left England • a belief system in which • Indian who spoke english • a period in the 17th century • An english Puritan separatist • protestants who wished to purify • group who settled in massachusetts
US History 2016-11-04
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- cycle/periodic growth and contraction of the economy.
- Tariff/protective import tax authorized by Congress in 1930.
- Hughes/most powerful African American literary voice.
- move or be directed toward the same purpose or result.
- Depression/period lasting from 1929 to 1941 in which the US economy faltered and unemployment soared.
- shanty towns set up by homeless people during the Great Depression.
- to
- Hoover/accomplished public servant.
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- of making high-risk investments in hopes of obtaining large profits.
- Weldon Johnson/poet and secretary of the NAACP.
- Smith/the "Empress of the Blue"
- Renaissance/flowering of African American culture.
- Armstrong/unofficial ambassador of jazz
- line/line of people waiting for food handouts from charities or public agencies.
- Tuesday/October 29, 1929 when stock prices fell sharply in the Great Crash.
15 Clues: to • Smith/the "Empress of the Blue" • Hoover/accomplished public servant. • Armstrong/unofficial ambassador of jazz • Weldon Johnson/poet and secretary of the NAACP. • Renaissance/flowering of African American culture. • cycle/periodic growth and contraction of the economy. • Hughes/most powerful African American literary voice. • ...
US History 2024-01-17
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- founder of Rhode Island
- Southern economy was based on _________
- Northern economy was based on ___________
- colonial attempt for peace with England (first word)
- a factor that influenced ideas of revolution
- First Northern Colony
- Pennsylvania was founded for ____
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- first battle of the revolutionary war was fought in ___________
- British response to the Boston tea party (only first word)
- unalienable rights included _______________ (first word only
- pamphlet written to convince colonists to support independence (first word)
- a crossword puzzle on a test? is this for _____?
- author of the final draft of the Declaration of Independence
- Laws England passed to control colonial trade (just first word)
- English philosopher who influenced revolutionary ideas (last name)
15 Clues: First Northern Colony • founder of Rhode Island • Pennsylvania was founded for ____ • Southern economy was based on _________ • Northern economy was based on ___________ • a factor that influenced ideas of revolution • a crossword puzzle on a test? is this for _____? • colonial attempt for peace with England (first word) • ...
Us History 2024-05-19
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- Military alliance formed in response to NATO.
- City where a wall divided East and West sectors.
- Leader of the USSR during the Cuban Missile Crisis
- Berlin Airlift Countered this soviet blockade called?
- The first satellite in orbit
- Soviet Leader at the begging of the Iron Curtain
- Capital city of Hungary.
- Period of tension between the us and Ussr.
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- Alliance of the Soviet Union and allies.
- When did the Korean war start (decade)
- Capital City of East Germany
- US program to aid European countries after ww2
- U.S. spy plane shot down over Soviet territory in 1960.
- Soviet Union's main spy agency
- Barrier that divided Germany
15 Clues: Capital city of Hungary. • Capital City of East Germany • The first satellite in orbit • Barrier that divided Germany • Soviet Union's main spy agency • When did the Korean war start (decade) • Alliance of the Soviet Union and allies. • Period of tension between the us and Ussr. • Military alliance formed in response to NATO. • US program to aid European countries after ww2 • ...
US History 2020-12-17
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- Extreme devotion to one's country.
- A village built along Tippecanoe Creek where two Shawnee leaders started a confederation to stop Americans from stealing Native land.
- An act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
- Those who opposed the ratification of the Constitution in favor of small localized government.
- A battle between Native Americans and Americans where Prophetstown was destroyed.
- Gave up Ohio land to the Americans for &20,000 with the promise of long-term peace and more money.
- Those who supported the Constitution and a stronger national republic
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- An organization which consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance or league.
- a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River.
- An official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.
- Abstention by governments from interfering in the workings of the free market.
- the taking of men into a military or naval force by compulsion, with or without notice.
- a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.
- Those calling for war with Britain.
14 Clues: Extreme devotion to one's country. • Those calling for war with Britain. • Those who supported the Constitution and a stronger national republic • Abstention by governments from interfering in the workings of the free market. • An official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country. • ...
US History 2021-09-03
Across
- of Paris, Spain gets Florida
- colonists who fought for independence
- took place in Charleston
- Jefferson, wrote the Declaration of Independence
- tastes very sweet
- colonists who did not care either way what happened
- Contract, could be voided
- were inside snowballs that were thrown
- period of intellectual growth
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- frontiersman from Virginia
- when a mother country uses her colonies to make money
- placed in the colony by the king
- Pitt, changed focus war
- Washington, America's 1st War Hero
- Paine, wrote Common Sense
15 Clues: tastes very sweet • Pitt, changed focus war • took place in Charleston • Contract, could be voided • Paine, wrote Common Sense • frontiersman from Virginia • of Paris, Spain gets Florida • period of intellectual growth • placed in the colony by the king • Washington, America's 1st War Hero • colonists who fought for independence • were inside snowballs that were thrown • ...
US History 2021-10-18
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- an economic theory that coined why and how nations should amass wealth in order to increase their power
- a branch of government that has the power to make laws
- a branch of government that has the power to evaluate laws
- a branch of government that has the power to carry out laws
- first permanent English settlement in the Americas
- a democratic government where people elect officials to represent them
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- supported war against Britain during the Revolutionary War
- citizens who were prepared to fight
- colonists who chose to support Britain during the Revolutionary War
- A nickname for the British soldiers taken from their bright red uniforms
- a set of documents and laws that define the government of a country
- form of government ruled by a single political power such as a king or queen
- volunteer soldiers who were ready to fight in a moments notice
- political leaders that helped establish the United States government
14 Clues: citizens who were prepared to fight • first permanent English settlement in the Americas • a branch of government that has the power to make laws • supported war against Britain during the Revolutionary War • a branch of government that has the power to evaluate laws • a branch of government that has the power to carry out laws • ...
US HISTORY 2022-09-08
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- these allow citizens individual rights, a law that protects the people
- the branches have _____ power
- the executive branch _____ laws
- A weakness of the constitution is the ___________ language that prevents many citizens from fully understanding it
- The _________ allowed for the progression of the constitutions to keep up with modern life
- many things about the constitution could and should be _______
- who nominates supreme court judges
- how many branches of the US government
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- The court system has ______ main levels
- How many supreme court justices currently ?
- supreme court members stay for ____
- The 19th amendment allowed _____ the right to vote, resulting in every citizen in the country with voting rights, allowing for a more equal democracy (source:constitution.congress.gov)
- the house of representatives reps. who?
- the constitution can be modified, and that's a ____ thing
- _______ allows charges to be pressed against high ranking officials, letting the government hold them accountable for their actions
- the supreme court judges life terms should be _______ to time-based terms, with 10-20 years per term (source: Americianprogerss.org)
16 Clues: the branches have _____ power • the executive branch _____ laws • who nominates supreme court judges • supreme court members stay for ____ • how many branches of the US government • The court system has ______ main levels • the house of representatives reps. who? • How many supreme court justices currently ? • the constitution can be modified, and that's a ____ thing • ...
US history 2022-02-15
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- government that that interprets the laws
- powers of governments is divided by three branches
- to prevent any of the three branches from becoming to powerful
- rule by the people
- government that makes laws
- solved the problem of representation in congress
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- how enslaved people were to be counted in determining representation in congress
- government power is divided between the federal government and the state government
- formally accused of misconduct
- a change to the constitution
- government that enforces the laws
- to reject
- developed by new jersey delegates to the constitutional convention
- developed by Virginia delegates to the constitutional convention
14 Clues: to reject • rule by the people • government that makes laws • a change to the constitution • formally accused of misconduct • government that enforces the laws • government that that interprets the laws • solved the problem of representation in congress • powers of governments is divided by three branches • to prevent any of the three branches from becoming to powerful • ...
US history 2022-02-15
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- government that that interprets the laws
- powers of governments is divided by three branches
- to prevent any of the three branches from becoming to powerful
- rule by the people
- government that makes laws
- solved the problem of representation in congress
Down
- how enslaved people were to be counted in determining representation in congress
- government power is divided between the federal government and the state government
- formally accused of misconduct
- a change to the constitution
- government that enforces the laws
- to reject
- developed by new jersey delegates to the constitutional convention
- developed by Virginia delegates to the constitutional convention
14 Clues: to reject • rule by the people • government that makes laws • a change to the constitution • formally accused of misconduct • government that enforces the laws • government that that interprets the laws • solved the problem of representation in congress • powers of governments is divided by three branches • to prevent any of the three branches from becoming to powerful • ...
Us History 2022-11-16
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- expend money with the expectation of achieving a profit or material result
- an artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland or to convey water for irrigation.
- a formally concluded and ratified agreement between countries.
- a narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land.
- a sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants, especially sugar cane and sugar beet, consisting essentially of sucrose, and used as a sweetener in food and drink.
- an act of violent or open resistance to an established government or ruler.
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- a harbor.
- remove or take away (something) from a particular place or position.
- append or add as an extra or subordinate part
- give up (power or territory).
- the right or condition of self-government.
- free from outside control; not depending on another's authority.
- come between so as to prevent or alter a result or course of events.
- an act of assuming control of something
14 Clues: a harbor. • give up (power or territory). • an act of assuming control of something • the right or condition of self-government. • append or add as an extra or subordinate part • a formally concluded and ratified agreement between countries. • free from outside control; not depending on another's authority. • ...
US History 2022-11-29
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- Created the American financial system
- The answer to a question
- Three natural rights
- Rule by the people
- Our first president
- A time when we used reason to solve problems
- Reading a document multiple times for clues
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- Our first try at a government
- to find or point something out
- Pulling something apart to look at the pieces
- finding the information from a source
- He wrote the Declaration of Independence (last name)
- Finding the differences
- Background information
14 Clues: Rule by the people • Our first president • Three natural rights • Background information • Finding the differences • The answer to a question • Our first try at a government • to find or point something out • Created the American financial system • finding the information from a source • Reading a document multiple times for clues • A time when we used reason to solve problems • ...
us history 2023-05-22
Across
- which scandal makes president reagan denies knowledge of the trading of weapons for hostages?
- Which president normalized relations with China?
- which organization replaced Gatt in the 1994?
- Who is the 39th president of the US?
- Which president signed FMLA?
- what organization puts an oil embargo on the US?
- who gave a pardon to Nixon?
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- In the persian gulf war who refused requested of the united nations?
- In the persian gulf war, Iraq invaded
- which president was involved in the watergate scandal?
- first woman to serve on the supreme court
- which scandal involving the administration of President Richard Nixon
- which president appointed the first hispanic justice to the supreme court?
- Who signed the FMLA?
- which law enacted to ensure that all americans have access to affordable health insurance?
15 Clues: Who signed the FMLA? • who gave a pardon to Nixon? • Which president signed FMLA? • Who is the 39th president of the US? • In the persian gulf war, Iraq invaded • first woman to serve on the supreme court • which organization replaced Gatt in the 1994? • Which president normalized relations with China? • what organization puts an oil embargo on the US? • ...
Us history 2024-05-08
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- many south vietnamese people supported him
- This was costing 77 billion per year
- _____ was who withheld information about US support of South Vietnamese raids on North Vietnamese radar stations and other targets in the period leading up to the attack
- What were communists in South Vietnam called?
- ___ is a resistance army which fought for Vietnamese independence
- What year did Kennedy send military ‘advisers’ to help the South Vietnamese army
- What people wanted communism and supported the Vietminh and the NLF.
- Which President sent a half a million US combat troops to Vietnam?
- The “______ Theory” is belief that if one country fell to communism, it was likely that the neighboring one would also fall – similar to a row of dominoes falling over
- which president sent 16,000 military advisers to help the South Vietnamese army
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- The conflict in Vietnam that developed following the French defeat can best be described as this type of War.
- Who was the leader of the communist Vietnamese resistance movement?
- What was the first Asian Nation to fall to Communism?
- 1945 was when was Vietnam declared _________
- What did the US send to the South Vietnamese Government to prevent the spread of communism?
15 Clues: This was costing 77 billion per year • many south vietnamese people supported him • 1945 was when was Vietnam declared _________ • What were communists in South Vietnam called? • What was the first Asian Nation to fall to Communism? • ___ is a resistance army which fought for Vietnamese independence • ...
US History 2022-04-20
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- this amendment gave equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved people
- This amendment gave women the right to vote
- These were secret bars
- Immigrants lived in these when they came to america
- This president ended slavery
- was a big deal in the late 1800s
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- this happened in the 1930s
- these were people who came to america looking for better life
- FDR made this deal during the Great Depression
- this guy invented the Model T
- How many stock market crashes were there?
- Women were called these in the 1920s
- These were boats Germany used
- This telegram made america go into WW1
14 Clues: These were secret bars • this happened in the 1930s • This president ended slavery • this guy invented the Model T • These were boats Germany used • was a big deal in the late 1800s • Women were called these in the 1920s • This telegram made america go into WW1 • How many stock market crashes were there? • This amendment gave women the right to vote • ...
US HISTORY 2014-05-16
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- to charge a public official with wrong doing in office
- the reduction or removal of government control
- gov. program that guarantees payments to a particular group
- right a political coalition of conservative groups formed in 1980
- movement calling for greter attention to non European cultures in such areas as education
- federalism pres. Nixon's call for a new partnership between federal gov. and state gov.
- scandal scandal that led to president Nixon's resignation 1974
- Spanish for counterrevolution
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- 200th anniversary
- laying off workers to cut cost
- combination of high inflation and high unemployment
- a computer network that links millions of people around the world
- the systematic segregation of people of different racial backgrounds
- tap a listening device used to intercept telephone info.
- sanctions trade restrictions and other economic measures intended to punish another nation
15 Clues: 200th anniversary • Spanish for counterrevolution • laying off workers to cut cost • the reduction or removal of government control • combination of high inflation and high unemployment • to charge a public official with wrong doing in office • tap a listening device used to intercept telephone info. • gov. program that guarantees payments to a particular group • ...
US History 2022-08-15
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- the country who had control over the American colonies
- the holiday associated with Pilgrims and Native Americans
- a precious metal California is known to have
- the disease that killed 1/4 of the population in Europe
- the number of original colonies
- the first Treasury Secretary who has a musical named after him
- president during the Civil War
- a sport most people deem as "American"
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- the first president
- declaration of _____
- what Salem, Massachusetts is most known for
- the first person to find the Americas
- a famous american most people think was president
- the war between the North and South
14 Clues: the first president • declaration of _____ • president during the Civil War • the number of original colonies • the war between the North and South • the first person to find the Americas • a sport most people deem as "American" • what Salem, Massachusetts is most known for • a precious metal California is known to have • a famous american most people think was president • ...
Us History 2022-11-16
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- a narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land.
- an act of violent or open resistance to an established government or ruler.
- an act of assuming control of something
- a formally concluded and ratified agreement between countries.
- give up (power or territory).
- append or add as an extra or subordinate part
- remove or take away (something) from a particular place or position.
- an artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland or to convey water for irrigation.
Down
- a harbor.
- the right or condition of self-government.
- free from outside control; not depending on another's authority.
- expend money with the expectation of achieving a profit or material result
- a sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants, especially sugar cane and sugar beet, consisting essentially of sucrose, and used as a sweetener in food and drink.
- come between so as to prevent or alter a result or course of events.
14 Clues: a harbor. • give up (power or territory). • an act of assuming control of something • the right or condition of self-government. • append or add as an extra or subordinate part • a formally concluded and ratified agreement between countries. • free from outside control; not depending on another's authority. • ...
why study history? 2023-07-17
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- Inspiring _____ reflection: History challenges preconceptions, promotes reflection on societal norms, and encourages questioning and analyzing the status quo.
- Learning from past _____: By studying history, we can learn from the successes and failures of past societies, governments, and individuals, enabling us to make better decisions in the present and future.
- Gaining perspective: History offers a broader perspective on human experiences across different cultures and time periods, fostering _____ and understanding.
- Nourishing personal ______: Studying history broadens our knowledge, fosters intellectual curiosity, and provides valuable insights into the human experience, contributing to lifelong learning.
- Shaping personal and national identity: History helps shape our personal and national identities by understanding our heritage, traditions, and the _____ that shaped us.
- Recognizing _____ and trends: Historical trends can provide insights into human behavior, economics, politics, and social structures.
- _____ the future: By understanding historical trends and forces, we can better predict future developments and challenges, enabling proactive planning.
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- Nurturing citizenship and civic engagement: History provides the knowledge and context necessary for active _____ in democratic societies, empowering citizens to make informed decisions.
- Recognizing historical _____: Studying history helps identify and address preferences in historical narratives, fostering a more accurate and inclusive understanding of the past.
- Improving _____ skills: History requires effective speaking and writing through research papers, presentations, and discussions, improving oral and written skills.
- Understanding the _____: History helps us understand the origins of our present-day institutions, customs, and social structures.
- Cultural appreciation: Studying history allows us to appreciate and understand diverse cultures, _____, and ways of life.
- Developing critical thinking skills: History requires _____ and interpreting complex information, fostering critical thinking and analytical skills.
- Analyzing cause and effect: History examines the causes and effects of historical events, helping us understand complex chains of _____ in various contexts.
- Enhancing research skills: Studying history involves conducting research, evaluating sources, and _____ information, which develops strong research skills applicable in various fields.
15 Clues: Cultural appreciation: Studying history allows us to appreciate and understand diverse cultures, _____, and ways of life. • Understanding the _____: History helps us understand the origins of our present-day institutions, customs, and social structures. • ...
US history 2022-02-15
Across
- government that that interprets the laws
- powers of governments is divided by three branches
- to prevent any of the three branches from becoming to powerful
- rule by the people
- government that makes laws
- solved the problem of representation in congress
Down
- how enslaved people were to be counted in determining representation in congress
- government power is divided between the federal government and the state government
- formally accused of misconduct
- a change to the constitution
- government that enforces the laws
- to reject
- developed by new jersey delegates to the constitutional convention
- developed by Virginia delegates to the constitutional convention
14 Clues: to reject • rule by the people • government that makes laws • a change to the constitution • formally accused of misconduct • government that enforces the laws • government that that interprets the laws • solved the problem of representation in congress • powers of governments is divided by three branches • to prevent any of the three branches from becoming to powerful • ...
US HISTORY 2014-05-16
Across
- tap a listening device used to intercept telephone info.
- the systematic segregation of people of different racial backgrounds
- a computer network that links millions of people around the world
- movement calling for greter attention to non European cultures in such areas as education
- gov. program that guarantees payments to a particular group
- scandal scandal that led to president Nixon's resignation 1974
- laying off workers to cut cost
- Spanish for counterrevolution
Down
- federalism pres. Nixon's call for a new partnership between federal gov. and state gov.
- to charge a public official with wrong doing in office
- the reduction or removal of government control
- 200th anniversary
- combination of high inflation and high unemployment
- right a political coalition of conservative groups formed in 1980
- sanctions trade restrictions and other economic measures intended to punish another nation
15 Clues: 200th anniversary • Spanish for counterrevolution • laying off workers to cut cost • the reduction or removal of government control • combination of high inflation and high unemployment • to charge a public official with wrong doing in office • tap a listening device used to intercept telephone info. • gov. program that guarantees payments to a particular group • ...
US history 2024-04-09
16 Clues: Republic • Delegates • Compromise • Constitution • JamesMadison • Constitution • Foundingfathers • Americanmonarchy • GeorgeWashington • GeorgeWashington • RevolutionaryWar • WarofIndependence • ConfederationCongress • PhiladelphiaConvention • ArticlesofConfederation • ConstitutionalConvention
US history 2024-03-04
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- The project which created the atomic bomb
- President responsible for the Lousiana purchase
- Anti black organization
- The main disease responsible for killing indians
- alternative name for the native people of the Americas
- Name of the strait the original populiation the American migrated through
- Number of colonies that rose up against England in 1773
- The movement for women's voting rights
- Plan to help Americans during the Great Depression
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- First african-american president
- Name of the ship carriing puritans to Plymouth
- This branch is responsible for creating and accepting laws
- First man on the Moon
- Country helping the US during their war of independce
14 Clues: First man on the Moon • Anti black organization • First african-american president • The movement for women's voting rights • The project which created the atomic bomb • Name of the ship carriing puritans to Plymouth • President responsible for the Lousiana purchase • The main disease responsible for killing indians • Plan to help Americans during the Great Depression • ...
US History 2024-05-23
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- Thomas Jefferson's first vice president, who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel in 1804.
- This term refers to the heads of the executive departments.
- A term for hard coin, such as gold or silver, that can also back and give a fixed point of valuation to paper currencies.
- Religious songs composed by enslaved African Americans.
- the United States, Great Britain, (free) France, and the Soviet Union
- The pre-Civil War reform movement which sought to curb the drinking of hard liquor.
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- In World War II, the alliance of German and Italy, and later Japan.
- Self-conscious African American cultural, literary, and artistic movement centered in Harlem in New York City during the 1920s.
- A political party founded by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson to combat Alexander Hamilton's fiscal policies.
- Term for a liberated woman who bucked conventional ideas of propriety in dress and manners during the 1920s.
- The treaty that ended World War I.
- The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution
- A form of business organization that created a single board to trustees to oversee competing firms.
- Laws passed by Southern state legislatures during Reconstruction
14 Clues: The treaty that ended World War I. • The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution • Religious songs composed by enslaved African Americans. • This term refers to the heads of the executive departments. • Laws passed by Southern state legislatures during Reconstruction • In World War II, the alliance of German and Italy, and later Japan. • ...
US history 2022-02-15
Across
- government that that interprets the laws
- powers of governments is divided by three branches
- to prevent any of the three branches from becoming to powerful
- rule by the people
- government that makes laws
- solved the problem of representation in congress
Down
- how enslaved people were to be counted in determining representation in congress
- government power is divided between the federal government and the state government
- formally accused of misconduct
- a change to the constitution
- government that enforces the laws
- to reject
- developed by new jersey delegates to the constitutional convention
- developed by Virginia delegates to the constitutional convention
14 Clues: to reject • rule by the people • government that makes laws • a change to the constitution • formally accused of misconduct • government that enforces the laws • government that that interprets the laws • solved the problem of representation in congress • powers of governments is divided by three branches • to prevent any of the three branches from becoming to powerful • ...
US History 2022-04-20
Across
- This telegram made america go into WW1
- This president ended slavery
- How many stock market crashes were there?
- These were secret bars
- this guy invented the Model T
- was a big deal in the late 1800s
- this happened in the 1930s
Down
- This amendment gave women the right to vote
- Immigrants lived in these when they came to america
- These were boats Germany used
- these were people who came to america looking for better life
- FDR made this deal during the Great Depression
- this amendment gave equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved people
- Women were called these in the 1920s
14 Clues: These were secret bars • this happened in the 1930s • This president ended slavery • These were boats Germany used • this guy invented the Model T • was a big deal in the late 1800s • Women were called these in the 1920s • This telegram made america go into WW1 • How many stock market crashes were there? • This amendment gave women the right to vote • ...
History 2024-11-29
Across
- Government
- Democratic
- Ethic
- Free
- People
- Laws
- Conflict
- Freedom
- Legal
- Race
- Diversity
- Relation
- Liberties
- Vote
- History
- US
- Elections
- Citizen
- Employment
- social
- political
- discrimination
Down
- purpose
- Personal
- Civil
- Conflicts
- Property
- Speech
- Family
- Fights
- Year
- Movement
- Humans
- Respect
- Racial
- Racism
- Justice
- Opinions
- of view
- Religion
- Rights
- Development
- Society
- Minorities
- rights
45 Clues: US • Free • Laws • Year • Race • Vote • Ethic • Civil • Legal • People • Speech • Family • Fights • Humans • Racial • Racism • Rights • social • rights • purpose • Respect • Freedom • Justice • of view • History • Society • Citizen • Personal • Property • Conflict • Movement • Opinions • Relation • Religion • Conflicts • Diversity • Liberties • Elections • political • Government • Democratic • Minorities • Employment • Development • discrimination
CIVICS 2021-02-25
Across
- US Representative number
- Checks and Balances
- 1803 France
- November
- War 1900's
- Lincoln
- 2+2
- Surfing USA
Down
- US North Vs. South
- River, Long water
- Chief Justice of US
- April 15
- First Amendment
- Axis Power WWII
- First Amendment
- Presidents Cabinet
- Axis Power WWII
- US vs.___ WWII
- Closer to Ireland
- The first in US history
- Axis power WWII
21 Clues: 2+2 • Lincoln • April 15 • November • War 1900's • 1803 France • Surfing USA • US vs.___ WWII • First Amendment • Axis Power WWII • First Amendment • Axis Power WWII • Axis power WWII • River, Long water • Closer to Ireland • US North Vs. South • Presidents Cabinet • Chief Justice of US • Checks and Balances • The first in US history • US Representative number
US History 2015-01-13
Across
- Secretary of State who purchases Alaska
- Illegal act of using political influence for personal gain
- Act of preserving nature
- Trial that challenges the teaching of evolution
- Voters placing issue on a ballot
- The U.S. battles this country after sinking the USS Maine
Down
- treaty that ends WW I
- To buy stocks without the entire payment and pay back what is owed with anticipated profit
- Steel business man that created a monopoly
- Women who embraced urban culture in the 1920's
- Multi-family urban dwellings
- Stronger nations imposing their will on weaker nations
- U.S. starts uprising in this country in attempt to connect the Atlantic and Pacific
- New battle strategy of WW I
14 Clues: treaty that ends WW I • Act of preserving nature • New battle strategy of WW I • Multi-family urban dwellings • Voters placing issue on a ballot • Secretary of State who purchases Alaska • Steel business man that created a monopoly • Women who embraced urban culture in the 1920's • Trial that challenges the teaching of evolution • ...
US history 2022-02-15
Across
- government that that interprets the laws
- powers of governments is divided by three branches
- to prevent any of the three branches from becoming to powerful
- rule by the people
- government that makes laws
- solved the problem of representation in congress
Down
- how enslaved people were to be counted in determining representation in congress
- government power is divided between the federal government and the state government
- formally accused of misconduct
- a change to the constitution
- government that enforces the laws
- to reject
- developed by new jersey delegates to the constitutional convention
- developed by Virginia delegates to the constitutional convention
14 Clues: to reject • rule by the people • government that makes laws • a change to the constitution • formally accused of misconduct • government that enforces the laws • government that that interprets the laws • solved the problem of representation in congress • powers of governments is divided by three branches • to prevent any of the three branches from becoming to powerful • ...
US History 2022-04-20
Across
- this amendment gave equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved people
- This amendment gave women the right to vote
- These were secret bars
- Immigrants lived in these when they came to america
- This president ended slavery
- was a big deal in the late 1800s
Down
- this happened in the 1930s
- these were people who came to america looking for better life
- FDR made this deal during the Great Depression
- this guy invented the Model T
- How many stock market crashes were there?
- Women were called these in the 1920s
- These were boats Germany used
- This telegram made america go into WW1
14 Clues: These were secret bars • this happened in the 1930s • This president ended slavery • this guy invented the Model T • These were boats Germany used • was a big deal in the late 1800s • Women were called these in the 1920s • This telegram made america go into WW1 • How many stock market crashes were there? • This amendment gave women the right to vote • ...
US History 2022-04-20
Across
- This telegram made america go into WW1
- This president ended slavery
- How many stock market crashes were there?
- These were secret bars
- this guy invented the Model T
- was a big deal in the late 1800s
- this happened in the 1930s
Down
- This amendment gave women the right to vote
- Immigrants lived in these when they came to america
- These were boats Germany used
- these were people who came to america looking for better life
- FDR made this deal during the Great Depression
- this amendment gave equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved people
- Women were called these in the 1920s
14 Clues: These were secret bars • this happened in the 1930s • This president ended slavery • These were boats Germany used • this guy invented the Model T • was a big deal in the late 1800s • Women were called these in the 1920s • This telegram made america go into WW1 • How many stock market crashes were there? • This amendment gave women the right to vote • ...
Module 3 vocab 2022-04-21
25 Clues: art • band • math • arts • choir • music • health • spanish • anatomy • biology • physics • algebra • economy • english • geometry • chemistry • jouralism • geography • government • us history • pre-calculus • world history • social science • musical teater • natural sciense
US HISTORY 2013-12-12
Across
- aggressive nationalism
- ended the spanish american war
- fleet of white american battle ships
- established a government in puerto rico
- policy by which strong nations take over weaker nations
- a area of a foreign nation controlled by a larger nation
- belief that life is survival of the fittest
- featured a comic strip called the yellow kid
Down
- warfare involving small scale attacks on larger forces
- imperial powers take resources from weaker nations
- consisted of rugged westerners
- depended on strong military to influence the outcomes of nations
- 35000 helped dig this man made water line
13 Clues: aggressive nationalism • consisted of rugged westerners • ended the spanish american war • fleet of white american battle ships • established a government in puerto rico • 35000 helped dig this man made water line • belief that life is survival of the fittest • featured a comic strip called the yellow kid • imperial powers take resources from weaker nations • ...
US History 2014-02-17
Across
- The last name of the person who helped the Massachusetts school system.
- Reformers blamed this for poverty, Breakup of families, crime, and insanity.
- This president who said "democracy could not survive without educated.
- Drinking little or no alcohol.
- This college was the first to admit both women and African Americans.
- Reform brought changes to American religion, politics, ___________, art, and literature.
- Men and women wanted to extend the nation's ideals of _________ and equality to all Americans.
Down
- A school for training high-school graduates as teachers.
- The last name of the person who was jailed for not paying a one-dollar tax.
- The first permanent women's college.
- All states adopted that all schools needed to be ________ and supported by taxes.
- It was belief that the primary role for this people was to become a wife and mother.
- The communities based on vision of a perfect society.
13 Clues: Drinking little or no alcohol. • The first permanent women's college. • The communities based on vision of a perfect society. • A school for training high-school graduates as teachers. • This college was the first to admit both women and African Americans. • This president who said "democracy could not survive without educated. • ...
US History 2014-02-17
Across
- Drinking little or no alcohol.
- The last name of the person who helped the Massachusetts school system.
- Men and women wanted to extend the nation's ideals of _________ and equality to all Americans.
- This president who said "democracy could not survive without educated people.
- Reform brought changes to American religion, politics, ___________, art, and literature.
- A school for training high-school graduates as teachers.
Down
- Reformers blamed this for poverty, Breakup of families, crime, and insanity.
- It was belief that the primary role for this people was to become a wife and mother.
- The first permanent women's college.
- The last name of the person who was jailed for not paying a one-dollar tax.
- All states adopted that all schools needed to be ________ and supported by taxes.
- The communities based on vision of a perfect society.
- This college was the first to admit both women and African Americans.
13 Clues: Drinking little or no alcohol. • The first permanent women's college. • The communities based on vision of a perfect society. • A school for training high-school graduates as teachers. • This college was the first to admit both women and African Americans. • The last name of the person who helped the Massachusetts school system. • ...
US History 2022-10-20
Across
- A group of people living in a new area still under control of native (home) country.
- Nation/Country becomes strong by controlling trade (Rich).
- A period of time in history when an important event happened.
- Things going out
- Things going in
- Limited the King's power
- Law
Down
- When one country take control of another country and makes it theirs.
- What was the ship that took the Pilgrims over to the new world.
- Enforced laws/Boss of colony affairs.
- Was a colony settled in 1607.
- Is the trade of goods between Europe, North America, and Africa.
- This group of people landed in massachusetts Bay in 1630.
13 Clues: Law • Things going in • Things going out • Limited the King's power • Was a colony settled in 1607. • Enforced laws/Boss of colony affairs. • This group of people landed in massachusetts Bay in 1630. • Nation/Country becomes strong by controlling trade (Rich). • A period of time in history when an important event happened. • ...
US History 2014-02-17
Across
- The last name of the person who helped the Massachusetts school system.
- Reformers blamed this for poverty, Breakup of families, crime, and insanity.
- This president who said "democracy could not survive without educated.
- Drinking little or no alcohol.
- This college was the first to admit both women and African Americans.
- Reform brought changes to American religion, politics, ___________, art, and literature.
- Men and women wanted to extend the nation's ideals of _________ and equality to all Americans.
Down
- A school for training high-school graduates as teachers.
- The last name of the person who was jailed for not paying a one-dollar tax.
- The first permanent women's college.
- All states adopted that all schools needed to be ________ and supported by taxes.
- It was belief that the primary role for this people was to become a wife and mother.
- The communities based on vision of a perfect society.
13 Clues: Drinking little or no alcohol. • The first permanent women's college. • The communities based on vision of a perfect society. • A school for training high-school graduates as teachers. • This college was the first to admit both women and African Americans. • This president who said "democracy could not survive without educated. • ...
US History 2023-10-23
Across
- remove official from office
- election within a party
- a group of crusading journalists, instigated social conditions and political corruption
- tried to fix problems from industrialization
- Af. Am. Organization
- Jungle Upton Sinclair
- woman right to vote
Down
- citizens vote on bills
- right to vote
- National Woman Suffrage Association
- moderation or elimination of alcohol
- How the Other Half Lives
- citizens introduce bills
13 Clues: right to vote • woman right to vote • Af. Am. Organization • Jungle Upton Sinclair • citizens vote on bills • election within a party • How the Other Half Lives • citizens introduce bills • remove official from office • National Woman Suffrage Association • moderation or elimination of alcohol • tried to fix problems from industrialization • ...