us history Crossword Puzzles
Global Events – 1960s 2026-01-08
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- Ten-year period (1960s)
- City divided by a famous wall
- Desired outcome of conflicts
- Celestial body humans landed on in 1969
- Country involved in a major 1962 crisis
- US space agency responsible for Moon landing
- Refers to nuclear weapons
- Study of past events
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- Southeast Asian country involved in a major war
- Structure separating East & West Berlin
- Public demonstration against war
- Dangerous or critical situation
- First human arrival on the Moon
- Cuban leader during missile crisis
- Armed conflict
15 Clues: Armed conflict • Study of past events • Ten-year period (1960s) • Refers to nuclear weapons • Desired outcome of conflicts • City divided by a famous wall • Dangerous or critical situation • First human arrival on the Moon • Public demonstration against war • Cuban leader during missile crisis • Structure separating East & West Berlin • Celestial body humans landed on in 1969 • ...
33-Post-Watergate Reforms in the 1970s 2023-07-03
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- - Congressional bodies overseeing the reforms
- - Process to uncover wrongdoing
- - Limits placed on campaign ___
- - Political ___ reform efforts
- - Watergate was a major ___ in US history
- - Impact of Watergate on public trust
- - Principle of openness and accountability
- - Requirement to reveal financial information
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- - Standards of conduct addressed by the reforms
- - Key objective of the reforms
- - Scrutiny of government actions
- - Activity regulated by the reforms
- - National level impacted by the reforms
- - Oversight organizations that emerged during this period
- - Action is taken to improve governance
15 Clues: - Key objective of the reforms • - Political ___ reform efforts • - Process to uncover wrongdoing • - Limits placed on campaign ___ • - Scrutiny of government actions • - Activity regulated by the reforms • - Impact of Watergate on public trust • - Action is taken to improve governance • - National level impacted by the reforms • - Watergate was a major ___ in US history • ...
World Power 2023-10-19
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- Allowed for 2 US naval bases in Cuba.
- used as a military base.
- Who issued the Roosevelt Corollary.
- staying out of other countries affairs.
- opposed to expansion and formed the Anti-Imperialist League.
- was annexed.
- a ship.
- a reason for expansion.
- export more than you import.
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- A canal.
- Teddy was a _________.
- wrote the Influence of Sea Power Upon History.
- extreme patriotism.
- the domination of a stronger nation over weaker ones.
- how a country approaches other countries.
15 Clues: a ship. • A canal. • was annexed. • extreme patriotism. • Teddy was a _________. • a reason for expansion. • used as a military base. • export more than you import. • Who issued the Roosevelt Corollary. • Allowed for 2 US naval bases in Cuba. • staying out of other countries affairs. • how a country approaches other countries. • wrote the Influence of Sea Power Upon History. • ...
People Magazine Headlines of the ’80s 2025-06-15
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- – Teen star of Blue Lagoon fame
- – “Just Say No” First Lady
- – Comebacks, fashion, and fierce glam
- – “Beverly Hills Cop” breakout
- – Michael or Janet stole the spotlight
- – Feathered-hair bombshell icon
- – “Greatest Love” diva debut
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- – Rising talk show queen
- – Royal wedding of the decade
- – Robin Williams made us believe
- – Olympic hero before reality TV
- – Ride into history as an astronaut
- – Princess with fairytale and heartbreak
- – White House drama with the First Lady
- – Lennon’s tragic final chapter
15 Clues: – Rising talk show queen • – “Just Say No” First Lady • – “Greatest Love” diva debut • – Royal wedding of the decade • – “Beverly Hills Cop” breakout • – Teen star of Blue Lagoon fame • – Feathered-hair bombshell icon • – Lennon’s tragic final chapter • – Robin Williams made us believe • – Olympic hero before reality TV • – Ride into history as an astronaut • ...
Unit 8 Crossword 2024-05-09
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- great Britain, France, USSR,China, united states
- transported soldiers and materials
- Georgia representative to US house for 50 years
- transportation
- Provides many civilian and military jobs to Georgians
- youngest governor in history
- produced 30,000 jobs to everyone around Georgia
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- banks begin to close
- who had a special relationship with georgia
- used to feed soldiers who fought in the war
- Japan,germany, and italy
- farms prices dropped
- cotton food and clothes
- bug who ate cotton
- develop programs to help Georgia
15 Clues: transportation • bug who ate cotton • banks begin to close • farms prices dropped • cotton food and clothes • Japan,germany, and italy • youngest governor in history • develop programs to help Georgia • transported soldiers and materials • who had a special relationship with georgia • used to feed soldiers who fought in the war • Georgia representative to US house for 50 years • ...
Mr. Browne's Retirement Crossword Puzzle 2025-11-27
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- Favorite wine
- His daughter's name
- Second citizenship
- His son's name
- Mid-morning snack
- First job at the Hamilton Princess
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- Time he wakes up
- Years worked at the Hamilton Princess
- Hobby growing up
- His favorite reading topic
- US president he turned down to take a picture with
- Favorite thing to do in summer
- How Many cats does he currently have
- Drink of choice after lunch
- How many departments did he work in at the Hotel?
15 Clues: Favorite wine • His son's name • Time he wakes up • Hobby growing up • Mid-morning snack • Second citizenship • His daughter's name • His favorite reading topic • Drink of choice after lunch • Favorite thing to do in summer • First job at the Hamilton Princess • How Many cats does he currently have • Years worked at the Hamilton Princess • ...
Utah Studies Vocab Review 2024-05-07
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- Where a place is in relation to another place
- Metaphorical wall between the USSR and the rest of Europe
- Common sharing system organized by religious leaders
- Longest latitude line
- Study of the land, water, plants, animals and people of a place
- Probably real person, famous for his strength and steel driving skill
- Secret stash of valuable pelts
- Senator that used unconstitutional methods to try and find communists
- The idea that communists had infiltrated all levels of the US government
- Practice of men having more than one wife
- When the USSR put missiles in Cuba, close to the US
- Symbolic, visual representation of a place
- Formal agreement between two nations
- "The promised land"
- Another name for a fur trapper
- History before people wrote history down
- Raising plants for food
- Change a plant or animal to make it more useful to humans
- Examine something for the purpose of explanation and interpretation
- Massive effort to deliver vital supplies to West Berlin
- Terrible forced march of Indians from their native lands to new lands
- Prehistoric spear-throwing tool
- Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile
- Imaginary VERTICAL lines on a globe
- Imaginary HORIZONTAL lines on a globe
- Mythological, giant lumberjack
- "If you launch missiles then we launch missiles"
- Manmade object used to make a task easier
- Most widely used world map
- A person that leaves their country to go to a new location
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- Dictator of the USSR
- Law created to make it legal to forcibly remove Indians from their land
- Half of a globe
- Main longitude line
- When church leaders are also government leaders
- Early groups of white settlers to move out west
- Being excluded from work because of supposed ties to communism
- The idea that the U.S. was destined to stretch across the whole continent
- What the earliest Americans likely crossed to get to the Americas
- Physical shape of the land
- Big meetup for fur trappers to trade and party
- Original leader and founder of the LDS Church
- Passing stories verbally to the next generation
- Made free land available in the Oregon Territory
- Trade goods for other goods
- Real person, planted apple trees all across the American frontier
- Object made by a human, usually with historical significance
- Exact location of a place
- Animal skin with fur attached
- Competition between the US and USSR to build the most nuclear missiles
- LDS leader who brought the Mormon pioneers to Utah
- Competition between the US and USSR to achieve space travel first
- Person who studies human history/prehistory through the analysis of artifacts
- Physical wall dividing Berlin in half
54 Clues: Half of a globe • Main longitude line • "The promised land" • Dictator of the USSR • Longest latitude line • Raising plants for food • Exact location of a place • Physical shape of the land • Most widely used world map • Trade goods for other goods • Animal skin with fur attached • Secret stash of valuable pelts • Another name for a fur trapper • Mythological, giant lumberjack • ...
PROJECT ONE / AMERICAN 2020 ELECTIONS 2020-09-10
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- It's the month when the US elections take place=happen.
- It's the English for "candidat".
- It's the name of the first American president in history.
- It's the colour of the House that is the American president's residence.
- It's the name of Trump's wife=spouse.
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- It's the duration (in years) of a preisdential mandate in America.
- It's the political party of Donald Trump.
- It's the English for "rayure" (remember the flag. )
- This large bird is one of the symbols of the USA.
- It's the first black American president in history.
10 Clues: It's the English for "candidat". • It's the name of Trump's wife=spouse. • It's the political party of Donald Trump. • This large bird is one of the symbols of the USA. • It's the English for "rayure" (remember the flag. ) • It's the first black American president in history. • It's the month when the US elections take place=happen. • ...
RCS Black History Month 25-26 2025-08-10
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- Considered to be a pillar of art and hip-hop
- Known as the founder of Black History Month
- A part of Black community also known as "West Indian"
- Iconic theater in Harlem
- City with the largest population of Black people in the US
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- Black History Month
- The birthplace of hip-hop culture
- An annual guidebook for African-American roadtrippers founded and published by New Yorker Victor Hugo Green from 1936 to 1967.
- First Black baseball player in the MLB and a Brooklyn Dodger
- "Queen of Soul Food"
10 Clues: Black History Month • "Queen of Soul Food" • Iconic theater in Harlem • The birthplace of hip-hop culture • Known as the founder of Black History Month • Considered to be a pillar of art and hip-hop • A part of Black community also known as "West Indian" • City with the largest population of Black people in the US • ...
History/ Geography Crossword 2022-04-06
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- First landing place of Europeans in the Continental US
- African country split north/ south after two civil wars
- First city bombed with atomic weapons
- Area occupied by the triple entente after the first world war
- Fascist leader of Spain after their civil war
- Second city bombed with atomic weapons
- Longest serving US president
- indigenous leader of the Apache
- Mediterranean coastal region of Palestine
- Well known last leader of Rome while it was a Republic
- Nickname given to North Carolinians during the American revolution
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- Also known as the battle of greasy grass
- Union general famous for his march to the sea
- the other region claimed by Russian separatists
- Capitol of Ukraine
- Capitol of NC
- Deadliest battle in history
- The place where the British surrendered in the American revolution
- one of the two eastern Ukrainian regions claimed by Russian separatists
- African leader who may be the richest man to have lived
20 Clues: Capitol of NC • Capitol of Ukraine • Deadliest battle in history • Longest serving US president • indigenous leader of the Apache • First city bombed with atomic weapons • Second city bombed with atomic weapons • Also known as the battle of greasy grass • Mediterranean coastal region of Palestine • Union general famous for his march to the sea • ...
History/ Geography Crossword 2022-04-06
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- Fascist leader of Spain after their civil war
- First city bombed with atomic weapons
- the other region claimed by Russian separatists
- Second city bombed with atomic weapons
- Longest serving US president
- one of the two eastern Ukrainian regions claimed by Russian separatists
- Union general famous for his march to the sea
- Deadliest battle in history
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- Well known last leader of Rome while it was a Republic
- indigenous leader of the Apache
- Area occupied by the triple entente after the first world war
- Mediterranean coastal region of Palestine
- Capitol of Ukraine
- Nickname given to North Carolinians during the American revolution
- First landing place of Europeans in the Continental US
- African leader who may be the richest man to have lived
- Capitol of NC
- The place where the British surrendered in the American revolution
- Also known as the battle of greasy grass
- African country split north/ south after two civil wars
20 Clues: Capitol of NC • Capitol of Ukraine • Deadliest battle in history • Longest serving US president • indigenous leader of the Apache • First city bombed with atomic weapons • Second city bombed with atomic weapons • Also known as the battle of greasy grass • Mediterranean coastal region of Palestine • Fascist leader of Spain after their civil war • ...
Fall/Winter Exam Review 2021-12-12
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- creation stories in Deuteronomy
- Hebrews led out of Egypt
- authority of the Church
- what the author intended for us to know
- lived a righteous and holy life
- God wants _____ from us
- fulfillment of Abraham's covenant with God
- final stage in Scripture development
- passed down via oral and written tradition
- Genesis shows God to be
- Greek translation of OT
- first five books of the OT
- creation has...
- moses' relative who gave him advice
- 12 sons of Jacob
- OT predicting the NT
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- another name for stories of sin
- a type of understanding involving history and personal factors
- Moses received the 10 Commandments
- the first Christians
- how people and events point to the mystery of Christ
- first patriarch in the OT
- not to be taken literally
- Hebrews hid their face when this happened
- angel of death
- it is important to know this for interpretation purposes
- creation stories in Genesis
27 Clues: angel of death • creation has... • 12 sons of Jacob • the first Christians • OT predicting the NT • authority of the Church • God wants _____ from us • Genesis shows God to be • Greek translation of OT • Hebrews led out of Egypt • first patriarch in the OT • not to be taken literally • first five books of the OT • creation stories in Genesis • another name for stories of sin • ...
Unit 1 Crossword 2020-01-23
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- One of the qualities of God we don't understands; also means not finite.
- The foundational moral principles that are right and known by all.
- Who wrote the 5 arguments for God's existence
- The voice of God in us to direct us to be good
- the inability to be wrong
- Truth Beauty and Goodness
- Seeing God in our surroundings in everyday life.
- Something only given to Humans and the ability to find God
- To unveil
- Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture
- Knowing we need God
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- Why The Pope cannot be wrong about Catholic Doctrine
- Believing even though it isn't tangible
- God making himself known to man by unnatural causes
- Written down history of the Word of God
- The Word of God passed down by word of mouth
- If Something is widely accepted it is this
- Made up of the Pope and the Bishops
- How the Gospel Writers were influenced
- Christ The Final Revelation
20 Clues: To unveil • Knowing we need God • the inability to be wrong • Truth Beauty and Goodness • Christ The Final Revelation • Made up of the Pope and the Bishops • Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture • How the Gospel Writers were influenced • Believing even though it isn't tangible • Written down history of the Word of God • If Something is widely accepted it is this • ...
Investment Unit 2024-03-20
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- nationally reconized financially sound company
- a system of recording info
- biggest financial fraud in US history
- when a large number of people withdraw their deposits
- age to start investing
- you can only put up to $7,000 per year
- president who created social security
- measures the proformance of multiple companies
- when the market is high
- mortgage backed by securities
- retirement plan managed by your employer
- tells us how big the company is in the stock market
- age to collect social security
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- federal deduction from each paycheck
- a virtual currency
- you can do this whith your 401k funds to your new company's 401k plan
- currencies that are created and backed by the government
- example of an investment fund
- secured in the possesion or assigned to a person
- bought and sold throughout the day
- at 67 you can collect this
- when the market is low
- money saved for a purpose
23 Clues: a virtual currency • age to start investing • when the market is low • when the market is high • money saved for a purpose • a system of recording info • at 67 you can collect this • example of an investment fund • mortgage backed by securities • age to collect social security • bought and sold throughout the day • federal deduction from each paycheck • ...
World War 2 - Aircraft 2024-03-12
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- Nicknamed "Fork-Tailed Devil" by Germans
- What was the P-51's "Achillies heel" in combat?
- German Airforce
- The most produced fighter aircraft in history, the Luftwaffe used it
- Nickname for the B-29
- "Stormbird"
- Which US fighter had its engine located in the middle of the fuselage, creating instability and a tendency for the plane to spin into the ground?
- The Havoc was a night fighter version of which bomber?
- Skymaster US Transport Plane
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- Which Japanese company built the most aircraft during World War 2?
- Small German bomber plane
- Nickname for Nakajimi Ki-84
- Former President George Bush piloted a TBF ___________
- The Sea Otter was designed as a replacement for which aircraft?
- Royal Air Force heavy bomber, used primarily for night raids against Axis targets
- The Bristol Blenhein Mk.V was initially known as the Bristol_______
- Nickname for the P-47 Thunderbolt
- Small, fast British fighter plane used in Battle of Britain
- The Fokker T.8W was what type of aircraft?
- "The Liberator"
20 Clues: "Stormbird" • German Airforce • "The Liberator" • Nickname for the B-29 • Small German bomber plane • Nickname for Nakajimi Ki-84 • Skymaster US Transport Plane • Nickname for the P-47 Thunderbolt • Nicknamed "Fork-Tailed Devil" by Germans • The Fokker T.8W was what type of aircraft? • What was the P-51's "Achillies heel" in combat? • ...
“Telling My Story of Philadelphia” 2025-11-10
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- The state we live in.
- The person who helps us learn new things.
- School The name of your school
- A person who lives near us.
- The region of the United States we live in.
- A place where we can see art or history.
- A place in Philadelphia where we see animals.
- Red, white, and blue symbol of our country.
- Bell A famous landmark in Philadelphia.
- Hall The big government building in downtown Philadelphia.
- A picture that shows where places are.
- The Delaware is one in our city.
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- The neighborhood where our school is located.
- The city we live in.
- We walk or drive on this in our neighborhood.
- The people we play and learn with.
- The place where we live with our family.
- The place we go to learn.
- The planet we live on.
- Something that connects two places over water.
- A fun place to play outside.
21 Clues: The city we live in. • The state we live in. • The planet we live on. • The place we go to learn. • A person who lives near us. • A fun place to play outside. • School The name of your school • The Delaware is one in our city. • The people we play and learn with. • A picture that shows where places are. • Bell A famous landmark in Philadelphia. • ...
Chapter 4 Vocabulary: The Union in Peril 2013-11-13
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- assassin of Abraham Lincoln
- first African-American senator
- draft forcing men to serve in the army
- US President during Civil War
- period of rebuilding the Union after the war
- Confederacy President
- amendment that banned slavery from the Union
- Union general who led important Union victories
- author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
- system of dividing land for several households
- law that freed slaves behind Confederate lines
- Confederate stronghold in Mississippi River
- nation formed by secessionist states
- Southern vigilante group opposing Reconstruction
- Democrat & 14th US President
- agency that aided freed slaves & poor whites
- Union nurse who founded American Red Cross
- right to vote for or against slavery
- general who led Confederate victory at Bull Run
- area where first bloodshed of war occurred
- white Southerner who joined Republican Party
- formal withdrawal of a state from Union
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- place of the most decisive battle of the war
- commander who unleashed total war in Georgia
- it prevented states from denying rights & privileges to a US citizen
- system of slave escape routes
- place of bloodiest single day battle in US history
- speech that made America realize that it was a unified nation
- slave who appealed to Supreme Court concerning slavery
- Democratic Senator who ran against Lincoln in Senate
- place of Confederacy's official surrender
- it gave all US citizens, including slaves, right to vote
- minority that wanted to destroy former slaveholders' power
- Confederate general who led important Confederate victories
- Southern fort where Civil War battles began
- tax that takes a specified percentage of an individual's income
- Northerner who moved South after the war
- famous Underground Railroad conductor
- successor of Abraham Lincoln
39 Clues: Confederacy President • assassin of Abraham Lincoln • author of Uncle Tom's Cabin • Democrat & 14th US President • successor of Abraham Lincoln • US President during Civil War • system of slave escape routes • first African-American senator • nation formed by secessionist states • right to vote for or against slavery • famous Underground Railroad conductor • ...
STANDARD 19 2023-11-29
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- The Fat Man bomb created by the US
- systematic extermination of a nationality or group
- US and British troops moved through this country to defeat Mussolini
- largest concentration camp
- known as the largest assault in American History
- allowed citizens to buy a certain amount of goods
- the creator of the Atomic Bomb
- FDR’s illness that affected his Bones
- Great Britain, USA, USSR
- USA would remain neutral but would sell weapons to the allied powers
- This American naval base was attacked by the Japanese empire to weaken America's fleet
- The idea that America should start out of European conflict and WWII
- Where Britain and France agreed that Hitler can take more land except the rest of Czechoslovakia
- Hitler invaded this country in 1939 starting WWII
- this commander led D-Day
- Secret Government program meant to create the Atomic Bomb
- Meeting between the Big 3 to plan the post-war world
- the WWII effort against the Japanese empire with the Island Hopping Strategy
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- Some of the worst casualties and ended in Soviet Victory
- FDR and Churchill met in Canada to discuss the US joining the war
- Japan surrenders on this day
- where US Marines raised the American flag after Japanese defeat
- Germany, Italy, and Japan
- When Japan seized most of Eastern China
- German forces had been defeated and surrendered
- Last japanese offensive
- Last major attempt by Germans
- The little boy atomic bomb created by the US
- USA would use credit when selling weapons
- Where Japanese were forced to gather and relocate because they were thought to be spies
30 Clues: Last japanese offensive • Great Britain, USA, USSR • this commander led D-Day • Germany, Italy, and Japan • largest concentration camp • Japan surrenders on this day • Last major attempt by Germans • the creator of the Atomic Bomb • The Fat Man bomb created by the US • FDR’s illness that affected his Bones • When Japan seized most of Eastern China • ...
EOC Review 2024-04-19
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- Owned Standard Oil Company.
- ___________ Plan was the plan created during the Civil War by the Union.
- The war with this country started in 2003 when the US thought they had weapons of mass destruction.
- Reagan sold weapons to the Iranians and gave the money to this anti-communist group.
- The territory that the US took from a royal family and would eventually become a state.
- A person who moved south after the Civil War for political and economic gain.
- The group of veterans that camped out in Washington DC during the Great Depression.
- A strike during the late 1800s that brought railroads to a halt.
- The lowest point in racial relationship in American History.
- The ship that was sunk by Germans that helped send the US into WWI.
- Shantytowns named after a president that refused to help people during the Great Depression.
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- Writers who wrote books for social changes.
- The program that Roosevelt created to help end the Great Depression.
- The mass genocide of groups of people by the Germans during WWII.
- The New Deal program that created electricity for the South.
- The leader of US Army in WWII in Europe.
- The accords in which Egypt recognized Israel as a state.
- Where did Teddy Roosevelt help build a canal?
- Women that wore short dresses, short hair, and rouged cheeks in 1920s.
- The telegraph sent to Mexico from Germany that helped send the US into WWI.
- Last name of the man who built the railroads throughout Florida.
- Wrongly accusing people of communism during the 1950s.
- The Civil Rights leader that created the term Black Nationalism during the 1920s.
- The location that there was a rebirth in African American culture.
24 Clues: Owned Standard Oil Company. • The leader of US Army in WWII in Europe. • Writers who wrote books for social changes. • Where did Teddy Roosevelt help build a canal? • Wrongly accusing people of communism during the 1950s. • The accords in which Egypt recognized Israel as a state. • The New Deal program that created electricity for the South. • ...
WWII USH 2025-12-02
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- US and British troops moved through this country to defeat Mussolini
- largest concentration camp
- known as the largest assault in American History
- allowed citizens to buy a certain amount of goods
- the creator of the Atomic Bomb
- FDR’s illness that affected his Bones
- Great Britain, USA, USSR
- USA would remain neutral but would sell weapons to the allied powers
- This American naval base was attacked by the Japanese empire to weaken America's fleet
- The idea that America should stay out of European conflict and WWII
- Where Britain and France agreed that Hitler can take more land except the rest of Czechoslovakia
- Hitler invaded this country in 1939 starting WWII
- this commander led D-Day
- Secret Government program meant to create the Atomic Bomb
- Meeting between the Big 3 to plan the post-war world
- Last major attempt by Germans
- The Fat Man bomb created by the US
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- Some of the worst casualties and ended in Soviet Victory
- FDR and Churchill met in Canada to discuss the US joining the war
- Japan surrenders on this day
- where US Marines raised the American flag after Japanese defeat
- Germany, Italy, and Japan
- When Japan seized most of Eastern China
- German forces had been defeated and surrendered
- Last japanese offensive
- systematic extermination of a nationality or group
- The little boy atomic bomb created by the US
- USA would use credit when selling weapons
- Where Japanese were forced to gather and relocate because they were thought to be spies
- the WWII effort against the Japanese empire with the Island Hopping Strategy
30 Clues: Last japanese offensive • Great Britain, USA, USSR • this commander led D-Day • Germany, Italy, and Japan • largest concentration camp • Japan surrenders on this day • Last major attempt by Germans • the creator of the Atomic Bomb • The Fat Man bomb created by the US • FDR’s illness that affected his Bones • When Japan seized most of Eastern China • ...
APUSH word puzzle 2026-05-06
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- A senator from Illinois who ran from president against Abraham Lincoln
- Amendment that secured blacks right to vote and protected citizens rights to vote.
- Agricultural system where landowners let farmers use land in return for large share of crops
- Withdrawling from the Union
- Laws that denied the legal rights to newly freed slaves
- A abolitionist who attempted to lead a slave revolt by capturing Americans in the south.
- Election in which Lincoln won because the Democrats were so split over slavery
- A formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office.
- Someone who works to end slavery
- Belief that the US was destined by God to expand from East to West.
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- An act that offered 160 acres of land free for anyone who agreed to live on the land and take care of the land.
- Amendment that abolished slavery in the US
- The treaty that settled the border of Texas and Mexico at the Rio Grande River.
- 11 former US states that seceded from the Union.
- A political Party that was dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery
- A war caused by Mexico not selling California and unable to settle the Mexico-Texas border.
- A rush of people into California as a result of gold being found.
- A federal fort in the harbor of Charleston. When the confederates attacked this fort, it began the Civil War.
- The 16th president of the US who helped preserve the US by defeating the secessionist confederacy
- The bloodiest single-day battle in American History. The first major battle of the American Civil War to take place on Northern Soil.
20 Clues: Withdrawling from the Union • Someone who works to end slavery • Amendment that abolished slavery in the US • 11 former US states that seceded from the Union. • Laws that denied the legal rights to newly freed slaves • A rush of people into California as a result of gold being found. • Belief that the US was destined by God to expand from East to West. • ...
NEWSLETTER 2022-06-19
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- WE CAN READ ALL THE BOOKS AND TAKE THEM HOME
- IT IS GIVEN TO US BY THE TEACHER WHEN WE FINISH A TOPIC
- THE TEACHER WRITE IMPORTANT THINGS
- SOMETIMES YOU EXPOSE IT IN FRONT OF YOUR CLASS AND TEACHER
- YOU LEAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR A LONG TIME WITH THE PROFESSOR AND CLASSMATES
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- MATH, MUSIC, HISTORY, ETC
- WE ARE SITTING FOR SIX HOURS
- IS THE ONE WHO TEACHES US SUBJECTS
- YOU CAN BUY FOOD AND EAT IT
- IT'S TIME TO EAT
10 Clues: IT'S TIME TO EAT • MATH, MUSIC, HISTORY, ETC • YOU CAN BUY FOOD AND EAT IT • WE ARE SITTING FOR SIX HOURS • IS THE ONE WHO TEACHES US SUBJECTS • THE TEACHER WRITE IMPORTANT THINGS • WE CAN READ ALL THE BOOKS AND TAKE THEM HOME • IT IS GIVEN TO US BY THE TEACHER WHEN WE FINISH A TOPIC • SOMETIMES YOU EXPOSE IT IN FRONT OF YOUR CLASS AND TEACHER • ...
Cultura 2023-04-21
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- mashed plantain dish from Puerto Rico
- the national sport of Colombia
- ancient Incan city named "Old Mountain"
- US citizens don't need THIS to go to Puerto Rico
- leader of medellin drug cartel
- these little rodents aren't pets in Peru
- Cuba produces over 50% of the world's what?
- a famous singer from Colombia
- capital of peru
- a 3 meat Puerto Rican sandwich
- the Spanish ___ was a religious persecution
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- most popular hobby in Cuba
- these were worn by the Incan people to indicate status
- the only tropical rainforest in the US
- murder capital of the world in 1991
- capital of cuba
- Cuba has more ___ than the entire continent of Africa
- big hairy creatures in Peru
- the government of Cuba
- capital of colombia
- cuban dish meaning "old clothes"
- there is a strong history of slavery here
- this country was named after Christopher Columbus
- capital of puerto rico
24 Clues: capital of cuba • capital of peru • capital of colombia • the government of Cuba • capital of puerto rico • most popular hobby in Cuba • big hairy creatures in Peru • a famous singer from Colombia • the national sport of Colombia • leader of medellin drug cartel • a 3 meat Puerto Rican sandwich • cuban dish meaning "old clothes" • murder capital of the world in 1991 • ...
russia ukraine 2022-03-02
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- One of the major reasons behind Russia and ukraine's history together
- the country trying to join nato
- the prime minister of the united kingdom
- the act of going through a country with force
- is a global superpower that is denying Ukraine from joining nato
- the russian capital city
- the Russian currency that as of March 2 2022 is has less worth than the us penny
- the dominantly European alliance
- Ukraine's capital city
- a global superpower that has been on the fence about joining in the conflict or watching
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- the russians defense minister
- the Russian leader
- the primary vehicle that is being used for invasions
- the country neighboured by Ukraine and Russia
- the union maintained into keeping global peace
- the main area that has 2 million people that has a lot of ethenic Russians and ethenic Ukrainians
- the UK prime defense minister
- Ukraine's leader during this conflict
- the current us president as of 2022
- a country where people from Ukraine are fleeing to
20 Clues: the Russian leader • Ukraine's capital city • the russian capital city • the russians defense minister • the UK prime defense minister • the country trying to join nato • the dominantly European alliance • the current us president as of 2022 • Ukraine's leader during this conflict • the prime minister of the united kingdom • the country neighboured by Ukraine and Russia • ...
World history: 20s, great depression, and world war 2 2022-04-27
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- something made illegally
- Happened because a 17 year old Jewish boy killed german diplomat
- the act of not buying a product or supporting to show support for a cause
- Fear that communism was spreading through US
- The genocide of Jewish people
- women in the 20s that showed energetic freedom that people thought were immoral
- mickey mouse first debut in 1928
- He ended democracy in italy and conquered part of africa
- The act of protecting US born citizens from immigrants
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- jobs for citizens in the 20s, usually construction work or art
- FDR plan to ending the great depression
- word that means a dictator plays on feelings of nationalism
- dwellings on city outskirts
- most famous silent film actor in 1920s
- places where people sold illegal alcohol
- put taxes on products overseas
- one of the largest invasions in history; happened in normandy france
- small pieces of a company investors buy and then sell
- forbidding something by law
- German political party that was ruled by Hitler
20 Clues: something made illegally • dwellings on city outskirts • forbidding something by law • The genocide of Jewish people • put taxes on products overseas • mickey mouse first debut in 1928 • most famous silent film actor in 1920s • FDR plan to ending the great depression • places where people sold illegal alcohol • Fear that communism was spreading through US • ...
Larissa's Crossword 2023-12-19
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- our first vacation together
- the best disney movie
- your favorite Christmas present
- the national park where we built a snowman
- my favorite Mexican singer
- the best Mexican coffee
- your aztec zodiac sign
- your rapper name
- The dog I saved us from
- your favorite flower
- the location of our first date
- the Mexican dish we tried cooking in the air fryer
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- my favorite Mexican candy
- the singer whose history you told me about while I was driving and sick
- my favorite hairless Mexican dog
- our favorite dessert
- what we made for breakfast together
- the town with the best alcohol in the world
- the museum we went to on our bike date
- the instrument we joked I'd play for our kids
- the disney short film where I said te amo
- your name if you were a farmer in the US
- Your favorite animal
- the name of the opera we saw together
- another nice place other than boston
25 Clues: your rapper name • our favorite dessert • Your favorite animal • your favorite flower • the best disney movie • your aztec zodiac sign • the best Mexican coffee • The dog I saved us from • my favorite Mexican candy • my favorite Mexican singer • our first vacation together • the location of our first date • your favorite Christmas present • my favorite hairless Mexican dog • ...
Introduction to Historical Thinking 2023-10-24
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- An opinion [preference] in favor of or against a place, material, idea, person or group of people.
- How a person experiences an event (your point-of-view).
- A declaration or statement of your conclusions.
- An account of important events from the past.
- A source that gives us information about an event, created by someone who DID NOT experience the event.
- A person who investigates the past and creates an account of important events.
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- The abilities you need to learn, practice and improve.
- to examine an event closely and in great detail.
- A source that gives us information about an event, documented/recorded by someone who experienced the event.
- Things that help us form a conclusion.
- The information you need to know.
- A description or explanation of events.
12 Clues: The information you need to know. • Things that help us form a conclusion. • A description or explanation of events. • An account of important events from the past. • A declaration or statement of your conclusions. • to examine an event closely and in great detail. • The abilities you need to learn, practice and improve. • ...
Franklin.d Roosevelt 2019-03-02
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- franklin d roosvelt political party
- One of the most active and admired first ladies in history
- first vice preident of franklin roosevelt
- How many terms as president did FDR serve?
- How many kids did Franklin and Eleanor have together
- Informal radio specious by FDR to reassure a worried nation.
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- The US declared war at the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
- On August 14, 1935, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed what?
- 32nd president of the us
- What month was Franklin Roosevelt born?
10 Clues: 32nd president of the us • franklin d roosvelt political party • What month was Franklin Roosevelt born? • first vice preident of franklin roosevelt • How many terms as president did FDR serve? • How many kids did Franklin and Eleanor have together • On August 14, 1935, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed what? • The US declared war at the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor • ...
Civil War 2025-05-15
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- Who wanted to keep slavery going?
- What word refers to citizens or ordinary people.
- The Northern side of the US.
- What was the bloodies battle in history?
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- The Southern side of the US.
- What was the biggest issue during the Civil war?
- Who won the election?
- What was the major turning point in the war?
- Royalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole.
- A major Union victory that gave them control of the Mississippi River?
10 Clues: Who won the election? • The Southern side of the US. • The Northern side of the US. • Who wanted to keep slavery going? • What was the bloodies battle in history? • What was the major turning point in the war? • What was the biggest issue during the Civil war? • What word refers to citizens or ordinary people. • ...
History 2026-02-23
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- Mesoamerican civilization famous for its calendar and pyramids.
- Ancient civilization that gave us democracy and the Olympics
- Prefix for "Industrial" Revolution in shorthand notes.
- US President during the end of the Cold War
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- Abbreviation used for dates after the birth of Christ
- The river that was the "lifeblood" of Ancient Egypt.
- Vasco da ___, the first European to reach India by sea
- A long and distinct period of history (e.g., Victorian ___)
- A medieval warrior who followed the code of chivalry.
- The guy who patented the lightbulb.
10 Clues: The guy who patented the lightbulb. • US President during the end of the Cold War • The river that was the "lifeblood" of Ancient Egypt. • Abbreviation used for dates after the birth of Christ • A medieval warrior who followed the code of chivalry. • Vasco da ___, the first European to reach India by sea • Prefix for "Industrial" Revolution in shorthand notes. • ...
Energy 2025-04-27
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- main component of natural gas
- CCS for short, process where carbon dioxide is pumped and buried underground in rock formations
- country with the largest reserves of oil
- to calculate this, divide energy returned by energy invested
- process that separates crude oil into its various hydrocarbon components
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- behavior changes that save energy; ex: unplugging unused devices
- petrochemicals from oil are used to make these everyday products
- the main fossil fuel used for transportation
- the ability to obtain more energy output while using less energy input
- fossil fuel formed from woody land plants that lived millions of years ago
- fossil fuel that is cleaner burning than coal and major source of US electricity
- worst environmental disaster in US history
- US government program that rates appliances according to their energy efficiency
- largest producer of oil in the world (country)
- technique that pumps chemically treated water under high pressure into layers of rock to crack them and release oil/gas
15 Clues: main component of natural gas • country with the largest reserves of oil • worst environmental disaster in US history • the main fossil fuel used for transportation • largest producer of oil in the world (country) • to calculate this, divide energy returned by energy invested • behavior changes that save energy; ex: unplugging unused devices • ...
US Trivia 2024-06-25
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- US President during the Civil War
- Country that gave Colonies support during Revolution War
- Approximate number of battles fought in Revolution
- First US president to declare war
- Presidents helicopter name
- Siege of Boston winners
- Man who warned the British were coming
- First African American and woman to be Vice-president
- Last state admitted to union
- Location Declaration of Independence during WWII
- Last Founding Father to be president
- US Colonies officially declare independence from who
- First Chief Justice of US
- First state to declare July 4th a state holiday
- George Washington crossed this river to surprise British
- Number of signatures on Declaration of Independence
- Alexander Hamilton dueled with this person
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- First man on the moon
- The space shuttle that exploded on re-entry
- Pilgrims' ship name
- Samuel Adams founded this revolutionary group
- First African American Major League Baseball player
- Bloodiest single-day battle in American history
- Biggest signature on Declaration of Independence
- Civil rights leader
- Number original printed copies of Declaration of Independence
- Captain of Titanic as it sank
- Continental Army wintered where in 1777–1778
- Native Americans who walked the Trail of Tears
- Number of people killed at Boston Massacre
- Host City to first official Independence Day celebration
- President born on 4th of July
- Confederate president in Civil War
- State that decided 2000 Elections
- Pocahontas's tribe
- Founding Father had dog named Satan in White House as president
- First African American President
- Dumped into Boston Harbor to protest Britain's taxation of Colonies
- Place Japanese first attacked the US
- State that seceded from Virginia
40 Clues: Pocahontas's tribe • Pilgrims' ship name • Civil rights leader • First man on the moon • Siege of Boston winners • First Chief Justice of US • Presidents helicopter name • Last state admitted to union • Captain of Titanic as it sank • President born on 4th of July • First African American President • State that seceded from Virginia • US President during the Civil War • ...
APUSH Unit 5 2026-04-29
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- A senator from Illinois who ran from president against Abraham Lincoln
- Amendment that secured blacks right to vote and protected citizens rights to vote.
- Agricultural system where landowners let farmers use land in return for large share of crops
- Withdrawling from the Union
- Laws that denied the legal rights to newly freed slaves
- A abolitionist who attempted to lead a slave revolt by capturing Americans in the south.
- Election in which Lincoln won because the Democrats were so split over slavery
- A formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office.
- Someone who works to end slavery
- Belief that the US was destined by God to expand from East to West.
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- An act that offered 160 acres of land free for anyone who agreed to live on the land and take care of the land.
- Amendment that abolished slavery in the US
- The treaty that settled the border of Texas and Mexico at the Rio Grande River.
- 11 former US states that seceded from the Union.
- A political Party that was dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery
- A war caused by Mexico not selling California and unable to settle the Mexico-Texas border.
- A rush of people into California as a result of gold being found.
- A federal fort in the harbor of Charleston. When the confederates attacked this fort, it began the Civil War.
- The 16th president of the US who helped preserve the US by defeating the secessionist confederacy
- The bloodiest single-day battle in American History. The first major battle of the American Civil War to take place on Northern Soil.
20 Clues: Withdrawling from the Union • Someone who works to end slavery • Amendment that abolished slavery in the US • 11 former US states that seceded from the Union. • Laws that denied the legal rights to newly freed slaves • A rush of people into California as a result of gold being found. • Belief that the US was destined by God to expand from East to West. • ...
IDENTIFYING DOORDASH TOOLS AND SYSTEMS FOR DASHER 2023-04-18
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- One of our 3rd party payment processors that handles credit card transactions
- This houses all DoorDash tools
- Creates easy to read dashboards with Dasher data
- Tool to process Dasher payments
- Main tool to communicate with the customer via phone, email or chat
- A third-party company that runs standard criminal history checks and motor vehicle reports(US only)
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- Tool that we use to view order details
- Risk prevention tool that allows us to detect and prevent fraud
- The software that allows for us to make telephone calls over the Internet via a computer
9 Clues: This houses all DoorDash tools • Tool to process Dasher payments • Tool that we use to view order details • Creates easy to read dashboards with Dasher data • Risk prevention tool that allows us to detect and prevent fraud • Main tool to communicate with the customer via phone, email or chat • ...
Parkinson Lane Community Primary School 2023-02-06
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- Today is a present tomorrow is a mystery but yesterday is …
- The subject in which the short date is essential.
- Coffee, Tea staff sit here and plan what to do.
- She knows it all and runs assemblies for us all.
- You read a map and race about.
- No PE kit? Dinner registers also go here.
- Tiny children learn, play and scream.
- A straight thing we use.
- Unusual for most schools... but we use this screen for trailers and special effects
- A person who is learning.
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- The best 15 minutes of your mornings!
- Fun after school!
- She used to swim but now she teaches us gym.
- Bonjour! Vous parlez français?
- Teachers stress, parents laugh after all it's a good laugh.
- Unjumble this- rouy ehdachtaere.
- You can put books in here but it isn't a bag.
- The study of the Earth and how to read maps.
- A place with spines and jackets for words.
- A time where we all eat.
20 Clues: Fun after school! • A straight thing we use. • A time where we all eat. • A person who is learning. • You read a map and race about. • Bonjour! Vous parlez français? • Unjumble this- rouy ehdachtaere. • The best 15 minutes of your mornings! • Tiny children learn, play and scream. • No PE kit? Dinner registers also go here. • A place with spines and jackets for words. • ...
Chapter 4 Crossword 2022-11-22
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- Nearly as described but not fit to a strict defintion
- Protection of equal privileges among all countries
- Roosevelt sent the US Navy on a voyage around the world to showcase our Army's strength.
- When a country is patriotic to an extreme and often uses war or violence to do so
- To take advantage of someone because they have something you want
- When there are stories in the news that are highly exaggerated or biased but are presented as the truth
- Built up the largest newspaper chain in the US and heavily influenced American journalism
- 26th US president
- The level of resistance something has against itself or another thing/person
- A time in our history when US cities seemed nice on the outside, but in reality, it wasn't at all
- A treaty between the US and Cuba that protected Cuba's independence from other countries
- To get in the way and take control of a situation
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- A stock of something that can be used by others
- To act against a rule of some kind
- When a country uses its money to influence another country
- Invented the Pulitzer Prize
- The idea that all the Americas should be united
- The application of knowledge to the practical aims of human life
- A state is being controlled and protected by another
- The idea that English-speaking countries were superior to other countries
- The idea of expanding one's land by taking over another
- Prepare and issue something for public distribution
- When a country has an influence on another country's development even though it has no actual authority over the other country
- He helped capture the Phillipines from Spain
24 Clues: 26th US president • Invented the Pulitzer Prize • To act against a rule of some kind • He helped capture the Phillipines from Spain • A stock of something that can be used by others • The idea that all the Americas should be united • To get in the way and take control of a situation • Protection of equal privileges among all countries • ...
OUR YEAR IN ENTERTAINMENT 2019-01-24
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- A Star Wars Story
- 80s wrestling at its finest (and most feminine)
- Rob Stark came back with a new career and thicker accent
- Ready Player ___
- This Nintendo console took over
- Children of ___ and Bone
- This teenage clique came to Broadway
- He swung into our homes via PS4
- The merman with the best abs
- We got a lot of Spiderman this year, including this very dark version
- This two-part magical play became the top-grossing non-musical show in Broadway history
- Into the ___ (“What’s up, danger?”)
- Stuff You Should ___ taught so much (wherever you listen to Podcasts)
- Still having nightmares about the Hormone Monster
- Childish Gambino shook the world with this video
- ___ Breaks the Internet
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- This teenage witch got a reboot
- These brothers directed the superhero movie that broke us
- Jurassic ___
- We finally got a lady version (lucky number 13)
- The Armchair Expert
- This guy came back with a more family-friendly Christmas special
- The home of the South Side Serpents
- T’Challa’s super smart sister
- He snapped away half of civilization
- This heroic family came back for its second animated movie
- Kendrick Lamar curated this soundtrack
- ___ and the Wasp
- This Is ___
- Queer ___ had us all in tears
- Netflix terrified us all with this haunting
- Red Dead ___
- BoJack ___
- Sorry to ___ You
- Good, Bad, or ___ Janet
- ___ Rich Asians
36 Clues: BoJack ___ • This Is ___ • Jurassic ___ • Red Dead ___ • ___ Rich Asians • Ready Player ___ • ___ and the Wasp • Sorry to ___ You • A Star Wars Story • The Armchair Expert • Good, Bad, or ___ Janet • ___ Breaks the Internet • Children of ___ and Bone • The merman with the best abs • T’Challa’s super smart sister • Queer ___ had us all in tears • This teenage witch got a reboot • ...
Black History Month 2023-12-04
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- State Black Wall Street is located
- Meredith Gourdine invented the method of converting gas into _____
- In 2021, federally recognized historical event
- Inventor of 3-way traffic light
- Worked with MLK Jr on civil rights
- Civil rights and voting rights activist (Good Trouble)
- Jackie Robinson, first AA to play major league _________
- In 1967, the US legalized interracial ________
- Ida B. Wells lost her teaching job for refusing to give up her ____
- Last name of the first Black self-made millionaire
- Practice of denying the right to vote
- First US HBCU to officially issue degrees to AAs
- State with most black institutions of higher learning
- Last name of rapper who won a Pulitzer Prize
- Author of “Lift Every Voice and Sing
- NASA Scientist Valerie Thomas inventor of ______ technology
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- Founder of the National Council of Negro Women in 1935
- Alabama city, major demonstration against segregation
- Travel guide for AAs published 1936-1966
- Black pilots who flew during WWII _____ Airmen
- First AA woman to go to space
- First AA appointed Supreme Court Justice
- Gordon Parks was the first AA to direct a major ______
- Dancer/Choreographer, founded dance company in 1957
- National organization founded on Lincoln’s birthday
- First AA woman US Supreme Court justice
- Initials of organization for nonviolent protests
- Shirley Jackson’s telecommunications research produced call waiting and _______ ID.
- First Black woman elected to US Congress
- Created Black History Month
30 Clues: Created Black History Month • First AA woman to go to space • Inventor of 3-way traffic light • State Black Wall Street is located • Worked with MLK Jr on civil rights • Author of “Lift Every Voice and Sing • Practice of denying the right to vote • First AA woman US Supreme Court justice • Travel guide for AAs published 1936-1966 • First AA appointed Supreme Court Justice • ...
Displacement 2024-02-28
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- Those name given to the boys who did not put yes on q27 and q28
- James____ was shot by the guards
- Her rebellious friend?
- Which event caused the US government to incarcerate the Japanese-Americans?
- What is her grandmother's name?
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- What song is playing as she returns home?
- The camp inmates had to prove their what?
- US History class is taught by Mrs.....
- Who is the protagonist?
- What is the name of the permanent camp she goes to?
10 Clues: Her rebellious friend? • Who is the protagonist? • What is her grandmother's name? • James____ was shot by the guards • US History class is taught by Mrs..... • What song is playing as she returns home? • The camp inmates had to prove their what? • What is the name of the permanent camp she goes to? • Those name given to the boys who did not put yes on q27 and q28 • ...
Cold War 2023-12-05
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- In 1964, North Vietnam fired torpedoes at a US ship in the Gulf of Tonkin, which in turn caused the US to declare military action against North Vietnam in this war
- A direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict
- An alliance between the Soviet Union and its communist satellite nations
- The Democratic side of Berlin
- Failed invasion that the US had on Cuba prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis
- The war that led to all the tension
- A place of extreme tension Ex. Berlin
- A physical barrier between East and West Germany
- A time in history when there was extreme tension between the USSR and the US
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- The leader of the USSR during the Cold War
- When The United States and Soviet Union competed with one another for political influence and military power
- A system of carrying supplies into Berlin by plane day and night. British and American pilots flew in lots of food, fuel, and raw materials
- After WW2, who continued to occupy Western Europe?
- The country that was reunified after the collapse of the USSR
- When Both countries competed to be the first to put a man in space and to land on the moon
- The US and USSR during WW2
- 1919-1920, many in the United States feared recent immigrants and dissidents, particularly those who embraced communist, socialist
- The Communist side of Berlin
- The imaginary dividing line that divided democratic countries in Western Europe and the Communist countries in Eastern Europe
- The war where the United States had to take a stand against Communist aggression in Korea.
20 Clues: The US and USSR during WW2 • The Communist side of Berlin • The Democratic side of Berlin • The war that led to all the tension • A place of extreme tension Ex. Berlin • The leader of the USSR during the Cold War • A physical barrier between East and West Germany • After WW2, who continued to occupy Western Europe? • ...
APUSH Word Puzzle 2026-05-06
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- A senator from Illinois who ran from president against Abraham Lincoln
- Amendment that secured blacks right to vote and protected citizens rights to vote.
- Agricultural system where landowners let farmers use land in return for large share of crops
- Withdrawling from the Union
- Laws that denied the legal rights to newly freed slaves
- A abolitionist who attempted to lead a slave revolt by capturing Americans in the south.
- Election in which Lincoln won because the Democrats were so split over slavery
- A formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office.
- Someone who works to end slavery
- Belief that the US was destined by God to expand from East to West.
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- An act that offered 160 acres of land free for anyone who agreed to live on the land and take care of the land.
- Amendment that abolished slavery in the US
- The treaty that settled the border of Texas and Mexico at the Rio Grande River.
- 11 former US states that seceded from the Union.
- A political Party that was dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery
- A war caused by Mexico not selling California and unable to settle the Mexico-Texas border.
- A rush of people into California as a result of gold being found.
- A federal fort in the harbor of Charleston. When the confederates attacked this fort, it began the Civil War.
- The 16th president of the US who helped preserve the US by defeating the secessionist confederacy
- The bloodiest single-day battle in American History. The first major battle of the American Civil War to take place on Northern Soil.
20 Clues: Withdrawling from the Union • Someone who works to end slavery • Amendment that abolished slavery in the US • 11 former US states that seceded from the Union. • Laws that denied the legal rights to newly freed slaves • A rush of people into California as a result of gold being found. • Belief that the US was destined by God to expand from East to West. • ...
APUSH Word Puzzle 2026-05-06
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- A senator from Illinois who ran from president against Abraham Lincoln
- Amendment that secured blacks right to vote and protected citizens rights to vote.
- Agricultural system where landowners let farmers use land in return for large share of crops
- Withdrawling from the Union
- Laws that denied the legal rights to newly freed slaves
- A abolitionist who attempted to lead a slave revolt by capturing Americans in the south.
- Election in which Lincoln won because the Democrats were so split over slavery
- A formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office.
- Someone who works to end slavery
- Belief that the US was destined by God to expand from East to West.
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- An act that offered 160 acres of land free for anyone who agreed to live on the land and take care of the land.
- Amendment that abolished slavery in the US
- The treaty that settled the border of Texas and Mexico at the Rio Grande River.
- 11 former US states that seceded from the Union.
- A political Party that was dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery
- A war caused by Mexico not selling California and unable to settle the Mexico-Texas border.
- A rush of people into California as a result of gold being found.
- A federal fort in the harbor of Charleston. When the confederates attacked this fort, it began the Civil War.
- The 16th president of the US who helped preserve the US by defeating the secessionist confederacy
- The bloodiest single-day battle in American History. The first major battle of the American Civil War to take place on Northern Soil.
20 Clues: Withdrawling from the Union • Someone who works to end slavery • Amendment that abolished slavery in the US • 11 former US states that seceded from the Union. • Laws that denied the legal rights to newly freed slaves • A rush of people into California as a result of gold being found. • Belief that the US was destined by God to expand from East to West. • ...
US History Ch 7 and 8 2021-10-29
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- Advocated for the US to trade with China
- Voters could introduce bills themselves
- allowed the US navy to get to the Atlantic Ocean from the Pacific Ocean faster
- gave government jobs as rewards to those who helped get a candidate elected
- the book that Upton Sinclair wrote
- Exposed corruption
- The right to vote
- ___ Diplomacy. Loaned colonies money to pay off debt
- "Speak softly but carry a big..."
- was the presidential nominee from the Bull Moose Party
- ___ Amendment. Allowed US to intervene in Cuba's business
- ___ Anti-trust Act: prevented courts from restricting unions
- Chinese KKK
- starting the Anti-lynching campaign
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- the act that was a part of the square deal
- was the cause for the first income tax laws
- Who wrote the book "How the Other Side Lives"
- Founded a settlement house called the Hull House
- Prohibited European countries to colonize in the Western Hemisphere
- the program founded by WEB DuBois
- believed that the US should annex
- the speech given by William Jennings Bryan
- the promise that President Wilson gave
- Adoption of a colony into another country
- President Roosevelt was known as a
- ___ Falls. The Women's Suffrage Movement that was held in 1848
- elected officials could be removed from office by voters
- Journalism that exaggerated the facts
28 Clues: Chinese KKK • The right to vote • Exposed corruption • the program founded by WEB DuBois • believed that the US should annex • "Speak softly but carry a big..." • the book that Upton Sinclair wrote • President Roosevelt was known as a • starting the Anti-lynching campaign • Journalism that exaggerated the facts • the promise that President Wilson gave • ...
US History 1st Semester Exam Review 2021-12-06
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- A change to the Constitution
- President can veto laws passed by Congress; Congress can coverride a presedential veto with a two-thirds vote; Supreme Court can declare a law passed by Congress unconstitutional
- Amendment that contains 5 freedoms: speech, press, religion, assembly, petition
- Against ratification of the Constitution because it did not include a Bill of Rights to protect individual liberties; They also belived the Constitution should give more power to the states
- A form of government in which people elect representatives to carry out the will of the people
- American victory that forced the British to surrender and led to the signing of the Treaty of Paris
- Colony founded as a refuge from religious persecution
- 2nd president; defended Redcoats at the Boston Massacre Trial; Negotiated the Treaty of Paris
- Leader of the Democratic-Republican Poltical Party; 3rd President of the United States
- Leader of the Federalist Polical Party and 1st Secretary of the Treasury.
- A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
- Because of a need for their own law, the rights they claim as Englishmen, and distance from Great Britain, they established their own.
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- bicameral legislature consisting of a House and Senate
- Formal approval
- Farmers in Pennsylvania rebelled against tax on whiskey. The incident showed that the federal government had the power to pass and enfore tax laws.
- Place where Washington's army spent the winter of 1777-1778, a 4th of troops died here from disease and malnutriton
- life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; these rights are defined by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence
- Amendment that syas No cruel and unusual punishment
- The first migrantion to a permanent English colony in North America, found 1607.
- a law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how territoris could apply for statehood once they had a population of sixty thousand free settlers
- A constitutional amendment designed to protect individuals accused of crimes. It includes the right to a speedy and public trial.
- A social contract in which the Pilgrims at Plymouth agreed to have fair laws to protect the general good
- focused on trading fur in the Great Lakes region
- This system created tension between Great Britain and the colonies by preventing colonists from trading with most other foreign counties
- Turning point of the American Revolution. It was very important because it convinced the French ally with the United States.
25 Clues: Formal approval • A change to the Constitution • focused on trading fur in the Great Lakes region • Amendment that syas No cruel and unusual punishment • Colony founded as a refuge from religious persecution • bicameral legislature consisting of a House and Senate • Leader of the Federalist Polical Party and 1st Secretary of the Treasury. • ...
US History A | Unit 5 Keywords 2021-09-25
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- Teddy Roosevelt's addition to the Monroe Doctrine stating that it is the US's responsibility to preserve stability in the Americas.
- An American battleship that exploded in the Havana harbor. Popular opinion and yellow journalism led Americans to blame Spain for the explosion, helping trigger the Spanish-American War.
- Party formed by President Theodore Roosevelt to compete against William Howard Taft.
- An informal agreement between the US and Japan aimed at curbing Japanese immigration to the US.
- An act that gave the government the authority to break up Native American land and force them to "assimilate" into American society.
- Antitrust act meant to limit monopolies.
- An invention that allowed farmers to keep cattle off their farms, bringing an end to the age of the open range.
- "The People's Party": a party supported mainly by western farmers who felt their needs were not being met by the Democrats or Republicans.
- A Native American tribe led by their Chief, Joseph. They attempted to flee to the Canadian border, but were hampered by US forces and forced to give up.
- Lakota Sioux leaders defeat General Custer's forces in Southern Montana.
- Writer who wrote books about poor boys rising to the middle-class through hard work and determination.
- An all-black peacekeeping regiment created during the Westward Expansion.
- Legislation that created a government on the newly annexed island of Puerto Rico.
- Helped found the Socialist Party in the US, and ran as their candidate 5 times.
- The immigrant's gateway to New York and the country.
- Policies or sentiment that favors the natives of a land over immigrants.
- Investigative journalists during the Progressive Era who exposed malpractice and other issues of the time.
- (Spell numbers out) Amendments giving Congress the power to levy federal income taxes, allowing people to directly electing senators, prohibiting liquor, and giving women the right to vote.
- A method of diplomacy using the US's economic power to build favorable policies and relations with other nations.
- A scottish-born steel tycoon, who retired to become a philanthropist.
- A style of diplomacy based on one of Theodore Roosevelt's favorite sayings: "Speak softly, and carry a big stick." It encouraged using the subtle threat of force in foreign diplomacy.
- Queen of Hawaii who fought US annexation, but ultimately failed.
- An essential canal built through Panama that removes the necessity for Atlantic boats to travel past the southern or northern tips of America to reach the Pacific, vice-versa.
- African-American activist who encouraged African-Americans to obtain vocational educations and work hard to rise to an equal place in society. His lack of criticism towards segregation and racial inequality stirred up lots of controversy.
- Nickname given to Secretary of State's William Seward's seemingly useless bid to purchase Alaska.
- Founder of Standard Oil, multimillionaire, and philanthropist.
- The point where the East and West sides of the Transcontinental railroad were linked.
- One company solely dominating an industry.
- First act giving the federal government the power to regulate railroads.
- Treaty that ended the Spanish-American War, giving Cuba independence and forcing Spain to cede Guam and Puerto Rico the US. (Spell numbers out)
- Investigative journalist famous for writing "The Jungle" a horrifying exposition of the meat industry in the US.
- Excessive and aggressive nationalism and nationalistic foreign policy, without reason.
- Civil Rights Organization founded in 1909 by racial equality by activists including WEB DuBois, Ida B. Wells, and others.
- American navy officer well known for his diplomatic journeys to Japan.
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- Group of whiskey distillers who planned to commit fraud and avoid federal taxes.
- Edgy federal troops ruthlessly massacre Sioux Indians on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
- A special process used in steel manufacturing.
- Policy proposed by the US that suggested free trade with China for all countries.
- Act barring the citizenship and immigration of Chinese in the US.
- Peasant uprising in imperialist China meant to drive out Western forces.
- Founder of the Ford Motor Company, and a pioneer of assembly line technology.
- An organization that supported and assisted farmers. Also known as the Patrons of Husbandry.
- Settlement house founded by Jane Addams and Ellen G. Starr to help immigrants in Chicago.
- A belief of "survival of the fittest" in society and refusing to help the poor or marginalized.
- Brilliant inventor who invented the lightbulb and video camera.
- Countries expanding through military force. Forms include colonies, protectorates, and spheres of influence.
- Supreme Court decision that ruled that segregation is constitutional using the "separate but equal" excuse.
- A prominent American financier.
- A volunteer regiment in the Spanish-American War led and recruited by Theodore Roosevelt, known for their bravery.
- A famous American political cartoonist who created the modern persona of Santa Claus and the GOP Elephant.
- A sweatshop factory fire that killed 146 workers and would have been preventable with proper safety measures.
- African-American activist and teacher who encouraged African-Americans to obtain classical educations.
- Labor union organization founded in 1886.
- Inventor of the telephone.
- Dramatic, sensational, and exaggerated journalism that aimed to draw attention, even at the cost of bending the truth. Common in the late 19th and early 20th century.
- A Democratic political machine that controlled New York for a good part of the 1800s.
- Legislation signed by Abraham Lincoln that is responsible for the settling of 10% of the US.
- French term meaning "to leave alone." Commonly used to describe unrestricted capitalism.
58 Clues: Inventor of the telephone. • A prominent American financier. • Antitrust act meant to limit monopolies. • Labor union organization founded in 1886. • One company solely dominating an industry. • A special process used in steel manufacturing. • The immigrant's gateway to New York and the country. • Founder of Standard Oil, multimillionaire, and philanthropist. • ...
US History Final Exam Crossword Review 2017-05-16
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- purchased for $5 million in 1819 from Spain
- 13, 14, 15... "free citizens ________"
- I said "The South should be welcomed back with kindness and forgiveness"
- Polk used this as an excuse to extend our borders
- Many Americans believed that expansion was our destiny
- another name for tenant farmers on the plantations of their former masters
- Cotton was the major cash-crop in this region
- my novel made people in the north think differently about slavery
- I gave supporters government jobs after I was elected... ppl called it the spoils system
- Supreme Court Case declaring slaves to be property
- Canals and railroads helped accelerate this era before the civil war
- pro-slavery and anti-slavery people clashed here
- This region sold cotton to England and hated tariffs
- I was an abolitionist who raided Harper's Ferry
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- most cost-effective mode of transportation and shipping in the mid-1800's.
- Eli Whitney invention - made things cheaper and faster to produce
- I warned European powers to stay out of the Americas
- demand for cotton in the North increased the need for these in the South
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony supported this
- doubled the size of the U.S. in 1803
- first African American to serve in the Senate
- People moved to cities in search of jobs during this era
- first Hispanic American to be awarded Congressional Medal of Honor
- first major battle on northern soil; enabled Abe to issue Emancipation
- compromises centered around the expansion of slavery into the ______________ .
- Temperance movement reformers wanted to stop the consumption of ___________.
- turning point; South could no longer invade the north
- amendment that forced governments to treat citizens equally
- Bureau created to help freed slaves
29 Clues: Bureau created to help freed slaves • doubled the size of the U.S. in 1803 • 13, 14, 15... "free citizens ________" • purchased for $5 million in 1819 from Spain • first African American to serve in the Senate • Cotton was the major cash-crop in this region • I was an abolitionist who raided Harper's Ferry • pro-slavery and anti-slavery people clashed here • ...
US History Units 3-4 Review 2017-08-30
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- printed booklets listing products to buy that were delivered by mail
- founder of famous # in Chicago
- term for shift from rural areas to urban areas and growth of cities
- banned Chinese laborers from entering the US for several decades
- banking industrialist
- person moving into your country from another land
- community and welfare center created to aid poor immigrant neighborhoods
- Alexander Graham Bell is most famous for this invention
- to blend or adopt culture of the nation in which one immigrates
- dirty, crowded, unsafe innercity apartment
- railroad industrialist
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- the change from small hand production to large factory manufacturing by machine
- another term for monopolies in which a single company control of all supply of a product and stifles the competition
- group that organizes network of supporters to defeat opposing group in corrupt ways
- positive term to describe an industrialist of the era
- mass producing products by dividing job into many small steps
- led infamous # , known as Tammany Hall
- famous immigration processing center in New York City
- oil industrialist
- machine invented for harvesting wheat which cut number of jobs in rural areas
20 Clues: oil industrialist • banking industrialist • railroad industrialist • founder of famous # in Chicago • led infamous # , known as Tammany Hall • dirty, crowded, unsafe innercity apartment • person moving into your country from another land • positive term to describe an industrialist of the era • famous immigration processing center in New York City • ...
US History Vocabulary Ch. 20 & 21 2018-08-30
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- Residential area outside a city center.
- A type of residence that is often run-down and crowded.
- line Factory method in which work moves past stationary workers who perform a single task.
- To set apart or cut off.
- Total control of a type of industry by one person or one company.
- A group sharing in some activity, for example, among railroad barons who made a secret agreements and set rates among themselves.
- A combination of firms or corporations formed by a legal agreement especially to reduce competition.
- breaker Person hired to replace a striking worker in order to break up a strike.
- The practice of combing different companies into one.
- journalism A type of journalism based on sensational stories.
- A discount or return of part of a payment.
- Anti-immigrant.
- A type of theatrical show with dancing, singing, comedy, and magic acts.
- A court order to stop something from happening.
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- To hire people for jobs.
- production Factory production of goods in large quantities.
- Of or like a city.
- Highly populated, poor, run-down, urban area.
- groups People who share a common culture or heritage.
- house Place in large cities where people get assistance with social problems and challenges related to urban life.
- A person who starts a business.
- baron Powerful business leader who controlled a major railroad.
- The combining of two or more businesses into one.
- To become part of a larger culture.
- Legally defined organization of people and resources with the purpose of doing business.
- Shares of ownership a company sells in its business.
- An American music style combining work songs, gospel music, spirituals, and African rhythms.
27 Clues: Anti-immigrant. • Of or like a city. • To hire people for jobs. • To set apart or cut off. • A person who starts a business. • To become part of a larger culture. • Residential area outside a city center. • A discount or return of part of a payment. • Highly populated, poor, run-down, urban area. • A court order to stop something from happening. • ...
US History: Creating a New Nation 2014-10-23
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- official approval
- group of electors chosen by states
- political leader from Connecticut proposed the Great Compromise
- makes laws
- set of laws of the new government where two levels of government shared fundamental powers
- system where one branch is unable to dominate the other
- Ordinanceof1785 congresses plan for surveying land
- a Two house congress to satisfy both big and small states
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- representative of Virginia known as the "Father of the Constitution
- supporters of the constitution
- states slaves counted as 3/5 of a person in states population
- a series of 85 essays defending the Constitution
- interpret laws
- ten amendments made to the constitution
- new government form that divides power between national power and state power
- idea that government should be based off of the consent of the people
- opposed strong government and were against the Constitution
- carry's out laws
- an alliance
- Ordinanceof1787 congress plan for dividing the land into territories
- farmers protest that caused panic through the nation
- a government where citizens rule through representatives
22 Clues: makes laws • an alliance • interpret laws • carry's out laws • official approval • supporters of the constitution • group of electors chosen by states • ten amendments made to the constitution • a series of 85 essays defending the Constitution • Ordinanceof1785 congresses plan for surveying land • farmers protest that caused panic through the nation • ...
US History - Imperialism & WWI (1853-1919) 2016-09-05
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- deadlock in which neither side is strong enough to defeat the other.
- policy issued by Sec. of State John Hay in 1899 that allowed a nation to trade in any other nation's sphere of influence in China.
- name for the steam powered ships of the enlarged and modernized American Navy of the early 1900s.
- not taking sides in a conflict
- policy of building up strong armed forces to prepare for war
- statement by Roosevelt that the US had a right to intervene in Latin America to preserve law and order
- belief that one race is superior to another.
- uprising in China against westerners and Western influence in 1900.
- to add on or take over
- news reporting, often biased and untrue, that relies on sensational stories and headlines.
- addition to an earlier stated principle
- military alliance of those opposed to the Central Powers – Britain, France, Russian Empire, Italy…
- title of the German emperor
- military unit organized by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War.
- Nation whose independence is limited by the control of a more powerful country.
- an 1854 treaty between Japan and the US that opened up ports to American trade in Japan
- British passenger ship that was torpedoed by a German U-Boat in 1915.
- policy of powerful countries seeking to control the economic and political affairs of weaker countries or regions.
- President Taft’s policy of building strong economic ties to Latin America
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- narrow strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land
- military alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire during WWI
- excessive pride in one’s nation
- served as the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921.
- amendment to the 1902 Cuban constitution that allowed the US to intervene in Cuba.
- policy of remaining apart from the political affairs or interests of other countries.
- area where a nation had special trading privileges.
- Law passed by Congress in 1900 under which the US gave Puerto Ricans a limited say in government.
- members of the U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army, formed on September 21, 1866 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
- served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
- ware between Spain and the US in 1898
- a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.
- act of cruelty and brutality
- policy of moving large numbers of people into camps for political or military purposes.
- spreading of ideas to help a cause or hurt an opposing cause.
- policy of expanding a nation's boundaries.
- President Wilson’s policy of condemning imperialism, spreading democracy, and prompting peace.
- German submarine used in WWI and WWII
- person who deliberately uses violence to spread fear and achieve political goals
38 Clues: to add on or take over • title of the German emperor • act of cruelty and brutality • not taking sides in a conflict • excessive pride in one’s nation • ware between Spain and the US in 1898 • German submarine used in WWI and WWII • addition to an earlier stated principle • policy of expanding a nation's boundaries. • belief that one race is superior to another. • ...
US History Chapters 18-20 Crossword 2023-03-16
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- 2 words - purposely exaggerating and dramatizing events in order to make profits, even if it isn't exactly the truth - similar to sensationalism or clickbait
- areas on the edges of cities made up of residences where people often commute to jobs in cities
- 2 words - a policy that required the government to only print money that was equal to the total value of its gold reserves
- first and last name of businessman who was extremely successful in the oil business, founding the Standard Oil Company
- someone who fights for the right to vote - particularly a woman's right to vote
- 2 words - a railroad that ran across the continent
- 2 words - a tax paid by employed people to the government, passed in 1913
- 2 words - as minerals were depleted from boomtowns they quickly turned to these
- 2 words - system where workers stand in place while items to be put together move past them on a conveyor belt - very efficient
- a system in which a stronger nation controls weaker nations or territories
- as people expanded Westward, they realized the midwestern US was covered in this vast area of flat land with tall plants, great for grazing animals
- exclusive rights granted to inventors
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- name for an economic downturn, as faced by farmers in the early 1870s
- name for specific parts of land for Native Americans to live - lots in Oklahoma
- hyphenated 2 words - French term and concept that businesses can operate without much government intervention
- 3 words - laws that were passed that heavily restricted minorities, especially black people
- nickname for factories with low wages, unsafe conditions, and long work hours
- efforts made to force American ideals and culture on Native Americans
- the belief that common people, not the wealthy, should control the government
- an economic system in which private individuals or groups own and profit from business
- as ranching grew, cattle were transported to these meat processing facilities (a huge one was in Chicago)
- a person who has to flee their country to escape danger or persecution
- first and last name of businessman who was extremely successful in the steel industry
- someone who meets with lawmakers and tries to persuade them to support particular laws and political ideas
- a hard metal made from a mixture of iron and carbon
- extreme growth of cities instead of rural areas, especially for immigrants in search of opportunity
26 Clues: exclusive rights granted to inventors • 2 words - a railroad that ran across the continent • a hard metal made from a mixture of iron and carbon • name for an economic downturn, as faced by farmers in the early 1870s • efforts made to force American ideals and culture on Native Americans • a person who has to flee their country to escape danger or persecution • ...
US HISTORY CROSS WORD- Sam Treshinsky 2022-09-14
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- a slave uprising in the colonies
- 2nd largest ethnic group in the early colonies
- this was grown just to make money of them
- britains rival while settling america
- the three part exchange between Africa,Europe, and the colonies
- a founding father that also invented the bi-focals
- men from the colonies fighting for great britain
- the exersize of using reason and scientic methods to figure out soloutions
- the religous revivle in the 1700
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- controlled the dominion of NE
- the toughest part of the triangle trade
- placed taxes on imports to the colonies
- when britain relaxed its laws on the colonies
- large southern farm
- a theory used to enrich britain
- came to the colonies from europe in hopes to learn trades
- was meant to punish colonist for smuggling goods
- king James created this territory from southern Maine to New Jersy
- the governing body of great britain
- the colonies leader and general through the french and indian war and the revoloutinary war
20 Clues: large southern farm • controlled the dominion of NE • a theory used to enrich britain • a slave uprising in the colonies • the religous revivle in the 1700 • the governing body of great britain • britains rival while settling america • the toughest part of the triangle trade • placed taxes on imports to the colonies • this was grown just to make money of them • ...
US History - Settlement in the West 2023-09-07
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- One who makes exploration, search, or examination, especially for minerals
- People who are the first to settle in a region
- A large covered wagon used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
- The herding and moving of cattle over long distances
- The first rail line to California that relied on gov't support and immigrant labor
- The Native American tribe that defeated Custer and put up the greatest resistance to U.S. domination
- 1862 Act that gave 160 acres of land to citizens willing to live on and cultivate it for five years
- Name given to African Americans who migrated from states along the Mississippi River to Kansas in the 1800s
- Troops trained to fight on horseback
- Forts or stopping places along the trail where people could buy supplies
- Former mining town that became deserted is known as a _________ town
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- Unexplored land
- Someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime
- Trail A trail that ran from San Antonio (TX) to Abilene (KS). One of the most popular routes for cattle drives in the 1860's
- Areas of federal land set aside for Native Americans
- Sam Houston came to rely on this group for defense of the frontier after experiencing issues with the army
- A public bar, especially in the past in the western United States
- Land designated by the federal government for building schools, roads, or railroads
- A group of persons with legal power to help a sheriff keep the peace
- A town that grew fast in mining areas where there were rushes
- Symbol burned into an animal hide to show ownership
- Mountain range in the north that the Oregon Trail passed to the south of
- Act that authorized the President to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Native Americans
- A hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
- Many traveled to California and Nevada to mine for this metal
25 Clues: Unexplored land • Troops trained to fight on horseback • People who are the first to settle in a region • Symbol burned into an animal hide to show ownership • Areas of federal land set aside for Native Americans • The herding and moving of cattle over long distances • A town that grew fast in mining areas where there were rushes • ...
US History 2 Final Exam review 2022-05-10
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- american soldiers during WW1
- the main provision of the selective service act
- The breaking up of monopolies
- the cause of Nixon's resignation
- The extension of power by 1 country over another for the benefit of the controlling country
- anti-Sandinista guerillas in Nicarauga
- government health insurance for the elderly
- this and tobacco were the twin pillars of the South's economy
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- influencing foreign affairs through investment
- progressive writers that exposed corruption
- Truce that ended WW1
- opened free trade with Mexico
- Protection for private money in banks
- a court order forbidding an action
- separated eastern Europe from the free West
- lightning war
- high unemployment + high inflation
- pro-communist south Vietnamese
- Hitler's book
- Germany and its allies
20 Clues: lightning war • Hitler's book • Truce that ended WW1 • Germany and its allies • american soldiers during WW1 • The breaking up of monopolies • opened free trade with Mexico • pro-communist south Vietnamese • the cause of Nixon's resignation • a court order forbidding an action • high unemployment + high inflation • Protection for private money in banks • ...
US History 2 Final Exam Practice 2023-05-23
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- The ___ Pact was the alliance of Communist countries during the Cold War
- Widespread fear of communism in the United States
- Laws in the South that kept society racially segregated
- President Reagan supported ___-side economic theory of cutting taxes to promote job growth
- Coalition of religious and fiscally conservative voters in the 1980s
- Term for what the US did to Japanese citizens during World War II
- Type of family made up of a father, mother and 2-3 kids
- The Camp ___ Accords was the treaty between Israel and Egypt brokered by President Carter
- Village where American soldiers were accused of committing atrocities in Vietnam
- Segregation enforced by law
- Idea that Communism should be kept in its existing borders
- The March on ___ was where MLK gave his "I Have a Dream" speech
- Abbreviation for the alliance of democratic countries during the Cold War
- Economic issue combining rising prices and high unemployment
- A generation ___ is the different ideas and beliefs between age groups in society
- Campaign by the Nazis to wipe out Jewish people and other undesirables during World War II
- The ___ Doctrine said the US would help any countries threatened by Communism
- Belief that men and women should be equal in society
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- City that needed supplies airlifted to it after being blockaded by Stalin
- Silent ___ was a book by Rachel Carson supporting the environmental movement
- The ___ Missile Crisis was started by Soviet nuclear weapons placed near the US
- The imaginary border between Communist and democratic countries during the Cold War
- The hostage crisis in this country involved 66 Americans held for 444 days
- Segregation enforced by custom, tradition or history
- Strategic ___ Initiative was designed to shoot down nuclear missiles with lasers
- Term for rebel South Vietnamese fighting the US in the Vietnam War
- Free-trade agreement between the US, Canada and Mexico
- The Great ___ was a plan by Lyndon B. Johnson to fight poverty and racism
- Type of protest that involved refusing to move from a restaurant until being served
- Scandal that led to the resignation of President Nixon
- The huge number of children being born after World War II
- First man-made satellite sent into orbit
- The United Farm Workers union was led by Cesar ___
- ___ Theory was the idea that if one country fell to communism, others would too
34 Clues: Segregation enforced by law • First man-made satellite sent into orbit • Widespread fear of communism in the United States • The United Farm Workers union was led by Cesar ___ • Segregation enforced by custom, tradition or history • Belief that men and women should be equal in society • Free-trade agreement between the US, Canada and Mexico • ...
US History Chapter 16 Crossword Puzzle 2025-02-11
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- This Machine Standardized sizes and design/lighter weight and color.
- New machines and methods
- He was an honest but weak president.
- He invented the phonograph and the light bulb.
- Who was nominated because he stood up to republican corruption.
- Who became president and did a good job.
- These were raised and it hurt the economy.
- He was known for Railroads.
- He was a food producer.
- He was known for finance and banking.
- Who beat Williams Jennings Bryan in the Election of 1896.
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- Many immigrants passed through this spot when they came to America.
- He was assassinated by Charles Guiteau.
- He has a book and it’s anti-black.
- The movement of the populations to the city.
- He beat Harrison in the Election of 1892
- High tariffs/allowed immigration.
- Connect the east and the west.
- He was known for steel.
- He was known for his work with Oil.
- He invented the telephone.
21 Clues: He was known for steel. • He was a food producer. • New machines and methods • He invented the telephone. • He was known for Railroads. • Connect the east and the west. • High tariffs/allowed immigration. • He has a book and it’s anti-black. • He was known for his work with Oil. • He was an honest but weak president. • He was known for finance and banking. • ...
US History vocabulary pp. 19/27 2025-02-16
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- a formal withdrawal from membership in a unified whole
- a temporary solution
- dark foreboding
- prevent (temporarily)
- encourage violent or unlawful behavior
- important
- peace
- danger
- essential or fundamental
- take away guilt
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- a system of belief
- great in amount, scale, or intensity
- a misplacement in time
- avoid dealing with a problem
- the state of being held in servitude
- complete and total
- make somethin seem less important
- motivation
- appease, pacify
- it is created by all living things
20 Clues: peace • danger • important • motivation • dark foreboding • appease, pacify • take away guilt • a system of belief • complete and total • a temporary solution • prevent (temporarily) • a misplacement in time • essential or fundamental • avoid dealing with a problem • make somethin seem less important • it is created by all living things • great in amount, scale, or intensity • ...
US History Chapter 10 Word Search 2025-04-22
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- The official power to make legal decisions.
- The 1803 U.S. land deal that doubled the nation's size.
- 4th U.S. President; led the nation during the War of 1812.
- Money or goods given to show respect or obedience.
- To buy something.
- To think something is smaller or less important than it is.
- 3rd U.S. President; author of the Declaration of Independence and leader of the Republican Party.
- A basic rule or belief.
- Pride and loyalty to one’s country.
- A government order to stop trade with another country.
- Almost the same; alike.
- A fast, medium-sized warship.
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- Political party favoring a strong central government, led by Hamilton.
- Conflict between the U.S. and Britain over trade and territorial rights.
- The power to give orders or make decisions.
- A rule that limits something.
- Taxes on imported or exported goods.
- To respond to something.
- Political party favoring limited federal government, led by Jefferson.
- Rights: The right of a country to stay out of a war between others.
- To break away from a group or country.
- A desired result or aim.
22 Clues: To buy something. • A basic rule or belief. • Almost the same; alike. • To respond to something. • A desired result or aim. • A rule that limits something. • A fast, medium-sized warship. • Pride and loyalty to one’s country. • Taxes on imported or exported goods. • To break away from a group or country. • The official power to make legal decisions. • ...
US History: Western State Indigenous Peoples 2025-01-14
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- very fine slender piece of fish bone with a point at one end and a hole or eye for thread at the other, used in sewing
- region of the United States first inhabited by indigenous tribes
- practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, and killing animals
- native tribes crossed into North America from this continent
- the direction indigenous peoples travelled from Asia to North America
- a group's set of common values and traditions, including language, government, and family relationships
- activity of catching fish for food
- climates and landscapes that surround living things
- fish most often eaten by indigenous people with access to major rivers or the Pacific Ocean
- weapon with a long wooden shaft and a pointed stone tip used for hunting
- social group in a society consisting of people with the same language, culture, and religion
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- major river located in Alaska
- correct term used to describe the first tribes to inhabit North America
- indigenous peoples from Siberia first inhabited this present-day state in the USA
- this large southwest state is home to many indigenous tribes
- land bridge between northeastern Asia and present-day Alaska
- river that runs south from Minnesota into the Gulf of Mexico
- the direction indigenous peoples travelled after entering present-day Alaska
- type of rock most commonly used by indigenous peoples to make tools and weapons
- movement of people or animals from one region to another
- this term means ancient
21 Clues: this term means ancient • major river located in Alaska • activity of catching fish for food • climates and landscapes that surround living things • movement of people or animals from one region to another • native tribes crossed into North America from this continent • this large southwest state is home to many indigenous tribes • ...
US History Semester Review Part 1 2025-01-05
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- Complete control over an industry or market by one company.
- Inventor of the phonograph, the light bulb, and other innovations.
- A revolutionary method for producing steel cheaply and efficiently.
- Signed on July 4th, 1776, the US declared itself free from Britain. It says all people deserve “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.”
- Inventor of the telephone.
- The manufacture of goods in large quantities, often using assembly lines.
- Organizations formed by workers to advocate for better wages and working conditions.
- Laws enforcing racial segregation in the South.
- Johnson The 17th U.S. President who faced impeachment during Reconstruction.
- The first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate.
- The post-Civil War period aimed at rebuilding the South and integrating freed slaves into society.
- John D. Rockefeller’s company that dominated the oil industry.
- Political group that pushed for harsh measures against the South during Reconstruction.
- Constitutional amendment that abolished slavery in the United States.
- Violent 1892 labor conflict at a steel plant in Pennsylvania.
- A deadly labor protest in Chicago in 1886 that turned public opinion against unions.
- Federal agency created to aid freed slaves and poor whites in the South after the Civil War.
- The assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.
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- Large businesses or organizations that operate as a single entity.
- The status granted by the 14th Amendment to anyone born or naturalized in the U.S.
- Laws passed in Southern states to restrict African Americans’ freedoms after the Civil War.
- 1882 law that banned Chinese immigration to the U.S.
- Pioneer of assembly-line production and the Model T car.
- Industrialist who dominated the steel industry and promoted philanthropy.
- Exams used to disenfranchise African American voters during the Jim Crow era.
- The entry point for millions of immigrants arriving in the U.S. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- Inventors of the first successful powered airplane.
- An early labor organization that sought to organize all workers.
- - America’s framework of government, it establishes a system with three co-equal branches of government.
- An economic system based on private ownership and free markets.
- Overcrowded urban housing for poor immigrant families.
- The affordable car produced by Henry Ford’s assembly line.
32 Clues: Inventor of the telephone. • The assassin of President Abraham Lincoln. • Laws enforcing racial segregation in the South. • Inventors of the first successful powered airplane. • 1882 law that banned Chinese immigration to the U.S. • Overcrowded urban housing for poor immigrant families. • The first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate. • ...
GSE US History 1st Semester 2.0 2026-03-11
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- Steel industry leader that used Vertical Integration as a monopolistic practice
- Leader of rebellion during the Articles of Confederation
- President associated with the Era of Good Feelings
- Last name of leading reformer in promoting conservation movements
- Job directly elected as a result of the 17th amdendment
- Ethnic group that contributed the MOST to the building of the western portion of the transcontinental railroad
- Term describing John Calhoun's effort to have South Carolina refuse to enforce a tariff.
- President that attempted to ban criticism of the President with the Sedition Act
- Two word term (no space) describing the British policy of leaving day to day enforcement to the colonial governments.
- Type of election that removes someone from office before the end of their term
- Two word term (no space) describing the man made object that was the center of the "burned over district" in the 2nd Great Awakening
- Term for a journalist that exposed corruption in society during the progressive era
- Economic theory that encouraged imperialism and colonization
- Group (answer includes hyphen) that demanded the Bill of Rights be added to the Constitution
- Two word name (no space) of the Sioux leader of the Ghost Dance Movement.
- State that entered as a non-slave state in the Compromise of 1850
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- Religious group that founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony
- President associated with the Louisiana Purchase
- American ambassador to France during the American Revolution
- Religious group associated with tolerance, pacifism, and Pennsylvania
- Affair that led to the quasi-war
- Term describing the 18th amendment ban on alcohol
- First secretary of the Treasury and founder of the Federalist Party
- This was ended by the Compromise of 1877
- Last name of President associated with the Trail of Tears
- Crop that became the main cash crop of colonial Virginia
- American Revolution battle that convinced the French to join the war
- President associated with the War of 1812
- Labor union that only allowed skilled workers
- President that set the precedents of serving only two terms and appointing a cabinet
- City burned down during Sherman's March to the Sea
- Island that housed the processing center for European immigrants
- The Great Compromiser and the creator of the American System
33 Clues: Affair that led to the quasi-war • This was ended by the Compromise of 1877 • President associated with the War of 1812 • Labor union that only allowed skilled workers • President associated with the Louisiana Purchase • Term describing the 18th amendment ban on alcohol • President associated with the Era of Good Feelings • ...
Women of US History Crossword Puzzle 2026-04-20
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- She was the first woman to become a minister
- Who wrote the Declaration of Sentments
- She was a Missionary in the Pacific
- Road helped fight in a war, only living to 17
- She was a co-founder and vice president of the National Association of Colored Women’s Club
- She helped spark the Montgomery Bus boycott by refusing to give up seat on a bus
- She helped enslaved people from Europe escape and helped used her medical degree to continue to help
- She was a successful business women in San Fransico who could not read or write
- Born with the name Isabella Bomfree
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- In the World Anti-Slavery Conference, she made her best speech and stated that men and women should be treated equally.
- She rebuilt her hotel business multiple times after many natural disasters while her husband had divorced her
- Helped build LA
- She might replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill
- She was on the Lewis and Clark expedition
- She was the first woman to win a Nobel Piece prize
- She was honored as a member of the society of Colorado for her achievements
- The first woman to have a college degree
- There is a China Mary road in Evanston to commemorate her.
- Wrote a speech about how women's income is more unfair than mens
- One of the best sharpshooters of all time
20 Clues: Helped build LA • She was a Missionary in the Pacific • Born with the name Isabella Bomfree • Who wrote the Declaration of Sentments • The first woman to have a college degree • She was on the Lewis and Clark expedition • One of the best sharpshooters of all time • She was the first woman to become a minister • Road helped fight in a war, only living to 17 • ...
us history crossword review, 1850-1900 2026-04-28
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- law banning Chinese immigration to the United States
- belief that the strong succeed and the weak fail in society
- idea that people in a territory vote to decide issues like slavery
- law giving free land to settlers who would live on and farm it
- wealthy industrialists accused of unfair business practices
- time of rapid economic growth with corruption and inequality
- organization of workers formed to protect rights and improve conditions
- controlling many companies in the same industry
- amendment giving African American men the right to vote
- when a state leaves the Union
- owning all steps of production in a business
- group of companies run by one board to reduce competition
- laws enforcing racial segregation in the South
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- political party representing farmers and workers in the late 1800s
- law aimed at breaking up monopolies and trusts
- Union general who became president during Reconstruction
- amendment that abolished slavery in the United States
- fencing material that helped control land and livestock in the West
- complete control of an industry by one company
- amendment granting citizenship and equal protection under the law
- war in 1898 where the U.S. defeated Spain and gained territories
- plan to rebuild the South by allowing states back when ten percent swore loyalty
- journalist who exposed corruption and social problems
- major Civil War battle in 1863 that was a turning point for the Union
- Southern whites who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party
- period after the Civil War focused on rebuilding the South and integrating freed slaves
- Northerners who moved South during Reconstruction for political or economic gain
- treaty that ended the Spanish American War and gave land to the U.S.
- policy of using military power to influence other countries
- businessman who improved car production with assembly lines
30 Clues: when a state leaves the Union • owning all steps of production in a business • law aimed at breaking up monopolies and trusts • complete control of an industry by one company • laws enforcing racial segregation in the South • controlling many companies in the same industry • law banning Chinese immigration to the United States • ...
DUAL CREDIT US HISTORY TERM PRACTICE 2026-04-28
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- Railroad connecting the Atlantic and Pacific.
- Case legalizing "separate but equal" doctrine.
- 1882 law banning specific immigrants.
- Farming system causing cycle of debt.
- Formal charges brought against Andrew Johnson.
- Amendment protecting voting rights by race.
- 1890 massacre ending Indian Wars.
- National organization for farmer advocacy.
- Corrupt New York political machine.
- Amendment that officially abolished slavery.
- 1867 purchase called "Seward's Folly."
- Belief in necessary Westward expansion.
- Journalists exposing Gilded Age corruption.
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- Post-Civil War era of Southern rebuilding.
- 1894 national strike against railroads.
- Law breaking up Native American lands.
- Political movement for farmers and laborers.
- Law requiring merit for government jobs.
- Method for mass-producing cheap steel.
- Black migrants moving to Kansas.
- 1877 deal that ended Reconstruction.
- Era of wealth hiding social problems.
- Northerners moving South during Reconstruction.
- Southern laws enforcing racial segregation.
- 1862 act giving free Western land.
- Industrialists using cutthroat business practices.
- Amendment granting citizenship and equal protection.
- Southerners supporting Republican Reconstruction policies.
- "Survival of the fittest" business theory.
- 1890 law used to break monopolies.
30 Clues: Black migrants moving to Kansas. • 1890 massacre ending Indian Wars. • 1862 act giving free Western land. • 1890 law used to break monopolies. • Corrupt New York political machine. • 1877 deal that ended Reconstruction. • 1882 law banning specific immigrants. • Era of wealth hiding social problems. • Farming system causing cycle of debt. • ...
dual credit US history, 1850-1900 2026-04-29
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- Farming system where tenants paid rent with crops
- Barons Powerful industrialists with unethical business practices
- Act Law granting free land to settlers willing to farm it
- Darwinism Belief that competition improves society
- Island Main immigration processing center in New York
- Organized work stoppage by employees
- Growth of factories and machine-based manufacturing
- Railroad Railroad connecting the U.S. east and west coasts
- Rush Mass migration to areas with gold discoveries
- Age Era of rapid economic growth and political corruption
- Labor Use of children as factory and mine workers
- Crow Laws State laws enforcing racial segregation
- Proclamation Order freeing enslaved people in Confederate states
- Movement of people from rural areas to cities
- Strong metal used in construction and railroads
- War U.S. war between North and South from 1861 to 1865
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- Movement to end slavery in the United States
- Destiny Belief that the U.S. should expand westward
- Unions Worker organizations that fought for better conditions
- Invention allowing long-distance voice communication
- Movement of people into the United States
- Period of rebuilding the South after the Civil War
- v. Ferguson Court case allowing legal segregation
- Overcrowded apartment housing for the urban poor
- Party Political party supporting farmers and workers
- New power source transforming industry and cities
- Strong loyalty to regional interests
- Device sending messages over electrical wires
- Economic system based on private business ownership
- Line Manufacturing process that increased production speed
30 Clues: Strong loyalty to regional interests • Organized work stoppage by employees • Movement of people into the United States • Movement to end slavery in the United States • Device sending messages over electrical wires • Movement of people from rural areas to cities • Strong metal used in construction and railroads • Overcrowded apartment housing for the urban poor • ...
Final Project 2022-05-19
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- Who did the US get Florida from
- First document of self-government
- Who wrote Uncle Toms Cabin
- First battle of the American Revolution
- The right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
- Gave slaves the right to vote
- Who did the colonist disguise themselves as at the Boston Tea Party
- The branch who makes the laws
- Who was the first president of the US
- Turning point of the American Revolution
- First African American to have a seat on the US Senate
- Protects your right of freedom of speech
- Movement that believed that the consumption of alcohol was a sin
- Helped more that 300 enslaved people escape from slavery
- The belief that it was a god given right to move west
- The lowest point of the American Revolution
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- Doubled the US in size
- Who wrote the liberator
- What was the South called during the Civil War
- The amendment that freed slaves
- Which act imposed a tax on tea
- Protects your right to bear arms
- Named the bloodiest battle in American history
- Who made the cotton gin
- Northerners who came to the South during reconstruction
- Who wrote the Declaration of Independence
- What was the North called during the Civil War
- Last battle of the American Revolution
- Who was the treasurer in George Washingtons cabinet
- Who made the steamboat
- Southerners who believed in Reconstruction policies
31 Clues: Doubled the US in size • Who made the steamboat • Who wrote the liberator • Who made the cotton gin • Who wrote Uncle Toms Cabin • Gave slaves the right to vote • The branch who makes the laws • Which act imposed a tax on tea • Who did the US get Florida from • The amendment that freed slaves • Protects your right to bear arms • First document of self-government • ...
lesson 2 crossword 2022-09-27
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- a group that lives in the same area
- an early forms of humans
- an early ancestor of humans
- to have knowledge
- the first hominin to stand upright
- a special feature or characteristic
- to be helpful
- to stand with a straight back
- the hominin most like us
- a natural opening in a rock
- to construct
- a combustion or burning
- an ability or skill
- an object made by people in the past
- relating to a ceremony
- a scientist who studies human development
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- before written history
- the arts and other manifestation
- the study of the past
- someone who study's the past
- someone who searches for information
- a solid collection of mineral
- a strong mental ability
- the bones that make up the body
- the mark left by the impression of a hand
- the fat part of an animal
- to give, along with others
- the worlds second largest continent
- ancient drawings
- to move to one geographic place to another
30 Clues: to construct • to be helpful • ancient drawings • to have knowledge • an ability or skill • the study of the past • before written history • relating to a ceremony • a strong mental ability • a combustion or burning • an early forms of humans • the hominin most like us • the fat part of an animal • to give, along with others • an early ancestor of humans • a natural opening in a rock • ...
Old Testament 2025-02-04
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- A system of writing using pictures and symbols.
- Artifact that helped decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics.
- A mount of Earth and debris providing insights into the city's history.
- A source for understanding the history of ancient Israelites.
- Where God and Joseph prospered.
- The first archaeological evidence was the nails and bone of a crucified person.
- Mesha leads Moab into victory against ancient Israelites.
- A region in the Middle East.
- Was written before any books in the bible.
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- Redirected water through the old and new tunnels in Jerusalem.
- Earliest form of writing using simple pictures.
- Help us better understand the culture in the Old Testament
- The oldest surviving manuscripts.
- Is the oldest surviving text currently in the Hebrew bible.
- The hometown of the apostles Peter, Andrew, and Phillip.
- The city's earliest defense system and advanced construction techniques.
- Text that dates back to the years preceding the site's destruction.
- Is the first extra-biblical mention in the nation.
- Material on which the bible was written.
- The Neolithic settlement along the Jordan River.
20 Clues: A region in the Middle East. • Where God and Joseph prospered. • The oldest surviving manuscripts. • Material on which the bible was written. • Was written before any books in the bible. • Earliest form of writing using simple pictures. • A system of writing using pictures and symbols. • The Neolithic settlement along the Jordan River. • ...
Civil War 2025-05-15
Across
- Who wanted to keep slavery going?
- What word refers to citizens or ordinary people.
- The Northern side of the US.
- What was the bloodies battle in history?
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- The Southern side of the US.
- What was the biggest issue during the Civil war?
- Who won the election?
- What was the major turning point in the war?
- Royalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole.
- A major Union victory that gave them control of the Mississippi River?
10 Clues: Who won the election? • The Southern side of the US. • The Northern side of the US. • Who wanted to keep slavery going? • What was the bloodies battle in history? • What was the major turning point in the war? • What was the biggest issue during the Civil war? • What word refers to citizens or ordinary people. • ...
Nigeria 2021-11-19
10 Clues: A Sweet food • wild animals • A kind of ore • what we must use • A Lake on the border • A common Language for us • are common for meetings. • A kind of park in Nigeria • what is one color of nigeria flag • were can we traced Nigeria History
present, history, education, past, entertainment, future, century, enormous, nutritious, produce 2023-01-24
10 Clues: Very, very big. • A hundred years. • Learn new things. • Fresh fruit and veggies. • What happened in the past. • Things people do to have fun. • Time that hasn't happened yet. • Time that has already happened. • The time that is happening now. • Gives us things our bodies need.
Unit 8 Crossword 2024-05-14
10 Clues: Last part of demands. • Britain,France,Russia. • Glory of the military. • Pride of your country. • Draft for the military. • Entire history of the war. • President of the US in WWl. • A discussion to stop a fight. • loan to repair the war damages • Spreading ideas to promote a cause.
GooseEgg#2 2024-03-14
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- A word trying to tell you something
- Springtime bloom
- This right here, yeah?
- Theme of this issue
- Checkov's ___
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- Layers of History
- A directive to all enterprising writers
- Something to be picked apart, or choked on
- Brooklyn College's longstanding newspaper
- coined termonology for injury on us city dwellers
10 Clues: Checkov's ___ • Springtime bloom • Layers of History • Theme of this issue • This right here, yeah? • A word trying to tell you something • A directive to all enterprising writers • Brooklyn College's longstanding newspaper • Something to be picked apart, or choked on • coined termonology for injury on us city dwellers
Allison Snyder 2026-01-16
Across
- spread of things,people, ideas, cultural, etc.
- moving from one place to another
- study of society & social behavior
- change overtime
- territory not in an urban area
- everything that surrounds us
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- observe, measure, and describe Earth's surface
- group of people who live & work together
- habitual practice
- city or town
10 Clues: city or town • change overtime • habitual practice • everything that surrounds us • territory not in an urban area • moving from one place to another • study of society & social behavior • group of people who live & work together • observe, measure, and describe Earth's surface • spread of things,people, ideas, cultural, etc.
Fossils Crossword 2022-05-18
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- Preserved remains or traces of animals, plants and other organisms.
- by using relative and absolute dating scientists are able to put together the Earth's geologic history.
- the process by which all substances of plants and animals decay.
- An animal's footprint, feces, trail, or burrow becomes fossilized.
- resin excreted from certain plants which protect them for insects and seals injuries.
- An animal can get trapped and preserved in it.
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- Indicate to geologists the boundaries in geological time.
- People that study fossils.
- small pieces of rock.
- a living thing pressed into a rock, decomposes,then leaves an impression.
- History of life documented by fossils and tells us when organisms lived
- The fossil formed from the mold.
12 Clues: small pieces of rock. • People that study fossils. • The fossil formed from the mold. • An animal can get trapped and preserved in it. • Indicate to geologists the boundaries in geological time. • the process by which all substances of plants and animals decay. • An animal's footprint, feces, trail, or burrow becomes fossilized. • ...
Music Vocabulary 2026-01-27
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- The first era of music history
- The third era of music history
- Volume
- Where music is written
- Pulse
- A person who leads performers
- A person who performs music
- The second era of music history
- Composer who bridged the Classical and Romantic eras
- Relative high and low sounds
- A person who writes music
- the fifth era of music history
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- How music is organized
- Shaping
- The relationship between notes of a scale or key
- Layering
- Sound quality
- The sixth era of music history
- A group of people who listen to music
- Speed
- The fourth era of music history
- The most famous composer of the Baroque era
- Duration
23 Clues: Pulse • Speed • Volume • Shaping • Layering • Duration • Sound quality • How music is organized • Where music is written • A person who writes music • A person who performs music • Relative high and low sounds • A person who leads performers • The first era of music history • The third era of music history • The sixth era of music history • the fifth era of music history • ...
Color Vowel® Crossword - GREEN TEA 2024-03-06
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- A place to see art, history, and more.
- Someone who helps you learn in school.
- A fluffy animal often found on farms.
- A book you can read on a screen.
- Humans, all around you!
- Tall and green, it grows in the ground.
- To use words to communicate with others.
- The language spoken in Japan.
- Dress up in costumes and get candy on this spooky night.
- A female ruler of a country.
- Watch shows and movies on this electronic box.
- Large body of saltwater, like the ocean.
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- The two days that follow Friday.
- A holiday with eggs and bunnies.
- Type on this to use your computer.
- A buzzing insect that collects nectar from flowers.
- What you do at night to rest your body.
- A female officer who keeps us safe.
- A black and white striped animal.
- A delicious meal with cheese, sauce, and toppings.
- Sandy area by the water, perfect for sun and fun.
- To use your eyes to perceive and understand things.
- A country known for pyramids and ancient history.
- Send messages online using this.
24 Clues: Humans, all around you! • A female ruler of a country. • The language spoken in Japan. • The two days that follow Friday. • A holiday with eggs and bunnies. • A book you can read on a screen. • Send messages online using this. • A black and white striped animal. • Type on this to use your computer. • A female officer who keeps us safe. • A fluffy animal often found on farms. • ...
tv programmes 2022-05-22
Across
- is programme where competitors play games.
- it tells you if it is sunny,cloudy or rainy.
- it makes us laugh.
- this programme is in parts.
- it is about football, tennis, basket...
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- it can be about animals, history or geography.
- It´s a programme which tells us abouth thing that happen in our world.
- children love them.
8 Clues: it makes us laugh. • children love them. • this programme is in parts. • it is about football, tennis, basket... • is programme where competitors play games. • it tells you if it is sunny,cloudy or rainy. • it can be about animals, history or geography. • It´s a programme which tells us abouth thing that happen in our world.
Period 7 Review AP US History 2016-04-20
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- act that prevented wrong labeling of food and helped consumers stay away from unclean food
- amendment that repealed prohibition of the 18th amendment
- amendment for direct election of senators
- amendment for prohibition during the Progressive Era
- part of voter participation and allowed voters to vote out corrupt politicians
- laws that were created in order to separate whites and blacks
- journalist who exposed the Standard Oil company
- a New Deal program that provided jobs to people and worked on construction
- economic downfall that led to the Great Depression
- required clean conditions in meat packing industry
- wrote The Jungle which described dirty meat packing industry
- nomination of party candidates through majority vote
- amendment that granted voting rights to women
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- disagreement in conservation which divided Republican Party
- a New Deal program that provided insurance to disabled people or people over age 65
- program of the United States that created the atomic bomb
- court case that allowed segregation among blacks and whites
- program that tried to help with recovery and unemployment
- president that created New Deal which funded programs in order to bring America out of the Great Depression
- famous for story How The Other Half Lives
- belief in money for expanding foreign policy
- march of veterans during the Great Depression demanding for money for serving in World War 1
- court case that advocated for the women in the workforce
- advocated of rights of blacks and his movement led to creation of NAACP
- part of voter participation and allowed for voters to vote for a bill or law
25 Clues: amendment for direct election of senators • famous for story How The Other Half Lives • belief in money for expanding foreign policy • amendment that granted voting rights to women • journalist who exposed the Standard Oil company • economic downfall that led to the Great Depression • required clean conditions in meat packing industry • ...
US History Final Exam Review #1 2015-01-16
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- The bombing of __________ Harbor made the United States finally enter into World War II
- Anti-War protests on college campuses and the Hippie Counterculture were examples of youth rebelling against society in the 1960s
- The US policy of trying to stop the spread of communism was known as _____________________
- The ideas of recall, ______________ and initiative gave citizens more control over government
- The big rival of the United States during the Cold War was the _____________ Union
- The ___________ East became globally more important because of the oil that began to be produced there in the 1950s
- The US got involved in the Vietnam War as a part of the Containment Policy and the fear of the Domino Effect
- President Hoover's ________________ style of politics led him to not take much action to help end the Great Depression
- The biggest US disaster of the Cold War was the Bay of ______ invasion of Cuba
- Cesar Chavez helped poor ___________ farm workers fight for their rights and against bad working conditions
- NATO, or the North _______________ Treaty Organization was a military alliance to counter Soviet military strength in Eastern Europe
- The Great _____________ is not considered to have ended until the beginning of World War II
- If the US failed to contain the spread of communism lots of countries would fall one after another. This was known as the _____________ Effect
- ____________ the Riveter was a symbol for the female factory workers who helped the US win the war
- Before schools were desegregated President ____________ integrated the U.S. military
- Dr. Martin Luther King led ________________ protests to fight for civil rights
- FDR's fireside chats were broadcast over the ____________ as TV was not invented yet
- The ____________ Airlift was an example of the US besting the Soviet Union during the Cold War
- The federal budget deficit (what the countries owes)_________ dramatically during the 1980s under President Reagan
- The ____________-Americans were rounded up and put in camps during WWII, a clear violation of their civil rights!
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- FDR got a lot of bad press for the Court ____________ Scandal when he tried to add more Justices to the Supreme Court so he could get his way
- Presidents Lyndon Johnson and FDR both created major social ___________ programs to help the poor in our country
- The major cause of the collapse of the Stock Market in 1929 was ______________________
- The Camp _______ Accords were Pr. Jimmy Carter's attempt at brokering a peace deal between Egypt and Israel
- At the beginning of WWI and WWII the United States tried to stay out of the conflict by remaing _____________ and not taking sides
- After the Watergate Scandal President Richard Nixon was forced to _____________ from office (the only president to do so)
- Brown vs. Board of Ed made segregation of schools _______________ in 1954
- FDR tried to improve the US relationship with Latin American countries by instituting the Good _____________ Policy
- The invasion of _________ by Iraq lead to the start of the first Persian Gulf War
- The Black __________ Party was a black nationalist group who called for a violent overthrow of the US government
- Truman chose to use the Atomic Bomb so the war would end quickly and many American lives would be _____________
- The Red Scare was a period in American history where there was a panic over the spread of _________________ in the USA
- The Cuban Missile crisis showed Cold War tensions between the US and the Soviet _____________
- The Social Security Act gave _____________ older workers who retired from their jobs
- Chief Justice Thorgood ________ was the first African American on the Supreme Court
35 Clues: Brown vs. Board of Ed made segregation of schools _______________ in 1954 • The biggest US disaster of the Cold War was the Bay of ______ invasion of Cuba • Dr. Martin Luther King led ________________ protests to fight for civil rights • The invasion of _________ by Iraq lead to the start of the first Persian Gulf War • ...
VA + US History--Lessons 1-2 2022-08-30
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- Certificate of permission
- ____ colonies: Settlements that belonged to the Crown
- James ___: The owner of the penal colony that would become Georgia
- ____'s Rebellion: Armed revolt in/near Jamestown in 1676
- Algonquian chief famous for his keen mind, dignity, and powerful build
- Lord ____: Aristocrat and owner of early colonial Maryland
- Boston ____ Party: Event where Boston Patriots boarded British ships and destroyed goods
- John ____: Puritan leader who vowed to create "A City on a Hill"
- Folks who made their own churches instead of reforming existing ones
- ____ colonies: Settlements that belonged to powerful individuals/companies
- ____ Acts: Series of laws that particularly outraged colonists, including the Coercive Acts and the Quebec Act
- ___ Compact: The settler agreement that would become influential to US government
- Group who wanted to make the Church of England less Catholic (more "pure")
- ____ Massacre: A1770 clash that saw British troops fire into a crowd of civilians
- The first Puritan Separatist immigrants
- Wampanoag chief who led a war against settlers in New England
- First ____ Congress: 1774 meeting of colonial delegates
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- Committees of ____: Local groups that helped facilitate colonial unity
- ____ Smith: English Captain who was famous for his involvement with the settlement of Virginia (and your favorite "John Doe")
- Sons of ____: Local associations intent on discussing colonial politics
- ____ Henry: "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" speaker
- John ____: Prominent lawyer and second President of the United States
- ____ Williams: Radical Puritan who created what is now Rhode Island
- ____ stock company: A business venture founded and run by a group of investors
- ____ Act: Bill that required colonists to pay taxes on almost all printed material
- ____ Hutchinson: Woman banished by Puritans for having controversial views
- House of ____: The first representative body in colonial America
- ____ War: Conflict that resulted from colonists and settlers fighting over a murdered English trader in 1636
- King ____'s War: Massive conflict which saw 12 English towns completely destroyed in 1670s New England
- ____ Neglect: Policy where colonies were allowed to self-rule (to an extent)
- ____ Agreements: Boycotts of goods imported from Britian
31 Clues: Certificate of permission • The first Puritan Separatist immigrants • ____ colonies: Settlements that belonged to the Crown • ____ Henry: "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" speaker • First ____ Congress: 1774 meeting of colonial delegates • ____'s Rebellion: Armed revolt in/near Jamestown in 1676 • ____ Agreements: Boycotts of goods imported from Britian • ...
Chapter 8 Section 1 US History 2022-02-07
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- posed a serious problem during mining booms
- ranchers drove 260,000 cattle here in 1866
- State where longhorns were from
- breed of cattle that could survive in the plains
- Last name of the African American cowboy who was enslaved in Tennessee
- Stray calves with no identifying symbols
- people who went north with the herds of cattle
- product that enabled hundreds of square miles to be fenced cheaply and easily (two words)
- Main animal ranchers raised
- adventure books that sold for a dime about the adventures of cowboys (two words)
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- The discovery of gold and copper in Montana and the Dakota Territory led to rapid development of this (two words)
- Prices for this soared during the Civil War
- A town in Kansas that rivaled the mining towns in terms of rowdiness
- caused prices for cattle to drop and ranchers to go bankrupt
- Last name of the prospector who found silver in Six-Mile Canyon, Nevada
- Mine with deep deposits of lead that contained large amounts of silver
- A town that rapidly increased in population when gold or silver was discovered, but died out when the mines closed
- Grew to the second largest city in the west after the mining bonanza
- Mining deep beneath the surface (two words)
- Mines in Colorado yielded $1 _______ in gold and silver
- covered the ground with snow and made grazing difficult for cattle
21 Clues: Main animal ranchers raised • State where longhorns were from • Stray calves with no identifying symbols • ranchers drove 260,000 cattle here in 1866 • Prices for this soared during the Civil War • posed a serious problem during mining booms • Mining deep beneath the surface (two words) • people who went north with the herds of cattle • ...
1960s US History Exam Review Crossword 2022-01-31
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- Great Society program that gave health insurance to Americans who were 55 and older
- the first animal Americans sent into space
- Great Society program that offered a school readiness program to lower income families
- first Roman Catholic president
- the common purpose that linked the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission and the White Citizens Council
- the USA's space agency
- the legal separation of public and private facilities by race
- the city where JFK was assassinated
- name that was commonly given to members of the counterculture during the 1960s
- rights African Americans such as Medgar Evers and Martin Luther King Jr. fought for these during the 1960s
- Texas congressman who became president after Kennedy, created the Great Society, and deepened American involvement in Vietnam
- the name of the moon landing project
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- the first American in space
- the first satellite in space
- common values of the counterculture movemement
- the surge of civil rights activism in 1964
- Kennedy's domestic policy agenda which proposed a significant increase in government spending on housing, welfare, education, science, and the arts
- a subconflict within the Cold War between the US and the USSR for aeronautic and astronomical superiority
- the generation the hippies belonged to
- the first animal in space
- the first person to break the sound barrier
- the American space agency employed this notorious group
- the first person to walk on the moon
- Great Society program that provided health insurance for individuals living below the poverty line
- the first American to orbit the earth
- characteristics of this type of community during the 1960s included things like vegetarianism and nontraditional medicine
26 Clues: the USA's space agency • the first animal in space • the first American in space • the first satellite in space • first Roman Catholic president • the city where JFK was assassinated • the first person to walk on the moon • the name of the moon landing project • the first American to orbit the earth • the generation the hippies belonged to • ...
US History Chapter 14 Vocabulary Crossword 2023-11-12
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- To prepare
- A new development or invention
- Unfair treatment
- A system of dots and dashes that represent the alphabet
- To give an official authority to do something
- Laws in a Southern state that controlled enslaved people
- An unfair opinion not based on facts
- The ability to read and write
- An extreme shortage of food
- A measure of how much a worker can produce with a given amount of time and effort
- Farmer who owns a small farm
- Person opposed to immigration
- Ship with sleek hulls and tall sails that "clipped" time from long journeys
- A device that used electric signals to send messages
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- To change significantly
- Short
- A work stoppage by employees as a protest against an employer
- The trade of enslaved people among states in the United States
- Result
- Group of workers with the same trade, or skill
- A system of cooperation to aid and house enslaved people who had escaped
- Group of people who live in the same area
- Plantation manager
- An African-American religious folk song
- Permitted by law
25 Clues: Short • Result • To prepare • Unfair treatment • Permitted by law • Plantation manager • To change significantly • An extreme shortage of food • Farmer who owns a small farm • The ability to read and write • Person opposed to immigration • A new development or invention • An unfair opinion not based on facts • An African-American religious folk song • ...
US History Chapter 13 Vocabulary Crossword 2023-10-26
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- Situation in which people from two countries can occupy an area
- A list of laws supporting a government
- An adventurer of the American West
- To include, absorb
- The belief that the United States was destined by God to extend its boundaries to the Pacific Ocean
- To block off
- A Texan of Latin American, often Mexican, descent
- Something that can be used for benefit, especially land, minerals, and water
- In addition to
- A way into something or someplace
- A fast-growing community
- Ranch, especially the large estates set up by Mexicans in the American West
- Rancher, owner of a rancho
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- Fortune-seeker who came to California during the Gold Rush
- Official order
- Person who acts as police, judge, and jury without formal legal authority
- A canvas-covered wagon used by pioneers in the mid-1800s
- Person who leaves his or her country to live somewhere else
- To set up or create
- To take away
- To provide an explanation for
21 Clues: To block off • To take away • Official order • In addition to • To include, absorb • To set up or create • A fast-growing community • Rancher, owner of a rancho • To provide an explanation for • A way into something or someplace • An adventurer of the American West • A list of laws supporting a government • A Texan of Latin American, often Mexican, descent • ...
3RD HOUR US HISTORY 8TH GRADERS 2020-08-14
24 Clues: BOYD • COLE • JOHNI • JACOB • JACEY • NORAH • MYLES • SCOTT • ETHAN • KADEN • JAXSON • BAILEY • TAYLOR • HUNTER • LANDEN • ALIVIA • HAYDEN • OLIVIA • JAADEN • JAYLYN • SYDNEY • XZAVIOR • HEATHER • JA'NESSA
World War II- Strong US History 2023-02-22
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- Asian member of the Axis Powers
- country that Japan invaded at the start of WWII
- Soviet leader
- An American propaganda icon that displayed the use of American women in the work force, known as "______ the Riveter"
- American leader after the death of FDR
- period in history where European Jews were imprisoned and killed by Adolf Hitler and the Germans
- leader of Japan
- American leader during most of World War II
- Italian leader
- United States, Soviet Union, France, England
- European member of the Axis powers
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- event in Hawaii that initiated America's involvement in WWII
- leader not elected by the people, often ruthless
- strategic Japanese island invaded by the US in 1945
- British leader
- the Germans were angered by the Treaty of _________ that ended World War I
- this city in addition to the Japanese city of Nagasaki had an atomic bomb dropped on it to conclude the War with Japan
- a country's intended lack of involvement in the conflicts of other countries
- Japan, Italy, Germany
- German leader
20 Clues: Soviet leader • German leader • British leader • Italian leader • leader of Japan • Japan, Italy, Germany • Asian member of the Axis Powers • European member of the Axis powers • American leader after the death of FDR • American leader during most of World War II • United States, Soviet Union, France, England • country that Japan invaded at the start of WWII • ...
First 9 Weeks Review - US History 2022-12-09
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- The first attempted permanent settlement by English settlers in North America was at ___, but it came to be known as the lost colony.
- Transportation of slaves from Africa to the New World.
- War that gave the British Empire effective control over North America in the 18th Century, but then led Britain to impose the Stamp and Sugar Act to pay for it.
- Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and NH made up the ___ colonies.
- SC, NC, GA, VA, and MD made up the ___ colonies.
- People from England who were willing to sell their labor for a certain number of years for a chance to come to America were ___.
- An estimated 4,000 Cherokee died on an 800-mile journey while being forced to move off of their land during the ___.
- His writing, Common Sense, pointed out the absurdity of continued loyalty to King George III.
- Main principle of the ___ Acts was to require all colonial trade to use English ships and go through English ports.
- His philosophy of natural rights (unalienable rights) of citizens was expressed by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence.
- ___ people were originally brought to British North America for the purpose of tobacco farming and cultivation.
- From what we have discussed, most of the depopulation of the Native Americans population in the 16th Century can be attributed to ___.
- The Federalists were 85 ____ written by Madison, Hamilton, and Jay to answer the Antifederalists.
- ___ compromise had Maine admitted as a free state; banned slavery north of 36’,30’ in Louisiana Purchase; and Missouri admitted as a slave state.
- Egalitarian Democracy, Mayflower Compact, and settled for religious reasons were associated with the ___ colonies.
- Clay’s ___ ___ contained all of the following except national bank, protective tariff, and transportation system.
- He is considered the “Father of the Declaration of Independence”.
- Madison believed in a govt based on ___, which is a division of power between the central govt and state govt.
- House of ___ was the first European representative legislative body in the New World, in VA.
- After declaring independence the states were willing to join a loose union or a ___.
- Which colonial region allowed religious tolerance, was culturally diverse, and had a peaceful coexistence with Native Americans.
- Provided for bicameral legislation with an equal voice in the upper house and representation in the lower house according to population.
- Belief of Americans that we should God intended us to expand westward to the Pacific.
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- Outlined steps for territories to achieve statehood, and it banned slavery in those territories.
- Declaration of Independence and the “Social Contract Theory” both arose from which philosophical movement?
- This showed the belief that the period of US neutrality in European affairs was over.
- If you were one that opposed slavery and wanted to rid the country of it, you would have supported which movement?
- ___ and Concord is the battle where the first shots of the war were shot and neither side would take responsibility for.
- Group in New England known for its strict religious beliefs, strong work ethic, and a desire to rid the Church of England of “immoral” practices.
- Its weaknesses included no provisions for taxing or regulating trade, and all 13 states had to agree on changes.
- Proposed by Madison; called for 3 branches and 2 houses according to population.
- This Battle was the turning point of the War because the Colonists proved they could win and France joined our side.
- Doubled the size of the US, gave us control of the Mississippi River, and bought for $15 million from France.
- The dramatic expansion of political participation regardless of class was known as ____ democracy.
- In his Farewell Address he warned against foreign ties and political parties in his farewell address.
- Party led by Hamilton and Adams that supported the British and a strong federal govt.
- Declaration of Independence is made up the ___, list of grievances, and resolution of independence.
- Principle that the British saw the American colonies as a source of wealth.
- In the Treaty of Paris, 1783 the Americans gained independence from England, and most lands from Atlantic to the ___ River.
- The court case Marbury v. Madison gave the Supreme Court the power of ___.
- House of Burgess, economy based on cash crops, settled for economic reasons were associated with which colonial region?
- Who used the spoils system; helped to start the Democratic Party’ lost Election of 1824 in a “corrupt bargain”; and hated the national bank.
- New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware make which colonial region?
43 Clues: SC, NC, GA, VA, and MD made up the ___ colonies. • Transportation of slaves from Africa to the New World. • He is considered the “Father of the Declaration of Independence”. • Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and NH made up the ___ colonies. • The court case Marbury v. Madison gave the Supreme Court the power of ___. • ...
US History Chapter 19 Class Review 2025-04-06
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- The ___ Service Act requires men to register with the government in order to be randomly selected for military service.
- ___ citizens followed the war closely because they still had ties to the nations from which they had emigrated.
- The Committee on Public ____ was the nation's first propaganda agency
- Wilson's ___ Points was a plan for world peace that suggested ending future alliances to prevent another world war
- This group in America criticized the war as a capitalist and imperialist struggle between Germany and England to control markets and colonies in China, Africa, and the Middle East
- no-___ land was a barren expanse of mud pockmarked with shell craters and filled with barbed wire. Periodically, the soldiers charged enemy lines, only to be mowed down by machine gun fire.
- William Monroe ___ was the founder of the Boston Guardian that believed that victims of racism should not support a racist government in WWI
- Great Britain, France, and Russia were the nations that were called the "___ Powers" in 1914
- The ___ Amendment granted US women the right to vote
- The ___ and Sedition Acts said that people could be fined and spend jail time for interfering with the war effort or for saying anything disloyal, profane, or abusive about the government or the war effort.
- ___ gas was a heavier-than-air weapon used in trench warfare
- W.E.B Du ___ was an African-American leader that believed that blacks should support the war effort in order to strengthen calls for racial justice
- This weapon was created in response to the devastation of machine guns and barbed wire
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- The ___ system dictated that merchant ships would be escorted by a heavy guard of destroyers back and forth across the Atlantic
- Germany invaded Belgium, following a strategy known as the ___ Plan. This plan called for a holding action against Russia, combined with a quick drive through Belgium to Paris; after France had fallen, the two German armies would defeat Russia.
- Unrestricted ___ warfare was Germany's response to the British blockade of their coast.
- Anti-___ Hysteria included changing the names of towns, removing books from libraries, and changing the names of a sandwich.
- Wilson’s “Moral Diplomacy” prevented the U.S. from joining the allies in WWI until the Russian ___ caused Russia to pull out of WWI.
- The National War ___ Board was the government agency that said Americans should “work or fight.” It also improved working conditions in factories.
- Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire were the nations that made up the "___ Powers" in 1914
- The ___ note was Germany's attempt to create an alliance with Mexico
- The Great ___ was the large-scale movement of hundreds of thousands of Southern blacks to cities in the North to find work in factories during the war.
- The War ___ Board encouraged companies to use mass-production techniques to increase efficiency
- The ___ Administration was a government agency that called on people to follow the “gospel of the clean plate” and for homeowners to plant “victory gardens”
- This group believed that war was evil and that the United States should set an example of peace to the world.
- Through this profession, women served overseas in the military in WWI
26 Clues: The ___ Amendment granted US women the right to vote • ___ gas was a heavier-than-air weapon used in trench warfare • The ___ note was Germany's attempt to create an alliance with Mexico • The Committee on Public ____ was the nation's first propaganda agency • Through this profession, women served overseas in the military in WWI • ...
24-25 US History Final Review 2025-05-12
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- Nixon's policy to withdraw U.S. troops and shift responsibility to South Vietnam
- U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism
- 1948 operation to supply West Berlin during the Soviet blockade
- U.S. program to rebuild Europe and prevent communism after World War II
- Committee that targeted the "Hollywood Ten" for suspected communism
- Constitutional issue in the Watergate scandal
- 2002 education reform law increasing federal oversight
- 1896 Supreme Court case that legalized segregation
- Type of mortgage crisis that led to widespread foreclosures in the 2000s
- Legislation providing benefits to World War II veterans
- Nonviolent resistance method used by civil rights activists
- Leader of the United Farm Workers who fought for farmworkers' rights
- U.S. campaign launched after 9/11 to combat global terrorism
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- 1968 North Vietnamese attack that shifted U.S. public opinion on the Vietnam War
- 1950s anti-communist movement targeting suspected subversives
- Organization that embargoed oil to the U.S. in the 1970s, causing an energy crisis
- Period of tension between the U.S. and Soviet Union after World War II
- Civil rights leader known for nonviolent resistance
- 2000 Supreme Court case resolving the disputed presidential election
- Gulf resolution that escalated U.S. involvement in Vietnam
- 1961 protests to desegregate interstate transportation
- Soviet satellite launched in 1957 that spurred U.S. space efforts
- Scandal that led to President Nixon's resignation
- 1963 book by Betty Friedan that sparked the modern women's movement
- 1991 conflict to liberate Kuwait from Iraq
- Residential areas outside cities that grew rapidly after World War II
- 2001 law enhancing national security after 9/11
- Terrorist group responsible for the 9/11 attacks
- Motto adopted in 1956 to distinguish the U.S. from atheist nations
- System used to increase military manpower during the Vietnam War
30 Clues: 1991 conflict to liberate Kuwait from Iraq • U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism • Constitutional issue in the Watergate scandal • 2001 law enhancing national security after 9/11 • Terrorist group responsible for the 9/11 attacks • Scandal that led to President Nixon's resignation • 1896 Supreme Court case that legalized segregation • ...
US History Review - Post Winter Break! 2023-01-08
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- interpretation of the Constitution narrowly
- 1st failed US constitution
- This purchase doubled the size of the USA
- body of 15 presidential advisors
- Clause in the Const. granting "necessary...
- 2nd war fought between USA/England
- rich political party. Favored the Con.
- Opposed ratification of the Constitution
- the power to declare a law unconst.
- American General known as "Mad Anthony"
- insect that preserved America
- A tax rebellion in Pennsylvania in 1794
- British army nickname
- died in a duel after a long feud with A. Burr
- 2 men responsible for exploring the L.T.
- French dictator intent upon an American empire
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- Native American woman assisting Lewis/Clark
- 1st president of the USA
- Shawnee chief led battles in Midwest
- 3rd President. Purchased Louisiana Territory
- Open letter to the world divorcing England
- limit for presidential tenure
- States may refuse to obey a federal law
- Unpopular 2nd president - Alien & Sedition Acts
- 1st 10 Amendments to the Constitution
- Protected by the 1st Amendment
- interpretation of the Constitution broadly
- An episode that created hostility between USA/France
- kidnapping sailors
29 Clues: kidnapping sailors • British army nickname • 1st president of the USA • 1st failed US constitution • limit for presidential tenure • insect that preserved America • Protected by the 1st Amendment • body of 15 presidential advisors • 2nd war fought between USA/England • the power to declare a law unconst. • Shawnee chief led battles in Midwest • ...
US History Semester A: SAFMED Quiz 2024-12-09
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- The 1898 conflict between Spain and the United States.
- The economist known as the 'Father of Capitalism.'
- The manufacture of goods in large quantities using machines.
- Exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market.
- An invention that revolutionized fencing on the Great Plains.
- A steel-making process that made production cheaper and faster.
- An economic system based on private ownership and free markets.
- The desire to promote the welfare of others through donations and charitable acts.
- The late 19th-century era of rapid economic growth and wealth disparity.
- To add a territory to one's own country.
- Government gift of land to promote development.
- The policy of acquiring control over another country and exploiting it economically.
- A political system in which the state recognizes no limits to its authority.
- Land set aside for Native American tribes.
- A type of apartment building that is often overcrowded and unsanitary.
- The railroad that connected the east and west coasts of the United States.
- The 1887 law that aimed to assimilate Native Americans by dividing tribal lands.
- An organization of workers formed to protect and further their rights and interests.
- An economic policy of minimal government interference in business.
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- The policy of favoring native people over immigrants.
- The point where the Transcontinental Railroad was completed.
- The 1862 law that provided 160 acres of free land to settlers.
- The philosopher who co-authored 'The Communist Manifesto.'
- The site of the 1890 massacre of Lakota Sioux by U.S. soldiers.
- A political theory advocating class war and leading to a society with no private property.
- The Apache leader who resisted U.S. government policies.
- The growth of cities and the migration of people into them.
- A form of government where citizens exercise power by voting.
- The 26th President of the United States and leader of the Rough Riders.
- The vast grassland region of central North America.
- A person who organizes and operates a business, taking on financial risks.
- A sense of pride and devotion to one's nation.
- The right to vote.
33 Clues: The right to vote. • To add a territory to one's own country. • Land set aside for Native American tribes. • A sense of pride and devotion to one's nation. • Government gift of land to promote development. • The economist known as the 'Father of Capitalism.' • The vast grassland region of central North America. • The policy of favoring native people over immigrants. • ...
US History Final Sem 1 WHS 2024-12-13
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- President. Congress sought to remove him from Office (Impeachment) because of his use of the veto to slow Republican policies.
- Political _________ were a party organization headed by a boss or small group that commands enough votes to maintain political and administrative control of a city, county or state. While highlighted by corruption, they also had positive impacts such as modernizing cities.
- This policy allowed the US to negotiate peacefully while also showing military strength.
- Political boss of the Tammany Hall political machine.
- The ______ of Office Act was a Federal law that limited the power of the President to remove certain government officials without Senate approval.
- The _________ Proclamation freed slaves in the rebellious states.
- Guaranteeing equal trading rights for all nations in China.
- Uses sensationalized headlines and exaggerated facts to increase sales and circulation of newspapers
- Shortcut that saves time and costs in transporting goods.
- The _______ advantages during the Civil War included strong military leadership, familiarity with land (homefield advantage)
- This bill was the plan proposed by Radical Republicans that required more eligible voters to take an oath of allegiance before they were reinstated and wanted congress to be in charge of Reconstruction Efforts.
- Extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
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- The _______ advantages during the Civil War included extensive railroad network, manufacturing
- Primary goal of protecting U.S. businesses in other countries.
- The _________ Exclusion Act was the first significant law that restricted immigration into the US.
- President. Set precedents for the future of American politics including warning the public on the formation of political parties as they could divide our country.
- The Radical ___________ were known for their strong opposition to slavery and their efforts to ensure emancipation and civil rights for African Americans following the Civil War.
- President.Used speak softly and carry a big stick as his policy towards Imperialism. Helped facilitate a treaty with Panama that gave the US the right to build and fortify the Panama Canal.
- Policy of protecting the interests of native-born inhabitants against those of immigrants
- President. Bought the Louisiana Territory which doubled the size of the US at that time, which helped to increase land for Small Farmers.
- Served as secretary of the treasury under Washington. Established the National Bank and created the Federalist party.
- President. Sought to bring the country back together as quickly as possible in the Reconstruction Era. Believed that African Americans should have the right to vote.
- It was the United States’ best interest to support countries with similar moral beliefs and democratic values.
- This plan was proposed by Lincoln that said a low percentage of voters had to swear an oath of allegiance to the Union. The goal was to reunite the country quickly.
24 Clues: Political boss of the Tammany Hall political machine. • Shortcut that saves time and costs in transporting goods. • Guaranteeing equal trading rights for all nations in China. • Primary goal of protecting U.S. businesses in other countries. • The _________ Proclamation freed slaves in the rebellious states. • ...
US History Sem 1 exam review 2026-01-15
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- Sensational and exaggerated news used to attract readers.
- Author whose novel The Jungle exposed unsafe meatpacking conditions.
- An agreement between countries to support each other.
- Photographer and writer who revealed poverty in city tenements.
- A period when reformers worked to fix social, political, and economic problems.
- A group of companies joined together to control prices and limit competition.
- President known for trust-busting and progressive reforms.
- The belief that native-born citizens should have more rights than immigrants.
- President during World War I who proposed the League of Nations.
- When one company controls an entire industry or market.
- Reformer who founded Hull House to help immigrants and the poor.
- Archduke whose assassination helped trigger World War I.
- The process of changing from hand-made goods to machine-made goods in factories.
- A law passed to limit monopolies and promote fair business competition.
- Steel industry leader who believed the wealthy should give back to society.
- Government actions taken to break up monopolies and trusts.
- Women’s rights activist who fought for the 19th Amendment.
- A journalist who exposed corruption and problems in society.
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- An international organization created after World War I to promote peace.
- Oil tycoon who built Standard Oil and became one of the richest Americans.
- The movement of African Americans from the South to Northern cities for jobs and safety.
- Using money and economic power to influence other countries instead of military force.
- A community center that helped immigrants and the poor with services like education and healthcare.
- A policy that said all countries should have equal trading rights in China.
- Information used to influence opinions, often in a biased or misleading way.
- Building up armed forces and preparing for war.
- A policy of gaining power by controlling other countries or territories.
- A law that allowed the government to draft men into the military.
- The idea that the government should stay out of business and the economy.
- The belief that only the strongest businesses and people should succeed.
- A wealthy business leader who made money by unfair or unethical practices.
- A time of great wealth and growth in the U.S. that also hid serious social problems.
- The right to vote.
33 Clues: The right to vote. • Building up armed forces and preparing for war. • An agreement between countries to support each other. • When one company controls an entire industry or market. • Archduke whose assassination helped trigger World War I. • Sensational and exaggerated news used to attract readers. • President known for trust-busting and progressive reforms. • ...
Unit 3 US History H/DC 2025-12-08
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- Who And 12?
- The Rebellion Led by Nat Turner in 1831
- Author of the Declaration of Independence
- The war of what? It was the conflict with Great Britain over maritime rights and territory
- The one who comes after Lewis
- Explosive compound created by Alfred Nobel
- The Doctrine that was the policy declaring the Americas closed to further European colonization
- Battle of the what? That is in San Antonio, Texas.
- First president to have a surviving photograph
- The new art and science of capturing images
- Civil War General and 18th U.S. President
- Machine that revolutionized grain harvesting
- The reform movement aimed at ending chattel slavery
- The proclamation that declared slaves in Confederate states to be free
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- 16th U.S. President who issued the Emancipation Proclamation
- The fight for voting rights particularly women
- The name of the code used to communicate using dots and dashes
- The act of 1830 that was signed by Jackson that led to the Trail of Tears
- Invention that rapidly connected distant cities
- 11th U.S. President that annexed Texas
- The machine used for making clothing created in 1846
- Trail of what? It forced marches of Cherokee, creeks, and choctaw
- Other important figure in the Democrats other than Jackson
- Confederate Civil War General
- The conflict that resulted in the U.S. acquiring the Mexican Cession territory
- What did we purchase from France that doubled the size of the U.S?
- 7th U.S. President and has his own era
- Invented in 1877 the machine for recording and playing sound
- Anti-immigrant sentiment and policy especially against Irish and German newcomers
- The name of the three-day battle in Pennsylvania in 1863
30 Clues: Who And 12? • The one who comes after Lewis • Confederate Civil War General • 11th U.S. President that annexed Texas • 7th U.S. President and has his own era • The Rebellion Led by Nat Turner in 1831 • Author of the Declaration of Independence • Civil War General and 18th U.S. President • Explosive compound created by Alfred Nobel • ...
US History Unit 2 Crossword Puzzle 2025-12-10
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- Document declaring freedom from Great Britain
- First attempt to create a National Government
- First person to die during the Revolution at the Boston Massacre, was also a African American
- Second President of the United States
- An act that taxed on printed materials like paper
- Thomas Paine's pamphlet advocating independence
- Leader of the Sons of Liberty
- A treaty agreement that officially ended the war
- President of the Continental Congress
- The final major battle of the war
- A huge movement influencing revolutionary thoughts (Another one was made in 1795)
- The battle that gave the 13 Colonies an advantage during the Revolutionary War
- A militia ready for action or battle at anytime
- Agreement on how to count slaves for representation
- Father of the Constitution
- A patriot group that made protests over British monarchy or taxes
- A system to prevent one branch of government from becoming too powerful
- First Secretary of the Treasury
- A state of division of power between national and state governments
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- The convention to draft a new government
- The commander of the Continental Army
- Major diplomat and also a father of the Declaration of Independence
- The rebellion uprising of farmers in Massachusetts
- Major protest against taxes at Boston Harbor
- Author of the Declaration of Independence
- Government based on elected representatives
- A massacre that 5 colonists were killed by British soldiers
- The main colonial governing body
- Known for a famous quote "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
- A document of the first ten amendments to the Constitution
30 Clues: Father of the Constitution • Leader of the Sons of Liberty • First Secretary of the Treasury • The main colonial governing body • The final major battle of the war • The commander of the Continental Army • Second President of the United States • President of the Continental Congress • The convention to draft a new government • Author of the Declaration of Independence • ...
US History 1 Final Exam Review 2026-01-04
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- a combination of the Virgina Plan and New Jersey Plan
- was designed to help pay the war debt
- the actual hill for the Battle of Bunker Hill
- this government agency assisted people after the Civil War
- manifest _______
- killed many of the early settlers in the colonies
- important crop in Colonial America
- pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that united the colonist
- the first English settlement in the colonies
- this compromise added Missouri and Maine to the US
- they explored the Louisiana Purchase area
- known for his march to the sea
- hired by G.Washington and helped train troops
- this convention was intended to fix our government plan
- towns that popped up during Westward Expansion
- he led the Sons of Liberty
- this plan represented the large states
- the Pilgrims made this agreement on the Mayflower
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- this plan represented the smaller states
- a servant that worked for 4 to 7 years
- ________ of Confederation was our first plan of government
- he was the president for the Confederacy
- he is associated with the steel industry
- The fourteenth amendment granted this to former slaves
- the French and Indian war created this problem
- he won the election of 1860
- The Indian Removal Act of 1830 led to this event
- he is associated with the oil industry
- the time period right after the Civil War
- this president followed Lincoln and was impeached
- this man was an extremist and was known for violence
- angry colonists vs. British redcoats led to this
- Harriet Beecher _____ wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
- colonial soldiers who were ready to fight at a moments notice
34 Clues: manifest _______ • he led the Sons of Liberty • he won the election of 1860 • known for his march to the sea • important crop in Colonial America • was designed to help pay the war debt • a servant that worked for 4 to 7 years • he is associated with the oil industry • this plan represented the large states • this plan represented the smaller states • ...
US History Exam Review #1 2025 2025-12-15
Across
- – Innovations that powered industrial growth in the late 1800s
- – Roosevelt’s promise of fairness for workers consumers and business
- – Process allowing citizens to propose laws
- – Wilson’s plan for peace after World War I
- – Lower production costs as output increases
- – Belief in building strong armed forces
- – Roosevelt’s aggressive foreign policy approach
- – Organization meant to prevent future wars
- – Sensational news writing used to influence public opinion
- – Reformers who wanted government accountability
- – Journalists who exposed corruption and social problems
- – German attacks that pushed the U.S. into WWI
- – Novel that led to food safety reforms
- – Economic divide between rich and poor during industrialization
- – Labor union focused mainly on skilled workers
Down
- – Type of law meant to limit monopolies
- – Critical term for industrialists who used unfair practices
- – Policy of controlling weaker nations
- – Agreements that pulled nations into World War I
- – Extreme pride in one’s nation
- – Labor conflict where the federal government sided with business
- – Ship whose explosion increased support for war with Spain
- – Main reason the Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles
- – Carnegie’s belief that the rich should help society
- – Amendment that created the income tax
- – Event that triggered World War I
- – Laws that limited speech during wartime
- – System requiring men to register for military service
- – Policy using economic investment to influence other countries
- – Election showing a split in the Republican Party
- – Policy supporting equal trade access in China
31 Clues: – Extreme pride in one’s nation • – Event that triggered World War I • – Policy of controlling weaker nations • – Type of law meant to limit monopolies • – Amendment that created the income tax • – Novel that led to food safety reforms • – Belief in building strong armed forces • – Laws that limited speech during wartime • – Process allowing citizens to propose laws • ...
Women of US History Crossword Puzzle 2026-04-17
Across
- What did Luzena Stanley Wilson gain from the gold rush?
- What did women in the 1800s want to push for?
- Who was born on August 13 1860?
- What Amendment granted women the right to vote?
- What was Lucretia Mott's cause of death?
- What did Elizabeth Cady Stanton write in 1848?
- Who was born in Georgia and moved to Los Angeles?
- Who was a freed slave that became a philanthropist and an entrepreneur.
- Who died 14 years before the 19th Amendment?
- Lucy Stone was the co founder of...
Down
- What did Thomas Jefferson write in 1776?
- Where was Martha Calamity Jane born?
- Which province in China was Ah Yuen born in?
- What year did women get the right to vote?
- What business got Gertrudis Barceló rich?
- Where was the Maria Keawea Maki located on?
- Which city was Juana Briones born in?
- Buffalo Calf ____
- Who earned the right to meet Abraham Lincoln?
- Which month is Women's history Month?
20 Clues: Buffalo Calf ____ • Who was born on August 13 1860? • Lucy Stone was the co founder of... • Where was Martha Calamity Jane born? • Which city was Juana Briones born in? • Which month is Women's history Month? • What did Thomas Jefferson write in 1776? • What was Lucretia Mott's cause of death? • What business got Gertrudis Barceló rich? • ...
US History II Final Part 1 2022-01-04
Across
- Buildings divided into apartments to house as many families as possible
- Ended WWI → Severely punished Germany
- Restricted 1st Amendment rights during times of war
- Conflict between Spain and the U.S. over influence and land
- Wilson’s terms to help prevent future World Wars
- American capitalists who acquire fortune through ruthless tactics
- America had evolved as a result of having a western frontier; now that the frontier was closed, the U.S. was at risk of stagnation
- Company so powerful that it controls an entire industry
- Allowed survey of tribal land and to divide them into allotments for individual Indians (reservations)Goal = assimilate Native Americans
- Expansion of cities and/or increase of people living in the cities
- Forced and legal segregation
- Absence of government control over private business
- Link east and west for the first time in America
- Farmers’ organization; Want rights, government protection, regulated railroads, etc.
- People who favor getting involved in certain foreign affairs (wanted to join WWI)
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- Gave 160 acres of land to citizens willing to live on and cultivate the land for 5 years, Incentive to move West
- World organization to promote peaceful cooperation; forum to discuss issues
- Community centers organized to provide social services to the urban poor; started by Jane Addams
- Belief that westward expansion was a God-given right and inevitable
- Strict segregation laws in the South
- Idea that native-born citizens are superior to immigrants
- British passenger ship sunk by German U-boats in WWI
- Domination of strong nations over weaker territories
- Outlawed monopolies
- Note from Germany to Mexico (intercepted by the U.S.) proposing an alliance between the 2 countries during WWI
- Conflict between white settlers/federal government and Native Americans over land
- Group of separate companies that are placed under the control of a single managing board in order to form a monopoly
- Movement of African-Americans to the north for jobs, opportunities, and to escape racism in the South
- To be absorbed into the main culture of a society
- Legalized segregation laws in the South
- Authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses who receive rewards for their efforts
- People who favor staying out of foreign affairs
32 Clues: Outlawed monopolies • Forced and legal segregation • Strict segregation laws in the South • Ended WWI → Severely punished Germany • Legalized segregation laws in the South • People who favor staying out of foreign affairs • Wilson’s terms to help prevent future World Wars • Link east and west for the first time in America • ...
