us history Crossword Puzzles

US HISTORY REVIEW 2018-04-19

Across

invented the telegraph
abolitionist; Kansas and Harper's Ferry
Pennsylavania, battle, inspired eloquent address on 11/19/1863
Wizard of Menlo Park
1st President; Mt. Vernon
right to vote
loyalty to a particular region of the country
leader of women's rights in 1800's; supported co-education
Confederate President
"to free"; as in slavery
Vice-President who killed Secretary of the Treasury Hamilton in a duel
invented the telephone
debated Douglas and lost election; convinced by Douglass in other areas
Fought against the British who burned Washington DC

Down

author of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
first 10 amendments
invented the cotton gin changing the South forever
well known "conductor" who worked the Underground Railroad
3rd President; Monticello; Died July 4, 1826
Northern money
_______destiny; US WILL move West
2nd President; Died July 4, 1826
site of Robert E. Lee's surrender
pair who led expedition West in 1804
US President; doctrine would protect Latin America from European occupation
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Crockett and Bowie were killed here

27 Clues: right to vote • Northern money • first 10 amendments • Wizard of Menlo Park • Confederate President • invented the telegraph • invented the telephone • "to free"; as in slavery • 1st President; Mt. Vernon • author of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN • 2nd President; Died July 4, 1826 • _______destiny; US WILL move West • site of Robert E. Lee's surrender • Crockett and Bowie were killed here • ...

History of Us 2021-01-16

Across

Psych recurring fruit
They're too small
Big Stinky
A gathering of odiferous rodents
Ethan's favorite color
Niki's favorite color
I moved these off the bed
Best fish sandwich
First trip together
Certain qualities are much admired in a _____
Sound that vern makes
Niki likes these
Best day of Niki's first job
Ethan's cookies are
Three words for you
One got through the barrier!
1/2 grape juice, 1/2 lemonade
The most important part of a road trip
Philly nosh pick
First christmas ornament
Number of years together
Icelandic Starting Point
"Erld mcdrnrld hrd r frm..."

Down

Golden Seasoning
Little Stinky
They're so good
First international travel
First v-day meal
Order of choice from above
First movie date
Niki's Taco Bell pick
Dad, Niki wants these!
"Dis place is ____!"
The sweetest rat
Transportation for the long distanced couple
Niki "saw" like, 5 of these in Iceland
Christmas breakfast staple
First date
Niki's cookies are
She went to space
He's not very smart

41 Clues: Big Stinky • First date • Little Stinky • They're so good • Golden Seasoning • First v-day meal • First movie date • The sweetest rat • Niki likes these • Philly nosh pick • They're too small • She went to space • Best fish sandwich • Niki's cookies are • First trip together • Ethan's cookies are • Three words for you • He's not very smart • "Dis place is ____!" • Psych recurring fruit • ...

US HISTORY CROSSWORD 2016-11-16

Across

On May 3rd, 1866, there was another riot at Chicago's _________ reaper factory
A way of getting around anti monopoly laws
This act was signed by Lincoln in 1862
Black Kettle was the leader of this Native American tribe.
Pullman built towns for his workers with everything they needed, but there were lots of ________
Social _______ is a philosophy that believes in survival of the fittest
On May 10,1869 which railroad was completed?
People who snuck into Oklahoma to get land before the race began
The government had to get involved with the railroad workers' strike when _______ _______ stopped
Lead by Samuel Gompers was a labor union called The American ________ of Labor
A race for land in Oklahoma that had lots of people headed out west.
George ________ was vey successful in building sleeping cars for railroads
Native Americans began doing these dances after being put in reservations
Alexander Graham Bell invented this in 1876
Terence _______ lead one of the first labor unions, the Knights of Labor
On May ___, 1866, workers went on strike against the eight hour work day

Down

A loose association of businesses who produce the same product
Custer and all of his men were killed by 2000 Native Americans at this river
__________ police tried to break up the Carnegie Steel strike, but someone opened fire and people from both sides were killed.
The officials at Wounded Knee massacred this many defenseless Native Americans after a shot rang out.
An anarchist who tried to assassinate Henry Frick
In the _______ of 1892, Henry Frick cut worker wages at Carnegie Steel
Used vertical consolidation to become the leader in Steel production
When a company would drop it's prices drastically to put it's competitor's out of business, it's ________ consolidation
Officials were doing this at Wounded Knee when a shot rang out
A philosophy that suggested government ownership of businesses and the equal distribution of wealth
When a company is in complete control of a product or service
Gaining control of many different businesses that make up all phases of a product's development is called ________ consolidation
A system of long and short pulses that represented the letters of the alphabet
Believed that he could turn out a small invention every 10 days and a big one every 6 months

30 Clues: This act was signed by Lincoln in 1862 • A way of getting around anti monopoly laws • Alexander Graham Bell invented this in 1876 • On May 10,1869 which railroad was completed? • An anarchist who tried to assassinate Henry Frick • Black Kettle was the leader of this Native American tribe. • When a company is in complete control of a product or service • ...

US History Vocabulary 2020-09-28

Across

France sold Louisiana to the US in exchange for fifteen million dollars
unpaid laborers forced to sign a contract to work for free
breakaway state that fought against the US in the Civil War
formally withdrawing from a membership of a federation or body especially a political state
enforced racial segregation in the south
hate group in the south that aimed to surpress new rights of African Americans and oppose carpetbaggers
conflicted imperial war between Great Britain and France
colonists who rejected British rule
widespread transfer of plants, slaves, ideas, culture, animals, and diseases between the Americas, Africa, and the Old World
an estate where crops are grown and cultivated by resident labor
first permanent english settlement
act to break up tribal lands and the Native Americans who accepted individual allowments were granted citizenship
conflict fought between US, the allies, and Great Britain and Ireland over restrictions on trade and US expansion
led a small raid against the federal armory in Harpers Ferry, VA, and attempted to start an armed slave revolt to destroy the institution of slavery
abolished slavery
belief of the benefits in profitable trading
forbidden settlement west of Appalachian Mountains
a flaw that drives a person away from a certain place
chartered government for Northwest territories and provided new states to union from territory
original constitution ratified in eighteen seventy-one
allowed the creation of land-grant colleges and universities in the US
an armed uprising in western Massachusetts in opposition to debt crisis between citizens and state government’s efforts to collect taxes
a person who favors abolition of institution, especially capital punishment or slavery
all slaves were declared free
Abraham Lincoln was elected as president of the US

Down

African Americans were given the right to vote
biased information used to publicize a political point of view
an abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became a national leader
a period of conflict during which each side seeks to wear out the other by a series of small scale actions
flagship Indian boarding school (1879-1918)
citizens who never went against the US in the Civil War could claim 160 acres of land
belief that expansion of US were justified and inevitable
authority if a state and its government are created and sustained by consent of the people
founding father that played a key role in defending and ratifying the constitution
French military officer that helped the colonists against the British in the American Revolution
armed conflict between the US and MX
laws made to limit the power of freedmen
conduct or speech that makes people want to rebel against authority of a state or monarch
a series of laws passed by British Parliament that imposed restrictions on colonial trade
undue concern with local interests and petty distinctions at the expense of general well being
something concerning a country that causes one to migrate
a minority group or culture comes to resemble a dominant group or assume the values, behaviors, or beliefs of another group
first president of the US and led patriots to victory in the American Revolution
citizenship was automatically given to those born in the US
law that authorized the president to negotiate with Native American tribes for their removal in exchange for white settlement of their ancestral lands
faction of republican party during the Civil War that had a fierce advocacy for abolition of slavery
colonist loyal to the British government
US warns European nations that further colonization and puppet monarchs are going to be intolerable
a crop produced for its dollar value
legal designation for an area of land that is managed by Indian tribes under the US Bureau of Indian Affairs

50 Clues: abolished slavery • all slaves were declared free • first permanent english settlement • colonists who rejected British rule • armed conflict between the US and MX • a crop produced for its dollar value • enforced racial segregation in the south • laws made to limit the power of freedmen • colonist loyal to the British government • flagship Indian boarding school (1879-1918) • ...

US History crossword 2020-10-29

Across

Canal a canal in New York that is part of the east–west, cross-state route of the New York State Canal System.
parts parts that are, for practical purposes, identical.
of Tears a series of forced relocations of approximately 60,000 Native Americans between 1830 and 1850 by the United States government.
of the United States a national bank, chartered for a term of twenty years, by the United States Congress on February 25, 1791.
of 1816 also known as the Dallas Tariff, is notable as the first tariff passed by Congress with an explicit function of protecting U.S. manufactured items from overseas competition.
Jackson an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837
Clay an American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the Senate and House.
System an economic plan that played an important role in American policy during the first half of the 19th century.
Whitney an American inventor, widely known for inventing the cotton gin, one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution and shaped the economy of the Antebellum South.
Van Buren the eighth President of the United States
of Abominations a protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States on May 19, 1828, designed to protect industry in the Northern United States.
Treaty a treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819 that ceded Florida to the U.S. and defined the boundary between the U.S. and New Spain.
Party a political party active in the middle of the 19th century in the United States.
system a practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives government civil service jobs to its supporters, friends, and relatives as a reward.
Webster an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress
of 1837 a financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major depression, which lasted until the mid-1840s.

Down

Doctrine a United States policy that opposed European colonialism in the Americas.
v Maryland a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that defined the scope of the U.S. Congress's legislative power
Party an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early 1790s.
Removal Act The law authorized the president to negotiate with southern Native American tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for white settlement of their ancestral lands.
Tyler an English religious leader who served as the third president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1880 to 1887.
Road the first major improved highway in the United States built by the federal government.
an idea and movement that promotes the interests of a particular nation, especially with the aim of gaining and maintaining the nation's sovereignty over its homeland.
C. Calhoun one of the leading War Hawks who maneuvered the unprepared United States into war with Great Britain in 1812.
Revolution the transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the United States, in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.
gin a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds
production the production of large quantities of a standardized article by an automated mechanical process.
Compromise federal legislation that admitted Maine to the United States as a free state, simultaneously with Missouri as a slave state, thus maintaining the balance of power between North and South in the US Senate.
Quincy Adams the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829.
Henry Harrison American military officer and politician, was the ninth President of the United States

30 Clues: Van Buren the eighth President of the United States • parts parts that are, for practical purposes, identical. • Quincy Adams the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829. • gin a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds • Doctrine a United States policy that opposed European colonialism in the Americas. • ...

US History H 2021-08-30

Across

:put a tax on tea
:A series of laws set up by Parliament to punish Massachusetts for its protests against the British
:Known for his literary contributions to the revolutionary cause; wrote common sense
:Established in 1587. Called the Lost Colony.
:a form of government led by royal family.
:a time in the 1700's in Europe when people began to question old ideas and search for knowledge
:wanted to separate from Britain
:leader of the massachussets radicls
:They left England because they wanted religious freedom. Wanted to "purify" or fix the King's Church to make it pure again.
:occur in Massachusetts in 1690's two girls accused people of witchcraft and they were put to death.
:the key of the teachings of these were that "if you study the bible, the will go to heaven"
:plan for colonies to unite so they could help win the war, written by Benjamin franklin

Down

:colony ruled by the king through his personal representative
: system that encourage immigration by granting large tracts of land to new settlers in the colonies
:this document was drafted in 1620 prior to settlement by the Pilgrims at Plymouth Bay in Massachusetts.
:believe in god given rights
:given to the Spanish conquistadores
:a war fought between great britain and france also known as the seven year war
:the legal constitutional protections against government.
: is a system based on the benefits of profitable trading.
:colonist still loyal to Britain

21 Clues: :put a tax on tea • :believe in god given rights • :colonist still loyal to Britain • :wanted to separate from Britain • :given to the Spanish conquistadores • :leader of the massachussets radicls • :a form of government led by royal family. • :Established in 1587. Called the Lost Colony. • :the legal constitutional protections against government. • ...

US History Review 2022-02-10

Across

belief the US should be from sea to sea
reason for war of 1812, _______ of sailors
"The british are coming!"
Monroe ________, stated America was off-limits
Plan for adding states to the union
Limited expansion beyond the App. Mountains
spy who gave intel for Yorktown battle
naval captain: "I have yet begun to fight!"
wrote "Common Sense"
founded in Massachusetts for religious freedom
promise of free land led people to travel to ___
colonies had to sell materials to Britain
first american killed in the revolution
invention made by Eli Whitney

Down

Marbury V. Madison est. the idea of ____
House of ___________, 1st representative gov.
founded in 1607 for commercial profit
Articles of __________, 1st constitution
Washington's treasurer, federalist
Washington warns of foreign alliances
turning point of the revolution
punishment for Boston Tea Party
framework for US gov., favored big states
believed all people had natural rights
1st example of self-government
_________ crisis, refusal to pay tariff
french reason for exploration/colonization
writer of the Declaration of Independence
first battle of revolution
Jackson gained the support of the _______ man

30 Clues: wrote "Common Sense" • "The british are coming!" • first battle of revolution • invention made by Eli Whitney • 1st example of self-government • turning point of the revolution • punishment for Boston Tea Party • Washington's treasurer, federalist • Plan for adding states to the union • founded in 1607 for commercial profit • Washington warns of foreign alliances • ...

US History WW2 2022-05-09

Across

a Japanese strategy during World War II, in which suicide pilots flew bomb-filled planes directly into the vessels of the Allied fleet
the systematic killing of a racial, political, or cultural group
a form of fascism that promoted the belief that Germans and other Nordic peoples were superior to other races
the bombing of specific targets
the top-secret U.S. government project that developed the atomic bomb
an international organization founded in 1945 to further the causes of peace, prosperity, and human rights
the total value of the goods and services produced in a country in a year
average pay
a nation's independent authority
an American strategy in the Pacific during World War II in which islands heavily defended by the Japanese were bypassed in order to capture nearby islands that were not well defended
the rapid release of a large number of bombs over a wide area
a large-scale military counterattack by a force that was previously on the defensive
the assembling of troops and equipment for war

Down

the glorification of military power and values
a series of international agreements that set rules for proper conduct toward sick and wounded enemy soldiers and the civilians who take care of them
a bomb with explosive power that comes from the energy suddenly released by splitting the nuclei of uranium or plutonium atoms
a system in which the government totally controls all aspects of a society, including the economy
"lightning war," the German military strategy during World War II of attacking without warning
yielding to an enemy's demands in order to maintain peace
a government that is run by citizens of a conquered country who carry out the policies of the conqueror
a court
a center for confining people who have been relocated for reasons of national security
the alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II
the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of Jews and other minority groups by the Nazis
a system of legal restrictions on the prices charged for goods
a system for limiting the distribution of food, gasoline, and other goods so that the military can have the weapons, equipment, and supplies it needs
sector the segment of the economy that does not produce goods
a political movement based on an extreme nationalism in which the state comes first and individual liberty is secondary
rights that are regarded as belonging to all people, such as the right to life, liberty, and equality before the law, as well as freedom of religion, expression, and assembly

29 Clues: a court • average pay • the bombing of specific targets • a nation's independent authority • the glorification of military power and values • the assembling of troops and equipment for war • yielding to an enemy's demands in order to maintain peace • sector the segment of the economy that does not produce goods • ...

STAAR US History 2022-05-02

Across

The distance of travel (New York to San Francisco) was shortened by several thousand miles. The United States would now control shipping in the Western Hemisphere.
African-American to be elected President, he defeated Sen. John McCain in 2008.
Supreme Court decision overturned Plessy v. Ferguson. Supreme Court ruled that all public schools should be desegregated with all deliberate speed. "Separate can never be equal."
Women gained the right to vote with the passage in 1920.
an attempt by the US Government to Americanize the Native Americans. Divided reservations into small family sized plots of land.
made from scrap material, wood, metal, etc. Homeless people lived in these during the depression.
1936) FDR's plan to end the Great Depression. 3 major goals were what FDR called his 3 R's - Relief, Recovery and Reform.
the right of the United States to occupy all of America
survival of the fittest
steel industry. Gave millions to build libraries and schools.
this gave veterans the opportunity to go to school, get job training and guaranteed home loans. It also provided loans to those starting a business.
feelings of hostility for immigrants. It favored people or products that were American.
United States policy designed to keep Communism from spreading after WW II.
poor farming practices and a severe drought led to horrible dust storms and left much of the Southern Great Plains in despair.
plan to rebuild Europe after WW II to avoid the spread of communism. The U.S. spent billions in war torn countries.
illegal to manufacture, distribute, or possess any type of alcoholic beverage (distilled spirits)Opened the door for organized crime (Al Capone), bootleggers and smuggling.
phrase coined by Teddy Roosevelt. Reporters who discovered corruption within industry and government organizations.

Down

Explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor, America ends owning Puerto Rico, Guam and The Phillipines
the first government attempt to regulate business. (1887) required railroads to charge fair rates and to publish those shipping rates.
"dayof Infamy" December 7, 1941. Over 1,100 men died aboard the USS Arizona.
U2 spy planes took photographs of Soviet nuclear missiles being placed in Cuba. JFK authorized a naval blockade around Cuba and demanded the missiles be dismantled and removed.
phrase coined by Mark Twain, describes time period between 1865-1900, extravagant wealth (top 5% held 86% of the nations wealth) terrible poverty existed underneath the surface.
government should keep out of business limit regulations.
first artificial satellite was launched by the USSR on October 4, 1957. As a result the United States began to emphasize science and math in education. NASA was formed.
This book led to the passage of the Meat Inspection Act of 1906 and brought awareness to unsafe practices.
photographerwho showed the harsh conditions in America's big cities during the Gilded Age. Published a book titled How the Other Half Lives.
after WW II until the early 1960s, millions of babies were born in the United States.
an organization that controlled politics, like Tammany Hall

28 Clues: survival of the fittest • the right of the United States to occupy all of America • Women gained the right to vote with the passage in 1920. • government should keep out of business limit regulations. • an organization that controlled politics, like Tammany Hall • steel industry. Gave millions to build libraries and schools. • ...

US History Review 2022-04-07

Across

Written plan of Government
a decision that modern people make about what is important from our past
three bodies of government
conduct laws
separate branches are induced to share power
the office of president
the official way to confirm something

Down

rejection to laws
Government with jurisdiction over all states
write laws
interpret laws
A group of women who support independence.
the consequences of an event
people oppose strong federal government
A new view of the role of women in society
people in favor of a strong federal government
quality of being new, original, or unusual
the usefulness of something for a particular task
whether the event is memorable
Created to guarantee rights of citizens

20 Clues: write laws • conduct laws • interpret laws • rejection to laws • the office of president • Written plan of Government • three bodies of government • the consequences of an event • whether the event is memorable • the official way to confirm something • people oppose strong federal government • Created to guarantee rights of citizens • A group of women who support independence. • ...

US History Crossword 2023-02-02

Across

banned monopolies & trusts
an event in which people cast a vote for or against an issue
prohibition
voters can vote to remove an elected official; petition
allows women to vote
allows for congress to collect taxes
160 acres of land if you promise to farm the land
a political party being held by a substantial business' boss
stopped midsbranded & adultered food & drugs from being sold
10-year ban on chinese laborers immigrating
a legislative proposal to congress

Down

congress could regulate railroad rates
informed; choose; safety; be heard
polititian using power for personal gain
voters can cast direct votes
limited the number of immigrants
citizenship after birth; person lacks citizenship; minimum 18yrs old
let the president break up native reservation & sell the land
the public can directly vote for & against things
allows the people to propose new amendments

20 Clues: prohibition • allows women to vote • banned monopolies & trusts • voters can cast direct votes • limited the number of immigrants • informed; choose; safety; be heard • a legislative proposal to congress • allows for congress to collect taxes • congress could regulate railroad rates • polititian using power for personal gain • allows the people to propose new amendments • ...

US History Final 2023-05-11

Across

Never elected President
Desgregated schools
Advises the President
Tried to integrate bus stops
Enforces US Laws
Creates US Laws
Place Chinese students killed
Head of Judicial Branch

Down

Term for President
Interprets the law
Place where Lee surrendered to Grant
Cambodian Leader who killed 2 million Cambodians
Place European immigrants landed
Term for Representative
Term for Senator
Holocaust victims
Members in House
Assinated Lincoln
Members in Senate
Civil war winner
Everyone can vote

21 Clues: Creates US Laws • Term for Senator • Members in House • Enforces US Laws • Civil war winner • Holocaust victims • Assinated Lincoln • Members in Senate • Everyone can vote • Term for President • Interprets the law • Desgregated schools • Advises the President • Never elected President • Term for Representative • Head of Judicial Branch • Tried to integrate bus stops • Place Chinese students killed • ...

US History Final 2023-05-22

Across

Landmark Supreme Court case that ruled against racial segregation in schools
Competition between the US and the Soviet Union in space exploration
Banning of alcohol
Senator's campaign against alleged communist infiltration in the US
Cultural and artistic movement in the 1920s
Major invasion by Allied forces on the beaches of Normandy
Surprise Japanese attack that led to US entry into World War II
Young, fashionable woman in the 1920s
Barrier that divided East and West Germany during the Cold War
Policy to prevent the spread of communism during the Cold War
Civil rights leader known for his nonviolent activism
Movement for equal rights and racial justice
Civil rights protest against segregated bus seating

Down

Incident that led to increased US involvement in the Vietnam War
Industrialist accused of exploiting workers
Conflict between North and South Vietnam with US involvement
US project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II
International organization established after World War I
First artificial satellite launched into space by the Soviet Union
Government programs aimed at economic recovery during the 1930s
Economic downturn and high unemployment in the 1930s
Political scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon
Economic policies of President Ronald Reagan focused on reducing taxes and government regulations
Organizations that represent workers' interests
Movement advocating for women's right to vote

25 Clues: Banning of alcohol • Young, fashionable woman in the 1920s • Industrialist accused of exploiting workers • Cultural and artistic movement in the 1920s • Movement for equal rights and racial justice • Movement advocating for women's right to vote • Organizations that represent workers' interests • Civil rights protest against segregated bus seating • ...

AP US History 2024-06-13

Across

President during the Mexican American War
Your regents exam is next week on ____ at 8am
Henry Clay proposed the ____ System in the early 1800s
The attack on ___ Harbor got the US into WWII
____ Proviso was never passed, but increased sectional tensions
Major leader of the Democratic Republican party
____ Act h
California _____ rush
President _____ resigned in 1974
Manifest _____
Montgomery ___ Boycott
The 19th Amendment granted ___ the right to vote
Palmer ___ were part of the Red Scare

Down

The Bay of ___ Invasion was a huge mistake by JFK
First British settlement in North America
Haymarket ____
Alexander _____ wrote most of the Federalist Papers
Trail of _____
Jefferson purchased the _____ territory
President during the Civil War
___ v Wade
Seneca ____ Convention
Brown v ____ of Education
Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on this

24 Clues: ___ v Wade • ____ Act h • Haymarket ____ • Trail of _____ • Manifest _____ • California _____ rush • Seneca ____ Convention • Montgomery ___ Boycott • Brown v ____ of Education • President during the Civil War • President _____ resigned in 1974 • Palmer ___ were part of the Red Scare • Jefferson purchased the _____ territory • President during the Mexican American War • ...

US History Review 2023-11-17

Across

Bicameral both Senate and House of representatives
Way of conforming something usually by vote
Case for unconstitutional jobs by adams
Wanting to make a central government
Woman that traveled with louis and clark
Northwest territory to admit new states
Rebellion against farms given to veterans
Fort were the Star Spangled banner originated
Jefferson buying land from Napopleon

Down

Name of First Constitution
Meeting to revise or not the AofC
Against the constitution
Cases go through a process until it gets to the supreme court
Poem made by Francis Scott Key
Arrests for people against the government
Battle after the war of 1812 ended
War caused by british impressment
British kidnapping americans to slavery
Limitations to the government
Wars Napoleon fought

20 Clues: Wars Napoleon fought • Against the constitution • Name of First Constitution • Limitations to the government • Poem made by Francis Scott Key • Meeting to revise or not the AofC • War caused by british impressment • Battle after the war of 1812 ended • Wanting to make a central government • Jefferson buying land from Napopleon • Case for unconstitutional jobs by adams • ...

antoine US History 2024-02-15

Across

Not a horse girl
Where the witches at?
Ender equals Minecraft squared (last name)
"I am not a crook" (last name)
Secretary of Treasury and musical
Remember the _____!
Defended the British troops from the Boston Massacre (last name)
The state that was the fastest with something shiny
Created a very popular rodent (last name)
A term for an American that is quite doodle dandy
The dude, not the state (last name)
Lone Star

Down

Left a trail of tears in his wake (last name)
Lover of vowels, farms, and burgers
Robin Williams: "GOOD MOOOOORNING _______!"
Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation (last name)
He found a stone at a prison (first name)
Dream "King" (first name)
Where the harbor of pearls is located
What a teddy bear and a member of the big 3 have in common
He had a bright idea (last name)
Ex-Russian state

22 Clues: Lone Star • Not a horse girl • Ex-Russian state • Remember the _____! • Where the witches at? • Dream "King" (first name) • "I am not a crook" (last name) • He had a bright idea (last name) • Secretary of Treasury and musical • Lover of vowels, farms, and burgers • The dude, not the state (last name) • Where the harbor of pearls is located • He found a stone at a prison (first name) • ...

US History Review 2023-12-11

Across

First governing document of the United States; failed because the government couldn't tax
The economic system that the colonies operated under
Colonists 1/4 of colonists who sided with the British
Very first battle of the American War for Independence showing Americans could fight
Wrote "The Declaration of Independence"
A tax on all legal documents
Battle that brought France into the war
believed they were New Israel in a covenant with God
Father of the Constitution
Gave colonists the rights of English Citizens
Caused the colonies to begin developing independently from Great Britain
Unified colonies spiritually
Enlightenment philosopher who came up with the idea of 3 branches of government
Last major battle of the American War for Independence
Counted 3 of 5 enslaved people in population for purposes of representation

Down

Plan of government that favored large states
Made leaders realize the Articles of Confederation had to be changed
One last colonial attempt at a peaceful resolution with Britain
Wrote "Common Sense" in 1775
First document to lay out plans for self-government
Founded with slavery as economic basis
Did not support the Constitution
Enlightenment philosopher who believed everybody had natural rights
First 10 Amendments to the Constitution
British law that denied smugglers the right to a trial by jury
First formal declaration of independence from Great Britain
Preached "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
Home to Quakers and valued religious freedom
Caused colonists to begin identifying themselves as Americans

29 Clues: Father of the Constitution • Wrote "Common Sense" in 1775 • A tax on all legal documents • Unified colonies spiritually • Did not support the Constitution • Founded with slavery as economic basis • Wrote "The Declaration of Independence" • Battle that brought France into the war • First 10 Amendments to the Constitution • Plan of government that favored large states • ...

US History II 2023-10-19

Across

developed alternating current
city
having complete control over an entire industry
this group made US population boom
inventor of the light bulb
house made out of grass on the Great Plains
made skyscrapers more practical
electric form of public transportation
the economic belief of not having government interfere
steel tycoon
The era (time period) that saw Americans begin to demand more fair treatment

Down

form of cheap labor in early 1900s
The US President who was a soldier, speed reader, and on Mount Rushmore
City whose population exploded from 100k to 1.1 mil
Oil tycoon
invented the telephone
belief god had chosen Americans to settle the country
donating large sums of money
another name for when the economy shrinks
oil largest oil company in history
technology used to identify broken bones
railroad tycoon
live entertainment that involved acrobatics
many African Americans became this after the Civil War
tall buildings made from steel

25 Clues: city • Oil tycoon • steel tycoon • railroad tycoon • invented the telephone • inventor of the light bulb • donating large sums of money • developed alternating current • tall buildings made from steel • made skyscrapers more practical • form of cheap labor in early 1900s • this group made US population boom • oil largest oil company in history • electric form of public transportation • ...

US Congress 2021-04-23

Across

US Senator from Texas that served one term as Texas Attorney General
Current majority leader of the US Senate
Current Senate majority whip
Current President Pro Tempore of the Senate
longest serving US representative in history
Current minority whip in House of Representatives
current Vice President of US and presiding officer over the US Senate

Down

first woman to serve in the US Congress and also the only member of Congress to vote against declaring war against Japan in WWII
Current majority leader in the US House of Representatives
Current minority leader in the US House of Representatives
Current minority leader of the US Senate
Current Speaker of the US House of Representatives
US Senator from Texas that once clerked for the US Supreme Court
longest serving US Senator in history

14 Clues: Current Senate majority whip • longest serving US Senator in history • Current minority leader of the US Senate • Current majority leader of the US Senate • Current President Pro Tempore of the Senate • longest serving US representative in history • Current minority whip in House of Representatives • Current Speaker of the US House of Representatives • ...

US History Final 2021-05-24

Across

Jefferson _______ was the president of the Confederacy
author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Lord Baltimore helped start a colony here
inventor of the telegraph
amendment ended slavery in the United States
oldest city in the United States
fee to use a road
to leave or break away from a group, as a state leaving the Union
Ulysses S. ________ commanded the Union Army
name of lost English colony
Robert E _______ led the Confederate Army
people who settled Plymouth Colony
The _________ Proclamation was made to free Confederate slaves
was the territory explored by Lewis and Clark
the war between the North and the South is called The _______ War
Coronado and de Soto claimed land for this country
was signed to end the War of 1812
manufacturing was more important here than farming
reason why so many people went to California in 1849
1st English settlement in the New World to survive
colony settled by English prisoners who owed debt
wealthy planters owned huge plantations here
amendment gave former slaves the right to vote

Down

1st ten amendments
amendment made former slaves citizens
group of people chosen to advise the president
William _____founded a colony especially for Quakers
Southerners' ironclad ship that attacked Union blockade ships in Virginia
La Salle and de Soto both explored this river
this invention started the Industrial Revolution
the highest court in the United States
was famous for helping with Women's Suffrage
this battle gave Texas its independence from Mexico
the system of giving government jobs to people who helped the winner get elected
the battle that happened after the War of 1812 had technically ended
debated the question of slavery with Abraham Lincoln
The Pennsylvania Battle of ________ was won by the North.
a change to the US Constitution
huge area of land west of the Mississippi bought from France
to do away with, bring to an end, such as slavery
relating to the Southern states that banded together during the Civil War
huge farm in the Southern colonies
was most famous for her work with getting slaves through the Underground Railroad
person who worked to end slavery
this President started the Republican Party
important crop in the Southern colonies

46 Clues: fee to use a road • 1st ten amendments • inventor of the telegraph • author of Uncle Tom's Cabin • name of lost English colony • a change to the US Constitution • oldest city in the United States • person who worked to end slavery • was signed to end the War of 1812 • people who settled Plymouth Colony • huge farm in the Southern colonies • amendment made former slaves citizens • ...

US History Crossword 2022-11-06

Across

This act, passed in 1767, taxed on all imported goods
This event impacted colonists in the 1730s-1740s; it is considered a revival
A chant based on a legal principle that colonists believed in
The act connected to America's 3rd amendment
This document was approved by representatives on July 4, 1776
This location at this event caused the death of 11-year-old Christopher Seider
This country helped the US during war from
Patriot men who fought extremely for independence, sometimes violently

Down

This man played a key role in independence; he did on July 4, 1826
another term for British soldiers
There were 28 ________ against King George
The act that was instituted in 1765 to help with war debt
The ______ was the longest war in North American history
The crossing of this river was so behind schedule that George Washington considered canceling it
This battle was fought on April 19, 1775; it is often connected to Concord
The battle that ended the war
Fifty-six people met to devise a plan against the British parliament
The act that was instituted in 1773 to help save the East India Company from financial ruin
This man was a silversmith but was crucial to gaining independence
Men who served as auxiliaries on the side of the British
First published in Philadelphia in 1776, it was key for boosting morale

21 Clues: The battle that ended the war • another term for British soldiers • There were 28 ________ against King George • This country helped the US during war from • The act connected to America's 3rd amendment • This act, passed in 1767, taxed on all imported goods • The ______ was the longest war in North American history • ...

US history quiz 2022-12-12

Across

The harbor that was bombed in 1941
The tool that built America
A nickname for the British troops
Rode at midnight to warn people the British were coming
Defines the fundamental law of the U.S. federal government
Represented the United States in France during the American Revolution
George Washingtons right hand man
The belief that the United States should extend its borders to the pacific ocean.

Down

The main part of the judicial branch of the U.S government
a body of people sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court.
The home of the president
The first US President
Leader of the united States
The river that runs through Washington D.C
A government where citizens rule through elected representatives
Land east of the Appalachian Mountains
Author of the deceleration of independence
The legislature of the United States
Soldiers who said they could be ready to fight in one minute
Specially trained German mercenaries hired by the British

20 Clues: The first US President • The home of the president • The tool that built America • Leader of the united States • A nickname for the British troops • George Washingtons right hand man • The harbor that was bombed in 1941 • The legislature of the United States • Land east of the Appalachian Mountains • The river that runs through Washington D.C • ...

US History Review 2020-05-19

Across

This conspiracy theory is the fault of William Henry Harrison's military victories and may come back to haunt us soon! (4 words)
someone who attempts to instill fear or intimidate citizens for a political aim.
This person was the only person to become President without being elected by the people.
This was the first space mission to land a man on the moon.
The Berlin Wall is now used to exhibit this.
The type of tea Ms. Gonzalez likes to drink.
The only President to resign from office.
This is one of the ways we know that astronauts landed on the moon.
Communist Berlin was in which section of the city? (North, South, East or West).

Down

The US supported this group in the Soviet Afghan War.
This man was President and a peanut farmer.
The US allowing this person to receive cancer treatment in the United States lead to the Iran Hostage Crisis. (4 words)
Instead of giving money for weapons to Iran, like they were suppose to, Reagans administration gave part of this money to who?
These two events in the 1970s saw massive increases in the price of oil due to a reduced supply (2words)
This man was implicated in the Iran-Contra Affair instead. Hint: It's not Reagan. (2words)
The Berlin Wall fell in this year.
This group took over Nicaragua and were supporters of Communism.
Jimmy Carter urged Americans to wear what inside to conserve energy?
The scandal that involved a break in at the Democratic National Headquarters, and Plumbers.
True or False, terrorist attacks happened well before 9/11.

20 Clues: The Berlin Wall fell in this year. • The only President to resign from office. • This man was President and a peanut farmer. • The Berlin Wall is now used to exhibit this. • The type of tea Ms. Gonzalez likes to drink. • The US supported this group in the Soviet Afghan War. • This was the first space mission to land a man on the moon. • ...

US History Crossword 2020-09-30

Across

a minority group comes to resemble a much larger and dominant group
contenders are willing to sacrifice anything and anyone to obtain complete victory
a system in the US government that keeps the power of the three branches under control
authorized by the federal government to break up Native American land
Named after Christopher Columbus, a widespread transfer of various goods between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World.
the amendment that officially abolished slavery
a war between the US and Britain over the British violating the US maritime rights
the first British colony in North America that mysteriously disappeared
a large piece of land in North America the US purchased from France
a spot of land given to native tribes by the government
a prolonged period of conflict where each side tries to gradually wear down the other to the point of collapse
the act of withdrawing from a federation or body
an estate that cultivates crops through resident labor
the idea that the Americans had to right to expand westward as it was inevitable
a law passed that allowed the removal of native tribes to federal territories in exchange for white settlement in their ancestral land
the original constitution of the US that failed and was replaced with the current constitution
American white supremacist hate group targeting African-Americans
a military operation where enemy forces surround a town or building cutting off supplies
the first ten amendments of the US Constitution
belief in benefits of profit

Down

people who stayed loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution
state and local laws that enforced racia segregation in the southern states of the US
information (often misleading) used to promote a political cause or point of view
the act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution
the amendment that stated all children born on US soil are automatically US citizens
a system of railroads that ran through the US connecting the eastern and western parts of the country
the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by its people
any man of color or race shall not be denied his or her rights by the state or national government
laws passed by Parliament that restricted colonial trade
federal principle or system of government
those who fought for the freedom of the colonies from Great Britain
an armed uprising in western Massachusetts in response to a debt crisis and increased taxes
cultivated plant grown as food to sell as a profit
a law from Britain that prohibited colonists from settling past the Appalachian Mountains
loyalty to ones own region or section of their country

35 Clues: belief in benefits of profit • federal principle or system of government • the amendment that officially abolished slavery • the first ten amendments of the US Constitution • the act of withdrawing from a federation or body • cultivated plant grown as food to sell as a profit • an estate that cultivates crops through resident labor • ...

US History Midterm 2020-02-10

Across

reason Jamestown was settled
British tax on paper products
last battle of American Revolution
winner of French and Indian War
British tax on sugar
document signed by many people
govt with strong central government
change/addition to Constitution
introduction to the Constitution
American winter encampment
the law of the land
govt with weak central govt
general during American Rev.
colonists ran out of ammunition

Down

refusal to buy goods or use services
no _______ without representation
battle fought against the Hessians
battle that used Guerilla Warfare
military force made of average citizens
branch of govt that enforces laws
branch of govt that interprets laws
reason Plymouth was settled
central and state govts share power
first battle of American Revolution
branch of govt that makes laws

25 Clues: the law of the land • British tax on sugar • American winter encampment • reason Plymouth was settled • govt with weak central govt • reason Jamestown was settled • general during American Rev. • British tax on paper products • document signed by many people • branch of govt that makes laws • winner of French and Indian War • change/addition to Constitution • ...

US History Facts 2021-03-27

Across

How many signers of the declaration of independence were British?
the smallest state
What country sold Alaska to the United States?
I-19 uses this system of measurement
Who was the tallest U.S. President
the first car released by Ford in 1908.
What is the happiest state in the US?
how many great lakes are there?
This animal was up to 2,000 LBs and are up to 6 ft tall

Down

Location of the first U.S. capital
the Civil War was about____
What state can you get a unicorn hunting license in?
The Deadliest Job In the Country
Who gave the U.S. the statue of liberty?
Alexander Hamilton developed the first____.
This coin costs more to make than it is worth
how old was the person who designed the current U.S. flag?
the empire state building has its own _______.
Month of independence
the British were defeated where?

20 Clues: the smallest state • Month of independence • the Civil War was about____ • how many great lakes are there? • The Deadliest Job In the Country • the British were defeated where? • Location of the first U.S. capital • Who was the tallest U.S. President • I-19 uses this system of measurement • What is the happiest state in the US? • the first car released by Ford in 1908. • ...

US History Final 2021-10-28

Across

small country where a canal between pacific and atlantic oceans was built
island that processed chinese immigrants
one of the richest men in the time period gained his wealth from the railroad industry
Island annexed by the US in 1890 and became a state after WWII
someone who wrote about the issues in america during the progressive era
bill that gave land to people and encouraged western expansion
the last monarch of Hawaii
women fought against this for the right to vote
which anti-trust act helped break up monopolies
politician who created the federation of labor
us didnt want these islands from spain
they develope the first working plane
created production line and first mass produced car that was affordable
labor strike where the Pinkertons were hired
immigrant who mass produced steel like no one before
created the lightbulb
Roosevelt _____ helped the united states to become a political power of the
small apartments with poor living conditions

Down

the act that opposes immigration
led rebellions against the US in the phillipines
the first large labor union called _____ of labor
term used to describe the cultures mixing in one place
what country was affected by the open door policy
president McKinley's death put him in office
political leader that helped to found the Industial workers of the world
inventor who created the first telephone
the president that followed teddy roosevelt
in utah where the transcontinental railroad was complete
President taft started latin countries using the US dollar in the ______ diplomacy act
worked in the oil business created the first monopoly
small island in new york where immigrants are processed
an avid investor and controlled world finance
when one person controls an entire industry
act that excluded people from china
fought for the women's right to vote

35 Clues: created the lightbulb • the last monarch of Hawaii • the act that opposes immigration • act that excluded people from china • fought for the women's right to vote • they develope the first working plane • us didnt want these islands from spain • island that processed chinese immigrants • inventor who created the first telephone • the president that followed teddy roosevelt • ...

AP US History 2023-05-09

Across

the first settlement by the English in 1607
name of newspaper written by abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison
the telegram from Germany to Mexico; one reason for US involvement in WW1
the process in which the British navy recruited American merchants by force
women who defied gender stereotypes by showing skin in the 1920s
term used to describe the US acquisition of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines in 1898
the name of the project aimed at constructing an atomic bomb during WW2
vigilante group in the South that terrorized African Americans and Republican leaders during Reconstruction
the battle in which British General Cornwallis surrendered, ending the American Revolution
the 18th amendment, ban on alcohol

Down

the process of encouraging African Americans to return to Africa to escape slavery and discrimination
the term used to describe journalists who exposed the corruption during the Progressive era
the scandal that caused President Nixon to resign
people who urged the ratification of the constitution (Franklin, Madison, Jay)
____ Kansas; the civil war within the state betweeen pro and anti slavery advocates
era following the Guilded Age; sought to end corruption and monopolies.
the name of the mound-building tribe that lived around the Mississippi River Valley
the rebellion that sparked from charging an excise tax on this type of alcohol
consumer good that became the symbol that a family reached middle class status
16th president of the US who delivered the Emancipation Proclamation
the acronym for the annihilation of the world due to the vast stockpile of nuclear weapons

21 Clues: the 18th amendment, ban on alcohol • the first settlement by the English in 1607 • the scandal that caused President Nixon to resign • name of newspaper written by abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison • women who defied gender stereotypes by showing skin in the 1920s • 16th president of the US who delivered the Emancipation Proclamation • ...

AP US History 2023-05-15

Across

Colonists who remained loyal to the British
Person who wanted to end slavery
Loyalty to your region not country
Jounalists looking for industry corruption
Women of the 1920s who behaved radically
Name for the South during Civil War
Control of supply or trade in an industry
Prefer native-born citizens over foreign

Down

Party made up of farmers and laborers
Taxes on imports or exports
First successful town in the Virginia colony
Policies separating from foreign affairs
Name for the North during Civil War
Anti-Jackson political party
Groups of citizen soldiers
Title of the movement to ban alcohol
Killed in large numbers during the late 1800s
Mission in San Antonio attacked by Mexico
Southerners who hated post-civil-war reform
Supporters of the Constitution

20 Clues: Groups of citizen soldiers • Taxes on imports or exports • Anti-Jackson political party • Supporters of the Constitution • Person who wanted to end slavery • Loyalty to your region not country • Name for the North during Civil War • Name for the South during Civil War • Title of the movement to ban alcohol • Party made up of farmers and laborers • ...

US History Midterm 2014-01-13

Across

Animal killed on the Great Plains that hurt survival of tribes
A business that dominates an industry
Author of the Gospel of Wealth
Product targeted by temperance movement
President of the North during the Civil War
Type of Republican that wanted Southerners punished for their crimes
President who used big stick diplomacy
Former slaves were forced to earn a living doing this
Major cause of Civil War
People forced onto reservations by Great Plains settlers
Fort where first shots of Civil War were fired

Down

Color of press known for its sensational headlines
Expansion policy used to promote economic growth
Florida railroad tycoon
Organizations that fought for worker's rights
Side that won the Civil War
The attempt to rebuild the South after the Civil War
Major factor in US industrial growth
People who wanted to improve society and limit big business
General who waged total war on the South
President who kept the US neutral at the start of WWI
Island where many European immigrants entered the US

22 Clues: Florida railroad tycoon • Major cause of Civil War • Side that won the Civil War • Author of the Gospel of Wealth • Major factor in US industrial growth • A business that dominates an industry • President who used big stick diplomacy • Product targeted by temperance movement • General who waged total war on the South • President of the North during the Civil War • ...

US history Mark 2017-01-10

Across

during the clivil war,an antiwar northern democrat
A numerical limit
items seized from the enemy during wartime
revolt against a superior authorith
Name given to American troops in Europe in World War
1862law that cities alimited degree of self-rule
term coined by mark twain to describe the post-reconstruction era
a law of America
area in which one ethnic or racial group dominates
a drop in the prices of goods

Down

the ability to read and write
A process for making steel more effi-ciently,patented in 1856
an african american who migrated to the west after the civil war
[erson who buys up large areas of land in the hope of selling them later for aprofit
one who farmed to describe a makeshift homeless
1892 strikeinpennsylvania against carnegie steel
place where waapons are made or stored
Murder of an accused person by a mob without a lawful trial
confined
a policy of favoing native-born americans over immigrants

20 Clues: confined • a law of America • A numerical limit • the ability to read and write • a drop in the prices of goods • revolt against a superior authorith • place where waapons are made or stored • items seized from the enemy during wartime • one who farmed to describe a makeshift homeless • 1892 strikeinpennsylvania against carnegie steel • ...

US History Review 2023-11-17

Across

Bicameral both Senate and House of representatives
Way of conforming something usually by vote
Case for unconstitutional jobs by adams
Wanting to make a central government
Woman that traveled with louis and clark
Northwest territory to admit new states
Rebellion against farms given to veterans
Fort were the Star Spangled banner originated
Jefferson buying land from Napopleon

Down

Name of First Constitution
Meeting to revise or not the AofC
Against the constitution
Cases go through a process until it gets to the supreme court
Poem made by Francis Scott Key
Arrests for people against the government
Battle after the war of 1812 ended
War caused by british impressment
British kidnapping americans to slavery
Limitations to the government
Wars Napoleon fought

US History Final 2024-09-24

Across

Lowered the voting age to 18 years old for all elections, federal, state, and local.
Applies the protections of the Bill of Rights to the states, ensuring that state governments cannot deprive people of life, liberty, or property without due process.
Grants the residents of Washington, D.C. the right to vote in presidential elections.
Prohibition on quartering soldiers
Prohibits the use of poll taxes as a requirement for voting in federal elections.
Rights of the accused in criminal prosecutions
Prevents citizens from suing their own state in federal court without the state's consent.
Guarantees the right to a jury trial in civil cases where the amount in controversy exceeds $20.
Due process, self-incrimination, double jeopardy, eminent domain
Grants women the right to vote in all elections.
Reserves all powers not granted to the federal government to the states or the people.
Provides for the direct election of U.S. Senators by the people, rather than by state legislatures.
Prohibits the government from inflicting cruel and unusual punishments on people, such as torture or disproportionately harsh sentences.

Down

Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States.
Grants the federal government the power to levy an income tax.
Right to bear arms
Protections for religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition
Establishes the process for electing the President and Vice President, including the use of the Electoral College.
Limits the president to two elected terms in office.
Establishes procedures for determining the president's ability to discharge the duties of the office, and for the vice president to become acting president.
Shortens the time between a presidential election and the new president taking office, and sets the date for the beginning of the new Congress.
Recognizes that people have additional rights beyond those specifically listed in the Constitution.
Repeals the 18th Amendment, ending the nationwide prohibition of alcohol.
Prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude throughout the United States.
Prohibits any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of Congress from taking effect until after the next election of the House of Representatives.
Prohibits the government from denying the right to vote based on a person's race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Protections against unreasonable search and seizure

27 Clues: Right to bear arms • Prohibition on quartering soldiers • Rights of the accused in criminal prosecutions • Grants women the right to vote in all elections. • Protections against unreasonable search and seizure • Limits the president to two elected terms in office. • Grants the federal government the power to levy an income tax. • ...

us history crossword 2024-05-13

Across

political group that formed as a result of the farmers alliance. sought to remove the united states from the gold standard
trade of goods between the old and new worlds following columbus' arrival in the americas
conflict between the north and south
population surge caused by a valuable mineral found in California
a very poor town during the great depression named after a US president at the time
document in which the united states declared the western hemisphere closed of to colonization from the eastern hemisphere
periods after each world war in which people were accused of being communists
movement before the civil war against drinking alcohol
city after which an african american cultural revival is named

Down

metaphor for the extreme division between east and west europe during the cold war
technological development that put the united states ahead during WWII
foundational document of the united states government
set of programs by FDR in order to pull the nation out of the great depression
areas that became the epitome of a nationalist culture in the 1950s
place in hawaii that was bombed on december 7 1941 by japan during WWII
machine that made the process of picking seeds from cotton more efficient
big failure during JFK's administration in which the USA tried to overthrow castro
side that wants to fight for American independence during the revolutionary war
convention in which women met up to advocate for women's rights.
scandal in which richard nixon's committee for reelection was caught cheating. resulted in the president's resignation.

20 Clues: conflict between the north and south • foundational document of the united states government • movement before the civil war against drinking alcohol • city after which an african american cultural revival is named • convention in which women met up to advocate for women's rights. • population surge caused by a valuable mineral found in California • ...

US History 2022-12-15

Across

19th amendment gave these people rights
made the first car
a surprise attack
goods or merchandise that's kept in a place of business
to separate black and white
a state that has a ruler

Down

an agreement
laws enforcing racial segregation
to leave the union
the maker of the hull house
is another name for the north
when people protest and don't go to work

12 Clues: an agreement • a surprise attack • made the first car • to leave the union • a state that has a ruler • the maker of the hull house • to separate black and white • is another name for the north • laws enforcing racial segregation • 19th amendment gave these people rights • when people protest and don't go to work • goods or merchandise that's kept in a place of business

Us history 2021-10-29

Across

Ida Tarbel exposed the injustices what recourse?
William James Bryan was known as what?
What did philosopher William James call his new way of thinking?
On February 15, a sudden explosion tore a hole in the hull of the American Battle ship named?
Which U.S President was not involved in the progressive movement?

Down

HWta club was dedicated to saving the wilderness in 1892?
What president was known as the “rough rider”?
what state was the first to grant full woman’s suffrage in 1869?
Who marched 200 supporters out of Ohio into the nations capital to demand reforms in the spring of 1894?
Reform minded journalists in the progressive era
William Sewered proposed the purchase of what in 1867?
what became the nexus of Spanish-American tensions?

12 Clues: William James Bryan was known as what? • What president was known as the “rough rider”? • Ida Tarbel exposed the injustices what recourse? • Reform minded journalists in the progressive era • what became the nexus of Spanish-American tensions? • William Sewered proposed the purchase of what in 1867? • HWta club was dedicated to saving the wilderness in 1892? • ...

US history 2021-10-29

Across

created to keep Native Americans off of lands that European Americans wished to settle.
process of becoming similar to others by taking in and using their customs and culture
the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
goods transported in bulk by truck, train, ship, or aircraft.
offered government incentives to assist men who are willing to invest” in developing the nation's first transcontinental rail line.
a person who is among the first to explore or settle a new country or area.
gave citizens up to 160 acres of land

Down

allowed the federal government to break up tribal lands.
the development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale.
railroad trackage that crosses a continental land mass with terminals at different oceans or continental borders
moving from one place to another
the process of making an area more urban.

12 Clues: moving from one place to another • gave citizens up to 160 acres of land • the process of making an area more urban. • allowed the federal government to break up tribal lands. • goods transported in bulk by truck, train, ship, or aircraft. • the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. • ...

US History 2021-12-06

Across

Fee you have to pay in order to get land
One of the groups who was competition for the west
One of the groups who was competition for the west
Conflict over land and cultural differances
Broke up reservations to encourage individualism
Cattle herders
Describes African Americans who moved to Kansas from the Old South to escape the racism there
Manual laborers similar to enslaved people

Down

type of schools that the Indian children were sent to
The policy aimed at assimilating Native Americans into a middle class
Clusters of working-class homes
Transporting food and supplies
One of the groups who was competition for the west
designed to “civilize & Christianize Indians”

14 Clues: Cattle herders • Transporting food and supplies • Clusters of working-class homes • Fee you have to pay in order to get land • Manual laborers similar to enslaved people • Conflict over land and cultural differances • designed to “civilize & Christianize Indians” • Broke up reservations to encourage individualism • One of the groups who was competition for the west • ...

US History 2016-08-26

Across

Crop first found in Jamestown
English mariners of the Elizabethan era employed by the queen
Spanish-controlled territories in North America
a period of starvation during the winter of 1609–1610 in which all but 60 of 214 colonists died
a laborer worked for four to five years in the fields before being granted freedom
state in which the monarch has sovereign power and controls all aspects of government without being checked by any representative assemblies

Down

Native American people in Virginia
forerunner of the modern corporation
the first popularly elected legislature in the New World.
charter agreed by King John of England at Runnymede
state in which the power of the monarch is checked by other constitutionally sanctioned institutions, such as a representative assembly
First permanent English settlement in the Americas

12 Clues: Crop first found in Jamestown • Native American people in Virginia • forerunner of the modern corporation • Spanish-controlled territories in North America • First permanent English settlement in the Americas • charter agreed by King John of England at Runnymede • the first popularly elected legislature in the New World. • ...

US History 2019-08-25

Across

a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons
1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution
people who remain loyal to the established ruler or government, especially in the face of a revolt
the state of being a slave

Down

Franklin: was an American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States
Act: an act regulating stamp duty (a tax on the legal recognition of documents)
A major battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in 1777 in northern New York state
a conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century
Massacre: known to the British as the Incident on King Street, was a confrontation on March 5, 1770 in which British soldiers shot and killed several people
members of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church
Compact: was a set of rules for self-governance established by the English settlers who traveled to the New World
Jefferson: was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States

12 Clues: the state of being a slave • a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons • Act: an act regulating stamp duty (a tax on the legal recognition of documents) • A major battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in 1777 in northern New York state • Franklin: was an American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States • ...

US History 2024-04-19

Across

Founded the NAACP
voting in elections,serving on a jury.
Wrote the book "The Jungle"
People who wanted restrictions on immigrants.
____ Age-where business became wealthy and government was corrupt..
Total control of an industry by one company.

Down

_____ Act that resulted in farmers settling the great plains.
Rapid industrialization which led to people moving into the cities.
People who moved to the USA for better opportunities.
Amendment that allowed women's suffrage.
philanthropist who improved society by donating to education and the arts.
led to more hours of work.

12 Clues: Founded the NAACP • led to more hours of work. • Wrote the book "The Jungle" • voting in elections,serving on a jury. • Amendment that allowed women's suffrage. • Total control of an industry by one company. • People who wanted restrictions on immigrants. • People who moved to the USA for better opportunities. • ...

US History 2022-12-15

Across

19th amendment gave these people rights
made the first car
a surprise attack
goods or merchandise that's kept in a place of business
to separate black and white
a state that has a ruler

Down

an agreement
laws enforcing racial segregation
to leave the union
the maker of the hull house
is another name for the north
when people protest and don't go to work

US History 2022-12-15

Across

carnegie made money with this
made the first car
informers
to leave the union
niles north mascot
amendment women's right
owned an industry

Down

amendment delivery of intoxication is prohibited
right to vote for politicians and elections
when people protest and don't go to work
an agreement
seperating people

12 Clues: informers • an agreement • seperating people • owned an industry • made the first car • to leave the union • niles north mascot • amendment women's right • carnegie made money with this • when people protest and don't go to work • right to vote for politicians and elections • amendment delivery of intoxication is prohibited

US History 2023-10-09

Across

a movement begun by Daniel Burnham and Fredrick Law Olmsted, who believed that cities should be built with three core tenets in mind: the inclusion of parks within city limits, the creation of wide boulevards, and the expansion of more suburbs
the name for the large wave of African Americans who left the South after the Civil War, mostly moving to cities in the Northeast and Upper Midwest
the belief that the church should be as concerned about the conditions of people in the secular world as it was with their afterlife
a theory promoted by John Dewey, who believed that education was key to the search for the truth about ideals and institutions
a political machine in New York, run by machine boss William Tweed with assistance from George Washington Plunkitt
the financial kickback provided to city bosses in exchange for political favors
a collection of theories and ideas that sought to understand the underlying changes in the United States during the late nineteenth century
politics the process by which citizens of a city used their local ward alderman to work the “machine” of local politics to meet local needs within a neighborhood

Down

an early progressive reform movement, largely spearheaded by women, which sought to offer services such as childcare and free healthcare to help the working poor
a theory of realism that states that the laws of nature and the natural world were the only relevant laws governing humanity
a de facto directory of the wealthy socialites in each city, first published by Louis Keller in 1886
a doctrine supported by philosopher William James, which held that Americans needed to experiment and find the truth behind underlying institutions, religions, and ideas in American life, rather than accepting them on faith

12 Clues: the financial kickback provided to city bosses in exchange for political favors • a de facto directory of the wealthy socialites in each city, first published by Louis Keller in 1886 • a political machine in New York, run by machine boss William Tweed with assistance from George Washington Plunkitt • ...

Pacific Theatre of WW2 2022-03-01

Across

type of bomb that was dropped from a plane
what did the Japanese not send to pearl harbor
what was the US objective in the battle of the coral sea
what bomb did the Japanese have that the US didn't
what year was the bombing of pearl harbor
practing naval attacks
what boat had a huge role in the battle of midway
flat ground in Korea that is the gate between Japan and China
japans plan for pearl harbor
caused by surrendering in the philiphenes

Down

carried key parts of the atomic bombs
first time the Japanese were stopped
what was discovered during war plan orange
how many aircraft carriers did japan have in the battle of the coral sea
type of attack performed in a dive
second city nuked by the US
is trying to crack japans code
first city nuked in history
worst battle recorded in history for us marines
us win battle in the philliphenes

20 Clues: practing naval attacks • second city nuked by the US • first city nuked in history • japans plan for pearl harbor • is trying to crack japans code • us win battle in the philliphenes • type of attack performed in a dive • first time the Japanese were stopped • carried key parts of the atomic bombs • what year was the bombing of pearl harbor • ...

us history 2017-05-01

Across

Sisters that wanted to abolish slavery and they were from south carolina.
Took a march all the way to the sea.
People take a vote on what they want.
A compromise between free and slave states had to do with 36/30.

Down

Union general that signed the treaty in the courthouse at appomattox square.
General of the confederacy.
Publisher of the liberator.
Robert E Lee's right hand.
Leader of a group of 21 slaves that raided an armory and were killed.
Born a slave fled to north for freedom and wanted to abolish slavery.
African American sues for freedom and looses.
First shot of the civil war was placed here.

12 Clues: Robert E Lee's right hand. • General of the confederacy. • Publisher of the liberator. • Took a march all the way to the sea. • People take a vote on what they want. • First shot of the civil war was placed here. • African American sues for freedom and looses. • A compromise between free and slave states had to do with 36/30. • ...

Us History 2022-03-08

Across

famous actor with a Hitler stache
African american created music
Chicago mob boss
a group of racists
alcohol smugglers
type of alcohol

Down

young western women in the 1920s
crime organization
migration of African Americans
famous baseball player
created the model T
famous aviator

12 Clues: famous aviator • type of alcohol • Chicago mob boss • alcohol smugglers • crime organization • a group of racists • created the model T • famous baseball player • migration of African Americans • African american created music • young western women in the 1920s • famous actor with a Hitler stache

US History 2022-12-15

Across

carnegie made money with this
made the first car
informers
to leave the union
niles north mascot
amendment women's right
owned an industry

Down

amendment delivery of intoxication is prohibited
right to vote for politicians and elections
when people protest and don't go to work
an agreement
seperating people

US History 2017-05-04

Across

was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc and powers in the Western Bloc
Mexican Americans were courted to cross the border to assist with the harvest season in the
late 1941, the American effort to design and build an Atomic bomb
to the suburbs of a metropolitan area
any period marked by a significant increase of birth rate
allow each person to have only a fixed amount of
is the promotion by a state or society of widespread fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism.

Down

granting wide authority to the President to conduct the war effort
an outlying district of a city, especially a residential one.
A plan that the US army would attack Hitler's troops at their weakest points first and slowly advance toward German soil
attempted to conserve fuel by requiring Americans to drive more slowly
a bomb that derives its destructive power from the rapid release of nuclear energy

12 Clues: to the suburbs of a metropolitan area • allow each person to have only a fixed amount of • any period marked by a significant increase of birth rate • an outlying district of a city, especially a residential one. • late 1941, the American effort to design and build an Atomic bomb • granting wide authority to the President to conduct the war effort • ...

US History 2019-08-25

Across

was an American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States
a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons
was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States
an act regulating stamp duty (a tax on the legal recognition of documents)
people who remain loyal to the established ruler or government, especially in the face of a revolt
members of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church

Down

the state of being a slave
was a set of rules for self-governance established by the English settlers who traveled to the New World
a conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century
A major battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in 1777 in northern New York state
known to the British as the Incident on King Street, was a confrontation on March 5, 1770 in which British soldiers shot and killed several people
1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution

12 Clues: the state of being a slave • a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons • an act regulating stamp duty (a tax on the legal recognition of documents) • was an American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States • A major battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in 1777 in northern New York state • ...

US History 2023-11-03

Across

raise their own vegetables, leaving more for the troops
German submarines
Mexico fight the US
passenger liner
information designed to influence opinion
Germany will warn ships

Down

peace keeping org.
end war
fear of communism
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
Wilson’s idea for peace
not taking sides

12 Clues: end war • passenger liner • not taking sides • fear of communism • German submarines • peace keeping org. • Mexico fight the US • Wilson’s idea for peace • Germany will warn ships • Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire • information designed to influence opinion • raise their own vegetables, leaving more for the troops

US History 2023-09-19

Across

Established Rhode Islands
French Reformed
Witchcraft was centered here
More conservative version of Mennonite
Followed teachings of Martin Luther
Heart of puritan theology

Down

George Fox
Followed teachings of John Huss
Greatest Evangelist
Followed the teachings of Menno Simons
worshiped mother goddess
Greatest Theologist

12 Clues: George Fox • French Reformed • Greatest Evangelist • Greatest Theologist • worshiped mother goddess • Established Rhode Islands • Heart of puritan theology • Witchcraft was centered here • Followed teachings of John Huss • Followed teachings of Martin Luther • Followed the teachings of Menno Simons • More conservative version of Mennonite

US History 2022-12-15

Across

carnegie made money with this
made the first car
informers
to leave the union
niles north mascot
amendment women's right
owned an industry

Down

amendment delivery of intoxication is prohibited
right to vote for politicians and elections
when people protest and don't go to work
an agreement
seperating people

US History 2022-12-15

Across

line had a lot of workers in a workshop to create items
an agreement
another name for the south
war a war with no rules
another name for the north

Down

Carnegie made money from this
separated white from black
to leave the union
niles north mascot
made the first car
19th Amendment gave women rights
Lincoln US president that helped abolish slavery

12 Clues: an agreement • to leave the union • niles north mascot • made the first car • war a war with no rules • separated white from black • another name for the south • another name for the north • Carnegie made money from this • 19th Amendment gave women rights • Lincoln US president that helped abolish slavery • line had a lot of workers in a workshop to create items

US History 2023-02-15

Across

Americans moved to the urban areas over the course of the late nineteenth century.
there was no apparent tracts of land without settlers
Act outlawed tribal ownership of land and forced 160-acre homesteads into the hands of individual Indians and their families with the promise of future citizenship
united States jumped to the lead ahead of Britain
between 1870 and the early 1900s
This act provided an absolute 10-year ban on Chinese laborers immigrating to the United States

Down

political support of big business, including monopolies that dominated entire industries
enacted during the Civil War in 1862
it connected the east coast and west coast
the knights of labor and the american federation
in a country they shouldn't be in
they roamed the great plains in texas

12 Clues: between 1870 and the early 1900s • in a country they shouldn't be in • enacted during the Civil War in 1862 • they roamed the great plains in texas • it connected the east coast and west coast • the knights of labor and the american federation • united States jumped to the lead ahead of Britain • there was no apparent tracts of land without settlers • ...

US History 2023-06-16

Across

George Washington was the
writer of the Declaration of Independence
the first Constitution of the United States
new, enforced way to educate children
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of
where men, women, and children were overworked and underpaid

Down

where the 'Tea Party' happened
system slaves used to run away
President during the Civil War
Jewish man who funded the War
people who wanted a strong central government
where slaves were sold

12 Clues: where slaves were sold • George Washington was the • Jewish man who funded the War • where the 'Tea Party' happened • system slaves used to run away • President during the Civil War • Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of • new, enforced way to educate children • writer of the Declaration of Independence • the first Constitution of the United States • ...

US History B 2015-01-15

Across

culture-culture that became popular.
experiencing the luxuries that man had already experienced.
Amendment-the prohibition of alcohol.
trial-a minor local event.
that added voice.
form of music.
Amendment-granted women the right to vote.
renaissance-African americans found their way into the national spotlight

Down

Klax Klan-a group that targeted blacks.
America saw after world war 1.
migration-after world war 1 this occurred.
scott Fitzgerald-was an American author who captured the cultural explosion of the 1920s.
twenties-an era in American history.
society-a change in the American lifestyle.
rights & freedoms.
culture-culture that rised in the time of Al Capone.
Hughes-a man who wrote about being African American in the the new America.
Chaplin-a celebritie that a moveie theatre created.
media-the spread of media.

19 Clues: form of music. • that added voice. • rights & freedoms. • trial-a minor local event. • media-the spread of media. • America saw after world war 1. • culture-culture that became popular. • twenties-an era in American history. • Amendment-the prohibition of alcohol. • Klax Klan-a group that targeted blacks. • migration-after world war 1 this occurred. • ...

US History Review 2022-05-02

Across

The Smoot-Hawley ___ hurt economies around the world
It dropped the bomb on Hiroshima
This teacher dared to teach science in a Tennessee school and was found guilty of a crime
Germany's lightning war
D-Day beaches
Depression-era neighborhoods dedicated to the failed president
Hitler's "Triumph of the Will" is an example of ____.
First cartoon with sound and music
"The Birth of a Nation" inspired the return of this terror organization
18th amendment that led to a rise in organized crime
Artistic movement for Black Americans in New York

Down

Okies largely fled to this state during the Dust Bowl era
"We can do it!"
US industrial cities that built war supplies
FDR's plan to end the Depression
"I'm not fit for this office and should never have been here."
This nation lost the most people during WWII
V-E Day happened after USSR captured ____.
Some think Sacco & Vanzetti were found guilty because they were ____.

19 Clues: D-Day beaches • "We can do it!" • Germany's lightning war • It dropped the bomb on Hiroshima • FDR's plan to end the Depression • First cartoon with sound and music • V-E Day happened after USSR captured ____. • US industrial cities that built war supplies • This nation lost the most people during WWII • Artistic movement for Black Americans in New York • ...

VA/US History 2018-09-28

Across

Patriots who were said to be ready to fight at a minutes notice
A plant used in dark blue dye
Land settled by the French
Who settled in New England
servants People who worked in the new world to pay off their debt
To make official
review Created by Marbury vs. Madison
Skilled craftsmen
Crops Plants that are mainly sold
Mason Created the VA Declaration of Rights

Down

French protestants
Sense Created by Thomas Paine
People who sided with the colonists
The only branch in the Articles of Confederation
Needed two people from each state
Another word for money
People who tried to stay out of war
Madison Who created the Bill of Rights
Brought to Jamestown in 1619

19 Clues: To make official • Skilled craftsmen • French protestants • Another word for money • Land settled by the French • Who settled in New England • Brought to Jamestown in 1619 • Sense Created by Thomas Paine • A plant used in dark blue dye • Needed two people from each state • Crops Plants that are mainly sold • People who sided with the colonists • People who tried to stay out of war • ...

US History Review 2024-04-26

Across

Loser of the French and Indian War
Father of the Constitution
Final major battle of the Revolution
Primary author of the Declaration of Independence
Proclamation declare all slaves in rebelling states free
First Vice President
Period of rebuilding the South after the Civil War
Author of Common Sense
People were more loyal to their region than the Country
opposite of rural

Down

The name of the ship the Pilgrims sailed on
Primary cause of the War of 1812
The first successful English Colony in North America
tried to start a slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry
Person who was against slavery
President of the "Common Man"
Gained their Independence from Mexico in 1836
First Secretary of the Treasury
Religion of William Penn

19 Clues: opposite of rural • First Vice President • Author of Common Sense • Religion of William Penn • Father of the Constitution • President of the "Common Man" • Person who was against slavery • First Secretary of the Treasury • Primary cause of the War of 1812 • Loser of the French and Indian War • Final major battle of the Revolution • The name of the ship the Pilgrims sailed on • ...

US History B 2015-05-05

Across

A central intelligence agency.
Contest in which nations compete to build more powerful weapons.
Term coined by Winston Churchill to describe the border between the Soviet satellite states and Western Europe.
Program in which U.S. and British pilots flew supplies to West Berlin during a Soviet blockade.
Policy of keep communism contained within its existing borders.
Negative catchword for extreme, reckless charges of disloyalty.
A Chinese Communist Revolutionary.
To place a resource under government control.
Policy of President Eisenhower that stated that the United States would use force to help any nation threatened by communism.
National Aeronautics Space Association.
A committee that investigates possible subversive activities within the United States.
War fought to achieve only a specific goals.

Down

Worldwide rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Policy of threatening to use massive force in response to aggression.
Fear that communists were working to destroy the American way of life.
Law that made it unlawful to teach or advocate the violent overthrow of the United States government.
A Russian politician who led the Soviet Union through the Cold War.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Military alliance of the Soviet Union and its satellite states.

19 Clues: A central intelligence agency. • A Chinese Communist Revolutionary. • North Atlantic Treaty Organization. • National Aeronautics Space Association. • War fought to achieve only a specific goals. • To place a resource under government control. • Policy of keep communism contained within its existing borders. • ...

US History Period 2021-08-27

Across

A benchmark event that was followed by the closing of the boston harbour
founded Providence Plantations, which became the Colony of Rhode Island
The establishment of the Roanoke Colony was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America.
individual rights protected by law from unjust governmental or other interference.
a cash crop grown in colonial Virginia
a document guaranteeing English political liberties
war fought for american independence
first official city in north america
required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies
the founder of the colony of Georgia
the creator of the infamous townshend acts

Down

woman credited with making the first american flag
soon after the launch of the American Revolutionary War.
king of england in the sixteen bundreds
form of government ruled by a single royal body
a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government.
an act regulating stamp duty (a tax on the legal recognition of documents).
Delegates from twelve of Britain's thirteen American colonies met to discuss America's future under growing British aggression Delegates from twelve of Britain's thirteen American colonies met to discuss America's future under growing British aggression(1774)
rights that cannot be taken away

19 Clues: rights that cannot be taken away • war fought for american independence • first official city in north america • the founder of the colony of Georgia • a cash crop grown in colonial Virginia • king of england in the sixteen bundreds • the creator of the infamous townshend acts • form of government ruled by a single royal body • ...

us history chap8.2.3.4 2022-03-21

Across

inheritance of family names is passed down through the female side of the family
first woman to earn a medical degree
movement beginning in the mid 1800s in the us that sought greater rights and opportunities for women
school for teachers training
places where individuals would work to archive penitence
the first state passed the first prohibition law
person who has been freed from slavery
founded a girls boarding school in vermont in 1814
former slave from new-york who gave spellbinding speeches on slavery
the community in africa where blacks lived.

Down

school supported by a church parish
against the spread of slavery
associations created to start reform
moderation in the consumption of alcool
what thomas edison believed that would replace textbooks
convention held in nyc in 1848 the first woman’s rights convention in the us
banned any talk or debate about slavery in congress
once a slave and then a freed. African American race
pushed for the reform of the mentally ill so they could not go to prison

19 Clues: school for teachers training • against the spread of slavery • school supported by a church parish • associations created to start reform • first woman to earn a medical degree • person who has been freed from slavery • moderation in the consumption of alcool • the community in africa where blacks lived. • the first state passed the first prohibition law • ...

US History 1 2023-11-17

Across

The first amendment gives us freedom of ________
What acts were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.
1st President of the United States
an article added to the US Constitution.
What was the act that increased duties on non-British goods shipped to the colonies.
Founder of the Federalist Party
the action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid.
The seventh amendment gives the right to a _____ trial
a political system in which legalized force is restricted through delegated and enumerated powers (2 words)

Down

belief in the benefits of profitable trading;
What was the act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a tax on newspapers and legal and commercial documents.
What acts were a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies.
The sixth amendment gives the right to a _______ trial
this clause establishes that the federal constitution, and federal law generally, take precedence over state laws, and even state constitutions.
This Branch of the government conducts diplomacy with other nations and the President has the power to negotiate and sign treaties
This Branch of the government consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate
a doctrine in political theory that government is created by and subject to the will of the people (2 words)
Who was the 2nd President of the United States of America
This branch of the government includes the Supreme Court and other federal courts.
The second amendment gives the right to bear ____

20 Clues: Founder of the Federalist Party • 1st President of the United States • an article added to the US Constitution. • belief in the benefits of profitable trading; • The first amendment gives us freedom of ________ • The second amendment gives the right to bear ____ • The sixth amendment gives the right to a _______ trial • ...

Us History 2022-12-15

Across

rockfeller made money with this
an agreement
made the first car
this person made a safe house
to leave the union
niles north mascot
edison made money with this

Down

when you have power
it's when you get a discount
they told on people
carnegie made money with this
it's when people stop working

12 Clues: an agreement • made the first car • to leave the union • niles north mascot • when you have power • they told on people • edison made money with this • it's when you get a discount • this person made a safe house • carnegie made money with this • it's when people stop working • rockfeller made money with this

US HISTORY 2021-10-28

Across

more than half a million students attended high school at this time
Schools were made more professionally and formally and promoted law.
some state universities used this as their entrance exams
Created the first ever powered and controlled airplane
the new delivery system created in 1896
at this time shopping centers and the birth of modern advertising came into play.

Down

Designed the ten-story Wainwright building in St. Louis
this periods most impactful scientific and technological development
helped women to feel more comfortable and free.
One of three important changes in city design, communication, and transportation.
if a man was unable to pay the tax or complete the literacy test, this clause was enforced.
laws set in place to promote racial segregation

12 Clues: the new delivery system created in 1896 • helped women to feel more comfortable and free. • laws set in place to promote racial segregation • Created the first ever powered and controlled airplane • Designed the ten-story Wainwright building in St. Louis • some state universities used this as their entrance exams • ...

US History 2023-02-17

Across

Shoshone woman who helped Lewis and Clark navigate the Louisiana Territory
boat that brought the Pilgrims to the Americas
first US president
region that supported slavery
British practice of forcing captured US sailors to join British navy

Down

checks and _________
item dumped in the Boston Harbor in protest of British taxes
Party that supported a strong central government
American colonist who did not support US independence
author of the Declaration of Independence
introduction to the Constitution
import tax

12 Clues: import tax • first US president • checks and _________ • region that supported slavery • introduction to the Constitution • author of the Declaration of Independence • boat that brought the Pilgrims to the Americas • Party that supported a strong central government • American colonist who did not support US independence • ...

US history 2023-03-14

Across

shares of a corporations profit
a shortage lack or insufficient supply
a combination of two companies run by different companies
group of corporations ran by a single board director
a new way of making steel

Down

one of the most power full bankers
Carnegie steel was a steel-making company
business that's owned by investors
is an economic system based on private ownership
a company or group having control over all or most of the business industry
money collected by a government for a public use
a share of ownership of a corporation

12 Clues: a new way of making steel • shares of a corporations profit • one of the most power full bankers • business that's owned by investors • a share of ownership of a corporation • a shortage lack or insufficient supply • Carnegie steel was a steel-making company • is an economic system based on private ownership • money collected by a government for a public use • ...

US History 2023-05-19

Across

The conflict in Vietnam that developed following the French defeat can best be described as this type of War.
Who invaded Vietnam during world war 2
What is the name of the theory if one fell they would all fall to communism
dinh diem Who was the leader before ho chi minh
Who was the leader of the communist Vietnamese resistance movement?
What was the first Asian Nation to fall to Communism?
Describe the type of military force President Kennedy sent to Vietnam.

Down

Who sent money and supplies to the Military advisers
Which empire was vietnam from before world war 2
Which President sent a half a million US combat troops to Vietnam?
What is the name of the group that fought for south vietnam
What is the name of the president that sent 16,000 troops to vietnam

12 Clues: Who invaded Vietnam during world war 2 • dinh diem Who was the leader before ho chi minh • Which empire was vietnam from before world war 2 • Who sent money and supplies to the Military advisers • What was the first Asian Nation to fall to Communism? • What is the name of the group that fought for south vietnam • ...

US History 2013-03-29

Across

became the head of SNCC elected congress in 1986
Companies provided fringe benefits to employees
was known for his honesty and pro-business policies
Supported the devolpment of air power in Military
Producing Ads for products or services
series of govern attacks

Down

Used assembly line to make cars
No Private Property
refusal to work
Rejected war as means to solving problems
the amount of product made by a worker
building more weapons to avoid one nation gaining a advantage

12 Clues: refusal to work • No Private Property • series of govern attacks • Used assembly line to make cars • Producing Ads for products or services • the amount of product made by a worker • Rejected war as means to solving problems • Companies provided fringe benefits to employees • became the head of SNCC elected congress in 1986 • Supported the devolpment of air power in Military • ...

Us History 2014-05-29

Across

a relaxation in political tensions between nations
the use of television by evangelist to reach millions of people
a listening device used to intercept telephone information
Spanish word for counter revolution
the reduction or removal of government controls
a general pardon for certain crimes

Down

scandal involving illegal activities that led to the resignation of pres. nixon
to charge a public official with wrongdoing in office
combination of high inflation and high unemployment
200th anniversary
a political coalition of conservative groups formed in 1980
person currently in office

12 Clues: 200th anniversary • person currently in office • Spanish word for counter revolution • a general pardon for certain crimes • the reduction or removal of government controls • a relaxation in political tensions between nations • combination of high inflation and high unemployment • to charge a public official with wrongdoing in office • ...

Us history 2021-12-21

Across

an adherent of the theological doctrines of John Calvin
SLATER- Helped to start the American Industrial Revolution when he opened the first industrial mill in the United States in 1790 with a design that borrowed heavily from a British model. Slater's pirated technology greatly increased the speed with which cotton thread could be spun into yarn.
a social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated
the male head of family or tribe
LABOR- usually referred to as paid work, paid employment, or paid labor, refers to the socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer in which the worker sells their labor power under a formal or informal employment contract.
TRADE- Traffic in slaves; especially in Black Africans transported to America in the 16th to 19th centuries
REFORM- a disputant who advocates reform

Down

REVOLUTION- Important in the Industrial Revolution by creating more efficient ways to transport people, raw materials, and finished goods.
The basic structure or features of a system or organization
INDEPENDENCE- having a set of items that define a specific group of people and are not shared with those from other countries or regions.
stop work in order to press demands
a person who believes in the equality of all people

12 Clues: the male head of family or tribe • stop work in order to press demands • REFORM- a disputant who advocates reform • a person who believes in the equality of all people • an adherent of the theological doctrines of John Calvin • The basic structure or features of a system or organization • ...

US History 2022-01-11

Across

, 1 of the 3 US presidents in the 1920s
, october 29th the day that the stocks had lost 10-15 million dollars in value is also known as.
, an area in which African Americans were very successful, often richer than most white men and women.
, WWI Veterans marched on Washington to try to encourage the Senate to pass a bill to allow veterans of WWI to receive a $1,000 bonus.
, an economic crash that lasted for four years.
, A Tennessee law that prohibited public school teachers from denying the Biblical account of mankind's origin.

Down

, the act of selling alcohol illegally.
, the act of banning alcohol.
, the number one person that was involved in bootlegging, famous gangster, mob.
, A Tennessee teacher that taught a science lesson on evolution.
, America’s top criminal defense attorney who defended Scopes.
, a dance club that had contained alcoholic beverages.

12 Clues: , the act of banning alcohol. • , the act of selling alcohol illegally. • , 1 of the 3 US presidents in the 1920s • , an economic crash that lasted for four years. • , a dance club that had contained alcoholic beverages. • , America’s top criminal defense attorney who defended Scopes. • , A Tennessee teacher that taught a science lesson on evolution. • ...

US History 2022-04-28

Across

first country Germany invaded
nickname of shantytowns
revolutionary fashion statement for women
greatest poet of the Harlem renaissance
nickname for soldiers
another name for a speakeasy
crime boss of bootlegged alcohol

Down

Jewish house of worship
two nights of terror against Jews
lighting war
silent film star
amendment that failed to band consumption of alcohol

12 Clues: lighting war • silent film star • nickname for soldiers • Jewish house of worship • nickname of shantytowns • another name for a speakeasy • first country Germany invaded • crime boss of bootlegged alcohol • two nights of terror against Jews • greatest poet of the Harlem renaissance • revolutionary fashion statement for women • amendment that failed to band consumption of alcohol

US History 2023-09-25

Across

Doing anything to win the war
Provide living materials for southeners
Enforce racial segregation
Autobiography of slave
Missouri territory to form a constitution government
Speach at Gettysburg
required slaves to returned to owners

Down

Hate groups
Freeing the Slaves
Denied the black citizenship
Compromise to settle slavery issues
Enfrorce segregationn

12 Clues: Hate groups • Freeing the Slaves • Speach at Gettysburg • Enfrorce segregationn • Autobiography of slave • Enforce racial segregation • Denied the black citizenship • Doing anything to win the war • Compromise to settle slavery issues • required slaves to returned to owners • Provide living materials for southeners • Missouri territory to form a constitution government

US history 2024-10-24

Across

American
Door Policy
of Paris
and Hawaii
Diplomacy
Maine
Stick” Diplomacy

Down

Amendment
Journalism
Rebellion
Amendment
Canal
Riders

13 Clues: Canal • Maine • Riders • American • of Paris • Amendment • Rebellion • Amendment • Diplomacy • Journalism • and Hawaii • Door Policy • Stick” Diplomacy

US History Crossword 2024-11-21

Across

The principle of government that keeps one branch from having to much power.
These were placed on imported goods, which helped promote the sale of US goods.
Who quoted "Give me liberty or give me death."
The concept that political power rests with the people.
Limited the power of the King resulting in the idea of constitutional limits to the power of the central government.
What party was against a strong federal government?
Turning point in the Revolutionary War.
A philosophy of limited government with elected representatives serving at the will of the people.
The process which a person from another country can become a US citizen.

Down

The rights you are born with.
The political philosophy that federal laws should be made by elected representatives.
Plan created the House of Represntatives.
Created an orderly process that was used for admitting new states.
Made the Monroe Doctrine, 4th president.
The belief that they were told by God to expand westward across North America.
Antifederalists believed that the _____ should hold most of the power.
The father of the Constitution was ____
This showed that the US needed a stronger federal government.
Process in which we change the Constitiution.
This purchase double the size of the US in 1803

20 Clues: The rights you are born with. • The father of the Constitution was ____ • Turning point in the Revolutionary War. • Made the Monroe Doctrine, 4th president. • Plan created the House of Represntatives. • Process in which we change the Constitiution. • Who quoted "Give me liberty or give me death." • This purchase double the size of the US in 1803 • ...

US History Crossword 2016-10-30

Across

allowed Maine to join the Union as a free state
slave uprising in 1831
suggestion of banned slavery in the land from Mexican War
increased size of the United States
book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
led by Harriet Tubman
repealed Missouri Compromise of 1820
judicial review
goal to end slavery

Down

event in 1848 caused rapid increase of population in California
radical anti-slavery newspaper
involved the Republican Party
didn't occur until 9 years after Texas' independence
resulted in the Compromise Tariff of 1833
name for those who wanted internal improvements
made cotton production more efficient
resulted in California being a free state
slave who was sued for his freedom

18 Clues: judicial review • goal to end slavery • led by Harriet Tubman • slave uprising in 1831 • involved the Republican Party • radical anti-slavery newspaper • slave who was sued for his freedom • increased size of the United States • repealed Missouri Compromise of 1820 • made cotton production more efficient • book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe • ...

US History Final 2022-06-16

Across

Obama poster message
subject of this class
need to win a ____________ of electoral votes
lost to Obama 2008
color of Republican vote on map
President that freed the slaves
a color of the US flag
the age to vote in the US
Ran for VP with McCain
won the 2008 election
lost popular vote but won presidency in 2000
the other type of vote, not electoral

Down

Obama poster message
Obama's win in 2008 was ____________
where Lincoln sits
Amendment that ended slavery
was Vice President now President
votes that matter in presidential elections
republican state that Obama won 2008

19 Clues: where Lincoln sits • lost to Obama 2008 • Obama poster message • Obama poster message • subject of this class • won the 2008 election • a color of the US flag • Ran for VP with McCain • the age to vote in the US • Amendment that ended slavery • color of Republican vote on map • President that freed the slaves • was Vice President now President • Obama's win in 2008 was ____________ • ...

Haunted US History 2022-10-26

Across

The wife of Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd, claimed she had once heard the voice of former president Andrew Jackson in this room of the White House
President Lincoln would often peer out of Oval Office overlooking this river during the Civil War
The ghost of George Washington can be seen wearing his uniform from this American war
The ghost of George Washington rides upon a splendid steed of this color
He was offered the command of the Union Army but declined in order to align himself with the Confederacy
General PGT Beauregard is often seen roaming the halls of his home in this U.S. city
This woman is said to have sewn the first American flag
Washington is said to visit this battlefield every summer
The city where Benjamin Franklin was born

Down

A statue in front of this place supposedly comes to life and dances in the street.
The spirit of this American figure has been seen haunting the area around his tomb in New York
General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard led his troops into this bloody battle
Robert E. Lee grew up in this Virginia town
The youthful ghost of Robert E. Lee is often accompanied by these two ghostly girls
Benjamin Franklin was many things including this
The ghost of Betsy Ross has been seen sitting on her bed _____________
The founder of this memorial, Charles H. Wesiberger, is said to also disturb the former home of Betsy Ross
This angry spirit is said to send crashing dishes to patrons at the One if By Land, Two if By Sea restaurant

18 Clues: The city where Benjamin Franklin was born • Robert E. Lee grew up in this Virginia town • Benjamin Franklin was many things including this • This woman is said to have sewn the first American flag • Washington is said to visit this battlefield every summer • The ghost of Betsy Ross has been seen sitting on her bed _____________ • ...

US History Review 2023-05-16

Across

Organization that fights for political/civil/social equality for African Americans
The _________ Doctrine stated that Europe should not get involved in the Western Hemisphere
Term for the right to vote
Amendment that provides citizenship and equal protection under the law
The Amendment that repealed (got rid of) Prohibition
At first, the US was neutral in WWI and WWII because of a policy of _________
President that wanted to keep the Union together during and after the Civil War

Down

Period of American history from 1865-1877
President in 1929 that did not do anything to solve the Great Depression
The ____________ Telegram was one of the causes of US entry into WWI
Two+Two=____
Holiday coming up next week
The state that we live in
Susan B. ________ was a leader in the Women's Suffrage Movement
Civil rights leader Booker T.___________ believed in educational equality
Turning point in the Western front of WWII
The ________ bomb was dropped on Japan to end WWII
the trick to remember the Civil War Amendments (Free, Citizens, _____)

18 Clues: Two+Two=____ • The state that we live in • Term for the right to vote • Holiday coming up next week • Period of American history from 1865-1877 • Turning point in the Western front of WWII • The ________ bomb was dropped on Japan to end WWII • The Amendment that repealed (got rid of) Prohibition • Susan B. ________ was a leader in the Women's Suffrage Movement • ...

US History review 2021-12-03

Across

This is another word for "in the countryside"
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
This drink was banned during the 1920s.
This person was president during the Great Depression and World War II.
staying out of other countries' affairs
This branch of the government is represented by the President.
This New Deal program insures your money in the bank.

Down

This was invented during WWI and could attack ships from underwater.
A piece of a company or corporation.
This person was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II.
This person was president at the beginning of the Great Depression.
This is a predominantly African American neighborhood in New York where a Renaissance happened.
The US gained this territory after winning the Spanish-American War.
This precious metal was discovered in California in the 1800s and caused migration to the West.
an all-powerful leader
This group of people was deported during the Great Depression.
This is an organization of workers (labor ________)
This invention is used to obtain information faster.

18 Clues: an all-powerful leader • A piece of a company or corporation. • This drink was banned during the 1920s. • staying out of other countries' affairs • This amendment gave women the right to vote. • This is another word for "in the countryside" • This is an organization of workers (labor ________) • This invention is used to obtain information faster. • ...

Haunted US History 2022-10-26

Across

The wife of Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd, claimed she had once heard the voice of former president Andrew Jackson in this room of the White House
President Lincoln would often peer out of Oval Officer overlooking this river during the Civil War
The ghost of George Washington can be seen wearing his uniform from this American war
The ghost of George Washington rides upon a splendid steed of this color.
He was offered the command of the Union Army but declined in order to align himself with the Confederacy
General PGT Beauregard is often roaming the halls of his home in this U.S. city
This woman is said to have sewn the first American flag
Washington is said to visit this battlefield every summer
The city where Benjamin Franklin was born

Down

A statue in front of this place supposedly comes to life and dances in the street.
The spirit of this American figure has been seen haunting the area around his tomb in New York
General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard led his troop into this bloody battle
Robert E. Lee grew up in this Virginia town.
The youthful ghost of Robert E. Lee is often accompanied by these two ghostly girls
Benjamin Franklin was many things including this
The ghost of Betsy Ross has been seen sitting on her bed _____________
The founder of this memorial, Charles H. Wesiberger is said to also disturb the former home of Betsy Ross
This angry spirit is said to send crashing dishes to patrons at the One if By Land, Two if By Sea restaurant

18 Clues: The city where Benjamin Franklin was born • Robert E. Lee grew up in this Virginia town. • Benjamin Franklin was many things including this • This woman is said to have sewn the first American flag • Washington is said to visit this battlefield every summer • The ghost of Betsy Ross has been seen sitting on her bed _____________ • ...

US History review 2021-12-01

Across

This person was president when 9/11 happened
This person was elected president 4 times and led the U.S. through the Great Depression and World War II
The United States was trying to contain the spread of this during the Cold War.
when a region receives little to no rain.
World War I was mainly fought in these holes dug into the ground.
This person became rich by controlling the steel industry
This word represented the modern woman of the 1920s.
This is the separation of black and white people.

Down

shantytowns where homeless people stayed in during the Great Depression.
_____________ Exclusion Act of 1882
to protect (or conserve) the environment.
when one company controls the supply of a product
Upton Sinclair's book that revealed the horrible conditions in meatpacking factories (The __________)
when people are forced to serve in the military
Americans were taken hostage in the embassy of this country in 1979.
the right to vote
The United States built a canal in this country.
this was a new kind of music made popular by African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance.

18 Clues: the right to vote • _____________ Exclusion Act of 1882 • to protect (or conserve) the environment. • when a region receives little to no rain. • This person was president when 9/11 happened • when people are forced to serve in the military • The United States built a canal in this country. • when one company controls the supply of a product • ...

US HISTORY CROSSWORD 2022-02-16

Across

Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition.
system of government in which the power is divided between a central government and smaller political units such as states
Any rights not given to federal government are given to the states and people.
a system of government in which the power is divided between a central government and smaller political units such as states
No double jeopardy or no witness against yourself.
Right to bear arms.
Trial by jury.
the division of basic government roles into three branches
No excessive bail, fines, or cruel and unusual punishment.

Down

a government in which the people rule, a broad range of people shared in the power to govern themselves.
Citizens do not have to house soldiers.
No unreasonable search or arrest.
People get rights not listed in Constitution.
each branch of government can exercise checks, or controls over the other branches
everyone, citizens and powerful leaders alike must obey the law
the people exercise their power by voting.
the division of basic government roles into three branches
Rights of accused in criminal cases to fair trial.
personal liberties or privilege

19 Clues: Trial by jury. • Right to bear arms. • personal liberties or privilege • No unreasonable search or arrest. • Citizens do not have to house soldiers. • the people exercise their power by voting. • People get rights not listed in Constitution. • Rights of accused in criminal cases to fair trial. • No double jeopardy or no witness against yourself. • ...

US History Vocab 2021-09-08

Across

system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
the colonists of the Thirteen Colonies.
a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government.
form of government in which a state is ruled by representatives of the citizen body.
an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts.
attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America.
belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.
A theologian, philosopher, and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa.

Down

a group of English people who came to America seeking religious freedom during the reign of King James I.
Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware.
a royal charter of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede.
one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism"
an American colonist who supported the British side during the American Revolution.
American upholsterer who was credited by her relatives in 1870 with making the first American flag.
English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to purify the Church of England of Roman Catholic practices
included two crucial battles, fought eighteen days apart, and was a decisive victory for the Continental Army and a crucial turning point in the Revolutionary War.
required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies.
an act regulating stamp duty.

18 Clues: an act regulating stamp duty. • the colonists of the Thirteen Colonies. • Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware. • belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism. • a royal charter of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede. • an American colonist who supported the British side during the American Revolution. • ...

US HISTORY CROSSWORD 2022-02-16

Across

No unreasonable search or arrest.
a system of government in which the power is divided between a central government and smaller political units such as states
everyone, citizens and powerful leaders alike must obey the law
People get rights not listed in Constitution.
Rights of accused in criminal cases to fair trial.
Federalism
Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition.
No excessive bail, fines, or cruel and unusual punishment.
a government in which the people rule, a broad range of people shared in the power to govern themselves.
personal liberties or privilege

Down

each branch of government can exercise checks, or controls over the other branches
the people exercise their power by voting.
Right to bear arms.
Trial by jury.
the division of basic government roles into three branches
system of government in which the power is divided between a central government and smaller political units such as states
Any rights not given to federal government are given to the states and people.
Citizens do not have to house soldiers.
No double jeopardy or no witness against yourself.

19 Clues: Federalism • Trial by jury. • Right to bear arms. • personal liberties or privilege • No unreasonable search or arrest. • Citizens do not have to house soldiers. • the people exercise their power by voting. • People get rights not listed in Constitution. • Rights of accused in criminal cases to fair trial. • No double jeopardy or no witness against yourself. • ...

US History Crossword 2023-05-25

Across

the social process whereby cities grow
system of law courts that administer justice
membership to a nation with rights and duties
increasing wealth through colonization and trade
become established in a new place
settler of an establishment in a new region
someone who travels to unknown regions

Down

reformer who favors putting an end to slavery
farmer who owes a portion of each harvest for rent
act of charging an official with an offense
making something valid by formally confirming it
document outlining the laws of a government
monetary charges on income or property
related to a government with central authority
devotion to the interests of a particular region
assembly that makes, amends, or repeals laws
song of devotion or loyalty
government tax on imports or exports

18 Clues: song of devotion or loyalty • become established in a new place • government tax on imports or exports • the social process whereby cities grow • monetary charges on income or property • someone who travels to unknown regions • act of charging an official with an offense • document outlining the laws of a government • settler of an establishment in a new region • ...

US History Vocab 2021-09-08

Across

system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
the colonists of the Thirteen Colonies.
a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government.
form of government in which a state is ruled by representatives of the citizen body.
an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts.
attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America.
belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.
A theologian, philosopher, and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa.

Down

a group of English people who came to America seeking religious freedom during the reign of King James I.
Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware.
a royal charter of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede.
one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism"
an American colonist who supported the British side during the American Revolution.
American upholsterer who was credited by her relatives in 1870 with making the first American flag.
English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to purify the Church of England of Roman Catholic practices
included two crucial battles, fought eighteen days apart, and was a decisive victory for the Continental Army and a crucial turning point in the Revolutionary War.
required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies.
an act regulating stamp duty.

US History Crossword 2016-10-30

Across

resulted in California being a free state
allowed Maine to join the Union as a free state
led by Harriet Tubman
slave who was sued for his freedom
name for those who wanted internal improvements
didn't occur until 9 years after Texas' independence
judicial review
resulted in the Compromise Tariff of 1833
suggestion of banned slavery in the land from Mexican War
repealed Missouri Compromise of 1820

Down

goal to end slavery
radical anti-slavery newspaper
book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
slave uprising in 1831
event in 1848 caused rapid increase of population in California
made cotton production more efficient
involved the Republican Party
increased size of the United States

18 Clues: judicial review • goal to end slavery • led by Harriet Tubman • slave uprising in 1831 • involved the Republican Party • radical anti-slavery newspaper • slave who was sued for his freedom • increased size of the United States • repealed Missouri Compromise of 1820 • book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe • made cotton production more efficient • ...

us history 1.1 2023-10-11

Across

the first click bait
teddy Roosevelt's moto
the war that started between Spain and america over cuba
the last name of a president
to preserve something
the way to make things in a line that Tesla made
a canal that connects the pacific ocean to the Caribbean sea
when women in america had no rights so they fought for them
the man who wrote the jungle

Down

when the us was given the Philippines and they did not like that so they fought back
the reason that we went to war with Spain when they didn't even do anything
the book that Upton Sinclair wrote
the policy that anyone can buy no matter who or what they are
the practice that america would pay of peoples debts in exchange for their loyalty during war
the adopted states
a reporter who tell of the things that are wring with society.
a group of volunteers that were lead by teddy Roosevelt in the Spanish american war
unions where groups of people who got together to strick against the company that they work for so that they could get better wages and working conditions

18 Clues: the adopted states • the first click bait • to preserve something • teddy Roosevelt's moto • the last name of a president • the man who wrote the jungle • the book that Upton Sinclair wrote • the way to make things in a line that Tesla made • the war that started between Spain and america over cuba • when women in america had no rights so they fought for them • ...

AICE US History 2024-04-02

Across

Provided loans to small farms and made places to stay for migrants(May 1935-1937)
gave workers rights to form unions. They gained control of private corporations pricing and production(June 1933-May 1935)
Gifted money form the federal government to state governments for relief projects(May 1933-1935)
Insured bank loans to build new houses and fix older ones(1934)
Replaced labor provisions of the NIRA. Guaranteed a workers right to unionize(1935)
Hired workers to work on PWA projects(Nov 1933-March 1934)
Regulates the stock market to avoid another Great Crash

Down

Employed men to work federal projects. Payments were sent to their families(March1933-1942)
Widespread experiment in a poverty infested area to hire workers to do pubic projects. The government took control over private industries(May1933)
Paid farmers subsidies for every acre they didn't farm
This authorized the government to investigate and regulate banks as they desired(March 1933)
Hired 3.4 million workers and spent billions of the First New Deal(May1935)
Insured up to 5k per participant in a bank(June 1933)
Federal insurance program funded by taxpayers. For people over the age of 65(1935)
Provided part-time jobs for students to work and continue with school(June 1935-1943)
Gave public work projects to the state to improve infrastructure and make jobs(June 1933-1943)
Gifted government refinancing of mortgages to eliminate foreclosures(June1933-Feb1954)
Provided cheap loans to keep failing farms afloat(March 1933)

18 Clues: Insured up to 5k per participant in a bank(June 1933) • Paid farmers subsidies for every acre they didn't farm • Regulates the stock market to avoid another Great Crash • Hired workers to work on PWA projects(Nov 1933-March 1934) • Provided cheap loans to keep failing farms afloat(March 1933) • Insured bank loans to build new houses and fix older ones(1934) • ...

US History Review 2024-06-06

Across

1930s environmental disaster in the Great Plains
1823 policy opposing European colonialism in the Americas
1950s practice during the Red Scare of making accusations of treason without proper evidence
United States purchase from France in 1803 for $15 million
The system dividing power between national and state governments
WWII policy that forcibly relocated Japanese-Americans
1925 trial challenging the teaching of evolution in Tennessee
Late 19th-century political movement aimed at helping farmers and workers
1862 law providing free land in the West to settlers
Ship whose sinking by a German U-boat in 1915 influenced U.S. entry into WWI

Down

1957 crisis over school desegregation in Arkansas
Massachusetts town famous for its 1692 witch trials
Term used by Nixon referring to Americans who supported his policies but did not publicly protest
Reform movement addressing social issues in the early 20th century
Shawnee leader who resisted American expansion in the early 1800s
1857 Supreme Court decision denying citizenship to African Americans
Founding Father known for his role in creating the national financial system
1850s political party known for its anti-immigrant stance

18 Clues: 1930s environmental disaster in the Great Plains • 1957 crisis over school desegregation in Arkansas • Massachusetts town famous for its 1692 witch trials • 1862 law providing free land in the West to settlers • WWII policy that forcibly relocated Japanese-Americans • 1823 policy opposing European colonialism in the Americas • ...

US History Review 2024-06-06

Across

Ship whose sinking by a German U-boat in 1915 influenced U.S. entry into WWI
1950s practice during the Red Scare of making accusations of treason without proper evidence
Late 19th-century political movement aimed at helping farmers and workers
Term used by Nixon referring to Americans who supported his policies but did not publicly protest
The system dividing power between national and state governments
1857 Supreme Court decision denying citizenship to African Americans
1850s political party known for its anti-immigrant stance
Massachusetts town famous for its 1692 witch trials
1930s environmental disaster in the Great Plains
Reform movement addressing social issues in the early 20th century
1925 trial challenging the teaching of evolution in Tennessee

Down

WWII policy that forcibly relocated Japanese-Americans
1862 law providing free land in the West to settlers
Founding Father known for his role in creating the national financial system
1957 crisis over school desegregation in Arkansas
United States purchase from France in 1803 for $15 million
1823 policy opposing European colonialism in the Americas
Shawnee leader who resisted American expansion in the early 1800s

WE <3 YOU MR. HOMAN - from Silva homeroom 2023-04-04

WE <3 YOU MR. HOMAN - from Silva homeroom crossword puzzle

Across

your biking buddy
Bill of Rights
subject you teach
BAME product example
country you live in
your history room number

Down

opposite of warm
basis of US govt.
BAME currency
what you are
you
I LOVE _________
RISE LIKE A _______
earth
mini economy
spacing
Christian, Anglican, etc.
wealth, votes, force
BIG

19 Clues: you • BIG • earth • spacing • what you are • mini economy • BAME currency • Bill of Rights • opposite of warm • I LOVE _________ • your biking buddy • basis of US govt. • subject you teach • RISE LIKE A _______ • country you live in • BAME product example • wealth, votes, force • your history room number • Christian, Anglican, etc.

Unit 2.1 Terms 2017-02-23

Across

Nickname for the Spanish-American War.
Created to have a shorter and safer route from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Unsuccessful revolt of Chinese citizens.
William Taft's foreign policy; used military influence to achieve US goals.
Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy that the US will use military force if necessary to protect interests.
1898 Treaty ending the Spanish-American War.
Navy commander during the Spanish-American War.
Wilson's foreign policy; use of force to promote democracy and freedom throughout the White House.
Mexican revolutionary; raided US border towns killing US citizens; never caught or brought to justice
Volunteer cavalry regiment; Theodore Roosevelt and Leonard Wood.
Addition to Monroe Doctrine that US is an international police.
Idea of Josiah Strong: Anglo-Saxon's mission to civilize the world and teach them Christianity.
Extreme form of nationalism; creates an aggressive foreign policy.
Protestant minister; advocated mission work; introduced and strengthened Christianity.

Down

Last queen or monarch of Hawaii.
Publishers of the NY World and NY Journal; used yellow journalism.
Nickname given to the US purchase of Alaska.
Statement (Congress) that effectively made Cuba a US protectorate.
Ship exploded in Havana harbor; cause of the Spanish-American War.
Proposal (Congress) that US wouldn't keep Cuba for ourselves.
Policy towards China to promote US trade interests.
"History of Sea Power Upon History"; inspired US to build a powerful navy and colonize the world.

22 Clues: Last queen or monarch of Hawaii. • Nickname for the Spanish-American War. • Unsuccessful revolt of Chinese citizens. • Nickname given to the US purchase of Alaska. • 1898 Treaty ending the Spanish-American War. • Navy commander during the Spanish-American War. • Policy towards China to promote US trade interests. • ...

US history 2021-12-10

Across

airborne This was a military squad during ww2 and still is to this day.
Nationalism is basically just having extreme love over your country believing its superior
project Manhatten project was basically just producing the atomic bombs
Nuclear is like a big weapon that can cause mass death and destruction.
freedoms speech i learned about this in school and it was a speech given by FDR
Holocaust were bad camps for jew which basically left them dying

Down

Hitler was a totalitarianism because he consumed complete control as a dictator.
churchhill He is a brave guy to continue fighting non stop even when he was losing severely. But he was also never the one fighting, only using people as his pons in a game.
I honestly would embargo talking to a lot of people if i didn't have to because of school
stalin Communist dictator. He is indeed a bad bad mister.
bonds I wonder if it is possible to become rich off of war bonds. Or would they work if we had lost the war.

11 Clues: stalin Communist dictator. He is indeed a bad bad mister. • Holocaust were bad camps for jew which basically left them dying • airborne This was a military squad during ww2 and still is to this day. • project Manhatten project was basically just producing the atomic bombs • Nuclear is like a big weapon that can cause mass death and destruction. • ...

US history 2016-11-11

Across

threat at the borders was no longer present, therefore the colonies didn't need English protection; more independent stand against Britain/French and Indian War
Act
felt the governor of Virginia failed to protect the frontier from the Native Americans Bacon's Rebellion
permanent English settlement in the Americas (1607), along James River Jamestown
soldiers shot into crowd of snowball fight; two of nine soldiers (defended by John Adams) found guilty of manslaughter/Boston Massacre
tariff on sugar (and other imports), attempted to harder enforce existing tariffs Sugar Act

Down

debtors sold to slave traders by African kings seeking riches; Columbian Exchange Atlantic slave trade
church led by the king of England Church of England
on all legal documents to support British troops, not approved by colonists through their representatives
to provide shortcut from Atlantic to Pacific Northwest Passage
trade with mother country, nationalism; too restrictive on colonial economy, not voted on by colonists Mercantilism

11 Clues: Act • church led by the king of England Church of England • to provide shortcut from Atlantic to Pacific Northwest Passage • permanent English settlement in the Americas (1607), along James River Jamestown • tariff on sugar (and other imports), attempted to harder enforce existing tariffs Sugar Act • ...

US History 2022-12-15

Across

she found the underground railroad
state that was added as free
workers come together
An agreement
famous for oil

Down

amendment that gave womens right to vote
famous for steel
16th president of USA
to forgive the south
to withdraw
invented motel T

11 Clues: to withdraw • An agreement • famous for oil • famous for steel • invented motel T • to forgive the south • 16th president of USA • workers come together • state that was added as free • she found the underground railroad • amendment that gave womens right to vote

US history 2022-10-04

Across

american westward expansion
uncle toms cabins auther
took power in mexico and became dictator in 1833
secret network of people who would hide fugitive slaves

Down

__farmed cotton,tabcoo,suger and cash crops
most famous conductor of the undergrundrailroad secret network that would hide fugitive slaves
a strong loyalty to a particular region
father of texas
a battle that lasted 13 days
the__has the mosty citys
the__has a mixture of people(white,spainish,french,indains)

11 Clues: father of texas • uncle toms cabins auther • the__has the mosty citys • american westward expansion • a battle that lasted 13 days • a strong loyalty to a particular region • __farmed cotton,tabcoo,suger and cash crops • took power in mexico and became dictator in 1833 • secret network of people who would hide fugitive slaves • ...

Previous Page 4 of 100 Next