us history Crossword Puzzles
US History + Christmas 2021-12-16
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- there's one next to Ms. Pettus' office
- Hamilton's party
- permission or freedom to act
- in your own words
- powers the constitution doesn't say
- what you put on a tree
- last page of a research paper
- _____ of independence
- argument
- most famous mom
- incitement to rebellion
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- the president's advisors
- supreme court has this power
- you hang it on the mantel
- Jesus' hometown
- frosty or olaf
- like the journals on jstor
- errors in reasoning
- original christmas scene
- santa's predecessor
- you drink it hot with marshmallows
- powers the constitution does say
- in someone else's words
- under the tree
24 Clues: argument • frosty or olaf • under the tree • Jesus' hometown • most famous mom • Hamilton's party • in your own words • errors in reasoning • santa's predecessor • _____ of independence • what you put on a tree • in someone else's words • incitement to rebellion • the president's advisors • original christmas scene • you hang it on the mantel • like the journals on jstor • ...
US History Crossword 2022-05-16
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- President most well-known for his assassination in Dallas and his rugged good looks
- President known for his economic policies that advocated tax reduction and les government spending
- Implemented the assembly line in automobile manufacturing
- Implemented just after the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, these laws were designed to restrict African Americans rights
- ban of of the sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages
- President during the Civil War and issued the Emancipation Proclamation
- Supreme law of the United States, successor to the Articles of Confederation
- delivered a “killer” inaugural speech and died 32 days into office
- 22nd and 24th President who won non-consecutive elections
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- Bombing of this military base caused the United States to join World War II
- Architect of the New Deal
- First African-American president of the US and signed the Affordable Care Act into law
- Architect of the Declaration of independence and orchestrator of the Louisiana Purchase
- Signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830
- This compromise set up the bicameral legislature of the United States government
- President when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed
- Period after the Civil War during which the slaves were freed and former slaves were granted citizenship and given more rights
- The sinking of this British ship was considered to be the cause of US involvement in World War I
- The victory in this battle against the British sealed the colonies’ victory in the Revolutionary War
- Chief justice that established judicial review
20 Clues: Architect of the New Deal • Signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830 • Chief justice that established judicial review • President when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed • Implemented the assembly line in automobile manufacturing • 22nd and 24th President who won non-consecutive elections • ban of of the sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages • ...
US History - WWI 2022-11-15
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- Chinese protested growing western presence in China
- 1917 Congress made it a crime to speak against the war effort
- canal built under the authority of Pres. Teddy Roosevelt to increase economic opportunities such as warships and trade ships
- What was the name of the alliance of United Kingdom, France, Russia, U.S.A, Belgium, and Serbia during WW1?
- What was the name of the alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey in WW1?
- The Spanish-American War was a _____________ in World History
- volunteer force assembled by Pres. Teddy Roosevelt to fight Spain
- Pres. Woodrow Wilson wrote an essay with 14 reasons what America should do after the war
- passenger ship sunk by Germany
- nations could now trade with China
- commander of American Expeditionary Force
- Treaty that blamed Germany for the cause of the war
- Which country had to pay for all the reconstruction according to the Treaty of Versailles?
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- argued for a strong US Navy
- declared war on Spain after unwarranted German fire
- policy that lent money to Latin American countries. Force was used to get the money back.
- last monarch of Hawaii
- What is it called when soldiers dig trenches and fight from there?
- What was the name of a telegram sent to Mexico from Germany that angered the U.S.A. and was one of the reasons for the U.S.A joining the war?
- U.S. became police force in Latin America
- American battleship sunk off the coast of Cuba (blamed on Spain)
- achieved the Congressional Medal of Honor at the Battle of Argonne Forest
- Hawaii's monarch wrote this song as a "Goodbye" to her people
- aided the Americans in overthrowing the Hawaiian monarchy
- the ugliest person in this room
25 Clues: last monarch of Hawaii • argued for a strong US Navy • passenger ship sunk by Germany • the ugliest person in this room • nations could now trade with China • U.S. became police force in Latin America • commander of American Expeditionary Force • declared war on Spain after unwarranted German fire • Chinese protested growing western presence in China • ...
US History Crossword 2021-05-05
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- 128 Americans aboard
- Skyrocketed during 1920s
- Germany was teamed on and got hit with this document.
- Helped put an end to the running: FD_ _
- The place Marcus Garvey est. a feeling of black pride
- Named after a failed president
- Ruler in a boot
- Between the duo, the bullets came from his weapon
- Connected the country together during rough times
- Operation led not by Dwight Howard but Dwight...
- Not one night but...
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- First step to escaping a depression is calming what panic
- Amnericans looked forward to consuming this everyday
- Caused the war 1939
- The Deadliest
- A city converted to an A_s_na_
- Buy now with no worries
- America with the Interception!
- Associated with the complimentary color of green
- Common type of warfare in WW1
- Fire, fire, burn, burn, building
- How many points made by Wilson?
- Condition Roosevelt came down with 1939
- Farmers got paid to replant a_ _ _ _ _ a
- Overplanted wheat and tobacco resulted in...
25 Clues: The Deadliest • Ruler in a boot • Caused the war 1939 • 128 Americans aboard • Not one night but... • Buy now with no worries • Skyrocketed during 1920s • Common type of warfare in WW1 • A city converted to an A_s_na_ • America with the Interception! • Named after a failed president • How many points made by Wilson? • Fire, fire, burn, burn, building • ...
us history game 2023-11-10
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- What year did Andrew Jackson become president, 182_?
- how many colonies was their after the revolutinary war?
- the revolutinary war was also called the ________ war
- what did states and territories want to share with the central goverment?
- how many years was their conflict?
- What were slaves deprived of?
- the first 3 words in the constitution was "we the _____
- in 1788 the consitudtion was?
- What kind of taxes did Jefferson get rid of in the Federal Government?
- What kind of segregation was mandated in all public facilities during the time of the Jim Crow laws.
- Jackson was the only president to pay off what?
- Jim Crow laws enforced what?
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- How many years did the civil war last?
- The Reconstruction Amendments were about Slavery,Citizenship, and ________
- What was restricted to slaves?
- how many amendments did the bill of rights have?
- what amendment in the bill of rights says we have the rights to bear arms?
- The civil war was between the Union and who else?
- What was another name for the reconstruction Amendments?
- What territory did the Jeffersonian Republicans purchase?
- did anti-federalist want a strong or weak u.s fedral gov.?
- who took land from the native americans?
22 Clues: Jim Crow laws enforced what? • What were slaves deprived of? • in 1788 the consitudtion was? • What was restricted to slaves? • how many years was their conflict? • How many years did the civil war last? • who took land from the native americans? • Jackson was the only president to pay off what? • how many amendments did the bill of rights have? • ...
US history B 2024-02-23
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- the state of being joined in an association or coalition
- Weaponry used by military or naval force
- all the weapons and equipment that a country has
- a support usually of stone or brick
- The act of selling illegally or without permission
- The movement of persons from one locality to another
- a large fleet
- a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
- the act of forming something
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- organized opposition to authority
- a citizen of an English borough
- a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
- something gained
- a reformer who favors putting an end to slavery
- a friendly nation
- the act of keeping something from spreading
- an assembly that makes, amends, or repeals laws
- Exchange goods without involving money
- the doctrine that your country's interests are superior
- anything of material owned by a person or company
- refuse to proceed or comply
21 Clues: a large fleet • something gained • a friendly nation • refuse to proceed or comply • the act of forming something • a citizen of an English borough • organized opposition to authority • a support usually of stone or brick • Exchange goods without involving money • Weaponry used by military or naval force • the act of keeping something from spreading • ...
US History Crossword 2020-06-20
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- group opposed ratifying constitution
- how slaves counted in population
- deemed too weak to govern
- essay to support ratifying Constitution
- US minister to France (1785)
- decided states legislative representation
- first 10 amendments to constitution
- proposed government assume states debts
- unanimously elected president
- meeting to fix weak Articles
- allows punishment for threatening US
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- Washington's last warnings to America
- tax protest in Pennsylvania
- 3 Frenchmen gave demands to diplomats
- group supported ratifying constitution
- 2nd President and Federalist
- outlawed slavery in new territory
- revolt caused by heavy taxes
- opposed Hamilton and supported Jefferson
- treaty for Northwest natives' boundaries
20 Clues: deemed too weak to govern • tax protest in Pennsylvania • 2nd President and Federalist • revolt caused by heavy taxes • US minister to France (1785) • meeting to fix weak Articles • unanimously elected president • how slaves counted in population • outlawed slavery in new territory • first 10 amendments to constitution • group opposed ratifying constitution • ...
US History Terms 2016-05-14
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- VIP killer
- a person owned by another
- sank by U-Boats & then US joins WWI
- Wilson’s post-WWI goals
- related to manufacturing
- 1980s military high tech
- one entering a country
- Allied European invasion during WWII
- liberal policies of social reform
- Afghan militant Islamist group
- 1963 law banning gender-based discrimination
- yellow poison fog weapon in WWI
- defines US government
- people’s pro-farmer and pro-labor party
- Mexican-American to some
- to please or satisfy rather than condemn
- to fix or improve
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- Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy
- male dominated society
- war between the states
- most powerful court
- popular music started in 1950s
- long-haired love&peaceniks of the 1960s
- extension of influence overseas
- significant sudden political change
- extended economic downturn
- atomic bomb on Hiroshima
- systematic murder of an ethnic group
- SE Asia war 1954 to 1973
29 Clues: VIP killer • to fix or improve • most powerful court • defines US government • male dominated society • war between the states • one entering a country • Wilson’s post-WWI goals • related to manufacturing • 1980s military high tech • atomic bomb on Hiroshima • SE Asia war 1954 to 1973 • Mexican-American to some • a person owned by another • extended economic downturn • ...
US History Final 2019-12-16
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- people who supported the ratification of the constitution
- communist Cuban leader during the Cold War
- Leader of North Korea
- the political scandal involving Richard Nixon during his presidency which led him to leave office
- president of the United States during the Cold War, assassinated in 1963
- document sent to England telling them the colonies were separating
- US policy of removing soldiers from Vietnam
- president that took office after Kennedy was assassinated in office during Vietnam war
- acts that target a specific country
- a wall that separated capitalist East Berlin from Communist West Berlin
- a trial against a president
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- the leader of Al-Quaeda during the 9/11 attacks
- an act by the government that allowed spying in order to catch terrorists
- rights that cannot be taken away
- party that believes in a strong government and individual ideas
- act passed by Obama during his presidency that helped people afford healthcare
- party that believes in a smaller government and more conservative views
- foreign policy used to control the spread of communism
- ideology who wants everyone to be completely equal
- North Atlantic treaty organization
20 Clues: Leader of North Korea • a trial against a president • rights that cannot be taken away • North Atlantic treaty organization • acts that target a specific country • communist Cuban leader during the Cold War • US policy of removing soldiers from Vietnam • the leader of Al-Quaeda during the 9/11 attacks • ideology who wants everyone to be completely equal • ...
US History Crossword 2020-09-18
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- were meant to punish the colonists for illegal smuggling of goods.
- was a 3 part system in which slaves were brought to the colonies.
- reason and the scientific method.
- King James II created the _____. This covered the area form southern main to northern new jersey.
- was a religious revival movement of the 1700’s.
- was grown mostly on plantation and was meant to sell for profit.
- was an 18th century intellectual movement that
- was named by King James II to rule over the Dominion of New England.
- invented bi-focals, the Franklin stove and published Poor richard’s Almanac.
- was the toughest part of the Triangular Trade.
- was a large farm in the southern colonies.
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- were the second largest ethnic group in the colonies, and most of them were slaves.
- families and learn a trade.
- attacked the French in the Ohio River Valley and this led to the French and Indian War.
- men from the colonies that fought for Great Britain.
- came to the colonies from Europe to be apprentices
- Great Britain's greatest rival in the north was.
- was when Britain relaxed its restrictions on the colonies.
- was the governing body of Great Britain.
- places taxes on imports to the colonies.
- was a slave uprising in the colonies.
21 Clues: families and learn a trade. • reason and the scientific method. • was a slave uprising in the colonies. • was the governing body of Great Britain. • places taxes on imports to the colonies. • was a large farm in the southern colonies. • was an 18th century intellectual movement that • was the toughest part of the Triangular Trade. • ...
US history terms 2020-11-24
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- dominated national economic policy
- one of the earliest federal authority
- became the tenth president of the united states
- same elements that can be replaced
- first president to be born a citizen of the US
- proposed by alexander hamilton
- created during the presidency of john quincy
- a direct water path to new york
- the economic situation that resulted reckless
- first tariff encated by congress
- was signed into law on may 39, 1830
- labor and growing proliferation
- ninth president of the united states
- united states against western hemisphere
- an American political party formed in 1830
- served as the seventh president from 1829-1837
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- the route along the US government
- across the Appalachian mountains
- also called the patronage system
- spokesman for the slave plantation system
- served as sixth president from 1825-1829
- accelerating the method of seed removal
- american lawyer and statesman
- was the transition to modern production
- admitted Maine as a free state of the US
- identification with and promotion
- also known as the transcontiental treaty
- founded by Thomas Jefferson and james m
- earned fame for his staunch support of federal
29 Clues: american lawyer and statesman • proposed by alexander hamilton • a direct water path to new york • labor and growing proliferation • across the Appalachian mountains • also called the patronage system • first tariff encated by congress • the route along the US government • identification with and promotion • dominated national economic policy • ...
AP US History 2024-05-14
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- Sailed to North America in 1492
- Act to give land to farm for 5 years
- Country that helped the colonists during the American Revolution
- President who promoted the development of the internet
- Immigrants who came to America to escape a potato famine
- An idea in the South that led to the Civil War
- Economic Recovery Plan carried out by FDR
- A large suburb in NY that was built after WWII
- Captured Atlanta during his March to Sea
- The first president to be assassinated
- The only president from Georgia
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- Large Strike During the Gilded Age
- First President to create National Parks
- President at the time of the 911 attacks
- The first permanent English Colony
- President of the Confederate States of America
- Immigrant group that was banned from the US
- The turning point in the Pacific during WWII
- A Philosopher who influenced the American Revolution
- The largest Native American tribe today
20 Clues: Sailed to North America in 1492 • The only president from Georgia • Large Strike During the Gilded Age • The first permanent English Colony • Act to give land to farm for 5 years • The first president to be assassinated • The largest Native American tribe today • First President to create National Parks • President at the time of the 911 attacks • ...
US History infographic 2024-04-29
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- gave black people the “right to vote”
- slaves are no longer slaves.
- segregation was ok.
- was a woman who was hired to sit on the white side of the bus.
- of the black rights activists, “I have a dream”
- Black people would be fined 2 dollars if they were where they shouldn’t be.
- act of ‘64: ended segregation for real.
- 200,000 people attended the march at the Washington place and MLK gave his speech “I have a dream”
- Black people stopped using the busses so that the city would have to integrate both white and black people on the bus anywhere they want.
- just the way it is.
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- people who wanted equal rights and used the lynching cards as proof that it was bad.
- a bunch of black parents fought in court for their children to end educational segregation.
- a boy who was falsely accused of sexually assaulting a woman and was beaten to death and thrown in a river.
- segregation by law
- slaves are now citizens.
- Black and white people would go onto the busses and sit next to eachother to end segregation/ one bus exploded.
- segregation was ok as long as they were equal.
- people would say nuh uh to officials in a kind manner.
- 9: 9 black students when to an all white school to end segregation.
- Klu Klux Klan of white people who think their cooler than black people.
- people would sit inside of places they weren’t supposed to be, and many people joined in across the nation.
21 Clues: segregation by law • segregation was ok. • just the way it is. • slaves are now citizens. • slaves are no longer slaves. • gave black people the “right to vote” • act of ‘64: ended segregation for real. • segregation was ok as long as they were equal. • of the black rights activists, “I have a dream” • people would say nuh uh to officials in a kind manner. • ...
US history crossword 2024-06-05
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- laws that made segregation legal.
- period of temporary economic decline, trade and industrial activity activity are reduced greatly
- General increase in prices, and the fall in the purchasing value of money
- First African American to play baseball.
- A peaceful way of protesting against restrictive policies
- An estimate of income and expenses for a set period of time
- Income that is collected by the government, paid by citizens, used to pay for things everyone shares,such as parks, etc.
- First African American justice in the supreme court.
- the most sweeping civil rights laws passed by LBJ.
- The amount of spending a person, group, or entity is doing
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- protest started by four students in North carolina.
- Organization of people the manner of controlling and organizing a nation
- a statistic often used to measure the health of the economy - number of people who are without employment and are actively searching for a job.
- Famous civil rights leader who wrote the I have a dream speech.
- separation of people based on racial, ethnic,or other differences.
- the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.
- The way goods and services are produced and consumed
- Rule or directive made and maintained by an authority.
- Money that is owed to another individual, Bank, corporation, etc.
- A group of human beings distinguished by physical traits, blood types, genetic code patterns or genetically inherited characteristics.
20 Clues: laws that made segregation legal. • First African American to play baseball. • the most sweeping civil rights laws passed by LBJ. • protest started by four students in North carolina. • The way goods and services are produced and consumed • First African American justice in the supreme court. • Rule or directive made and maintained by an authority. • ...
US History WW2 2023-03-10
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- Where did Germany first invade that OFFICIALLY started the war?
- Production Board The job of organizing the wartime economy fell to the
- Japans attack on the United States
- Why did the Office of Price Administrant (OPA) institute price controls during World War II?
- All the day long, Whether rain or shine, She's part of the assembly line. She's making history,Working for victory,
- Under the terms of France’s surrender to Germany, southeastern France became a _______ known as Vichy France
- “By this "me next year we shall know whether the policy of appeasement has appeased, or whether it has only simulated a more ferocious appetite.”—Winston Churchill What “policy of appeasement” was Winston Churchill referring to?
- Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire
- Great Britain, United States, Soviet Union
- The quotation below comes from a 1944 Supreme Court decision. Justice Black's opinion was issued in which of theseSupreme Court cases? “It should be noted... that all legal restrictions which curtail the civil rights of a single racial group are immediately suspect.That is not to say that all such restrictions are unconstitutional. It is to say that courts must subject them to the most rigid scrutiny.Pressing public necessity may sometimes justify the existence of such restriction.”
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- In the 1930s, what legislation signaled the United States policy of isolationism?
- piece of legislation made it very difficult for Jews to flee to the United States following Kristallnacht
- allowed the United States to send "all aid short of war" to Britain despite its status as a neutral nation early in World War II?
- term GI refer to?
- A group that was targeted by white mobs in the Zoot Suit Riots
- The Atomic Bomb was dropped on which two cities?
- Who was the first country to stop Germany in their tracks?
- Who was FDR's successor when he died?
- The Double V Campaign sought to fight against fascism and
- Where were Japanese Americans sent to during the war?
20 Clues: term GI refer to? • Japans attack on the United States • Who was FDR's successor when he died? • Great Britain, United States, Soviet Union • The Atomic Bomb was dropped on which two cities? • Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire • Where were Japanese Americans sent to during the war? • The Double V Campaign sought to fight against fascism and • ...
US History Test 2022-12-09
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- an experiment in democracy
- a sturcture in which the powers of government are strictly defined
- the only battle ship that didn't get hit by bombs or torpedos
- This battleship had the most casualties during pearl harbor
- the chief author of the constitution and often called "father of the constitution"
- the country that sent 5000 African American slaves to help defeat the British at yorktown
- It gave the congress limited powers, can conduct foreign affairs, maintain armed forces, borrow money, and issue currency.
- the exercise of political authority over the people and the performance of certain people
- the event when the US state battleships got bombed by the Japanese
- was legal in the colonies, but the Northern states started to slowly band the practice
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- started in Philadelphia during the hot summer of 1787
- the enslaved africans in the colonies rebelled against the French
- created in the Northwest territory, it included a bill of rights for the settlers, freedom of a religion, and trial by jury
- this battleship got hit by so many bombs, people in the harbor lost count.
- led to the union of 13 colonies but did not unite
- this law made it easier for people to buy land
- a government that shares power with many state governments
- The people who made the Constitution
- The colony plan that would create a government with 3 branches
- farmers tried to stop the state of Massachusetts from seizing their farms because of dept.
20 Clues: an experiment in democracy • The people who made the Constitution • this law made it easier for people to buy land • led to the union of 13 colonies but did not unite • started in Philadelphia during the hot summer of 1787 • This battleship had the most casualties during pearl harbor • a government that shares power with many state governments • ...
US History Crossword 2024-11-21
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- This law made illegal trade with foreign nations in an effort to keep the US out of the Napoleonic War.
- the longest artificial waterway and the greatest public works project in North America
- advocacy of or support for the political independence of a particular nation or people
- the committee of senior ministers responsible for controlling government policy
- what is the process called when changing the constitution
- one of the framers of the Constitution, author of five of The Federalist Papers, and the first Chief Justice of the United States
- recruitment by force
- restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being.
- This president was in charge during the embargo act of 1807, which ultimately failed and hurt the US economy
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- A founding father of the US and the first President
- an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit
- This founding father was the commander in chief during the war of 1812
- established the power and prestige of the judiciary department
- The XYZ affair was a result of what country seizing American ships to prevent trade with Britain
- This constitutional principal states that power is shared by both the individual states and thefederal government
- A group of people who clamored for war
- An American inventor known for creating cotton gin in 1793
- a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports
- The 2nd US president
- This founding father established one of the basic principles of American foreign policy that declared that Europe should stay out of the western hemisphere
20 Clues: recruitment by force • The 2nd US president • A group of people who clamored for war • A founding father of the US and the first President • what is the process called when changing the constitution • An American inventor known for creating cotton gin in 1793 • established the power and prestige of the judiciary department • ...
Ap us history 2025-04-29
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- – 1925 case about teaching evolution in schools; science vs. religion.
- – Created a central banking system for the U.S.
- – Fear of communism spreading in the U.S. after WWI.
- – 1935 law creating pensions for the elderly and disabled.
- – Civil rights group founded in 1909 to fight racial injustice.
- – FDR’s programs to combat the Great Depression.
- – Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, turning point in WWII.
- – Law to regulate food and medicine labeling and safety.
- – Mass movement of African Americans from the South to Northern cities.
- – Cultural and artistic movement among African Americans in the 1920s.
- – U.S. claim to intervene in Latin America to stabilize the region.
- – 1929 event marking the start of the Great Depression.
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- – WWI law that punished people for aiding the enemy or interfering with the draft.
- – Peace treaty ending WWI; blamed Germany and created the League of Nations.
- – FDR’s failed attempt to add more justices to the Supreme Court.
- – Theodore Roosevelt’s domestic policy for fairness in labor, business, and consumers.
- – Secret U.S. program to build the atomic bomb.
- – Authorized internment of Japanese Americans during WWII.
- – U.S. aid program for Allied nations before joining WWII.
- – Journalists who exposed corruption and social issues.
20 Clues: – Created a central banking system for the U.S. • – Secret U.S. program to build the atomic bomb. • – FDR’s programs to combat the Great Depression. • – Fear of communism spreading in the U.S. after WWI. • – Journalists who exposed corruption and social issues. • – 1929 event marking the start of the Great Depression. • ...
US History B 2025-06-03
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- The worst economic decline in history
- Second city hit with atomic bomb
- Giving in to avoid war
- Punishment to stop Japan’s aggression
- Banned alcohol manufacturing
- Helped average Americans buy expensive goods
- Leader who violated the Treaty of Versailles once he gained power
- Axis alliance protection pact
- Laws that were designed to keep US out of WWII
- The mass murder of 6 million Jews
- Senator who made false accusations
- U.S. banned exports of steel/oil to...
- Event that started after Poland invasion
- Allowed aid to allies without upfront payment
- The plan of relief, recovery, and reform
- "Peace without victory" WWI plan
- Era of organized crime and illegality
- The phenomenon of every depositor withdrawing their funds around the same time
- Ultimatum for Japan to surrender
- Era of mass relocation of Blacks from the South to Northern cities
- Televised hearings that ended his career
- Surprise attack that brought U.S. to war
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- Indirect conflicts between US & USSR
- U.S. foreign policy to stay out of war
- Secret project to build atomic bomb
- The event that started the Great Depression
- Both, buying on margin and ____________, were underlying factors in the Stock Market Crash
- Cultural rebirth of Black art and pride
- US support for European democracies
- Segregated Blacks and reinforced white supremacy
- Agreement to divide Poland
- 46-year post-WWII US-USSR tension
- Fear of communism in US
- Created to prevent future wars
- Women who broke 1920s gender norms
- Official end of WWI; blamed Germany
- US goal to stop spread of communism
- Small German political party that gained power in the 1930s
38 Clues: Giving in to avoid war • Fear of communism in US • Agreement to divide Poland • Banned alcohol manufacturing • Axis alliance protection pact • Created to prevent future wars • Second city hit with atomic bomb • "Peace without victory" WWI plan • Ultimatum for Japan to surrender • The mass murder of 6 million Jews • 46-year post-WWII US-USSR tension • ...
US History 2 2025-05-11
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- The U.S. joined the Allies after the attack on Pearl Harbor
- Allows for global communication
- Principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
- First President of the U.S.
- The south were supported by america while the north supported by china.
- Provided light without the sun
- Day where you give thanks to all that you have
- American culture that emphasizes personal freedom and independence.
- Allows for global travel quickly
- Mass migration westward for fortune
- A conflict between the North and South over slavery.
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- streamlined manufactoring making products easier to make.
- movement for for racial equality.
- The U.S. Constitution was drafted.
- The 19th Amendment was ratified.
- A severe economic downturn that led to widespread unemployment.
- Terrorist attacks on U.S. soil that led to the War on Terror.
- Music created by African American communities.
- Progressive-era president known for trust-busting
- key figure in the women’s suffrage movement.
- Former enslaved person who became a abolitionist.
- first African American president of the United States
- Helped others gain freedom via undergound railroad
- Forced relocation of Native Americans
- era following the civil war
- Global influence in cinema
- President during the Great Depression.
- Civil Rights leader who advocated nonviolent protest
- Belief that hard work can lead to upward mobility and success.
- Led the country during the Civil War.
- A strong sense of national pride.
31 Clues: Global influence in cinema • First President of the U.S. • era following the civil war • Provided light without the sun • Allows for global communication • The 19th Amendment was ratified. • Allows for global travel quickly • movement for for racial equality. • A strong sense of national pride. • The U.S. Constitution was drafted. • Mass migration westward for fortune • ...
US History Crossword 2023-05-15
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- Raids, series of raids by the US government to find people considered to be radicals
- Gin, an invention made by Eli Whitney that changed production in the South
- Crow, segregation laws that became wide-spread in the South during the 1890s
- when the US stormed the shores of France in World War II
- those who supported the British and opposed American independence
- drafted the Declaration of Independence
- president during the Cuban Missile Crisis
- Columbus, sailor who discovered the Americas
- president during the use of the atomic bomb
- created the interstate highway system
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- banning alcohol
- president who announced the emancipation proclamation
- current president
- the first president
- created the New Deal
- Renaissance, new African American culture that flourished in literature, art, and music
- Destiny, doctrine that expressed the expansion of white Americans across the continent because it was their duty
- president who forced the Trail of Tears
- the scandal that caused Nixon to resign
- Pot, idea that immigrants from other countries should quickly lose their culture
20 Clues: banning alcohol • current president • the first president • created the New Deal • created the interstate highway system • drafted the Declaration of Independence • president who forced the Trail of Tears • the scandal that caused Nixon to resign • president during the Cuban Missile Crisis • president during the use of the atomic bomb • ...
US History Vocab 2025-08-14
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- money borrowed from a bank on the condition that it will be paid back with interest
- a member of an armed band that carries out surprise attacks and sabotage rather than open warfare
- these laws were enacted in the South to enforce segregation after the Civil War
- An automobile made by the Ford Motor Company from 1908-1927
- the idea that if one nation fell to communism in Asia, neighboring countries would follow
- the spreading of ideas about an institution or individual with the intention of influencing opinion
- payment by a losing country to the winner for damages caused during the war
- a medium of communication, such as TV or radio, that is meant to reach a large audience
- the right to vote
- the closing of banks during the Great Depression to avoid people panicking and drawing all their money out
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- a Northerner that moved to the South to help rebuild and support the Republicans
- separation, or isolation of a race, class, or group
- this type of journalism is sensational, biased, and often false to attract readers
- a garden planted by civilians during the war so that the troops could have more food
- extreme loyalty and devotion to a nation
- abstaining from or moderating the consumption of alcohol
- radio broadcasts by President FDR to reassure the American people and explain his initiatives
- a temporary agreement to end fighting
- an infectious disease that affects the skeletal muscles, often resulting in permanent disability
- a policy that the government should interfere as little as possible in the economy, AKA be "hands-off"
- a government ban on trade with other countries
- this type of job does not require work clothes or protective clothing
- someone that enters or becomes established in a country other than that of their original nationality
23 Clues: the right to vote • a temporary agreement to end fighting • extreme loyalty and devotion to a nation • a government ban on trade with other countries • separation, or isolation of a race, class, or group • abstaining from or moderating the consumption of alcohol • An automobile made by the Ford Motor Company from 1908-1927 • ...
US History Final 2012-12-12
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- tax on paper goods
- book that showed the dark side of slavery
- Robert E. Lee
- armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787
- William T. Sherman
- South Carolina, North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia and Georgia
- different ideas for different places
- theories that have reasons for migration
- statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776
- action of a state that leaves the country
- English Protestants in the 16th century
- improved the judicial branch
- idea that it is gods will to move west
- For government V Against government
- compromise between the north and south
- people against slavery
- British policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws
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- The composition or structure of something
- slave that sued for freedom
- bigger army and more agriculture
- was an agreement among the 13 founding states that established the United
- exchange widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, human populations
- Lincoln’s last speech
- extended the us by over 50%
- expansion of territory
- doctrine that government control of foreign trade
- convention that improved women rights
- age that improved the industry
- a territory under the immediate political control of a state.
- battle that was disputed over slavery
30 Clues: Robert E. Lee • tax on paper goods • William T. Sherman • Lincoln’s last speech • expansion of territory • people against slavery • slave that sued for freedom • extended the us by over 50% • improved the judicial branch • age that improved the industry • bigger army and more agriculture • For government V Against government • different ideas for different places • ...
US History Pzl 2014-01-09
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- The President belongs to this branch of gov't
- Everyday was Halloween for this group
- Taxation for an offical seal on all printed material
- French for Hands off/Doing nothing
- Captain Morgan lost his job to this in the '20s
- Nicholas Cage stole this document
- Immigration station. Angel Island in the west and this in the East
- Drafted the a prestigious document. 3rd President
- Something Zach lacks very much of
- Several nagging women fought for these
- Trade between America, Europe and Africa
- Fisrt 10 amendments
- LEGAL segregation in the South
- "Au" Rush
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- Document signed by King John
- Right to rule from sea to shining sea
- Indians got evicted
- A nagging woman who fought for equality
- Invented the Cotton Gin
- "Purchased" a large tract of land from a short frenchman (Mardi Gras)
- Precursor to the document Nick Cage stole
- Opposed a nat'l gov't
- Economic system. Communism vs............
- Believed in a nat'l gov't
- Religious Revival in America
25 Clues: "Au" Rush • Indians got evicted • Fisrt 10 amendments • Opposed a nat'l gov't • Invented the Cotton Gin • Believed in a nat'l gov't • Document signed by King John • Religious Revival in America • LEGAL segregation in the South • Nicholas Cage stole this document • Something Zach lacks very much of • French for Hands off/Doing nothing • Right to rule from sea to shining sea • ...
US History Crossword 2016-01-11
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- Set of laws that required the separation of blacks and whites in public settings
- A movement that looked to end slavery in the United States and gave a political platform for the Women's Suffrage Movement
- A fee that used to be paid in order to vote
- Professor who taught his students to put aside their desire for political equality and focus on economic security by gaining vocational skills
- "allow to be"
- Organization created by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony
- The ability to read and write and is a major function of public schooling
- Separation of people by race
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- Give donations to worthy causes such as he establishment of private women's colleges
- Belief in the power of regular people, and in their right to have control over their government rather than a small group of political leaders/ wealthy elite
- Movement created by women that supported women's right to vote
- Ban on the manufacturing and sale of alcoholic beverages
- Trial that expressed the understanding of "separate but equal"
- Was initially a part of the NAWSA but were expelled for aggressive techniques and desire for a constitutional amendment
- Required the federal government to purchase and coin more silver to increase money supply and cause inflation
- Drop in the prices of goods
- first meeting of women to discuss the problems women were facing and where the declaration of sentiments was created
- Nonviolent refusal to obey laws in order to change them
- movement that sought to apply the teachings of Jesus directly to society through ideals of charity and justice
- Helped enforce the Clayton Act by setting up fair trade laws
20 Clues: "allow to be" • Drop in the prices of goods • Separation of people by race • A fee that used to be paid in order to vote • Nonviolent refusal to obey laws in order to change them • Ban on the manufacturing and sale of alcoholic beverages • Helped enforce the Clayton Act by setting up fair trade laws • Movement created by women that supported women's right to vote • ...
US History Terms 2016-05-14
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- to please or satisfy rather than condemn
- one entering a country
- yellow poison fog weapon in WWI
- related to manufacturing
- Afghan militant Islamist group
- liberal policies of social reform
- people’s pro-farmer and pro-labor party
- sank by U-Boats & then US joins WWI
- long-haired love&peaceniks of the 1960s
- Allied European invasion during WWII
- popular music started in 1950s
- Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy
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- most powerful court
- extended economic downturn
- war between the states
- systematic murder of an ethnic group
- 1980s military high tech
- extension of influence overseas
- defines US government
- to fix or improve
- Wilson’s post-WWI goals
- a person owned by another
- atomic bomb on Hiroshima
- significant sudden political change
- male dominated society
- VIP killer
- SE Asia war 1954 to 1973
27 Clues: VIP killer • to fix or improve • most powerful court • defines US government • war between the states • one entering a country • male dominated society • Wilson’s post-WWI goals • 1980s military high tech • related to manufacturing • atomic bomb on Hiroshima • SE Asia war 1954 to 1973 • a person owned by another • extended economic downturn • Afghan militant Islamist group • ...
US History Terms 2016-05-14
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- to please or satisfy rather than condemn
- one entering a country
- yellow poison fog weapon in WWI
- related to manufacturing
- Afghan militant Islamist group
- liberal policies of social reform
- people’s pro-farmer and pro-labor party
- sank by U-Boats & then US joins WWI
- long-haired love&peaceniks of the 1960s
- Allied European invasion during WWII
- popular music started in 1950s
- Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy
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- most powerful court
- extended economic downturn
- war between the states
- systematic murder of an ethnic group
- 1980s military high tech
- extension of influence overseas
- defines US government
- to fix or improve
- Wilson’s post-WWI goals
- a person owned by another
- atomic bomb on Hiroshima
- significant sudden political change
- male dominated society
- VIP killer
- SE Asia war 1954 to 1973
27 Clues: VIP killer • to fix or improve • most powerful court • defines US government • war between the states • one entering a country • male dominated society • Wilson’s post-WWI goals • 1980s military high tech • related to manufacturing • atomic bomb on Hiroshima • SE Asia war 1954 to 1973 • a person owned by another • extended economic downturn • Afghan militant Islamist group • ...
US HISTORY REVIEW 2018-04-19
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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..."
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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.
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- 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. • ...
AP US History 2024-06-13
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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 Crossword 2023-02-02
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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 • ...
US History Review 2025-03-06
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- Country that was responsible for assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinant
- Supreme court case that set (low) standard for obscenity (artistic, scientific value)
- Battle that is considered to be the turning point of the Civil War
- Treaty that ended WWI
- Ran against Lincoln for senatorial seat in Illinois
- President during WWII
- Supreme court case that overturned Roe v. Wade
- A religion that is not Christian
- English king that the Mayflower Compact was written to
- Famous for his allegory of the cave
- Aided Lewis and Clark on their expedition through the northwest
- Amendment that abolished slavery
- President during WWI
- English King during the American Revolution
- Intellectual movement that made the individual the highest priority
- Rose to power in France after the French Revolution
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- Supreme court case that legalized gay marriage
- What the ancients valued
- Aristotle's student
- President of the Confederate States of America
- In part, responsible for the Enlightenment. Rejected ideas of Catholic church and made Christianity more individualistic
- Lincoln's solution to faction between two regimes
- Plato's teacher
- Promoted the idea of social contract theory
- South American native tribe that resided in modern-day Chile
- The main topic of Federalist #10
- President during Louisiana Purchase
- French revolutionary confined to (and murdered in) his bathtub
- Believed that the city of God can never be achieved on earth because of sin
- Conquered the Aztecs in 1521
- A common understanding of what is advantageous, good, and just
- Headed the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution and advocated for execution of King Louis XVI
32 Clues: Plato's teacher • Aristotle's student • President during WWI • Treaty that ended WWI • President during WWII • What the ancients valued • Conquered the Aztecs in 1521 • The main topic of Federalist #10 • A religion that is not Christian • Amendment that abolished slavery • President during Louisiana Purchase • Famous for his allegory of the cave • ...
US History Review 2023-12-11
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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 History Crossword 2025-05-12
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- A political movement advocating social reform.
- The organized provision of medical care to individuals or communities.
- War: A conflict in Southeast Asia involving the U.S. during the 1960s and 70s.
- The process by which businesses develop international influence.
- Security: A government program providing financial assistance to people in need.
- The legal act of prohibiting the manufacture and sale of alcohol.
- The unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians.
- War: The period of political tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
- Migration: The movement of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North.
- The movement of people from rural areas to cities.
- The exclusive possession or control of the supply of a product or service.
- The process of developing industries in a country.
- The period after the Civil War focused on rebuilding the South.
- The system of production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
- The global computer network providing a variety of information and communication.
- A combination of firms or corporations formed by a legal agreement.
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- Cooperation between two political parties that usually oppose each other's policies.
- Rights: The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.
- The right to vote in political elections.
- Work, especially hard physical work; associated with labor unions.
- The enforced separation of different racial groups in a country.
- The North American Free Trade Agreement, promoting trade between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
- The advocacy of women's rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes.
- Prejudice or discrimination against individuals based on their race.
- Change: Long-term alteration of temperature and typical weather patterns.
- War: The conflict between Northern and Southern states from 1861 to 1865.
- The state of being diverse; variety in culture and ethnicity.
- The process of charging a government official with misconduct.
- The period between childhood and adulthood, often associated with activism.
- Action: Policies supporting members of disadvantaged groups.
- Disobedience: The refusal to comply with certain laws as a peaceful form of protest.
- The act of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a military alliance formed in 1949.
- Deal: A series of programs and reforms introduced by FDR during the Great Depression.
- The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes.
35 Clues: The right to vote in political elections. • A political movement advocating social reform. • The movement of people from rural areas to cities. • The process of developing industries in a country. • The act of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. • Action: Policies supporting members of disadvantaged groups. • ...
US History H 2021-08-30
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- :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
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- :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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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.
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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 1920s 2025-11-09
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- This scandal included Harding and secret business deals with oil reserves in Wyoming
- pro-business approach that believed the economy would fix itself
- place of a race riot in 1919 that highlighted racism in the north
- The location of a police strike that was broken up by Federal Troops in 1919
- metaphor used to describe assimilation of immigrants in the US
- Republican nominee in the 1920 election
- granted women the right to vote
- belief in American-born superiority over immigrants
- Democrat nominee in the 1920 election
- trial that highlighted anti-immigration sentiment in the US
- Finish the sentence: Harding ran on the slogan; "Return to _____"
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- movement that wanted the complete ban of alcohol
- set of mass deportations of immigrants between 1919-1920
- 1921 legislation that limited immigration to 3% of each nationality
- new artistic and cultural movements during the 1920s, marked by breaking tradition with new modern tastes
- generation of young women in the 1920 who challenged traditional norms
- nationwide ban of Alcohol
- Finish the sentence: Hemingway described the era and those who lived in it after WW1 the "____ Generation"
- along with the Jazz Age, this included the flourishing of African American literature, art and music
- A black organization that fought lynching and discrimination in the south
- the fear of immigrants who embraced communism, socialism or anarchism
- movement of thousands of African Americans from the south to the north seeking employment
- set of segregationist laws in the south
23 Clues: nationwide ban of Alcohol • granted women the right to vote • Democrat nominee in the 1920 election • Republican nominee in the 1920 election • set of segregationist laws in the south • movement that wanted the complete ban of alcohol • belief in American-born superiority over immigrants • set of mass deportations of immigrants between 1919-1920 • ...
US History Crossword 2020-06-20
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- group opposed ratifying constitution
- how slaves counted in population
- deemed too weak to govern
- essay to support ratifying Constitution
- US minister to France (1785)
- decided states legislative representation
- first 10 amendments to constitution
- proposed government assume states debts
- unanimously elected president
- meeting to fix weak Articles
- allows punishment for threatening US
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- Washington's last warnings to America
- tax protest in Pennsylvania
- 3 Frenchmen gave demands to diplomats
- group supported ratifying constitution
- 2nd President; Federalist
- outlawed slavery in new territory
- revolt caused by heavy taxes
- opposed Hamilton and supported Jefferson
- treaty for Northwest natives' boundaries
20 Clues: 2nd President; Federalist • deemed too weak to govern • tax protest in Pennsylvania • revolt caused by heavy taxes • US minister to France (1785) • meeting to fix weak Articles • unanimously elected president • how slaves counted in population • outlawed slavery in new territory • first 10 amendments to constitution • group opposed ratifying constitution • ...
US History Review 2022-04-07
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- the office of president
- people oppose strong federal government
- interpret laws
- rejection to laws
- A new view of the role of women in society
- separate branches are induced to share power
- quality of being new, original, or unusual
- the official way to confirm something
- a decision that modern people make about what is important from our past
- people in favor of a strong federal government
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- Government with jurisdiction over all states
- conduct laws
- A group of women who support independence.
- Written plan of Government
- the usefulness of something for a particular task
- write laws
- three bodies of government
- the consequences of an event
- 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 2013-12-08
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- soldiers killed, wounded, and missing
- form of non-traditional warfare generally involving hit-and-run attacks by small bands of fighters
- pact between the United States and Japan to end segregation of Asian children in San Francisco public schools. In return, Japan agreed to limit immigration of its citizens to the United States
- fear that communist were working to destroy the Americans way of life
- President Taft's policy of expanding American investments abroad
- glorification of the military
- human-made waterway linking the Atlantic to the Pacific across the Isthmus of Panama
- Theodore Roosevelt's policy of creating and using, when necessary, a strong military to achieve America's goals
- political,military, and economic domination of strong nations over weaker territories
- country which is owed more money by other countries than it owes other countries
- violence started by members of a secret society in China, which promoted the governments of Europe and America to send troops to squash the rebellions
- supplied captured from an enemy during wartime
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- the flu virus
- the sieres of raids in the early 1920s initiated by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer; against suspected radicals and communist
- battleships sent by Roosevelt in 1907 on a "good will cruise" around the world
- law establishing a civil government in Puerto Rico
- Woodrow Wilson's statement that the U.S. Would not use force to assert influence in the world, but would instead work to promote human rights
- a region dominated and controlled by an outside power
- a rebellion
- raising prices
20 Clues: a rebellion • the flu virus • raising prices • glorification of the military • soldiers killed, wounded, and missing • supplied captured from an enemy during wartime • law establishing a civil government in Puerto Rico • a region dominated and controlled by an outside power • President Taft's policy of expanding American investments abroad • ...
US History Midterm 2014-01-13
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- Fort where first shots of Civil War were fired
- Product targeted by temperance movement
- Former slaves were forced to earn a living doing this
- President who used big stick diplomacy
- Organizations that fought for worker's rights
- Major factor in US industrial growth
- President of the North during the Civil War
- Type of Republican that wanted Southerners punished for their crimes
- Animal killed on the Great Plains that hurt survival of tribes
- Color of press known for its sensational headlines
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- President who kept the US neutral at the start of WWI
- The attempt to rebuild the South after the Civil War
- Major cause of Civil War
- People who wanted to improve society and limit big business
- Expansion policy used to promote economic growth
- A business that dominates an industry
- Author of the Gospel of Wealth
- People forced onto reservations by Great Plains settlers
- General who waged total war on the South
- Side that won the Civil War
- Florida railroad tycoon
- 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 Final 2012-12-12
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- For government V Against government
- English Protestants in the 16th century
- extended the us by over 50%
- action of a state that leaves the country
- exchange widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, human populations
- a territory under the immediate political control of a state.
- bigger army and more agriculture
- expansion of territory
- statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776
- age that improved the industry
- compromise between the north and south
- battle that was disputed over slavery
- Robert E. Lee
- improved the judicial branch
- different ideas for different places
- tax on paper goods
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- British policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws
- William T. Sherman
- people against slavery
- Lincoln’s last speech
- was an agreement among the 13 founding states that established the United
- South Carolina, North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia and Georgia
- convention that improved women rights
- theories that have reasons for migration
- The composition or structure of something
- idea that it is gods will to move west
- book that showed the dark side of slavery
- armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787
- doctrine that government control of foreign trade
- slave that sued for freedom
30 Clues: Robert E. Lee • William T. Sherman • tax on paper goods • Lincoln’s last speech • people against slavery • expansion of territory • slave that sued for freedom • extended the us by over 50% • improved the judicial branch • age that improved the industry • bigger army and more agriculture • For government V Against government • different ideas for different places • ...
US History Review 2012-05-09
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- invented by Eli Whitney
- cause of the Irish emigration
- treatment based on race or class
- place of women's rights convention
- wrote the 'North Star'
- religion practiced by German immigrants
- Ralph Waldo Emerson was a member of this movement
- power women needed to make a difference
- name of the first steam boat by Robert Fulton
- opposition to immigration
- Second Great Awakening sparked these
- helped organize New York antislavery convention in NY
- freed black persons
- movement to reduce the use of alcohol
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- his knowledge sparked the Industrial Revolution
- credited for school reform in the U.S.
- model as to why people to leave homelands
- conductor on Underground Railroad
- this made urban dwellers wage earners
- women who worked in Massachusetts textile mill
- abolition journalist
- women who led reform on mental hospitals and prisons
- belief that one could build places free of social ills
- nickname for the south's major crop
- to abolish
- helped reform women's education
- poorly made, crowded apartment buildings
- famous slave revolt that occured in 1830 in Virginia
- invented by Samuel Morse
29 Clues: to abolish • freed black persons • abolition journalist • wrote the 'North Star' • invented by Eli Whitney • invented by Samuel Morse • opposition to immigration • cause of the Irish emigration • helped reform women's education • treatment based on race or class • conductor on Underground Railroad • place of women's rights convention • nickname for the south's major crop • ...
US History Review 2015-12-06
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- A jellied gasoline that exploded when it was dropped from a plane and made contact with the ground.
- an account derived or created from a primary account
- A one-sided opinion
- A war tactic that involved the use of a series of fast, tactical attacks with specific targets
- To kill a famous individual, usually for political reasons
- type of new journalism that involves a reporter going out and capturing an image.
- Individuals who tried to avoid being drafted
- type of writing that includes authors' personal opinions, adds feeling and emotion to writing.
- This imaginary line divides North and South Korea.
- A war tactic that involved a chemical mixture being dumped on vegetation to kill it.
- North Vietnamese leader
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- Joining together of multiple races, religions, etc in the same common space.
- Everything is controlled by gov't, everyone is working for the greater good of the community.
- first hand account about a historical event
- US's policy at the end of the war, where we slowly gave control of fighting back to the native soldiers.
- Court case that declared racial integration of public schools unconstitutional.
- A war tactic that involved the use of a series of air strikes
- belief that if one country fell to Communism, more would continue to do the same.
- Comparing pieces of evidence and seeing if they agree or disagree with each other.
- a pathway through other countries to help get supplies to soldiers in different locations in Vietnam
- this organization's goal was to contain the spread of communism in South Asia
- the opposite of Integration
- Males over the age of 18 who get forced to fight in the war.
- Questioning evidence and trying to determine its reliability.
24 Clues: A one-sided opinion • North Vietnamese leader • the opposite of Integration • first hand account about a historical event • Individuals who tried to avoid being drafted • This imaginary line divides North and South Korea. • an account derived or created from a primary account • To kill a famous individual, usually for political reasons • ...
US History Vocab 2023-02-02
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- a president during this time period
- an area in which many familys live
- a group of proposals for healthcare
- designed products to be obsolete
- us president who was later impeached
- buying goods as the american people
- first ever mass produced suburb
- american combat marine
- self governed country
- a book published in 1956
- society collecting benefits
- man believing parents should nurture
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- large roads to travel on
- informs development of civil rights
- a group of southern democrats
- a period in which 4,308,000 where born
- conservative w money, liberal w gov
- comapny offering products or services
- devloped a pollo vaccine
- court case about segregation
- compliance with standards
- dream to get rich fast
- major corperation with smaller companies buisnesses providing a service/product
- Years worth of unemployement
24 Clues: self governed country • dream to get rich fast • american combat marine • large roads to travel on • devloped a pollo vaccine • a book published in 1956 • compliance with standards • society collecting benefits • court case about segregation • Years worth of unemployement • a group of southern democrats • first ever mass produced suburb • designed products to be obsolete • ...
US History Vocab 2020-02-26
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- Journalist whose trial was an early step in establishing the freedom of press in the colonies.
- Exchange of goods and slaves between Africa, Europe, West Indies, And Colonies.
- part of the government that decides if laws are being carried out fairly
- British policy of ignoring the colonies which allowed them to gain independence in trade and exercising a larger degree of self-government.
- (1765) law of British Parliament that taxed newspapers, legal documents, and other printed materials; led to the phrase "No taxation without representation".
- British law that prohibited colonist from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains; purpose was to prevent conflict between Native Americans and colonist following the French and Indian war.
- part of the government that makes laws for the nation.
- customs and precedents accepted as a needed part of government although not actually listed in the constitution.
- First example of a representative form of government in colonial Virginia.
- The first American constitution that created a weak central government and gave more power to the states.
- Series of essays written by the founding fathers that urged ratification of the new Constitution.
- Agreement signed by Pilgrims before landing at Plymouth, Massachusetts in which colonists consent to be governed by a government they created
- part of government that carries out the laws
- Supreme law of the land hat outlines the functions of the three branches of government.
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- an assembly elected by voters that meets every four years to formally elect the president.
- principle of constitution that people are only source of any and all government power.
- The 1776 document stating that the colonies wanted to be free and independent from British rule and provided justification for breaking with parent country.
- each branch of federal government has power to limit the actions of other branches.
- Famous pamphlet written by Thomas Paine; persuaded colonist to seek independence and end their relationship with Great Britain.
- modifications or changes to the constitution (there are 27 amendments in all).
- first ten amendments to the US constitution that describe the basic rights of all citizens.
- government is not all powerful; it may only do things people give it the power to do.
- power and authority is divided between the national and state governments.
- (1803) decision of the Marshall Court that established the principle of judicial review
24 Clues: part of government that carries out the laws • part of the government that makes laws for the nation. • part of the government that decides if laws are being carried out fairly • First example of a representative form of government in colonial Virginia. • power and authority is divided between the national and state governments. • ...
US History Vocab 2020-09-29
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- Executive order by Abraham Lincoln that allowed slaves to join the Union Army
- Government system in which the citizens elect representatives to make decisions for us. This is the system the US uses.
- A battle between the US army and the Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne tribes.
- To adjust fully into another culture.
- the Court case in which Dredd scott couldn't legally file a lawsuit because he was property, not a citizen.
- Banned the colonies trading sugar and molasses with any countries besides Britan
- When the confederate General Lee surrendered to General Grant, of the Union.
- a government agency that set out to help freed slaves find employment
- Commander in chief of the Colonies during the Revolutionary War, also the 1st President of the United States.
- People that were AGAINST slavery during the Civil War.
- Created the Indian Reservations.
- made to provide federal funding for building railways across the US.
- Document that declared the colonies' independence from Great Britan.
- War between the USA and Mexico from 1846-1848
- in charge of the artillery and fought in the Revolutionary War
- Required the sale of ALL paper documents be marked with a stamp, which had to be payed for.
- Amendment that allowed former slaves to vote.
- Abraham Lincoln's assassin.
- the forced relocation of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, and other tribes from their native land in northern Georgia to a designated spot in Oklahoma.
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- Comprised the first ten amendments to the constitution.
- King of Great Britan during the Revolutionary War.
- Amendment that declared Slavery fully illegal.
- A battle in Virginia in which the French stepped in and helped the Union soldiers win.
- Main author of the Declaration of Independence.
- A set of laws in the confederate states that enforced racial segregation.
- The popular trail that was used for settlers to move west. It ran from Independence, MI to Fort Vancouver.
- Treaty that settled the Mexican American War; USA got northern chunk of Mexico.
- To divide or break away
- The horrific massacre of the Indian village of Sand Creek by the US army.
- A chunk of land the US bought from the French in 1803 that covers the majority of the midwest.
- Amendment that gave former slaves US citizenships and therefore constitutional rights.
- Government system in which the citizens vote for every decision.
32 Clues: To divide or break away • Abraham Lincoln's assassin. • Created the Indian Reservations. • To adjust fully into another culture. • War between the USA and Mexico from 1846-1848 • Amendment that allowed former slaves to vote. • Amendment that declared Slavery fully illegal. • Main author of the Declaration of Independence. • ...
US History Crossword 2022-05-16
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- This compromise set up the bicameral legislature of the United States government
- President when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed
- President most well-known for his assassination in Dallas and his rugged good looks
- President during the Civil War and issued the Emancipation Proclamation
- The sinking of this British ship was considered to be the cause of US involvement in World War I
- ban of of the sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages
- 22nd and 24th President who won non-consecutive elections
- Architect of the Declaration of independence and orchestrator of the Louisiana Purchase
- The victory in this battle against the British sealed the colonies’ victory in the Revolutionary War
- Architect of the New Deal
- Chief justice that established judicial review
- First African-American president of the US and signed the Affordable Care Act into law
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- Implemented just after the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, these laws were designed to restrict African Americans rights
- Supreme Law of the United States, successor to the Articles of Confederation
- delivered a “killer” inaugural speech and died 32 days into term
- Signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830
- Bombing of this military base caused the United States to join World War II
- Period after the Civil War during which the slaves were freed and former slaves were granted citizenship and given more rights
- Implemented the assembly line in automobile manufacturing
- President known for his economic policies that advocated tax reduction and les government spending
20 Clues: Architect of the New Deal • Signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830 • Chief justice that established judicial review • President when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed • 22nd and 24th President who won non-consecutive elections • Implemented the assembly line in automobile manufacturing • ban of of the sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages • ...
US History Crossword 2022-05-16
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- This compromise set up the bicameral legislature of the United States government
- President when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed
- President most well-known for his assassination in Dallas and his rugged good looks
- President during the Civil War and issued the Emancipation Proclamation
- The sinking of this British ship was considered to be the cause of US involvement in World War I
- ban of of the sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages
- 22nd and 24th President who won non-consecutive elections
- Architect of the Declaration of independence and orchestrator of the Louisiana Purchase
- The victory in this battle against the British sealed the colonies’ victory in the Revolutionary War
- Architect of the New Deal
- Chief justice that established judicial review
- First African-American president of the US and signed the Affordable Care Act into law
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- Implemented just after the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, these laws were designed to restrict African Americans rights
- Supreme Law of the United States, successor to the Articles of Confederation
- delivered a “killer” inaugural speech and died 32 days into term
- Signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830
- Bombing of this military base caused the United States to join World War II
- Period after the Civil War during which the slaves were freed and former slaves were granted citizenship and given more rights
- Implemented the assembly line in automobile manufacturing
- President known for his economic policies that advocated tax reduction and les government spending
20 Clues: Architect of the New Deal • Signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830 • Chief justice that established judicial review • President when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed • 22nd and 24th President who won non-consecutive elections • Implemented the assembly line in automobile manufacturing • ban of of the sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages • ...
US History Crossword 2022-11-06
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- The crossing of this river was so behind schedule that George Washington considered canceling it
- A chant based on a legal principle that colonists believed in
- There were 28 ________ against King George
- another term for British soldiers
- The act that was instituted in 1773 to help save the East India Company from financial ruin
- This act, passed in 1767, taxed on all imported goods
- This country helped the US during war from
- This man played a key role in independence; he did on July 4, 1826
- This battle was fought on April 19, 1775; it is often connected to Concord
- This location at this event caused the death of 11-year-old Christopher Seider
- This man was a silversmith but was crucial to gaining independence
- The act that was instituted in 1765 to help with war debt
- The ______ was the longest war in North American history
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- This document was approved by representatives on July 4, 1776
- The act connected to America's 3rd amendment
- First published in Philadelphia in 1776, it was key for boosting morale
- The battle that ended the war
- This event impacted colonists in the 1730s-1740s; it is considered a revival
- Fifty-six people met to devise a plan against the British parliament
- Men who served as auxiliaries on the side of the British
- Patriot men who fought extremely for independence, sometimes violently
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 • Men who served as auxiliaries on the side of the British • ...
US History Crossword 2022-11-06
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- The act that was instituted in 1765 to help with war debt
- A chant based on a legal principle that colonists believed in
- This battle was fought on April 19, 1775; it is often connected to Concord
- This man was a silversmith but was crucial to gaining independence
- The act that was instituted in 1773 to help save the East India Company from financial ruin
- First published in Philadelphia in 1776, it was key for boosting morale
- This man played a key role in independence; he did on July 4, 1826
- The act connected to America's 3rd amendment
- another term for British soldiers
- The ______ was the longest war in North American history
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- The crossing of this river was so behind schedule that George Washington considered canceling it
- This location at this event caused the death of 11-year-old Christopher Seider
- Fifty-six people met to devise a plan against the British parliament
- This event impacted colonists in the 1730s-1740s; it is considered a revival
- Patriot men who fought extremely for independence, sometimes violently
- This country helped the US during war from
- The battle that ended the war
- Men who served as auxiliaries on the side of the British
- This document was approved by representatives on July 4, 1776
- There were 28 ________ against King George
- This act, passed in 1767, taxed on all imported goods
21 Clues: The battle that ended the war • another term for British soldiers • This country helped the US during war from • There were 28 ________ against King George • The act connected to America's 3rd amendment • This act, passed in 1767, taxed on all imported goods • Men who served as auxiliaries on the side of the British • ...
US History 101 2022-09-08
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- anti alcohol movement
- tax imposed on goods and services
- 1949 movement to California
- invention that improved water travel
- Conquered by Cortes
- Exploerer 1492
- anti immigrant movement
- Battle ground of Lincoln's speech
- Great speaker and abolitionist
- crop that saved Virginia
- Shawnee Cheif
- Native American tribe from the S. Plains
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- Loan land in return for some of the crops
- General of the North
- english Protestants
- The law of supply and demand
- Act to slow down legislation
- First president
- home of the ammendments
- official ban on trade
- to leave the union
- Stayed true to England
- Philosopher social contract
- Founded Pennsylvania
24 Clues: Shawnee Cheif • Exploerer 1492 • First president • to leave the union • english Protestants • Conquered by Cortes • General of the North • Founded Pennsylvania • anti alcohol movement • official ban on trade • Stayed true to England • home of the ammendments • anti immigrant movement • crop that saved Virginia • 1949 movement to California • Philosopher social contract • ...
US history Bruce 2017-01-10
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- Relating to a city
- A numerical limit
- A market structure dominated by only a few large,profitable firms
- Federal land set aside for native Americans
- war between the union states of north and the confederate states of the south;fought from 1861 to 1865
- union that organizes workers from all crafts in a given industry
- term used to describe the 190s
- virginia legislature formed in 1619
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- The right to vote
- the federal government's plan for the makeup and quantity of the nation's money supply
- group of electors ,chosen by the voters ,who vote for president
- a japanese American whose parents were born in japan
- states of texas,louisiana ,mississippi ,alabama,florida,georgia,and south varolina
- group organized around a common interest and concerned only with furthering that interest
- the ability to read and write
- area in which one ethnic or racial group dominates
- to revise
- Laws that restricted freedmen's rights
- An official forgiveness of a crime
- official postponement,as in a postponement of compulsory military service
20 Clues: to revise • The right to vote • A numerical limit • Relating to a city • the ability to read and write • term used to describe the 190s • An official forgiveness of a crime • virginia legislature formed in 1619 • Laws that restricted freedmen's rights • Federal land set aside for native Americans • area in which one ethnic or racial group dominates • ...
US History Review 2018-05-03
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- to cancel a government decision
- Name given to the Indian Removal Act, put into action by Andrew Jackson
- a person sent to represent one for the federal government
- every citizen of the United States
- Andrew Jackson put a tariff on South Carolina, who threatened to secede if tariffs were placed
- A political party giving public office to its supporters
- President of the U.S. who forced the Native Americans out of Georgia
- a citizen with no power
- The bank of the Federal Government
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- a government tax on imported goods
- The right to vote
- a policy or attitude of letting things take their own hand
- rights and powers held by the individual U.S. states
- An order issued by the president forcing Native Americans out of Georgia and into Oklahoma
- to leave or withdrawal
- a tariff passed to protect industry in the North
- a court case that declared that non-Native Americans could not be on Native Americans land without a license
- land belonging to Native Americans
- A Native American tribe forced to relocate during the Trail of Tears
- land reserved for the Cherokee people during the Indian Removal Act
20 Clues: The right to vote • to leave or withdrawal • a citizen with no power • to cancel a government decision • a government tax on imported goods • every citizen of the United States • land belonging to Native Americans • The bank of the Federal Government • a tariff passed to protect industry in the North • rights and powers held by the individual U.S. states • ...
AP US History 2023-05-09
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- period consisted of anti-communist hysteria in the US, when people were terrified that the Soviet communists would infiltrate and take over the US government
- five civilized tribes were forced to take this perilous trek into "Indian territory"
- forbids settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains and reserved that territory for Indians
- national organization that paid farmers to plant less food to get some money back in the economy
- national organization formed after civil war dedicated to prohibiting the sale and distribution of alcohol
- built series of dams in Tennessee River Valley to control floods, prevent deforestation, and provide cheap electric power
- Second president of United States—made peace with France before he left office—appointed midnight judges—alienated his Federalist party—passed Alien and Sedition Acts.
- expansion of white Americans across the continent was inevitable and ordained by God
- massive unemployment + accompanying hardship in 1930-31
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- journalism exposing economic, social, and political evils
- Jefferson doubled the US by buying $15 million in land
- economic policies of Ronald Reagan;also called supply side economics
- Every person could break away from the constraints of the past and start a new relationship with God
- 85 essays written to convince the delegates to vote for the constitution
- belief in limited government where the power presides in the people
- A group of protestors, led by Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays, began a 6 month rebellion by taking over the Court of Common Pleas in Northampton
- all printed material had to carry a stamp
- post civil war laws and customs designed to discriminate against African Americans
- first American president, commander of the Continental Army, president of the Constitutional Convention, and farmer
- in 1803 Supreme Court declared its first congressional act unconstitutional, created the principle of judicial review
20 Clues: all printed material had to carry a stamp • Jefferson doubled the US by buying $15 million in land • massive unemployment + accompanying hardship in 1930-31 • journalism exposing economic, social, and political evils • belief in limited government where the power presides in the people • economic policies of Ronald Reagan;also called supply side economics • ...
US History Midterm 2024-01-17
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- Act that put a tax on almost all forms of paper
- First attempt at an English colony in America
- Crop harvested in Jamestown that helped it survive
- Branch of American government that interprets the laws
- Branch of American government that carries out the laws
- Treaty of ___________ ended the Revolutionary War and gave America its independence
- Belief in the equality of all people
- American farmers rebelled against an excise tax on this product
- Religious group that founded Pennsylvania
- Act that allowed British East India Company to sell its product tax-free
- British policy of forcing sailors of captured ships into their navy
- John Winthrop slogan, "A City Upon a ______"
- Plan that wanted representation in Congress to be based on population size
- Last name of Prussian general that trained American soldiers at Valley Forge
- Last name of person who wrote Common Sense
- Act that said the President can deport "undesirable" immigrants
- Battle that convinced European nations to join American war effort
- Clause that allows the authority of US government to expand in the future
- First permanent English settlement in America
- Branch of American government that makes the laws
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- Economic practice of mother country exploiting colonies for resources
- Radical group that took over the French Revolution
- Dominance by the masses
- Acts passed by British in response to Boston Tea Party
- Plan that wanted equal number of representation in Congress no matter size of the state
- Political party led by Alexander Hamilton
- Objects given to Native Americans that were infested with smallpox
- America's first major victory in the Revolutionary War
- Led rebellion of Massachusetts farmers to shut down court houses
- Government structure that splits powers between national and state governments
- Helped Jamestown survive after first winter through martial law
- College that picks the president
- Sons of this was the name of the underground resistance group
- Government where citizens rule through elected representatives
- European nation that made an alliance with America during Revolutionary War
35 Clues: Dominance by the masses • College that picks the president • Belief in the equality of all people • Political party led by Alexander Hamilton • Religious group that founded Pennsylvania • Last name of person who wrote Common Sense • John Winthrop slogan, "A City Upon a ______" • First attempt at an English colony in America • First permanent English settlement in America • ...
US History Review 2023-12-13
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- This country was forced to accept all of the blame for WWI.
- Northerners who came to the south after the Civil War to exploit the people.
- The belief that some people have the skills to survive and other people do not.
- Another name for a submarine.
- The period when we expanded our nation from coast to coast.
- These were laws aimed at keeping things segregated between the races.
- a type of farming in which families rent small plots of land from a landowner in return for a portion of their crops.
- There were two of these prior to WWI and one of the causes for the war.
- The right to vote.
- TR said that he walked softly but carried this.
- People who favor natural born citizens over immigrants.
- This movement brought farmers together to discuss agricultural styles, in an attempt to correct widespread costly and inefficient methods. bring farmers together to discuss agricultural styles, in an attempt to correct widespread costly and inefficient methods.
- Southerners who embraced the ideas of Reconstuction.
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- The time period directly after the Civil War when African Americans and the Southern states were being blended back into the Union.
- When foreigners leave their home country and come to the United States.
- Sometimes referred to as the 'Peoples Party.' They were aleft-wing movements of the late 19th century that wanted to curtail the power of the corporate and financial establishment.
- Ford used this method to produce his Model-T automobile.
- This organization was started by WEB DuBois.
- Journalists who wrote about the abuses of industrialization.
- This connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
20 Clues: The right to vote. • Another name for a submarine. • This organization was started by WEB DuBois. • TR said that he walked softly but carried this. • This connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. • Southerners who embraced the ideas of Reconstuction. • People who favor natural born citizens over immigrants. • Ford used this method to produce his Model-T automobile. • ...
US History imperialism 2023-12-13
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- forced China to give up rights to western powers.
- the belief that the US is either distinctive, unique, or exemplary comapred to other nations.
- a policy Howard Taft used to protect US interest in Latin America.
- sent by president Wilson to to capture Francisco “pancho” Villa.
- policy stating all nations have equal trade access in China.
- the trade of this drug led to years of war between Chinese and British.
- the first independent African country.
- territory under control of a larger nation; must follow all rules of their parent-country.
- part of the Cuban constitution which said the US can interfere with Cuban affairs and restrict their right to make treaties.
- leader of Cuban independence.
- the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding countries.
- an overthrow and thorough replacement of an established government.
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- island invaded by the US 90 miles off the coast of florida.
- native Africans who fought in a war against the British after gold was discovered.
- an attachment to a resolution stating that the US did not want control of Cuba.
- *blank* renounced all claim to Cuba, ceded Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States, and transferred sovereignty over the Philippines to the US.
- the policy or doctrine of isolating ones country from the affairs of other nations by declining to enter alliances.
- Chinese secret society that carried on an unsuccessful uprising.
- a canal extending SE from the Atlantic to the pacific across the isthmus of panama.
- British ruler in India.
20 Clues: British ruler in India. • leader of Cuban independence. • the first independent African country. • forced China to give up rights to western powers. • island invaded by the US 90 miles off the coast of florida. • policy stating all nations have equal trade access in China. • sent by president Wilson to to capture Francisco “pancho” Villa. • ...
US History Review 2023-11-30
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- rebellion against the government
- forced to serve
- agreement of the legislative structure and representation for each state
- essays by James Madison,Alexander Hamilton and John Jay
- didn’t want a federal government
- courts determine if things are constitutional
- method to add new states
- first try at a government
- court case that established judicial review
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- land from the French to the US
- gathering to decide a new form of government after the AOC
- laws to protect citizens in the constitution
- war between napoleon and Europe
- poem about the morning of the ending of the war of 1812
- aided Lewis and Clark
- to approve or disapprove a legally binding act by vote
- violence against lawful authority
- fought on June 18 1812
- no impact since war was already over
- fortress to guard Baltimore’s inner harbor
20 Clues: forced to serve • aided Lewis and Clark • fought on June 18 1812 • method to add new states • first try at a government • land from the French to the US • war between napoleon and Europe • rebellion against the government • didn’t want a federal government • violence against lawful authority • no impact since war was already over • fortress to guard Baltimore’s inner harbor • ...
US history ec 2023-10-11
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- a cable laid under the Atlantic Ocean in the mid-19th century that enabled communication between Europe and North America.
- a Canadian-born African American inventor and engineer who developed improvements to steam engine lubrication systems.
- a type of retail business that used catalogs to allow customers in remote areas to order products from a distance.
- a situation in which a single company or entity controls all or nearly all of a market.
- American brothers who are credited with inventing and flying the first successful airplane in 1903.
- a period of rapid industrialization and innovation in the late 19th century, marked by important inventions such as the automobile, electricity, and steel.
- a business strategy in which a company controls all aspects of its supply chain, from raw materials to finished products.
- a legal entity that is separate from its owners and can own property, make contracts, and sue or be sued.
- a Turkish term for a local ruler or governor.
- an economic system in which production, distribution, and exchange of goods and services are primarily guided by the laws of supply and demand rather than through government intervention.
- an African American inventor and entrepreneur who patented a folding cabinet bed in 1885 and became the first African American woman to receive a United States patent.
- Ernst Matzeliger a Surinamese-born American inventor who developed a machine that could produce shoes more efficiently, revolutionizing the shoe manufacturing industry.
- an American industrialist and philanthropist who, through his Standard Oil company, became one of the wealthiest men in history.
- a type of corporate structure in which several companies are controlled by a central board of directors, with the aim of reducing competition and increasing efficiency.
- an American industrialist who developed the Pullman sleeping car, which revolutionized long-distance train travel in the United States.
- a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist who made his fortune in the steel industry, and donated much of his wealth to charitable causes.
- a method for mass-producing steel developed by Henry Bessemer in the mid-19th century, which involved blowing air through molten iron to remove impurities.
- an African American inventor who developed several practical inventions, including the gas mask and the traffic light.
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- ownership in a corporation, represented by shares that can be bought and sold in the stock market.
- an American inventor who developed the Morse code and the telegraph, which enabled rapid communication over long distances.
- an American inventor and businessman who is best known for developing the light bulb and inventing the first practical phonograph.
- the process of creating something new or improving an existing product or service.
- a business strategy in which a company acquires or merges with other companies at the same level of the supply chain, in order to achieve economies of scale or reduce competition.
- an African American entrepreneur and philanthropist who became one of the wealthiest self-made women in America through her haircare and beauty products.
- a device that used electrical signals to transmit messages over long distances, revolutionizing communication in the 19th century.
- an American inventor and entrepreneur who helped to develop the electric power industry through his innovations in transformer technology, railway air brakes and steam turbines.
- an American industrialist and entrepreneur who developed the Florida East Coast Railway, which transformed Florida into a popular tourist destination.
- an economic system based on private ownership of the means of production, where profit is the main motivator and the market determines prices and wages.
- a federal law passed in 1890 that prohibits activities that restrict competition and monopolies in interstate commerce.
- an American banker and financier who played a major role in the growth of many industries through his investments and mergers.
- a person who starts and runs a new business venture, with the aim of making a profit.
- an African American inventor and engineer who worked with Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison, and made important contributions to the development of the telephone and the light bulb.
- a Scottish-born American inventor who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone in 1876.
33 Clues: a Turkish term for a local ruler or governor. • the process of creating something new or improving an existing product or service. • a person who starts and runs a new business venture, with the aim of making a profit. • a situation in which a single company or entity controls all or nearly all of a market. • ...
US HISTORY 112 2024-11-21
27 Clues: age • gun • rush • York • four • cola • stone • Parks • trust • parks • tweed • graham • island • period • player • Edison • Harbor • island • Pepper • War One • machine • growing • eleventh • president • Roosevelt • B Anothony • Revolution
US History Vocab 2024-11-25
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- A meeting of delegates from 12 colonies in Philidalphia in May 1775
- The peace agreement in which Great Britain recognized the independence of the United States
- A great victory for the American forces in which British general John Burgoyne surrendered his entire arm to American Horatio Gates
- hit and run tactics
- A battle in Boston that showed the colonists could fight well against the British army
- Main author of Declaration of Independence
- a protest against the Tea Act in which a group of colonists boarded British tea ships and dumped more than 340 chests of tea into Boston Harbor
- American Navy
- British soldiers who fought against the colonists in the American Revolution
- an incident in which British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists, killing five people
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- Laws passed to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party
- British general surrendered at Yorktown
- A Frenchman who volunteered to serve in the Continental Army without pay and used his money and influence to support the patriots
- the document that argued why the colonies should come together formally and that announced their break from Great Britain
- A Prussian military officer who trained the continental army
- Author of common sense who wrote that citizens,not monarchs, should make laws
- American colonists who chose to fight for independence
- patriot leader who commanded the continental army and became the first president of the United States
- Boston leader who believed parliament couldn't tax the colonists without their permission
- an enslaved Black American who worked as a spy and provided information that gave the continental army and advantage at Yorktown
- the last major battle of the American Revolution
- A battle won by the Patriots against Hessian Mercenaries
- a 47-page pamphlet that argued against British rule over America
23 Clues: American Navy • hit and run tactics • British general surrendered at Yorktown • Main author of Declaration of Independence • the last major battle of the American Revolution • American colonists who chose to fight for independence • Laws passed to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party • A battle won by the Patriots against Hessian Mercenaries • ...
US History 2 2025-05-11
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- The U.S. joined the Allies after the attack on Pearl Harbor
- Allows for global communication
- Principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
- First President of the U.S.
- The south were supported by america while the north supported by china.
- Provided light without the sun
- Day where you give thanks to all that you have
- American culture that emphasizes personal freedom and independence.
- Allows for global travel quickly
- Mass migration westward for fortune
- A conflict between the North and South over slavery.
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- streamlined manufactoring making products easier to make.
- movement for for racial equality.
- The U.S. Constitution was drafted.
- The 19th Amendment was ratified.
- A severe economic downturn that led to widespread unemployment.
- Terrorist attacks on U.S. soil that led to the War on Terror.
- Music created by African American communities.
- Progressive-era president known for trust-busting
- key figure in the women’s suffrage movement.
- Former enslaved person who became a abolitionist.
- first African American president of the United States
- Helped others gain freedom via undergound railroad
- Forced relocation of Native Americans
- era following the civil war
- Global influence in cinema
- President during the Great Depression.
- Civil Rights leader who advocated nonviolent protest
- Belief that hard work can lead to upward mobility and success.
- Led the country during the Civil War.
- A strong sense of national pride.
31 Clues: Global influence in cinema • First President of the U.S. • era following the civil war • Provided light without the sun • Allows for global communication • The 19th Amendment was ratified. • Allows for global travel quickly • movement for for racial equality. • A strong sense of national pride. • The U.S. Constitution was drafted. • Mass migration westward for fortune • ...
US History Quest 2025-12-01
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- Haudenosaunee lived in
- amendment rights to free speech religion press and protest
- describes the 1920s
- Age to vote
- direction people migrated
- Freedmen’s this helped formerly enslaved people
- plains issue from drought migrations and poor farming
- religious people opposed to slavery
- branches of government
- war between the states
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- people who helped settlers in Plymouth
- original number of colonies
- to refuse to buy from a company
- Thurgood argued against school segregation
- government run by a dictator
- Trail of this removed natives from their lands
- explored with Sacajawea and Clark
- along with Germany was divided post WWII
- voted by the nineteenth amendment
- Colonies became independent from
- disability accessibility
- Rachel Carson researched dangers of
- Age when many were poor and few wealthy
23 Clues: Age to vote • describes the 1920s • Haudenosaunee lived in • branches of government • war between the states • disability accessibility • direction people migrated • original number of colonies • government run by a dictator • to refuse to buy from a company • Colonies became independent from • explored with Sacajawea and Clark • voted by the nineteenth amendment • ...
US History Midterm 2025-12-12
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- Belief that assimilating immigrants into US Society would make them more loyal citizens
- Expansion of cities and or an increase in the number of people living in them
- The process of bringing together people of different races, religions, social classes
- ______ Republicans- Group of Republican Leaders dedicated to imposing harsh conditions on the states that had seceded from the Union
- ______ Exclusion Act- 1882 Law prohibiting the immigration of Chinese laborers
- Public lands reserved for Native American and required to live by FED law
- _____-range system- Method of ranching in which the rancher allowed his or her livestock to roam and graze over a vast area of grassland
- ______ ______ Massacre- Colorado militia attacked a camp of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians, come of home were under US Army protection
- Laws that restricted African Americans rights and opportunities (TWO WORDS)
- Negative term for a southern white who supported the Republican Party after the Civil War
- _________ Amendment- Constitutional Amendment guaranteeing voting rights to all makes regardless of race
- Land designated by the FED for building schools and other public utilities (TWO WORDS)
- Era post US Civil War in which FED GOV controlled the state that has seceded from the Union
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- ______ system- Practice of the political party in power giving jobs to its supporters rather than those with merit or qualifications
- Physical separation of into different groups based on race, religious, gender
- _________ Amendment- Constitutional Amendment guaranteeing full citizenship and rights to every person born in the US, protected by due process and guarantee equal protection of the law.
- ________ railroad- Rail link between the Eastern and Western US
- A negative term for Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War
- ______ Bureau- FED agency created to provide aid for emancipated slaves
- ____-_____ Bill- Law that required a majority of prewar voters in Confederate states to swear loyalty to the Union before restoration could begin. (TWO WORDS)
- African Americans who migrated form South to the East after the Civil War
- _______ Act- 1862 gave 160 ACRES of land to persons willing to live and cultivate it over 5 years
- Multi-story Housing buildings divided into apartments to house as many people as possible, no running water, no sewage
23 Clues: ________ railroad- Rail link between the Eastern and Western US • ______ Bureau- FED agency created to provide aid for emancipated slaves • African Americans who migrated form South to the East after the Civil War • Public lands reserved for Native American and required to live by FED law • ...
US Congress 2021-04-23
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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.
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- 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
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- 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).
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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 • ...
US History Final 2024-09-24
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- 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.
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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 Crossword 2025-05-08
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- Northern states and their forces
- Hostile or aggresive action
- A surprise attack, often to destroy supplies or disrupt the enemy
- A medicinal plant used in the civil war
- Plans and movement used in battle
- President of Confederate states
- 16th president of the United States
- Side or position in a battle
- A powerful cannon used in the civil war
- Forcing sailors into military service
- A person forced to work without pay, often in agriculture
- Underground railroad conductor
- An executive order that freed slaves in confederate states
- A new type of bullet that was more deadly and more accurate
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- allowed settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to decide the slavery issue for themselves
- A famous attack led by a Confederate general at Gettysburg
- Supreme court case involving slaves
- Fake cannons used to deceive the enemy
- Conflict over slavery in the Kansas territory
- Political party in the south supporting slavery
- Soldiers with colorful uniforms and unique drills
- Union states during the civil war
- term for national government
- Small opening in a cannon for igniting a charge
- Famous battle ending in Union Victory
- term for soldiers from the Northern states
26 Clues: Hostile or aggresive action • Side or position in a battle • term for national government • Underground railroad conductor • President of Confederate states • Northern states and their forces • Plans and movement used in battle • Union states during the civil war • Supreme court case involving slaves • 16th president of the United States • Forcing sailors into military service • ...
Review - US History 2025-11-24
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- George Washington was against US getting involved in European affairs because we are separated and detached from Europe
- when Native Americans had to walk over 2,000 miles once they were forced to relocate and thousands of them died
- list of grievances in this document
- Hamilton wanted this to pay off taxes and create a stable economy
- first form of government that failed after 8 years
- United States wanted access to this river to help our markets
- congress can make any laws that are "necessary and power", this also allows the constitution to be changed as times are changing
- belived in consent of governed
- compromise over slavery, for every 5 slaves, 3 will be counted into state population
- event in which we annexed Texas from Mexico
- branch that makes laws and has 100 Senators and 435 House of Rep.
- foreign law passed by Jefferson in which we stopped, it was a fail because it hurt our economy
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- this group wanted to add Bill of Rights in the constitution
- Jefferson and Hemilton use this clause to change the constitution so they can create the National Bank and purchase the Louisiana Territory
- man made waterway in NY that connected the Atlantic Coast to the Great Lakes
- document warning Europeans not to colonize western hempishere
- imaginary line created to prevent colonists from passing the Appalachian Mountains to avoid conflict with Native
- farewell speech given by president at end of term
- event in which 6 colonists were killed by British troops
- war between Mexico and United States
- largest purchase made by United States thanks to Thomas Jefferson
- american belief to expand west
- law passed by Andrew Jackson, pushing Natives past the Mississippi River
- Supreme Court case that established Judicial Review
- form of government that is used today
- compromise over slavery that established the 36 30 line
- pamphlet written by Thomas Paine, urging colonists to seek independence from Britain
- George Washington's foreign advice was against ________
- this group did not deem the Bill of Rights necessary in constitution
- Supreme Court case that deemed the Indian Removal Act unconstitutional
- only branch that can do judicial review
- type of government practiced in United States
- image created by colonists that showed 6 colonists getting killed, it is considered _______ because it is one point of view
33 Clues: american belief to expand west • belived in consent of governed • list of grievances in this document • war between Mexico and United States • form of government that is used today • only branch that can do judicial review • event in which we annexed Texas from Mexico • type of government practiced in United States • farewell speech given by president at end of term • ...
US History Review 2025-12-12
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- United States capital created so that southerners would accept Hamilton's debt assumption plan
- Last major battle of the War for Independence
- Started a religious revival in the colonies when he preached "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
- Believed they were the New Israel in a covenant with God
- Signed by Thomas Jefferson to keep the US out of war but ended up killing the US economy
- This US victory brought France into the War for Independence on the side of the US
- British passed to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party but caused the colonists to begin identifying a Americans
- Invented by Eli Whitney to clean cotton more efficiently but led to an increase in slavery
- Enlightenment philosopher who claimed everybody is born with natural rights (life, liberty, and property)
- The first 10 Amendments the Constitution
- This was a reform movement to reduce alcohol consumption in the United States
- The 1/4 of colonists, including most enslaved Americans, who remained loyal to the British during the War for Independence
- The only colony founded with slavery as its economic basis
- This was the idea that it was God's will the United States should extend from Atlantic to Pacific
- The first formal declaration of independence and was included in the Declaration of Independence
- Invented by Samuel Morse allowing for instant communication
- The first document that laid out the plans for self-government
- This was issued during James Monroe's presidency to tell Europe to stay on their side of the world
- The First Charter of the ____________ Company gave the colonists the rights of English citizens
- Founded by Quakers and valued religious freedom
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- A religious revival that unified the colonies spiritually
- This law was passed in 1798 making it illegal to print anything negative regarding the government's policies
- Originally founded by the Dutch and very diverse
- The Father of the United States Constitution
- Great Awakening preacher from England who held tent meetings and appealed to emotion
- Believed in a weak national government and that the government should remain agricultural
- The economic system under which the colonies operated
- This group came to the United States to escape a potato famine
- The first president of the United States
- Abraham Lincoln took tough measures to keep Maryland in the Union so that Washington DC would not be in the Confederacy
- Wrote "Common Sense" and convinced the colonists that independence just made sense.
- This law banned slavery in the Louisiana Purchase Territory
- The south's plan to fight was known as a war of __________.
33 Clues: The first president of the United States • The first 10 Amendments the Constitution • The Father of the United States Constitution • Last major battle of the War for Independence • Founded by Quakers and valued religious freedom • Originally founded by the Dutch and very diverse • The economic system under which the colonies operated • ...
US History Semester1 2025-12-08
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- Federalists and anti federalist debated on whether the constitution should be ratified Federalists wrote the what to convince people to support Ratification (2 Words)
- a landmark U.S. law that temporarily settled the debate over slavery's expansion by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, maintaining Senate balance, and prohibiting slavery in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase north of the 36°30' latitude line. (2words)
- was the 19th-century belief that the United States was destined to expand across the North American continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. (2 words)
- the first women's rights convention in the U.S. held in Seneca Falls, NY, organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, which launched the organized women's rights movement by issuing the Declaration of Sentiments, demanding equality, including the right to vote, and challenging laws that subjugated women, becoming a foundational moment for American feminism and the suffrage movement (2words)
- sought to address the new United States' severe post-Revolutionary War economic problems through a comprehensive plan focused on establishing national credit, creating a stable financial system, and fostering domestic industrial growth. His goal was to bind the states into a strong union and make the new republic an economic powerhouse. (2 words)
- Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, declared enslaved people in rebellious Confederate states "then, thenceforward, and forever free," fundamentally changing the Civil War's purpose to include ending slavery, allowing Black men to join the Union Army, and paving the way for the 13th Amendment that abolished slavery nationwide. (2words)
- inherent rights (like life, liberty, and property/pursuit of happiness) believed to belong to all humans by nature, not granted by governments or laws, meaning governments exist to protect them, and if they fail, citizens may have the right to revolt. (2words)
- Invention by Eli Whitney that sped up the process of removing seeds from cotton and increasing the demand of slave labor in the south (2 Words)
- sought to increase by exporting more goods then it imported
- Where did Freedmen mostly work after the civil war? (2Words)
- This amendment made it illegal to prevent citizens of the country from voting in federal elections (2 words)
- Federalists, laws' goal (silencing opposition), the controversy over Free Speech, or specific parts like the Sedition Act, second law to a wartime law allowing detention/deportation of citizens from hostile nations, (3 Words)
- The unofficial British policy of loose enforcement of trade regulations in the American colonies, which fostered colonial self-governance. (2 Words)
- The Great Compromise refers to this plan that added parts of the Virginia and New Jersey plan together. (2 words)
- Lincoln ordered the Emancipation proclamation after this Major victory
- Turning point of the Civil War Lee was defeated and never invaded the North again
- The Railroad and the ______________ increased transportation and Communication
- "What period of time saw increasing conflict and forced relocation between Native American tribes and the United States government, leading to events like the Great Sioux War and the Wounded Knee Massacre?" (3words)
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- a series of violent civil and political confrontations between pro-slavery and anti-slavery (Free-Stater) factions in the Kansas Territory and neighboring Missouri between 1854 and 1861. (2words)
- served as frontier outposts to convert indigenous peoples to Catholicism, assimilate them into Spanish culture. Example ALamo (2 words)
- This faction in the civil war had much less resources then its counterpart
- championed by Stephen Douglas, organized new territories for westward expansion and a potential transcontinental railroad but famously repealed the Missouri Compromise, allowing settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to decide on slavery through "popular sovereignty". (3words)
- an economic system where a nation's power depended on its wealth, which
- Their primary goal was to practice their faith without English interference. To create a "pure" church, separate from the perceived corruption of the Church of England.
- a series of four punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party, closing Boston Harbor, altering its government, allowing British officials to be tried elsewhere, and expanding the Quartering Act; these acts, including the related Quebec Act, instead of crushing rebellion, united the colonies in defiance, leading directly to the American Revolution. (2words)
- declared by President James Monroe in 1823, was a U.S. foreign policy stating the Americas are closed to further European colonization and intervention, establishing separate spheres of influence for the Old and New Worlds, and warning European powers that any meddling in the Western Hemisphere would be seen as a hostile act, in exchange for U.S. non-interference in European affairs (2Words)
- a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.
- Won the 1844 election vs Henry Clay was a big supporter of Texas Annexation (2names 1 Initial)
- "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness" are examples of these, per the.... (3 words)
- was a 1,911-mile railroad line completed in 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail network with the Pacific coast, revolutionizing travel and commerce. Built by the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads, it dramatically reduced travel time between coasts from months to about a week. (2 words)
- The British with help from colonial Americans defeated the French and gained all of Canada what was this war called? (3words)
- a growing divide between the industrial North and the agricultural, slave-dependent South, leading to increased tensions over issues like slavery, economic policies, and political power
- was a harsh federal law that strengthened slaveholders' rights by requiring citizens and officials in free states to help capture and return escaped enslaved people, denying them due process and imposing heavy penalties for aiding fugitives, which intensified Northern resistance and heightened sectional tensions before the Civil War.
- A Tax on goods from other countries
- was a massive migration sparked by James W. Marshall's gold discovery at Sutter's Mill in January 1848, drawing hundreds of thousands of fortune seekers (called "Forty-Niners") to California by 1849, transforming the region, boosting the U.S. economy, accelerating westward expansion, and leading to rapid population growth. (2 words)
- was a package of five separate bills passed by the U.S. Congress to defuse tensions between free and slave states, admitting California as a free state, establishing popular sovereignty in Utah and New Mexico territories, settling the Texas boundary, abolishing the slave trade (but not slavery) in D.C., and enacting a stricter Fugitive Slave Act that enraged Northerners, temporarily preserving the Union (2 words)
- At the Constitutional convention this saved the convention from walking out it gave a bicameral system 1house of congress based on population and another based on equal representation (3words)
- Founding Father wrote the pamphlet common sense (2 Names)
- Which faction had the lesser of available resources to win the Civil War?
- This was the Norths Civil War plan to end the war. (2 Words)
- Infrastructure program that connected the great lakes to New York City. Best Describes Henry Clays American System (2words)
- The beginning of the Constitution
- an enslaved man named _________ _________ sued for his freedom after living in free territories, but the Court ruled against him, declaring that Black people, enslaved or free, could not be U.S. citizens and had no right to sue, and that Congress couldn't ban slavery in territories, making the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional and escalating tensions leading to the Civil War. (2words)
- Fought for woman's suffrage (2Names1Initial)
- A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives.
- (1865-1877) followed the American Civil War and involved the process of reintegrating the Southern states into the Union and addressing the status and rights of newly freed African Americans.
46 Clues: The beginning of the Constitution • A Tax on goods from other countries • Fought for woman's suffrage (2Names1Initial) • Founding Father wrote the pamphlet common sense (2 Names) • sought to increase by exporting more goods then it imported • This was the Norths Civil War plan to end the war. (2 Words) • Where did Freedmen mostly work after the civil war? (2Words) • ...
US history final 2025-05-20
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- led to aggressive actions to get Eastern Europe under solving control on stalins part
- US and UK responded by airlifting food and fuel to Berlin
- when border between east and West Berlin reopened and the wall was demolished
- the bugging of Soviet military major communication line in east Germany
- surprise military spike by japan upon US
- long costly adn divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of north Vietnam against south
- Reagan administration secretly selling weapons to Iran to secure the release of hostages
- broad contest over the ideologies and allegiances of the nonaligned nations
- withdrawal of all US and allied forces within 60 days
- a plan of economic cooperation between the US and Latin America
- built by German Democratic Republic during Cold War
- fundamental factors that contributed to the collapse of solving union
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- US and Soviet Union had agreed to limit the number of nuclear missiles
- conformation between US and Soviet Union during Cold War
- one of the ‘hot wars’ of the Cold War era
- the second red scare
- provided a means by which young Americans could not only learn about the world but remote positive change
- invasion was a abortive invasion of Cuba
- a platform for dialogue between east and west
- made of mostly metal and was 23in in diameter and weighted 183 pounds
20 Clues: the second red scare • surprise military spike by japan upon US • invasion was a abortive invasion of Cuba • one of the ‘hot wars’ of the Cold War era • a platform for dialogue between east and west • built by German Democratic Republic during Cold War • withdrawal of all US and allied forces within 60 days • conformation between US and Soviet Union during Cold War • ...
Us history 2021-10-29
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- 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?
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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 • ...
