us history Crossword Puzzles
US History 2016-08-26
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- Crop first found in Jamestown
- English mariners of the Elizabethan era employed by the queen
- Spanish-controlled territories in North America
- a period of starvation during the winter of 1609–1610 in which all but 60 of 214 colonists died
- a laborer worked for four to five years in the fields before being granted freedom
- state in which the monarch has sovereign power and controls all aspects of government without being checked by any representative assemblies
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- Native American people in Virginia
- forerunner of the modern corporation
- the first popularly elected legislature in the New World.
- charter agreed by King John of England at Runnymede
- state in which the power of the monarch is checked by other constitutionally sanctioned institutions, such as a representative assembly
- First permanent English settlement in the Americas
12 Clues: Crop first found in Jamestown • Native American people in Virginia • forerunner of the modern corporation • Spanish-controlled territories in North America • First permanent English settlement in the Americas • charter agreed by King John of England at Runnymede • the first popularly elected legislature in the New World. • ...
US History 2019-08-25
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- a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons
- 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution
- people who remain loyal to the established ruler or government, especially in the face of a revolt
- the state of being a slave
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- Franklin: was an American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States
- Act: an act regulating stamp duty (a tax on the legal recognition of documents)
- A major battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in 1777 in northern New York state
- a conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century
- Massacre: known to the British as the Incident on King Street, was a confrontation on March 5, 1770 in which British soldiers shot and killed several people
- members of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church
- Compact: was a set of rules for self-governance established by the English settlers who traveled to the New World
- Jefferson: was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States
12 Clues: the state of being a slave • a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons • Act: an act regulating stamp duty (a tax on the legal recognition of documents) • A major battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in 1777 in northern New York state • Franklin: was an American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States • ...
US History 2024-04-19
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- Founded the NAACP
- voting in elections,serving on a jury.
- Wrote the book "The Jungle"
- People who wanted restrictions on immigrants.
- ____ Age-where business became wealthy and government was corrupt..
- Total control of an industry by one company.
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- _____ Act that resulted in farmers settling the great plains.
- Rapid industrialization which led to people moving into the cities.
- People who moved to the USA for better opportunities.
- Amendment that allowed women's suffrage.
- philanthropist who improved society by donating to education and the arts.
- led to more hours of work.
12 Clues: Founded the NAACP • led to more hours of work. • Wrote the book "The Jungle" • voting in elections,serving on a jury. • Amendment that allowed women's suffrage. • Total control of an industry by one company. • People who wanted restrictions on immigrants. • People who moved to the USA for better opportunities. • ...
US History 2022-12-15
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- 19th amendment gave these people rights
- made the first car
- a surprise attack
- goods or merchandise that's kept in a place of business
- to separate black and white
- a state that has a ruler
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- an agreement
- laws enforcing racial segregation
- to leave the union
- the maker of the hull house
- is another name for the north
- when people protest and don't go to work
12 Clues: an agreement • a surprise attack • made the first car • to leave the union • a state that has a ruler • the maker of the hull house • to separate black and white • is another name for the north • laws enforcing racial segregation • 19th amendment gave these people rights • when people protest and don't go to work • goods or merchandise that's kept in a place of business
US History 2022-12-15
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- carnegie made money with this
- made the first car
- informers
- to leave the union
- niles north mascot
- amendment women's right
- owned an industry
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- amendment delivery of intoxication is prohibited
- right to vote for politicians and elections
- when people protest and don't go to work
- an agreement
- seperating people
12 Clues: informers • an agreement • seperating people • owned an industry • made the first car • to leave the union • niles north mascot • amendment women's right • carnegie made money with this • when people protest and don't go to work • right to vote for politicians and elections • amendment delivery of intoxication is prohibited
US History 2023-10-09
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- a movement begun by Daniel Burnham and Fredrick Law Olmsted, who believed that cities should be built with three core tenets in mind: the inclusion of parks within city limits, the creation of wide boulevards, and the expansion of more suburbs
- the name for the large wave of African Americans who left the South after the Civil War, mostly moving to cities in the Northeast and Upper Midwest
- the belief that the church should be as concerned about the conditions of people in the secular world as it was with their afterlife
- a theory promoted by John Dewey, who believed that education was key to the search for the truth about ideals and institutions
- a political machine in New York, run by machine boss William Tweed with assistance from George Washington Plunkitt
- the financial kickback provided to city bosses in exchange for political favors
- a collection of theories and ideas that sought to understand the underlying changes in the United States during the late nineteenth century
- politics the process by which citizens of a city used their local ward alderman to work the “machine” of local politics to meet local needs within a neighborhood
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- an early progressive reform movement, largely spearheaded by women, which sought to offer services such as childcare and free healthcare to help the working poor
- a theory of realism that states that the laws of nature and the natural world were the only relevant laws governing humanity
- a de facto directory of the wealthy socialites in each city, first published by Louis Keller in 1886
- a doctrine supported by philosopher William James, which held that Americans needed to experiment and find the truth behind underlying institutions, religions, and ideas in American life, rather than accepting them on faith
12 Clues: the financial kickback provided to city bosses in exchange for political favors • a de facto directory of the wealthy socialites in each city, first published by Louis Keller in 1886 • a political machine in New York, run by machine boss William Tweed with assistance from George Washington Plunkitt • ...
Pacific Theatre of WW2 2022-03-01
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- type of bomb that was dropped from a plane
- what did the Japanese not send to pearl harbor
- what was the US objective in the battle of the coral sea
- what bomb did the Japanese have that the US didn't
- what year was the bombing of pearl harbor
- practing naval attacks
- what boat had a huge role in the battle of midway
- flat ground in Korea that is the gate between Japan and China
- japans plan for pearl harbor
- caused by surrendering in the philiphenes
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- carried key parts of the atomic bombs
- first time the Japanese were stopped
- what was discovered during war plan orange
- how many aircraft carriers did japan have in the battle of the coral sea
- type of attack performed in a dive
- second city nuked by the US
- is trying to crack japans code
- first city nuked in history
- worst battle recorded in history for us marines
- us win battle in the philliphenes
20 Clues: practing naval attacks • second city nuked by the US • first city nuked in history • japans plan for pearl harbor • is trying to crack japans code • us win battle in the philliphenes • type of attack performed in a dive • first time the Japanese were stopped • carried key parts of the atomic bombs • what year was the bombing of pearl harbor • ...
US History 2022-12-15
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- 19th amendment gave these people rights
- made the first car
- a surprise attack
- goods or merchandise that's kept in a place of business
- to separate black and white
- a state that has a ruler
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- an agreement
- laws enforcing racial segregation
- to leave the union
- the maker of the hull house
- is another name for the north
- when people protest and don't go to work
12 Clues: an agreement • a surprise attack • made the first car • to leave the union • a state that has a ruler • the maker of the hull house • to separate black and white • is another name for the north • laws enforcing racial segregation • 19th amendment gave these people rights • when people protest and don't go to work • goods or merchandise that's kept in a place of business
US History B 2015-01-15
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- culture-culture that became popular.
- experiencing the luxuries that man had already experienced.
- Amendment-the prohibition of alcohol.
- trial-a minor local event.
- that added voice.
- form of music.
- Amendment-granted women the right to vote.
- renaissance-African americans found their way into the national spotlight
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- Klax Klan-a group that targeted blacks.
- America saw after world war 1.
- migration-after world war 1 this occurred.
- scott Fitzgerald-was an American author who captured the cultural explosion of the 1920s.
- twenties-an era in American history.
- society-a change in the American lifestyle.
- rights & freedoms.
- culture-culture that rised in the time of Al Capone.
- Hughes-a man who wrote about being African American in the the new America.
- Chaplin-a celebritie that a moveie theatre created.
- media-the spread of media.
19 Clues: form of music. • that added voice. • rights & freedoms. • trial-a minor local event. • media-the spread of media. • America saw after world war 1. • culture-culture that became popular. • twenties-an era in American history. • Amendment-the prohibition of alcohol. • Klax Klan-a group that targeted blacks. • migration-after world war 1 this occurred. • ...
8th US History 2025-04-22
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- money
- a government pardon
- British document signed in 1215
- refuse to buy certain goods
- country or state rule of law
- a tax on foreign goods
- to approve
- a feeling of love and devotion to one's country
- party in favor of a strong federal government
- to withdraw from membership in a group
- rise in prices and decrease in value of money
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- person that opposed force to keep the Union
- rights that cannot be taken away
- person that wants to end slavery
- to cancel
- the right to vote
- having to do with being a citizen
- to cancel
- men and women who had been slaves
- English settlers who wanted religious freedom
20 Clues: money • to cancel • to cancel • to approve • the right to vote • a government pardon • a tax on foreign goods • refuse to buy certain goods • country or state rule of law • British document signed in 1215 • person that wants to end slavery • rights that cannot be taken away • having to do with being a citizen • men and women who had been slaves • to withdraw from membership in a group • ...
US History 2023-02-15
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- Americans moved to the urban areas over the course of the late nineteenth century.
- there was no apparent tracts of land without settlers
- Act outlawed tribal ownership of land and forced 160-acre homesteads into the hands of individual Indians and their families with the promise of future citizenship
- united States jumped to the lead ahead of Britain
- between 1870 and the early 1900s
- This act provided an absolute 10-year ban on Chinese laborers immigrating to the United States
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- political support of big business, including monopolies that dominated entire industries
- enacted during the Civil War in 1862
- it connected the east coast and west coast
- the knights of labor and the american federation
- in a country they shouldn't be in
- they roamed the great plains in texas
12 Clues: between 1870 and the early 1900s • in a country they shouldn't be in • enacted during the Civil War in 1862 • they roamed the great plains in texas • it connected the east coast and west coast • the knights of labor and the american federation • united States jumped to the lead ahead of Britain • there was no apparent tracts of land without settlers • ...
US History 2023-06-16
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- George Washington was the
- writer of the Declaration of Independence
- the first Constitution of the United States
- new, enforced way to educate children
- Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of
- where men, women, and children were overworked and underpaid
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- where the 'Tea Party' happened
- system slaves used to run away
- President during the Civil War
- Jewish man who funded the War
- people who wanted a strong central government
- where slaves were sold
12 Clues: where slaves were sold • George Washington was the • Jewish man who funded the War • where the 'Tea Party' happened • system slaves used to run away • President during the Civil War • Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of • new, enforced way to educate children • writer of the Declaration of Independence • the first Constitution of the United States • ...
US History 2022-12-15
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- carnegie made money with this
- made the first car
- informers
- to leave the union
- niles north mascot
- amendment women's right
- owned an industry
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- amendment delivery of intoxication is prohibited
- right to vote for politicians and elections
- when people protest and don't go to work
- an agreement
- seperating people
12 Clues: informers • an agreement • seperating people • owned an industry • made the first car • to leave the union • niles north mascot • amendment women's right • carnegie made money with this • when people protest and don't go to work • right to vote for politicians and elections • amendment delivery of intoxication is prohibited
US History 2022-12-15
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- line had a lot of workers in a workshop to create items
- an agreement
- another name for the south
- war a war with no rules
- another name for the north
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- Carnegie made money from this
- separated white from black
- to leave the union
- niles north mascot
- made the first car
- 19th Amendment gave women rights
- Lincoln US president that helped abolish slavery
12 Clues: an agreement • to leave the union • niles north mascot • made the first car • war a war with no rules • separated white from black • another name for the south • another name for the north • Carnegie made money from this • 19th Amendment gave women rights • Lincoln US president that helped abolish slavery • line had a lot of workers in a workshop to create items
us history 2017-05-01
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- Sisters that wanted to abolish slavery and they were from south carolina.
- Took a march all the way to the sea.
- People take a vote on what they want.
- A compromise between free and slave states had to do with 36/30.
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- Union general that signed the treaty in the courthouse at appomattox square.
- General of the confederacy.
- Publisher of the liberator.
- Robert E Lee's right hand.
- Leader of a group of 21 slaves that raided an armory and were killed.
- Born a slave fled to north for freedom and wanted to abolish slavery.
- African American sues for freedom and looses.
- First shot of the civil war was placed here.
12 Clues: Robert E Lee's right hand. • General of the confederacy. • Publisher of the liberator. • Took a march all the way to the sea. • People take a vote on what they want. • First shot of the civil war was placed here. • African American sues for freedom and looses. • A compromise between free and slave states had to do with 36/30. • ...
Us History 2022-03-08
12 Clues: famous aviator • type of alcohol • Chicago mob boss • alcohol smugglers • crime organization • a group of racists • created the model T • famous baseball player • migration of African Americans • African american created music • young western women in the 1920s • famous actor with a Hitler stache
US History 2022-12-15
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- carnegie made money with this
- made the first car
- informers
- to leave the union
- niles north mascot
- amendment women's right
- owned an industry
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- amendment delivery of intoxication is prohibited
- right to vote for politicians and elections
- when people protest and don't go to work
- an agreement
- seperating people
12 Clues: informers • an agreement • seperating people • owned an industry • made the first car • to leave the union • niles north mascot • amendment women's right • carnegie made money with this • when people protest and don't go to work • right to vote for politicians and elections • amendment delivery of intoxication is prohibited
US History 2017-05-04
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- was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc and powers in the Western Bloc
- Mexican Americans were courted to cross the border to assist with the harvest season in the
- late 1941, the American effort to design and build an Atomic bomb
- to the suburbs of a metropolitan area
- any period marked by a significant increase of birth rate
- allow each person to have only a fixed amount of
- is the promotion by a state or society of widespread fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism.
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- granting wide authority to the President to conduct the war effort
- an outlying district of a city, especially a residential one.
- A plan that the US army would attack Hitler's troops at their weakest points first and slowly advance toward German soil
- attempted to conserve fuel by requiring Americans to drive more slowly
- a bomb that derives its destructive power from the rapid release of nuclear energy
12 Clues: to the suburbs of a metropolitan area • allow each person to have only a fixed amount of • any period marked by a significant increase of birth rate • an outlying district of a city, especially a residential one. • late 1941, the American effort to design and build an Atomic bomb • granting wide authority to the President to conduct the war effort • ...
US History 2019-08-25
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- was an American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States
- a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons
- was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States
- an act regulating stamp duty (a tax on the legal recognition of documents)
- people who remain loyal to the established ruler or government, especially in the face of a revolt
- members of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church
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- the state of being a slave
- was a set of rules for self-governance established by the English settlers who traveled to the New World
- a conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century
- A major battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in 1777 in northern New York state
- known to the British as the Incident on King Street, was a confrontation on March 5, 1770 in which British soldiers shot and killed several people
- 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution
12 Clues: the state of being a slave • a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons • an act regulating stamp duty (a tax on the legal recognition of documents) • was an American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States • A major battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in 1777 in northern New York state • ...
US History 2023-11-03
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- raise their own vegetables, leaving more for the troops
- German submarines
- Mexico fight the US
- passenger liner
- information designed to influence opinion
- Germany will warn ships
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- peace keeping org.
- end war
- fear of communism
- Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
- Wilson’s idea for peace
- not taking sides
12 Clues: end war • passenger liner • not taking sides • fear of communism • German submarines • peace keeping org. • Mexico fight the US • Wilson’s idea for peace • Germany will warn ships • Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire • information designed to influence opinion • raise their own vegetables, leaving more for the troops
US History 2023-09-19
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- Established Rhode Islands
- French Reformed
- Witchcraft was centered here
- More conservative version of Mennonite
- Followed teachings of Martin Luther
- Heart of puritan theology
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- George Fox
- Followed teachings of John Huss
- Greatest Evangelist
- Followed the teachings of Menno Simons
- worshiped mother goddess
- Greatest Theologist
12 Clues: George Fox • French Reformed • Greatest Evangelist • Greatest Theologist • worshiped mother goddess • Established Rhode Islands • Heart of puritan theology • Witchcraft was centered here • Followed teachings of John Huss • Followed teachings of Martin Luther • Followed the teachings of Menno Simons • More conservative version of Mennonite
US History & Trivia 2025-06-02
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- on the US flag, states are represented by
- first established US Colony
- State with the smallest population
- Capital of MD
- our government's founding document
- the largest US State
- # of assassinated presidents
- original # of colonies
- the first state, alphabetically
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- first VP of the US
- where the president lives
- first capital city of the US
- shortest serving US President
- the smallest us state
- America's B-day
- state with the largest population
- President known for the watergate scandal
- Only president to live to 100
- Most recent presidents to share the same last name
19 Clues: Capital of MD • America's B-day • first VP of the US • the largest US State • the smallest us state • original # of colonies • where the president lives • first established US Colony • first capital city of the US • # of assassinated presidents • shortest serving US President • Only president to live to 100 • the first state, alphabetically • state with the largest population • ...
US History Trivia 2025-05-09
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- Country north of the United States
- The ocean East of the US
- Harriet ________ helped hundreds of enslaved people escape through the Underground Railroad.
- The ________ Tea Party was a protest against British taxes on tea.
- The ________ River is one of the longest rivers in the United States.
- Abraham __________ was the President during the Civil War.
- The Great ___________ was a time of serious economic hardship in the 1930s.
- The _____________ of Independence was signed in 1776.
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- This state is known for its French heritage and the city of New Orleans.
- Texas and ___________ were once independent countries.
- Clara ________ founded the American Red Cross.
- This state was the starting point of the Lewis and Clark expedition.
- Alexander _________ was the first Secretary of the Treasury.
- City where the constitution was signed
- The ocean West of the US
- Country that colonized the east coast of the US
- The Bald _____ is the national bird.
- Country that Florida was purchased from
- The Bill of _______ is the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
19 Clues: The ocean East of the US • The ocean West of the US • Country north of the United States • The Bald _____ is the national bird. • City where the constitution was signed • Country that Florida was purchased from • Clara ________ founded the American Red Cross. • Country that colonized the east coast of the US • The _____________ of Independence was signed in 1776. • ...
US History B 2015-05-05
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- A central intelligence agency.
- Contest in which nations compete to build more powerful weapons.
- Term coined by Winston Churchill to describe the border between the Soviet satellite states and Western Europe.
- Program in which U.S. and British pilots flew supplies to West Berlin during a Soviet blockade.
- Policy of keep communism contained within its existing borders.
- Negative catchword for extreme, reckless charges of disloyalty.
- A Chinese Communist Revolutionary.
- To place a resource under government control.
- Policy of President Eisenhower that stated that the United States would use force to help any nation threatened by communism.
- National Aeronautics Space Association.
- A committee that investigates possible subversive activities within the United States.
- War fought to achieve only a specific goals.
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- Worldwide rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union.
- Policy of threatening to use massive force in response to aggression.
- Fear that communists were working to destroy the American way of life.
- Law that made it unlawful to teach or advocate the violent overthrow of the United States government.
- A Russian politician who led the Soviet Union through the Cold War.
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
- Military alliance of the Soviet Union and its satellite states.
19 Clues: A central intelligence agency. • A Chinese Communist Revolutionary. • North Atlantic Treaty Organization. • National Aeronautics Space Association. • War fought to achieve only a specific goals. • To place a resource under government control. • Policy of keep communism contained within its existing borders. • ...
US History 1 2023-11-17
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- The first amendment gives us freedom of ________
- What acts were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.
- 1st President of the United States
- an article added to the US Constitution.
- What was the act that increased duties on non-British goods shipped to the colonies.
- Founder of the Federalist Party
- the action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid.
- The seventh amendment gives the right to a _____ trial
- a political system in which legalized force is restricted through delegated and enumerated powers (2 words)
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- belief in the benefits of profitable trading;
- What was the act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a tax on newspapers and legal and commercial documents.
- What acts were a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies.
- The sixth amendment gives the right to a _______ trial
- this clause establishes that the federal constitution, and federal law generally, take precedence over state laws, and even state constitutions.
- This Branch of the government conducts diplomacy with other nations and the President has the power to negotiate and sign treaties
- This Branch of the government consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate
- a doctrine in political theory that government is created by and subject to the will of the people (2 words)
- Who was the 2nd President of the United States of America
- This branch of the government includes the Supreme Court and other federal courts.
- The second amendment gives the right to bear ____
20 Clues: Founder of the Federalist Party • 1st President of the United States • an article added to the US Constitution. • belief in the benefits of profitable trading; • The first amendment gives us freedom of ________ • The second amendment gives the right to bear ____ • The sixth amendment gives the right to a _______ trial • ...
US History Period 2021-08-27
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- A benchmark event that was followed by the closing of the boston harbour
- founded Providence Plantations, which became the Colony of Rhode Island
- The establishment of the Roanoke Colony was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America.
- individual rights protected by law from unjust governmental or other interference.
- a cash crop grown in colonial Virginia
- a document guaranteeing English political liberties
- war fought for american independence
- first official city in north america
- required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies
- the founder of the colony of Georgia
- the creator of the infamous townshend acts
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- woman credited with making the first american flag
- soon after the launch of the American Revolutionary War.
- king of england in the sixteen bundreds
- form of government ruled by a single royal body
- a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government.
- an act regulating stamp duty (a tax on the legal recognition of documents).
- Delegates from twelve of Britain's thirteen American colonies met to discuss America's future under growing British aggression Delegates from twelve of Britain's thirteen American colonies met to discuss America's future under growing British aggression(1774)
- rights that cannot be taken away
19 Clues: rights that cannot be taken away • war fought for american independence • first official city in north america • the founder of the colony of Georgia • a cash crop grown in colonial Virginia • king of england in the sixteen bundreds • the creator of the infamous townshend acts • form of government ruled by a single royal body • ...
us history chap8.2.3.4 2022-03-21
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- inheritance of family names is passed down through the female side of the family
- first woman to earn a medical degree
- movement beginning in the mid 1800s in the us that sought greater rights and opportunities for women
- school for teachers training
- places where individuals would work to archive penitence
- the first state passed the first prohibition law
- person who has been freed from slavery
- founded a girls boarding school in vermont in 1814
- former slave from new-york who gave spellbinding speeches on slavery
- the community in africa where blacks lived.
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- school supported by a church parish
- against the spread of slavery
- associations created to start reform
- moderation in the consumption of alcool
- what thomas edison believed that would replace textbooks
- convention held in nyc in 1848 the first woman’s rights convention in the us
- banned any talk or debate about slavery in congress
- once a slave and then a freed. African American race
- pushed for the reform of the mentally ill so they could not go to prison
19 Clues: school for teachers training • against the spread of slavery • school supported by a church parish • associations created to start reform • first woman to earn a medical degree • person who has been freed from slavery • moderation in the consumption of alcool • the community in africa where blacks lived. • the first state passed the first prohibition law • ...
US History Review 2022-05-02
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- The Smoot-Hawley ___ hurt economies around the world
- It dropped the bomb on Hiroshima
- This teacher dared to teach science in a Tennessee school and was found guilty of a crime
- Germany's lightning war
- D-Day beaches
- Depression-era neighborhoods dedicated to the failed president
- Hitler's "Triumph of the Will" is an example of ____.
- First cartoon with sound and music
- "The Birth of a Nation" inspired the return of this terror organization
- 18th amendment that led to a rise in organized crime
- Artistic movement for Black Americans in New York
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- Okies largely fled to this state during the Dust Bowl era
- "We can do it!"
- US industrial cities that built war supplies
- FDR's plan to end the Depression
- "I'm not fit for this office and should never have been here."
- This nation lost the most people during WWII
- V-E Day happened after USSR captured ____.
- Some think Sacco & Vanzetti were found guilty because they were ____.
19 Clues: D-Day beaches • "We can do it!" • Germany's lightning war • It dropped the bomb on Hiroshima • FDR's plan to end the Depression • First cartoon with sound and music • V-E Day happened after USSR captured ____. • US industrial cities that built war supplies • This nation lost the most people during WWII • Artistic movement for Black Americans in New York • ...
VA/US History 2018-09-28
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- Patriots who were said to be ready to fight at a minutes notice
- A plant used in dark blue dye
- Land settled by the French
- Who settled in New England
- servants People who worked in the new world to pay off their debt
- To make official
- review Created by Marbury vs. Madison
- Skilled craftsmen
- Crops Plants that are mainly sold
- Mason Created the VA Declaration of Rights
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- French protestants
- Sense Created by Thomas Paine
- People who sided with the colonists
- The only branch in the Articles of Confederation
- Needed two people from each state
- Another word for money
- People who tried to stay out of war
- Madison Who created the Bill of Rights
- Brought to Jamestown in 1619
19 Clues: To make official • Skilled craftsmen • French protestants • Another word for money • Land settled by the French • Who settled in New England • Brought to Jamestown in 1619 • Sense Created by Thomas Paine • A plant used in dark blue dye • Needed two people from each state • Crops Plants that are mainly sold • People who sided with the colonists • People who tried to stay out of war • ...
US History Review 2024-04-26
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- Loser of the French and Indian War
- Father of the Constitution
- Final major battle of the Revolution
- Primary author of the Declaration of Independence
- Proclamation declare all slaves in rebelling states free
- First Vice President
- Period of rebuilding the South after the Civil War
- Author of Common Sense
- People were more loyal to their region than the Country
- opposite of rural
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- The name of the ship the Pilgrims sailed on
- Primary cause of the War of 1812
- The first successful English Colony in North America
- tried to start a slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry
- Person who was against slavery
- President of the "Common Man"
- Gained their Independence from Mexico in 1836
- First Secretary of the Treasury
- Religion of William Penn
19 Clues: opposite of rural • First Vice President • Author of Common Sense • Religion of William Penn • Father of the Constitution • President of the "Common Man" • Person who was against slavery • First Secretary of the Treasury • Primary cause of the War of 1812 • Loser of the French and Indian War • Final major battle of the Revolution • The name of the ship the Pilgrims sailed on • ...
US HISTORY CROSSWORD 2024-12-12
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- Global conflict from 1914-1918, involving many of the world's nations
- Period of geopolitical tension between the United States and Soviet Union
- Use of violence and intimidation for political aims
- Laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States
- Political scandal leading to President Nixon's resignation in 1974
- Enforced separation of racial groups, especially in public places
- Movement to end racial discrimination and segregation in the 1950s and 1960s
- Constitutional ban on the production and sale of alcohol from 1920-1933
- Transition to machine-based manufacturing and factory production
- Period of social activism and political reform in early 20th century America
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- Outbreak of a disease occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting a large population
- The right to vote in political elections
- Long-term alteration of global weather patterns and temperatures
- Severe worldwide economic downturn in the 1930s
- Post-Civil War period of rebuilding and reform in the South
- Online platforms for creating and sharing content and networking
- Prolonged conflict in Southeast Asia involving U.S. military intervention
- Global conflict from 1939-1945, involving most of the world's nations
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt's programs to combat the Great Depression
19 Clues: The right to vote in political elections • Severe worldwide economic downturn in the 1930s • Use of violence and intimidation for political aims • Post-Civil War period of rebuilding and reform in the South • Laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States • Long-term alteration of global weather patterns and temperatures • ...
Us History 2022-12-15
12 Clues: an agreement • made the first car • to leave the union • niles north mascot • when you have power • they told on people • edison made money with this • it's when you get a discount • this person made a safe house • carnegie made money with this • it's when people stop working • rockfeller made money with this
US HISTORY 2021-10-28
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- more than half a million students attended high school at this time
- Schools were made more professionally and formally and promoted law.
- some state universities used this as their entrance exams
- Created the first ever powered and controlled airplane
- the new delivery system created in 1896
- at this time shopping centers and the birth of modern advertising came into play.
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- Designed the ten-story Wainwright building in St. Louis
- this periods most impactful scientific and technological development
- helped women to feel more comfortable and free.
- One of three important changes in city design, communication, and transportation.
- if a man was unable to pay the tax or complete the literacy test, this clause was enforced.
- laws set in place to promote racial segregation
12 Clues: the new delivery system created in 1896 • helped women to feel more comfortable and free. • laws set in place to promote racial segregation • Created the first ever powered and controlled airplane • Designed the ten-story Wainwright building in St. Louis • some state universities used this as their entrance exams • ...
US History 2023-02-17
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- Shoshone woman who helped Lewis and Clark navigate the Louisiana Territory
- boat that brought the Pilgrims to the Americas
- first US president
- region that supported slavery
- British practice of forcing captured US sailors to join British navy
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- checks and _________
- item dumped in the Boston Harbor in protest of British taxes
- Party that supported a strong central government
- American colonist who did not support US independence
- author of the Declaration of Independence
- introduction to the Constitution
- import tax
12 Clues: import tax • first US president • checks and _________ • region that supported slavery • introduction to the Constitution • author of the Declaration of Independence • boat that brought the Pilgrims to the Americas • Party that supported a strong central government • American colonist who did not support US independence • ...
US history 2023-03-14
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- shares of a corporations profit
- a shortage lack or insufficient supply
- a combination of two companies run by different companies
- group of corporations ran by a single board director
- a new way of making steel
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- one of the most power full bankers
- Carnegie steel was a steel-making company
- business that's owned by investors
- is an economic system based on private ownership
- a company or group having control over all or most of the business industry
- money collected by a government for a public use
- a share of ownership of a corporation
12 Clues: a new way of making steel • shares of a corporations profit • one of the most power full bankers • business that's owned by investors • a share of ownership of a corporation • a shortage lack or insufficient supply • Carnegie steel was a steel-making company • is an economic system based on private ownership • money collected by a government for a public use • ...
US History 2023-05-19
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- The conflict in Vietnam that developed following the French defeat can best be described as this type of War.
- Who invaded Vietnam during world war 2
- What is the name of the theory if one fell they would all fall to communism
- dinh diem Who was the leader before ho chi minh
- Who was the leader of the communist Vietnamese resistance movement?
- What was the first Asian Nation to fall to Communism?
- Describe the type of military force President Kennedy sent to Vietnam.
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- Who sent money and supplies to the Military advisers
- Which empire was vietnam from before world war 2
- Which President sent a half a million US combat troops to Vietnam?
- What is the name of the group that fought for south vietnam
- What is the name of the president that sent 16,000 troops to vietnam
12 Clues: Who invaded Vietnam during world war 2 • dinh diem Who was the leader before ho chi minh • Which empire was vietnam from before world war 2 • Who sent money and supplies to the Military advisers • What was the first Asian Nation to fall to Communism? • What is the name of the group that fought for south vietnam • ...
US History 2013-03-29
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- became the head of SNCC elected congress in 1986
- Companies provided fringe benefits to employees
- was known for his honesty and pro-business policies
- Supported the devolpment of air power in Military
- Producing Ads for products or services
- series of govern attacks
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- Used assembly line to make cars
- No Private Property
- refusal to work
- Rejected war as means to solving problems
- the amount of product made by a worker
- building more weapons to avoid one nation gaining a advantage
12 Clues: refusal to work • No Private Property • series of govern attacks • Used assembly line to make cars • Producing Ads for products or services • the amount of product made by a worker • Rejected war as means to solving problems • Companies provided fringe benefits to employees • became the head of SNCC elected congress in 1986 • Supported the devolpment of air power in Military • ...
Us History 2014-05-29
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- a relaxation in political tensions between nations
- the use of television by evangelist to reach millions of people
- a listening device used to intercept telephone information
- Spanish word for counter revolution
- the reduction or removal of government controls
- a general pardon for certain crimes
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- scandal involving illegal activities that led to the resignation of pres. nixon
- to charge a public official with wrongdoing in office
- combination of high inflation and high unemployment
- 200th anniversary
- a political coalition of conservative groups formed in 1980
- person currently in office
12 Clues: 200th anniversary • person currently in office • Spanish word for counter revolution • a general pardon for certain crimes • the reduction or removal of government controls • a relaxation in political tensions between nations • combination of high inflation and high unemployment • to charge a public official with wrongdoing in office • ...
Us history 2021-12-21
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- an adherent of the theological doctrines of John Calvin
- SLATER- Helped to start the American Industrial Revolution when he opened the first industrial mill in the United States in 1790 with a design that borrowed heavily from a British model. Slater's pirated technology greatly increased the speed with which cotton thread could be spun into yarn.
- a social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated
- the male head of family or tribe
- LABOR- usually referred to as paid work, paid employment, or paid labor, refers to the socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer in which the worker sells their labor power under a formal or informal employment contract.
- TRADE- Traffic in slaves; especially in Black Africans transported to America in the 16th to 19th centuries
- REFORM- a disputant who advocates reform
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- REVOLUTION- Important in the Industrial Revolution by creating more efficient ways to transport people, raw materials, and finished goods.
- The basic structure or features of a system or organization
- INDEPENDENCE- having a set of items that define a specific group of people and are not shared with those from other countries or regions.
- stop work in order to press demands
- a person who believes in the equality of all people
12 Clues: the male head of family or tribe • stop work in order to press demands • REFORM- a disputant who advocates reform • a person who believes in the equality of all people • an adherent of the theological doctrines of John Calvin • The basic structure or features of a system or organization • ...
US History 2022-01-11
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- , 1 of the 3 US presidents in the 1920s
- , october 29th the day that the stocks had lost 10-15 million dollars in value is also known as.
- , an area in which African Americans were very successful, often richer than most white men and women.
- , WWI Veterans marched on Washington to try to encourage the Senate to pass a bill to allow veterans of WWI to receive a $1,000 bonus.
- , an economic crash that lasted for four years.
- , A Tennessee law that prohibited public school teachers from denying the Biblical account of mankind's origin.
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- , the act of selling alcohol illegally.
- , the act of banning alcohol.
- , the number one person that was involved in bootlegging, famous gangster, mob.
- , A Tennessee teacher that taught a science lesson on evolution.
- , America’s top criminal defense attorney who defended Scopes.
- , a dance club that had contained alcoholic beverages.
12 Clues: , the act of banning alcohol. • , the act of selling alcohol illegally. • , 1 of the 3 US presidents in the 1920s • , an economic crash that lasted for four years. • , a dance club that had contained alcoholic beverages. • , America’s top criminal defense attorney who defended Scopes. • , A Tennessee teacher that taught a science lesson on evolution. • ...
US History 2022-04-28
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- first country Germany invaded
- nickname of shantytowns
- revolutionary fashion statement for women
- greatest poet of the Harlem renaissance
- nickname for soldiers
- another name for a speakeasy
- crime boss of bootlegged alcohol
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- Jewish house of worship
- two nights of terror against Jews
- lighting war
- silent film star
- amendment that failed to band consumption of alcohol
12 Clues: lighting war • silent film star • nickname for soldiers • Jewish house of worship • nickname of shantytowns • another name for a speakeasy • first country Germany invaded • crime boss of bootlegged alcohol • two nights of terror against Jews • greatest poet of the Harlem renaissance • revolutionary fashion statement for women • amendment that failed to band consumption of alcohol
US History 2023-09-25
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- Doing anything to win the war
- Provide living materials for southeners
- Enforce racial segregation
- Autobiography of slave
- Missouri territory to form a constitution government
- Speach at Gettysburg
- required slaves to returned to owners
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- Hate groups
- Freeing the Slaves
- Denied the black citizenship
- Compromise to settle slavery issues
- Enfrorce segregationn
12 Clues: Hate groups • Freeing the Slaves • Speach at Gettysburg • Enfrorce segregationn • Autobiography of slave • Enforce racial segregation • Denied the black citizenship • Doing anything to win the war • Compromise to settle slavery issues • required slaves to returned to owners • Provide living materials for southeners • Missouri territory to form a constitution government
US history 2024-10-24
US History Crossword 2024-11-21
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- The principle of government that keeps one branch from having to much power.
- These were placed on imported goods, which helped promote the sale of US goods.
- Who quoted "Give me liberty or give me death."
- The concept that political power rests with the people.
- Limited the power of the King resulting in the idea of constitutional limits to the power of the central government.
- What party was against a strong federal government?
- Turning point in the Revolutionary War.
- A philosophy of limited government with elected representatives serving at the will of the people.
- The process which a person from another country can become a US citizen.
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- The rights you are born with.
- The political philosophy that federal laws should be made by elected representatives.
- Plan created the House of Represntatives.
- Created an orderly process that was used for admitting new states.
- Made the Monroe Doctrine, 4th president.
- The belief that they were told by God to expand westward across North America.
- Antifederalists believed that the _____ should hold most of the power.
- The father of the Constitution was ____
- This showed that the US needed a stronger federal government.
- Process in which we change the Constitiution.
- This purchase double the size of the US in 1803
20 Clues: The rights you are born with. • The father of the Constitution was ____ • Turning point in the Revolutionary War. • Made the Monroe Doctrine, 4th president. • Plan created the House of Represntatives. • Process in which we change the Constitiution. • Who quoted "Give me liberty or give me death." • This purchase double the size of the US in 1803 • ...
Why Study History? 2025-01-26
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- A study of history is essential for good ___.
- History allows us to comprehend the "___ of the past."
- Historical data helps us explore national and international ___.
- The study of history harbors ___.
- History serves as a ___ for understanding societal changes.
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- History helps us understand the causes of societal ___ and how they emerge over time.
- Studying history provides a sense of ___.
- The study of history helps develop the ability to assess ___.
- Historians often analyze past political ___.
9 Clues: The study of history harbors ___. • Studying history provides a sense of ___. • Historians often analyze past political ___. • A study of history is essential for good ___. • History allows us to comprehend the "___ of the past." • History serves as a ___ for understanding societal changes. • The study of history helps develop the ability to assess ___. • ...
US History Crossword 2016-10-30
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- allowed Maine to join the Union as a free state
- slave uprising in 1831
- suggestion of banned slavery in the land from Mexican War
- increased size of the United States
- book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- led by Harriet Tubman
- repealed Missouri Compromise of 1820
- judicial review
- goal to end slavery
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- event in 1848 caused rapid increase of population in California
- radical anti-slavery newspaper
- involved the Republican Party
- didn't occur until 9 years after Texas' independence
- resulted in the Compromise Tariff of 1833
- name for those who wanted internal improvements
- made cotton production more efficient
- resulted in California being a free state
- slave who was sued for his freedom
18 Clues: judicial review • goal to end slavery • led by Harriet Tubman • slave uprising in 1831 • involved the Republican Party • radical anti-slavery newspaper • slave who was sued for his freedom • increased size of the United States • repealed Missouri Compromise of 1820 • made cotton production more efficient • book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe • ...
US History Final 2022-06-16
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- Obama poster message
- subject of this class
- need to win a ____________ of electoral votes
- lost to Obama 2008
- color of Republican vote on map
- President that freed the slaves
- a color of the US flag
- the age to vote in the US
- Ran for VP with McCain
- won the 2008 election
- lost popular vote but won presidency in 2000
- the other type of vote, not electoral
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- Obama poster message
- Obama's win in 2008 was ____________
- where Lincoln sits
- Amendment that ended slavery
- was Vice President now President
- votes that matter in presidential elections
- republican state that Obama won 2008
19 Clues: where Lincoln sits • lost to Obama 2008 • Obama poster message • Obama poster message • subject of this class • won the 2008 election • a color of the US flag • Ran for VP with McCain • the age to vote in the US • Amendment that ended slavery • color of Republican vote on map • President that freed the slaves • was Vice President now President • Obama's win in 2008 was ____________ • ...
Haunted US History 2022-10-26
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- The wife of Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd, claimed she had once heard the voice of former president Andrew Jackson in this room of the White House
- President Lincoln would often peer out of Oval Office overlooking this river during the Civil War
- The ghost of George Washington can be seen wearing his uniform from this American war
- The ghost of George Washington rides upon a splendid steed of this color
- He was offered the command of the Union Army but declined in order to align himself with the Confederacy
- General PGT Beauregard is often seen roaming the halls of his home in this U.S. city
- This woman is said to have sewn the first American flag
- Washington is said to visit this battlefield every summer
- The city where Benjamin Franklin was born
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- A statue in front of this place supposedly comes to life and dances in the street.
- The spirit of this American figure has been seen haunting the area around his tomb in New York
- General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard led his troops into this bloody battle
- Robert E. Lee grew up in this Virginia town
- The youthful ghost of Robert E. Lee is often accompanied by these two ghostly girls
- Benjamin Franklin was many things including this
- The ghost of Betsy Ross has been seen sitting on her bed _____________
- The founder of this memorial, Charles H. Wesiberger, is said to also disturb the former home of Betsy Ross
- This angry spirit is said to send crashing dishes to patrons at the One if By Land, Two if By Sea restaurant
18 Clues: The city where Benjamin Franklin was born • Robert E. Lee grew up in this Virginia town • Benjamin Franklin was many things including this • This woman is said to have sewn the first American flag • Washington is said to visit this battlefield every summer • The ghost of Betsy Ross has been seen sitting on her bed _____________ • ...
US History Review 2023-05-16
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- Organization that fights for political/civil/social equality for African Americans
- The _________ Doctrine stated that Europe should not get involved in the Western Hemisphere
- Term for the right to vote
- Amendment that provides citizenship and equal protection under the law
- The Amendment that repealed (got rid of) Prohibition
- At first, the US was neutral in WWI and WWII because of a policy of _________
- President that wanted to keep the Union together during and after the Civil War
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- Period of American history from 1865-1877
- President in 1929 that did not do anything to solve the Great Depression
- The ____________ Telegram was one of the causes of US entry into WWI
- Two+Two=____
- Holiday coming up next week
- The state that we live in
- Susan B. ________ was a leader in the Women's Suffrage Movement
- Civil rights leader Booker T.___________ believed in educational equality
- Turning point in the Western front of WWII
- The ________ bomb was dropped on Japan to end WWII
- the trick to remember the Civil War Amendments (Free, Citizens, _____)
18 Clues: Two+Two=____ • The state that we live in • Term for the right to vote • Holiday coming up next week • Period of American history from 1865-1877 • Turning point in the Western front of WWII • The ________ bomb was dropped on Japan to end WWII • The Amendment that repealed (got rid of) Prohibition • Susan B. ________ was a leader in the Women's Suffrage Movement • ...
US History review 2021-12-03
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- This is another word for "in the countryside"
- This amendment gave women the right to vote.
- This drink was banned during the 1920s.
- This person was president during the Great Depression and World War II.
- staying out of other countries' affairs
- This branch of the government is represented by the President.
- This New Deal program insures your money in the bank.
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- This was invented during WWI and could attack ships from underwater.
- A piece of a company or corporation.
- This person was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II.
- This person was president at the beginning of the Great Depression.
- This is a predominantly African American neighborhood in New York where a Renaissance happened.
- The US gained this territory after winning the Spanish-American War.
- This precious metal was discovered in California in the 1800s and caused migration to the West.
- an all-powerful leader
- This group of people was deported during the Great Depression.
- This is an organization of workers (labor ________)
- This invention is used to obtain information faster.
18 Clues: an all-powerful leader • A piece of a company or corporation. • This drink was banned during the 1920s. • staying out of other countries' affairs • This amendment gave women the right to vote. • This is another word for "in the countryside" • This is an organization of workers (labor ________) • This invention is used to obtain information faster. • ...
Haunted US History 2022-10-26
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- The wife of Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd, claimed she had once heard the voice of former president Andrew Jackson in this room of the White House
- President Lincoln would often peer out of Oval Officer overlooking this river during the Civil War
- The ghost of George Washington can be seen wearing his uniform from this American war
- The ghost of George Washington rides upon a splendid steed of this color.
- He was offered the command of the Union Army but declined in order to align himself with the Confederacy
- General PGT Beauregard is often roaming the halls of his home in this U.S. city
- This woman is said to have sewn the first American flag
- Washington is said to visit this battlefield every summer
- The city where Benjamin Franklin was born
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- A statue in front of this place supposedly comes to life and dances in the street.
- The spirit of this American figure has been seen haunting the area around his tomb in New York
- General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard led his troop into this bloody battle
- Robert E. Lee grew up in this Virginia town.
- The youthful ghost of Robert E. Lee is often accompanied by these two ghostly girls
- Benjamin Franklin was many things including this
- The ghost of Betsy Ross has been seen sitting on her bed _____________
- The founder of this memorial, Charles H. Wesiberger is said to also disturb the former home of Betsy Ross
- This angry spirit is said to send crashing dishes to patrons at the One if By Land, Two if By Sea restaurant
18 Clues: The city where Benjamin Franklin was born • Robert E. Lee grew up in this Virginia town. • Benjamin Franklin was many things including this • This woman is said to have sewn the first American flag • Washington is said to visit this battlefield every summer • The ghost of Betsy Ross has been seen sitting on her bed _____________ • ...
Early US History 2025-03-05
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- This compromise settled the issue of how slaves would be counted for representation
- This was the first constitution of the United States
- An early tax protest that led to the British repealing the Stamp Act
- Famous pamphlet urging American independence, written by Thomas Paine
- This colonial region was known for its shipbuilding and fishing industries
- The treaty that ended the War of 1812, signed in 1814
- This event was a major turning point during the Revolution, leading to French aid
- Group of farmers that protested taxes in Massachusetts, leading to a rebellion
- This document established the framework for the U.S. government and was signed in 1787
- The first U.S. president
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- The "Father of the Constitution"
- This law created the system of land distribution and territories in the U.S.
- The legislative body of the United States government
- First permanent English settlement in America
- This principle divides the government into three separate branches
- Author of the Declaration of Independence
- This act, passed by the British, taxed paper goods in the colonies
- This document officially ended the American Revolution
18 Clues: The first U.S. president • The "Father of the Constitution" • Author of the Declaration of Independence • First permanent English settlement in America • This was the first constitution of the United States • The legislative body of the United States government • The treaty that ended the War of 1812, signed in 1814 • ...
US History Crossword 2023-05-25
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- the social process whereby cities grow
- system of law courts that administer justice
- membership to a nation with rights and duties
- increasing wealth through colonization and trade
- become established in a new place
- settler of an establishment in a new region
- someone who travels to unknown regions
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- reformer who favors putting an end to slavery
- farmer who owes a portion of each harvest for rent
- act of charging an official with an offense
- making something valid by formally confirming it
- document outlining the laws of a government
- monetary charges on income or property
- related to a government with central authority
- devotion to the interests of a particular region
- assembly that makes, amends, or repeals laws
- song of devotion or loyalty
- government tax on imports or exports
18 Clues: song of devotion or loyalty • become established in a new place • government tax on imports or exports • the social process whereby cities grow • monetary charges on income or property • someone who travels to unknown regions • act of charging an official with an offense • document outlining the laws of a government • settler of an establishment in a new region • ...
US History Vocab 2021-09-08
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- system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
- the colonists of the Thirteen Colonies.
- a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government.
- form of government in which a state is ruled by representatives of the citizen body.
- an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts.
- attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America.
- belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.
- A theologian, philosopher, and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa.
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- a group of English people who came to America seeking religious freedom during the reign of King James I.
- Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware.
- a royal charter of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede.
- one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism"
- an American colonist who supported the British side during the American Revolution.
- American upholsterer who was credited by her relatives in 1870 with making the first American flag.
- English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to purify the Church of England of Roman Catholic practices
- included two crucial battles, fought eighteen days apart, and was a decisive victory for the Continental Army and a crucial turning point in the Revolutionary War.
- required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies.
- an act regulating stamp duty.
18 Clues: an act regulating stamp duty. • the colonists of the Thirteen Colonies. • Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware. • belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism. • a royal charter of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede. • an American colonist who supported the British side during the American Revolution. • ...
US HISTORY CROSSWORD 2022-02-16
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- No unreasonable search or arrest.
- a system of government in which the power is divided between a central government and smaller political units such as states
- everyone, citizens and powerful leaders alike must obey the law
- People get rights not listed in Constitution.
- Rights of accused in criminal cases to fair trial.
- Federalism
- Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition.
- No excessive bail, fines, or cruel and unusual punishment.
- a government in which the people rule, a broad range of people shared in the power to govern themselves.
- personal liberties or privilege
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- each branch of government can exercise checks, or controls over the other branches
- the people exercise their power by voting.
- Right to bear arms.
- Trial by jury.
- the division of basic government roles into three branches
- system of government in which the power is divided between a central government and smaller political units such as states
- Any rights not given to federal government are given to the states and people.
- Citizens do not have to house soldiers.
- No double jeopardy or no witness against yourself.
19 Clues: Federalism • Trial by jury. • Right to bear arms. • personal liberties or privilege • No unreasonable search or arrest. • Citizens do not have to house soldiers. • the people exercise their power by voting. • People get rights not listed in Constitution. • Rights of accused in criminal cases to fair trial. • No double jeopardy or no witness against yourself. • ...
US History review 2021-12-01
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- This person was president when 9/11 happened
- This person was elected president 4 times and led the U.S. through the Great Depression and World War II
- The United States was trying to contain the spread of this during the Cold War.
- when a region receives little to no rain.
- World War I was mainly fought in these holes dug into the ground.
- This person became rich by controlling the steel industry
- This word represented the modern woman of the 1920s.
- This is the separation of black and white people.
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- shantytowns where homeless people stayed in during the Great Depression.
- _____________ Exclusion Act of 1882
- to protect (or conserve) the environment.
- when one company controls the supply of a product
- Upton Sinclair's book that revealed the horrible conditions in meatpacking factories (The __________)
- when people are forced to serve in the military
- Americans were taken hostage in the embassy of this country in 1979.
- the right to vote
- The United States built a canal in this country.
- this was a new kind of music made popular by African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance.
18 Clues: the right to vote • _____________ Exclusion Act of 1882 • to protect (or conserve) the environment. • when a region receives little to no rain. • This person was president when 9/11 happened • when people are forced to serve in the military • The United States built a canal in this country. • when one company controls the supply of a product • ...
US HISTORY CROSSWORD 2022-02-16
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- Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition.
- system of government in which the power is divided between a central government and smaller political units such as states
- Any rights not given to federal government are given to the states and people.
- a system of government in which the power is divided between a central government and smaller political units such as states
- No double jeopardy or no witness against yourself.
- Right to bear arms.
- Trial by jury.
- the division of basic government roles into three branches
- No excessive bail, fines, or cruel and unusual punishment.
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- a government in which the people rule, a broad range of people shared in the power to govern themselves.
- Citizens do not have to house soldiers.
- No unreasonable search or arrest.
- People get rights not listed in Constitution.
- each branch of government can exercise checks, or controls over the other branches
- everyone, citizens and powerful leaders alike must obey the law
- the people exercise their power by voting.
- the division of basic government roles into three branches
- Rights of accused in criminal cases to fair trial.
- personal liberties or privilege
19 Clues: Trial by jury. • Right to bear arms. • personal liberties or privilege • No unreasonable search or arrest. • Citizens do not have to house soldiers. • the people exercise their power by voting. • People get rights not listed in Constitution. • Rights of accused in criminal cases to fair trial. • No double jeopardy or no witness against yourself. • ...
US History Vocab 2021-09-08
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- system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
- the colonists of the Thirteen Colonies.
- a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government.
- form of government in which a state is ruled by representatives of the citizen body.
- an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts.
- attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America.
- belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.
- A theologian, philosopher, and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa.
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- a group of English people who came to America seeking religious freedom during the reign of King James I.
- Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware.
- a royal charter of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede.
- one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism"
- an American colonist who supported the British side during the American Revolution.
- American upholsterer who was credited by her relatives in 1870 with making the first American flag.
- English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to purify the Church of England of Roman Catholic practices
- included two crucial battles, fought eighteen days apart, and was a decisive victory for the Continental Army and a crucial turning point in the Revolutionary War.
- required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies.
- an act regulating stamp duty.
18 Clues: an act regulating stamp duty. • the colonists of the Thirteen Colonies. • Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware. • belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism. • a royal charter of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede. • an American colonist who supported the British side during the American Revolution. • ...
US History Crossword 2016-10-30
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- resulted in California being a free state
- allowed Maine to join the Union as a free state
- led by Harriet Tubman
- slave who was sued for his freedom
- name for those who wanted internal improvements
- didn't occur until 9 years after Texas' independence
- judicial review
- resulted in the Compromise Tariff of 1833
- suggestion of banned slavery in the land from Mexican War
- repealed Missouri Compromise of 1820
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- goal to end slavery
- radical anti-slavery newspaper
- book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- slave uprising in 1831
- event in 1848 caused rapid increase of population in California
- made cotton production more efficient
- involved the Republican Party
- increased size of the United States
18 Clues: judicial review • goal to end slavery • led by Harriet Tubman • slave uprising in 1831 • involved the Republican Party • radical anti-slavery newspaper • slave who was sued for his freedom • increased size of the United States • repealed Missouri Compromise of 1820 • book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe • made cotton production more efficient • ...
us history 1.1 2023-10-11
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- the first click bait
- teddy Roosevelt's moto
- the war that started between Spain and america over cuba
- the last name of a president
- to preserve something
- the way to make things in a line that Tesla made
- a canal that connects the pacific ocean to the Caribbean sea
- when women in america had no rights so they fought for them
- the man who wrote the jungle
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- when the us was given the Philippines and they did not like that so they fought back
- the reason that we went to war with Spain when they didn't even do anything
- the book that Upton Sinclair wrote
- the policy that anyone can buy no matter who or what they are
- the practice that america would pay of peoples debts in exchange for their loyalty during war
- the adopted states
- a reporter who tell of the things that are wring with society.
- a group of volunteers that were lead by teddy Roosevelt in the Spanish american war
- unions where groups of people who got together to strick against the company that they work for so that they could get better wages and working conditions
18 Clues: the adopted states • the first click bait • to preserve something • teddy Roosevelt's moto • the last name of a president • the man who wrote the jungle • the book that Upton Sinclair wrote • the way to make things in a line that Tesla made • the war that started between Spain and america over cuba • when women in america had no rights so they fought for them • ...
AICE US History 2024-04-02
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- Provided loans to small farms and made places to stay for migrants(May 1935-1937)
- gave workers rights to form unions. They gained control of private corporations pricing and production(June 1933-May 1935)
- Gifted money form the federal government to state governments for relief projects(May 1933-1935)
- Insured bank loans to build new houses and fix older ones(1934)
- Replaced labor provisions of the NIRA. Guaranteed a workers right to unionize(1935)
- Hired workers to work on PWA projects(Nov 1933-March 1934)
- Regulates the stock market to avoid another Great Crash
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- Employed men to work federal projects. Payments were sent to their families(March1933-1942)
- Widespread experiment in a poverty infested area to hire workers to do pubic projects. The government took control over private industries(May1933)
- Paid farmers subsidies for every acre they didn't farm
- This authorized the government to investigate and regulate banks as they desired(March 1933)
- Hired 3.4 million workers and spent billions of the First New Deal(May1935)
- Insured up to 5k per participant in a bank(June 1933)
- Federal insurance program funded by taxpayers. For people over the age of 65(1935)
- Provided part-time jobs for students to work and continue with school(June 1935-1943)
- Gave public work projects to the state to improve infrastructure and make jobs(June 1933-1943)
- Gifted government refinancing of mortgages to eliminate foreclosures(June1933-Feb1954)
- Provided cheap loans to keep failing farms afloat(March 1933)
18 Clues: Insured up to 5k per participant in a bank(June 1933) • Paid farmers subsidies for every acre they didn't farm • Regulates the stock market to avoid another Great Crash • Hired workers to work on PWA projects(Nov 1933-March 1934) • Provided cheap loans to keep failing farms afloat(March 1933) • Insured bank loans to build new houses and fix older ones(1934) • ...
US History Review 2024-06-06
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- 1930s environmental disaster in the Great Plains
- 1823 policy opposing European colonialism in the Americas
- 1950s practice during the Red Scare of making accusations of treason without proper evidence
- United States purchase from France in 1803 for $15 million
- The system dividing power between national and state governments
- WWII policy that forcibly relocated Japanese-Americans
- 1925 trial challenging the teaching of evolution in Tennessee
- Late 19th-century political movement aimed at helping farmers and workers
- 1862 law providing free land in the West to settlers
- Ship whose sinking by a German U-boat in 1915 influenced U.S. entry into WWI
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- 1957 crisis over school desegregation in Arkansas
- Massachusetts town famous for its 1692 witch trials
- Term used by Nixon referring to Americans who supported his policies but did not publicly protest
- Reform movement addressing social issues in the early 20th century
- Shawnee leader who resisted American expansion in the early 1800s
- 1857 Supreme Court decision denying citizenship to African Americans
- Founding Father known for his role in creating the national financial system
- 1850s political party known for its anti-immigrant stance
18 Clues: 1930s environmental disaster in the Great Plains • 1957 crisis over school desegregation in Arkansas • Massachusetts town famous for its 1692 witch trials • 1862 law providing free land in the West to settlers • WWII policy that forcibly relocated Japanese-Americans • 1823 policy opposing European colonialism in the Americas • ...
US History Review 2024-06-06
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- Ship whose sinking by a German U-boat in 1915 influenced U.S. entry into WWI
- 1950s practice during the Red Scare of making accusations of treason without proper evidence
- Late 19th-century political movement aimed at helping farmers and workers
- Term used by Nixon referring to Americans who supported his policies but did not publicly protest
- The system dividing power between national and state governments
- 1857 Supreme Court decision denying citizenship to African Americans
- 1850s political party known for its anti-immigrant stance
- Massachusetts town famous for its 1692 witch trials
- 1930s environmental disaster in the Great Plains
- Reform movement addressing social issues in the early 20th century
- 1925 trial challenging the teaching of evolution in Tennessee
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- WWII policy that forcibly relocated Japanese-Americans
- 1862 law providing free land in the West to settlers
- Founding Father known for his role in creating the national financial system
- 1957 crisis over school desegregation in Arkansas
- United States purchase from France in 1803 for $15 million
- 1823 policy opposing European colonialism in the Americas
- Shawnee leader who resisted American expansion in the early 1800s
18 Clues: 1930s environmental disaster in the Great Plains • 1957 crisis over school desegregation in Arkansas • Massachusetts town famous for its 1692 witch trials • 1862 law providing free land in the West to settlers • WWII policy that forcibly relocated Japanese-Americans • 1823 policy opposing European colonialism in the Americas • ...
History Around Us 2025-01-23
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- A device used to tell time
- A round object used for transportation
- A vehicle pulled by animals to carry things
- A block used to build houses and buildings
- A deep dish used for eating or holding things
- A carved figure to remember a person or event
- A container used for cooking or storage in ancient times
- A piece of cloth representing a country or group
- A structure built to cross water or land
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- A set of written pages full of knowledge
- A small piece of metal used as money
- A tool used to open doors
- A structure built to divide or protect
- A device for light before electricity
- A large, old building where kings and queens lived
- A path used for traveling by people and vehicles
- A metal object that rings to signal something
- A weapon used in old battles
18 Clues: A tool used to open doors • A device used to tell time • A weapon used in old battles • A small piece of metal used as money • A device for light before electricity • A round object used for transportation • A structure built to divide or protect • A set of written pages full of knowledge • A structure built to cross water or land • A block used to build houses and buildings • ...
US History Review 2025-12-19
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- First U.S. system of government
- Supreme Court case supporting Cherokee sovereignty
- Enlightenment thinker of natural rights
- Supreme Court case establishing judicial review
- Law requiring colonists to house British soldiers
- Midnight rider who warned of British troops
- Supporters of the Constitution
- Opponents of the Constitution
- System where colonies exist to benefit the mother country
- Clause giving Congress flexibility in lawmakingPresident responsible for the Indian Removal Act
- Neglect Policy of loose British enforcement of colonial laws
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- Law forcing Native Americans westward
- First permanent English settlement (1607)
- 1803 land deal that doubled U.S. size
- Compromise counting enslaved people as three-fifths
- Principle dividing power among branches
- Destiny Belief that the U.S. was destined to expand westward
- First ten amendments to the Constitution
18 Clues: Opponents of the Constitution • Supporters of the Constitution • First U.S. system of government • Law forcing Native Americans westward • 1803 land deal that doubled U.S. size • Enlightenment thinker of natural rights • Principle dividing power among branches • First ten amendments to the Constitution • First permanent English settlement (1607) • ...
Unit 2.1 Terms 2017-02-23
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- Nickname for the Spanish-American War.
- Created to have a shorter and safer route from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
- Unsuccessful revolt of Chinese citizens.
- William Taft's foreign policy; used military influence to achieve US goals.
- Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy that the US will use military force if necessary to protect interests.
- 1898 Treaty ending the Spanish-American War.
- Navy commander during the Spanish-American War.
- Wilson's foreign policy; use of force to promote democracy and freedom throughout the White House.
- Mexican revolutionary; raided US border towns killing US citizens; never caught or brought to justice
- Volunteer cavalry regiment; Theodore Roosevelt and Leonard Wood.
- Addition to Monroe Doctrine that US is an international police.
- Idea of Josiah Strong: Anglo-Saxon's mission to civilize the world and teach them Christianity.
- Extreme form of nationalism; creates an aggressive foreign policy.
- Protestant minister; advocated mission work; introduced and strengthened Christianity.
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- Last queen or monarch of Hawaii.
- Publishers of the NY World and NY Journal; used yellow journalism.
- Nickname given to the US purchase of Alaska.
- Statement (Congress) that effectively made Cuba a US protectorate.
- Ship exploded in Havana harbor; cause of the Spanish-American War.
- Proposal (Congress) that US wouldn't keep Cuba for ourselves.
- Policy towards China to promote US trade interests.
- "History of Sea Power Upon History"; inspired US to build a powerful navy and colonize the world.
22 Clues: Last queen or monarch of Hawaii. • Nickname for the Spanish-American War. • Unsuccessful revolt of Chinese citizens. • Nickname given to the US purchase of Alaska. • 1898 Treaty ending the Spanish-American War. • Navy commander during the Spanish-American War. • Policy towards China to promote US trade interests. • ...
WE <3 YOU MR. HOMAN - from Silva homeroom 2023-04-04
19 Clues: you • BIG • earth • spacing • what you are • mini economy • BAME currency • Bill of Rights • opposite of warm • I LOVE _________ • your biking buddy • basis of US govt. • subject you teach • RISE LIKE A _______ • country you live in • BAME product example • wealth, votes, force • your history room number • Christian, Anglican, etc.
US history 2021-12-10
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- airborne This was a military squad during ww2 and still is to this day.
- Nationalism is basically just having extreme love over your country believing its superior
- project Manhatten project was basically just producing the atomic bombs
- Nuclear is like a big weapon that can cause mass death and destruction.
- freedoms speech i learned about this in school and it was a speech given by FDR
- Holocaust were bad camps for jew which basically left them dying
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- Hitler was a totalitarianism because he consumed complete control as a dictator.
- churchhill He is a brave guy to continue fighting non stop even when he was losing severely. But he was also never the one fighting, only using people as his pons in a game.
- I honestly would embargo talking to a lot of people if i didn't have to because of school
- stalin Communist dictator. He is indeed a bad bad mister.
- bonds I wonder if it is possible to become rich off of war bonds. Or would they work if we had lost the war.
11 Clues: stalin Communist dictator. He is indeed a bad bad mister. • Holocaust were bad camps for jew which basically left them dying • airborne This was a military squad during ww2 and still is to this day. • project Manhatten project was basically just producing the atomic bombs • Nuclear is like a big weapon that can cause mass death and destruction. • ...
US history 2016-11-11
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- threat at the borders was no longer present, therefore the colonies didn't need English protection; more independent stand against Britain/French and Indian War
- Act
- felt the governor of Virginia failed to protect the frontier from the Native Americans Bacon's Rebellion
- permanent English settlement in the Americas (1607), along James River Jamestown
- soldiers shot into crowd of snowball fight; two of nine soldiers (defended by John Adams) found guilty of manslaughter/Boston Massacre
- tariff on sugar (and other imports), attempted to harder enforce existing tariffs Sugar Act
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- debtors sold to slave traders by African kings seeking riches; Columbian Exchange Atlantic slave trade
- church led by the king of England Church of England
- on all legal documents to support British troops, not approved by colonists through their representatives
- to provide shortcut from Atlantic to Pacific Northwest Passage
- trade with mother country, nationalism; too restrictive on colonial economy, not voted on by colonists Mercantilism
11 Clues: Act • church led by the king of England Church of England • to provide shortcut from Atlantic to Pacific Northwest Passage • permanent English settlement in the Americas (1607), along James River Jamestown • tariff on sugar (and other imports), attempted to harder enforce existing tariffs Sugar Act • ...
US History 2022-12-15
11 Clues: to withdraw • An agreement • famous for oil • famous for steel • invented motel T • to forgive the south • 16th president of USA • workers come together • state that was added as free • she found the underground railroad • amendment that gave womens right to vote
US History 2024-12-12
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- radical resistance group led by Sam Adams
- Exchange of animals, food, ideas and disease
- Former slave who fought for abolition of slavery
- Money equals power
- time period following the civil war
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- supported Great Britian during American Revolution
- Saving Grace crop in Jamestown
- system of safe houses to transport slaves
- Who wrote declaration of independence
- Which Country Sailed for "God, Glory and Gold"
- The great compromiser
11 Clues: Money equals power • The great compromiser • Saving Grace crop in Jamestown • time period following the civil war • Who wrote declaration of independence • system of safe houses to transport slaves • radical resistance group led by Sam Adams • Exchange of animals, food, ideas and disease • Which Country Sailed for "God, Glory and Gold" • ...
The Nature of History 2018-09-16
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- In societies where persons were unable to read and write history was passed from on generation to the next _________
- These are objects made by human beings, typically one of cultural or historical interest
- _______ is the study of human societies from the beginning of time to the present
- History can be used as a source of ________ to be better people
- History is the ________ and recording of selected facts.
- Someone who studies history through the excavation of sites and studies artifacts and other human remains
- Overtime history students become familiar with this _______
- It's very important for these persons to know the history of their country so that they will truly know the needs of their country
- This is the most popular way of recording History
- Documentaries and movies about historical events, people and places provides viewers with this
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- Students of History are usually good ______ and they also have the ability to argue and think
- History is the story of these people who lived before us
- History provides us as Jamaican with a __________ because of our traditions, culture, language and our past experiences as a country
- Someone who studies past people, places, events and things
- I maintain and am in charge of historical records, who am I?
15 Clues: This is the most popular way of recording History • History is the story of these people who lived before us • History is the ________ and recording of selected facts. • Someone who studies past people, places, events and things • Overtime history students become familiar with this _______ • I maintain and am in charge of historical records, who am I? • ...
The Nature of History 2018-09-16
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- History provides us as Jamaican with a __________ because of our traditions, culture, language and our past experiences as a country
- Someone who studies history through the excavation of sites and studies artifacts and other human remains
- These are objects made by human beings, typically one of cultural or historical interest
- Someone who studies past people, places, events and things
- I maintain and am in charge of historical records, who am I?
- History can be used as a source of ________ to be better people
- History is the ________ and recording of selected facts.
- History is the story of these people who lived before us
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- Students of History are usually good ______ and they also have the ability to argue and think
- It's very important for these persons to know the history of their country so that they will truly know the needs of their country
- _______ is the study of human societies from the beginning of time to the present
- Documentaries and movies about historical events, people and places provides viewers with this
- Overtime history students become familiar with this _______
- This is the most popular way of recording History
- In societies where persons were unable to read and write history was passed from on generation to the next _________
15 Clues: This is the most popular way of recording History • History is the ________ and recording of selected facts. • History is the story of these people who lived before us • Someone who studies past people, places, events and things • Overtime history students become familiar with this _______ • I maintain and am in charge of historical records, who am I? • ...
US History 2015-09-17
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- the system, where the employer provided land, seed, tools, a mule, and a cabin
- closely associated with social contract philosophers such as Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- includes suggestions for dropping the Missouri Compromise's ban on slavery
- had ratified Constitution in 1861
- wthite southerners who supported the changes
- a system which allows people to rent land and grow any crop
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- the document which encouraged freedmen to join the Union forces
- the law which prohibited to aid runaway slaves
- northerners, who came from varied backgrounds
- the beginning of the Civil War
- the period of time when the US made policies to rebuild the South
11 Clues: the beginning of the Civil War • had ratified Constitution in 1861 • wthite southerners who supported the changes • northerners, who came from varied backgrounds • the law which prohibited to aid runaway slaves • a system which allows people to rent land and grow any crop • the document which encouraged freedmen to join the Union forces • ...
US History 2020-04-14
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- Fought against equal rights amendment
- Camp David Accords allowed for peace between Israel & ______
- Self-governed Indians
- Most people (teachers, lawyers, etc. work in this sector
- Person responsible for keeping relationships with other countries
- Most ________ came from Latin America in the 1990's
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- Day to raise awareness of pollution
- Sending jobs overseas
- The US attacked this nation after 9/11
- This led to increased diversity after 1965
- Mainly responsible for 2000 presidential election
11 Clues: Sending jobs overseas • Self-governed Indians • Day to raise awareness of pollution • Fought against equal rights amendment • The US attacked this nation after 9/11 • This led to increased diversity after 1965 • Mainly responsible for 2000 presidential election • Most ________ came from Latin America in the 1990's • Most people (teachers, lawyers, etc. work in this sector • ...
US HISTORY 2023-10-25
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- OF RIGHTS- The first ten amendments to the Constitution that guaranteed the rights of the individual.
- The group of thirteen states that united together.
- OF CONFEDERATION- An agreement between the thirteen colonies to form a single government under the United States of America.
- A type of democratic government where people elect officials to represent them.A type of democratic government where people elect officials to represent them.
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- A branch of government that has the power to
- A government where the power and laws are made by a single person.
- CONGRESS- The official army of the United States that was established by the Continental Congress.
- A set of documents and laws that define the government of a country.
- type of government that is ruled directly by the people.
- laws.
- A person who supported the adoption of the Constitution.
11 Clues: laws. • A branch of government that has the power to • The group of thirteen states that united together. • type of government that is ruled directly by the people. • A person who supported the adoption of the Constitution. • A government where the power and laws are made by a single person. • ...
us history 2022-03-15
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- was invented by Robert Fulton in 1807
- was in 1803 and it doubled the size of the U.S.
- was an agreement to balance free and slave states
- was made up of the Presidencies of Jefferson/Madison/Monroe.
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- Standardized parts that could be used in place of one another were called
- was the 3rd President of the U.S.
- allowed merchants to trade only with countries other than France and England.
- is an agreement to cease fire
- John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay were known as
- The sinking of the American boat the--- led to the War of 1812
- is the devotion to the culture and interests of one’s country.
11 Clues: is an agreement to cease fire • was the 3rd President of the U.S. • was invented by Robert Fulton in 1807 • John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay were known as • was in 1803 and it doubled the size of the U.S. • was an agreement to balance free and slave states • was made up of the Presidencies of Jefferson/Madison/Monroe. • ...
US history 2022-10-04
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- american westward expansion
- uncle toms cabins auther
- took power in mexico and became dictator in 1833
- secret network of people who would hide fugitive slaves
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- __farmed cotton,tabcoo,suger and cash crops
- most famous conductor of the undergrundrailroad secret network that would hide fugitive slaves
- a strong loyalty to a particular region
- father of texas
- a battle that lasted 13 days
- the__has the mosty citys
- the__has a mixture of people(white,spainish,french,indains)
11 Clues: father of texas • uncle toms cabins auther • the__has the mosty citys • american westward expansion • a battle that lasted 13 days • a strong loyalty to a particular region • __farmed cotton,tabcoo,suger and cash crops • took power in mexico and became dictator in 1833 • secret network of people who would hide fugitive slaves • ...
US History 2023-11-16
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- This president gave his friends a position in the government
- US symbol
- This state wanted to join the union with slavery
- to appeal to ordinary people
- The amount of stars on the American Flag
- This tribe was forced to relocate to the West
- The first town in MA to be industrial
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- A political approach that
- The man who killed Hamilton in a duel
- This person created the first National Bank
- First US President
11 Clues: US symbol • First US President • A political approach that • to appeal to ordinary people • The man who killed Hamilton in a duel • The first town in MA to be industrial • The amount of stars on the American Flag • This person created the first National Bank • This tribe was forced to relocate to the West • This state wanted to join the union with slavery • ...
Us History 2025-11-10
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- intercouse act allowed merchants to trade only with countrys other than france and britian
- was invented by robert fulton
- purchase was in 1803
- is a agreement to cease fire
- jefferson was the 3rd president
- hawks
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- era was made up the presidencies of jefferson madison and monroe
- led to the war or 1812
- compromise an as a agreement
- is the devotion to the culture and interests of one country
- parts standardized parts that could be used in place of one another
11 Clues: hawks • purchase was in 1803 • led to the war or 1812 • compromise an as a agreement • is a agreement to cease fire • was invented by robert fulton • jefferson was the 3rd president • is the devotion to the culture and interests of one country • era was made up the presidencies of jefferson madison and monroe • ...
US Imperialism 2022-02-03
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- Spanish American War
- 1900 addition to Cuban Constitution
- US laws towards other countries
- Wrote influence of sea power upon history
- sensational and dramatic news
- US policy to expand
- Built panama Canal
- Foreign nations allow free trade in china
- Led the provisional Government
- Canal built by the US
- Encouragement of the US to use military force
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- an unsuccessful rebellion in china
- Stronger nation to dominate weaker nations
- extension of the Monroe Doctrine
- Friend of Roosevelt
- Marked end of spanish colonial empire
- territory the US took over
- Protecting US trade policy
18 Clues: Built panama Canal • Friend of Roosevelt • US policy to expand • Spanish American War • Canal built by the US • territory the US took over • Protecting US trade policy • sensational and dramatic news • Led the provisional Government • US laws towards other countries • extension of the Monroe Doctrine • an unsuccessful rebellion in china • 1900 addition to Cuban Constitution • ...
BHM 2025-02-17
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- Black History Month is in this month
- This color represents growth in black history month
- The first black woman to be an EGOT recipient (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony)
- Refused to give her up her seat on the bus, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott
- First African American to play in Major League Baseball
- The first black president of the US
- The month for black history month was chosen based on Frederick Douglas’s and Abraham ____’s birthday
- The civil rights leader who gave the famous speech “I Have a Dream”
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- Widely considered the “Father of Black History Month”
- This color represents prosperity in black history month
- _____ Tubman helped people escape slavery through the underground railroad
- To separate different kinds of people based on something about them
- This color represents blood in black history month
- The first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, considered the Queen of Soul
- Laws that segregated black people
- The _____ proclamation was the official order that Abraham Lincoln issued that freed slaves in the US
16 Clues: Laws that segregated black people • The first black president of the US • Black History Month is in this month • This color represents blood in black history month • This color represents growth in black history month • Widely considered the “Father of Black History Month” • This color represents prosperity in black history month • ...
US History 6 2014-05-02
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- aroused, animated, or imbued with the spirit to do something, by or as if by supernatural or divine influence.
- the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
- any article used in some activity, especially an instrument, tool, or utensil.
- the act of issuing.
- to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole.
- a reason, fact, circumstance, or explanation that justifies or defends.
- to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail.
- communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another.
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- an introductory act or step; leading action.
- using or showing judgment as to action or practical expediency; discreet, prudent, or politic.
- the policy or doctrine of intervening, especially government interference in the affairs of another state or in domestic economic affairs.
- he policy or doctrine of isolating one's country from the affairs of other nations by declining to enter into alliances, foreign economic commitments, international agreements, etc., seeking to devote the entire efforts of one's country to its own advancement and remain at peace by avoiding foreign entanglements and responsibilities.
- to defend or uphold as warranted or well-grounded.
- something new or different introduced.
- something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity.
- the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others.
- pertaining to judgment in courts of justice or to the administration of justice.
17 Clues: the act of issuing. • something new or different introduced. • an introductory act or step; leading action. • to defend or uphold as warranted or well-grounded. • to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole. • a reason, fact, circumstance, or explanation that justifies or defends. • the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization. • ...
US HISTORY CROSSWORD 2022-02-16
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- everyone, citizens and powerful leaders alike must obey the law
- Federalism
- No unreasonable search or arrest.
- People get rights not listed in Constitution.
- No excessive bail, fines, or cruel and unusual punishment.
- a system of government in which the power is divided between a central government and smaller political units such as states
- Citizens do not have to house soldiers.
- personal liberties or privilege
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- Any rights not given to federal government are given to the states and people.
- a government in which the people rule, a broad range of people shared in the power to govern themselves.
- each branch of government can exercise checks, or controls over the other branches
- No double jeopardy or no witness against yourself.
- Rights of accused in criminal cases to fair trial.
- Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition.
- the division of basic government roles into three branches
- Right to bear arms.
- Trial by jury.
- the people exercise their power by voting.
18 Clues: Federalism • Trial by jury. • Right to bear arms. • personal liberties or privilege • No unreasonable search or arrest. • Citizens do not have to house soldiers. • the people exercise their power by voting. • People get rights not listed in Constitution. • No double jeopardy or no witness against yourself. • Rights of accused in criminal cases to fair trial. • ...
US History Review 2025-02-25
Across
- A major land acquisition that doubled the size of the U.S.
- Disease, Poverty Violence
- A violent abolitionist who led a raid on Harpers Ferry.
- A journey taken by pioneers traveling to the western US in the 19th century.
- A protest against British taxation, symbolized by the dumping of tea into Boston Harbor.
- The forced removal route of Native Americans
- A term for the belief that the expansion of the US was both justified and inevitable.
- A significant discovery of precious metal in California in 1849.
- An act that forced Native American tribes to relocate west of the Mississippi River.
- Leader of the Mormons who led them to settle in Utah.
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- A failed early U.S. government document replaced by the Constitution.
- The formal statement declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain.
- Stable Government, Gold, Job Opportunities
- A battle for Texas independence from Mexico.
- The document the US Government is based off of:
- Conflict that resulted in the deaths of five colonists in Boston.
- Movement to end slavery.
17 Clues: Movement to end slavery. • Disease, Poverty Violence • Stable Government, Gold, Job Opportunities • A battle for Texas independence from Mexico. • The forced removal route of Native Americans • The document the US Government is based off of: • Leader of the Mormons who led them to settle in Utah. • A violent abolitionist who led a raid on Harpers Ferry. • ...
US HISTORY 2023-04-13
Across
- An association that regulates power plants.
- A day to celebrate the planet and its health.
- An agency that protects nature and everything in it.
- A nuclear plant accident that released radioactive gases and iodide.
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- Protection and Advocation for Nature is a priority to this person.
- Chemical compounds used to kill off insects, rodents and fungi.
- Act that caused a shift in the governments take on stopping pollution.
- Introduction of harmful materials in the environment.
- Produced from power plants/harmful to the enviroment.
- American Marine Biologist
- A failure in the nuclear reactor causing it to overheat.
11 Clues: American Marine Biologist • An association that regulates power plants. • A day to celebrate the planet and its health. • An agency that protects nature and everything in it. • Introduction of harmful materials in the environment. • Produced from power plants/harmful to the enviroment. • A failure in the nuclear reactor causing it to overheat. • ...
US history 2022-05-13
Across
- a member of a Protestant religious group in the 16th and 17th centuries, who wanted to make religion simpler;
- an official promise
- cruel treatment of s.o.
- to differ
- not good, or not as good as someone or something else
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- "Sorry you can't sit here, this chair is ..."
- wild persons or animals
- to start sth new
- moving to a different place
- obligation
- the things that will happen to someone in the future, especially those that cannot be changed or controlled
11 Clues: to differ • obligation • to start sth new • an official promise • wild persons or animals • cruel treatment of s.o. • moving to a different place • "Sorry you can't sit here, this chair is ..." • not good, or not as good as someone or something else • the things that will happen to someone in the future, especially those that cannot be changed or controlled • ...
US History Crossword 2024-06-05
Across
- The fall of the … wall in 1989 symbolized the end of the Cold War.
- The easing of hostility between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the 1970s.
- Jimmy …, President from 1977 to 1981.
- The policy of openness initiated by Gorbachev.
- The 1983 U.S. invasion of …
- President of the United States who resigned in 1974.
- … Hostage crisis, where 52 American diplomats were held hostage..
- The nickname for Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative.
- George H.W. …, President from 1989 to 1993.
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- The scandal that led to President Nixon's resignation.
- The … war had a large effect on American society.
- The policy of restructuring the Soviet economy and government initiated by Gorbachev.
- Ronald Reagan's economic policies.
- Ronald … President from 1981 to 1989.
- Mikhail …, leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991.
- The … War in 1991, fought in the persian gulf.
- The epidemic that began in the early 1980s.
17 Clues: The 1983 U.S. invasion of … • Ronald Reagan's economic policies. • Jimmy …, President from 1977 to 1981. • Ronald … President from 1981 to 1989. • The epidemic that began in the early 1980s. • George H.W. …, President from 1989 to 1993. • The policy of openness initiated by Gorbachev. • The … War in 1991, fought in the persian gulf. • ...
US History Review 2025-04-29
Across
- U.S. foreign policy that avoided involvement in other nations’ affairs
- Movement to ban alcohol
- President who issued the Emancipation Proclamation (last name)
- Laws that made racial segregation legal
- Main author of the Declaration of Independence (last name)
- The U.S. policy aiming to stop the spread of communism
- Purchase that doubled U.S. size in 1803
- The “separate but equal” Supreme Court case of 1896
- President known for the “New Deal” (initials)
- Country that attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941
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- The first ten amendments to the Constitution
- Term meaning the right to vote
- The war between North and South from 1861–1865
- Law granting free land to settlers in the West
- President during the Great Depression and WWII (last name)
- Time period of reform movements that wanted to fix problems of the Gilded Age
- Amendment that abolished slavery
17 Clues: Movement to ban alcohol • Term meaning the right to vote • Amendment that abolished slavery • Laws that made racial segregation legal • Purchase that doubled U.S. size in 1803 • The first ten amendments to the Constitution • President known for the “New Deal” (initials) • The war between North and South from 1861–1865 • Law granting free land to settlers in the West • ...
US History Review 2023-05-12
Across
- The highest federal court and final interpreter of the Constitution
- A call-up of military forces, usually in preparation for war
- The rapid manufacturing of large numbers of products
- The US policy after World War II of trying to keep the Soviet Union from expanding its area of influence and dominance
- A belief held in the first half of the the 19th century that the US had a mission to expand its borders from the Atlantic to the Pacific
- The sensational style of reporting used by some newspapers during the Spanish-American War and late 1800s
- Samuel Adams was the leader of this Patriot group: Sons of __________
- The period of economic hard times from 1929 to 1941
- The period in the early 20th century that sought to reform and correct abuses of Industrialization
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- The secret American program during World War II to develop an atomic bomb
- The first American Constitution
- A person opposed to the Constitution during the ratification debate of 1787
- The US purchased the Louisiana Territory from this country in 1803
- The economic system based on private ownership of the means of production, competition and the profit motive
- Policy by which one country takes control of another either directly or through economic or political dominance
- The forced movement of the Cherokee in 1838 to land West of the Mississippi River
- The first ten amendments to the US Constitution
17 Clues: The first American Constitution • The first ten amendments to the US Constitution • The period of economic hard times from 1929 to 1941 • The rapid manufacturing of large numbers of products • A call-up of military forces, usually in preparation for war • The US purchased the Louisiana Territory from this country in 1803 • ...
Loxleys War of 1812 Crossword 2019-04-18
Across
- Georges Native Nickname (Fiction)
- The Military unit who hunted the Americans (History)
- The Faction Attacking Upper Canada(History)
- The city That the magizine was blow up (History)
- The preson who alerted the British of the Americans (History)
- Who many times FireBrand Was shot(History)
- The First nation War leader (History)
- Bonaparte The Leader who the British are fighting on another continent
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- How many Chapters MrB needs to share with us (IRL)
- American war Cry (Histroy)
- The american President who declared war (History)
- The Fort General brock Captured First
- Why Aurora died (Fiction)
- The family we are following (Fiction)
- Who is a british general who died in Queenston (History)
15 Clues: Why Aurora died (Fiction) • American war Cry (Histroy) • Georges Native Nickname (Fiction) • The Fort General brock Captured First • The family we are following (Fiction) • The First nation War leader (History) • Who many times FireBrand Was shot(History) • The Faction Attacking Upper Canada(History) • The city That the magizine was blow up (History) • ...
Memorial Day 2023-05-25
Across
- Six year Patriot + sassy
- America, the ________.
- State Buddy Poppy Queen
- _______ Bless America!
- __________ dogs
- Uncle _________
- In Flanders fields the ______ blow
- Freedom isn't _________.
- US History teacher
- History Day winner
- Thank-you for your ________.
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- red, white, and _______
- 1939 to 1945
- fallen _______
- _________ cemetery
- 1914 to 1918
- _______ ship
- _______ balloons
- Memorial was first called _________ day.
- Pop was awarded 2 __________ hearts.
- _______ eggs
- __________ day weekend
22 Clues: 1939 to 1945 • 1914 to 1918 • _______ ship • _______ eggs • fallen _______ • __________ dogs • Uncle _________ • _______ balloons • _________ cemetery • US History teacher • History Day winner • America, the ________. • _______ Bless America! • __________ day weekend • red, white, and _______ • State Buddy Poppy Queen • Six year Patriot + sassy • Freedom isn't _________. • Thank-you for your ________. • ...
We the People 2023-05-23
Across
- Last president that was a founding father
- This doubled The size of the US
- 2 acts that increased the power of the government and president over the people
- First 10 Amendments
- Spark causing the Articles of Confederation to be rewritten
- First Secretary of State, Third President
- First US President
- He promoted native resistance to US Expansion
- The best-known power of the Supreme Court
- First US Treasury Secretary
- Statement that kept foreign countries out of the Americas
- Year Thomas Jefferson is elected president
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- Creator of the Judicial Review
- The war of 1812 was named for him
- US General at the Battle of New Orleans
- First US Constitution
- Most important person in US History
- Established judicial courts in the US
- Vice President during 2 presidencies
- Process which elects US Presidents
20 Clues: First US President • First 10 Amendments • First US Constitution • First US Treasury Secretary • Creator of the Judicial Review • This doubled The size of the US • The war of 1812 was named for him • Process which elects US Presidents • Most important person in US History • Vice President during 2 presidencies • Established judicial courts in the US • ...
US History Crossword 2022-11-10
Across
- a parcel of land put aside by the government where Native Americans were forced to live
- a factory defined by poor working conditions and low wages
- journalist who exposed "muck", usually of poor living conditions in city slums
- Largest Ocean
- group of employees who would strike, sabotage, or use other means to attempt to improve working conditions in factories
- President who was assassinated, which allowed Roosevelt to take office as President
- immigration center in New York
- Led "Rough Riders" in Spanish-American War
- Ship that exploded in Havana, Cuba
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- Pacific territory annexed in 1900
- to blend a culture into another
- period in American History when alcohol was illegal
- believed that government should take complete ownership of corrupt businesses
- when employees refuse to work
- believed that government should regulate but not control
- policy of gaining overseas colonies
- person who claimed and agreed to settle on land promised by the government
17 Clues: Largest Ocean • when employees refuse to work • immigration center in New York • to blend a culture into another • Pacific territory annexed in 1900 • Ship that exploded in Havana, Cuba • policy of gaining overseas colonies • Led "Rough Riders" in Spanish-American War • period in American History when alcohol was illegal • ...
US HISTORY CROSSWORD 2022-02-11
Across
- What protects the Individual Rights of the citizens.
- US first president
- A process by when people vote for office
- What makes a weak central government.
- How many houses of congress are there
- A plan or an agreement in which both sides give up a little and receive a little
- Who started the constitution
- What is the practice of owning slaves
- an official agreement between 2 nations
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- choose for an official position or task
- What group of Federalists Did not think that the BOR was necessary
- A people chosen to advise the president
- a change to the U.S. Constitution
- how many years is a president a president
- Is the leader of the executive branch of U.S.
- one of the two houses of Congress
- How many branches of the US GOV
17 Clues: US first president • Who started the constitution • How many branches of the US GOV • a change to the U.S. Constitution • one of the two houses of Congress • What makes a weak central government. • How many houses of congress are there • What is the practice of owning slaves • choose for an official position or task • A people chosen to advise the president • ...
US HISTORY CROSSWORD 2022-02-16
Across
- everyone, citizens and powerful leaders alike must obey the law
- Federalism
- No unreasonable search or arrest.
- People get rights not listed in Constitution.
- No excessive bail, fines, or cruel and unusual punishment.
- a system of government in which the power is divided between a central government and smaller political units such as states
- Citizens do not have to house soldiers.
- personal liberties or privilege
Down
- Any rights not given to federal government are given to the states and people.
- a government in which the people rule, a broad range of people shared in the power to govern themselves.
- each branch of government can exercise checks, or controls over the other branches
- No double jeopardy or no witness against yourself.
- Rights of accused in criminal cases to fair trial.
- Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition.
- the division of basic government roles into three branches
- Right to bear arms.
- Trial by jury.
- the people exercise their power by voting.
18 Clues: Federalism • Trial by jury. • Right to bear arms. • personal liberties or privilege • No unreasonable search or arrest. • Citizens do not have to house soldiers. • the people exercise their power by voting. • People get rights not listed in Constitution. • No double jeopardy or no witness against yourself. • Rights of accused in criminal cases to fair trial. • ...
US HISTORY CROSSWORD 2022-02-16
Across
- everyone, citizens and powerful leaders alike must obey the law
- the division of basic government roles into three branches
- No unreasonable search or arrest.
- People get rights not listed in Constitution.
- No excessive bail, fines, or cruel and unusual punishment.
- a system of government in which the power is divided between a central government and smaller political units such as states
- Citizens do not have to house soldiers.
- personal liberties or privilege
Down
- Any rights not given to federal government are given to the states and people.
- a government in which the people rule, a broad range of people shared in the power to govern themselves.
- each branch of government can exercise checks, or controls over the other branches
- No double jeopardy or no witness against yourself.
- Rights of accused in criminal cases to fair trial.
- Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition.
- the division of basic government roles into three branches
- Right to bear arms.
- Trial by jury.
- the people exercise their power by voting.
18 Clues: Trial by jury. • Right to bear arms. • personal liberties or privilege • No unreasonable search or arrest. • Citizens do not have to house soldiers. • the people exercise their power by voting. • People get rights not listed in Constitution. • No double jeopardy or no witness against yourself. • Rights of accused in criminal cases to fair trial. • ...
US HISTORY PUZZLE 2024-05-29
Across
- Opposed a strong national government and wanted more power for the states
- Purchase of French land doubling the size of the US in 1803 during Jefferson's term
- Helped write the Constitution and believed in checks and balances of power
- The first constitution of the United States that gave more powers to states than the national government
- The Constitution separated power among the branches to limit any one from becoming too strong
- George Washington decided America would stay out of conflicts between European nations
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- Led the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase
- Farmers revolted because they couldn't pay taxes, showing weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
- Group of advisers who helped the President run the government
- Laws restricting immigrants and free speech that eroded civil liberties
- Supported a stronger national government over the states
- A government where the people hold power and elect representatives
- A group that formally elects the President and Vice President
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who helped the judicial branch grow in power
- A law that helped settlers buy land fairly and earn money for the government
- First Secretary of the Treasury who wanted a strong industrial America
- The first ten amendments protecting civil liberties added to appease Antifederalists
17 Clues: Supported a stronger national government over the states • Group of advisers who helped the President run the government • A group that formally elects the President and Vice President • A government where the people hold power and elect representatives • Led the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase • ...
Our world 2025-12-08
Across
- Brazil is famous for its forests and carnival.
- Customs are special ways people do things in a place.
- The Great Wall is a famous place in China.
- A map shows us cities, rivers and mountains.
- The United States is in North America.
- Australia is part of Oceania.
- Old architecture like palaces tells us about the past.
- We use a globe to see all the countries.
- We can learn about the food and art of a culture.
- Can you find the location of Japan on the map?
- Every nation has its own flag and history.
- The history of Egypt is very interesting.
- The Sahara is the biggest hot desert.
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- The population of India is very large.
- People celebrate different festivals around the world.
- Different People in different places wear special clothes.
- Antarctic is very cold and covered in ice.
- Beijing is the capital of China.
- A Canadian person comes from Canada.
- Traveling helps us learn about new places.
- Africa is the second largest continent.
- There are many countries in Europe.
- China is a large world country with a long history.
- Many people in Canada speak English and French.
24 Clues: Australia is part of Oceania. • Beijing is the capital of China. • There are many countries in Europe. • A Canadian person comes from Canada. • The Sahara is the biggest hot desert. • The population of India is very large. • The United States is in North America. • Africa is the second largest continent. • We use a globe to see all the countries. • ...
6N Social Studies Review 2024-09-27
Across
- Your county.
- Human made objects that teach us about history or the culture of a place.
- Your country.
- Your continent.
- The five largest bodies of water.
- Using your five senses to collect information.
- Your city.
- The study of artifacts to help us learn about human history.
- The overall weather pattern of a place.
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- Halves of the Earth.
- The time before writing existed.
- The studies of humans in order to gain an understanding of how societies work.
- Your state.
- To dig.
- Using your observation and your background knowledge to come to a conclusion or make a theory about something.
- The study of the past.
- The 7 largest landmasses on our planet.
- The study of the world; its physical features, locations and how humans are impacted by where they live.
18 Clues: To dig. • Your city. • Your state. • Your county. • Your country. • Your continent. • Halves of the Earth. • The study of the past. • The time before writing existed. • The five largest bodies of water. • The 7 largest landmasses on our planet. • The overall weather pattern of a place. • Using your five senses to collect information. • ...
