us history Crossword Puzzles
US History Chapter 4 2023-09-18
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- Two house legislative body
- Chief executive officer of each colony
- What determined an individual's social class
- Predicted an eclipse in 1789
- Paddle-shaped board used to help children learn to read
- School founded by Benjamin Franklin
- Colonies with Anglican churches and producers of rice and indigo
- First regularly published weekly newspaper
- Helped introduce the smallpox inoculation
- Largest city in colonial America
- Author of Poor Richard's Almanac
- Largest group of settlers in the colonies
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- Most widely used textbook
- The "bread colonies" with a mixture of town and county governments
- German immigrants with a zeal for missionary work
- First professional composer born in America
- Name given to the trade routes the colonies followed
- Roads that connected the major cities
- City founded by the Moravians
- Natural pass through the Appalachian Mountains
- Colonies with Congregational churches and town government
- Idea that the colonies existed solely for the good of the mother country
22 Clues: Most widely used textbook • Two house legislative body • Predicted an eclipse in 1789 • City founded by the Moravians • Largest city in colonial America • Author of Poor Richard's Almanac • School founded by Benjamin Franklin • Roads that connected the major cities • Chief executive officer of each colony • Helped introduce the smallpox inoculation • ...
US History Chapter 4 2023-09-18
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- City founded by the Moravians
- Colonies with Congregational churches and town government
- Name given to the trade routes the colonies followed
- The "bread colonies" with a mixture of town and county governments
- Predicted an eclipse in 1789
- Colonies with Anglican churches and producers of rice and indigo
- Largest city in colonial America
- Author of Poor Richard's Almanac
- Roads that connected the major cities
- First professional composer born in America
- Paddle-shaped board used to help children learn to read
- Most widely used textbook
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- Helped introduce the smallpox inoculation
- Natural pass through the Appalachian Mountains
- Chief executive officer of each colony
- Idea that the colonies existed solely for the good of the mother country
- Thing that determined an individual's social class
- Largest group of settlers in the colonies
- First regularly published weekly newspaper
- School founded by Benjamin Franklin
- Two house legislative body
- German immigrants with a zeal for missionary work
22 Clues: Most widely used textbook • Two house legislative body • Predicted an eclipse in 1789 • City founded by the Moravians • Largest city in colonial America • Author of Poor Richard's Almanac • School founded by Benjamin Franklin • Roads that connected the major cities • Chief executive officer of each colony • Helped introduce the smallpox inoculation • ...
Chapter 1 US History 2023-08-22
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- Spanish explorers and conquerors
- Best-known city in the US with French heritage
- Created a school for navigators
- America was named after this explorer
- Conqueror of the Incas
- Spanish ruler defeated by a pirate and a storm
- Leader of the Aztecs
- First European to reach the Pacific Ocean
- Viking who landed in North America around 1000 A.D.
- Conquered by Hernando Cortes
- Period of wars between the Christians and the Moslems
- Movement in the 1300s that emphasized the abilities of mankind
- He Led a three-year expedition around the world
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- Defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588
- Introduced the movable-type printing press
- European country that sponsored Columbus's voyages
- French explorer who discovered the St. Lawrence River
- French settlement established by Samuel de Champlain
- The supposed water route through North America to the Pacific
- Religious movement in the 1500s that greatly influenced the colonists of North America
- First European to travel the length of Asia
- Roman Catholic monk who started the Protestant Reformation
- Discovered the New World by accident
- Queen of England who supported pirates
- French Protestant settlers who were avoiding religious persecution
25 Clues: Leader of the Aztecs • Conqueror of the Incas • Conquered by Hernando Cortes • Created a school for navigators • Spanish explorers and conquerors • Defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588 • Discovered the New World by accident • America was named after this explorer • Queen of England who supported pirates • First European to reach the Pacific Ocean • ...
Chapter 1 US History 2023-08-22
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- Discovered the New World by accident
- Defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588
- Queen of England who supported pirates
- Viking who landed in North America around 1000 A.D.
- French explorer who discovered the St. Lawrence River
- Period of wars between the Christians and the Moslems
- First European to travel the length of Asia
- French settlement established by Samuel de Champlain
- Leader of the Aztecs
- Spanish ruler defeated by a pirate and a storm
- First European to reach the Pacific Ocean
- Best-known city in the US with French heritage
- Created a school for navigators
- Spanish explorers and conquerors
- Roman Catholic monk who started the Protestant Reformation
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- French Protestant settlers who were avoiding religious persecution
- He led a three-year expedition around the world
- America was named after this explorer
- Conqueror of the Incas
- The supposed water route through North America to the Pacific
- Conquered by Hernando Cortes
- Religious movement in the 1500s that greatly influenced the colonists of North America
- Introduced the movable-type printing press
- Movement in the 1300s that emphasized the abilities of mankind
- European country that sponsored Columbus's voyages
25 Clues: Leader of the Aztecs • Conqueror of the Incas • Conquered by Hernando Cortes • Created a school for navigators • Spanish explorers and conquerors • Defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588 • Discovered the New World by accident • America was named after this explorer • Queen of England who supported pirates • First European to reach the Pacific Ocean • ...
US History Unit 5 2022-11-15
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- a nineteenth-century term for the illegal transport of alcoholic beverages that became popular during prohibition
- After being introduced during World War I, ____________ became a common feature in American homes of the 1920s.
- The stock market crash of October 1929 set the ____________ Depression into motion.
- The ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬_________________ changed the face of America, both economically and socially.
- Mass _____________, especially of the automobile, increased mobility and fostered new industries.
- someone who lives outside of their home country
- October 29, 1929: Stock holders traded over sixteen million shares and lost over $14 billion in wealth in a single day.
- assembly line a manufacturing process that allowed workers to stay in one place as the work came to them
- The first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
- The ________________ Trial captured the attention of the country, epitomized the nation’s urban/rural divide, and marked a key point in the debate over the Theory of Evolution.
- From 1920 to 1923, Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall was involved in a scam that became known as the _____________ scandal.
- The ______________ made car ownership available to the average American.
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- The Emergency _________________ Act of 1921 introduced numerical limits on European immigration for the first time in U.S. history.
- A reference to the infamous trial in Scottsboro, Alabama in 1931, where nine African American boys were falsely accused of raping two White women and sentenced to death
- American _______________ refers to the belief that hard work brought its own rewards.
- The Jazz Age female stereotype, seeking the endless party
- Revived by the wartime migration and fired up by the violence of the postwar riots, urban Black people developed a strong cultural expression in the 1920s that came to be known as the _________________ Renaissance.
- Where investors purchased into high-risk schemes that they hoped would pay off quickly
- Widespread overproduction and overuse of the land, as well as harsh weather conditions, resulted in the creation of the _______________.
- President who was known as “a man of few words”
- Prized White Americans with older family trees over more recent immigrants, and rejected outside influences in favor of their own local customs
- Born out of the African American community, ___________ was a uniquely American music.
- The _________________ Memorandum reversed the Roosevelt Corollary and returned to the older understanding of the Monroe Doctrine, in which the U.S. pledged assistance to her Latin American neighbors should any European powers interfere in Western Hemisphere affairs.
- the more permissive mores adopted my many young people in the 1920s
- Known as the _______________ Generation, writers like F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis, Edith Wharton, and John Dos Passos expressed their hopelessness and despair by skewering the middle class in their work.
- A group of World War I veterans and affiliated groups who marched to Washington in 1932 to demand their war bonuses early, only to be refused and forcibly removed by the U.S. Army
26 Clues: President who was known as “a man of few words” • someone who lives outside of their home country • The first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean • The Jazz Age female stereotype, seeking the endless party • the more permissive mores adopted my many young people in the 1920s • The ______________ made car ownership available to the average American. • ...
US History Post Puzzle 2022-05-11
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- general of the continental army
- equal citizenship by birth
- belief that the United States should control all of North America
- Union General and reconstruction President
- settled the dispute over representation in Congress
- believed in a powerful central government
- warned Europe not to colonize the Western Hemisphere
- settled by Catholics for religious freedom
- the first national park
- warned against political parties, debt and foreign alliances
- fur trade
- turning point of the civil war
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- goal of ending slavery
- population exploded due to discovery of gold
- abolished slavery
- lands gained after the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
- all white men could vote
- turning point of the Revolution
- aimed to help former slaves adapt
- universal male suffrage
- agreement to end a war
- reasons why European countries colonized and explored
22 Clues: fur trade • abolished slavery • goal of ending slavery • agreement to end a war • universal male suffrage • the first national park • all white men could vote • equal citizenship by birth • turning point of the civil war • general of the continental army • turning point of the Revolution • aimed to help former slaves adapt • believed in a powerful central government • ...
US History Final Project 2022-05-18
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- A scandal involving Richard Nixon
- Formally abolished slavery in the United States
- population of slaves would be counted as three-fifths in total when apportioning Representatives
- Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages
- Journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration
- A diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States
- A civil rights organization founded in 1909 to fight prejudice, lynching, and Jim Crow segregation
- A 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba
- He served as the 28th President of the United States
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- a document signed on July 4, 1776
- Gave women the right to vote
- written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain
- Colonies' fight for independence from Britain
- The promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism
- This war began as an intervention by the United States on behalf of Cuba
- laws passed by Southern states in 1865 and 1866 that affected the freedom of African Americans
- An act imposing a tax on documents and printed items such as wills, newspapers, and playing cards
- State and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States
- The 1st president of the United States
- Laws passed in 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1939 to limit U.S. involvement in future wars
20 Clues: Gave women the right to vote • a document signed on July 4, 1776 • A scandal involving Richard Nixon • The 1st president of the United States • Colonies' fight for independence from Britain • Formally abolished slavery in the United States • He served as the 28th President of the United States • A diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States • ...
Modern US History Review 2023-06-02
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- Poet of the Harlem Renaissance
- Initials of the man who said "I Have a Dream"
- The US fought a war here 1950-1953
- Taking risks in the stock market
- The time period associated with the 18th amendment
- The belief in the equality of men and women
- herbicide used in Vietnam Agent ________
- First man on the moon
- music festival in New York 1969
- Treaty that punished Germany after WWI
- Allied invasion of Western Europe June 6, 1944
- Eleanor_________ was a active supporter of the New Deal
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- The nation of Japan attacked us here 12/7/41
- US general WW1
- US helped fight the communist in the North here
- Journalists who exposed corruption
- Dictator of Germany WW2
- US President who made the decision to use atom bomb
- Provides for a pension in old age
- Know for his Great Society and Civil Rights laws
- Scandal that led to Nixon's resignation
- World War I US President
- Population expansion after World War II
- Initials of the President during Great Depression AND WW2
24 Clues: US general WW1 • First man on the moon • Dictator of Germany WW2 • World War I US President • Poet of the Harlem Renaissance • music festival in New York 1969 • Taking risks in the stock market • Provides for a pension in old age • Journalists who exposed corruption • The US fought a war here 1950-1953 • Treaty that punished Germany after WWI • ...
US History Cross Word 2024-09-23
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- – Staying out of world affairs
- Plan – U.S. loan to Germany
- Tuesday – Stock market crash day
- Land Boom – Real estate frenzy
- Dome Scandal – Oil corruption scandal
- – German submarine
- Act – Protected labor unions
- and Vanzetti Trial – Famous anarchist trial
- Note – German message to Mexico
- Age – 1920s cultural era
- System – Limits on immigration
- Powers – Fought against Central Powers
- Raids – Arrests of suspected radicals
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- – Ship sunk in WWI
- Deal – FDR's recovery programs
- Pledge – Germany’s submarine promise
- Pact – Agreement to avoid war
- Scare – Fear of communism
- Security Act – Retirement benefits law
- Powers – Opposed the Allies in WWI
20 Clues: – Ship sunk in WWI • – German submarine • Age – 1920s cultural era • Scare – Fear of communism • Plan – U.S. loan to Germany • Act – Protected labor unions • Pact – Agreement to avoid war • – Staying out of world affairs • Deal – FDR's recovery programs • Land Boom – Real estate frenzy • System – Limits on immigration • Note – German message to Mexico • ...
US History Chapter 16 2025-02-11
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- Last name of a song leader
- Last name of the captain of the food producing industry
- Last name of the captain of the steel industry
- Last name of a famous evangelist and preacher from Chicago
- Island that many immigrants passed through in New York when they came to America
- Last name of the captain of the banking industry
- Last name of the captain of the railroad industry
- Last name of a blind Christian songwriter
- Last name of an honest but weak president, 1889
- Last name of the man who assassinated a president by shooting him in the back at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C.
- Invented in 1867 and helped secretaries
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- The desire for worldly possessions and belief that only possessions can bring you true happiness
- Last name of a Christian man who became president in 1897
- Last name of the man credited with the phonograph, light bulb, and thousands of other inventions
- Last name of the captain of the oil industry
- Last name of the first president to serve two nonconsecutive terms
- Last name, wrote “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life”
- Invention by Alexander Graham Bell
- Movement of the population to the city
- Last name of the vice president that was sworn in as president from the previous president's death
- Last name of the president that was assassinated on July 2, 1881
21 Clues: Last name of a song leader • Invention by Alexander Graham Bell • Movement of the population to the city • Invented in 1867 and helped secretaries • Last name of a blind Christian songwriter • Last name of the captain of the oil industry • Last name of the captain of the steel industry • Last name of an honest but weak president, 1889 • ...
US History Moduale 4 2024-11-25
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- colonist who chose to fight for independence from great britain
- apart of the coercive acts
- 12 colonist that met
- a shooting/massacre against the British
- British military
- a virginian that commanded the army
- informed the continental army
- a wealth young Frenchman
- main author of the declaration of independence
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- a 47 page pamphlet
- success the seas to naval hero
- a very important British victory
- dumped over 340 tea chests into the Boston harbor
- last major of the American revolution
- an experienced military officer from prussia
- a battle that took place from breeds hill
- of the common sense
- Marion organized marionsbrigade
- British general
- local leader who could not tax the colonist without permission
- great Britain recognized the independence of the United states
- announcement that the colonies broke from great britian
- greatest victory for the Americans
23 Clues: British general • British military • a 47 page pamphlet • of the common sense • 12 colonist that met • a wealth young Frenchman • apart of the coercive acts • informed the continental army • success the seas to naval hero • Marion organized marionsbrigade • a very important British victory • greatest victory for the Americans • a virginian that commanded the army • ...
US History Final (1) 2025-05-11
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- first billionaire in history
- president during WWII
- this battle saw the bloodiest day in the Civil War
- U.S. strategy in the Pacific Theater
- concrete barrier built to keep people in East Berlin
- Mark Twain was the most famous ______ of the Gilded Age
- making public accusations without evidence
- president who emphasized "rugged invidualism"
- U.S. project to build the first atomic bomb
- president who organized the Camp David Accords
- president during the 9/11 attacks
- these American citizens were put in internment camps during WWII
- Richard Nixon was the only president to do this
- first state to grant women voting rights
- type of gardens planted by Americans during WWI
- youngest elected president
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- name given to Churchill, FDR, and Stalin
- writers and journalists who criticized the evils of society
- ended by the Compromise of 1877
- Robert E. Lee was the president of this
- Pacific battle in which the U.S. destroyed Japan's navy
- marked the beginning of the Civil War
- George H.W. Bush launched this war
- "Buffalo Bill" Cody popularized this
- organization created from Wilson's Fourteen Points
- Brown v. Board desegregated these
- the Truman Doctrine pledged help countries resist this
- capital city of the Confederacy
- president who dropped atomic bombs on Japan
- Union general put in charge of the West during the Civil War
- note that proposed a German-Mexican alliance against the U.S.
- 25% of Americans were ______ during the Great Depression
32 Clues: president during WWII • youngest elected president • first billionaire in history • ended by the Compromise of 1877 • capital city of the Confederacy • Brown v. Board desegregated these • president during the 9/11 attacks • George H.W. Bush launched this war • "Buffalo Bill" Cody popularized this • U.S. strategy in the Pacific Theater • marked the beginning of the Civil War • ...
US History Final (2) 2025-05-08
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- emphasized "rugged individualism" during the Great Depression
- first billion in history
- Scopes Monkey Trial was a clash between this and evolution
- put in charge of the west at the end of the Civil War
- president who dropped atomic bombs on Japan
- 25% of Americans were unemployed during this
- youngest elected president
- battle that saw the single bloodiest day in the Civil War
- global organization created by Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points
- president during 9/11 attacks
- Lyndon B. Johnson's welfare program
- U.S. strategy in the Pacific Theater
- making public accusations without evidence
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- organized the Camp David Accords
- Spanish-American war began after the sinking of this ship
- turning point for the Union in the Civil War
- first state to grant women the right to vote
- planted by Americans during WWI to grow food
- first name of the general who led the Union to victory
- Churchill, FDR, and Stalin were known by this name
- deadly Pacific battle that led to the atomic bomb
- Ronald Reagan led this movement
- president during WWII
- U.S. program to build the first atomic bomb
- beaches were D-Day took place
- Teddy Roosevelt's volunteer calvary unit
- Truman Doctrine pledged to help democratic nations resist this
- European commander during WWII
28 Clues: president during WWII • first billion in history • youngest elected president • beaches were D-Day took place • president during 9/11 attacks • European commander during WWII • Ronald Reagan led this movement • organized the Camp David Accords • Lyndon B. Johnson's welfare program • U.S. strategy in the Pacific Theater • Teddy Roosevelt's volunteer calvary unit • ...
US History Final (3) 2025-05-08
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- first name of the general who led the Union to victory
- deadly Pacific battle that led to the atomic bomb
- battle in which the U.S. defeated Japan's navy
- nickname give to Theodore Roosevelt
- act that allowed President to sell war materials during WWII
- court case that outlawed public school segregation
- president during WWI
- note that proposed a German-Mexican alliance against the U.S.
- type of garden planted by Americans during WWI
- Japanese-Americans were rounded up in these camps during WWII
- Lyndon B. Johnson declared a war on this
- the "American Dream" was to become this
- type of journalism that involves sensational and unfounded news
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- European commander during WWII
- only president never elected president or vice president
- Hawaiian naval base attacked by Japan
- battle that saw the single bloodiest day in the Civil War
- last president to achieve a budget surplus
- capital of the Confederacy
- Truman Doctrine pledged to help democratic nations resist this
- making public accusations without evidence
- Richard Nixon was the only president to do this
- only president never elected president or vice president
- declaration for Japan's unconditional surrender
- president who embraced "laissez-faire" economics
25 Clues: president during WWI • capital of the Confederacy • European commander during WWII • nickname give to Theodore Roosevelt • Hawaiian naval base attacked by Japan • the "American Dream" was to become this • Lyndon B. Johnson declared a war on this • last president to achieve a budget surplus • making public accusations without evidence • ...
US History Fall Review 2024-12-11
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- Amendment granting universal male suffrage
- Target of Jane Addams' Hull House
- President of Standard Oil
- Canal in NY that connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
- economic system in which a mother country uses colonies to increase its wealth
- Settlement founded in 1607 and considered the first permanent English colony in America
- Religious group responsible for founding Pennsylvania. Got along with Natives
- President during the Trail of Tears
- Port of entry for immigrants from Europe
- Term for a journalist who exposed the abuses in society
- Led Native troops to the defeat of Custer at Little Big Horn
- Wrote "Common Sense"
- Western border of the United States after the Revolution
- cash crop responsible for the success of the Virginia Colony
- One of the most important people in convincing the French to join the American Revolution
- Amendment granting women the right to vote
- Party formed in the 1850's to oppose slavery
- religious revival that led to a further split with England
- Manifest Destiny President
- President who signed the Alien and Sedition Acts
- Union leader responsible for winning at Vicksburg
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- Amendment leading to the people electing members of the Senate
- Eventual banned from entering the country, helped build the transcontinental railroad
- Added to the Constitution to gain support of anti-federalists and protect rights
- _____compact Agreement signed in 1620 establishing self-government for the Pilgrims
- President of U.S. Steel
- Turning point of the American Revolution
- First successful British colony in North America
- Period in which the Southern States were readmitted to the United States after the Civil War
- _____ neglect. British policy of not enforcing laws on the colonies.
- Compromise in 1820 to balance slave and free states
- Ending slavery, accomplished after passage of the 13th Amendment
- Man who came up with the American System
- Owning this was no longer required to vote starting during the Age of Jackson
- Issued the Emancipation Proclamation
- President during the Louisiana Purchase
- Vice-President to Teddy Roosevelt
- factories could stay open longer and people could have more leisure time at home.
- President during the War of 1812
- Leader who advocated for public education Horace _____
- Allowed slaves to produce 50 times more cotton each day
- Laws legalizing segregation in the south in public places
- _______Falls Convention, meeting about women's rights
- group seeking racial equality
- Rebellion in 1676 led by farmers against Native Americans and Virginia's government.
- Final Battle of the American Revolution
- Battle in Pennsylvania that was the turning point of the Civil War
- Type of journalism that sensationalizes stories to sell copies
- Port of entry for immigrants from Asia
- Leader of the Colonial Army during the American Revolution
- European group responsible for founding the Middle Colonies
51 Clues: Wrote "Common Sense" • President of U.S. Steel • President of Standard Oil • Manifest Destiny President • group seeking racial equality • President during the War of 1812 • Target of Jane Addams' Hull House • Vice-President to Teddy Roosevelt • President during the Trail of Tears • Issued the Emancipation Proclamation • Port of entry for immigrants from Asia • ...
Honors US history Review 2025-06-05
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- Teenager whose murder sparked national outrage
- Legalized “separate but equal” segregation
- Program that allowed the U.S. to supply allies before joining WWII
- Belief that if one nation fell to communism, others would follow
- Economic plan of tax cuts and deregulation
- Communist leader of North Vietnam
- Symbol of suburban expansion and conformity
- Protesters who rode buses into segregated southern states
- First Black students to integrate Central High School
- Supreme Court case that upheld internment
- Helped returning soldiers with college and home loans
- Alliance formed to counter Soviet aggression
- Division between communist and non-communist Europe
- FBI program that spied on civil rights groups
- First city destroyed by an atomic bomb
- Justification used for Iraq War in 2003
- Law expanding government surveillance after 9/11
- Overturned school segregation in 1954
- Nonviolent protests at segregated lunch counters
- Toxic herbicide used by the U.S. in Vietnam
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- Civil rights protest triggered by Rosa Parks
- Leaders of the U.S., U.K., and USSR during WWII
- Promised support for nations resisting communism
- Civil defense drill practiced during Cold War nuclear fears
- Authorized the internment of Japanese Americans
- “Star Wars” missile defense proposal
- U.S. financial aid for rebuilding post-war Europe
- Gave LBJ war powers in Vietnam
- Site of student deaths during anti-war protest
- 1989 event signaling Cold War’s end
- Latino fight for rights, education, and labor justice
- MLK's defense of nonviolent protest
- Militant group that demanded Black empowerment
- Surprise attack that brought the U.S. into WWII
- Site of MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech
- Accusations of communism without evidence
- Flammable weapon used during the Vietnam War
- Congressional committee that investigated communism
38 Clues: Gave LBJ war powers in Vietnam • Communist leader of North Vietnam • 1989 event signaling Cold War’s end • MLK's defense of nonviolent protest • “Star Wars” missile defense proposal • Site of MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech • Overturned school segregation in 1954 • First city destroyed by an atomic bomb • Justification used for Iraq War in 2003 • ...
US History Crossword Puzzle 2024-12-04
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- cut off all trade with a country
- Law that gave free land in the west
- Faster, cheaper production in factories
- Caused faster travel, more trade, more growth
- Japan attacked here
- Become more like an American
- Writers who exposed bad things in society
- drought on the Great Plains
- Amendment for women's right to vote
- Moving to cities for jobs
- First affordable car
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- Connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
- One company controls all similar companies, no competition
- Fear of communism
- 1898 war, US became a world power
- Making things in factories
- Protects your money in the bank
- strategy to quickly conquer a nation
- African Americans move to cities in the north for jobs
- unemployment insurance and retirement payments
- Amendment that repealed Prohibition
- Amendment that led to Prohibition
22 Clues: Fear of communism • Japan attacked here • First affordable car • Moving to cities for jobs • Making things in factories • drought on the Great Plains • Become more like an American • Protects your money in the bank • cut off all trade with a country • 1898 war, US became a world power • Amendment that led to Prohibition • Law that gave free land in the west • ...
3rd PERIOD US HISTORY 2025-08-20
23 Clues: WW2 • makeup • Sports • soccer • What if • titanic • Fortnite • Fortnite • Jesus!!! • the beach • the beach • starbucks • Basketball • about soccer • Fighter jets • overthinking • probably nothing • the power of music • Taekwondo, my friends • Being a military child • The power of positivity • Motorcycles or football • Importance of 4th of july
US History Fall Final 2025-12-11
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- Areas of land set aside by the US government for Native American tribes.
- Political party that wanted a strong state government and pushed for a Bill of Rights.
- Upton Sinclair's book that exposed the unsanitary practices in the Meatpacking industry.
- This period was referred to by this name because while it looked prosperous on the surface, it hid major social problems like poverty and corruption.
- This 1862 Act offered 160 acres of free land in the West to settlers willing to live on and cultivate it for five years.
- His Supreme Court case ruled that African Americans were not citizens and Congress could not ban slavery in the territories.
- British acts passed to punish Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party, closing Boston Harbor.
- The belief that the United States was preordained to expand its dominion across the entire continent.
- Their main goal on this expedition was to map the new territory and find a water route to the Pacific.
- The 1770 event used as colonial propaganda showing British soldiers firing on a crowd.
- The name of the new nation formed by the states that seceded from the Union.
- An organized association of workers formed to protect their rights and interests.
- The document that organized the government into three separate branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.
- A reason that attracts people to a new country, such as economic opportunity or freedom.
- A business leader who used ruthless, unethical business practices to get rich.
- The belief that only the fittest individuals and businesses thrive in society, often used to justify wealth inequality.
- Proclamation issued by Lincoln that freed enslaved people only in the rebellious states.
- The final major battle of the Revolutionary War, where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington.
- British tax on all printed materials in the colonies, which heavily angered colonists.
- The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union.
- This 1854 Act repealed the Missouri Compromise and introduced popular sovereignty to the territories.
- The rapid growth of cities, which created problems like overcrowding, poor sanitation, and disease.
- The main way the North made money, based on factories and manufacturing.
- A reason that causes people to leave their home country, such as war or famine.
- The forced, deadly march of the Cherokee Nation from their homeland to Indian Territory.
- Colonist who remained faithful to the King and Great Britain.
- The 1882 Act that completely banned immigration of workers from China.
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- President who used his power to support "universal white male suffrage" and often clashed with the Supreme Court.
- Purchase of a vast territory from France that essentially doubled the size of the country.
- Short speech by Lincoln dedicated to a major battlefield, redefining the war as a fight for liberty and equality.
- The Supreme Court case that legalized racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine.
- The immigration processing station in San Francisco Bay.
- His victory in the 1860 Election, without a single Southern state, led many Southern states to consider leaving the Union.
- A source that interprets or analyzes an event after the fact; a textbook or biography.
- Group of Republicans during Reconstruction who sought to severely punish the South and grant full rights to freedmen.
- The terrorist organization that used violence to suppress Black voting and restore white supremacy in the South.
- The 1783 treaty that officially ended the Revolutionary War and recognized American independence.
- The policy of protecting the interests of native-born inhabitants against those of immigrants.
- The type of war where armies destroy civilian resources and infrastructure to break the enemy's will to fight.
- The main way the South made money, based on cash crops and farming.
- This Supreme Court case ruled that the Cherokee Nation was a sovereign entity, but President Jackson ignored the decision.
- Differences in economy, culture, and lifestyle that led to divisions between the various colonies.
- A person who sought to end slavery in the United States.
- The primary reason for the major increase in Irish immigration in the mid-1800s.
- His main military strategy was to avoid large, decisive battles and keep the Continental Army intact.
- A source created at the time of the event; an original document or artifact.
- The Union strategy to blockade Southern ports and control the Mississippi River to squeeze the South's economy.
- The Civil War Amendment that granted citizenship and equal protection under the law to all persons born or naturalized in the US.
48 Clues: The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union. • The immigration processing station in San Francisco Bay. • A person who sought to end slavery in the United States. • Colonist who remained faithful to the King and Great Britain. • The main way the South made money, based on cash crops and farming. • ...
Unit 10 US History 2017-03-06
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- literary and artistic movement of the late 1800's and early 1900's
- Studied American birds – anatomy and behavior – naturalist
- poorly designed apartments that housed large numbers of people
- Fought for reforms in prisons and hospitals
- belief that people could transcend opr rise above material things in life – focused on nature
- NOT A REAL RAILROAD- system in place to transport fugitive/escaped slaves to freedom
- American Art School – focused on landscapes and man’s connection to nature
- New York 1848 – 1st public meeting about women’s rights
- Conductor on Underground RR – made 19 successful trips from South freeing slaves
- Americans that opposed immigration into the United States
- Major figure in Women’s movement – appeared on $1 coin in 1980s
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- Political organization that supported measures to make it difficult for foreigners to gain US citizenship
- Abolitionist – well spoken/written – started newspaper The North Star
- Prohibition – supported laws against the consumption of alcohol
- One of the founders of the Women’s Movement – Seneca Falls Convention – was Anti-Slavery and Women’s Rights
- Women’s rights movement included voting and shorter work day
- poem by Walt Whitman – considered to be the father of American Free Verse Poetry
- Abolitionist traveled country speaking against slavery
- American Author – wrote Hackberry Finn – gave insight into Southern culture
- Worked for equality for women – focused on women’s contribution to society
20 Clues: Fought for reforms in prisons and hospitals • Abolitionist traveled country speaking against slavery • New York 1848 – 1st public meeting about women’s rights • Americans that opposed immigration into the United States • Studied American birds – anatomy and behavior – naturalist • Women’s rights movement included voting and shorter work day • ...
US History Unit 4 2017-09-25
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- brought from foreign markets
- group of civilians trained to fight
- crops that could be sold easily in the markets of the colonies or overseas
- variety – different cultures all living and working together
- bosses, to keep slaves working hard
- route of trade that formed a triangle (England-West Indies –New England Colonies)
- King George declared that the Appalachian Mts. Were new western border
- learning assistants
- 1689 guaranteeing certain basic rights to all citizens
- established by settlers who had been given a charter
- Caribbean Basin is a region of the North Atlantic Ocean
- 1720-1740) “new birth” a movement that called for the strengthening of religious faith
- strict rules governing the behavior and punishment of enslaved Africans
- ended the American Revolution
- hills and forests of the Appalachian Mountains
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- the ability to read and write
- colonies directed ruled by the Great Britain (King)
- refers to the part of the trade where Africans, densely packed onto ships, were transported across the Atlantic to the West Indies.
- called for one general government
- colonies ruled by Proprietors
- region of flat, low lying plains along the east coast
- to sell abroad (outside of home country)
- war in Europe between Great Britain and France
- unions (with Native American Tribes)
- produced just enough to meet the needs of their families
- spread the idea of knowledge, reason and science
- trading illegally with other nations
- as a notion’s trade grows, its gold reserve increase and the nation becomes more powerful
28 Clues: learning assistants • brought from foreign markets • the ability to read and write • colonies ruled by Proprietors • ended the American Revolution • called for one general government • group of civilians trained to fight • bosses, to keep slaves working hard • unions (with Native American Tribes) • trading illegally with other nations • to sell abroad (outside of home country) • ...
Unit 1 US History 2017-09-28
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- an astronomical instrument used to determine latitude and longitude at sea by measuring angular distance, especially the altitudes of the sun, moon and stars
- an astronomical instrument instrument for taking the altitude of the sun or stars and for the solution of other problems in astronomy and navigation: Used by Greek astronomers from about 200 B.C. and by Arab astronomers from the Middle Ages until replaced by the Sextant.
- explorers who travelled the Mississippi River and were often fur trappers who traded with the Natives
- a major crop which is native to the Americas and can be made into flour and now, popular
- the people who lived in the Americas for thousands of years and flourished until Europeans invaded.
- along with Da Gama, Portuguese explorer who sailed around the tip of Africa
- the location of the land bridge that was glacier 20-30,000 years ago and is now sea
- led the first expedition to sail around the world in 1549. His crew was the first to circumnavigate the earth.
- How scientists believe the first people came from Asia to the Americas 20-30,000 years ago
- Resources compiled and interpreted from primary and secondary sources.
- explored the West Indies and the Caribbean in 1492 and never knew he didn’t reach Asia (East Indies)
- The Study of the process of history
- Native Americans believed no one could own this
- Native Americans believed everything, even rocks, had this
- explored Southwestern North America for Spain in 1540
- Copying work that is not your own without giving credit to the author
- brought to the New World by Europeans, these animals helped the Spanish conquer natives and changed the life of many Native Americans
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- genetic evidence used to determine when the first people came to North America
- small pox and typhoid for example, this killed many Natives, especially when Europeans gave the Natives contaminated blankets
- an early cash crop in the Southern Colonies of America, introduced to settlers by the Natives and adored in Europe.
- Europeans wanted to convert Native Americans to this belief
- Theory that the first humans came to the new world by following North Pacific coastlines from Asia into the Americas
- the recovery and study of physical remains from past human life and culture
- explorers and colonists who explored the east coast and then settled what became the 13 colonies under the rule of King George
- A first hand account of an event. Examples Declaration of Independence, Anne Frank’s Diary
- Spanish explorers, soldier-adventurers, who wanted to conquer the New World.
- Essential occupation for the earliest colonists for survival before they can plant and grow their crops.
- the exchange of goods and ideas between the New and the Old World
- the land Columbus was looking for
- History that took place before the development of writing
- English explorer who explored the East Coast of North America
- Motivation for European explorers, which reflected their individualistic societal beliefs
- source
- early explorers, conquistadors, who conquered Natives in south and Central America looking for gold, riches and slaves
- the first Europeans to land in the New World in 1001, but they did not settle there.
35 Clues: source • the land Columbus was looking for • The Study of the process of history • Native Americans believed no one could own this • explored Southwestern North America for Spain in 1540 • History that took place before the development of writing • Native Americans believed everything, even rocks, had this • Europeans wanted to convert Native Americans to this belief • ...
US History (1607-1877) 2017-05-21
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- a 13 day siege at a mission in San Antonio
- taxed glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea entering the colonies.
- The first cultural movement to unite the Thirteen Colonies.
- Act passed in 1766 just after the repeal of the Stamp Act.
- a war between citizens of the same country.
- a war fought from 1775-1783 and won by the 13 American colonies
- 1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine
- 7th U.S. President
- They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists
- "no taxation without representation," introduced by Patrick Henry
- An act of 1689 granting freedom of worship to dissenters
- issued October 7, 1763, by King George III
- The last battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in 1781
- An armed rebellion by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon
- The first bloodshed of the American Revolution
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- destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company.
- Turning point of the American Revolution
- a tariff on sugar, coffee, wines, and molasses.
- a land deal between the United States and France
- the first legislative body in colonial America
- the first constitution of the United States, on November 15 ,1777
- sent letters of complaints to the king and parliament
- The first permanent English settlement in North America, founded in 1607
- a series of Acts passed in the English Parliament in 1651,1660 & 1663
- 3rd U.S. President
- The first agreement for self-government in America.
26 Clues: 7th U.S. President • 3rd U.S. President • 1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine • Turning point of the American Revolution • a 13 day siege at a mission in San Antonio • issued October 7, 1763, by King George III • a war between citizens of the same country. • the first legislative body in colonial America • The first bloodshed of the American Revolution • ...
US History (1607-1877) 2017-05-21
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- destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company.
- a tariff on sugar, coffee, wines, and molasses.
- An act of 1689 granting freedom of worship to dissenters
- "no taxation without representation," introduced by Patrick Henry
- The first agreement for self-government in America.
- a war between citizens of the same country.
- issued October 7, 1763, by King George III
- The last battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in 1781
- the first constitution of the United States, on November 15 ,1777
- An armed rebellion by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon
- The first permanent English settlement in North America, founded in 1607
- Act passed in 1766 just after the repeal of the Stamp Act.
- The first bloodshed of the American Revolution
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- They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists
- Turning point of the American Revolution
- a 13 day siege at a mission in San Antonio
- a series of Acts passed in the English Parliament in 1651,1660 & 1663
- 3rd U.S. President
- a war fought from 1775-1783 and won by the 13 American colonies
- 1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine
- The first cultural movement to unite the Thirteen Colonies.
- a land deal between the United States and France
- the first legislative body in colonial America
- sent letters of complaints to the king and parliament
- taxed glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea entering the colonies.
- 7th U.S. President
26 Clues: 3rd U.S. President • 7th U.S. President • 1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine • Turning point of the American Revolution • a 13 day siege at a mission in San Antonio • issued October 7, 1763, by King George III • a war between citizens of the same country. • the first legislative body in colonial America • The first bloodshed of the American Revolution • ...
US History Crossword #1 2013-02-26
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- Preference for or dislike of something or someone
- words that have similiar meanings
- is to examine what two or more things have in common
- a crop grown by a farmer to be sold for money rather than for personal use
- a worker hired by a planter to watch over and direct the work of slaves
- a 1739 uprising of slaves in South Carolina, leading to the tightening of already harsh slave laws
- is to examine how two or more things are different
- obvious and intentional exaggeration
- the transatlantic system of trade in which goods, including slaves, were exchanged between Africa, England, Europe, the West Indies, and the colonies in North America
- a mountain range that stretches from eastern Canada south to Alabama
- Information spread with the intention to persuade readers
- a mill in which grain is ground to produce flour or meal
- a broad plateau that leads to the foot of a mountain range
- the point at which a waterfall prevents large boats from moving farther upriver
- a large group of families that claim a common ancestor
- a skilled worker who makes goods by hand; a craftsperson
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- a colonial region that ran along the Appalachian Mountains
- a farm that produces enough food for the family with a small additional amount for trade
- a series of laws passed by Parliament to ensure that England made money from its colonies' trade
- a variety of people
- A word with the same spelling but different meaning
- a vehicle with wide wheels, a curved bed, and a canvas cover used by American pioneers
- words that have opposite meanings
- to illegally import or export goods
- a plant grown in the Southern colonies that yields a deep blue dye
25 Clues: a variety of people • words that have similiar meanings • words that have opposite meanings • to illegally import or export goods • obvious and intentional exaggeration • Preference for or dislike of something or someone • is to examine how two or more things are different • A word with the same spelling but different meaning • ...
US History Review Crossword 2013-04-04
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- Branch of government that includes the President, Vice President, and cabinet.
- Peaceful religious group that founded Pennsylvania.
- Political body representing American interests and challenging British control.
- Forcing people to shelter soldiers in their homes.
- Ancient empire conquered by Pizarro.
- Branch of government that makes laws.
- A tax on all printed materials.
- Fifth president.
- Citizens that stayed loyal to Britain.
- Where Columbus first landed.
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- People who wanted to reform the church of England.
- First man(or his crew anyway) to circumnavigate the world.
- State that was annexed by the U.S.
- Famous for betraying the U.S. in the Revolutionary War.
- First settlement in North America (but it disappeared).
- This man helped Jamestown survive because of his great leadership.
- Spanish explorers.
- Branch of government that interprets the laws. Includes Supreme Court.
- Revolution Change from homemade items to factories and machines.
- President that annexed Texas, won the Mexican-American War, and negotiated for British Territory.
- First permanent settlement in North America.
- Guide and interpreter for Lewis & Clark.
- People who moved from place to place.
- Citizens that supported the war for independence.
- Old fort/mission where Davy Crockett and other men fought off Santa Anna's army for 12 days.
25 Clues: Fifth president. • Spanish explorers. • Where Columbus first landed. • A tax on all printed materials. • State that was annexed by the U.S. • Ancient empire conquered by Pizarro. • Branch of government that makes laws. • People who moved from place to place. • Citizens that stayed loyal to Britain. • Guide and interpreter for Lewis & Clark. • ...
US HISTORY - Jeopardy Review 2012-10-17
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- founded a colony for Quakers
- believe that everyone has an Inner Light
- Spanish Aristocrats
- People of Spanish/African descent
- Lake that was the site of the Aztec capital
- Leader of the Aztecs
- Antinomian woman
- Also known as King Philip
- Settlement in VA, led by John Smith
- Man who started the Society of Friends
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- Religious group who disliked Anglicans and believed in Purity of faith
- founded Rhode Island
- Name of the Strait that the first Americans came to N. America by
- Descendants of Spanish
- Aztec capital
- System of forced labor used by Spanish
- built flat topped pyramids with stairs leading to temples
- Puritan leader who wrote the "City on a hill"
- Settlement that disappeared leaving behind only the word Croaton
- Spanish explorer who helped destroy the Aztecs
- People of Spanish/Indian descent
21 Clues: Aztec capital • Antinomian woman • Spanish Aristocrats • founded Rhode Island • Leader of the Aztecs • Descendants of Spanish • Also known as King Philip • founded a colony for Quakers • People of Spanish/Indian descent • People of Spanish/African descent • Settlement in VA, led by John Smith • System of forced labor used by Spanish • Man who started the Society of Friends • ...
US HISTORY CH.9 2012-11-19
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- and only the fittest survive
- American statement that the government did not want colonies in China, but favored free trade there
- a form of non-traditional warfare generally involving small bands of fighters, relies on surprise attacks; attack and retreat.
- Cuba within the U.S. sphere
- form of nationalism
- a foreign policy based on human rights,
- the belief that life is a competitive
- privileged access by Britain, France,
- newspapers that used sensational headlines and exaggerated stories in order to promote readership
- governor of the Philippines who later
- Signed by Spain and the United States, officially ended the The Spanish-American War.
- restricted rights of newly freed Cubans
- human-made waterway linking the Atlantic to the Pacific across the isthmus of Panama
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- the policy in which strong nations control
- a Filipino nationalist
- owner of the New York Journal
- and Russia to China
- honor, and understanding
- President of the United States
- Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy
- countries or territories
- established a civil government in Puerto Rico
22 Clues: form of nationalism • and Russia to China • a Filipino nationalist • honor, and understanding • countries or territories • Cuba within the U.S. sphere • and only the fittest survive • owner of the New York Journal • President of the United States • Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy • the belief that life is a competitive • privileged access by Britain, France, • ...
Coach Marshall US History 2021-01-08
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- SIGNED BY PILGRIMS IN 1620 (pg 26)
- ENGLAND'S LEGISLATIVE BRANCH (pg 26)
- WHERE THE PILGRIMS SETTLED IN 1620 (pg 115)
- REFUSAL TO OBEY LAWS THAT ARE CONSIDERED UNJUST (pg 169)
- PEOPLE WHO OPPOSED THE CONSTITUTION (pg 248)
- GOVERNMENT MUST FOLLOW ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES IN TAKING ACTION AGAINST A CITIZEN (pg 264)
- 1783 ______ OF PARIS (pg 217)
- TURNING POINT BATTLE IN REVOLUTION (pg 201)
- MAIN AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE pg 181)
- CHANGES TO A DOCUMENT (pg 249)
- TWO-HOUSE LEGISLATURE (pg 227)
- SHAWNEE INDIAN CHIEF WHO TRIED TO BUILD A CONFEDERACY OF NATIVE AMERICANS (pg 333)
- RIGHTS THAT CAN'T BE TAKEN AWAY (pg 29)
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- THOSE REMAINING LOYAL TO THE KING (pg 195)
- INFORMATION DESIGNED TO INFLUENCE OPINION (pg 169)
- LETTER TO THE PEOPLE FROM WASHINGTON AT THE END OF HIS PRESIDENCY (pg 305)
- FATHER OF THE CONSTITUTION (pg 238)
- CITIZENS CHOOSE THEIR REPRESENTATIVES (pg256)
- CROPS THAT COULD EASILY BE SOLD IN MARKETS (pg 135)
- THREE FRENCH OFFICIALS DEMAND BRIBES DURING NEGOTIONS FOR A TREATY. (pg 309)
- GREATEST LAND PURCHASE IN HISTORY FOR $15 MILLION (pg 324)
- CAPTURING OF AMERICAN SHIPS AND FORCING THE CREW INTO THE BRITISH NAVY (pg 304)
- PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED THE CONSTITUTION (pg 248)
- FORMAL REQUEST(PART OF FIRST AMENDMENT)(pg 179)
- INTRODUCTION (FIRST PART OF DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE)(pg 182)
- FOR IMPOSING_____ON US WITHOUT OUR CONSENT (pg 189)
- THOSE IN GOVERNMENT SUPPORTING MORE MILITARY SPENDING AND AGGRESSIVE ACTION (pg 334)
- PROHIBITS TRADE WITH ANOTHER COUNTRY (pg 331)
- HAMILTON AND BURR SQUARE OFF WITH PISTOLS WHERE HAMILTON DIES A DAY LATER (pg 327)
- WITHDRAW FROM THE UNION (pg 327)
30 Clues: 1783 ______ OF PARIS (pg 217) • CHANGES TO A DOCUMENT (pg 249) • TWO-HOUSE LEGISLATURE (pg 227) • WITHDRAW FROM THE UNION (pg 327) • SIGNED BY PILGRIMS IN 1620 (pg 26) • FATHER OF THE CONSTITUTION (pg 238) • ENGLAND'S LEGISLATIVE BRANCH (pg 26) • RIGHTS THAT CAN'T BE TAKEN AWAY (pg 29) • THOSE REMAINING LOYAL TO THE KING (pg 195) • WHERE THE PILGRIMS SETTLED IN 1620 (pg 115) • ...
US History 15-16 2021-01-15
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- inventor of the telephone
- grandson of "Tippecanoe"
- corrupt leader who cheated New York City out of millions of dollars
- America's most prolific inventor
- steel entrepreneur
- labor union leader
- first black to serve in the U.S. Congress
- shipping entrepreneur
- Southerners who supported southern governments
- assassinated at a train station months after being president
- political cartoonist who advocated reforms
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- associated with political corruption
- first president to be impeached
- oil-refining entrepreneur
- one of the most scandal-ridden presidential administrations
- the South's tobacco entrepreneur
- investment banker
- attempted to restrict the rights of former slaves
- secretary who brought about impeachment
- Northerners who moved to the South
20 Clues: investment banker • steel entrepreneur • labor union leader • shipping entrepreneur • grandson of "Tippecanoe" • inventor of the telephone • oil-refining entrepreneur • first president to be impeached • the South's tobacco entrepreneur • America's most prolific inventor • Northerners who moved to the South • associated with political corruption • ...
People From US History 2021-10-20
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- Senator South Carolina
- American nurse, humanitarian and author
- first African American to serve Congress in 1870
- Scottish-born inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with inventing and patenting the first practical telephone
- sworn in as President of the Confederacy in Mongomery Alabama
- first and longest-serving president of the American Federation of Labor
- American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping
- lead fellow antislavary settlers on a murderous raid in Kansas
- Soldier to win the Congressional Medal of Honor in the Civil War
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- immigrant from Chile and enlisted in the Navy
- had only one year of formal education
- President to take over after President Abraham Lincoln was killed
- the first US President to veto bills that banned iliterate immigrants from entering the US
- spokesperson for the abolition of slavery
- Senator from Kentucky
- 21st US President
- Commander of the Union Army
- Commander of the Confederate Army
- American business magnate and philanthropist
- lived in a free territory and appealed for his freedom after his owner died
20 Clues: 21st US President • Senator from Kentucky • Senator South Carolina • Commander of the Union Army • Commander of the Confederate Army • had only one year of formal education • American nurse, humanitarian and author • spokesperson for the abolition of slavery • American business magnate and philanthropist • immigrant from Chile and enlisted in the Navy • ...
US HISTORY LEAP REVIEW 2022-04-07
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- to cancel/take away a law
- lowered tax on molasses to cut down on smuggling, but allowed accused smugglers' goods to be taken without an arrest
- marked the end of France as a colonial power in North America
- first victim of Boston Massacre
- militia people who are ready quickly
- main cash crop in colonial America
- partnership with other powers/countries
- leaders of colonial boycotts
- land area the French and British fought over
- colonial leaders used this event as propaganda against the British
- closed Boston Harbor, banned town meetings
- illegal practice colonists used to avoid exclusively trading with the British
- OG British colonial town founded in 1607
- made alliances with Native Americans to form Rhode Island
- leader of the Green Mountain Boys
- received great help from this country
- important port city
- 1st battles of American Revolution
- religion with little tolerance for other beliefs
- Product that gets shipped INTO a country
- servant to get a ride to the colonies, these people would give 2+ years of their life
- religious group that formed the colony of Plymouth
- tax on all printed materials
- main fur that started French/Indian War
- Leader of Britain
- Natural rights (life, liberty, property)
- "remember the ladies"
- keeps ships from entering/leaving a harbor
- leader of the Sons of Liberty
- supporters of independence
- British General
- final battle of revolution
- main writer of Declaration of Independence
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- refuse to buy goods in protest
- most powerful group in eastern North America
- colonial General
- wrote the never implemented Albany Plan of Union
- between Africa, Europe and the Americas, forms a shape
- kicked out of Massachusetts for preaching as a woman
- Obvious pamphlet written by Thomas Paine
- nickname for British soldiers
- supporters of the crown
- America's Birthday
- American naval hero
- Act that taxed imported goods
- led a rebellion against the english
- winner of French and Indian war
- formal writing introduction
- sparked the Boston Tea Party
- semi-professional military group
- turning point of war
- Lousiana's then mother country, helped the colonies in the war
- Product that gets shipped OUT of a country
- Give me liberty or give me death guy
- the Proclamation of 1763 prohibited settlement past these mountains
- 19 year old french commander
- disguised herself as a man to fight for colonies
- Ben Franklin's call to unite the colonies during the French and Indian War
- colony founded by Dutch Traders, largest city in the US
- British policy of forcing colonists to only trade with the Mother Country
- harsh and terrible winter at this camp
- last chance petition colonists sent to King George
- product that makes a lot of money!
63 Clues: British General • colonial General • Leader of Britain • America's Birthday • American naval hero • important port city • turning point of war • "remember the ladies" • supporters of the crown • to cancel/take away a law • supporters of independence • final battle of revolution • formal writing introduction • leaders of colonial boycotts • sparked the Boston Tea Party • ...
A History of Us 2022-02-07
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- currency for Joe's Place
- Karaoke duet
- The only grocery store Isabelle loves
- Epic head tilt
- American Poet
- an award bestowed by KishiBashi
- Peninsula Roadtrip
- an elite tour
- gender neutral pet name
- preferred legume
- Capital city food truck
- world's greatest pizza, maybe
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- Classic film
- What I should have said was nothing
- Location of our 2nd kiss
- High praise for a comedic moment
- An alternative Lansing zoo
- Our best hike
- Lake Michigan getaway
- Desert playground
- Spring Break destination
- a playful left
- Where we fell in love with dolphins
- ZooDeMack eatery
- Isabelle's popstar moment
25 Clues: Classic film • Karaoke duet • Our best hike • American Poet • an elite tour • Epic head tilt • a playful left • ZooDeMack eatery • preferred legume • Desert playground • Peninsula Roadtrip • Lake Michigan getaway • gender neutral pet name • Capital city food truck • currency for Joe's Place • Location of our 2nd kiss • Spring Break destination • Isabelle's popstar moment • An alternative Lansing zoo • ...
US History Chapter 16 2022-02-01
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- A type of leisure time.
- Moody’s song leader.
- The innovation to keep food cold.
- Founder of the railroad industry.
- Connected the east and the west.
- A new source of power.
- Founder of Finance and Banking.
- Invented the telephone.
- The method of quickly writing information.
- This standardized sizes and color.
- It made the lower class dress as the rich.
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- All immigrants passed through here.
- Credited with inventing the lightbulb.
- Christian song leader.
- Nickname for the US.
- The movement of the population to the city.
- Founder of the steel industry.
- Rescue missions were established here.
- Founder of the first Standard Oil Company.
- Wrote the “Origin of Species”.
- The famous food producer.
- Famous evangelist from Chicago.
22 Clues: Nickname for the US. • Moody’s song leader. • Christian song leader. • A new source of power. • A type of leisure time. • Invented the telephone. • The famous food producer. • Founder of the steel industry. • Wrote the “Origin of Species”. • Founder of Finance and Banking. • Famous evangelist from Chicago. • Connected the east and the west. • The innovation to keep food cold. • ...
Topic #4 US History 2022-11-03
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- setting traditions for others to follow
- a treaty with Great Britain to ask them to leave American ships alone but they only left British forts in America
- first president of the United States
- three French agents wanted the Americans to apologize, pay a loan, and pay a bribe
- secretary of treasury
- a population count of the entire country done very 10 years
- a power that can be done by both state and nation government
- a power only given to the national government
- a congressional power specifically mentioned in the constitution
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- secretary of state
- slaves counted as three-fifths of a person
- Supreme Court chief justice
- a congressional power to act in non-specified areas of the constitution
- make sure not one branch gets all of the power
- people who believed in a strong national government
- speaker of the house
- vice president
- granted congress the pass all laws that are proper and necessary
- he came to the US trying to recruit American private citizens into the French army
- having one legislative branch
- a power reserved for the state
- having two legislative branches
22 Clues: vice president • secretary of state • speaker of the house • secretary of treasury • Supreme Court chief justice • having one legislative branch • a power reserved for the state • having two legislative branches • first president of the United States • setting traditions for others to follow • slaves counted as three-fifths of a person • ...
US History 1920s Project 2022-11-04
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- Social norms began to change in the 20s
- The generation in their 20s during the Great War
- Flew the Spirit of Saint Louis from New York to Paris
- Medical experimentation on people
- Acts were passed to limit this from specific countries
- Was a lawyer in the Scopes Monkey trials
- Greatly expanded by the passing of the 19th amendment
- Music publishers that wrote popular songs in the 1920s
- Formed the Curtis-Wright Aviation corporation
- Greater access to this allowed for appliances to become commonplace within the American home
- Granted citizenship to any native American in U.S.A. territory
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- When African Americans moved to the north for economic opportunities
- Was caused by a fear of Far-Left ideas including anarchism
- The era of new thinking that brought about jazz music and social changes
- Allowed for greater direct communication
- The name for what the 19th amendment brought into law
- Manufacturing technique developed to allow for easy and cheap production of goods
- Sought to form a nation in Africa for African Americans to move to
- Stars Like Charlie Chaplin came from this industry
- Allowed for the sharing of information with the average American
- Supported US neutrality and the Free Silver Movement
- scale
- First mass production car that was widely accessible
- allowed for greater purchasing and expanded the middle class
24 Clues: scale • Medical experimentation on people • Social norms began to change in the 20s • Allowed for greater direct communication • Was a lawyer in the Scopes Monkey trials • Formed the Curtis-Wright Aviation corporation • The generation in their 20s during the Great War • Stars Like Charlie Chaplin came from this industry • ...
US History Vocab Crossword 2022-11-03
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- agreed to evacuate line by June 1 1796
- a treaty that solved territorial desputes
- congress does not have the power to pass laws that override the constitution
- not in accordance with the constitution
- a participatory member of a political community
- an organization that candies to a certain group of people
- one who favors a strict constitution
- one who favors a loose constitution
- does not help or support either side
- created 16 federal court judgeships
- a group of the presidents top advisors
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- the rights and powers held by the individual states
- non-citizen of a community acquires citizenship of another country
- alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain
- limited speech critical of the government
- a diplomatic incident that resulted in the Quasi war
- a social change
- taxes on imported goods
- an american news publication
- paved the way to expand the federal government
- when a law or act gets sent back to the supreme court for review
- not foreign, occurs inside the country
22 Clues: a social change • taxes on imported goods • an american news publication • one who favors a loose constitution • created 16 federal court judgeships • one who favors a strict constitution • does not help or support either side • agreed to evacuate line by June 1 1796 • not foreign, occurs inside the country • a group of the presidents top advisors • ...
US History Ch 3 2022-09-28
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- to combine two previously separate things.
- A grant of land by the Federal Government especially for roads, railroads or agriculture colleges.
- A company tool to fight union demands by refusing to allow employees to enter the facility to work.
- The act of limiting, restricting, or keeping under control.
- A person who buys what is produced by an economy.
- - He went to work at age 12 and made his fortune in Steel.
- A policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the nation's economy.
- An organization that is authorized by law to carry on an activity but treated as though it were a single person
- One who puts money into a company in order to gain future financial reward
- Created one of the largest holding companies, U.S. Steel
- A company whose primary business is owning a controlling share in other companies.
- The total valus of all goods and services that a country produces.
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- The reduction in the cost of a good brought about especially by increased production at a given facility
- called the AFL, focused on promoting the interest of skilled workers
- An organization of common laborers and craft workers in a particular industry
- An agreement in which a company agrees to hire only union workers.
- A court order whereby one is required to do or to refrain from doing a specific act.
- Total control of a type of industry by one person or one company
- One who organizes, manages and assumes the risk of a business.
- Settling a dispute by agreeing to accept the decision of an impartial outsider
- Where did the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads meet.
- - at one point he owned about 90% of the oil refining industry.
- a decline in the volume of available moneyor credit that resule in lower prices.
- The act of being given out or disbursed to clients.
- A combination of firms or corporations formed by a legal agreement, especially to reduce competition
25 Clues: to combine two previously separate things. • A person who buys what is produced by an economy. • The act of being given out or disbursed to clients. • Created one of the largest holding companies, U.S. Steel • - He went to work at age 12 and made his fortune in Steel. • The act of limiting, restricting, or keeping under control. • ...
A History of Us 2021-07-06
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- WHERE WE ONLY STAY WITH GAY UNCLES
- YOUR FIRST NICKNAME FOR ME
- A WORD YOU LIKE TO HEAR ME SAY
- YOU THROUGH MY EYES
- WHERE WE FIRST SAW ALL OF EACH OTHER
- OUR FAVORITE LOCAL COFFEESHOP
- OUR FAVORITE BRUNCH SPOT
- WHERE WE WORKED TOGETHER
- WHERE WE GOT ENGAGED
- WHERE WE HAD OUR FIRST KISS
- HOW I TOLD YOU YOU'D ALWAYS FALL ASLEEP
- OUR ANNIVERSARY MONTH
- TOPIC OF CONVERSATION ON OUR 1ST DATE
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- ONE OF OUR FAVORITE ACTIVITIES TOGETHER
- OUR TINY LIBRARY GETAWAY
- OUR FAMILY NAME
- WHERE WE MET
- ONE OF OUR FAVORITE GAMES
- THE VENUE WHERE WE COULD HANG OUT IN THE BACK ROOM DURING GIGS
- WHERE WE DANCED TOGETHER IN CANTON
- WHAT I HOPE YOU NEVER FORGET
- LOCATION OF OUR MOST RECENT IN-PERSON DATE
- COUNTY COURTHOUSE WHERE WE GOT MARRIED
23 Clues: WHERE WE MET • OUR FAMILY NAME • YOU THROUGH MY EYES • WHERE WE GOT ENGAGED • OUR ANNIVERSARY MONTH • OUR TINY LIBRARY GETAWAY • OUR FAVORITE BRUNCH SPOT • WHERE WE WORKED TOGETHER • ONE OF OUR FAVORITE GAMES • YOUR FIRST NICKNAME FOR ME • WHERE WE HAD OUR FIRST KISS • WHAT I HOPE YOU NEVER FORGET • OUR FAVORITE LOCAL COFFEESHOP • A WORD YOU LIKE TO HEAR ME SAY • ...
US History STAAR Review 2021-05-04
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- the right to vote
- nickname for a person that supported a strong, central government
- woman responsible for prison reform (last name)
- movement against alcohol
- large farm in the South with many slaves
- established in Marbury v. Madison
- President that encouraged us to stay out of foreign wars
- amendment that abolished slavery
- the supreme law of the land
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- first form of self-government
- policy of forcing soldiers to serve in your army
- President during the War of 1812 (last name)
- belief that the U.S. was meant to expand west
- Confederate General
- nickname for the North in the Civil War
- favoring one region instead of the country as a whole
- to leave the Union
- location of a famous "Tea Party"
- wrote Common Sense (last name)
- President responsible for the Trail of Tears (last name)
- invention that increased slavery
- first English settlement (1607)
- turning point in the American Revolution
- immigrant group that escaped the potato famine
24 Clues: the right to vote • to leave the Union • Confederate General • movement against alcohol • the supreme law of the land • first form of self-government • wrote Common Sense (last name) • first English settlement (1607) • location of a famous "Tea Party" • invention that increased slavery • amendment that abolished slavery • established in Marbury v. Madison • ...
US History STAAR Review 2021-05-05
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- the right to vote
- nickname for a person that supported a strong, central government
- woman responsible for prison reform (last name)
- movement against alcohol
- large farm in the South with many slaves
- established in Marbury v. Madison
- President that encouraged us to stay out of foreign wars
- amendment that abolished slavery
- the supreme law of the land
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- first form of self-government
- policy of forcing soldiers to serve in your army
- President during the War of 1812 (last name)
- belief that the U.S. was meant to expand west
- Confederate General
- nickname for the North in the Civil War
- favoring one region instead of the country as a whole
- to leave the Union
- location of a famous "Tea Party"
- wrote Common Sense (last name)
- President responsible for the Trail of Tears (last name)
- invention that increased slavery
- first English settlement (1607)
- turning point in the American Revolution
- immigrant group that escaped the potato famine
24 Clues: the right to vote • to leave the Union • Confederate General • movement against alcohol • the supreme law of the land • first form of self-government • wrote Common Sense (last name) • first English settlement (1607) • location of a famous "Tea Party" • invention that increased slavery • amendment that abolished slavery • established in Marbury v. Madison • ...
US History Crossword #1 2020-11-18
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- colonists couldn't settle beyond the Appalachian mountains
- A combination of the Virginia and New Jersey Plan
- The absolute rule of one man or group
- a farmer's rebellion revealing the weaknesses of the AOC
- A meeting of women to discuss rights and emancipation
- People who are viewed as property
- Strong central government, weak states
- connected rivers and greatly impacted transportation
- large Christian movement that emphasized religious (Christian) freedom
- First government document of the Pilgrims
- Strong state governments, weak central government
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- transference of ideas, goods and people across the old and new world
- a riot that turned into a shooting of colonists by British soldiers
- Jackson forcefully removing natives from their lands
- left England to create new Christian churches
- Washington advising on how to run the government
- weak government unable to withstand many problems thrown at it
- purge the soul and world of evil
- "We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal"
- a large amount of pride for one's nation
20 Clues: purge the soul and world of evil • People who are viewed as property • The absolute rule of one man or group • Strong central government, weak states • a large amount of pride for one's nation • First government document of the Pilgrims • left England to create new Christian churches • Washington advising on how to run the government • ...
US History - Voting Policy 2022-10-10
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- Voting by ______ vetoing makes voting accessible and possible for many Americans, like those overseas or with disabilities.
- Requiring voter ID is often used to ___________ against minority groups in the US. ID is not shown to prevent voter fraud but does prevent voting.
- Primary elections happen when?
- The __________ college has been criticized for its "winner takes all" approach and its ability to disregard the popular vote by the citizens. Many voters think it should be rebuilt or be massively changed.
- The act of dividing states to swing an election in either direction - something most voters are against.
- Presidential elections happen every ____ years, and presidents can only serve two terms, preventing pseudo-monarchies and dictatorships.
- and statistics, less than 0.003% of votes were fraudulent.
- Local elections are very ________ as they happen more often and are just as powerful locally as country-wide elections
- The current minimum age to vote is ________, and it was 21 before 1971.
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- To be an educated voter is a _____ job
- Political parties have many ________ and negative aspects. These include properly representing the populations and allowing for more sway to the party in charge.
- Molly believes that the min. voting age should be _______ to encourage life long voters and increased voter turnout.
- The US ______ _______ is one of the most important services used in the voting process
- Voting should be ______ as to allow more people to act on their constitutional right to vote
- Politicians should __________ their opponent and not see them as the enemy
- ______ board elections are important as they effect your child and local youth, as well as the upcoming workforce.
- The _____ is the elected official of your town and is very important to local politics due to possessing a large amount of local power.
- _______ issue voters vote based on a politicians stance on one political issue.
- Voting _____ was a major concern at the last election according to one party, but according to
- Multi issue voters need to keep up to date on multiple issues and determine the best ________ to vote for dependent on their beliefs and actions
20 Clues: Primary elections happen when? • To be an educated voter is a _____ job • and statistics, less than 0.003% of votes were fraudulent. • The current minimum age to vote is ________, and it was 21 before 1971. • Politicians should __________ their opponent and not see them as the enemy • _______ issue voters vote based on a politicians stance on one political issue. • ...
US History Fall Final 2023-12-15
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- An obsession with the purchasing of material goods.
- Migration to a new location
- The name of President Roosevelt's program for getting the United States out of the depression
- A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country
- a rebirth or revival
- 1800s belief that Americans had the right to spread across the continent.
- Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites
- the social process of absorbing one cultural group into another
- Movement of African Americans from the South to the North for jobs.
- using children to work in factories and businesses
- a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.
- A law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
- complaint
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- Basic rules and laws of a nation
- A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
- land set aside for Native Americans to live.
- The development of industries for the machine production of goods.
- Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences
- groups are absorbed into the majority group by adopting the majority group's culture
- a forcible overthrow of a government
- Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
- A policy of favoring native-born individuals over foreign-born ones
- Complete control of a product or business by one person or group
- A person who wanted to end slavery
- Britain, France, Russia
- union An organization of workers that tries to improve working conditions, wages, and benefits for its members
- depression A time of economic disaster; started in the United States in 1929.
- when some people are owned by other people.
- A war between people of the same country.
- an agreement between 2 or more countries to help each other out in war
30 Clues: complaint • a rebirth or revival • Britain, France, Russia • Migration to a new location • Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy • Basic rules and laws of a nation • A person who wanted to end slavery • a forcible overthrow of a government • A war between people of the same country. • when some people are owned by other people. • land set aside for Native Americans to live. • ...
US History 1800-1840 2023-11-27
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- Central Government is more efficient
- People being forcced into service
- Metting about goverment not working
- Limitations for the Government
- National Anthem
- War over impressment
- Two houses for Congress
- Ordinances that are northwest
- Court case over not getting job letter
- Land we bought from Napoleon
- People Against the Federalists
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- Our First Constitution
- Basis of the Star Spangled Banner
- Wars including Napoleon
- Battle fought even after the war of 1812 ended
- What the Supreme Court does
- Dont talk against the gov't
- Voting to Agree
- Another small revolution by veterans
- Helped Lewis and Clark
20 Clues: National Anthem • Voting to Agree • War over impressment • Our First Constitution • Helped Lewis and Clark • Wars including Napoleon • Two houses for Congress • What the Supreme Court does • Dont talk against the gov't • Land we bought from Napoleon • Ordinances that are northwest • Limitations for the Government • People Against the Federalists • Basis of the Star Spangled Banner • ...
US History Interim Review 2023-11-29
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- Word meaning signing/voting to Agree
- Fights fought by France under Napoleon's rule
- People that opposed a Federal government
- Decided an act of Congress was unconstitutional
- Papers arguing a strong federal government
- Mother who traveled with her baby with Louis and Clark
- Battle that borned the Star Spangled Banner
- Inciting people to rebel against the government
- Napoleon sold this land to the US
- Forcibly recruiting men into combat
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- Determines whether the something is constitutional
- Battle fought for but after the War of 1812
- US First Constitution
- Meeting that addressed the problems of the Articles of Confederation
- War over impressment between America and the British
- US National Anthem
- Daniel Shays led this attack
- First 10 amendments
- This created a bicameral congress
- Divided “Old Northwest”
20 Clues: US National Anthem • First 10 amendments • US First Constitution • Divided “Old Northwest” • Daniel Shays led this attack • This created a bicameral congress • Napoleon sold this land to the US • Forcibly recruiting men into combat • Word meaning signing/voting to Agree • People that opposed a Federal government • Papers arguing a strong federal government • ...
US History Chapter 6 2023-10-03
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- General who replaced Governor Hutchinson
- British general who failed to capture Washington at Trenton
- Where British troops fired on and killed several colonists
- Prime Minister who sympathized with the colonists
- Act that forced colonists to house British troops
- Where about 70 minutemen stood their ground against the British soldiers
- Said "Give me liberty, or give me death"
- Name for the colonists who fought for independence
- Colonists name for the unfair taxes placed on them by the British
- Colonists who remained faithful to England
- Helped George Washington drill the troops
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- Frenchman who became Washington's aide
- Suggested forming the first Committee of Correspondence
- Commander and Chief of the Colonial Army
- President of the Second Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration
- Leader of the Green Mountain Boys
- Provisional government established in 1774
- Where Washington and the troops spent a difficult winter
- Volunteer militia ready to fight at a moment's notice
- Taxes put on colonial imports from Britain
- Prime Minister who did not sympathize with the colonists
- Author of Common Sense
- Colonial General who captured Burgoyne's troops at Saratoga
- Place where the Patriots were hiding and storing ammunition
- Led committee to write the Declaration of Independence
- Event where disguised colonists threw tea into the harbor
- German mercenaries
27 Clues: German mercenaries • Author of Common Sense • Leader of the Green Mountain Boys • Frenchman who became Washington's aide • Commander and Chief of the Colonial Army • General who replaced Governor Hutchinson • Said "Give me liberty, or give me death" • Helped George Washington drill the troops • Provisional government established in 1774 • ...
US History Chapter 9 2023-10-25
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- President elected in 1828
- Plan passed by Congress to relocate Indians to Oklahoma
- New political party that opposed Jackson
- Another name for the Tariff of 1828
- Abolitionist who published "The Liberator"
- Conflict that involved Sac and Fox Indians
- Forced relocation of Cherokee Indians when 4000 died along the way
- Senator from Kentucky
- Nickname of William Henry Harrison
- Became President when Harrison died of pneumonia
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- Federally funded road from Maryland to Illinois
- The plan to lower import taxes for ten years
- The director of the Central Bank
- Abolitionist who published "The North Star"
- Hero of Tippecanoe who was elected President in 1840
- Closed meeting of political party leaders
- Preacher who started a slave rebellion in Virginia
- Another senator from South Carolina who debated for state's rights
- The idea that states could over-rule a federal law
- Law that allowed the President to use the military to enforce tariff laws
- Movement to end slavery in the U.S.
- Senator who gave a speech discouraging any secession from the Union
- Senator of South Carolina who opposed tariffs
- When a state breaks away from a nation
- Jackson's Vice-President who was elected President in 1836
25 Clues: Senator from Kentucky • President elected in 1828 • The director of the Central Bank • Nickname of William Henry Harrison • Another name for the Tariff of 1828 • Movement to end slavery in the U.S. • When a state breaks away from a nation • New political party that opposed Jackson • Closed meeting of political party leaders • Abolitionist who published "The Liberator" • ...
US history WEEK 21 2024-01-23
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- ______ crops, crops grown to sell for profit
- people loyal to England
- last name, secretary of treasury
- three words, colonist dumped tea into the Boston harbor
- _______ passage, slave route from Africa to the Americas
- group of people that wanted a strong central government during writing of Constitution
- Great ________, religious movement
- two words, Washington's winter camp
- ___________ Era, John Locke, Montesquieu
- _________ Rebellion, protests about taxes the alcoholic drink
- God, gold, and ______, reasons Europeans came to the new world
- _______ pot, the nickname of the Middle colonies
- ______Rebellion, proved Articles of Confederation were weak
- __________ of 1763, line (border) colonist could not cross to go west of Appalachian Mountains
- Battle of __________, place the British surrendered
- last name, secretary of State
- a change to the constitution
- term used to describe not being allowed to trade with anyone except mother country
- Treaty of _______, ended American Revolution, 1783
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- _______ neglect, time when England ignored the colonies
- group of people that wanted a Bill of Rights in the Constitution
- __________ Act, also known as the Coercive acts
- three words, letter sent to King George from the colonist asking for peace
- Battle of _______ turning point of the American Revolution
- first name of the writer of the Declaration of Independence
- three names, father of the American Navy
- first permanent English settlement, 1607
- people loyal to the colonies
- Boston ________, event when British soldiers fired on a crowd
- _______ compact, 1620
- last name of father of the Constitution
- _______ trade, shape, routes between Europe, Africa, the Americas
- tax on imports
33 Clues: tax on imports • _______ compact, 1620 • people loyal to England • people loyal to the colonies • a change to the constitution • last name, secretary of State • last name, secretary of treasury • Great ________, religious movement • two words, Washington's winter camp • last name of father of the Constitution • ___________ Era, John Locke, Montesquieu • ...
US History Chapter 7 2023-10-15
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- Government branch that enforces the law
- First President of the United States
- Warned the Convention that God must be included in the planning of the new Constitution
- First Secretary of the State and third President of the US
- Group that wanted states to have more power in governing the nation
- Compromise that only counted some of the slaves when counting population for representation
- Treaty that settled a border dispute between Spain and the US
- Political party that supported Thomas Jefferson
- Political party that wanted a stronger central government
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who established the authority to rule on the constitutionality of a law
- First Secretary of the Treasury
- America's first plan for government
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- Government branch that makes the laws
- Group of papers written in support of the new constitution
- First Supreme Court Chief Justice
- Meeting of 55 delegates who created a new Constitution
- One of the most important members of the delegation who contributed to forming the new Constitution
- Led a group of farmers in an uprising in 1787
- Plan for bicameral legislature that became the basis for our constitution
- Government branch that interprets the laws
- Location of the Constitutional Convention
- Second president and member of the Federalist Party
- First ten amendments to the Constitution
- Name for the government established by the new constitution
- Another name of the Connecticut Compromise
25 Clues: First Secretary of the Treasury • First Supreme Court Chief Justice • America's first plan for government • First President of the United States • Government branch that makes the laws • Government branch that enforces the law • First ten amendments to the Constitution • Location of the Constitutional Convention • Government branch that interprets the laws • ...
Chapter 2 US History 2018-12-19
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- Navigators learn ship's location by charting the position of the stars
- Gave enslaved Africans a form of expression
- Montezuma's capital
- Named in honor of King Louis XIV
- First Europeans to make contact with North America
- Discovered the coast of Florida for Spain in 1512
- Huge fleet of warships
- Divided Atlantic Ocean between Spain and Portugal
- Built an observatory and founded a school of navigation
- Island where Columbus first landed
- Smaller, lighter, and easier to steer than the heavy galleons
- Large farms that grew just one kind of crop
- Scattering of people
- Sharing products between Europe and North America
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- First European to sail into the St. Lawrence River
- Slaves were brought from this region of the continent
- Slaves traveled with these around the necks
- Founded the Church of England
- His crew landed on the Labrador Peninsula in the year 1000
- Religious movement that began in Germany
- Document giving permission to start a colony
- Eriksson settled in this coastal area
- Voyage across the Atlantic Ocean that brought enslaved Africans
- Columbus's hometown
- The first people Columbus met after he landed on Hispaniola
- Conquered the entire Inca Empire
- Soldiers who led military expeditions in the Americas
- Sailed to present-day Mexico in 1519
- Natural resistence
- Columbus sailed for this nation
30 Clues: Natural resistence • Montezuma's capital • Columbus's hometown • Scattering of people • Huge fleet of warships • Founded the Church of England • Columbus sailed for this nation • Named in honor of King Louis XIV • Conquered the entire Inca Empire • Island where Columbus first landed • Sailed to present-day Mexico in 1519 • Eriksson settled in this coastal area • ...
US History vocab review 2019-10-24
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- negotiation between nations
- the ceremonial induction into a position
- a legal right to vote
- make changes for improvement to remove abuse and injustices
- something that aids or promotes well being
- incorporation of a formerly excluded group into a community
- the activity of building something again
- the act of forming or establishing something
- of a government with an authority exerting absolute control
- the state of being joined or united or linked
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- an assembly that makes, amends, or repeals the laws
- grant a pardon to
- exploitation by stronger country of weaker one
- a reformer who favors putting an end to slavery
- the state of being under control of another person
- an agreement for free trade between the US, Canada and Mexico
- formal separation from an alliance or federation
- refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization
- the body that formally selects the U.S. President
- assembly possessing high legislative powers
- a prescribed number
- a government tax on imports or exports
- the social process whereby cities grow
23 Clues: grant a pardon to • a prescribed number • a legal right to vote • negotiation between nations • a government tax on imports or exports • the social process whereby cities grow • the ceremonial induction into a position • the activity of building something again • something that aids or promotes well being • assembly possessing high legislative powers • ...
US History Spring 2024 2024-05-20
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- slave state that did not secede
- credit agreement in which monthly payments are made on item
- pensions for the elderly
- originally wrote the 27th Amendment
- fights legal battles for black Americans
- our 50th state
- billionaire who ran in third party for president
- first Arab nation to recognize Israel as a nation
- the desire for worldly goods
- agency to protect bank deposits
- March to the Sea
- second atomic bomb dropped on city on August 9, 1945
- electricity for poor areas; flood control
- made alcohol illegal
- elected president four times
- a defeated nation pays for the cost of war
- information spread to advance a cause
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- D-Day
- built by Germany to prevent escape to the West
- repealed the 18th Amendment
- capital of Confederacy
- established to aid farms
- 1865 to 1877 plan in the South
- federal agency created i n1920's to track down criminals
- requires a 5 day waiting period before a gun purchase
- immigrants helped to build the transcontinental railroad
- Roosevelt used to talk to America
- assassinated Abraham Lincoln
- guerilla fighters in Islamic countries
- Great Plains during the 1930's
- Lindbergh famous American pilot who became leading spokesperson for isolationism
- overseas program designed to send skilled volunteers to undeveloped countries
- elected president in 2016
- year of the Stock Market Crash
34 Clues: D-Day • our 50th state • March to the Sea • made alcohol illegal • capital of Confederacy • established to aid farms • pensions for the elderly • elected president in 2016 • repealed the 18th Amendment • assassinated Abraham Lincoln • the desire for worldly goods • elected president four times • 1865 to 1877 plan in the South • Great Plains during the 1930's • ...
US History Spring Review 2024-03-04
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- This person was an advocate for the mentally ill.
- Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this book that motivated Northerners to join the abolition movement.
- Railroads and ___ helped reduce transportation costs and time to ship goods.
- Washington warned about making permanent ______ with other countries.
- This region was known for its farmlands and for mining valuable metals.
- These mountains made settling west of the 13 colonies difficult
- Pres. Davis: Federal Govt.'s policies made _____ necessary!
- The population of California increased fast due to this event.
- This was the Women's Convention location, founded by Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
- Pres. Lincoln: Southern states CANNOT leave the Union and it must be _______!
- Meaning to ignore or void. South Carolina "ignored" a tariff on imported goods.
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- Land acquired by defeating Mexico and signing a treaty.
- Colony founded in 1620, was one of the most Northern colony at that time.
- The Declaration of _____ was written to voice the inequalities between men's and women's rights.
- This colonial region's economy based on lumber and shipbuilding.
- Turning point of the American Revolution, convincing France to support the colonists.
- William Lloyd ______ believed that both slaves and free blacks faced discrimination in the North and South.
- This battle during the Civil War was the bloodiest 1 day battle.
- This group said the Constitution would limit govt. authority so that it can't abuse its powers.
- This immigrant group came to California for gold, but stayed and mainly worked on the Transcontinental. Railroad.
- These group of Acts were to punish the colonists due to the Boston Tea Party.
- Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed territories to vote if they wanted _____ or not.
- This branch of govt. rules laws to be constitutional or not.
23 Clues: This person was an advocate for the mentally ill. • Land acquired by defeating Mexico and signing a treaty. • Pres. Davis: Federal Govt.'s policies made _____ necessary! • This branch of govt. rules laws to be constitutional or not. • The population of California increased fast due to this event. • These mountains made settling west of the 13 colonies difficult • ...
US History Vocab Crossword 2024-08-22
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- A "rebirthing" era of time in European civilization following the Middle Ages that peaked in the 15th-16th century and marked the transition to modernity
- The exchange of goods and services without using money
- The first governing document of Plymouth Colony in which the settlers agreed to obey their government's laws
- A form of labor in which a person agrees to work for another person without salary for a certain amount of time in exchange for transportation, food, and shelter
- The study of historical information through audio/sound recorded interviews of people who have experienced the actual events
- A member of English Protestants who regarded the Reformation of the Church of England as incomplete and sought to regulate its forms of worship
- The transatlantic trade of crops, culture, technology, disease, and ideas between the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia
- A colony governed directly by the English crown
- A crop that is highly demanded and dominates the major part of our diet
- The political/economical system where the nobility divided lands among lesser nobles in exchange for military service
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- The unofficial British policy where they refrain from interfering in the American colonies’ politics and economy as long as it served British interests
- The process of reforming a Church institution or practice
- Farms specializing in crops raised mainly for sale
- Inheritance through the mother or female line
- A Spanish conqueror of the Americas
- The economical theory that a country should aquire as much wealth as possible by exporting more goods than it imports
- An English Separatist who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons and established Plymouth Colony in 1620
- A colony of an inividual or group which was granted full rights of self-government by the British crown
- An agricultural crop which is grown to sell for major profit, not for individual use
- Anything that travels or migrates frequently
20 Clues: A Spanish conqueror of the Americas • Anything that travels or migrates frequently • Inheritance through the mother or female line • A colony governed directly by the English crown • Farms specializing in crops raised mainly for sale • The exchange of goods and services without using money • The process of reforming a Church institution or practice • ...
US HISTORY: 1960's 2023-04-11
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- war that many thought was unnecessary in asia
- introduced communist ideals to new Republic of China
- president that created Medicare and Great Society
- paranoid economic president
- president that first sent soldiers to Vietnam
- war between 2 major countries that wasn't an actual war
- bombing of church in south during civil rights
- went against conservative culture (think -culture)
- north vietnam ship attacks US ship
- famous British band named after an insect
- lgbtq riot that went against police, starts with stone
- protests against war, think of another word for against
- failed cuba invasion by USA
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- riot in the south that lead to civil rights act being passed
- book by friedan promoting feminism
- outlawed any type of discrimination for voters
- popular drug that started with l and is used as a hallucegenic
- new conservative political group
- protest during civil rights where black people would sit in white businesses during segregation
- green plant drug
- period of poor economy started in 1960-1961
- peaceful civil rights leader
- British band that made Bohemian Rapsody
- president that got assassinated in Texas
- social group that promoted peace and smoked a lot
25 Clues: green plant drug • paranoid economic president • failed cuba invasion by USA • peaceful civil rights leader • new conservative political group • book by friedan promoting feminism • north vietnam ship attacks US ship • British band that made Bohemian Rapsody • president that got assassinated in Texas • famous British band named after an insect • ...
Chapter 23 US History 2025-03-06
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- Government programs that attempt to eliminate poverty and revitalize urban areas.
- The invention that replaced the radio.
- A government policy to bring Native Americans to mainstream society by withdrawing recognition of Native American groups as legal entities.
- Something having an independent, separate, or self-contained existance.
- One of the first African American Rock'n'roll artists.
- A cultural separation between parents and their children.
- A marked rise in birthrate, such as occurred in the US following WWII.
- One who makes laws as a member of a legislative body for a political unit.
- A business that requires employees to join a union.
- A job in a field not requiring work clothes or protective clothing, such as sales.
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- A worker who performs manual labor, particularly work that requires clothing.
- A large corporation with overseas investment.
- An agreement in which a company agrees to hire only union members.
- A policy of balancing economic conservatism with some activism in other areas.
- A law making it illegal to require employees to join a union.
- A level of personal or family income below which one is classified as poor by the federal government.
- A gain is measured in money derived from capital or labor.
- Antisocial or criminal behavior of young people.
- Popular music is usually played on electronically amplified instruments.
- To change in a way that fits a standard or authority.
20 Clues: The invention that replaced the radio. • A large corporation with overseas investment. • Antisocial or criminal behavior of young people. • A business that requires employees to join a union. • To change in a way that fits a standard or authority. • One of the first African American Rock'n'roll artists. • A cultural separation between parents and their children. • ...
US History Regents Review 2025-06-02
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- Scandal that led to Nixon’s resignation
- 1964 law banning segregation in public places
- President who launched the “Great Society” programs
- This act outlawed monopolistic business practices in 1890
- Movement demanding the right to vote for women
- President who issued the Emancipation Proclamation
- Cold War policy to stop the spread of communism
- Address Famous speech by Lincoln at a Civil War cemetery
- Supreme Court case that upheld “separate but equal”
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- 1862 act giving free land to settlers in the West
- This“trust-busting” president also led the Rough Riders
- British economic policy that led to colonial unrest
- Author of the Declaration of Independence
- Landmark court case establishing judicial review
- The 1898 war that made the US an imperial power
- Law that allowed territories to decide slavery by popular sovereignty
- Civil rights leader who gave the “I Have a Dream” speech
- First ten amendments to the Constitution
- Foreign policy limiting European influence in the Western Hemisphere
- New Deal agency that insures bank deposits (abbr.)
20 Clues: Scandal that led to Nixon’s resignation • First ten amendments to the Constitution • Author of the Declaration of Independence • 1964 law banning segregation in public places • Movement demanding the right to vote for women • The 1898 war that made the US an imperial power • Cold War policy to stop the spread of communism • ...
US History Final Review 2025-05-14
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- An interracial organization founded in 1942 by James Farmer to confront urban segregation in the North.
- Harnessed water power to generate electricity and to help prevent disastrous floods in the Tennessee Valley.
- Provided a pension for retired workers and their spouses and aided people with disabilities. This act had three major parts: old-age insurance for retirees 85 or older and their spouses, unemployment compensation system, aid to families with dependent children and the disabled
- The code name for the research work to develop an atomic bomb that extended across the country.
- The agency that supervised the stock market and eliminated dishonest practices; it monitors the stock market and enforces laws regarding the sale of stocks and bonds.
- President Roosevelt's order to the navy to shoot German submarines on sight after a German submarine fired on U.S. destroyer Greer in the Atlantic on September 4, 1941
- A thermonuclear weapon even more destructive than the atomic bomb, with an estimated force of 1 million tons of TNT (67 times the power of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima).
- More than 7,600 Americans died and 110,000 Japanese died defending this city. The battle here was a chilling foretaste of what the Allies imaged the invasion of Japan’s home islands would be.
- The planned Allied invasion of Japan's home islands at the end of World War II, which was ultimately canceled when Japan surrendered after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Soviet declaration of war, and the invasion of Manchuria. The plan involved two main stages: Operation Olympic, an assault on Kyushu in November 1945, and Operation Coronet, a landing on Honshu in March 1946.
- Code name for the atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki, leveling half the city; the second atomic bomb deployed by the United States against Japan.
- One of FDR’s “Three R’s” - economic ___.
- Germany, Italy, and Japan
- President Roosevelt's radio talks about issues of public concern - these informal talks made Americans feel as if the president were talking directly to them.
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- One of FDR’s “Three R’s” - ___ for the needy.
- The Roosevelt began sending lend-lease supplies to the Soviet Union when Hitler broke the agreement he had made in 1939 with Stalin not to go to war and invaded the Soviet Union.
- The code name for the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, destroying the entire city.
- The joint declaration of war aims in which both Roosevelt and Churchill pledged the following: collective security, disarmament, self-determination, economic cooperation, and freedom of the seas.
- This act defined unfair labor practices and established the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to settle disputes between employers and employees.
- The Jewish American scientist that directed the research for the development of the atomic bomb.
- Sought to raise crop prices by lowering production, which the government achieved by paying farmers to leave a certain amount of every acre of land unseeded. The theory was that reduced supply would boost prices. This policy upset many Americans, who protested the destruction of food when many people were going hungry. It did, however, help raise farm prices and put more money in farmers’ pockets.
- An unprovoked air raid by the Japanese on Pearl harbor, the largest US naval base in the Pacific. In less than two hours, the Japanese had killed 2,403 Americas and wounded 1,178 more, sunk or damaged 21 ships, and severely damaged or destroyed more than 300 aircrafts. This surprise raid led to the US declaring war against Japan and joining WWII.
- Acronym for the association whose goal was to create as many jobs as possible - from construction jobs to positions in symphony orchestras. Headed by Harry Hopkins.
- This bill provided education and training for veterans, paid for by the federal government. The act also provided federal loan guarantees to veterans buying homes or farms or starting new businesses. Also known as the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act.
- Acronym for the agency designed to insure loans for building and repairing homes; continues to furnish loans for home mortgages and repairs today; created by the 1934 National Housing Act.
- The 1941 act that established a policy in which the president would lend or lease arms and other supplies to “any country whose defense was vital to the United States.” Roosevelt compared his plan to lending a garden hose to a neighbor whose house as on fire, asserting that this was the only sensible thing to do to prevent the fire from spreading to your own property.
- President Roosevelt’s team of carefully picked advisors - a select group of professors, lawyers, and journalists.
- Acronym for the agency designed to regulate banking and investment activities; shored up the banking system by reassuring individual depositors that their savings are protected against loss in the event of a bank failure.
- One of FDR’s “Three R’s” - financial ___.
28 Clues: Germany, Italy, and Japan • One of FDR’s “Three R’s” - economic ___. • One of FDR’s “Three R’s” - financial ___. • One of FDR’s “Three R’s” - ___ for the needy. • The code name for the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, destroying the entire city. • The code name for the research work to develop an atomic bomb that extended across the country. • ...
US History to 1877 2025-05-16
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- Forced laborers in southern colonies
- Religious group that founded Pennsylvania
- First Secretary of Treasury
- King of England during the American Revolution
- French philosopher who defined separation of powers
- Turning point of the Civil War
- War between British and French in North America
- Colony founded for Catholics escaping persecution
- Invention that made cotton production cheaper
- Document signed by Pilgrims establishing self-government
- French noble who helped Americans during Revolutionary War
- Region including Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island
- Reasons for exploration: Religion, Expanding Empires and __________
- Taxed imported goods that angered colonists
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- Document declaring independence from Great Britain
- Famous midnight rider who warned about British attack
- Economic system driving colonial expansion
- First representative assembly in North America
- Philosopher who influenced ideas about government rights
- First U.S. President and Commander-in-Chief
- Document ending French and Indian War
- Region including New York and Pennsylvania
- trade route connecting Europe, Africa, and Americas
- First permanent English settlement in North America
- Reason for exploration meaning "God"
25 Clues: First Secretary of Treasury • Turning point of the Civil War • Forced laborers in southern colonies • Reason for exploration meaning "God" • Document ending French and Indian War • Religious group that founded Pennsylvania • Economic system driving colonial expansion • Region including New York and Pennsylvania • First U.S. President and Commander-in-Chief • ...
US History 1600-1800 2022-12-15
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- wife of John Rolfe
- checks
- 55
- french gave us this during war
- first vice
- tribe of Pocahontas
- grown and sold
- liked Britain
- to approve
- trade route
- an affair
- liberty
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- state
- Valley
- bill of rights = amendments
- first successful colony
- second vice president
- activities aimed at weakening gov't
- house of representatives and __________
- introduction to
- name pilgrims ship
- 3/5
- boston
- bicameral means two _________
- by Betsy Ross
- credit for discovery of new world
26 Clues: 55 • 3/5 • state • Valley • checks • boston • liberty • an affair • first vice • to approve • trade route • by Betsy Ross • liked Britain • grown and sold • introduction to • wife of John Rolfe • name pilgrims ship • tribe of Pocahontas • second vice president • first successful colony • bill of rights = amendments • bicameral means two _________ • french gave us this during war • credit for discovery of new world • ...
US History Review Crossword 2025-02-24
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- Referring to the national government.
- Government where people elect representatives to make laws.
- A major change or overthrow of government, like the American fight for independence.
- Large Southern farm that used enslaved labor to grow cash crops.
- The growth of cities due to industrialization.
- Not taking sides in a conflict, as Washington advised in foreign affairs.
- The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, protecting individual freedoms.
- First U.S. president, warned against political parties and foreign alliances.
- The supreme law of the United States, blueprint for our government, and, created in 1787.
- Wrote the Declaration of Independence, 3rd U.S. president.
- The British practice of forcing American sailors into their navy.
- A political unit with its own government, sharing power with the federal system.
- U.S. president known for the Indian Removal Act and opposing the national bank.
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- Division of government into legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
- Government by the people, with elected leaders.
- Someone who favors native-born citizens over immigrants.
- Landmark Supreme Court case that established judicial review.
- Invention that greatly increased cotton production and demand for enslaved labor.
- Farming, a major economic activity in the South.
- Land acquired by the U.S. after the Mexican-American War in 1848.
- System where power is shared between national and state governments.
- 1803 land deal that doubled the size of the U.S.
- Production of goods, a key industry in the North.
- The idea that states can ignore federal laws they deem unconstitutional.
- Inventor of the cotton gin and interchangeable parts.
- A tax on imported goods, often used to protect domestic industries.
- Belief that the U.S. was destined to expand westward.
27 Clues: Referring to the national government. • The growth of cities due to industrialization. • Government by the people, with elected leaders. • Farming, a major economic activity in the South. • 1803 land deal that doubled the size of the U.S. • Production of goods, a key industry in the North. • Inventor of the cotton gin and interchangeable parts. • ...
US Gov't/Civics/History 2025-01-16
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- Acquired from France in 1803, doubling the size of the U.S.
- Supreme law of the land
- Number of Representatives
- Name of our national anthem
- Freed slaves in Confederate States
- Length of term for Representatives
- Author of the Declaration of Independence
- First three words of the Constitution
- America's economic system
- Aimed to end racial discrimination and achieve equality for African Americans
- First president
- World War II adversaries
- Branch of government that makes laws
- First Postmaster General of the US
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- Ensures no branch becomes too powerful
- Year the Constitution was written
- First ten amendments
- Number of amendments
- Court Highest court in all the land
- Branch of government that enforces laws
- Head of the executive branch
- Length of term for Senators
- Father of the Constitution
- Number of Senators
- Branch of government that interprets laws
25 Clues: First president • Number of Senators • First ten amendments • Number of amendments • Supreme law of the land • World War II adversaries • Number of Representatives • America's economic system • Father of the Constitution • Name of our national anthem • Length of term for Senators • Head of the executive branch • Year the Constitution was written • Freed slaves in Confederate States • ...
US History 4 vocabulary 2024-11-25
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- informed the continental army
- apart of the coercive acts
- 12 colonies that met
- dumped over 340 tea chests into the Boston harbor
- greatest victory for the american forces
- a battle that took place from breed hill
- author of common sense
- Marion Organized Marion's Brigade
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- Cornwallis British general
- an experienced military officer from Prussia
- a very important British victory
- announcement that the colonies broke form great Britain
- local leader who could not tax the colonist without permission
- 47 page pamphlet
- a shooting/massacre against the British
- succsess on the seas to Naval hero
- last major battle of American Revolution
- main author of the declaration of independence
- colonist who chose to fight for independence from great Britain
- british military
- Great Britain recognized the independence of the united states
- a wealthy young Frenchman
- A Virginian that commanded the Army
23 Clues: 47 page pamphlet • british military • 12 colonies that met • author of common sense • a wealthy young Frenchman • Cornwallis British general • apart of the coercive acts • informed the continental army • a very important British victory • Marion Organized Marion's Brigade • succsess on the seas to Naval hero • A Virginian that commanded the Army • ...
US History Key Terms 2024-12-10
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- colony founded by William Penn as a haven for Quakers
- Tribe that was forced to march the "Trail of Tears"
- Branch of government that created the law
- the religious group that settled at Plymouth in 1620
- The opening statements of the Constitution
- colony that was created as a prison for debtors
- President during the Whisky Rebellion
- a tax on imports and exports
- President during the XYZ affair
- Hero of the Battle of New Orleans and 7th president
- the president that bought the Louisiana Territory
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- branch of government that interprets the law
- the turning point battle in the American Revolution
- President during the Era of Good Feelings
- final battle of the American Revolution
- Branch of government that enforces the law
- to cancel or ignore
- a political party that wants a strong central government
- the 1st permanent English colony in the new world
- On July 4th 1776 the United States declared their______________
- President during the war of 1812
21 Clues: to cancel or ignore • a tax on imports and exports • President during the XYZ affair • President during the war of 1812 • President during the Whisky Rebellion • final battle of the American Revolution • President during the Era of Good Feelings • Branch of government that created the law • Branch of government that enforces the law • ...
US History Knowledge Check 2025-08-15
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- The University that Mr. Underwood went to. GO HAWKS!
- The Bill of _______ - The initial 10 amendments to the US Constitution.
- Martin Luther _________ Jr. - Famous African American activist who believed in non-violent protest.
- ________ Armstrong - Famous jazz musician who rose to fame during the 1920s.
- The House that Mr. Underwood belongs to.
- Ida B. ________ - Influential African American Women Rights activist who helped form the NAACP.
- Last name of the President that signed the Emancipation Proclamation
- Last name of the President who was involved in the Watergate Scandal.
- Theodore "_________" Roosevelt - He was the 26th president.
- Herbert _________ - 31st President, he was in office at the start of the Great Depression.
- The last name of the Vice President and eventual president who took the office after Lincoln's assassination.
- John _______ - Enlightenment thinker, he inspired much of what the founding fathers believed in.
- The ________ Deal - The name given to FDR's social programs and government policies in response to the Great Depression.
- Frederick ________ - Former slave turned abolitionist, he was a leader for the fight to end slavery.
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- The name given to the US, Britain, Soviet Union, and France during World War II.
- The ________ Twenties - The nickname given to the 1920s in America that saw jazz, movies, flappers, and economics boom.
- The last name of the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
- The amendment that made slavery unconstitutional except in the form on punishment.
- Last name of the first president of the United States.
- The name of the time period in US History from 1865-1877 following the Civil War.
- The first permanent English colony in North America.
- The last name of the "Father of the Constitution."
22 Clues: The House that Mr. Underwood belongs to. • The last name of the "Father of the Constitution." • The University that Mr. Underwood went to. GO HAWKS! • The first permanent English colony in North America. • Last name of the first president of the United States. • Theodore "_________" Roosevelt - He was the 26th president. • ...
US History 9/22 2025-09-22
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- – Branch of government that interprets laws.
- – Supreme power or authority.
- – Introduction to the Constitution stating its purpose.
- – Dividing government responsibilities among branches.
- – The first ten amendments protecting individual freedoms.
- – The idea that government gets its power from the people.
- – Branch of government that enforces laws.
- – A change or addition to the Constitution.
- – Document declaring independence from Britain.
- – The supreme law of the United States.
- – First President of the United States.
- – Supporter of the Constitution and strong central government.
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- – The first U.S. government plan before the Constitution.
- – System to keep government branches from becoming too powerful.
- – Branch of government that makes laws.
- – A government where people elect representatives.
- – Meeting where the Constitution was written.
- – To officially approve a document or law.
- – Sharing power between state and national governments.
- – Opponent of the Constitution fearing too much federal power.
20 Clues: – Supreme power or authority. • – Branch of government that makes laws. • – The supreme law of the United States. • – First President of the United States. • – To officially approve a document or law. • – Branch of government that enforces laws. • – A change or addition to the Constitution. • – Branch of government that interprets laws. • ...
IEW Vocab US History 2025-10-01
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- NOT friendly, unfavorable to one's well-being
- motionless with amazement or terror
- involving grave risk or danger. Soldiers ________fought for our nation's freedom.
- to become less violent or intense. The pain in my stomach began to _________ so I ate crackers.
- successful or thriving condition. I hoped our business idea would lead to __________.
- take for granted or suppose I ______everyone would show up since they said they would.
- uncomfortably strange Nancy Drew wondered why the car _________backed out of her driveway that night.
- a strong, fast, movement forward
- skillfully/cleverly Dad_______pulled the camper into the campsite
- intensely strong or violently. The tornado _________tore Dad's house down.
- watchfully/ cautiously/ looking out for danger Nancy Drew ______ watched for the suspect.
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- uselessly or unsuccessfully My mom ______ plants a garden each year.
- strong dislike that shows in action. After I learned she lied to me, I had _______towards her so I needed to forgive her.
- unavoidably: My brother would ______interrupt my party
- lacking caution/ unwise
- an effort or attempt We endeavored to find a dress for the party despite the thunderstorms.
- a pursuit to find something. The ________for gold didn't turn out so well.
- with deep respect. Worship time should be done ______.
- boldly or daringly She ________claimed she would beat her older brother at the race.
- with enthusiastic devotion/ diligence. I _________planned my dad's birthday party to make it very special for him.
20 Clues: lacking caution/ unwise • a strong, fast, movement forward • motionless with amazement or terror • NOT friendly, unfavorable to one's well-being • unavoidably: My brother would ______interrupt my party • with deep respect. Worship time should be done ______. • skillfully/cleverly Dad_______pulled the camper into the campsite • ...
US History Chapter 7 2025-10-27
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- : To formally charge a public official with misconduct
- : Site of Lee’s surrender
- : Bureau providing aid, schools, and legal protection to freed slaves
- : Peace Democrat who opposed Lincoln’s war policies
- : President who issued the Emancipation Proclamation
- : Democrat who supported the war to preserve the Union
- : Confederate commander known for holding his ground at Bull Run
- : Government act allowing paper currency
- : Confederate general and overall commander of the Confederate army
- : Union strategy to blockade ports and split the Confederacy
- : Diplomatic crisis threatening British neutrality
- : President elected after the Compromise of 1877
- : Decree freeing enslaved persons in rebelling states
- : Union admiral who captured New Orleans
- : Authorization given to act as a representative
- : Amendment abolishing slavery
- : Wearing down by constant harassment or attack
- : Lincoln’s speech dedicating a cemetery after the battle
- : Led the failed assault at Gettysburg
- : A person freed from slavery
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- : Law dividing South into five military districts
- : Civil-War-era water mine
- : The rebuilding of the South after the Civil War
- : Requiring people to serve in the military
- : Military blockade of a city to force surrender
- : Paper money first issued by the Union
- : Union general who became commander of the Union Army
- : Legal order ensuring a lawful imprisonment
- : Strategy of wearing down the enemy
- : President impeached for violating the Tenure of Office Act
- : Union general known for his “March to the Sea”
- : A pardon granted to a large group of people
- : Laws used in the South to control freedmen
- : Amendment granting citizenship and equal protection
- : Hard biscuit eaten by soldiers
- : Amendment granting voting rights regardless of race
- : Searching or raiding for food
37 Clues: : Site of Lee’s surrender • : Civil-War-era water mine • : A person freed from slavery • : Amendment abolishing slavery • : Searching or raiding for food • : Hard biscuit eaten by soldiers • : Strategy of wearing down the enemy • : Led the failed assault at Gettysburg • : Paper money first issued by the Union • : Government act allowing paper currency • ...
Unit 1: US History 2025-12-06
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- Spread of beliefs, foods, and technologies
- First permanent English settlement in North America
- Spanish system to convert Indigenous peoples
- England's first attempted colony that disappeared
- Treaty dividing exploration rights between Spain and Portugal
- Economic system where colonies enrich the mother country
- 1492 navigator who opened lasting contact between Europe and the Americas
- Early Jamestown leader who organized settlers
- 1680 Indigenous uprising against Spanish settlers
- Portuguese ship that improved long ocean travel
- Workers who traded years of service for passage
- French explorer who founded Quebec
- Voyage that brought Pilgrims to New England in 1620
- Oldest continuously occupied European settlement in the United States
- Spanish explorer who reached Florida
- Conquistador who defeated the Aztec Empire with Indigenous allies
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- Massive Indigenous population loss caused by disease
- Spanish priest who spoke against harsh treatment of Indigenous peoples
- Powhatan woman who mediated early English contact
- Staple crop supporting complex Indigenous societies
- Transfer of crops, animals, ideas, and diseases after 1492
- Puritan woman who challenged religious authority in Massachusetts
- Portuguese prince who supported early exploration
- Navigation tool used to measure latitude
- Economic system shaping alliances between Europeans and Native groups
- Farming practice directing water to crops
- Large scale farm system tied to coerced labor
- Extended family home used by eastern woodlands groups
- Carved figures expressing stories and identity
- Led the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
30 Clues: French explorer who founded Quebec • Spanish explorer who reached Florida • Navigation tool used to measure latitude • Farming practice directing water to crops • Spread of beliefs, foods, and technologies • Led the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire • Spanish system to convert Indigenous peoples • Early Jamestown leader who organized settlers • ...
Branches of Geography 2021-08-31
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- -- use artifacts to study people from long
- --- Geography studies landforms
- Physical Geographers take detailed ---
- is divided into --- main branches
- --- Geography is the study of people.
- Geographers help us improve our ---
- Physical Geographers keep careful ---
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- Geographers help us learn about people from
- Historians study try to understand what caused
- Human Geographers study people: --- and present
- Geographers help us design our --- and towns
- Human Geography focuses on ---
- Physical Geographers help us --- to changes
- Geographers must --- in smaller areas of
- --- study patterns in history
15 Clues: --- study patterns in history • Human Geography focuses on --- • --- Geography studies landforms • is divided into --- main branches • Geographers help us improve our --- • --- Geography is the study of people. • Physical Geographers keep careful --- • Physical Geographers take detailed --- • Geographers must --- in smaller areas of • ...
Sukhman Bapla 8E 2022-12-23
16 Clues: Us • Mary • Story • coming • Jewish • History • Rebirth • Calendar • Evangelist • Evangelist • Evangelist • Evangelist • Son of God • Our Creator • Celebration • Birth & Death
chapter 3 us history 2021-12-13
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- member of Virginia state legislature
- gods given mandate to spread across north america
- started from Massachusetts raising taxes
- recommended removing the articles of confederation
- of the constitution caused a new government
- formed in opposition to jackson
- economic slowdown
- the last __ in the bill of rights limit national government power
- recitifys all issues
- tax on imported goods
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- supported the constitution
- hostility to immigrants
- allow freeblocks to enslaved people
- allowed projects to be made quicker
- opposed the constitution
- made to tell europe to stay off of latin land
- invented in 1807 and made shipping faster
- pride in ones country
- made to have people buy us goods instead of imported
- fundamental rights and privileges
- the first _ in the bill of rights protect individual rights
21 Clues: economic slowdown • recitifys all issues • pride in ones country • tax on imported goods • hostility to immigrants • opposed the constitution • supported the constitution • formed in opposition to jackson • fundamental rights and privileges • allow freeblocks to enslaved people • allowed projects to be made quicker • member of Virginia state legislature • ...
History of Us: 2 2022-01-11
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- Largest oilfield in the world in 1900's
- Movement of blacks to the North
- Steel inventor
- Another name for farm or small town life
- Working on high rise buildings
- User or purchaser of goods
- People who come from other countries
- Man made river used to carry water
- power source for trains in the 1800's
- Inventor of the assembly line
- Metal used for construction of buildings
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- Banned the sale or use of alcohol
- Gift from France in 1876
- Most popular car off the assembly line
- Famous gangster during Prohibition
- Island where all European immigrants came
- Invention that allowed skyscrapers
- Inventor of electric light and phonograph
- Mammal hunted for its' oil
- Person who worked on skyscrapers
- Boomtown in southern California
- Another name for city life
- State known for its' oil deposits
23 Clues: Steel inventor • Gift from France in 1876 • Mammal hunted for its' oil • User or purchaser of goods • Another name for city life • Inventor of the assembly line • Working on high rise buildings • Movement of blacks to the North • Boomtown in southern California • Person who worked on skyscrapers • Banned the sale or use of alcohol • State known for its' oil deposits • ...
US History Crossword Puzzle 2020-06-20
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- group opposed ratifying constitution
- how slaves counted in population
- deemed too weak to govern
- essay to support ratifying Constitution
- US minister to France (1785)
- decided states legislative representation
- first 10 amendments to constitution
- proposed government assume states debts
- unanimously elected president
- meeting to fix weak Articles
- allows punishment for threatening US
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- Washington's last warnings to America
- tax protest in Pennsylvania
- 3 Frenchmen gave demands to diplomats
- group supported ratifying constitution
- 2nd President and Federalist
- outlawed slavery in new territory
- revolt caused by heavy taxes
- opposed Hamilton and supported Jefferson
- treaty for Northwest natives' boundaries
20 Clues: deemed too weak to govern • tax protest in Pennsylvania • 2nd President and Federalist • revolt caused by heavy taxes • US minister to France (1785) • meeting to fix weak Articles • unanimously elected president • how slaves counted in population • outlawed slavery in new territory • first 10 amendments to constitution • group opposed ratifying constitution • ...
US History Crossword Puzzle 2020-06-20
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- group opposed ratifying constitution
- how slaves counted in population
- deemed too weak to govern
- essay to support ratifying Constitution
- US minister to France (1785)
- decided states legislative representation
- first 10 amendments to constitution
- proposed government assume states debts
- unanimously elected president
- meeting to fix weak Articles
- allows punishment for threatening US
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- Washington's last warnings to America
- tax protest in Pennsylvania
- 3 Frenchmen gave demands to diplomats
- group supported ratifying constitution
- 2nd President and Federalist
- outlawed slavery in new territory
- revolt caused by heavy taxes
- opposed Hamilton and supported Jefferson
- treaty for Northwest natives' boundaries
20 Clues: deemed too weak to govern • tax protest in Pennsylvania • 2nd President and Federalist • revolt caused by heavy taxes • US minister to France (1785) • meeting to fix weak Articles • unanimously elected president • how slaves counted in population • outlawed slavery in new territory • first 10 amendments to constitution • group opposed ratifying constitution • ...
US History Mod 8 2022-02-18
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- a fight over evolution and the role of science and religion in public schools
- making the manufature, sale, and transportation, of alcoholis beverages illegal
- a set of principles granting greater sexual freedom to men than to women
- the artistic movement that rejected traditional art
- an economic and political system based on a single-party government ruled by a dictatorship
- anti-german sentiment
- replacement president for harding after his death in 1923
- sprawl the result of growth in cities and transportation
- a popular artist in america after being injured in world war I
- a new fashion in the 1920's for woman
- the first american to win a nobel prize in literature
- a close friend to many oil executives to get oil-rich public land to himself
- formed a union strike on november 1 1919 and closed the mines for a month
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- a literal interpretation of the bible
- a name for a smuggler's practice of carrying liquor in the legs of boots
- prejudice against foreign-born people
- people who opposed any form of government
- an important composer of the period
- the acquisition of goods in ever-greater amounts
- The president's poker-playing cronies
- produced intensely colored canvases that captured the grandeur of new mexico
- someone who spoke quitely in saloons and nightclubs to obtain liquor
22 Clues: anti-german sentiment • an important composer of the period • a literal interpretation of the bible • prejudice against foreign-born people • The president's poker-playing cronies • a new fashion in the 1920's for woman • people who opposed any form of government • the acquisition of goods in ever-greater amounts • the artistic movement that rejected traditional art • ...
US History Mod 8 2022-02-18
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- prejudice against foreign-born people
- anti-german sentiment
- the result of growth in cities and transportation
- an important composer of the period
- an economic and political system based on a single-party government ruled by a dictatorship
- a fight over evolution and the role of science and religion in public schools
- people who opposed any form of government
- replacement president for harding after his death in 1923
- produced intensely colored canvases that captured the grandeur of new mexico
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- a literal interpretation of the bible
- the acquisition of goods in ever-greater amounts
- formed a union strike on november 1 1919 and closed the mines for a month
- The president's poker-playing cronies
- a set of principles granting greater sexual freedom to men than to women
- the first american to win a nobel prize in literature
- a close friend to many oil executives to get oil-rich public land to himself
- making the manufature, sale, and transportation, of alcoholis beverages illegal
- a name for a smuggler's practice of carrying liquor in the legs of boots
- a popular artist in america after being injured in world war I
- a new fashion in the 1920's for woman
- someone who spoke quitely in saloons and nightclubs to obtain liquor
- the artistic movement that rejected traditional art
22 Clues: anti-german sentiment • an important composer of the period • a literal interpretation of the bible • prejudice against foreign-born people • The president's poker-playing cronies • a new fashion in the 1920's for woman • people who opposed any form of government • the acquisition of goods in ever-greater amounts • the result of growth in cities and transportation • ...
US HISTORY - CHAPTER 6 2013-10-22
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- Proposed multiple time zones
- Negotiations between labor and management
- Founder of a Elevator Company
- Inject air into molten iron
- Had the same skill set
- Leader of the Knights of Labor
- Speaks for the workers
- Wealthy should donate money
- The railroad that crossed the United States
- Standard Oil Company founder
- Private parties free from government restrictions
- Rags to riches
- Invented the railway air brake
- To protect inventors ideas and products
- Invented by George Westinghouse
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- Largest labor organization
- Process to keep meat cold
- Control over an economic industry
- No jobs, no money
- Process in buying out suppliers to control more
- First president of AFL
- Invented the typewriter
- Alliance of trade and craft unions
- Process to merge companies producing similar products
- Invented by Alexander Bell
- Invented the light bulb
- Founded Vanderbilt University
- Suggested by C.F. Dowd
- Integrating suppliers and merging producers eliminated what
- A union of mine workers
30 Clues: Rags to riches • No jobs, no money • First president of AFL • Had the same skill set • Speaks for the workers • Suggested by C.F. Dowd • Invented the typewriter • Invented the light bulb • A union of mine workers • Process to keep meat cold • Largest labor organization • Invented by Alexander Bell • Inject air into molten iron • Wealthy should donate money • Proposed multiple time zones • ...
US Cross History Word 2014-02-27
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- Hand picked by Roosevelt, 27th President.
- 28th president of the United States.
- Head of US Honest Services.
- Preserving specific areas of wilderness.
- A term used to describe many progressive reforms.
- Federal Trade Commission.
- A bill originated from the citizens rather than lawmakers.
- Scientific studies on efficiency of work/
- Clayton's Act.
- National Association for Colored Women.
- The requirements that food and medicines be advertised properly.
- Senator have to be elected by public vote.
- Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
- Enabled voters to remove elected officials.
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- 26th president of the United States.
- Aimed to repair economic possibilities.
- Ban on alcoholic beverages
- An act that required all packed meat to be inspected.
- President of NAWSA.
- Follete Wisconsin Republican senator for 3 terms.
- Wrote about corruption in businesses and public life.
- A vote on an initiative.
- Illinois Factory Act
- Published "The Jungle".
- "Strong as a Bull Moose".
- Decentralized private banking system under Federal Control.
- Written by Upton Sinclair in 1906.
- A leading proponent of women's suffrage.
- Lead by Carrie Chapman
29 Clues: Clayton's Act. • President of NAWSA. • Illinois Factory Act • Lead by Carrie Chapman • Published "The Jungle". • A vote on an initiative. • Federal Trade Commission. • "Strong as a Bull Moose". • Ban on alcoholic beverages • Head of US Honest Services. • Written by Upton Sinclair in 1906. • 26th president of the United States. • 28th president of the United States. • ...
US History Study Crossword 2013-01-17
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- We didn't actually win this one. But we did, in a way.
- We da people
- We were totally innocent. Kinda. Not really.
- No way dude, that don't fly with me. Send it back to Congress
- Leave us alone now, please.
- "To the Victors"
- Sorry about the French-Indian War
- Stay neutral bros! I'm out!
- Mr Good Feelings
- Nobody likes me D:
- "O say can you see"
- Proportional or equal?
- Why does Jackson hate me so?
- Sure, I'll buy that. What? No, I don't really have permission... Oh well.
- pew-pew-pew
- I like dueling
- You can't do that! It's unconstitutional!
- Sincerely, Publius
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- This land is mine. And that land too. I'm sorry, but I'm gonna have to ask you to leave...
- I need a place to store my stacks 'o cash
- These are just intolerable!
- Hah, I'm still a judge, in your face Republicans!
- "And Tyler too!"
- Slaves are people too. Sort-of.
- George is sorry
- Get off my lawn!
- Whoops, forgot to add a few things!
- There was "Merry Weather" on his trip out West
- Dump it ALL in the river!
- You're in our navy now, Yankee scum.
30 Clues: pew-pew-pew • We da people • I like dueling • George is sorry • "To the Victors" • "And Tyler too!" • Mr Good Feelings • Get off my lawn! • Nobody likes me D: • Sincerely, Publius • "O say can you see" • Proportional or equal? • Dump it ALL in the river! • Leave us alone now, please. • These are just intolerable! • Stay neutral bros! I'm out! • Why does Jackson hate me so? • ...
US History Thourgh Film 2014-10-30
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- Skater, _____ Alva
- This type of journalism presents little to no well-researched news.
- The CDC uses a three sided approach to combat disease called _____________ triangle.
- People opposed to slavery were called this.
- When an epidemic spreads across the globe it is called a _________.
- Journalists attempt to remain neutral when covering the news. This is known as _________ reporting.
- Another side of the CDC triangle, concerned with where the virus is spreading.
- Actor Brad who played a Canadian that helped free Mr. Northrup.
- One of the skaters from the film we watched, Stacy __________.
- Skateboarding was originally associated with this action sport.
- State that Northrup was brought to after being kidnapped.
- Another name for Venice Beach, California, Lords of _________.
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- African country that recently made headlines for being free of Ebola.
- Most recent major U.S. city to have a doctor diagnosed with Ebola.
- Center for Disease ________, aka CDC.
- This nocturnal creature carries Ebola but is not harmed by the pathogen.
- Group whose values and norms differ from mainstream society.
- Northrup's profession.
- More people skateboard than play this organized sport.
- One side of the CDC triangle, another name for those that carry the disease.
- "12 _______ a Slave"
- Ebola is this type of pathogen.
- This line popularly divided North from South, or free from slave states.
- Name of the female slave that Northrup met in captivity.
- _________ Northrup
25 Clues: Skater, _____ Alva • _________ Northrup • "12 _______ a Slave" • Northrup's profession. • Ebola is this type of pathogen. • Center for Disease ________, aka CDC. • People opposed to slavery were called this. • More people skateboard than play this organized sport. • Name of the female slave that Northrup met in captivity. • ...
US History Ch 1 2022-08-14
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- suggested the legislature be divided into Two Houses.
- in drafting this Bill, James Madison relied heavily on the Virginia Declaration of rights.
- the 1st man to sign the Declaration of Independence.
- Powers specifically listed in the Constitution
- The total income produced by a given source.
- helped Virginia Thrive
- Opponents of the Constitution
- Powers NOT specifically listed in the Constitution.
- private investors who supported major projects to gain profit.
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- Created by Colonists to communicate with one another about British activities.
- a small ship that ranged from 70 to 90 feet long
- this divides the power between Branches of Government.
- What most colonists relied on for their livelihoods.
- agreed to work for 4 or more years in return for Ship's passage and basic needs.
- Founded the town of Providence
- led a secret expedition into the Louisiana Territory.
- wrote a collection of 85 essays.
- Banished for Massachusetts and help form the Rhode Island Colony
- 1st President under the new Constitution.
- Supporters of the Constitution
- Took office committed to limiting Government.
- Hired by Dutch Merchants and discovered what is now the Husdon River
- Men who led the expeditions to conquer the Americas
23 Clues: helped Virginia Thrive • Opponents of the Constitution • Founded the town of Providence • Supporters of the Constitution • wrote a collection of 85 essays. • 1st President under the new Constitution. • The total income produced by a given source. • Took office committed to limiting Government. • Powers specifically listed in the Constitution • ...
US History Vocab 5 2023-01-26
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- A religious gathering
- Spain gave claims to Florida and Pacific NW and US ceded SW claims to Spain
- An area where people cannot cross unless a toll is paid
- Folk hyms
- Severe economic downturn
- A society that is constantly moving
- Compromise: Allowed Missouri to join the Union as a slave state and and Maine as a non-slave state
- A machine that separates cotton fibers from seeds
- Revolution: the era of increasing production made by machines
- 2nd Great: 1800's religious movement of Protestants
- A gathering where people are brought back to religious life
- Religious subgroups
- Road: low spot in Appalachian mountain range that connected TN and KT
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- To give up
- Area West of the Appalachian mountain range
- The rate at which infant younger than 1 die
- The middle point of populations age
- Road: federally funded road from Maryland to Ohio
- Focusing on emotionally powerful teachings rather than formal ceremonies
- Canal: in NY completed in 1820's
- to give up
- Interchangeable: all parts are made to exact standard
22 Clues: Folk hyms • To give up • to give up • Religious subgroups • A religious gathering • Severe economic downturn • Canal: in NY completed in 1820's • The middle point of populations age • A society that is constantly moving • Area West of the Appalachian mountain range • The rate at which infant younger than 1 die • Road: federally funded road from Maryland to Ohio • ...
US History (1607-1877) 2017-05-21
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- a war between citizens of the same country.
- 7th U.S. President
- The first cultural movement to unite the Thirteen Colonies.
- The first permanent English settlement in North America, founded in 1607
- issued October 7, 1763, by King George III
- The first agreement for self-government in America.
- An armed rebellion by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon
- a war fought from 1775-1783 and won by the 13 American colonies
- They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists
- the first legislative body in colonial America
- a tariff on sugar, coffee, wines, and molasses.
- The first bloodshed of the American Revolution
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- The last battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in 1781
- sent letters of complaints to the king and parliament
- a land deal between the United States and France
- Turning point of the American Revolution
- the first constitution of the United States, on November 15 ,1777
- 3rd U.S. President
- taxed glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea entering the colonies.
- 1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine
- An act of 1689 granting freedom of worship to dissenters
- a 13 day siege at a mission in San Antonio
- "no taxation without representation," introduced by Patrick Henry
- Act passed in 1766 just after the repeal of the Stamp Act.
- destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company.
- a series of Acts passed in the English Parliament in 1651,1660 & 1663
26 Clues: 3rd U.S. President • 7th U.S. President • 1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine • Turning point of the American Revolution • issued October 7, 1763, by King George III • a 13 day siege at a mission in San Antonio • a war between citizens of the same country. • the first legislative body in colonial America • The first bloodshed of the American Revolution • ...
US History 1607-1877 2017-05-21
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- Turning point of the American Revolutionary War
- No foreign alliances, stay neutral in wars, don't form political parties
- Destiny the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
- They boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into Boston Harbor.
- Citizenship to Blacks
- 3rd President
- Land West of the Ohio River
- of Burgess the first legislative assembly in the American colonies.
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- Land bought by James Gadsden
- South v.s North
- Land bought for 15 million dollars
- Blacks right to vote
- 2nd President
- 16th U.S. President
- residents of free states to enforce the capture and return of fugitive slaves.
- Impressment of sailors, war with britain
- Released the 13 colonies from Britain
- Missouri become a permanent slave state
- Shot heard around the world
- Armed Rebellion during 1786-1787
- Abolished slavery
- Document that ended the Revolutionary War
- Battle that made French ally with the U.S
- The settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America.
- protection for individual liberties
25 Clues: 2nd President • 3rd President • South v.s North • Abolished slavery • 16th U.S. President • Blacks right to vote • Citizenship to Blacks • Shot heard around the world • Land West of the Ohio River • Land bought by James Gadsden • Armed Rebellion during 1786-1787 • Land bought for 15 million dollars • protection for individual liberties • Released the 13 colonies from Britain • ...
US History 30 terms 2020-10-26
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- Responsible for the Missouri Compromise
- Helped protect Tariff and developed a federal government
- Mostly served to raise income for the national government
- Emerged in 1830 in opposition to President Andrew Jackson
- Eight President of the United States
- Served as the ninth president of the United States
- Warn European nations that the U.S. will not tolerate colonization or monarchy
- Elected seventh President
- Machin that separates cotton fiber from seed
- Political party gives government civil service jobs to its supporters
- Financial crises in the United States that created a major depression
- Establish in 1791 to serve as a repository for federal funds
- Political party's
- U.S. into war with Great Britain and established second bank of the U.S.
- Allowed Missouria to become a slave state and Maine to become a free state in 1854
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- Substitutes one for another
- Gave Congress power to establish a national bank
- Known for his inventing the cotton gin
- Sixth president of the United States
- Made to protect industry in northern U.S.
- Treaty Between the United States and Spain in 1819
- Longest artificial waterway
- Large making of products
- Granted unsettled land west of Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands
- Indian nation forced to give up lands
- transition to new manufacturing processes in U.S.
- Helped define the constitutional power of the federal government
- Road made by Federal government
- Was the tenth president of the United States in 1841
- Idea that promotes the interest of a national group
30 Clues: Political party's • Large making of products • Elected seventh President • Substitutes one for another • Longest artificial waterway • Road made by Federal government • Eight President of the United States • Sixth president of the United States • Indian nation forced to give up lands • Known for his inventing the cotton gin • Responsible for the Missouri Compromise • ...
US History Review Unit 2021-09-03
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- The __________ was included in the Constitution to assure Southerners that the North was not trying to rid the country of slavery.
- The 14th Amendment gave former slaves ____________.
- Enlightenment philosopher who argued that the best way to prevent an abuse of power was to separate the powers of government into three branches
- The idea that the judicial branch should be able to make sure that Presidential actions and Congressional laws are Constitutional
- In addition to poll taxes, Southern states used _____________ to deny the vote to African Americans.
- The idea of popular sovereignty says that the government gets its power to govern from the _________
- As the NIneteenth Century progressed, the North became increasingly __________ while the South remained agricultural.
- ___________ is characterized by the government representing the interests of the “little man” and decreasing the power of the federal government
- The court case that was used to justify having separate facilities for the different races
- Group that feared the Constitution would create too strong of a national government
- The idea of dividing government between the nation and state
- One of the precedents that George Washington set as the first President was to have a ____________ that advised him on political issues.
- The main dispute between those who favored "loose construction" and "strict construction" was over how much power the _____________ should have.
- The __________ were in support of the new Constitution.
- The colonists felt that because they weren’t __________ in Parliament, they should not have to pay taxes.
- The __________ helped slaves escape to the North.
- ___________ is the belief that America had the God-given right to expand to the Pacific Ocean
- The 13th Amendment _____________ the slaves.
- A series of compromises were proposed in the mid-1800s in order to keep the ____________ between slave and free states.
- The Civil War brought many changes to American society, including Westward expansion, the building of colleges and universities, and a _____________.
- One of Jackson’s policies as President was Indian Removal, most notably ordering what has since become known as the __________, forcing the Cherokee to move to Oklahoma.
- The __________ fought to end slavery in America.
- One way that the framers of the Constitution tried to address the divisive issue of slavery was to include an agreement that would allow the ______________ to continue for 20 years.
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- Common Sense, written by ________, was significant in convincing colonists that they needed to fight for independence.
- The court case in which the principle of judicial review was established
- To reassure the anti-Federalists that individual liberties would not be trampled on by the new national government, the Federalists agreed to add a ___________ to the Constitution.
- As America expanded westward, it came into conflict with the country of __________.
- Those who supported the idea of _______________ argued that the states shouldn't have to follow laws they deem unconstitutional. In the most extreme situation, they argued they could leave the union over it.
- The Second Great Awakening, with its focus on improvement, ushered in a wave of __________ such as creating public education, temperance, and improving mentalpatients’ treatment.
- One way that the framers of the Constitution tried to prevent mob rule was by creating the _________ which took choosing the President out of the hands of everyday citizens.
- Jackson’s strategy of rewarding his supporters with government jobs and appointments is known as the ___________.
- ___________ laws legalized segregation in the South after Reconstruction.
- Based on the Supreme Court decisions while he was Chief Justice, it can be concluded that _____________ wanted a strong national government.
- The __________ was included in the Constitution to address the discrepancy between Northern and Southern free populations.
- The Declaration of Independence includes such Enlightenment ideas as the equality of man, __________, and the government’s responsibility to protect the citizens’ rights.
- The Articles of Confederation had created a weak ______________, which the Constitution was trying to fix.
- The 15th Amendment granted ____________ to former slaves.
- The court case in which the right of the national government to regulate interstate commerce was established
- The Federalists supported a _____________ interpretation of the Constitution because they wanted to strengthen the national government.
39 Clues: The 13th Amendment _____________ the slaves. • The __________ fought to end slavery in America. • The __________ helped slaves escape to the North. • The 14th Amendment gave former slaves ____________. • The __________ were in support of the new Constitution. • The 15th Amendment granted ____________ to former slaves. • ...
US History Chapter 5 2021-06-24
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- land subdivided equally among sons
- Atlantic crossing in ship's hold
- servant working to "redeem" passage
- movement to revive religious feeling
- northern tribe dominating fur trade
- Catholic priest- first California mission
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- 1715 war in South Carolina
- trade between Europe, colonies, Africa
- re-evaluated traditions through reason
- Anglican revivalist-preached to thousands
- headed 1769 expedition to California
- fiery Puritan minister in Massachusetts
- published Poor Richard's Almanack
- population growth through reproduction
- belief in a non-intervening creator
- middle colony German-speaking immigrants
- newly arrived enslaved African people
- middle colony clannish Protestant immigrants
- forts in New Spain
- slavery system based on tasks
20 Clues: forts in New Spain • 1715 war in South Carolina • slavery system based on tasks • Atlantic crossing in ship's hold • published Poor Richard's Almanack • land subdivided equally among sons • belief in a non-intervening creator • servant working to "redeem" passage • northern tribe dominating fur trade • headed 1769 expedition to California • movement to revive religious feeling • ...
US History STAAR Review 2022-05-05
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- The right to life, liberty, pursuit of happines
- Power shared between the states and Nat'l govt.
- Site where Lee surrendered to Grant
- First shots of the Civil War
- To leave the union
- Example of self-govt
- The right to vote
- invented by Robert Fulton
- Turning point of the American Rev.
- Commander of the Continental Army
- American Rev. Naval war hero
- To cancel a law
- protects your right to bear arms
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- American colonist who fought for independence
- colonist that stayed loyal to the king
- Govt. goal to own land coast to coast
- Favored a strong central government
- Thomas Paine wrote this pamphlet
- A movement to try and stop the abuses of alcohol
- Marbury v. Madison created
- Refusing to buy goods from a certain country
- First permanent English settlement
- Time period after the Civil War
- Cherokee were force to leave there home
- laws in the south aimed at controlling freed slaves
25 Clues: To cancel a law • The right to vote • To leave the union • Example of self-govt • invented by Robert Fulton • Marbury v. Madison created • First shots of the Civil War • American Rev. Naval war hero • Time period after the Civil War • Thomas Paine wrote this pamphlet • protects your right to bear arms • Commander of the Continental Army • First permanent English settlement • ...
US History Final Crossword 2022-05-26
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- women suffrage
- Revolutionary War Hero
- treaty that ended WWI
- surrendered to Grant at Appomatox Courthouse
- Johnson/ became President after JFK was assassinated
- Cong/ communists in South Vietnam
- Truman fired this General during the Korean War
- Nations/ peace keeping body formed after WWII
- ban on alcohol
- disobedience/ includes boycotts, sit-ins, peaceful protests
- type of fencing ended the open range
- Union/ its collapse marked the end of the Cold War
- market/ crashed Oct, 29, 1929
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- dropped atomic bombs on Japan to end WWII
- Wrote Declaration of Independence
- put a little money down, pay the rest later
- Scopes/ tried for teaching evolution
- telegram brought U.S. into WWI
- abolished slavery
- X/ believed in violent protests
- of Rights/ first 10 amendments
- President during U.S. Civil War
- Deal/ FDR's plan to get America out of the Depression
- the goal of the hippies was to create this type of society
- Powers/ Germany, Italy, and Japan in WWII
- President blamed for the Great Depression
- Wall/ torn down in 1989
- Russia put missiles in this country in 1962
- scandal that forced Nixon to resign
- Harbor/ event brought U.S. into WWII
30 Clues: women suffrage • ban on alcohol • abolished slavery • treaty that ended WWI • Revolutionary War Hero • Wall/ torn down in 1989 • market/ crashed Oct, 29, 1929 • telegram brought U.S. into WWI • of Rights/ first 10 amendments • X/ believed in violent protests • President during U.S. Civil War • Wrote Declaration of Independence • Cong/ communists in South Vietnam • ...
US History - Macy Whitney 2017-11-30
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- Group organized in 1899 to investigate the conditions under which goods were made and sold and to promote safe working conditions and a minimum wage (abrivation)
- The right to vote
- Who dramatizing the Southern Pacific Railroad’s stranglehold on struggling California farmers in the novel The Octopus.
- Act In 1916, Congress passed an act which banned child labor in all states what was its name
- Belief that assimilating immigrants into American society would make them more loyal citizens
- Who though that thought that Christianity should be the basis of social reform
- Who shared a Noble peace prize
- Fiction writers put a human face on
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- Who opened the country’s first birth-control clinic
- Expansion of cities and/or an increase in the number of people living in them
- Movement that responded to the pressures of industrialization and urbanization by promoting reforms
- The large-scale introduction of manufacturing, advanced technical enterprises, and other productive economic activity into an area, society, country, etc.
- The 1920 constitutional amendment that gave women the right to vote
- Writer who uncovers and exposes misconduct in government or business
- The widespread participation of regular citizens in the political process and the inclusion of their concerns in political debates
- Is a tool used to clean manure and hay out of animals’ stables
- Process that allows citizens to approve or reject a law passed by a legislature
- The Eighteenth Amendment outlawed the production and sale of
- Process by which voters can remove elected officials from office before their term ends
- Another influential muckraker was Jacob Riis what did he do
- What lawyer help the state of Illinois to ban child labor
- Process in which citizens put a proposed new law directly on the ballot
22 Clues: The right to vote • Who shared a Noble peace prize • Fiction writers put a human face on • Who opened the country’s first birth-control clinic • What lawyer help the state of Illinois to ban child labor • Another influential muckraker was Jacob Riis what did he do • The Eighteenth Amendment outlawed the production and sale of • ...
US History - Macy Whitney 2017-11-30
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- What lawyer help the state of Illinois to ban child labor
- Process in which citizens put a proposed new law directly on the ballot
- Is a tool used to clean manure and hay out of animals’ stables
- Ida B. Wells,an African American teacher and journalist, helped form the
- Who though that thought that Christianity should be the basis of social reform
- The 1920 constitutional amendment that gave women the right to vote
- Belief that assimilating immigrants into American society would make them more loyal citizens
- Process by which voters can remove elected officials from office before their term ends
- Movement that responded to the pressures of industrialization and urbanization by promoting reforms
- Who shared a Noble peace prize
- The Eighteenth Amendment outlawed the production and sale of
- Who dramatizing the Southern Pacific Railroad’s stranglehold on struggling California farmers in the novel The Octopus.
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- By 1900,of all college students, nationwide, how many where women
- Act In 1916, Congress passed an act which banned child labor in all states what was its name
- Group organized in 1899 to investigate the conditions under which goods were made and sold and to promote safe working conditions and a minimum wage (abrivation)
- movement aimed at stopping alcohol abuse and the problems created by it
- Who opened the country’s first birth-control clinic
- The large-scale introduction of manufacturing, advanced technical enterprises, and other productive economic activity into an area, society, country, etc.
- Who voted in an election in Rochester, New York, an illegal act for which she was tried and ultimately convicted in federal court
- Another influential muckraker was Jacob Riis what did he do
- Writer who uncovers and exposes misconduct in government or business
- Process that allows citizens to approve or reject a law passed by a legislature
- Fiction writers put a human face on
- Expansion of cities and/or an increase in the number of people living in them
- The widespread participation of regular citizens in the political process and the inclusion of their concerns in political debates
- The right to vote
26 Clues: The right to vote • Who shared a Noble peace prize • Fiction writers put a human face on • Who opened the country’s first birth-control clinic • What lawyer help the state of Illinois to ban child labor • Another influential muckraker was Jacob Riis what did he do • The Eighteenth Amendment outlawed the production and sale of • ...
US History - Scavenger Hunt 2018-02-15
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- person who works for a cause to improve society
- person who leaves and enters another
- social problem
- once a slave, later spoke out on women's rights
- Falls location of Women's convention
- a time when people in a place in starve
- came to California looking for gold
- popular place to work
- made first steel plow
- reason immigrant left their country
- the city
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- leader in setup of public schools
- main crop of Ireland
- movement against drinking alcohol
- went to Massachusetts prison to give lessons
- invented a reaper
- leader in women's rights
- country area
- the right to vote
- immigrant from Northern Europe
- immigrant from Europe
21 Clues: the city • country area • social problem • invented a reaper • the right to vote • main crop of Ireland • popular place to work • made first steel plow • immigrant from Europe • leader in women's rights • immigrant from Northern Europe • leader in setup of public schools • movement against drinking alcohol • came to California looking for gold • reason immigrant left their country • ...
US History - Scavenger Hunt 2018-02-15
Across
- country area
- wrote for newspapers on equality
- invented a reaper
- went to Massachusetts prison to give lessons
- main crop of Ireland
- a time when people in a place in starve
- leader in women's rights
- movement against drinking alcohol
- the right to vote
- person who leaves and enters another
- reason immigrant left their country
- the city
- social problem
- came to California looking for gold
Down
- one reason why Germans left their country
- popular U.S.place for Irish immigrants to go to
- once a slave, later spoke out on women's rights
- immigrant from Europe
- made first steel plow
- leader in setup of public schools
- popular place to work
- person who works for a cause to improve society
- Falls location of Women's convention
- immigrant from Northern Europe
24 Clues: the city • country area • social problem • invented a reaper • the right to vote • main crop of Ireland • immigrant from Europe • made first steel plow • popular place to work • leader in women's rights • immigrant from Northern Europe • wrote for newspapers on equality • leader in setup of public schools • movement against drinking alcohol • reason immigrant left their country • ...
US History 2: Final 2023-05-26
Across
- This country remained divided in half, with a communist north and a democratic south even after the war in the 1950s.
- These were laws in the south that made segregation legal (second word is a black bird).
- ___________, or lying under oath, was one of the charges against Bill Clinton during his impeachment.
- The Bay of Pigs Invasion was conducted by this US agency to overthrow Fidel Castro, the Cuban's communist leader.
- Which Russian leader helped to end communism in the USSR through his policy of perestroika?
- What world leaders decided to do with Hitler since the world was experiencing the Great Depression and everyone wanted to avoid another WWI.
- This 1964 Act outlaws discrimination in education, employment, public spaces, and provided minorities with protections.
- President Truman pledged to support any nation fighting off communism with this doctrine named after him.
- Economic condition in the 1970s created by high inflation combined with recession.
- Gerald Ford is most remembered for writing one of these and excusing Nixon.
- Who was the winner of the 2000 Presidential Election (which was a mess because of the hanging chads.)
- What group of Americans did the US intern after the attack on Pearly Harbor?
- Defense spending by this president bankrupted the USSR, pushed the US national budget sky-high, and led to a recession for George HW Bush.
- The enemy during the Vietnam war was very hard to fight because they could blend in, had booby traps, secret tunnels, and seemed impossible to defeat.
Down
- This market and its overinflated prices and risky loans led to the 2008 financial crisis.
- On 9/11/01, terrorists used commercial __________ to attach the Twin Towers and the Pentagon.
- What is the name given to the treatment of Jews and other "undesirable" groups by the Nazis?
- Brown v. Board reversed "separate but equal" when it came to this:
- The student-led program to protest segregation on interstate transportation systems, in which civil rights workers took buses through the south.
- A resurgent conservative movement in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
- A policy that gives special consideration to women and minorities to make up for past discrimination
- What was America's response to the formation of the EU (European Union)?
- Which state did Bush get awarded all 25 electoral votes after a drawn out controversy in 2000?
- Students stormed the US Embassy of this nation and took 66 Americans hostage.
- Protest technique in which African Americans occupied a segregated establishment and demanded service. Generally used at diner counters.
- Nixon's campaign workers broke into what offices in the Watergate complex? The ___________ National Committee.
- This president (last name) signed DACA, the Affordable Care Act, and the 2009 Economic Stimulus Package while he was in office.
27 Clues: Brown v. Board reversed "separate but equal" when it came to this: • A resurgent conservative movement in the late 1970s and early 1980s. • What was America's response to the formation of the EU (European Union)? • Gerald Ford is most remembered for writing one of these and excusing Nixon. • ...
2nd Semester US History 2023-05-08
Across
- Easing hostile or strained relations with a foreign country
- Formed the United Farm Workers, lead a national grape boycott
- First American man in space
- Author of The Feminine Mystique and one of the founding members of the National Organization for Women
- This political ad helped Johnson win the 1964 election
- This was Truman's authorization to Congress to give European countries billions of dollars to rebuild after WWII
- Communist leader of North Vietnam
- This was a result of fears in the early 1950's that there were communist spies within the US government
- Leader of Italy during WWII
- What did the 24th amendment eliminate?
- This president had a foreign policy termed "Peace Through Strength" which spent $1.5 trillion in military build up against the Soviet Union
- Fear of communism taking over in America during the 1950's
- The idea that the US would go to the edge of war to oppose communism
- The decision to create the United Nations was made at this conference
- The idea that if one country fell to communism, other countries close by would also fall
- Term for Nixon gradually withdrawing troops out of South Vietnam
- The name of President Johnson's domestic policy
- first satellite launched into space by the Soviets
- The fall of this city to North Vietnam marked the end of American involvement there.
- A defense alliance originally formed to defend western Europe from Soviet aggression
- Created a military alliance between the USSR and Eastern Europe
- The southern state that was the focus of the Freedom Summer
- Her arrest led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Down
- He pardoned Nixon for any crimes that may have come out of the Watergate scandal
- Commander of all US troops in Europe during WWII, led the invasion of D-Day
- The first black student to integrate Ole Miss
- His murder galvanized the Civil Rights Movement
- This famous march eventually led to the passing of the 1965 Voting Rights Act
- Removed barriers of trading between Canada, Mexico, and America
- The leader of the Soviet Union responsible for building the Berlin Wall
- Nixon ordered US troops to invade this country in April of 1970 because Vietcong were hiding there
- Sometimes called hippies, this group often wore untraditional clothing, grew their hair out, lived in communes, and listened to folk music of the time.
- Name of the North African campaign
- This president raised taxes resulting in a budget surplus
- Name of Truman's domestic policy
- The invasion of this country by Hitler lead to the start of WWII
- Nixon resigned as president as a result of this scandal
- Failed attempt to invade and overthrow Cuban communist dictator Castro
- Keeping communism within its present territory through diplomatic, economic, and military actions
- The first mass produced suburb
- The name of President Kennedy's domestic policy
- President during the Iran hostage crisis
- Commander of all US troops in the Pacific
- The victory at this island provided the US with a base to attack Japan if needed
- Gave the "I Had a Dream" speech at the March on Washington
- Term used by Nixon to describe conservative Americans in the 60's and 70's
46 Clues: First American man in space • Leader of Italy during WWII • The first mass produced suburb • Name of Truman's domestic policy • Communist leader of North Vietnam • Name of the North African campaign • What did the 24th amendment eliminate? • President during the Iran hostage crisis • Commander of all US troops in the Pacific • Her arrest led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott • ...
US History Exam Review 2023-05-17
Across
- The period post-civil war where the focus was on rebuilding the nation
- Union soldiers were called this
- Southern General Thomas Jackson became known as this after the First Bull Run battle
- How the enslaved avoided work
- This battle ended the confederacy's hope of gaining British and French allies
- These southern congressmen were led by Henry Clay and they were one of the causes of the war of 1812
- These laws required people in the confederacy to serve in the army for at least 3 years
- This type of resistance is not secretly done such as running away
- Lincoln's famous speech honoring soldiers that died in battle and giving his vision for the country
- This land purchase under President Jefferson doubled the size of the United States
- This controversial book about slavery motivated abolitionists
- Ended slavery in the United States even though it did not happen immediately
- States choose for themselves
Down
- This is where the women's rights convention was held.
- This act made the Missouri compromise invalid
- This compromise helped keep the balance between free and slave states.
- Confederate soldiers were called this
- These states remained in the the Union and still supported slavery
- The official ending of slavery in Galveston Texas more than 2 years after the Emancipation Proclomation
- The Unions plan to end the war
- This president was known as the people's president.
- This was a result of the Indian Removal Act and many Natives died during it.
- This small Virginia town his where the Civil War officially ended
- This type of resistance is secretly done such as pretending to be sick
- This Union General marched his troops south across Georgia burning cities and crops
- This Massachusetts army was a brave African American group that served during the Civil War
26 Clues: States choose for themselves • How the enslaved avoided work • The Unions plan to end the war • Union soldiers were called this • Confederate soldiers were called this • This act made the Missouri compromise invalid • This president was known as the people's president. • This is where the women's rights convention was held. • ...
2nd Semester US History 2023-05-05
Across
- The leader of the Soviet Union responsible for building the Berlin Wall
- This president had a foreign policy termed "Peace Through Strength" which spent $1.5 trillion in military build up against the Soviet Union
- He pardoned Nixon for any crimes that may have come out of the Watergate scandal
- This famous march eventually led to the passing of the 1965 Voting Rights Act
- Commander of all US troops in Europe during WWII, led the invasion of D-Day
- The name of President Kennedy's domestic policy
- The first black student to integrate Ole Miss
- Author of The Feminine Mystique and one of the founding members of the National Organization for Women
- Leader of Italy during WWII
- Keeping communism within its present territory through diplomatic, economic, and military actions
- First American man in space
- The southern state that was the focus of the Freedom Summer
- Easing hostile or strained relations with a foreign country
- The idea that if one country fell to communism, other countries close by would also fall
- The invasion of this country by Hitler lead to the start of WWII
- first satellite launched into space by the Soviets
- The victory at this island provided the US with a base to attack Japan if needed
- The fall of this city to North Vietnam marked the end of American involvement there.
- Failed attempt to invade and overthrow Cuban communist dictator Castro
- The first mass produced suburb
- Name of the North African campaign
Down
- The name of President Johnson's domestic policy
- Removed barriers of trading between Canada, Mexico, and America
- Created a military alliance between the USSR and Eastern Europe
- President during the Iran hostage crisis
- This was a result of fears in the early 1950's that there were communist spies within the US government
- The idea that the US would go to the edge of war to oppose communism
- His murder galvanized the Civil Rights Movement
- Gave the "I Had a Dream" speech at the March on Washington
- Fear of communism taking over in America during the 1950's
- This was Truman's authorization to Congress to give European countries billions of dollars to rebuild after WWII
- Her arrest led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott
- Nixon ordered US troops to invade this country in April of 1970 because Vietcong were hiding there
- Term for Nixon gradually withdrawing troops out of South Vietnam
- Name of Truman's domestic policy
- Commander of all US troops in the Pacific
- A defense alliance originally formed to defend western Europe from Soviet aggression
- This president raised taxes resulting in a budget surplus
- Nixon resigned as president as a result of this scandal
- Term used by Nixon to describe conservative Americans in the 60's and 70's
- What did the 24th amendment eliminate?
- The decision to create the United Nations was made at this conference
- Formed the United Farm Workers, lead a national grape boycott
- Communist leader of North Vietnam
44 Clues: Leader of Italy during WWII • First American man in space • The first mass produced suburb • Name of Truman's domestic policy • Communist leader of North Vietnam • Name of the North African campaign • What did the 24th amendment eliminate? • President during the Iran hostage crisis • Commander of all US troops in the Pacific • Her arrest led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott • ...
US History Review Crossword! 2023-05-18
Across
- Apache leader who was eventually captured by the US
- term for Northerners who moved to the South to profit from Reconstruction
- this era was when alcohol was illegal
- the coolest history teacher everrr (or jus the one you got stuck with)
- Jane Addams is famous for creating a _ house in Chicago
- this is a term for a group of workers who organize and demand rights
- industry that Rockefeller influenced
- last name of TWO presidents we studied this year
- the US declared war on this country when they discovered the Zimmerman telegram
Down
- she was a Harlem Renaissance blues singer (first name only - last name is Smith)
- the supreme law of the US
- these laws were created after Reconstruction and targeted African Americans
- the term for when many people move to cities and cities grow
- president who chose to drop the atomic bomb
- another word for cloth or fabric, this industry dominated New England
- this was the era of economic hardship in the US
- the US entered World War II after this base was attacked
- a change to the Constitution
- his creation of the assembly line made cars for affordable (full name)
- president during World War 1
- this law was created to try to assimilate Native people
- Chief _ was forced to surrender at the end of the Nez Perce war
- this industry dominated Pittsburgh (hint: there's a football team named for this...)
- president who was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
24 Clues: the supreme law of the US • a change to the Constitution • president during World War 1 • industry that Rockefeller influenced • this era was when alcohol was illegal • president who chose to drop the atomic bomb • this was the era of economic hardship in the US • last name of TWO presidents we studied this year • Apache leader who was eventually captured by the US • ...
