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The Roaring 20's
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an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist.. She was the first lady to fly a plane.. was enacted to carry out the intent of the Eighteenth Amendment, which established prohibition in the United States. a nick name for communist. A author, writer and song writer and a civil rights leader.
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The Roaring 20's
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A poet during the Harlem Renaissance. The main source of news and entertainment in the 20's. More people became this because of increased education. A female writer during the 20's. A job that most women held in the 20's, cook, maid, nanny.
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The Roaring Twenties
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first woman to fly across the Atlantic. celebrated African American poet. writer, publisher, and NAACP leader. first man to fly sos nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean. scholar and writer who was part of the Harlem Renaissance.
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The Roaring Twenties
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This Minnesota boy made history with his solo flight over the Atlantic. Probably the most famous Chicago _______________ of the 20s was Al Capone. purchasing something and promising to pay later is buying on ________________. The Great _________________ was a mass movement of blacks from South to North. the U.S. president whose reputation was soiled by his corrupt associates.
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The Roaring Twenties!
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International agreement in which nations agreed to refrain from war. The 30th President of the U.S.. Citizen of one country who lives in another. Belief in literal interpretation of the Bible. Banning of alcohol in the United States.
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The Roman Crossword
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traded for other resources . casual dinner in Rome. gathered fish for the people. not idealist but........ family is all in the fathers hands.
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The Roman Gods
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Enter the Roman names for the gods
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Demeter's Roman name. Hades' Roman name. Artemis' Roman name. Athene's Roman name. Aphrodite's Roman name.
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The Roman Republic
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Nobles. The Roman's language. Former Roman soldier who led thousands of slaves in a fight for freedom. Twin brothers who founded Rome. prohibit.
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The Roman Time
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a missionary and apostle to the gentiles. person, often a slave or captive. the awaited redeemer of the Jews, to be sent by God to free them. son and successor of Marcus Aurelius;Roman Emperor. senior military officer.
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The Romance of Ethnicity
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communal. identity. coexist. vicissitudes. bias.
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The Romans
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he built a mighty wall. the Romans built these long and straight. the value of X in Roman numerals. an underground tunnel to carry away waste water. to take over a country or region by force.
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The Romantic Period
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(1785-1825)
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Had many scandalous love affairs' with both sexes. . Wollstonecraft named her first child after her dead friend. What was her name?. What book did Wordsworth and Coleridge write together? . The man interested in the human soul and who's art illuminated his poems. . Frame narratives are stories that take place inside a story. What was the fame story for the Rime of the Ancient Mariner? .
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The Russian Federation
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within the boundaries of Odessa to St. Petersburg to Irkutsk . 4,000-6,000 feet in elevation . An arm of the North Pacific Ocean enclosed by the Kamchatka Penisula. fertile black soil. youngest leader to rule USSR in 6 decades .
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The Sacco-Vanzetti Case
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An intense fear of communism. Presiding judge over the case. A person who is opposed to government. The place where Vanzetti and Sacco were executed. Sacco and Vanzetti were tried and executed for the robbery and murders of two men that caused controversy all over the world.
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Teenage
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The Salem Witch Trials
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During trials many accused witches made ______ to avoid death even if it was not true.. Giles Corey refused to stand for trial and was _____ under heavy stones until his death on September 22, 1692.. The hysteria associated with the Salem Witchcraft Trials started with the mysterious illness demonstrated by strange and frightening symptoms. Who was the first case the symptom? . What was the verdict of the first case of the Court of Oyer and Terminer?. How many people were executed for witchcraft?.
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The Second World War
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The Russian Army was also known as . This was another name for lightning war.. In this month and this year, Germany surrendered. Two atomic bombs were dropped in these two places . Joined forces with Britain to fight Germany..
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The Selma Campaign
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The surname of the man killed in the first protest. The civil rights organisation hoping to make a statement through this campaign. The civil rights organisation which opted for a non violent approach within the first march. The month that the first march started in. The surname of the man responsible for leading the first march.
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The Southern Colonies
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The first elected legislature in 1619.. The state of being strikingly different from something else.. Lack of religious toleration.. Land was given to this peron by King Charles 1. The first successful English colony..
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The Southern Colonies
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To increase in amount over time.. Created by a grant of land from a monarch. created for freedom of religion by William Penn.. A nick name for Pennsylvania.. The second largest state..
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The Space Race
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What is the russian translation of the word sattelite. This many people watched the moon landing. First man on the moon . Means sailor of the universe. Apollo ship that resulted in the death of its crew.
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The Space Race
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Russian for ¨Traveler¨. First American to orbit Earth (1962). Meaning of Cosmonauts (Russian space pilots). First American to walk in space. animal that crafts were tested with.
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The Space Race
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First human on the moon. America's president during the space race. The area that makes up our universe. The winner of the space race. America's competitor during the space race .
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The Spanish Armada
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King Philip I ruled this country.. The surname of the most famous English 'sea dog'. The name given to the Spanish fleet who hoped to beat England. . The name given to Spanish ships.. The name of Belgium and Holland during Philips reign..
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The Spanish Missions in Texas
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He sent a letter to the French for help building a mission.. What the Spanish called the Hasinai Indians.. St. Denis built a French trading post near this river in 1713.. In 1716, Spanish decided to build a mission-presidio along this river.. ------ Revolt forced the Spanish out of New Mexico..
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The Spanish-American War
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A major battle during the Revolutionary War which the patriots won in Saratoga, Virginia... The first battle fought in The American Revolution.. A patriot and author in the Revolutionary War, who wrote Common sense.. The formal document written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the colonies from Great Britain.. An army made by the second continental congress from the colonies in The American Revolution..
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The Statehood Era
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A place set aside for Indian use. Used irrigation water to raise fruits and vegetables. An enabling act allowing Washington to hold a constitutional convention in the summer. Offering a certain amount of land to any white settler if they move to the Oregon territory. The act of removing the Indians.
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The Struggle for Freedom 1754-1783
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Find the word for each definition. Fill in each box across and down.
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a colonist who wanted independence from Great Britain. to surrender something. a colonist who remained loyal to Great Britain. a nation that joins with other nations for the same cause. an action to keep supplies from getting into or out of an area.
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The Tang and Song Dynasties
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The wealthiest class in the social hierarchy. Most respected form of literature. Had tributary states consisting of Korea, Tibet, Vietnam, and others.. Linked Huang and Chang rivers. Sold today in both China and America as fancy decorations.
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Teenage
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
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Rebellion.. Joyfulness and merriment.. Severe criticism or punishment.. Acting without thinking or impulsive.. Way of conducting oneself; behavior. .
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
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A Greek writer adn biographer that lived around the time of Julius Caesar.. Shakepeare learned this language in school.. The only son of Shakespeare that died at age 11. This is when a person discloses their innermost thoughts when others are on stage. This type of stage is seperated from the audience by velvet curtains and realistic settings. .
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The Treaty of Waitangi
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He vistied NZ in 925?. Maori name for New Zealand?. A New Zealander of European descent?. The ship that James Cook came on?. The Waitangi __________ was set up in 1975..
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The Trojan Horse
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Graeci aedificant ___ equum.. Laocoon a serpentibus ____.. ___ annos Graeci Troiam pugnant.. Neptuni est deus ____.. Ligneus ___ est dolus..
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The Trojan War
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Any of a race of one-eyed giants. the king of Ithaca, normally said to be the son of Laertes and Anticlea, husband of Penelope, and father of Telemachus. . the greatest name in this history of epic poetry, and who stands as high in that department, wrote the Odyssey and the iliad. set of stories or beliefs about a particular person, institution, or situation. a city, both factual and legendary, in northwest Anatolia in what is now Turkey, south of the southwest end of the Dardanelles / Hellespont and northwest of Mount Ida.
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The Trojan War
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First Husband of Helen. Makes armor for Achilles. Prophet to Agememnon. Only Greek to return swiftly and safely home. Offered Paris the most beautiful women in the world.
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The Umbrella Man
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to attract somebody or make somebody want to do or have something, even if they know it is wrong. to hold something tightly in your hand. terrible. a situation that may lead to punishment. the money that you pay to travel by bus, plane, taxi, etc..
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The Under Ground RailRoad
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Slaves who were caught running away were ___________.. __________ Still kept records of slaves he helped to free.. Africans were __________ by whites.. ______ Jersey was a free state.. Unpaid African-American workers were called _______..
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The Underground Railroad
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Was an African-American social reformer, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writing.. A slave who escaped with her infant daughter in 1826.. An American abolitionist and author.. The editor of the abolitionist newspaper 'The Liberator.'. Slave who led rebellion against slave owners..
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The Vietnam War
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Sharpened spear hidden in ground, designed to impale unwary U.S. and South Vietnamese troops.. Basic rifle used by U.S. troops in Vietnam.. Guerrilla group formed by Ho Chi Minh after World War II to force the French colonial rulers out of Vietnam.. A military unit that consists of three rifle squads. It has a nine-man headquarters with a platoon leader, platoon sergeant, radiotelephone operator, and two machinegun crews.. A military unit that consists of 11 men and is led by a squad leader. It fights as two fire teams. Each fire team can fire, maneuver, or overwatch. .
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The Vietnam War
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Complete the crossword puzzle below. You do not need to worry about spaces and dashes. Good luck!
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Sharpened spear hidden in ground, designed to impale unwary U.S. and South Vietnamese troops.. Guerrilla group formed by Ho Chi Minh after World War II to force the French colonial rulers out of Vietnam.. A defoliant the U.S. sprayed on jungle areas to remove enemy hiding places. Many U.S. troops claim it gave them cancer and produced birth defects in their children.. Vietnamese village where, in 1968, U.S. troops murdered 567 civilian men, women, and children.. Major Vietnamese holiday. In January 1968, Communist troops staged fierce attacks all over South Vietnam on the holiday. Though the Communists were forced back, the attack shattered U.S. assurance that the war was going well..
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The Vietnam War
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LBJ’s Secretary of Defense after Robert McNamara; agreed with Vietnam policy but believed that the war was “unwinnable.”. Congress gave Lyndon B. Johnson the powers to take “all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression.”. the American destroyer that a North Vietnamese patrol boat fired at. Leader of the Indochinese Communist Party. South Vietnamese towns and cities were attacked by the Viet Cong, surprisingly, in early 1968. .
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The Viking Era
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A person who is not a slave.. Thor's hammer.. Viking farm house.. Strongest Vikings are called ______. . An argument between two families that involves fightings or killings..
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The Vikings
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Someone who goes back on their word.. belief in more than one god. Other civilisations that were polytheist were ancient Rome and ancient Egyptian. Societies that believe in one god are called monotheistic.. A medieval social system based on obligations between lords (who provided land to work on and protection) and vassals (who gave military service in time of war).. Literally ‘men from the north’ (i.e. from Scandinavia). The adjective is Norse.. spoken by Vikings and other peoples of the north (i.e. modern Scandinavia)..
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The Vikings
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never wore these!. where they came from. stories the Vikings wrote. Viking god who Thursday is named after. travelled the world in these.
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The War Moves West and South
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The hit-and-run technique that caught the British off guard. This man was a Mohawk chief. American naval officer who raided British ports. A lieutenant colonel in the Virginia militia. To cut off an area by means of troops or warships to stop supplies or people from coming in or going out .
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The War of 1812
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Famous building in DC that was burned by the British.. 15 year old Shawnee warrior who was against the white captives.. Last name of the man who won the naval battle of Lake Erie. Last name of the governor of Indiana.. The last name of the poet/lawyer who wrote the 'Star Spangled Banner'.
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The War of 1812
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On June 1812 this president asked congress to declare war. Hwo many delegates were at the convention. Known as 'The Prophet'. Where the Native Americans fled. War hawks wanted to go to war to stop what country from seizing american ships.
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The War of 1812
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The Treaty of _____ was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain.. The _____ _____ of 1807 was a law passed by the United State Congress and signed by President Thomas Jefferson on December 22, 1807. It prohibited American ships from trading in all foreign ports.. The main cause of the conflict was neutral rights, or freedom of _____ and the right to remain neutral.. The _____Convention resulted in a declaration calling on the Federal Government to protect New England and to supply financial aid to New England's badly battered trade economy.. Representatives such as Henry Clay of Kentucky and John C. Calhoun of South Carolina were labeled 'war hawks' b/c they wanted to conquer _____ to eliminate British influence..
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The war with Mexico
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U.S. general who led battle over the Rio Grande. was admitted by congress as a slave state. the eleventh president . treaty that ended war with Mexico. mexican territory surrendered to the U.S..
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The Watergate Scandal
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Gave Nixon a full pardon of all his crimes while in office. Group of five bulidings in Washington DC,Held offices of the Democratic National Committee. Watergate trial judge. thousands of dollars given to the Watergate burglars. President during 1969-1974, 37th President.
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The West
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killed at the battle of little big horn. hundreds killed in a single day, only skins and hides taken. sneaked into territory and staked their claim s before official opening. built railroad from east to west. general custer(250 men) vs. crazy horse(2,000).
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