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American History

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  1. 4. Heavyweight politician who presided over both the White House and the Supreme Court
  2. 6. Supporter of a strong central government, championed in eighty-five essays
  3. 7. The Great Compromiser who never quite molded the presidency
  4. 9. A pledge, or the redcoat general who locked down Boston
  5. 10. Dark horse president who mapped out Manifest Destiny in a single term
  6. 11. Undercover operative like Nathan Hale, who regretted having only one life
  7. 14. The turbulent twelve-year rebuilding phase of a fractured Union
  8. 15. Mrs. O'Leary's legendary scapegoat for the Great Chicago Fire
  9. 16. Texan mission that became a battle cry for remembrance
  10. 17. Brew that caused a steep tax revolt in Boston Harbor
  11. 18. To allow, or the Union general whose face is on the fifty-dollar bill
  12. 19. The only president of a country that existed for just four years
  13. 20. A formal pact, like the Paris one that officially ended the Revolution
  14. 21. Writer who argued it was only common sense to break from the King

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  1. 1. General who surrendered his sword under an apple tree at Appomattox
  2. 2. The polymath who penned the Declaration and bought Louisiana on a whim
  3. 3. A state of civil or revolutionary conflict
  4. 5. A father-son presidential duo who both served single terms
  5. 7. Opportunistic Northerner who packed cheap luggage to exploit the post-war South
  6. 8. The supreme law of the land, drafted behind closed doors in Philadelphia
  7. 9. To carve up voting districts like a mythical political salamander
  8. 12. Penny-pinching face of the Union who preserved it from a theater seat
  9. 13. Luxury sleeper car king whose wage cuts sparked a nationwide rail strike

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American presidents recent

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  1. 1. Natural state from which a comeback kid emerged in ninety-two
  2. 6. Centenarian builder who bypassed the typical post-presidential retirement
  3. 7. Latin for I forbid, used to send bills back
  4. 8. Legumes associated with a plainsman of peace
  5. 11. Golden state governed by a screen star before his national sweep
  6. 12. Lone star origin of both a ranch owner and a plane-crash survivor
  7. 13. Shrub that twice took root in the Oval Office

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  1. 2. Pennsylvania coal town where the forty-sixth spent his early childhood
  2. 3. Military branch of a PT-one-zero-nine commander and a peanut farmer
  3. 4. High card that built a real estate brand before the presidency
  4. 5. Arkansas birthplace of a saxophone-playing leader
  5. 6. Rhodes scholar who played sax on late-night TV before winning
  6. 9. Ivy League school that educated both forty-one and forty-three
  7. 10. Solemn promise made on a Bible every four years in January

usa revolutionary history

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  1. 1. The armed conflict between the colonies and Great Britain.
  2. 3. An official mark on documents required by a 1765 act.
  3. 5. A compulsory financial contribution imposed by the British crown.

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  1. 2. Weapons used by the colonial militia.
  2. 4. The beverage dumped into the harbor during a famous protest.

us history mid nineties

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  1. 3. First female Attorney General of the United States
  2. 4. Last name of the fictional 1994 movie hero Forrest
  3. 5. Auction site founded in 1995 as AuctionWeb
  4. 9. IBM computer that defeated Garry Kasparov in 1997
  5. 11. Record-breaking 1997 film about a maritime disaster
  6. 12. First name of the 1992 and 1996 candidate Perot
  7. 13. Convention where Clinton was nominated in 1996
  8. 14. Vice President and environmental advocate during this era

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  1. 1. GOP nominee who challenged Bill in 1996
  2. 2. Space telescope repaired by shuttle astronauts in 1993
  3. 6. First woman to serve as Secretary of State
  4. 7. Dominant web browser of the mid-nineties
  5. 8. Russian leader who worked with Clinton on post-Cold War ties
  6. 10. The group that found OJ not guilty

history of United States

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  1. 1. Direction of Lewis and Clark's trek
  2. 3. State of the Union between 1861 and 1865
  3. 6. Midnight rider of 1775
  4. 7. Boston Harbor beverage of 1773

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  1. 2. Person freed by the 13th Amendment
  2. 4. To change the Constitution
  3. 5. General who accepted Lee's surrender

u.s. presidents

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  1. 4. The surname of the 2nd and 6th U.S. Presidents

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  1. 1. The 44th U.S. President
  2. 2. The surname of the 41st and 43rd U.S. Presidents
  3. 3. The 27th U.S. President who later became Chief Justice

American Revolution

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  1. 5. Massachusetts delegate who later became the second U.S. president
  2. 7. Town near Lexington where colonial militia clashed with British troops
  3. 10. Document adopted July 4, 1776, announcing American independence
  4. 12. Framework of government drafted for the new nation in 1787
  5. 13. Principal author of the Declaration of Independence
  6. 14. 1783 agreement that officially ended the war
  7. 15. Massachusetts town where the war's first shots were fired in 1775

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  1. 1. Nickname for a British soldier, based on uniform color
  2. 2. 1777 battle victory that convinced France to help the colonies
  3. 3. Virginia town where British forces surrendered in 1781
  4. 4. Uprising in which American colonies broke from British rule
  5. 6. Statesman who helped negotiate French support for the colonies
  6. 8. Hired foreign soldier Britain employed, such as the Hessians
  7. 9. Colonial militia fighters ready to fight on short notice
  8. 11. Group of citizen soldiers who were not full-time professionals

American Revolution

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  1. 1. Large weapon that fires heavy iron balls
  2. 5. Money Britain charged colonists on goods such as tea
  3. 7. Freedom from British rule that the colonies declared in 1776
  4. 10. Drink thrown into Boston Harbor during a famous 1773 protest
  5. 13. Colonist who remained faithful to the British king
  6. 14. Freedom, the ideal American colonists were fighting for

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  1. 1. The thirteen British territories that became the United States
  2. 2. Massachusetts city where colonists dumped tea into the harbor
  3. 3. General who led the Continental Army and became first president
  4. 4. Long gun that soldiers loaded and fired in the 1700s
  5. 6. Person who fights as part of a country's military
  6. 8. Group of colonial delegates who met to make wartime decisions
  7. 9. Symbol of stars and stripes that represents the United States
  8. 11. Organized group of soldiers who fight together
  9. 12. Title held by George the Third, Britain's ruler during the war

us history

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  1. 1. The precious metal discovered at Sutter's Mill in 1848
  2. 5. The sixteenth president of the United States who issued the Emancipation Proclamation
  3. 6. The product dumped into the harbor during a famous 1773 protest

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  1. 1. The Union general who later became the eighteenth president
  2. 2. A settlement or territory under the control of a distant parent nation
  3. 3. The title of the British monarch George III during the Revolution
  4. 4. The act of casting a ballot to choose a political leader

American History

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  1. 1. A memory kept alive in a Texan mission.
  2. 4. He resigned without being impeached.
  3. 6. A king's municipality built by John Smith.
  4. 8. Snob to arrange a revolutionary party.
  5. 9. Males turning back to a bewitching town.
  6. 10. Bull moose who promised a square deal.

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  1. 2. A list of cargo, or an obvious destiny.
  2. 3. A turnip's gone bad for these strict settlers.
  3. 5. An alteration to the founding document.
  4. 7. Greek god that landed Americans on the moon.
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