Description

a person who strongly favors doing away with slavery
an addition to the Constitution
a storage place for weapons and ammunition
a production system with machines and workers arranged so that each person performs an assigned task again and again
to absorb a group into the culture of a larger population
laws passed in the South after the Civil War aimed at controlling freedmen
cut off an area by means of troops or warships to stop supplies or people from coming in or going out
a community experiencing a sudden growth in population
the states between the North and the South that were divided over whether to stay in the Union or join the Confederacy
a group of advisers to the president
an artificial waterway
farm crop raised to be sold for money
official count of a population
the system in which each branch of government has a check on the other two branches so that no one branch becomes too powerful
conflict between opposing groups of citizens of the same country
discussion between an employer and union representatives of workers over wages, hours, and working conditions
sturdy vehicle topped with white canvas and used by pioneers to move west
a formal plan of government
dishonest or illegal actions
a machine that removed seeds from cotton fiber
the selection of persons for military service
a person who leaves a country to live elsewhere
the branch of government headed by the president
an extreme shortage of food
people who went to California during the gold rush
former mining town that became deserted
the name associated with America in the late 1800s, referring to the extravagant wealth of a few and the terrible poverty that lay underneath
a clause that allowed individuals who did not pass the literacy test to vote if their fathers or grandfathers had voted before Reconstruction
a continuous rise in the price of goods
uniform pieces of that can be made in large quantities to replace other identical pieces

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Civics Vocabulary

Crossword

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What is a crossword?

Crossword puzzles have been published in newspapers and other publications since 1873. They consist of a grid of squares where the player aims to write words both horizontally and vertically.

Next to the crossword will be a series of questions or clues, which relate to the various rows or lines of boxes in the crossword. The player reads the question or clue, and tries to find a word that answers the question in the same amount of letters as there are boxes in the related crossword row or line.

Some of the words will share letters, so will need to match up with each other. The words can vary in length and complexity, as can the clues.

Who is a crossword suitable for?

The fantastic thing about crosswords is, they are completely flexible for whatever age or reading level you need. You can use many words to create a complex crossword for adults, or just a couple of words for younger children.

Crosswords can use any word you like, big or small, so there are literally countless combinations that you can create for templates. It is easy to customise the template to the age or learning level of your students.

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Once you’ve picked a theme, choose clues that match your students current difficulty level. For younger children, this may be as simple as a question of “What color is the sky?” with an answer of “blue”.

Are crosswords good for students?

Crosswords are a great exercise for students' problem solving and cognitive abilities. Not only do they need to solve a clue and think of the correct answer, but they also have to consider all of the other words in the crossword to make sure the words fit together.

Crosswords are great for building and using vocabulary.

If this is your first time using a crossword with your students, you could create a crossword FAQ template for them to give them the basic instructions.

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Can I create crosswords in other languages?

Crosswords are a fantastic resource for students learning a foreign language as they test their reading, comprehension and writing all at the same time. When learning a new language, this type of test using multiple different skills is great to solidify students' learning.

We have full support for crossword templates in languages such as Spanish, French and Japanese with diacritics including over 100,000 images, so you can create an entire crossword in your target language including all of the titles, and clues.