Vocabulary
The government of the North.
What is the Union?
The President of the U.S. during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The school term or quarter that is about to end.
What is the fourth quarter?
The largest river that runs through Minneapolis.
What is the Mississippi?
Our current topic of study in this class.
What is American history?
A person who flees or tries to escape.
What is a fugitive?
Another term or name for the Northern States.
What is the Union?
The document that defines and sets up the structure for our government.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
Name three of the four major professional sports teams that play their home games in Minneapolis.
What are the Vikings, Timberwolves, Twins and Lynx?
The name of Mr. Dunkelberger's dog.
Who is Ruby?
The act of withdrawing from an organization or alliance.
What is secession?
Another name or term for the Southern States.
What is the Confederacy?
A term that refers to the first 10 amendments to the constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The tallest building in Minneapolis.
What is the IDS Center?
The largest lake that is at least partially in Minnesota.
What is Lake Superior?
An agreement in which both sides agree to give up something they want in order to achieve a settlement.
What is a compromise?
Two reasons there were so many deaths during the Civil War.
What are new weapons and outdated battle tactics?
The war fought to gain independence from Great Britain.
What was the American Revolution?
The current population of Minneapolis.
What is 422,331 people?
The snowiest month of the year in Minnesota.
What is January?
Unequal treatment based on a person's race, gender, religion, etc.
What is discrimination?
One of Lincoln's hidden weapons in the war.
What are railroads and the telegraph?
"Obvious fate" or the idea that God wanted the U.S. to expand westward.
What is manifest destiny?
The mayor of Minneapolis.
Who is Jacob Frey?
The Vice President of the United States.
Who is Mike Pence?