Court Cases
Segregated schools are unequal and unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
The first president and commander of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washingtion
Formally announced the thirteen colonies' separation from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The amendment that abolished slavery
What is the 13th amendment?
President Jefferson bought land from France, doubling the size of the US.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Required police to inform suspects of their Miranda rights
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
16th president who preserved the Union during the Civil War and enacted the Emancipation Proclamation while ending legal slavery.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Established the framework of the federal government.
What is the constitution?
Another name for the first 10 amendments.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The North and South fought over slavery and states' rights.
What is the civil war
Established the principle of judicial review, affirming the Supreme Court's power to nullify acts of Congress that violate the Constitution.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
author of the Declaration of Independence and third president.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Document that established no one is above the law.
What is the Magna Carta?
The amendment that prohibits federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
What is the 15th amendment?
Forced removal of Native Americans from their lands.
What is the trail of tears?
Ruled that enslaved people were not citizens.
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
First Treasury Secretary who established the nation’s financial system
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution, guaranteeing essential rights.
What is the Bill of Rights?
All 5 parts of the 1st amendment.
What is freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition?
The US government’s structure was established.
What is the sighing of the Constitution?
Established that illegally obtained evidence cannot be used in court.
What is Mapp v. Ohio?
Scientist, inventor, diplomat, and Founding Father crucial to securing the French alliance.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
A series of 85 essays by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison urging ratification of the Constitution.
What are The Federalist Papers?
All 5 parts of the 5th amendment
What is right against self-incrimination, double jeopardy clause, due process clause, grand jury clause, and takings clause?
President Lincoln declared enslaved people in Confederate states
What is the emancipation proclamation?