US History 1
Group of department heads who advise the president.
What is the cabinet?
The leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Who is George Washington?
This conflict lasted from 1861-1865.
What is the Civil War?
The last major battle of the American Revolution.
Yorktown
This branch of U.S. government is responsible for writing laws.
Legislative Branch
This branch of government interprets the laws.
What is the Judicial Branch?
The amendment that outlaws slavery in the US.
What is the 13th amendment?
From the Greek word that translates to "rule by the people", this is the kind of government we have in the U.S.
democracy
The forced migration of American Indian tribes from the South and Southeast.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This Massachusetts town is famous for accusations of witchcraft and wizardry in the late 17th century.
What is Salem?
The branch responsible for enforcing laws.
Executive
The first state to secede from the Union in 1860.
What is South Carolina?
When Missouri entered the Union as a slave state, this state was admitted as a free state.
What is Maine?
Collective word for people who wanted to end slavery.
What are abolitionists?
This document was signed on July 4th 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This event started as a snowball fight and led to the death of 5 colonists including the first casualty of the American Revolution, Crispus Attucks.
What is The Boston Massacre?
This U.S. historical document states, "All men are created equal" and people have "unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness."
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This amendment guarantees the right to protest
1st Amendment
The branch of government that is responsible for declaring war.
What is the legislative branch?
This amendment includes right to jury trial, right to speedy trial, and the right to legal representation
6th Amendment
Loyalty to one's own region rather than the country as a whole.
What is sectionalism?
The first 10 amendments of the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The Proclamation line (Proclamation of 1763) ran along this geographical feature.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
There are 27 amendments in this document.
What is the Constitution?
The smallest American state by land area.
What is Rhode Island?
The name of the idea that the U.S. was ordained to take over the whole of the North American continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This principle of government holds that the people have the right to govern themselves.
What is popular sovereignty?
What are the 2 houses that make up Congress?
The Senate and House of Representatives
The first capital city of the US
What is New York City?
Judges on the Supreme Court are called __________.
What are Justices?
This man was is called the "Father of the Constitution"?
James Madison
Who was the U.S. fighting against in the War of 1812?
Great Britain
Second first lady of the United States. Reminded her husband to "remember the ladies".
Who was Abigail Adams?
Eli Whitney is famous for inventing this.
What is the cotton gin?
These acts, passed in 1798, made it illegal for anyone to criticize the government and made it easier for non-citizens to be removed from the country.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?