Constitution
The first three words of the Preamble
We the people
This man won the election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln
Name of the trail Pioneers used to travel west
Oregon trail
Total number of colonies in the U.S
13
This person wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
These are the first 10 amendments
What is the Bill of Rights
The attack on Fort Sumter
Name of the first 2 people to explore the uncharted west
Lewis and Clark
British Troops opened fire on colonists, 5 colonists died
Boston Massacre
This person assassinated President Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Length of term of office for the President
What is 4 years
States that did not leave the Union but still allowed slavery
Border States
Cost of the Louisiana Territory
15 million dollars
Colonists protest the Townshend Acy by dumping Tea in the Harbor
Boston Tea Party
This person helped hundreds of enslaved people escape to freedom using the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
Total number of members in the House of Representatives
What is 435
The president of the Condeferacy
Jefferson Davis
Definition of Manifest Destiny
Obvious Fate
Name of the man who warned that the redcoats were coming
Paul Revere
The first president of the United States
George Washington
The three branches of government
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
Southern advantage during the Civil War
Military Experience
Treaty that ended the Mexican American War
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Country that the Americans gained freedom from
This President issued the Emancipation Proclomation