The Constitution
A president's refusal to sign a bill is known as a
veto
The primary cause of the Civil War
Slavery
The stars on the U.S. flag represents
The fifty states
Her nickname was Moses and she led many to freedom in the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
This famous slogan was widely used by American colonists to protest the British during the American Revolutionary War.
No Taxation without representation
These 10 amendments protect your civil rights and liberties
Bill of Rights
These restrictive laws were passed in the South to limit the freedom of African Americans during Reconstruction
The Black Codes
or Jim Crow Laws
The national anthem of the United States.
The Star Spangled Banner
She is the first female and person of color to become Vice President of the United States
Kamala Harris
The first government of the United States. It was largely considered a failure before being replaced by the Constitution
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This branch of government's primary responsibility is to create laws
Congress or Legislative
This Amendment granted all U.S. citizens the right to vote regardless of color and race
The Fifteenth Amendment
If the president dies, resigns, or is removed from office, this person becomes the President of the United States
the Vice President
A controversial president, he can be found on the $20 bill
Andrew Jackson
The Constitution stated that all enslaved persons should be counted as
What is Three-Fifths?
A police must read you these rights if you are being arrested or detained
What are your Miranda Rights?
This executive order by President Abraham Lincoln freed all slaves in the rebelling Southern states in 1863
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The total number of Senators in the United States
100
He wrote the famous words of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln once told Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of this famous book, "So you're the little woman that started this great war"
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
The Five Freedoms of the First Amendment
What is the freedom of speech
This Supreme Court case in 1857 ruled that African Americans, whether free or enslaved, cannot be U.S. citizens.
What is Dred Scott?
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
This group of departments and agencies advise and guide the President of the United States
The Cabinet
The colonists called him an unfit king and tyrant.
The Declaration of Independence contained 27 grievances against him.
King George III
The Five Freedoms of the First Amendment
What is freedom of speech, religion, petition, assembly, and press?