Civil War and Reconstruction
President Lincoln was ____.(which political party)
Republican
The first ten amendments are known as this.
Bill of Rights
What discovery in California in 1849 caused thousands to move west?
Gold
Author of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
Who were the Allies in WWI?
Britain, France, and Russia (later joined by the U.S.).
Period of rebuilding after the Civil War.
Reconstruction
According to the 14th Amendment, anyone born in the United States is what?
A citizen
The Homestead Act offered what? What were the two terms?
Offered free land to settlers as long as they lived there for five years and improved it
Marbury v. Madison established what principle?
Bonus - Tell me what it means and get another 500 points!
Judicial Review -
Who were the Central Powers?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.
Laws restricting the rights of formerly enslaved people.
The 15th Amendment gave voting rights to whom?
African Americans and anyone else (men only) regardless of race
The first transcontinental railroad was completed in this state.
Utah
Loose Construction means what?
Interpreting the Constitution flexibly.
How did the Treaty of Versailles punish Germany?
Reparations, blame for the war, and loss of land/military.
Where did the Confederates surrender?
What is Appomattox Court House?
How many branches are in the U.S. government?
3
The treatment of the buffalo during westward expansion can best be described how?
They were wiped out to destroy the Native American populations on the Great Plains
Plessy v. Ferguson established what doctrine?
“separate but equal”?
Why did the Treaty of Versailles fail?
It was too harsh and helped create conditions leading to WWII.
The Emancipation Proclamation did what?
Freed enslaved people in Confederate states.
What are the branches of the government
Executive, Legislative, Judicial
Thomas Jefferson negotiated this, doubling the size of the country
Louisiana Purchase
List one outcome of the Missouri Compromise.
Missouri became slave state / Maine became free state / 36°30′ line established.
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