Bill of Rights
Constitution
Civil War
Early 1900's
U.S. Government
100
Right to Bear Arms
2nd Amendment
100
Unalienable rights include: life, liberty and...
the pursuit of happiness
100
Won the Civil War
North / Union
100
Name two groups that were discriminated against at the turn of the century.
Any two: Women, African Americans, Mexican Americans
100
The branch interprets the law
Judicial
200
No Cruel and Unusual Punishment
8th Amendment
200
A change to the Constitution is called...
An Amendment
200
The South was also known as
The Confederate or Confederacy
200
________ was discovered at Spindletop in 1901.
Oil
200
This branch enforces the law
Executive
300
Freedom of Religion, Press, Assembly, Speech, Petition
1st Amendment
300
This Amendment abolished slavery in the entire U.S.
13th Amendment
300
This event ended the Civil War
Surrender at Appomattox ... or Lee surrendered to Grant
300
Severe drought and high winds during this event caused mass destruction across several midwest states
Dust Bowl
300
This branch makes the laws
Legislative
400
Police need warrant and probable cause to search and seize
4th Amendment
400
This Amendment granted all African American men the right to vote
15th Amendment
400
The year the Civil War ended
1865
400
The right to vote is also known as this ______
Suffrage
400
This person is in charge of the Executive branch
President
500
No self-incrimination; due process
5th Amendment
500
This Amendment says you do not have to shelter soldiers in your home
3rd Amendment
500
This document freed slaves, but only in the South
Emancipation Proclamation
500
Who invented a unique drill bit that could cut through rock?
Howard Hughes, Sr.
500
Congress is made up of two parts....name them.
House of Representatives and Senate
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