Civil War
The President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis?
Thomas Jefferson
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
This organization was established to help poor blacks and whites in the South.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
The doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
What is manifest destiny?
Which now-US state saw an attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the overthrowing of a queen in 1893?
What is Hawaii?
First conflict of the Civil War
What is Ft. Sumter?
The first battle of the Revolution and where the first shot was heard around the world.
What is Lexington and Concord?
In this court case, the Supreme Court ruled segregation was legal
What is Plessy v Ferguson?
The name of the ship on which the Pilgrims traveled to North America in 1620
What is The Mayflower?
This president succeeded Abraham Lincoln when he was assassinated
Who is Andrew Johnson?
Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware and later West Virginia can be described as these states
What are border states?
The river George Washington spent Christmas Day crossing to get to Trenton.
What is the Delaware River?
This confederate officer created the KKK
Who is Nathan Bedford Forest?
The world's first man-made satellite launched by the USSR in 1957
What is Sputnik?
This person's raid on Harper's Ferry led to further tensions before the civil war
Who is John Brown?
The first all African american regiment
What is the Massachusetts 54th?
Paid soldiers from Germany who fought for the British
Who were the Hessians?
A Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War for political or financial advantage.
What is a carpetbagger?
The Statue of Liberty was a gift from this country
What is France?
In this city the Declaration of Independence was signed
What is Philadelphia?
Lincoln took away these rights to imprison those against the war
What is habeas corpus?
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
What are the three rights guaranteed in the Declaration of Independence?
This Amendment guaranteed citizenship to all people born or naturalized within the U.S.
What is the 14th Amendment?
Two signers of the Declaration of Independence went on to serve as president of the United States
Who are John Adams and Thomas Jefferson?
This English settlement (also called the first) in the New World failed miserably.
What is Roanoke?