Important Dates
America's Independence day.
What is July 4th, 1776?
He was known as the "Captain of the Steel Industry" during America's second industrialization era.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
What is the 15th Amendment?
Also known as "the Law of the Land", this document serves as a sort of rule book for the United States government and its people.
What is the United States Constitution?
This treaty officially ended the American Revolutionary War in 1783.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
The year American leaders began writing the Constitution.
What is 1787?
He was known as the primary author of America's Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
What is the 2nd Amendment?
Known as America's first governing document; it found itself replaced by Congress in 1787 due to its many weaknesses.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
Secretary of State Robert Sherman brokered this immense land treaty on behalf of President Thomas Jefferson with the French.
What is the Louisiana Purchase or the Louisiana Purchase Treaty?
The years most historians agree the American Civil War was fought?
What is 1861-1865?
This southern assassin became famous after he shot President Abraham Lincoln in Ford's Theatre shortly after the 13th Amendment had passed.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
What is the 1st Amendment?
Lincoln passed this "military order" in 1863 in order to weaken the Confederate Army by freeing all slaves "in the states in rebellion" (the South).
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This treaty brought peace between the United States and Mexico in 1848.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
The year California became an official State.
What is 1850?
America's 4th President, many historians refer to him as the "Father of the Constitution".
Who is President James Madison or James Madison?
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This founding document listed the many grievances of the American colonists to King George III.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This U.S. foreign policy was passed in 1823 in order to send a strong message to all European nations that the western hemisphere was "off limits" to future colonization.
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
The year American women gained the right to vote via the 19th Amendment to the Constitution.
What is 1920?
Though he never became president, this famous inventor, philosopher, and patriot served as America's first ambassador to France and if you find his face on the ground, you'll have enough money to buy groceries for the week.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
What is the 8th Amendment?
Following a famous battle of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln made this speech to honor the fallen soldiers and to raise awareness that "a new birth of freedom" would arise from this war.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
The peace treaty was signed on Christmas Eve in 1814. It ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain
What is the Treaty of Ghent?