People & Government
An enslaved man who had lived in free territory, was not a citizen and therefore could not sue in federal court. What Court Case?
Dred Scott Decision 1857
A violent territorial conflict, often called a dress rehearsal for the Civil War, caused by the struggle to determine if Kansas would enter the Union as a slave or free state.
Bleeding Kansas
This is a living document
The US Constitution
The Three Branches of the Government
Legislative Branch, Executive Branch, Judicial Branch
What are three freedoms guaranteed in the first amendment?
Freedom of religion, speech, and press and assembly.
His victory in the 1860 election on a platform opposing the expansion of slavery led to the secession of Southern states.
Abraham Lincoln
Organized the Kansas and Nebraska territories, allowing "popular sovereignty"—territorial voters, not Congress, would decide whether to allow slavery. Repealed the 1820 Missouri Compromise restriction.
Kansas Nebraska Act
These are changes to the constitution. A formal change, addition, or deletion to a country's constitution.
Amendments
The Job of Congress is to
Make Laws for our Nation
Mr. Smith cannot be sentenced to life in prison for picking a handful of Mrs. Brown's prize daisies because the 8th amendment prevents what?
Cruel and unsual punishment
Supported violent action against the South to end slavery and played a major role in starting the Civil War.
John Brown
declared "that all persons held as slaves" within rebellious Confederate states "are, and henceforward shall be free". As a wartime measure, it transformed the Civil War into a struggle for abolition
The Emancipation Proclamation
How many articles are there in the constitution.
There are 7 articles.
The court system is a part of this government
Judicial Branch
Actions each branch of governent can take against another branch. One branch watches the other branch.
Checks and Balances
He was selected as the President of the eleven Confederate states who wanted to retain the institution of slavery in the South and parted ways from the Union.
Jefferson Davis
What is the formal withdrawal of a group or territory from a larger political entity, often to form a new, independent state. The withdrawal is called what?
Sucession
The first written constitution of the United States, serving as the framework for the national government from 1781 until they were replaced by the Constitution in 1789. Ratified during the American Revolution
Articles of Confederation
The Legislative Branch is often also called what?
Congress
How many amendments are there?
There are 27 amendments.
Congress attempted to maintain a balance of power between free and slave states through measures such as _____________.
The Missouri Compromise
1793 and 1850 federal laws requiring the return of escaped enslaved people to their owners, even if found in free states. Allowed slaveowners or agents to seize runaways in other states
Fugitive Slave Act
What are the three parts to the constitution?
Preamble, the Articles, and the Amendments
The first ten amendments are called?
The Bill of Rights
What is the 13th Amendment?
This Amendment Abolished Slavery.