Important dates
Jamestown was founded this year
What is 1607
The opening shots of the American Revolution were fired at this place in April 1775
What is Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts
An (BLANK) was a person who wanted to end slavery in the United States.
What is an Abolitionist
This person was a member of the Sons of Liberty who started the Committee of Correspondence to stir public support for American independence.
Who is Sam Adams
This Amendment guarantees the right to vote to all citizens regardless of race.
What is the Fifteenth Amendment
The declaration of independence was signed and on this day and year
What is July 4th, 1776
This place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the site where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were written.
What is the Independence Hall
The (BLANK) was a campaign against the sale or drinking of alcohol.
What is the Temperance Movement
This person wrote pamphlets like Common Sense and The Crisis to encourage American independence and resolve.
Who is Thomas Paine
This Amendment guarantees citizenship and rights to all people born or naturalized in the United States.
What is the Fourteenth Amendment
President Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France in this year
What is 1803
The British defeat at this place by George Washington’s troops signaled the end of the American Revolution.
What is Yorktown, Virginia
(BLANK) is a cruel and unjust government.
What is Tyranny
This man was the General of the Union Army and was responsible for winning the Civil War for the North.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
This Amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment and excessive bail or fines.
What is the Eighth Amendment
The constitution was written this year
What is 1787
The first shots of the Civil War were fired here
What is Fort Sumter, in South Carolina
(BLANK) is the sharing of power between the states and the national government.
What is Federalism
This man was the 16th President of the United States who successfully put the Union back together only to be assassinated 5 days after the Civil War ended.
Who is Abraham Lincoln
This amendment states that “Congress shall make no law” restricting freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
What is the First Amendment
The civil war was battled through these years
What is 1861-1865
This Court House is the small town in Virginia where Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War.
What is the Appomattox Court House
(BLANK) means to approve by vote.
What is Ratify
This man is considered to be the “Father of the Constitution”.
Who is James Madison
This Amendment forbids the government to order private citizens to allow soldiers to live in their homes.
What is the Third Amendment