Government
What is the 13th amendment?
banned slavery
Who was the first president of the United States?
George Washington
What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?
Jamestown
What was the American colonists’ War for Independence called?
Revolutionary War / American Revolution
What was one of the main reasons or causes of the Civil War?
Slavery
What are the first ten amendments called?
Bill of Rights
Who was born a slave and later became the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
Puritans and Pilgrims came to the Americas in search of what?
Religious Freedom
How many American Colonies in total?
13
Who was the president during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What were the laws called that required blacks and whites to have separate public spaces such as bathrooms?
Jim Crow Laws
Who led the expedition to explore the newly acquired lands of the west?
Lewis and Clark
What is a conquistador?
Spanish solider and explorer
When was the Declaration of Independence approved? Aka the day we celebrate our independence
July 4th, 1776
What was the North's and South's economy based on?
North: factories
South: agriculture
What is the introduction to the Constitution called?
Preamble
Who was looking for a westward route to India but ended up finding the American continents?
Christopher Columbus
What were the 3 main motivations for the Spanish Conquest?
God, Gold, Glory
What happened at the Boston Tea Party?
Group of men dressed as Native Americans threw the tea overboard in protest of the Tea Act
What was the Northern army called and what was the Southern army called?
North: Union
South: Confederate
What are the three branches of the government?
Legislative, executive, and judicial
Who warned the colonists on horseback that the British were coming?
Paul Revere
Which 3 areas were involved in the Triangular Trade?
Africa, Europe, Americas
What was the colonists slogan about taxes?
No taxation without representation
What was a network of routes slaves used to escape slavery in the South and travel to freedom in the North called?
Underground Railroad