This is the name of the Supreme Court case that said people born of African descent could not be American citizens.
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford?
100
This is the social contract that established the principle of democracy in American history. It was signed in 1620.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
100
This is the name of the location of the first battle of the Civil War. There were no deaths or serious injuries.
What is Fort Sumter?
100
African slaves were introduced to Jamestown - the first permanent English colony - in which year?
What is 1619?
100
This is the amendment that forbids excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the 8th amendment?
200
This is the name of the Supreme Court case that made segregation legal under the "separate but equal" argument.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
200
This is the name of the document that said all people are "endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights" and that justified the American colonists' political break with England.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
200
This is the name of the river in the area called Manassas where the first bloody battle was fought. The South won and both sides would return for a second round.
What is Bull Run?
200
This is the name of the invention that quadrupled the slave population in the South and made cotton king.
What is the cotton gin?
200
This is the amendment that allows for a free press and the right to petition the government.
What is the first amendment?
300
This is the name of the Supreme Court case that overturned Plessy V. Ferguson and led to the integration of public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS?
300
This is the document that serves as the supreme law of our country. It followed the Articles of Confederation.
What is the United States Constitution?
300
This the name of the Union general who led the North to victory.
Who was General Grant?
300
This is the name of the law that made it illegal to aid an escaped slave even in free states. Even those opposed to slavery could be fined for not assisting in the capture of a runaway slave.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
300
This is the name of the amendment that prevents the government from quartering soldiers in private homes as the British did during the American War for Independence.
What is the 3rd Amendment?
400
This is the name of the legislation signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 that extended civil rights to black Americans.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
400
This is the name of the speech delivered by Lincoln at a war cemetery dedication. It called for a "new birth of freedom" and national reconciliation.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
400
This is the name of the West Point graduate who, despite his hatred of slavery and his concerns about secession, would go on to head the Confederate army.
Who was Robert E. Lee?
400
This is the name of the abolitionist who attempted to take over Harper's Ferry. He was hung for treason.
Who was John Brown?
400
This is the name of the amendment that covers right not currently enumerated. It could, for example, be used to argue marriage equality or privacy rights in the technology age.
What is the 9th Amendment?
500
This is the name of the legislation signed into law in 1965 that protected the voting rights of African-Americans.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
500
This is the document that freed the slaves in states in rebellion to the Union during the Civil War.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
500
This is the name of the battle that the North won that allowed Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation from a position of strength.
What is Antietam?
500
This is the amendment that abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
500
This is the amendment that protects the citizen from searches without a warrant.