Mock Trial
Law Enforcement officer responsible for maintaining safety, order and decorum within the courtroom.
Who is the Bailiff?
She acted as a guide for Lewis & Clark on their Expedition.
Who is Sacagawea?
He became President in 1824 after a very scandalous election.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
This draft animal was slow, but strong, adaptable to prairie life and cheap to buy. They were also a choice meal for hungry pioneers.
What are Oxen?
Law that compelled the North to return runaway slaves to the South.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
The referee in the courtroom. Makes sure that everyone plays by the rules.
Who is the Judge?
This natural feature represented a major challenge to the Lewis & Clark Expedition.
What are the Rocky Mountains?
The idea that common people should control the government.
What is Jacksonian Democracy?
Travelers on this trail set out to find a new home in the West after experiencing religious persecution.
What is the Mormon Trail?
The state was able to gain statehood quickly because settlers moved into the area during the Gold Rush.
What is California?
Who are the Prosecution?
This patriotic song was inspired by the attack at Fort McHenry.
What is the "Star-Spangled Banner"?
State banks with which President Jackson deposited federal funds withdrawn from the Bank of the United States.
What are "Pet Banks"?
Stephen Austin attracted 297 families to his new settlement but they needed to show that they were moral, hard workers and...
What is - they didn't drink?
Principle says that the people living in a territory should get to decide for themselves whether to allow certain laws—an idea that became a major issue in the years leading up to the Civil War.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
Intent, Deliberation, and Premeditation.
What are the 3 parts of First-Degree Murder?
Westerners who favored war with the Britain.
Who were the War Hawks?
The system that gave jobs to friends and supporters.
What is the Spoils System?
Spain, France, Mexico, Confederate States of America, Republic of Texas, United States
What are the 6 flags that flew over Texas?
A radical abolitionists who used violence to try to end slavery (some thought he was a terrorist).
Who is John Brown?
Short, memorable phrase or concept that acts as the emotional and moral anchor of a case.
What is Theme?
The reason why exports dramatically decreased in 1807.
What is the Embargo Act?
This region relied on manufacturing and supported high tariffs on imported goods.
What is the Northeast?
The belief that the United States was divinely ordained to expand its borders across the North American continent.
Who is Harriet Tubman?