Lincoln
1863 "Proclamation" declaring that slaves from states in rebellion were free
The Emancipation Proclamation
Battles where the "shot heard round the world" were fired
Lexington and Concord
The Supreme Court is head of this branch of government
The judicial branch
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are known as ___________
The Bill of Rights
Famous waterway that links Lake Erie to the Hudson River completed in 1825
The Erie Canal
State where Lincoln was born
Kentucky
France
Famous 1803 Supreme Court case that established judicial review (power to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional)
Marbury v Madison
Philadelphia
He popularized the steamboat on the Hudson River in 1807
Robert Fulton
Senator who Lincoln debated for an Illinois senate seat in 1858
Stephen Douglas
He was commander in chief of the U.S. Continental Army
George Washington
First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
John Jay
Hamilton's, Jay's, and Madison's "papers" that argued why states (particularly NY) should ratify the Constitution
The Federalist Papers
The National Road (or the Cumberland Road)
The Ten Percent Plan
Year that the American Revolution started
1775
Famous 1819 Supreme Court case that held that the Second Bank of the United States was constitutional under the "necessary and proper" clause of the Constitution
McCulloch v Maryland
Article of the Constitution that establishes the powers of the legislative branch
Article II
Year that the first Transcontinental Railroad was completed (from Omaha, NB to Sacramento, CA)
1869
Lincoln's Vice President during his second term in office [as President]
Andrew Johnson
Valley Forge
Current Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
John Roberts
Reconstruction amendment that abolished slavery and involuntary servitude (except as punishment for a crime)
The 13th Amendment
Name of the Political Party that supported Henry Clay's "American System" (of internal improvements, a national bank, and high tariffs)
The Whig Party