Foundations of Government
This type of government has a queen, king, emperor, or other type of royal leader in charge.
Monarchy
Who led the American troops during the American Revolution?
George Washington
This amendment protects the right to freedom of speech, religion, press, protesting, and petitioning the government.
The first amendment
In this event, Native Americans were forced from their homes and had to relocate west to poor land. Many fell ill or died along the way.
The Trail of Tears
16th president of the United States and U.S. leader during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
This type of government allows people to elect their leaders, hold political office, and have protected rights as citizens.
Democracy
What document contains the phrases "all men are created equal" and "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" and was published July 4, 1776?
The Declaration of Independence
This branch of government contains the president and enforces the laws
Executive Branch
This phrase is used to describe the idea that the United States had a God-given right to expand westward
Manifest Destiny
The name of the United States during the war
The Union
This type of government has one leader in charge who rules without thinking about the people and without taking help
Dictatorship
In which event did the British soldiers fire into a crowd of people who were protesting and throwing snowballs at them?
Boston Massacre
This branch of government makes the laws and has Congress (the House of Representatives and the Senate)
Legislative Branch
This president is known for the Trail of Tears, ignoring Supreme Court decisions, strengthening the power of the presidency through vetoes, getting into a lot of fights, serving in the military during the War of 1812, and bringing representation to the common man in the 1830s
Andrew Jackson
The 11 states that seceded and formed their own country were called
The Confederacy
This type of government can be combined with other types of governments. It involves the government being based on a religious text or having a religious leader in charge.
Theology
This saying was used by the Patriots to explain why they were upset with the British.
No taxation without representation
This branch of government determines if laws are constitutional or not and contains the Supreme Court
Judicial Branch
We bought this piece of land from the French in 1803 in our first westward expansion. It cost $15 million dollars and doubled the size of the United States.
The Louisiana Purchase
The Emancipation Proclamation
Name one reason why government is necessary.
Possible Answer:
maintaining law and order, providing public services, protecting rights and freedoms, managing the economy, making decisions for the common good
The king of Great Britain during the American Revolution
King George III
The Articles of Confederation
The year of the California Gold Rush
1849
After a battle that was considered the turning point of the Civil War and had the highest number of military casualities of the war, Lincoln dedicated a cemetery and made this speech to honor the fallen soldiers
The Gettysburg Address