Bill of Rights
Slavery
Civil War
North vs. South
Reconstruction
100
You are entitled to have free religion, freedom of speech, press, and assembly and are allowed to petition the government but has to be facts
What does Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievance simplify to?
100
The practice of owning slaves
What is slavery?
100
Union and the Confederacy?
What were the two sides of the civil war?
100
Humid, wet, and swampy areas
What was the South's climate like?
100
An act that allowed former confederates to vote
What was the Amnesty Act?
200
You are entitled to the right to keep and bear arms and have a small private army (militia) and shall not be infringed
What does A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed simplify to?
200
The South
Where were slaves mostly used or owned?
200
a war between citizens of the same country.
What is the civil war?
200
Lack of transportation, dependence on sea trade and lack of population served as weaknesses to what group?
What were three of the South's weaknesses?
200
1,000s of African Americans responded by leaving the South
How did slaves react to segregation?
300
Warrant approved by Judge: You have the right to be secure in your house, paper, or effects and may not be inspected without a warrant of probable cause
What does The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized simplify to?
300
This lady spoke for Women and Slave rights and not everyone would look at her due to the color of her skin (HINT!)
What did Soujouner Truth speak for and how did she show her views?
300
Antietam
What is the single most bloodiest day in the war?
300
Helped create a safer place for escaping slaves
What is the North famous for with slavery?
300
the period of time after the Civil War in which Southern states were rebuilt and brought back into the Union
What is Reconstruction?
400
Answers will vary
Why are the Bill of Rights important to our society then and now? Explain por favor :)
400
proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, as a war measure during the American Civil War, directed to all of the areas in rebellion and all segments of the Executive branch
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
400
Gettysburg
What is the bloodiest battle of the war?
400
Lack of military leadership was bad for this group in the Civil War
What was the North weakness in the Civil war?
400
President Johnson
Who was President during the Reconstruction Era?
500
The power not given to the USA by the Constitution is not prohibited by the states but not but the states and the people
What does The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people simplify to?
500
Slaves were used for hard work in the fields
Why were slaves so popularly used in the South?
500
was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia, near the city of Manassas, not far from Washington, D.C. It was the first major battle of the American Civil War
What is the Bull Run?
500
Waterways and steamboats
What are 2 defining features of the South's transportation
500
The South had 5 military districts
How many military districts was the South split into?
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