This document signed by England's King John in 1215 said that common people had rights and that kings had to obey laws.
What is the MAGNA CARTA?
100
The Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 are examples of this.
What is SECTIONALISM?
100
I was an inventor, an author, and a signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
100
We are the colonies known for plantations and slaves.
What are the SOUTHERN colonies?
100
During the Continental Convention, the 3/5 Compromise meant this.
What is 3 OF 5 SLAVES WOULD BE COUNTED?
200
In the Declaration of Independence, it is stated that government gets its power from this.
What is THE GOVERNED (the people)?
200
The southern states did this when Abraham Lincoln was elected President.
What is SECEDE FROM THE UNION?
200
I was Commander in Chief during the Revolutionary War.
Who is GEORGE WASHINGTON?
200
We are the colonies known for having FACTORIES.
What are the NORTHERN colonies?
200
This was the goal of the WOMEN'S MOVEMENT.
What is WOMEN'S RIGHTS?
300
This is the MAIN goal of the PREAMBLE of the Constitution of the United States.
What is CREATE A FRAMEWORK FOR A NEW NATION?
300
When the big states and the little states could not agree, the Great Compromise of 1787 helped establish these TWO things.
What is the HOUSE would be based on POPULATION and the SENATE would be EQUAL regardless of size.
300
My words "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" were used in the Declaration of Independence.
Who is THOMAS PAINE?
300
This is the TURNING POINT of the Civil War.
What is GETTYSBURG?
300
We are the branch of government that creates the laws.
What is the LEGISLATIVE BRANCH?
400
TWO strengths of the Articles of Confederation.
What are DECLARE WAR and PRINT MONEY?
400
The pilgrims came to America to escape this.
What is RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION?
400
I wrote our National Anthem as I was inspired by the BATTLE OF FORT McHENRY.
Who is FRANCIS SCOTT KEY?
400
The Stamp Act, Townsend Act, Boston Massacre, and Quartering Act were all factors in this war.
What is THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR?
400
We are the branch of government that interprets the laws.
What is the JUDICIAL BRANCH?
500
This document changed the focus of the Civil War to slavery.
What is the EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION?
500
In the Supreme Court case Worcester vs. Georgia, the ruling against Georgia lead to this.
What is THE TRAIL OF TEARS?
500
All THREE of us were known as ABOLITIONISTS, because we all opposed slavery.
Who is JOHN BROWN, FREDERICK DOUGLAS, and HARRIET TUBMAN?
500
Two terms for presidents, creation of a cabinet, creation of the Bank of America, and a policy for neutrality in foreign wars were all PRECEDENTS set by this President.
Who is GEORGE WASHINGTON?
500
We are the branch of government that carries out the laws.