Civil War Review
This president was elected in 1860, promising that he would not abolish slavery, but that it would no longer expand.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The Southern Economy was primarily what, which meant that if slavery were abolished their economy would crumble.
What is Agricultural?
1st Amendment to the Constitution.
What is the Freedom of Speech, Religion, Press, Assembly, and Petition?
The United States fought this country in the war of 1812.
What is Great Britian?
The name of the first 10 amendments to the constitution, also made as a compromise between anti-federalists and federalists to ratify the constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
Underrated perk of end of school year.
What is Open House Food?
The battle of Gettysburg, one of the bloodiest of the entire Civil War, was won by which side, and ended up being the turning point in the war for this Group.
Who are the Union?
The process of readmitting former states into the Union.
What is reconstruction?
3rd Amendment to the Constitution.
What is Soldiers cannot be housed in your home without your consent?
The original Presidential Cabinet position that Edmund Randolph held, the chief law officer of the nation and helped create the foundation for the United State legal system.
What is the Attorney General?
Checks and Balances is one of the most important principles of the Constitution. Define it.
What is each group or branch of government can limit the power of the other branches?
This fast food location has the worst chili cheese dogs in Mt. Pleasant by far.
What is Dairy Queen?
This book told the story of an enslaved person, sharing details about slavery that many people in the North did not know.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
This was the first president of the United States voted to be impeached by the House of Representatives.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
The 13th amendment to the Constitution.
What is it Abolished slavery except as a punishment?
The name of the deal that Thomas Jefferson and his cabinet worked out with France that greatly increased the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This is how a states number of electoral college votes for president are decided.
What is the total number of congress members from that state, combining the 2 senators plus however many house of representative members they have?
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What is AC?
The Emancipation Proclamation told the country this about the Civil War.
What was the war was about slavery?
When slavery ended, many white southerners started renting out their farmland to Black Americans with unfair contracts designed to be similar to slavery. This practice was called.....
What is Sharecropping?
The 14th amendment to the Constitution.
What was it Granted citizenship for anyone born in the United States?
The original Presidential Cabinet position that Thomas Jefferson held, the chief foreign advisor in charge of treaties and talks with other nations.
What is the Secretary of State?
This was included in the Declaration of Independence.
What is A List of Grievances, or issues with King George III?
The Battle of Karánsebes (1788) was a battle in which this country accidently fought itself, resulting in over 1000 casualties.
Who is Austria? (Habsburg Empire)
In Letter From a Mother, where we read a letter written by the mother of an African American Soldier, This was the mothers main concern.
What was he is not being treated fairly?
This was the main reason that Republicans in Congress were angry at President Andrew Johnson.
What was He was against reconstruction?
The 15th amendment to the Constitution.
What is all men regardless of race are allowed to vote?
The name for the process of judges being responsible for interpreting laws and determining if they conflict with the constitution, introduced after the Marbury v Madison case.
What is Judicial Review?
This is the main reason that the Articles of Confederation did not work.
What is the Federal Government was too weak, it could not govern effectively?
This country "Lost" a war against Emu's in the 1930's, as the Emu's continued to eat their crops.
What is Australia?