History Skills
1. When I figure out who made a source and why, I use __________.
1. sourcing
6. The meeting to create the Constitution was the __________.
6. Constitutional Convention
11. The Louisiana Purchase __________________________.
11. doubled the size of the U.S.
16. The Civil War started at __________.
16. Fort Sumter
21. Rebuilding the South is called __________.
21. Reconstruction
2. Looking at what was happening at the time is called __________.
2. contextualization
7. The __________ Compromise created two parts of Congress.
7. Great Compromise
12. The Corps of Discovery were __________.
12. explorers (Lewis and Clark team)
17. The turning point battle was __________.
17. Gettysburg
22. The 13th Amendment ended __________.
22. slavery
3. Comparing sources to see if they agree is __________.
3. corroboration
8. The __________ Compromise counted enslaved people as 3/5.
8. Three-Fifths Compromise
13. Stopping trade is an __________.
13. embargo
18. The __________ Proclamation freed enslaved people.
18. Emancipation
23. The 14th Amendment gave __________.
23. citizenship
4. A primary source is _______________________________.
4. firsthand source from the time 5. source created later 6. Constitutional Convention 7. Great Compromise 8. Three-Fifths Compromise 9. federalism 11. doubled the size of the U.S. 12. explorers (Lewis and Clark team) 13. embargo 16. Fort Sumter 17. Gettysburg 18. Emancipation 21. Reconstruction 22. slavery 23. citizenship
9. Sharing power is called __________.
9. federalism
14. Moving west is called __________.
14. westward expansion
19. The war ended at __________.
19. Appomattox
24. The 15th Amendment gave __________.
24. voting rights (for Black men)
5. A secondary source is _______________________________.
5. source created later
10. To approve the Constitution is to __________ it.
10. ratify
15. Staying out of war is called __________.
15. neutrality
20. The bloodiest one-day battle was __________.
20. Antietam
25. Segregation laws were called __________ laws.
25. Jim Crow