Creating A Nation
The Government
Westward Expansion
Reconstruction
Politics and Amendments
100
This is someone separated from their home country
Who is a colonist?
100
The president is a part of this branch of government.
What is the executive branch?
100
The Missouri Compromise took place in this year.
What is 1820?
100
The "Radical" Republicans were called "radical" because of their extreme views, particularly this idea.
What is punishing the leaders of the South?
100
Another name for people in the middle of the political scale is this.
What is a moderate?
200
These people dumped tea off a boat into the Boston Harbour.
Who are the colonists?
200
The Supreme Court works in this branch of government.
What is the judicial branch?
200
The Missouri Compromise included these two states.
What is Missouri and Maine?
200
The three goals of the Radical Republicans were to punish the former slaveowners, to get power to Republicans in the South, and this.
What is to help the former slaves?
200
Republicans, people on the right and conservatives all want this kind of government.
What is a small government?
300
The Quartering Act allowed this to happen.
What is letting British soldiers stay in people's homes?
300
The Congress (House of Representatives and Senators) work in this branch of government.
What is the legislative branch?
300
The Missouri Compromise was called that (a compromise) because it did this.
What is created a balance between free and slave states?
300
The Wade-Davis Bill wanted these people (or this group of people) to take an "oath of loyalty" to get back in to the Union.
Who are former slaveowners, or Southern leaders?
300
Freedom to organize an army and have guns is included in this amendment.
What is the 2nd amendment?
400
The Proclamation of 1763 did this to the colonists
What is not letting them go West of the border.
400
This branch of government enforces the laws.
What is the executive branch?
400
The Trail of Tears event happened to this Native American tribal nation.
Who are the Cherokee?
400
This constitutional amendment legally abolished slavery.
What is the 13th amendment?
400
The right to no excessive bail and no cruel and unusual punishment is included in this amendment.
What is the 8th amendment?
500
"All Men Are Created Equal" is written in this famous document.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
500
The Supreme Court, in the Judicial branch, does this with the laws.
What is making sure they are fair, or "constitutional"?
500
The Trail of Tears forced Native Americans to march from this state to this state.
What is Georgia and Oklahoma?
500
The Military Reconstruction Act of 1867 sent this in to the South.
What is the U.S. military?
500
This amendment legally granted African Americans the rights of citizenship.
What is the 14th amendment?
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