Civil War
What was the name of the President during the Civil War?
What does the 13th Amendment ban?
Slavery
What is "birthright citizenship"?
If you are born in the United States, you are a natural born citizen.
How many inaugural addresses did Lincoln give?
TWO (1861 & 1865)
What is the name of Ms. Simmons' cat?
Agnes
What is the other names for the "North" and the "South"?
The "Union" and "Confederacy"
What is the loophole of the 13th Amendment?
Slavery is banned EXCEPT as a punishment for a crime
What is an executive order?
An order given by the president that is treated as law (but it is not necessarily law, can be stricken down by Supreme Court)
Where did the Emancipation Proclamation end slavery?
In states of rebellion (Southern states part of the Confederacy)
Name the first THREE presidents of the United States
George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson
What year did the Civil War start?
1861
Has the number of people in prison INCREASED or DECREASED over the last 50 years?
INCREASED
Who is considered a citizen according to the 14th Amendment?
Anyone born in the United States OR who becomes one through a legal citizenship process (naturalized)
What does the quote, "and I further declare and make known, that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service," mean?
The newly freed people in the South should join the army in the North
What cartoon character does Ms. Cherry look the most like?
Vector from Despicable Me
What battle did Lincoln give a memorial speech after?
Gettysburg
How did lawmakers and law enforcement continue to expand slavery following the passage of the 13th Amendment?
Arresting African Americans for petty crimes, falsely accusing them of crimes
What did the 15th Amendment ban?
The amendment barred the denying or abridging of a citizen’s right to vote on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
What does the quote, "Physically speaking, we can not separate. We can not remove our respective sections from each other nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other, but the different parts of our country can not do this... We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies," mean?
The United States cannot physically break apart, so we need to stay together as a country.
Name ALL FIVE members of One Direction
Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne
What general surrendered after the Battle of Appomattox?
General Robert E Lee
What is the prison industrial complex?
People/companies outside of prisons who make money/gain advantages using prison labor.
Who did the 15th Amendment leave out?
Women and poor individuals who could not afford the poll tax
What does the quote "It is rather for us, the living, we here be dedicated to the great task remaining before us that, from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here, gave the last full measure of devotion that we here highly resolve these dead shall not have died in vain; that the nation, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth" mean?
The people who died at Gettysburg didn't die in vain, but they died fighting for freedom and to reunite the country (something to that degree).
What is the capitol of Pennsylvania?
Harrisburg