Bill of Rights
What amendment allows you the right to bear arms?
2nd Amendment
What are the 3 branches of government?
Judicial, Legislative, & Executive
Which state was the first to secede from the United States?
South Carolina
What is Morse code?
A) code that was used with the telegraph machine
B) code that was used with the first telephone
A) code that was used with the telegraph machine
What year did the Great Depression begin?
1929
This amendment gives you the freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
1st Amendment
If I’m the Mayor of Houston what branch of government am I in?
Executive
What is the most well known cause for the Civil War?
Slavery
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
The stock market crashed on this particular day... what is the day called?
Black Tuesday
Which amendment protects you from self-incrimination?
I plead the 5th!! %th amendment
What makes up the legislative branch?
Senators and House of Representatives
Who was the President during the Civil War that was assassinated and who killed him?
Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth
Which form of mass production was used by Henry Ford to produce automobiles in large quantities?
A) Assembly Line
B) Bessemer Process
C) Interchangeable Parts
A) Assembly line
What event happened all across the middle of the United States that lasted several years and caused people to have no crops?
The Dust Bowl
What amendment states that powers not given to the federal government belong to the states or the people?
10th Amendment
What ensures no one branch is more powerful than the other?
Checks & Balances
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Freed slaves
Who created the first automobile?
Henry Ford
What brought then United States out of the Great Depression?
What amendment gives you the freedom from excessive bail, cruel and unusual punishment?
8th Amendement
What are the three levels of government?
What years did the Civil War take place?
1861-1865
What type of society did we go to and from when the Industrial Revolution hit?
Agricultural to Industrial
What did people use for money that was a leading cause for the Great Depression?
Credit