Presidents
What president is credited for establishing the modern democratic party?
Andrew Jackson
Name at least one invention of Eli Whitney.
What is the cotton gin, interchangeable parts
Explain the 3/5th compromise
Slaves would be counted as 3/5ths a person for taxation and representation.
Who is the President of the confederacy?
Who is Jefferson Davis
What did the 13th amendment do?
What is abolish slavery
The XYZ affair took place during whose presidency?
Who is John Adams
Horace Mann is known for reforming what?
Public Education
Explain the Missouri compromise
Missouri would be admitted as a slave state, Maine would be admitted as a free state and slavery would be banned in the rest of the land gained in the Louisiana Purchase.
The first battle of the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
What is a carpetbagger or scalawag?
What is a derogatory term for those who supported reconstruction.
What presidency did Marbury v Madison occur during and what did this court case establish?
Who is Thomas Jefferson.
What is Judicial Review.
Frederick Douglas is a known leader of what movement and author of what newspaper?
What is abolition and the north star
Explain the compromise of 1850
California admitted as a free state, slavery abolished in Washington DC, reinforced Fugitive Slave Act.
Name the lead general for both the confederacy and the union.
Who is Robert E Lee and Ulysses S Grant
What did the 14th amendment do?
What is gave citizenship and due process to
anyone born in the U. S.
The main event that occurred during Madison's presidency is.....
What is the War of 1812
The first women's right convention in the United States occurred where?
What is Seneca Falls
What was the legal question and decision in the case of Dred Scott v Sanford?
If a slave is taken to a free state, are they still a slave? Decision was made that slaves could not be free or expect freedom even in free states. Court sided with Sanford.
The bloodiest battle of the Civil War was...
What is Gettysburg
What did the 15th amendment do?
What is gave black men the right to vote
Name the first 5 presidents of the United States (in order) and name at least 1 important event that occurred during their presidency.
Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe. Events may vary.
What is the significance of the Second Great Awakening?
Answers may vary.
Why was the election of Lincoln in 1860 contreversial?
He did not win the popular vote.
Where does Robert E Lee surrender to union forces?
What is the Appomattox Court House
Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?
What is he opposed radical reconstruction.