Category 1: 📜 The Law of the Land
This document is known as the "Supreme Law of the Land" and outlines exactly how our government works.
What is The US Constitution
The War of 1812 is often called by this nickname.
What is The Second War of Independence
This period of time marked a huge shift from hand-made goods to goods made by machines in factories.
What is The Industrial Revolution
This was the popular belief that the United States was meant to expand all the way from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny
During the Civil War, the Northern states were known as the Union, while the Southern states that broke away were known as this.
What is The Confederacy
These are the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution, designed to protect your personal freedoms from the government.
What is The Bill of Rights
Francis Scott Key wrote our national anthem after watching the American flag survive the bombing of this fort.
What is Fort McHenry
This invention by Eli Whitney cleaned cotton faster but sadly increased the demand for enslaved labor in the South.
What is The Cotton Gin
President Thomas Jefferson doubled the size of the U.S. by purchasing this massive piece of land from France.
What is The Louisiana Purchase
This famous order issued by Abraham Lincoln declared that enslaved people in the Confederate states were free.
What is The Emancipation Proclamation
This branch of government, led by the Supreme Court, is responsible for making sure laws are fair and follow the Constitution.
What is The Judicial Branch
During the War of 1812, British troops marched into Washington, D.C., and set fire to these two important buildings.
What is The White House and the Capitol
This invention allowed people to send instant messages across long distances using Morse Code.
What is The Telegraph
These are the names of the two explorers sent by Jefferson to explore the new Louisiana Territory.
Who are Lewis and Clark
This is the name for the period right after the Civil War that focused on rebuilding the South and bringing the country back together.
What is Reconstruction
This is the specific name for the system that makes sure no single branch of government gets too much power.
What is Checks and Balances
One major reason the War of 1812 started was because Britain was "impressing" Americans which means they were doing this to American sailors.
What is Capturing them
Because of the Industrial Revolution, the American population began moving away from small farms and into these.
What are Cities
housands of people, nicknamed "49ers," rushed to California in 1849 for this reason.
What is The Gold Rush (searching for gold)
This massive engineering project finally connected the East Coast to the West Coast, cutting travel time from months to days.
What is The Transcontinental Railroad
Under the 4th Amendment, the police cannot search you or your house without a good reason and this specific permission from a judge.
What is A warrant
This 5th Amendment right prevents the government from putting you on trial twice for the exact same crime.
What is Double Jeopardy
These two forms of water transportation made moving people and goods much faster and cheaper during the 1800s.
What are Steamboats and Canals
This was one of the most famous (and dangerous) routes pioneers used to travel west in search of free land.
What is The Oregon Trail
These three specific Amendments were passed during Reconstruction to end slavery, grant citizenship, and give Black men the right to vote.
What is The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments