Amendments
Early/Pre-Civil War
Civil War and Reconstruction
Post Reconstruction America
Branches of the Government
100
How many amendments are there?
27
100

This line divided the United States into free and slave states.

What is the 36 30 line/Missouri Compromise line? 

100

This amendment grants citizenship 

What is the 14th Amendment?

100

This law provided 160 acres of land for free if the person develops the land for 5 years. 

What is the Homestead Act? 
100
What are the three branches?
Legislative Executive Judicial
200
The first 10 amendments are called this.
The Bill of Rights
200

This was a movement against slavery.

What is the abolitionist movement? 

200

This statement made by Lincoln freed slaves behind Confederate lines.

What is the Emancipation Proclamation? 

200

This early civil rights leader campaigned against lynching.

Who is Ida B. Wells?

200
The job of congress is to...
make laws for our nation.
300
What is the 1st amendment?
People have freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and the right to petition the Government.
300

What was the Purpose of the Monroe Doctrine?

Stop European countries for re-colonizing countries in the Western Hemisphere

300

There were three plans for Reconstruction - Lincoln's plan, Johnson's and ?

What is the Radical Republican/Congress' plan?

300

A group of farmers that campaigned against the corruption of the railroads.

What are the Grangers? 

300
The judicial department is made up of?
judges
400

This amendment protects people from illegal search and seizure. 

What is the 4th amendment? 

400

This term is related to the Compromise of 1850 and Kansas-Nebraska Act. It lets the people decide if slavery would be in a territory or not. 

What is Popular Sovereignty?

400

This battle lasted for three days and is considered the turning point of the Civil War. Lincoln also made a speech about it. 

What is Gettysburg?

400

This supreme court case decision made segregation legal. 

What is Plessy v. Ferguson?

400

Who makes up the executive branch?

The president and vice president

500
What did the 13th amendment do?
Made slavery illegal in the United States.
500

What was the main result of the failure of the Embargo Acts?

War of 1812

500

Lincoln suspended this.

What is habeas corpus? 

500

This law promoted the assimilation of Native Americans.

What is the Dawes Act? 

500
Who makes up the Legislative Branch?
Senators & house of representitives (congress)
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