Founding Fathers
Who is credited with drafting the Declaration of Independence?
How many amendments make up the Bill of Rights?
10
What 1820 agreement tried to balance free and slave states?
Missouri Compromise
Who was president of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
What were the laws passed by Southern states to restrict African Americans' rights called?
Who was the first Secretary of the Treasury?
Alexander Hamilton
The first constitution
Articles of Confederation
What 1852 novel fueled anti-slavery sentiment in the North?
Which battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War?
Battle of Gettysburg
What amendments are known as the “Reconstruction Amendments”?
13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
Who is known as the “Father of the Constitution”?
James Madison
What is the system called that ensures no branch of government is too powerful?
checks and balances
What act allowed popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
What document issued by Lincoln freed slaves in Confederate states?
Emancipation Proclamation
What federal agency was created to help freed slaves and poor whites after the Civil War?
Freedmen’s Bureau
One of the founding chief justices.
John Marshall
land
What 1857 Supreme Court case ruled that African Americans were not citizens?
Dred Scott v. Sandford
What general led the Union Army to victory?
Ulysses S. Grant
What amendment ended slavery?
The 13th Amendment
Who was the only president to be unanimously elected?
George Washington
What compromise resulted in the counting of slaves as three-fifths of a person?
What 1860 event led Southern states to begin seceding?
Election of Abraham Lincoln
Who was the Confederate general?
Robert E. Lee
Laws that segregated the races.
Jim Crow Laws