The Early Republic
Constituion
The West
Civil War
Reconstruction
100
Some of these Founding Fathers of the United States of America were enslavers: Name 2
Who are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, & Benjamin Rush
100
These are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution
What are the Bill of Rights
100
I am the belief that the U.S. had the right and the obligation to expand its territory across North America to the Pacific Ocean
What is Manifest Destiny?
100
I was the biggest cause of the Civil War
What was the enslavement of people in the U.S.?
100
This Reconstruction Amendment guaranteed the right for Black American men to vote
What is the 15th Amendment
200
What "Game Changing Invention" impacted the Southern agriculture making up 80% of the southern economic production
What was Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin
200
This amendment protects Freedom of Speech
What is the 1st Amendment
200
I am the term used to describe when examples like the below force people to leave where they are living and move to a new location/environment.
(War, Famine, Overcrowding, No Opportunity)
What is a Push Factor?
200
We were all a part of what major movement leading up to the Civil War?
What was the Abolitionist Movement?
200
Many people celebrate this holiday to commemorate the day when Union army general Granger took control of Galveston Texas and made this statement to the public: “All slaves are free!”
What is Juneteenth?
300
The 13 of these banded together to fight King George III and Englad
What are colonies?
300
The president is the leader of this branch of government
What is the Executive Branch
300
It was because of this treaty that Mexico is not nearly double its current size.
What was the Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty?
300
This side during the Civil War had larger cities, a larger economy, and had more effective ways to transport war materials.
Who was the North or the Union?
300
I officially made the enslavement of people illegal in the U.S.
What is the 13th Amendment?
400
Our first president, George Washington, appointed 4 department heads and gave this group a specific name; a practice that continues in the Executive office to this day.
What is the Cabinet?
400
This concept is what makes sure that one branch of government does not gain too much power.
What are "checks and balances?"
400
Passed by Congress in 1830, President Andrew Jackson passed this act that forced relocation of Indigenous to the west of the Mississippi (present day Oklahoma, designated Indian Territory). This was essentially one of the US's many attempts at genocide to the Indigenous people of North America
What is the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
400
A major goal of the announcement of this law was to nullify (remove value to) the Fugitive Slave Act so that any enslaved escaping to the North could now officially have sanctuary (safety) in the North and hopefully join the Union army
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
400
This amendment guarantees birthright citizenship
What is the 14th Amendment
500
Not a celebration, colonists through a popular beverage into the Boston Harbor during this event.
What is the Boston Tea Party
500
I wrote the Constitution
Who is James Madison?
500
As Citizens of the US continued to move out West, Indigenous people were continuously displaced (or forced to move to a new location). I am the name used to describe a small piece of government land set aside for the Indigenous people.
What is a Reservation?
500
The war term used to describe Lincoln giving Sherman the approval for open season on destroying southern Civilian property
What was "Total War"?
500
White Southerners established the following tactics to suppress the voice of Black Americans throughout the U.S.:
(Grandfather clauses, Literacy tests, Poll taxes, Voter intimidation)
What were Jim Crow Laws?