Identify Rights
The second amendment provides this right
What is the right to bear arms (guns)?
This amendment protects freedom of speech, religion, press, etc.
What is the first amendment?
The document that explains how the government will be structured
What is the Constitution?
Population most impacted by westward expansion
What is the indigenous population?
The increase in demand for this cash crop led to a massive increase in slavery in the south
What is cotton?
The fourth amendment provides this right
What is protection against unreasonable search and seizure?
This amendment protects against soldiers forcefully living in civilians' homes
What is the third amendment?
The principle that allows each branch to remain equal
This war, which added multiple states to the country, created tensions over slavery
What is the Mexican American War?
The Election of 1860 saw this anti-slavery candidate win, which only furthered tensions between the north and the south
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The eighth amendment provides this right
What is protection against cruel and unusual punishment?
This amendment guarantees the right to a trial by jury
What is the seventh amendment?
Identify the three branches and one power they each have
What are the Executive branch, the Legislative branch, and the Judicial branch?
Explain Manifest Destiny
What is the belief that European/American settlers had the God-given right/mandate to expand to the west coast?
This compromise banned slavery in the north and kept the balance between the number of free and slave states
What is the Missouri Compromise?
The sixth amendment provides this right
What is the right to due process? (right to an attorney, to a speedy and fair trial, etc)
This amendment protects against incrimination on the stand
What is the fifth amendment?
Explain the 3/5 Compromise
What is the compromise that counted slaves as 3/5 of a white person for the purposes of electoral representation?
WILDCARD: Frederick Douglass became one of the prominent leaders of this movement
What is the abolitionist movement?
Explain Bleeding Kansas
What is the series of violent acts that occurred throughout Kansas as a result of northern and southern clashes over slavery?
The ninth amendment explains this
What is that just because something hasn't been mentioned doesn't mean its not protected
This amendment gives the rest of the power to the states
What is the tenth amendment?
Explain the Great Compromise
What is the creation of two houses of Congress, the Senate with equal representation for all states, and the House with greater representation for greater populations
WILDCARD:Explain a detaile dtakeaway you had from reading the Frederick Douglass book
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Explain the Compromise of 1850
What is the compromise that repealed the Missouri Compromise, established popular sovereignty over slavery, and strengthened the fugitive slave act?