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True of False- the 5th amendment of the Bill of Rights states that we have the right to a well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
What is False
Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation
Who is Abraham Lincoln
How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?
What is ten
Who won the Civil War?
What is the North
What happened in Little Rock, Arkansas? Who were the Little Rock nine?
What is the night before school was to start, Arkansas Governor called out the state's National Guard to surround Little Rock Central High School and prevent any black students from entering. The little rock nine were the nine students who stepped up and still went to school ignoring the protesters.
What is the Slave Narrative?
What is the constitution encourages new writing styles in a general way by instituting a nation where individuals will be free, equal, and self governing.
Who wrote the Notes on Virginia?
Who is Thomas Jefferson
Which founding document is known as a "break up letter"?
What is the Declaration of Independence
Name 4 Union states
What is (any of the following): NH, NJ PA, NY, MA, RI, CT, OH, MI, IL, WI, or IA
What did Plessy v Ferguson establish?
what is declared that separate but equal facilities were constitutional
What was the Lost Cause?
What is an American mythology that claims the cause of the Confederate states during the Civil War was heroic and not centered on slavery.
Who is Dred Scott and what did he do?
What is Dred Scott was an enslaved African-American man who sued for freedom for his family in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857. The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the Dred Scott case struck down the Missouri Compromise as unconstitutional, maintaining that Congress had no power to forbid or abolish slavery in the territories.
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
what is declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
The First Baptist Church was scheduled to hold the secession convention in 1860. Why did it not happen?
What is the city got small pox
What was the March on Washington?
What is the protest for jobs and freedom after Martin Luther King Jr gave his "I have a dream speech".
Which new amendments were added that helped abolish slavery?
What is the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
Which author of the Federalist papers wrote 51 of the articles?
Who is Alexander Hamilton
What did the Fugitive Slave Clause do?
What is the act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state.
Name the seven states that succeeded from the union before the fall of Fort Sumter
What is TX, LA, SC, GA, AL, MS, FL.
What were the Dixiecrats?
What is a political party organized by conservative white southern Democrats committed to states' rights and the maintenance of segregation and opposed to federal intervention into race, and to a lesser degree, labor relations.
What was Shays Rebellion?
What is a series of violent attacks on courthouses and other government properties in Massachusetts that began in 1786
Who is Nat Turner and what did he do?
What is he was an enslaved man who led a rebellion of enslaved people. His action set off a massacre of up to 200 Black people and a new wave of oppressive legislation prohibiting the education, movement, and assembly of enslaved people
Briefly describe the structure of the Declaration of Independence
what is starts with the preamble, then explains the importance of our rights, then gives the reasons why we left, then shares how we tried to make it work, and closes with we stand independent.
What does powderkeg mean and what are the causes?
What is the four main causes of the Civil War which are: the election of Lincoln, the Dred Scott case, the Missouri Compromise, and abolitionism
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?
what is outlawed unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace, and by facilities that served the general public.