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Constitution
Colonial America
American Revolution
Famous People
Reconstruction
100
What is the job of the legislative branch?
make laws
100
What was the name of the document the pilgrims and other travelers signed before getting off the Mayflower to outline their government.
Mayflower Compact
100
During this event, British soldiers fired on and killed several provoking colonists in Boston.
Boston Massacre
100
This person worked to pass the 13th Amendment. Although he brought his country through trying times, he ultimately paid for these changes with his life.
Abraham Lincoln
100
What group of Confederate supporters spread terror to African Americans.
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
200
What two groups make up Congress?
House of Representatives and Senate
200
Who was the leader of the Jamestown colony?
John Smith
200
The two sides fighting in the American Revolution were the _____________ and ________________
Patriots and loyalists, Americans and British
200
Although this man is famous for writing the words "all men are created equal" in a document that declared the independence of America, he still owned over 100 slaves.
Thomas Jefferson
200
This amendment, passed during Reconstruction, gave citizenship to all people born in the United States and equal protection of the law"
14th Amendment
300
Which amendment abolished slavery?
13th Amendment
300
What religious group of settlers took part in the Salem witchcraft trials. (Believe what we believe, or you have to leave)
Puritans
300
Name this document: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness
Declaration of Independence
300
It has been said that he was one of the greatest generals in all of American history, even though he surrendered in the end. This man followed orders from Jefferson Davis until he could fight no more.
Robert E. Lee
300
This former Union general was elected as president during Reconstruction.
Ulysses S. Grant
400
Write the first 15 words of the preamble. We the __________
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union...
400
What was the name of the colony that mysteriously disappeared?
Roanoke
400
This man was the commander of the continental army.
George Washington
400
He was a writer, inventor, scientist, printer and more. Although he was never president, he still leaves his mark on history and in our wallets.
Ben Franklin
400
Why did former slaves want land?
"give us our own land and we can take care of ourselves, but without land, the old masters can hire us or starve us as they please"
500
What are the 5 freedoms listed in the First Amendment?
Freedom of speech, press, assembly, petition, and religion
500
Name 4 of the original 13 colonies.
Georgia South Carolina North Carolina Virginia Pennsylvania Maryland Delaware New Jersey New York Rhode Island Connecticut New Hampshire Massachusetts
500
List at least 3 Acts passed by Parliament that angered the colonists.
Stamp Act Tea Act Sugar Act Quartering Act Townshend Acts Intolerable Acts
500
This former slave wrote a narrative about his life. His best selling book became an eye open for whites in Europe and America. The evils of slavery had been revealed!
Frederick Douglass
500
Reconstruction is the re-building of what 4 infrastructures in the South?
social political physical economic