You've Gotta Fight (battles)
For Your Right (amendments)
To Party
(political parties)
Heroes
Zeroes
100
This battle occurred after the War of 1812 was officially over but it was the biggest American victory and made Andrew Jackson a war hero.
What is New Orleans
100
Abolished slavery
What is the 13th amendment
100
The political party of the common man. Andrew Jackson dropped half the party name to form this party.
What is the Democratic Party
100
Known as the Great Compromiser, I averted many crises in the years before the Civil War.
Who is Henry Clay
100
Former Vice President who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel and was later put on trial for treason.
Who is Aaron Burr
200
These battles happened when the British set out to arrest Patriot leaders and capture the munitions they had stored.
What is Lexington and Concord
200
This amendment made it illegal to discriminate in voting rights based on race or previous condition of servitude.
What is the 15th amendment
200
This political party had only one president and the party died out during the War of 1812.
What is the Federalist Party
200
He saved Jamestown during the "starving time" by telling colonists that if they didn't work at growing food, they would not eat.
Who is John Smith
200
The senator who claimed to have a list of 210 Communists in the government.
Who is Joe McCarthy
300
The Patriots dragged cannons captured at this battle in New York to Boston and used them to drive the British out of Boston.
What is Fort Ticonderoga
300
This amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920
What is the 19th amendment
300
This party formed mainly to oppose Andrew Jackson and his policies.
What is the Whig Party
300
He wrote criticism of the colonial governor and was put on trial for libel. His acquittal established the principle of freedom of the press in the colonies.
Who is John Peter Zenger
300
Nixon's vice president who had to resign for tax evasion
Who is Spiro Agnew
400
This battle was the turning point in the Revolutionary War because after the Patriots won, the French agreed to help them out.
What is Saratoga
400
This amendment defined citizenship (needed by African-Americans after the Dred Scott decision said they were not citizens)
What is the 14th Amendment
400
This political party was formed by farmers in the late 1800s and free silver was an important issue for them
What is the Populist Party
400
The most famous preacher of the First Great Awakening. His most famous sermon was Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Who is Jonathan Edwards
400
The president before Lincoln who did nothing as states started to secede.
Who is James Buchanan
500
These two battles were the turning point in the Civil War because the Union gained control of the Mississippi River and the South could no longer replace the men they lost.
What is Gettysburg and Vicksburg
500
This amendment lowered the voting age to 18. It was passed during the Vietnam War.
What is the 26th amendment
500
This political party is better known by it's nickname "the Bull Moose" party. It was the party of Theodore Roosevelt in 1912.
What is the Progressive Party
500
Socialist who ran for president 4 times, including once while he was in jail for speaking out against World War I.
Who is Eugene Debs.
500
Racist governor of Alabama who ran for president in 1968 and 1972 on a pro-segregation platform.
Who is George Wallace