Presidents
The first President of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
Guarantees freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
What is the 1st Amendment?
This 1803 land deal doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This state was the first to secede from the Union in 1860.
What is South Carolina?
He revolutionized the steel industry and became a major philanthropist.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
The president who issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
The belief that the U.S. was destined to expand westward.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This 1857 Supreme Court decision stated African Americans were not citizens.
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
This legislation aimed to break up monopolies and trusts.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
This president implemented the New Deal during the Great Depression.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th Amendment?
He led the 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia.
Who is Nat Turner?
He led Union forces to victory and later became president.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
She founded Hull House and was a pioneer in social work.
Who is Jane Addams?
He became president after Nixon’s resignation.
Who is Gerald Ford?
Changed the way vice presidents are elected — they now run on a ticket with the president.
What is the 12th Amendment?
This treaty ended the Mexican-American War
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
This Reconstruction agency helped former slaves adjust to freedom
What is the Freedmen’s Bureau?
This 1911 disaster led to improved labor safety laws.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire?
This president won the controversial election of 1824 through a “corrupt bargain.”
Who is John Quincy Adams?
Limits the president to two terms in office.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
This reformer fought for better treatment of the mentally ill.
Who is Dorothea Dix?
This group used terror to suppress Black political participation in the South.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
This movement sought to ban the sale and consumption of alcohol.
What is Prohibition?