Early American history
American politics
Founders
Rhetorical devices
Modes of persuasion/grammar
100
A turning point in the American revolutionary war
What is The Battle of Saratoga
100
Winner - take - it - all (another word for it)
What is the electoral college
100
First US President
Who is George Washington
100
A reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural or political significance
What is allusion
100
An emotional appeal
What is pathos
200
In which document was this statement made?
What is The Declaration of Independence
200
The institutions in government should not be given too much power
What is checks and balances
200
He wrote the prologue to the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
200
A figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked in order to make a point
What is a rhetorical question
200
An appeal to reason
What is logos
300
Why was it difficult for America to come together and form one nation after the Revolutionary war?
What is diversity and difference in population, geography, religion and ethnicity
300
He would not interfere with slavery
Who is Lincoln
300
A founder who really wanted to industrialise
Who is Alexander Hamilton
300
The repetition of "I have a dream" in the famous speech by King is an example of this device
What is anaphora
300
Explain the grammatical mistake and your correction (you can say it in Danish):
The first part is about how had Hamilton come up with his intellectual contributions
What is omvendt ordstilling to ligefrem ordstilling
400
10 amendments were added to the new Constitution - what do we also call these?
What is the Bill of Rights
400
Every fourth year the US has what?
What is an election
400
The second president of the US
John Adams
400
Which device is represented in the example: She sells sea shells by the sea shore
What is alliteration
400
Explain the grammatical mistakes and your correction (you may say it in Danish):
1907 were the peak year of immigration
What is subject-verb agreement/kongruens
500
After the independence from Britain two different systems emerged - explain these two systems of labour and settlement
What is southern and northern agriculture. Northern agriculture was based on free labor on family farms, and it focused on producing food. Southern agriculture was based on the plantation and slave labor
500
The presidential primary election day in February or March when the greatest number of U.S. states hold primary elections and caucuses.
What is super Tuesday
500
Are consindered the founders beause...
What is succesful for colonial independence from Britain, the ideas celebrated in the Declaration of Independence and contributions to Constitution
500
Which device is represented below:
"The very heart and soul of America was at stake"
What is metaphor