Show:
Presidents
African- Americans
Women
NativeNatiN
The Bill of Rights
100
Our first president was this man.
George Washington (1789-1796)
100
This term refers to passage between Africa and the New World for slaves.
The Middle Passage.
100
This article of clothing was considered dangerous by men in antebellum America.
Bloomers.
100
This term refers to incorporating Native-Americans into white society.
Assimilation.
100
This amendment protects the "right to bear arms".
The 2nd Amendment.
200
This man was elected president during the Revolution of 1800.
Thomas Jefferson (1800-1808).
200
This man was a famous abolitionist who escaped from slavery early in his life.
Frederick Douglass.
200
The Declaration of Sentiments was written at this convention...
The Seneca Falls Convention (1848).
200
This tribe fought Custer in the Black Hills.
The Lakota (Sioux).
200
This amendment protects the right to freedom of religion.
The 1st amendment.
300
This man was president from 1860-1865.
Abraham Lincoln (1860-1865).
300
This man was at the center of a famous Supreme Court Case that ruled that African-Americans could not be citizens.
Dred Scott
300
This woman wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Harriet Beecher Stowe.
300
This man led Native resistance to white settlement until he was defeated by William Henry Harrison at Tippecanoe.
Tecumseh.
300
This term refers to the government seizing private land for public purposes.
Eminent Domain.
400
This man was president during the War of 1812.
James Madison (1808-1816).
400
This man was the first African-American Senator following the Civil War.
Hiram Revels.
400
This term refers to the transference of a woman's property to her husband.
Coverture.
400
This woman helped Louis and Clark explore the Louisiana Purchase.
Sacagawea.
400
The 8th amendment protects against...
Cruel and unusual punishment.
500
This man was the president who served for the least amount of time (about 31 days).
William Henry Harrison (1840-1841)
500
During the Age of Reform, this man wrote An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World.
David Walker
500
This woman tried to help Native Americans by writing A Century of Dishonor.
Helen Hunt Jackson.
500
This tribe fought against the settlers of Jamestown in the 1600s.
The Powhatan.
500
These are two functions of the 5th Amendment.
Answers could include: right to not self-incriminate, just compensation for eminent domain, no double jeopardy, due process of the law.