History Skills
Early Government
Expansion & Early U.S.
Civil War
Reconstruction
100

1. When I figure out who made a source and why, I use __________.  

1. sourcing

100

6. The meeting to create the Constitution was the __________.  

 6. Constitutional Convention

100

11. The Louisiana Purchase __________________________.  

11. doubled the size of the U.S.

100

16. The Civil War started at __________.

16. Fort Sumter

100

21. Rebuilding the South is called __________.  

 21. Reconstruction

200

2. Looking at what was happening at the time is called __________.

 2. contextualization

200

7. The __________ Compromise created two parts of Congress.

7. Great Compromise

200

 12. The Corps of Discovery were __________.  

12. explorers (Lewis and Clark team)

200

17. The turning point battle was __________.  

17. Gettysburg

200

22. The 13th Amendment ended __________.  

22. slavery

300

3. Comparing sources to see if they agree is __________.  

3. corroboration

300

8. The __________ Compromise counted enslaved people as 3/5.

8. Three-Fifths Compromise

300

13. Stopping trade is an __________.  

13. embargo

300

18. The __________ Proclamation freed enslaved people. 

18. Emancipation

300

23. The 14th Amendment gave __________.  

23. citizenship

400

 4. A primary source is _______________________________.  

4. firsthand source from the time 5. source created later 6. Constitutional Convention 7. Great Compromise 8. Three-Fifths Compromise 9. federalism 11. doubled the size of the U.S. 12. explorers (Lewis and Clark team) 13. embargo 16. Fort Sumter 17. Gettysburg 18. Emancipation 21. Reconstruction 22. slavery 23. citizenship 

400

9. Sharing power is called __________.

9. federalism

400

14. Moving west is called __________.

14. westward expansion

400

19. The war ended at __________.

19. Appomattox

400

 24. The 15th Amendment gave __________.  

24. voting rights (for Black men)

500

5. A secondary source is _______________________________.

5. source created later

500

10. To approve the Constitution is to __________ it.

10. ratify

500

 15. Staying out of war is called __________.

15. neutrality

500

20. The bloodiest one-day battle was __________.

20. Antietam

500

25. Segregation laws were called __________ laws.

25. Jim Crow