Someone who wanted to remove slavery
Abolitionist
The Articles of Confederation were so ineffective that the Constitutional Convention assemble to form a new...
government
The U.S. declared independence from which nation?
Britain, England
The movement that pushed for equality among minority groups in the United States
The Civil Rights Movement
What is the title of our national anthem?
The Star Spangled Banner
The underground railroad was conducted by who?
Harriet Tubman
How many amendments to the constitution are featured in the Bill of Rights?
10
Americans were divided by these two groups very early on in US history when debating the use of the constitution or Articles of Confederation?
Federalists and Anti Federalists
The US allied with this unlikely rival to defeat Hitler and the Nazis in World War II
The Soviet Union
Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
The original 13 colonies
Many of the Reconstruction laws were ________ in the south?
ignored, not followed
Name three things protected by the first amendment
Freedom of: Speech, religion, assembly, press, petition
How did the US used to elect a vice president?
Second place in the presidential election
The biggest piece of the economic collapse that was the Great Depression was the what of 1929?
Stock Market Crash
What is the national animal?
Bald Eagle
Slaves were counted toward a states population as only what amount of a person?
3 / 5 ths
What amendments are called the Reconstruction Amendments, as they were created after the civil war to legally include rights for African Americans
#__#___#___
13,14, and 15
What document announced the sovereignty and creation of the new nation, The United States?
The Declaration of Independence
Name three wars the US fought in between 1900-2000
WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, The Gulf War
What was the last state to become part of the US
Hawaii
This was made to attempt to make voting more easily accessible to African Americans in the 1960s
The voting rights act of 1965
How many amendments are currently in the constitution?
27
This was the saying/slogan that summarizes all of the grievances the colonies had with Britain and why they felt the way they did...
No taxation Without Representation
Which Countries fought in WW2's pacific theater, but never stepped foot in each other's countries?
Japan and The US
Who is on Mt Rushmore?
Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, T. Roosevelt.