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The Declaration of Independence
The U.S. Constitution
Bill of Rights
The Nullification Crisis
The Civil War
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Date the Declaration of Independence was signed
What is July 4, 1776?
100
The division of power between the national and state governments
What is Federalism?
100
The number of amendments known as the bill of rights
What is ten?
100
Date The Nullification Crisis began
What is 1832?
100
Amendment that abolished slavery in the U.S.
What is the 13th amendment?
200
The country America was declaring their independence from
What is Great Britain?
200
Ensures that the people hold the final authority in all matters
What is Popular Sovereignty?
200
Amendment that guarantees freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly and the right to petition the government
What is the First Amendment?
200
Designed to encourage americans to buy goods made in the United States instead of imported goods
What is The tariff?
200
The number of southern states that announced their secession from the United States
What is seven?
300
Main author of the Declaration of Indepence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
300
A form of government in which the will of the people is expressed through representatives
What is Republicanism?
300
Amendment that guarantees protection against unreasonable searches by law-enforcement officers
What is the Fourth Amendment?
300
Threatened to use military force if South Carolina tried to leave the Union
Who is President Andrew Jackson?
300
The name of the states that declared themselves a new country
What is The Confederate States of America?
400
The number of main sections the Declaration of Independence has
What is three?
400
First set of laws under which the U.S. government operated
What is The Articles of Confederation?
400
Amendment that guarantees protection against excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment
What is the Eighth Amendment?
400
Withdrew its decree nullifying the federal law
What is South Carolina?
400
Name given to the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
What is The Reconstruction Amendments?
500
Rights including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
What are unalienable rights?
500
Grants a variety of powers to the national and state governments
What is Limited Government?
500
Amendment that guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial by a jury of one's peers in criminal cases
What is the Sixth Amendment?
500
Declared that the state had the right to nullify, or refuse to accept, the federal tariff
What is Political leaders from South Carolina?
500
Date Abraham Lincoln was elected President
What is 1860?