Do Nows
This type of information is usually biased or misleading in nature in order to promote a specific point of view
Propaganda
This Republican won the 1860 Presidential Election
Abraham Lincoln
In what case did the Supreme Court rule that all people of African descent did not have the right to citizenship?
Dred Scott v Sanford
This amendment gives you your right to remain silent.
5th Amendment
Name 3 States that fought for the Confederate States of America
Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia
This action that several states took part in, which Lincoln considered illegal, was a catalyst to the Civil War
Secession/Secede
What two states were added to the Union by the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri and Maine
This tactic is designed to use your feelings about one thing to get you to feel the same way about something else.
Transfer tactic
This amendment protects your right to print an article criticizing the President.
1st Amendment
In 1800, were there more Slave States or Free States?
Slave States, 9-8
This clause stretches the power of the federal government
Elastic Clause/Necessary and Proper Clause
By the end of the war, African Americans made up about what portion of the Union Army?
10% (180k soldiers)
What is the name of the process that allows the Constitution to be a"living, flexible" document?
Judicial Review
This amendment ensures citizenship for all persons born in the United States
14th Amendment
These are the states that the Mason-Dixon line bordered.
Pennsylvania and Delaware
The 5th and 14th Amendments contain this type of clause
Due Process
This belief or philosophy led to the western expansion of the United States.
Manifest Destiny
Which court case was responsible for striking down laws that banned interracial marriage?
Loving v Virginia (1967)
This Amendment prohibited the sale of alcohol in the United States and was later repealed by the 21st Amendment
18th Amendment
This is the most densely populated state in the United States today.
New Jersey
A warrant for [insert student's name here]'s arrest is an example of this type of document
A writ
Expanding the country led to the issue of deciding whether or not new states could own slaves. Which state was added to the Union during the crisis of Secession and which state was added as a free state in 1850?
Kansas and California
The process of changing laws, usually to extend the protections of the Constitution, is called...
Judicial Activism
When was the Amendment that is responsible for the President's term starting at noon, on January 20th, ratified?
January 23, 1933
This southwestern city, in one of the 4 states that you can stand in at once, was home to Walter White of Breaking Bad.
Albuquerque