The main generals for both the Union and the Confederacy.
Who were Ulysses S Grant and Robert E Lee
100
Federalists were people that supported the ratification of the Consitution by the States. They were opposed by this group, who opposed the Constitution because it provided too much power to the Federal government.
Who were the Anti-Federalists?
100
"The Shots heard round the world"
What were Lexington and Concord?
100
Freedom of Religion, Press, and peaceful assembly
What is the 1st amendment
100
1607
What is the year Jamestown was founded?
200
1863 Document with the words “…all persons held as slaves within any state…in rebellion against the United States…shall be then thenceforward, and forever free”
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
200
The Three branches of the federal government.
What are legislative, judicial, and executive?
200
President, Inventor, and most importantly writer of the Declaration of Independence
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
200
The 8th amendment protects you from Cr....................
What is cruel and unusual punishment?
200
The main cause of the American Revolution.
What is Taxation without Representation?
300
The sites of the beginning and end of the Civil War.
What were Ft. Sumter and Appomattox Courthouse
300
Veto, Senate approval of
Presidential appointments, and
declaring a law unconstitutional
What is checks and balances
300
This battle proved to be a turning point in the Revolution after France agreed to aid the colonists
What was Saratoga?
300
Homeowners definitely should approve of this amendment that protects citizens from housing soldiers in times of peace.
What is the 3rd amendment?
300
This amendment granted African Americans (and anyone born in the US) citizenship rights.
What is 14th Amendment?
400
Though not remembered historically like his Northern counterpart Lincoln, this Confederate leader is remembered fondly by many Southerners.
Who was Jefferson Davis?
400
The length of the terms of Senators and the President
What is 6 and 4 years?
400
Surrouned by the French and the Americans. Gereral Cornwallis surrendered for good at this site.
What is Yorktown?
400
If you search your brain long enough, i'm sure you can figure out what the 4th amendment guarantees you.
What is protection from search and seizure?
400
Life, liberty,and the pursuit of happiness
What are unalienable rights?
500
Document that explains reason the Union must win the Civil War with the words, “…this nation, under God shall have a new birth of freedom; that government of..by..for the people shall not perish from the earth.”
What is the Gettysburg Address?
500
Made a two house legislature where each state sent two to the Senate and Representatives to the House based on their population
What is the Great Compromise?
500
If not for the perserverence of the Americans and their leader George Washington at this winter camp, the Americans might have lost the war.
What is Valley Forge?
500
What rights to accused criminals are protected in the 5th amendment? (There are 3)
What is due process, double jeopardy, tesifying against yourself
500
This precursor to the Constitution was replaced because it made the federal government much too weak