Early American History
This 1620 agreement created the first self-government plan in the English colonies.
What is the Mayflower Compact
This 1863 proclamation declared enslaved people in Confederate states to be free.
This imaginary line divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the equator
The three branches of government.
What are legislative, judicial, and executive
When Jamal trades his granola bar for Maria's apple at lunch, they're using this type of exchange instead of money.
What is bartering
He was the main author of the Declaration of Independence and later became president.
Who was Thomas Jefferson
This Tennessee city was an important railroad center captured by Union forces in 1862.
What is Nashville
This Native American tribe was forcibly relocated from Tennessee on the Trail of Tears.
Who are the Cherokee
This document outlines the basic rules for how Tennessee's government works.
What is the Tennessee Constitution
An economic system where businesses and individuals are free to make their own choices about what to produce, sell, and buy, with minimal government interference, and where competition drives prices and innovation
What is free enterprise
This 1773 protest involved colonists dumping tea into Boston Harbor to oppose British taxes.
What was the Boston Tea Party
This 1865 amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Ammendment
Due to differing Civil War loyalties, this Grand Division of Tennessee once attempted to secede from the state itself
What is East Tennessee
The number of U.S. Senators each state has.
What is two
Taxes on imported goods are called this.
What are tariffs
This 1787 meeting resulted in the creation of the U.S. Constitution.
What was the Constitutional Convention
This 1867 law required Southern states to grant African American men voting rights before rejoining the Union
What was The Reconstruction Act of 1867
The movement of people, goods, and ideas between Europe, Africa, and the Americas was called this
What is the Columbian Exchange
This principle divides power between national and state governments.
What is federalism
The 1930s program that built dams in Tennessee to create jobs and electricity.
What was the TVA
These first 10 amendments to the Constitution protect individual freedoms like speech and religion.
What is the Bill of Rights
This 1870 amendment guaranteed voting rights regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
What is the 15th Ammendment
This famous Memphis attraction lets visitors walk through musical history and see Elvis Presley's costumes
What is Graceland
This 1954 Supreme Court case ruled that school segregation was unconstitutional.
What was Brown vs Board of Education
When there isn't enough of something to meet everyone's wants, it's called this.
What is scarcity