Important People
He was the leader of the Continental Army and the first U.S. President.
Who is George Washington?
This document declared the American colonies independent from Britain in 1776 and listed grievances against King George III.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This case established that the Supreme Court can declare laws unconstitutional.
What is Marbury v. Madison (1803)?
The year Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement, was founded.
➤ What is 1607?
This principle states that power is divided between national and state governments
What is federalism?
This African American spy for the Continental Army posed as a servant and helped gather important British military secrets during the Revolutionary War.
Who is James Armistead?
This agreement in 1620 was the first form of self-government in the colonies.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This case ruled that enslaved people were property, not citizens.
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)?
The year the Declaration of Independence was signed.
➤ What is 1776?
These were laws passed in Southern states after the Civil War to restrict the freedom of formerly enslaved people.
➤ What are Black Codes?
A former enslaved African American who became a famed orator and abolitionist and wrote the North Star paper.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This document added the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This case ruled that Georgia laws did not apply within Cherokee territory, but President Jackson ignored it.
What is Worcester v. Georgia (1832)?
The year the U.S. Constitution was written.
What is 1787?
This religious group migrated west to Utah in search of religious freedom after facing persecution in the East.
Who are the Mormons?
She wrote plays and letters to support independence and is considered an early feminist voice.
Who is Mercy Otis Warren?
This document was created to support ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
This case ruled that only the federal government could regulate interstate commerce.
What is Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)?
The year President Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory.
What is 1803?
One of the following steps is required to amend the U.S. Constitution.
A. A national referendum must be held
B. The Supreme Court must approve the change
C. Congress proposes and states ratify the amendment
D. The president must sign it into law
What is C. Congress proposes and states ratify the amendment?
She helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 and co-authored the Declaration of Sentiments, demanding equal rights for women.
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
This document signed in 1215 limited the power of the English king and influenced American government.
What is the Magna Carta?
This case confirmed Congress’s power to create a national bank and upheld federal over state power.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)?
Put these events in order AND give the year!
Constitution ratified, Civil War began, Louisiana Purchase, Declaration of Independence, Jamestown founded.
What is: Jamestown 1607, DOI 1776, Constitution 1787, LP 1803, Civil War 1861
This term describes an economic system in which private businesses compete with little government interference.
➤ What is free enterprise?