D.O.I. & Constitution
The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution are called this.
What is the Bill of rights?
This man was a General in the revolutionary war and our first President.
Who is George Washington?
Andrew Jackson was the hero of this place from the War of 1812.
Where is New Orleans?
This is the U.S. President associated with Manifest Destiny.
Who is James K. Polk?
Where is South Carolina?
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal" - is a quote from this document written by T. Jefferson
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This man was our first Vice-President and he was the 2nd President of the U.S.
Who is John Adams?
The Indian Removal Act, also known as "Trail of tears" required that these people leave their homeland by force.
Who are Native Americans?
The United States annexed this state in 1845.
What is Texas?
The confederates started the fighting with the 1861 attack here.
Where is Fort Sumter, South Carolina?
This man was our 4th President and is the "father of the constitution."
Who is James Madison?
4 of our first 5 presidents were from this state.
Where is Virginia?
This crisis happened when South Carolina tried to nullify a law because they did not like a federal tariff law.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
This war happened between 1846 - 1848 and would result in the U.S. gaining territory that is now New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and California.
What is the Mexican-American war?
This man was elected president of the confederacy.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This article of the constitution creates our legislative branch and separates it into a senate and a house of representatives.
What is Article 1?
This famous Supreme Court case established judicial review.
What is Marbury vs. Madison?
Andrew Jackson "lost" the election of 1824 to this man even though Jackson received more votes in the general election and electoral college than anyone else.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
This Mexican-American war general would be elected president after the war in 1848.
Who is Zachary Taylor?
Lincoln issued this in 1863 to end slavery.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
What is 27?
This doctrine says that European nations can no longer establish colonies in the Western Hemisphere - North and South America.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Jackson was our first President from this U.S. state.
Where is Tennessee?
This treaty would end the Mexican-American war.
What is the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at this place.
Appomattox courthouse in Virginia.