The Declaration of Independence
I was the third president of the United States and the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
A terrorist organization known for wearing white hoods and burning crosses.
Who are the Ku Klux Klan?
This man was the president of the United States during the Civil War
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This president was a white supremacist, and had a soft plan for Reconstruction
Who is Andrew Johnson?
One of the grievances in the Declaration of Independence
What is: Taxation with representation, Unlawful imprisonment, impressment, creating colonial governments without the consent of the governed?
The war fought over the legality of slavery between the Union and the Confederacy
What is the Civil War?
The Civil War was fought over this institution that fueled the economy of the South
What is slavery?
This party ran the South before the Civil War, and regained power after Reconstruction ended
What is the Democratic Party?
This famous document that influenced the Declaration of Independence formed the Iroquois Confederacy.
What is the Great Law of Peace?
The amendment to the Constitution that ended slavery, with one notable exception
What is the 13th Amendment?
This new form of technology was first used on a wide scale during the Civil War to document battlefields and armies
What is photography?
This amendment to the Constitution created birthright citizenship in the United States.
What is the 14th Amendment?
How the Declaration of Independence defined being American
What is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and all men are created equal?
The plan for Reconstruction put forward by the Republican Congress
What is Radical Reconstruction?
This side of the Civil War fought for slavery
What is the Confederate States of America or the Confederacy?
These laws exploited an exception to the abolition of slavery, and sought to return African Americans to slavery
What are Black Codes?
One of the arguments Loyalists used to justify not rebelling against England
What is protection from the British military, not wanting to violently fight against the Crown, business or familial connections to Britain, freedom for slaves who remained loyal?
This organization was founded to support the rights of formerly enslaved peoples
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
Before the Civil War, this man attempted to instigate a slave revolt by raiding the armory at Harper's Ferry
Who is John Brown?
This system which exploited former slaves need for land to sustain themselves was in many ways a continuation of slavery in the South
What is sharecropping?
This fiery former slave fought for the abolition of slavery, and famously gave a speech criticizing an important American holiday
Who is Frederick Douglass?