Famous Figures
Bill of Rights
Terms & Principles
Sectional Crisis/Civil War
Reconstruction
100

16th President of the US and his election was the main cause South Carolina seceded. 

Abraham Lincoln

100

Freedom of Speech, Religion, Press, & Petition

1st Amendment

100

Division between multiple branches (Executive, Legislative, Judicial)

Separation of Powers

100

This order granted Maine becoming a free state, Missouri a slave state and everything west of the Mississippi River would be divided at the 36'30' line

Missouri Compromise

100

Rebuilding and transformation of the South & attempted integration and protection of freed slaves after the Civil War

Reconstruction
200
Considered the "Father of the Constitution"

James Madison

200

Reserves power to the states

10th Amendment

200

Power comes from the people

Popular Sovereignty

200
The first shots were fired here

Fort Sumter

200

An amendment that prohibited states from denying men the right to vote

15th Amendment

300

Confederate General during the Civil War

Robert E. Lee

300

Can't be required to quarter soldiers during a time of peace

3rd Amendment

300

Powers of each branch make sure one isn't too powerful

Checks & Balances

300

January 1, 1863, President Lincoln issued this military decree establishing all enslaved people in the Confederate states free

Emancipation Proclamation
300

Laws separating whites and blacks in various public places such as schools, restaurants, and hospitals

Jim Crow Laws

400

Known for her speech "Ain't I a woman" she became an abolitionist and Women's Rights Activist during the Civil War. 

Sojourner Truth

400

Right to due process, no double jeopardy, can't testify against oneself

5th Amendment

400

Written by Roger Sherman, calls for equal representation in the Senate and House of Representatives based on population

Connecticut "Great" Compromise
400

Naval blockade by the Union Army cut the Confederacy in half while taking control of the Mississippi River

Anaconda Plan

400

This act divided the south into 5 military districts to make sure Reconstruction policies would be enforced.

Reconstruction Act of 1867

500

Author of the Articles of Confederation

John Dickinson

500

Trial by Jury

7th Amendment

500

Written by Thomas Paine, this pamphlet called for independence appealing to the greater population with biblical examples and using everday language.

Common Sense

500

What Supreme Court case ruled the Missouri Compromise as unconstitutional, ruling Blacks as non-citizens

Dred Scott Case

500
"Separate but equal" ruling was stated in this court case in 1896

Plessy vs. Ferguson