Constitution
What are the freedom of assembly (protest) and press?
These were the names of the Southern and Northern sides in the war.
What are Union and Confederacy?
John Quincy Adams only won the election, said Andrew Jackson, because of a _______ __________ between him and Henry Clay.
What is a Corrupt Bargain?
After he learned to read, he said he was forever free.
Who was Frederick Douglass?
This trail took the most settlers west, and is named after a West Coast state.
What is the Oregon Trail?
The year the Constitution was passed.
What was 1788?
This was the year the war began.
1861
He was given credit for being the main author of the Constitution.
Who was James Madison?
This white abolitionist published his newspaper in Boston.
Who was William Lloyd Garrison?
This tribe fought the U.S. on the Great Plains in the 1860s and 70s.
Who are the Sioux?
These were the two political parties arguing over the Constitution.
What were the Federalists and Anti-federalists?
This was the bloodiest battle of the war, but not the longest.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
The British wanted to arrest this John on Patriot's Day. Ohhhh BTW, what's the date of Patriot's Day and what does it celebrate?
Who was John Hancock; April 19, 1775; Shot Heard Round the World
She wrote the speech "Ain't I Woman," and successfully sued her owner to get her son back.
Who was Sojourner Truth?
This massacre of mostly women and children occurred in 1890 on the Standing Rock Reservation.
What was The Wounded Knee Massacre?
This system is supposed to keep the branches of government mostly equal.
What are checks and balances?
Lincoln was a member of this political party.
What is Republican?
He was President after James Madison, and like him and Thomas Jefferson, a resident of this state (yup, 2 questions, deal with it)
Who was James Monroe and Virginia?
This was the name of the major women's rights convention where the Declaration of Sentiments was published
What was the Seneca Falls Convention?
This general had his last stand at Little Bighorn.
Who was George Custer?
This type of vote needs to happen in order for Congress to override a presidential veto (hint: the vote needs to happen in two places, and by a certain margin)
What is a 2/3 vote in BOTH the House and Senate?
The reason the 13th Amendment outlawing slavery was able to pass the Senate easily was this simple reason.
What is, There were no southern legislators to block it?
He was the powerful, pro-slavery senator from South Carolina, and Jackson's VP.
Who was John C. Calhoun?
The Second Great Awakening featured days long prayer meetings and gatherings, mostly outdoors or under tents, called this.
What are revivals?
What was 1849?