States
Raleigh is its capital
North Carolina
A state and Nation's Capital is named after this president
George Washington
the right to choose and practice a religion is called
Religious Freedom
The original states: were Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Virginia.
13 colonies
This teacher used to teach 5th-grade before coming to the middle school
Ms. McLaughlin or Ms. Card
This state became the first diverse state in the Union due to its Gold Rush of the 1840s
California
Lawyer that represented the British on trial after the Boston Massacre
John Adams
____________, Virginia is the oldest English establishment in the United States
Jamestown
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
Bill of Rights
This teacher has a dog that Mr. Schneider is going to steal.
Ms. Borges
The state used popular sovereignty to determine its "SLave" or "Free" status
Kansas
His famous speech starts off as " Four scores and seven years ago......."
Abraham Lincoln
What were two of the three main motivators for English expansion to North America?
God, Gold and Glory
Set of law including literacy tests, grandfather clauses and poll taxes limited black voting rights
Jim Crow Laws
This person used to teach 6th-grade Social Studies before Mr. Schneider started teaching here.
Mr. Frank
This state was the first to secede from the Union before the Civil War
South Carolina
Ranked in the Top 5 as one of the most Liberal presidents in the United States, he also made history by becoming the first African American president of the United States and serving two full terms.
Barack Obama
A Quaker that founded Pennsylvania to establish a place where his people and others could live in peace and be free from persecution.
William Penn
a law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves; allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal and required their return to slaveholders
Fugitive Slave Act
These two teachers once took students to China over summer break.
Ms. Liu and Ms. McManis
Due to the "Indian Removal Act" that was enforced by then President Jackson, this state became known as "Indian Territory and now has one of the highest population of Native American tribal settlements
Oklahoma
This president once said: “And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country.”
John F. Kennedy
The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony.
Mayflower Compact
This historic case legalized segregation in publicly owned facilities on the basis of "separate but equal."
Plessy v. Ferguson
This teacher went to college in Arizona
Mrs. Valentine