Columbus and Sources
This Spanish explorer sought gold and spices; he was NOT out to prove the world was round!
Who was Christopher Columbus?
During this incident, American colonists dressed as Indians and attacked British ships in Boston harbor, dumping products overboard
What was the Boston Tea Party?
The arguments between these two Founding Fathers helped to create our two-party political system.
Who were Hamilton and Jefferson?
This was the primary cause of the Civil War
What is slavery?
The president who followed Abraham Lincoln, he supported white supremacy:
Who was Andrew Johnson?
One potential source of American democracy was the legal system of this, our old home country:
What was England?
He wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
This famous amendment included five essential rights for the American people: speech, religion, petition, assembly, and press
What was the 1st Amendment?
The election of this anti-slavery president in 1860 prompted the South to secede from the Union:
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
During Reconstruction, this faction of the Republican Party argued that the nation needed immediate racial equality.
Who were the Radical Republicans?
This old European empire likely contributed to American ideas of capitalism and freedom of religion
Who were the Dutch?
This intellectual movement of philosophers in the 1700's helped to inspire many Founding Fathers.
What was the Enlightenment?
The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution, came to be called this:
What was the Bill of Rights?
During the Civil War, this side had most of the advantages in military and economic power.
What was the North? (Union)
This terrorist organization, largely made up of Confederate veterans, helped to overthrow Reconstruction.
What was the Ku Klux Klan?
When the American colonists encountered these people, they probably saw societies far more equal than any they had been accustomed to:
Who were the Native Americans?
This philosopher helped to inspire some of the ideas in the Declaration of Independence:
Who was Locke?
The first effort at an American government, this one was notoriously weak and ineffective.
What were the Articles of Confederation?
This Southern general famously helped to keep the South alive by winning a series of spectacular victories:
Who was Robert E. Lee?
This important constitutional amendment declared the principal that in the U.S., everyone is equal under the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
Old English document from 1215: the idea that kings had limits on their power.
What was the Magna Carta?
The first permanent English colony, established in 1607:
What was Jamestown?
This notoriously short Founding Father, both helped to write the Constitution, and became President:
Who was James Madison?
This Union general helped to mastermind their eventual victory, and later on became elected president himself.
Who was Ulysses Grant?
This constitutional change gave black men the right to vote, though it was filled with loopholes that the South would exploit later.
What was the 15th Amendment?