US Constitution Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Potpourri
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What is the 1st Amendment.
This amendment gives you the right to free speech and to practice religion
100
What is Manifest Destiny.
The idea that the United States should have the right to spread across North America.
100
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin.
This novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe depicted slavery for citizens in the north.
100
What is Gettysburg.
This battle was the turning point in the war and is the only battle on Northern Soil.
100
What is the Preamble.
This is the first part of the Constitution.
200
What is the 2nd amendment.
This amendment gives you the right to own a gun
200
What is the cotton gin.
Eli Whitney created this machine that extended slavery until the Civil War.
200
Who is Abraham Lincoln.
This man won the Election of 1860 as the first Republican President.
200
What is Sherman's March.
This total war campaign destroyed much of the south.
200
What is the Indian Removal Act.
This law forced Native Americans to move from their territory in Georgia to Oklahoma Territory.
300
What is the Elastic Clause.
This clause of the Constitution gives Congress the right to do whatever is necessary and proper to protect American citizens
300
What is the Spoils System.
Andrew Jackson helped start this system where you reward your party for helping you get elected by giving them jobs.
300
What is the Missouri Compromise.
This compromise led to Maine being named a free state and Missouri a slave state in 1820.
300
What is the Gettysburg Address.
Abraham Lincoln delivered this speech which recognized the efforts of soldiers but said they must keep fighting to preserve the union.
300
What is the Emancipation Proclamation.
Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves in southern states in this document.
400
What is the 4th Amendment.
This amendment to the Constitution protects citizens against unlawful searches and seizures.
400
What is industrialization.
America went from a farming based economy to one where it focused on factories and mills. The process is known as this.
400
What is the Kansas Nebraska Act.
This law allowed popular sovereignty to be the determining factor for slavery in two midwestern territories.
400
What is the Massachusetts 54th Regiment.
This group of soldiers was the first African-American group of soldiers to fight for the US army and won an important battle for the union at Fort Wagner.
400
What is the Compromise of 1850.
This compromise led to California becoming a free state and Utah and New Mexico territory being given popular sovereignty.
500
What is the Supremacy Clause.
This clause of the Constitution gives the Federal Government more power than state governments when the two disagree
500
What is the Seneca Falls Convention.
Female leaders met at this conference to discuss increasing their rights at citizens.
500
Who is John Brown.
This man led raids on Harpers Ferry, VA and a massacre at Pottawatomie Creek.
500
What is the Anaconda Plan.
This plan by General Winfield Scott included using the navy to surround the south and choke them out to surrender.
500
What is the Dred Scott case.
This court case determined that all slaves were property and had no rights under the Constitution.






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