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1. First President and Commander in Chief of the Continental Army during the
American Revolution _______________________________________
2. Third president of the United States, a founding father, author of the Declaration
of Independence and approved the Louisiana Purchase
___________________________
3. Addressed in the Declaration of Independence as “He” and king of Great Britain
during the American Revolution ______________________________________
4. President of the United States, “Father of the Constitution”, and one of the authors
of The Federalist Papers __________________________________________
5. Wrote Poor Richard’s Almanac and negotiated the alliance with France during
the American Revolution _______________________________________
6. Document that established the 13 colonies as free independent states free from
Great Britain, listed 32 grievances against Great Britain and King George III,
adopted on July 4, 1776 _________________________________________
7. The first ten amendments to the Constitution guaranteeing American citizens
individual rights _______________________________________________
8. A document that outlines the powers of the American government, written at the
Philadelphia Convention and ratified in 1787 ____________________________
9. The United States first constitution adopted by the Second Continental Congress
in 1781, it created a weak federal government unable to tax, regulate trade or
control coinage _________________________________________________
10. A series of 85 essays that explained the new US Constitution and the division of
power within the government, written by three leading Federalist in order to ratify
the newly written US Constitution _____________________________________
11. Individuals that played a major role in declaring the U.S. independent, fighting
the Revolutionary War, or writing and adopting the U.S. Constitution
____________________________________________________
12. An agreement written by the Pilgrims in 1620, the first written form of self
government in the Americas _____________________________________
13. English document signed in 1215 by King John, contained the ideas of due
process law and the right to a fair and speedy trial, influenced the Bill of Rights
________________________________________
14. Meeting of the founding fathers where they scrapped the Articles of
Confederation and created the U.S. Constitution
__________________________________
15. English document signed in 1689 by King William and Queen Mary, created a
limited monarchy and guaranteed rights to the English people, influenced the Bill
of Rights and U.S. Constitution _______________________________________
16. Fundamental rights or natural rights guaranteed to people naturally; “life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness” ________________________________________
17. Each branch of government shares its powers with the other branches and check
their activities and power ___________________________________________
18. Separating the government into three branches of government between the
executive, legislative, and judicial branches ____________________________
19. A person who is against slavery _____________________________________
20. The distribution of the power between a federal government and the states within
a union __________________________________________________________
21. Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
___________________________________________
22. Searches and Seizures _________________________________________
23. Right to Bear Arms ___________________________________________
24. No Double Jeopardy, Right to remain silent, and Eminent Domain
__________________________________________
25. Right to a Fair and Speedy Trial _______________________________________
26. Declared that all slaves in the Confederate states would be free, Issued by
Abraham Lincoln _______________________________________________
27. Gave Black men the right to vote, passed during Reconstruction
_______________________________________
28. Freed all slaves, passed during Reconstruction
_________________________________________
29. Declared all persons born or naturalized in the U.S. were citizens and were
entitled to equal rights, passed during Reconstruction
_________________________________________
30. Supreme Court case that confirmed the status of slaves as property rather than
citizens ________________________________________________________
31. President of the United States of America during the Civil War, passed the
Emancipation Proclamation and gave the Gettysburg Address
________________________________________________
32. The Confederate general during the Civil War, surrendered at Appomattox
Courthouse ___________________________________________________
33. The Union general during the Civil War, became president of the U.S. in 1868
_____________________________________________
34. President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War
________________________________________________
35. A leading African American abolitionist, purchased his own freedom
________________________________________________
36. One cause of the Civil War, divided the U.S. before the war, started in the South
to provide labor for the plantations ____________________________________
37. Speech given by Abraham Lincoln to dedicate a national cemetery at the site of a
major Civil War battle ______________________________________________
38. One of the main causes of the Civil War, the South believed the states should
have more power than the federal government __________________________
39. Rebuilding the South after the Civil War from 1867 – 1877
___________________________________________________
40. South Carolina and Senator John C. Calhoun declared a federal tariff null and
void within its borders, the federal government reduced the tariff but passed a
law in which the president can use the army and navy to collect duties
_____________________________________________________
41. Where General Lee surrendered to General Grant in 1865 to end the Civil War
___________________________________________________________
42. The confederate troops fired upon this military building in 1861 starting the Civil
War ____________________________________________________________
43. The “Shot Heard Around the world”, started the American Revolution
______________________________________________________
44. The British surrendered and ended the American Revolution
______________________________________________________
45. Battle won by the colonists against the British, convinced the French to give aid
to the American colonists____________________________________
46. The month, day and year the U.S. declared independence from Great Britain
______________________________________________________
47. The Years of the Civil War _________________________________
48. The year the U.S. Constitution was written by James Madison ______________
49. The year the Louisiana Purchase was bought from the French doubling the size of
America ___________________________________________
50. The year of the first permanent English settlement in North America __________