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He was a member of the “Sons of Liberty” and he started the Committee of Correspondence.

Who was Sam Adams?

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People-200

• This was Washington’s Secretary of Treasury.

• Who was Alexander Hamilton?

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People-300

• Famous for his fiery speeches. His famous words are “ Give

me liberty” or Give me death.”

• Who was Patrick Henry?

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People-400

• 16th President of the United States who successfully put

the Union back together.

• Who was Abraham Lincoln?

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People-500

• This was the second Vice President and the first

Secretary of State

• Who was Thomas Jefferson?

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Amendments-100

• Guarantees the right to a speedy trial by an impartial

jury.

• What was the Sixth Amendment?

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Amendments-200

• Guarantees the right to vote for all citizens regardless of

race

• What is the Fifteenth Amendment?

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Amendments-300

• Abolished slavery

• What is the Thirteenth Amendment?

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Amendments-400

• States that all powers not given to the federal

government belongs to the state.

• What is the Tenth Amendment?

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Amendments-500

• Guarantees the right of states to organize militias, or armies, and the right of individuals to

bear arms.• What is Second Amendment?

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Treaties and Acts -100

• This treaty ended the French and Indian War.

• What was the Treaty of Paris of 1763?

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Treaties and Acts-200

• This treaty ended the American Revolution and

forced Britain to recognize the United States as an independent nation.

• What is the Treaty of Paris of 1783?

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Treaties and Acts-300

• was a policy of establishing the principles and procedures for the orderly expansion of

the United States.

• What was the Northwest Ordinance?

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Treaties and Acts-400

The agreement signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims in Plymouth, to consult

each other about laws for the colony and a promise to work together to make it succeed.

What was the Mayflower Compact?

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Treaties and Acts -500

• a series of essays written by James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander

Hamilton, defending the Constitution and the principles on

which the government of the United States was founded.

• What was the Federalist Papers?

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Essays/Speeches-100

• A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convince colonists that it was time to become independent

from Britain.

• What was Common Sense?

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Essays/Speeches-200

• A short speech given by Abraham Lincoln to dedicate a cemetery for soldiers who died at the Battle of

Gettysburg. It is considered to be a profound statement of American

ideals.

• What was the Gettysburg Address?

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Essays/Speeches-300

• This speech stated that, “no state…can lawfully get out of the Union”, but pledged there would

be no war unless the South started it.

• What was Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address?

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Political Parties-400

• This speech was meant to help heal and restore the country after

four years of Civil War.

• What was Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address?

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Political Parties-500

• Created two houses of Congress. One based on population, the

other gave equal representation to each state.

• What is the Great Compromise?

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More People- 100

• He was an inventor, statesman, diplomat, signer of the Declaration of Independence and delegate to

Constitutional Convention.

• Who is Benjamin Franklin?

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More People-200

• Considered to be the “Father of the Constitution”.

• Who is James Madison?

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• He was a Massachusetts Congressman and Senator who

spoke for the North and the preservation of the Union.

• Who is Daniel Webster?

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More People -400

• Was a former slave who became the best-known black abolitionist in

the country.

• Who is Fredrick Douglass?

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Cat 5-500

• What were the terms of the Monroe Doctrine.

• What is 1) the U.S. would not interfere in European affairs, and 2) that the western hemisphere was closed to colonization and/ or interference by

European nations. 

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Potpourri-100

• I disbanded the colonial legislatures, taxed the colonies,

and refused the Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break

with the colonies.

• Who is King George III?

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Potpourri-200

• The 1803 Court decision that gave the Supreme Court the right to

determine whether a law violates the Constitution. It set up the principle of judicial review.

• What is Marbury vs. Madison?

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Potpourri-300

• It was the Supreme Court decision that said slaves were property and

not citizens.

• What was the Dred Scott Decision?

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Potpourri-400

An invention by Eli Whitney that speeded the cleaning of cotton fibers and in effect, increased

the need for slaves.

What is the Cotton Gin?

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Potpourri-500

• Revolutionized transportation and trade in the United States.

• What is the steamboat?

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