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TX Hist Facts
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The _________________ was signed on July 4, 1776. | Declaration of Independence |
| The ________________________ was written in 1787. | Constitution of the United States |
| President Thomas Jefferson purchased the _________________________ from France in 1803. | Louisiana Territory |
| The Civil War was fought from _______________. | 1861-1865 |
| An _______________ was a person who wanted to end slavery in the United States. | abolitionist |
| A ______ is a tax on goods brought into a country. | tariff |
| A _____________ is a tax placed on goods from another country to protect the home industry. | protective tariff |
| _______________ is a strong sense of loyalty to a state or section instead of to the whole country. | Sectionalism |
| _________________________ is the belief that the United States should own all of the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. | Manifest Destiny |
| The _______________ was a campaign against the sale or drinking of alcohol. | Temperance Movement |
| ______________________ is a system of government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them. | Representative Government |
| A __________ is a nation in which voters choose representatives to govern them. | Republic |
| The Three Branches of Government are the ___________________. | Legislative Branch, the Judicial Branch, and the Executive branch. |
| _______________ is a system set up by the Constitution in which each branch of the federal government has the power to check, or control, the actions of the other branches. | Checks and Balances |
| ______________________ is the freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal government regulation. | Free Enterprise |
| ____________ is the sharing of power between the states and the national government. | Federalism |
| _________________________ is the practice of allowing each territory to decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery. | Popular Sovereignty |
| ________ means to change. | Amend |
| _____________________ are rights that cannot be given up, taken away or transferred. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are some of those rights. | Unalienable rights |
| A __________ is a form of government that is run for and by the people, giving people the supreme power. | Democracy |
| __________ means to approve by vote | Ratify |
| _____________ is the right of the Supreme Court to judge laws passed by Congress and determine whether they are constitutional or not. | Judicial Review |
| _____________ are the original records of an event. They include eyewitness reports, records created at the time of an event, speeches, and letters by people involved in the event, photographs and artifacts. | Primary Sources |
| _____________ are the later writings and interpretations of historians and writers. Often secondary sources, like textbooks and articles, provide summaries of information found in primary sources. | Secondary Sources |
| _______________ was the era in which a change from household industries to factory production using powered machinery took place. | Industrial Revolution |
| The ______________________ was a document written by Thomas Jefferson, declaring the colonies independence from England. | Declaration of Independence |
| The ___________________ was the first American constitution. It was a very weak document that limited the power of the Congress by giving states the final authority over all decisions. | Articles of Confederation |
| The ____________________ sets out the laws and principles of the government of the United States. | Constitution of the United States |
| The ________________ is the first ten amendments to the Constitution and detail the protection of individual liberties. | Bill of Rights |
| The ___________________ was 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. | Gettysburg Address |
| Abraham Lincoln issued the ___________________ on January 1, 1863, setting all slaves in the Confederate states free. | Emancipation Proclamation |
| ______________________________ stated that, “no state…can lawfully get out of the Union”, but pledged there would be no war unless the South started it. | Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address |
| ______________________________ was meant to help heal and restore the country after four years of Civil War. | Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address |
| The ____________________ created two houses of Congress. One based on population, the other gave equal representation to each state. | Great Compromise |
| ______________ wrote the Declaration of Independence; became the 3rd President of the United States and purchased the Louisiana territory, doubling the size of the United States. | Thomas Jefferson |
| _______________ was the leader of the original Democratic Party and a “President of the people”. He was also responsible for the Trail of Tears, which forced Native Americans west of the Mississippi River. | Andrew Jackson |
| _________________ was the President of the Confederacy during the Civil War. | Jefferson Davis |
| ______________ was the General of the Union Army and was responsible for winning the Civil War for the North. | Ulysses S. Grant |
| _______________ was the General of the Confederate Army. | Robert E. Lee |
| ________________ was the 16th President of the United States who successfully put the Union back together only to be assassinated 5 days after the Civil War ended. | Abraham Lincoln |
| _________________ is considered to be the “Father of the Constitution”. | James Madison |
| ______________ was an escaped slave who became a Conductor on the Underground Railroad and helped over 300 slaves to freedom in the North. | Harriet Tubman |
| ____________________ was the Supreme Court decision that said slaves were property and not citizens. | Dred Scott v. Sanford |
| The _______________ was an invention by Eli Whitney that speeded the cleaning of cotton fibers and in effect, increased the need for slaves. | Cotton Gin |
| The successful use of the steamboat by ________________ revolutionized transportation and trade in the United States. | Robert Fulton |
| The _____________ states that “Congress shall make no law” restricting freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition. | First Amendment |
| The _______________ guarantees the right of states to organize militias, or armies, and the right of individuals to bear arms. | Second Amendment |
| The _____________ forbids the government to order private citizens to allow soldiers to live in their homes. | Third Amendment |
| The _____________ requires that warrants be issued if property is to be searched or seized (taken) by the government. | Fourth Amendment |
| The ____________ protects an accused person from having to testify against him or herself (self-incrimination); bans double jeopardy, and guarantees that no person will suffer the loss of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. | Fifth Amendment |
| The _________________ guarantees the right to a speedy public trial by an impartial jury; the right to a lawyer; the right to cross examine witnesses; and the right to force witnesses at a trial to testify. | Sixth Amendment |
| The ______________ guarantees the right to a jury trial in civil suits. | Seventh Amendment |
| The ______________ prohibits cruel and unusual punishment and excessive bail or fines. | Eighth Amendment |
| The _________________ states that the people have rights other than those specifically mentioned in the Constitution. | Ninth Amendment |
| The _______________ states that powers not given to the federal government belong to the states. | Tenth Amendment |
| The ________________ abolished slavery. | Thirteenth Amendment |
| The __________________ guarantees citizenship and rights to all people born or naturalized in the United States. | Fourteenth Amendment |
| The _______________ guarantees the right to vote to all citizens regardless of race. | Fifteenth Amendment |
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