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6th Grade HF 1-42
6th Grade History Facts 1-42
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The ______________ was signed on July 4th, 1776. | Declaration of Independence |
| The _____________ of the United States was written in 1787. | Constitution |
| This is the economic theory that a country's strength is measured by the amount of gold it has, and that a sell more than it buys, and that the colonies exist for the benefit of the Mother Country. | Mercantilism |
| A person who wanted to end slavery in the United States. | Abolitionist |
| A tax on goods brought into a country. | Tariff |
| The belief that the United States should own all of the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. | Manifest Destiny |
| a system of government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them. | Representative Government |
| a nation in which voters choose representatives to govern them. | Republic |
| the Legislative Branch (makes the laws), the Judicial Branch (interprets the law), and the Executive Branch (enforces the laws). | The Three Branches of Government |
| 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 |
| the freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal government regulation. | Free Enterprise |
| an economic system based on private property and free enterprise | Capitalism |
| a system in which each branch of government has its own powers. | Separation of Powers |
| 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 cruel and unjust government | Tyranny |
| a form of government that is run for and by the people, giving the people supreme power. | Democracy |
| the right of the Supreme Court to judge laws, passed by Congress, and determine whether they are constitutional or not. | Judicial Review |
| the refusal to obey a government law or laws as a means of passive resistance because of one’s moral conviction or belief. | Civil Disobedience |
| 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 |
| This was the era in which a change from household industries to factory production using powered machinery took place. | Industrial Revolution |
| The _________________, signed in 1215 by King John, was the first document that limited power of the ruler. | Magna Carta |
| This document protected the rights of English citizens and became the basis for the American Bill of Rights. | English Bill of Rights |
| This was a document written by Thomas Jefferson, declaring the colonies independence from England. | The Declaration of Independence |
| This sets out the laws and principles of the government of the United States. | The Constitution of the United States |
| This was a foreign policy statement by President James Monroe stating that 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. | The Monroe Doctrine |
| The __________________ ended the French and Indian War and effectively kicked the French out of North America. | Treaty of Paris 1763 |
| The _______________________ ended the American Revolution. | Treaty of Paris 1783 |
| _____________ was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convince colonists that it was time to become independent from Britain. | Common Sense |
| ___________________ was an inventor, statesman, diplomat, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention. He was responsible for convincing Louis XVI of France to support America during the Revolution. | Benjamin Franklin |
| ________________ wrote the Declaration of Independence; became the 3rd President of the United States; he also purchased the Louisiana territory, doubling the size of the United States. | Thomas Jefferson |
| _____________ wrote pamphlets like Common Sense and The Crisis to encourage American independence and resolve. | Thomas Paine |
| ______________ was the leader of the Continental Army who became the first President of the United States | George Washington |
| _________________ was the President of the Confederacy during the Civil War. | Jefferson Davis |
| __________________ 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 |
| ___________________l was a staunch Federalist and the longest serving Chief Justice in Supreme Court history (1801-1835). He played a key role in the development of the American legal system. | John Marshall |
| ____________________ was a former slave who became the best-known black abolitionist in the country. | Frederick Douglass |
| Sojourner Truth was an escaped slave who became a vocal member of the abolitionist movement as well as women’s rights. | Sojourner Truth |
| _____________________ helped fuel the abolitionist movement in 1852 by writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The book shined a light on the horrors of slavery. | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
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