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Vocab Sets 9-10
8th Grade History Unit 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This amendment granted African Americans in the United States to vote. | 15th Amendment |
| The Constitutional convention met in this year. | 1787 |
| Was the hero of the Battle of New Orleans, the 7th President. | Andrew Jackson |
| A famous French aristocrat who helped train General Washington's troops. | Marquis de Lafayette |
| The amendment that abolished slavery. | 13th amendment. |
| During this time period__________the country was engaged in the civil War. | 1861-1865 |
| Founding Father, his Virginia Declaration of Rights was a model used for the Bill of Rights. | George Mason |
| This amendment gave the former African slaves certain rights and made them citizens of the U.S. | 14th Amendment |
| Leading essayist, poet and philosopher who came up with idea of "Civil Disobedience". | Henry David Thoreau |
| A formal statement of an opinion. | Resolution |
| An African American spy and patriot during the American Revolution. | James Armistead |
| An African American patriot who made a similar midnight ride like Paul Revere | Wentworth Cheswell |
| An American patriot during the American Revolution; she fought for rights of women. | Mercy Otis Warren |
| 5th President | James Monroe |
| 4th President, considered the "Father of the Constitution". | James Madison |
| President during the civil war. | Abraham Lincoln |
| Term to describe the Westward movement of the U.S. during the early to mid 1800's. | Expansionism |