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HF #1-68 7th Grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| requires that warrants be issued if property is to be searched or seized (taken) by the government. | 4th Amendment |
| 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. | 5th Amendment |
| 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. | 6th Amendment |
| guarantees the right to a jury trial in civil suits. | 7th Amendment |
| prohibits cruel and unusual punishment an excessive bail or fines. | 8th Amendment |
| states that the people have rights other than those specifically mentioned in the Constitution. | 9th Amendment |
| states that powers not given to the federal government belong to the states. | 10th Amendment |
| Abolished Slavery | 13th Amendment |
| Guarantees citizenship and rights to all people born or naturalized in the United States. | 14th Amendment |
| Guarantees the right to vote to all citizens regardless of race. | 15th Amendment |
| The__________, signed in 1215 by King John, was the first document that limited power of the ruler by practicing due process. | Magna Carta |
| The _________created two houses of Congress. One based on population, the other gave equal representation to each state. | Great Compromise |
| This Amendment states that “Congress shall make no law” restricting freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition. | 1st Amendment |
| This Amendment guarantees the right of states to organize militias, or armies, and the right of individuals to bear arms | 2nd Amendment |
| This Amendment forbids the government to order private citizens to allow soldiers to live in their homes | 3rd Amendment |
| is a nation in which voters choose representatives to govern them. | Republic |
| was a document written by Thomas Jefferson on July 4, 1776. It declared the colonies independence from England. | Declaration of Independence |
| is a system of government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them. | Representative Government |
| is an economic theory that a country’s strength is measured by the amount of gold it has, that a country should sell more than it buys and that the colonies exist for the benefit of the Mother Country. | Mercantilism |
| is 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 |
| Legislative Branch, Judicial Branch, and Executive Branch | Three Branches of Government |
| 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 sharing of power between the states and the national government. | Federalism |
| means to change | Amend |
| 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 |
| This 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 |
| This sets out the structure and principles of the government of the United States. This document was written in 1787. | Constitution of the United States |
| This is the first ten amendments to the Constitution and details the protection of individual liberties. | Bill of Rights |
| He is considered to be the "Father of the Constitution". | James Madison |
| Cruel and unjust government. | Tyranny |
| The idea that political authority belongs to the people. | Popular Sovereignty |
| Rights that cannot be given up, taken away or transferred. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are some of those rights. | Unalienable rights |
| The right to vote | Suffrage |
| consisting of two houses, or chambers, especially in a legislature. | Bicameral |
| The first shots of the Civil War were fired at_________ | Fort Sumter, in South Carolina |
| ___________is the belief that the United States should own all of the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. | Manifest Destiny |
| Texas was annexed in ___________ by the United States. This was one of the causes of war with Mexico. | 1845 |
| The __________________________________ended the Mexican War. The US gained land through the Mexican Cession. | Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
| He wrote the Declaration of Independence; became the 3rd President of the United States and purchased the Louisiana territory from France in 1803, doubling the size of the United States. | Thomas Jefferson |
| This war was fought from 1861-1865. | Civil War |
| This is the theory that states had rights that the federal government could not violate and that states could nullify federal laws. | States' Rights |
| This is a tax on imported goods brought into a country. | tariff |
| This is a strong sense of loyalty to a state or section instead of the whole country. | sectionalism |
| He was the President of the Confederacy during the Civil War. | Jefferson Davis |
| This was a Supreme Court decision that said slaves were property and not citizens. | Dred Scott v. Sanford |
| She was an escaped slave who became a Conductor on the Underground Railroad and helped over 300 slaves to freedom in the North. | Harriet Tubman |
| He 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 |
| He was the general of the Confederate Army. | Robert E. Lee |
| He was the general of the Confederate Army. | Ulysses S. Grant |
| This historical figure helped fuel the abolitionist movement in 1852 by writing Uncle Tom's Cabin. The book shines a light on the horrors of slavery. | Harriett Beecher Stowe |
| This battle was the turning point of the Civil War for the North. Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invade the North again. | Battle of Gettysburg |
| This 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 |
| The capture of this city by the North in 1863 effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union during the Civil War. | Vicksburg, Mississippi |
| This is the small town in Virginia where Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War. | Appomattox Court House |
| The _________________ ended the American Revolution and forced Britain to recognize the United States as an independent nation | Treaty of Paris 1783 |
| ________________was the last major battle that ended the American Revolution. | Yorktown, Virginia |
| The ______________ was the turning point of the American Revolution as it gave France a reason to enter the war against Britain. | Battle of Saratoga |
| The ____________________ ended the French and Indian War and effectively kicked the French out of North America. | Treaty of Paris 1763 |
| The successful use of the steamboat by ________________revolutionized transportation and trade in the United States. | Robert Fulton |
| _________________was the era in which a change from household industries to factory production using powered machinery took place. | Industrial Revolution |
| ______________ is the freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal government regulation. | Free Enterprise |
| The _______________ was a campaign against the sale or drinking of alcohol. | Temperance Movement |
| __________________was the bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War, halting the first Confederate attack on Northern soil. Lincoln declared the battle a victory and issued the Emancipation Proclamation. | Antietam, Maryland |
| _____________________ was meant to help heal and restore the country after four years of Civil War. | Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address |
| _____________________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 |
| Abraham Lincoln issued the_______________ on January 1, 1863, setting all slaves in the Confederate states free. | Emancipation Proclamation |
| A former slave who became the best known black abolitionist in the country. He is known for being a great speaker. | Frederick Douglass |
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