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Potrero General Review-8th grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The earliest written laws | The Code of Hammurabi |
| The novel by Abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe which divided the nation | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Amendment that guarantees the right to bear arms | Second |
| This document in 1215 gave rights of due process but only to the nobles and the church | The Magna Carta |
| Land France sold to the US in 1803 for only fifteen million dollars | The Louisiana Purchase |
| President who signed the Indian Removal Act | Andrew Jackson |
| Freedom of petition is found in this amendment | First |
| Land Mexico sold to the US in 1853, so that a railroad could be built. | The Gadsden Purchase |
| This document warned against America having "entangling alliances with other nations | Washington's Farewell Address |
| President who demonstrated the power of the federal govt. by stopping the Whiskey Rebellion | George Washington |
| This amendment protects us from unreasonable searches and seizures | The Fourth |
| Land the US annexed after winning a war with Mexico in 1848 | The Mexican Cession |
| A leader of the Texas War of Independence from Mexico | Sam Houston |
| President who said "A house divided against itself cannot stand" | Abraham Lincoln |
| The basis of American govt. before the Constitution was written | The Articles of Confederation |