Transcript Famous People & Dates Famous Documents Amendment Principles

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People &
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Famous
Documents
Amendment
Principles Key Events
of the
Constitution
Government
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People &
Dates
Famous
Documents
Amendment
Principles
of the
Constitution
Key
Events
Government
Terms
1776
Declaration of
Independence
3rd
Seperation of
Powers
American
Revolution
Unalienable
Rights
Dred Scott
English Bill of
Rights
1st
Supreme
Court
Civil War
Judicial
Review
1787
Magna Carta
13th
2
Louisiana
Purchase
Federalism
Thomas
Jefferson
Articles of
Confederation
15th
Checks and
Balances
Jamestown
Veto
Uncle Toms
Cabin
Bill of Rights
14th
Judicial
Legislative
Executive
Yorktown
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Famous Dates & People
100 Points
Question
In what year was the Declaration
of Independence signed?
Famous Dates & People
200 Points
Question
The Supreme Court made a decision and
said slaves had no rights and were
considered to be property?
Famous Dates & People
300 Points
Question
In what year was the
U.S. Constitution written?
Famous Dates & People
400 Points
Question
Who was the author of the
Declaration of Independence?
Famous Dates & People
500 Points
Question
What did Harriett Stowe write?
Famous Documents - 100 Points
Question
What was the document that declared
that the United States was a sovereign
nation?
Famous Documents - 200 Points
Question
What was the document passed by
Parliament in 1689 that guaranteed
Englishmen certain individual rights?
Famous Documents - 300 Points
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What was the document signed by King
John in 1215 that granted Englishmen
basic human rights?
Famous Documents - 400 Points
Question
Name the document that last 7 years
before the adoption of the US
Constitution.
Famous Documents - 500 Points
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What document guarantees
personal liberties?
Amendments- 100 Points
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Name the amendment that guarantees the
right to bear arms as a US citizen.
Amendments- 200 Points
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What was the document written in 1787
that established the American system of
government?
Amendments- 300 Points
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Name the amendment that abolished
(freed) slavery in the United States?
Amendments- 400 Points
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Name the amendment adopted in 1870
that extended the right to vote to
African American males?
Amendments- 500 Points
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Name the amendment adopted in 1868
that defined and granted U.S. citizenship.
Principles of Government
100 Points
Question
What principle divides government into the
executive, legislative, and judicial
branches?
Principles of Government
200 Points
Question
What is the highest place to plead your
case in the United States?
Principles of Government
300 Points
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How many terms can a president serve?
Principles of Government
400 Points
Question
What principle gives each branch of
government powers over the other two
branches so that no branch becomes too
powerful?
Principles of Government
500 Points
Question
What are the 3 branches of government?
Key Events - 100 Points
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What was the war fought by the colonies
to win their independence from Great
Britain?
Key Events - 200 Points
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What was the conflict between the North
and the South over social, economic, and
political differences?
Key Events - 300 Points
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What did Thomas Jefferson advise
Congress to purchase in 1803?
Key Events - 400 Points
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England’s 1st permanent settlement
in the New World….America.
Key Events - 500 Points
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Last battle of the American Revolution.
Government Terms-100 Points
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What, according to the Declaration of
Independence, are life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness?
Government Terms – 200 Points
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Marbury v Madison established what for
the first time?
Government Terms - 300 Points
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What is the sharing of powers between
the states and the federal government?
Government Terms - 400 Points
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The president has the power to do what
to a bill before it becomes a law?
Government Terms - 500 Points
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How many judges sit on the
Supreme Court today?