US History New Nation/Civil War/Reconstruction

The fist 'European" to discover the Americas was

• Kears the Conqueror.

• Lief Erickson.

• Christopher Columbus.

• Ferdinand Magellan.

This document of 1776 stated to England that America formerly wanted a divorce and no longer wanted to be a colony of England.

• Magna Carta

• Equal Rights Act of 1868

• Constitution of 1789

• Declaration of Independence

The ratification of the Constitution occurred as a result of...

• the election of George Washington as President.

• the promise to add a bill of rights.

• the defeat of the Anti-federalists in elections in Virginia and New York.

• the addition of a system of checks and balances.

the purpose of the Three-Fifths Compromise was to determine...

• how senators would be elected to congress from each state.

• How power would be divided between an upper house and lower house in Congress.

• How African-Americans would be counted for representation in Congress and for taxation.

• How power would be shared between the federal government and the states.

Who was elected as the first President in American History?

• Barrack Obama

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

This amendment gave Americans free speech, freedom of religion, and the right to hang out with any friends that we want.

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

This amendment allows American citizens to own a gun as long as you are not a felon.

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

This amendment says you have the right to not speak with the police if you are suspected of a crime.

• 4th

• 5th

• 6th

• 7th

This infantry unit was the first all African American infantry to fight in the Civil War.

• 52nd

• 53rd

• 54th

• 55th

This war saw more Americans killed than all other wars Americans fought and died in combined!

• American Revolution

• War of 1812

• Civil War

• WW II