The Declaration of Independence says that people are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights (i.e. cannot be taken away). What are those rights?

True or False: The Declaration of Independence says that people have the right to rebel against the government if it doesn't protect their rights.

True or False: The colonists fought France during the Revolutionary War for Independence

True or False: The British empire won the Revolutionary War.

This document is the rulebook for the government and lists our rights and responsibilities.

What does Congress do?

What does the President, his Cabinet (advisors) and federal agencies do?

What does the Supreme Court have the power to do?

True or False: Federal laws are supreme; they trump state laws.

What is the idea that each branch of government can "check" or limit the power of the other branches.

The federal government is divided into three branches. Each branch has their own separate powers. What is this idea called?

True or False: Congress passes laws and is part of the judicial branch

Think of the leader of the executive branch as like the chief EXECUTIVE officer (CEO) of a company. Who is in charge of the executive branch and is the face of America, so to speak?

The _________ branch consists of federal courts as well as the highest court in the land, the Supreme Court. They aJUDICate laws to settle disputes.

What are some of the freedoms we have in the 1st amendment?

What is the name of the 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution?

Which of the following rights do you have as an American citizen? Select all that apply.

Which of the following presidents owned enslaved people?

Which of the following factors led up to the Civil War?

In the ____________ decision, the Supreme Court ruled black people would never become citizens. This angered the abolitionists and was a factor that led up to the Civil War.

What is the name of the event where pro-slavery and anti-slavery Americans tried to influence the vote on whether or not to allow slavery in these new states, thus breaking out in violent conflict?

The following sources are considered primary sources

The following are considered secondary sources...

If you were writing a research paper on nurses during the Civil War, you would want to include at least _____ of sources.

When details from historical sources match up, they ___________ one another.

This is the following definition to which word? When the writer/creator of a source is strongly slanted towards or against something (i.e. an event, person, or regime) because of the context they live in, making the source unbalanced, prejudiced, and one sided by using positive or negative language and/or the omission (leaving out) of facts

True or False: The Civil War began before the South seceded from the Union

True or False: When the South seceded from the Union (United States), they formed their own country called the Confederate States of America

True or False: Abraham Lincoln is elected president before the South secedes from the Union.

What is #1 on the map?

What is #2 on the map?

What is #3 on the map?

What is #4 on the map?

What is #5 on the map?

What is #6 on the map?

What is #7 on the map?

What is #8 on the map?

What is #2 on the map?

What region is highlighted in purple on this map?

What region is highlighted in pink on this map?

What region is highlighted in yellow on this map?

What region is highlighted in red on this map?

Which region is this?

What were the advantages the South had in the war? (Check all that apply).

Where would you MOST LIKELY find an abolitionist?

An abolitionist wants to

Who was elected President in 1860 that led to the secession of 11 southern states?

Which statement BEST explains President Abraham Lincoln's original reason for fighting the Civil War?

When was the Civil War?

Based on the pictograph, predict which side would win the war because it had more resources.

Which map shows the Union?

Which map shows the Union Border States?

Which map shows the Confederate States?

The North was also known as ___.

States that stayed in the Union but continued to allow slavery were known as ___.

________________ was a law enforced by then President Andrew Jackson to remove all

native Americans from the south.

designated areas where native Americans were relocated to.

the order by Abraham Lincoln in which he freed all slaves in the

Confederate States of America.

Law that allowed slave owners find runaway slaves and bring them back to their plantation.