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60 Facts 1-20 V1.12
History Facts
Question | Answer |
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The _______________________________ ended the French and Indian War and effectively kicked the French out of North America. | Treaty of Paris 1763 |
__________________________ is considered to be the “Father of the Constitution.” | James Madison |
_________________________ helped create the woman’s rights movement into a national organization. | Susan B. Anthony |
The _______________________________ protected the rights of English citizens and became the basis for the American Bill of Rights. | English Bill of Rights |
________________________________ was a former slave who became the best-known black abolitionist in the country. | Frederick Douglass |
________________________________ wrote the Declaration of Independence; became the 3rd President of the United States; he also purchased the Louisiana territory, doubling the size of the United States. | Thomas Jefferson |
_______________________________ was the President of the Confederacy during the Civil War. | Jefferson Davis |
_____________________________ and ________________________ organized the Seneca Falls Convention creating the Declaration of Sentiments and ultimately the Women’s Rights Movement in the United States. | Elizabeth Cady Stanton; Lucretia Mott |
______________________________ was an escaped slave who became a vocal member of the abolitionist movement as well as women’s rights | Sojourner Truth |
The _______________________________ was written in 1787. The Constitution of the United States sets out the _______________________________of the government of the United States. | Constitution of the United States; laws and principles |
The ________________________________ is the first ten amendments to the Constitution and detail the protection of individual liberties. | Bill of Rights |
The _______________________________ ended the American Revolution and forced Britain to recognize the United States as an independent nation. | Treaty of Paris 1783 |
__________________________ 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 |
_________________________ was the General of the Union Army and was responsible for winning the Civil War for the North. | Ulysses S Grant |
The _______________________________ was signed on _______________________________. It was written by _______________________________, and declared the colonies independence from England. | Declaration of Independence; July 4, 1776; Thomas Jefferson |
The _______________________________, signed in 1215 by King John, was the first document that limited power of the ruler. | Magna Carta |
______________________________ was an inventor, statesman, diplomat, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention. He was responsible for convincing Louis XVI of France to support America during the Revolution. | Benjamin Franklin |
_____________________________ was the author of the Monroe Doctrine, which shut down the western hemisphere to European expansion or interference. In return, the US agreed not to interfere in European affairs. | James Monroe |
_________________________________ was a staunch Federalist and the longest serving Chief Justice in Supreme Court history (1801-1835). He played a key role in the development of the American legal system. | John Marshall |
___________________________________ helped fuel the abolitionist movement in 1852 by writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The book shined a light on the horrors of slavery. | Harriet Beecher Stowe |