Important US Documents
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
13th Amendment
19th Amendment
Articles of Confederations
Constitution
Emancipations Proclamation
F.
G.
H.
I.
18th Amendment
21st Amendment
Bill of Rights
Declaration of Independence
1. _____
Announced that the Thirteen Colonies were independent
from the rule of Great Britain
2. _____
The first Constitution of the US – it set up the rules for
the government
3. _____
The supreme law of the United States – it provides the
framework for the government
4. _____
The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution
5. _____
Declared freedom to all slaves in the Confederate States
of America
6. _____
Abolishes slavery
7. _____
Prohibition of alcohol
8. _____
Gives all citizens the right to vote (including women)
9. _____
Repeals the 18th Amendment
Terms
Prohibition
Citizen
Abolish
Framework
Cede
Annex
Succeed
Impeach
Armistice
Neutrality
Segregate
Expedition
Assassinated
Dates
1492
July 4, 1776
Oct. 29 1929 – Black Tuesday
Events & Americans
National Anthem – Star Spangled Banner
Louisiana Purchase - $15 million from France
Transcontinental Railroad – Promontory Point
Louis & Clark - explorers
John Wilks Booth – assassinated President Lincoln
General Robert E. Lee – Leader of the Confederate troops
General Ulysses S. Grant – Leader of the Union troops
Alexander Graham Bell - telephone
Thomas Edison – electric light bulb
Henry Ford – Ford motor company - model T car - assembly line
The Wright Brothers – invented the airplane
Neal Armstrong – first man to walk on the moon
America & Americans
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
1492
October 29, 1929
Alexander Graham Bell
Louis & Clark
Henry Ford
Hiroshima
Martin Luther King Jr.
Louisiana Purchase
The Wright Brothers
J.
K.
L.
M.
N.
O.
P.
Q.
July 4, 1776
Neal Armstrong
John Wilks Booth
Thomas Edison
Ulysses S. Grant
John F. Kennedy
Robert E. Lee
Pearl Harbor
1._____
The year Columbus landed in America
2._____
The day the Declaration of Independence was signed
3._____
Land purchased from France for $15 million
4._____
Explored the lands west of the Mississippi River
5._____
Assassinated President Abraham Lincoln
6._____
The leader of the Union troops during the Civil War
7._____
The leader of the Confederate troops during the Civil War
8._____
Invented the airplane
9._____
The founder of the Ford motor company – invented the
model T car and the assembly line
10._____
Invented the electric light bulb
11._____
Invented the telephone
12._____
Day of the stock market crash that started the Great
Depression - Black Tuesday
13._____
The first man to walk on the moon
14._____
Place the Japanese attacked during WWII
15._____
Place the first atomic bomb was dropped
16._____
President that was assassinated in Dallas in 1963
17._____
Gave the famous “I have a dream speech” calling for an
end to segregation