C.L Test 1-40 Flashcards
What was Auschwitz?
The infamous CONCENTRATION CAMP established by the NAZIS in POLAND
How many major nations put death to people by Nazis?
Three
What is Bostille?
A prison in Paris where many political prisoners, and other offenders, were held and tortured until the time of the FRENCH REVOLUTION
What was the prison attacked by?
Workers (common laborers)
What is Alamo?
A fort, once a chapel in San Antonio
What is the Appomattox Court House?
A court house in Virginia where General Robert E. LEE surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant in April of 1865
What was the Civil War termed as?
’ Brother against brother
Who was Crispus Attucks?
A black sailor
Where was Crispus Attucks killed?
In the Boston Massacre
Who was Benjamin Banneker?
An African-American scientist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries
What did Benjamin Banneker teach himself?
Calculus and trigonometry
What was the Bill of Rights?
The first ten amendments to the CONSTITUTION of the United States
What does the Bill of Rights protect?
Freedom of speech, religion, assembly, and the press
What is blue and the gray?
The respective nicknames assigned to the Union and CONFEDERATE armies in the Civil War
What color uniforms did the Union army wear?
Gray
Who was Daniel Boone?
An American frontier settler of the late 18th and 19th centuries
Where did Daniel Boone explore?
Kentucky
Who was John Wilkes Booth?
An actor and an assassin
Who did John Wilkes assassin?
Abraham Lincoln
What is the Boston Massacre?
A clash between British troops and town’s people in Boston in 1770, before the Revolutionary War
Who out of the 5 people get killed in the Boston Massacre crowd?
Crispus Attucks
What was the Boston tea party?
An act of defiance toward the British government by American colonists
What was the Battle of Bunker Hill?
The first great battle of the Revolutionary War
When did the Battle of Bunker Hill take place?
June of 1775
What was the civil war know as?
“War for Southern independence”
What was the Civil War?
A war fought in the United States between northern and southern states from 1861 to 1865
What is the Constitution?
The fundamental law of the United States
When was the Constitution drafted?
1787
Who was Franciso Cornondo?
A Spanish explorer of the 16th century
What was Francisco Corondo searching for?
The “seven gold cities of Cibola”
Who is Dorothea Dix?
A 19th century REFORMER
What expanded and improved due to Dorothea Dix?
Mental hospitals
Who was Stephan A. Douglass?
A political leader of the 19th century, known for twice running against ABRAHAM LINCOLN
When did Stephan A. Douglass lose the presidency seat?
In 1858
What is. Emancipation Proclamation?
A proclamation made by president Abraham Lincoln
When was the Emancipation Proclamtion?
1863
What is the First Amendment?
The first article of the BILL OF RIGHTS
What does the First Amendment forbid CONGRESS from doing?
Tampering with the freedoms of religion, speech, assembly, and the press
What are forty-niners?
Those who flocked to CALIFORNIA in 1849
What were the forty-niners in search of?
Gold
What are Founding Fathers?
A general name for male American patriots during the REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Who were the Founding Fathers?
Johns Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamiltion, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, George Washington
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
A patriot, diplomat, author, printer, scientist, and inventor, of the 18th century; one of the Founding Fathers of the United States
What did Benjamin Franklin research?
Electricity
What was the battle of Gettysburg?
The greatest battle of the Civil War, fought in south-central Pennsylvania
What year did the battle of Gettysburg take place?
1863
