C.L. Test 1-20 Flashcards
(40 cards)
A concentration camp established by the nazis
What was Auschwitz?
They were put into gas chambers and suffocated to death
What were the ethnic groups at Aschwitz?
It was a prison in Paris
What was Bastille?
They attacked the prison Bastille on July 14th
Who were common workers?
A fort that used to be a chapel
What was the Alamo?
Davy Crockett
What legend did General Santa Anne kill?
General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant
What ended the American civil war?
The war of “brother against brother”
What was the civil war termed
A black soldier killed in the Boston massacre
Who was Crispus Attucks?
The struggle for liberty
What did Attucks die for?
An African American man of the early 19th century
Who was Benjamin Banneker?
Calculus and trigonometry
What did Banneker teach himself?
The first ten amendments of the American constitution
What is the bill of rights?
Freedoms of speech, religion, assembly, and the press
What does the bill of rights protect?
A clash of British troops and townspeople of Boston
What was the Boston massacre?
In 1770 before the revolutionary war
When did the Boston massacre take place
An act of defiance toward the British government
What was the Boston tea party?
In 1773 before the revolutionary war
When did the Boston tea party take place?
The first great battle of the revolutionary war
What was the battle of bunker hill?
Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes
What was the famous phrase said by William Prescott?
The war fought in the United States between the north and south states
What was the civil war?
The “ war between the states “
What was the civil war also known as?
The fundamental law of the United States
What is the constitution?
Philadelphia
Where was the constitution drafted?
