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| was a south carolina congressman and senator who spoke for the south before the civil war |
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| was a powerful kentucky congressman and senator who proposed that american system and the compromise of 1850 |
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| was a massachusetts congressman and senator who spoke for the north oand the preservation of the union |
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| was the president of the confederacy during the civil war |
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| was the general of the union army and was responsible for the winning of the civil war for the north |
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| was the general of the confederate army |
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| 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 |
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| was the leader of the federalist first tresaurer of the united states created the bank of the u.s. and killed in a duel by the vice president of the united states Aaron Burr |
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| was a passionate patriot who became famous speeches in favor of american indepence said give me liberty or give me death |
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| considered to be the father of the constitution |
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| was a former slave who became the best-known black abolitionist in the country |
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| was the author of the monroe docterine which shut down the western hemisphere to european expansion and interference |
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| was an escaped slave who became a conductor on the underground railroad and helped over 300 salves to freedom in the north |
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| organised the seneca falls convention creating the womans rights movement in the united states |
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| states the congress shall make no law restricting freedom of speech religion press assembly and petition |
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| guarantees the right of states to organize militias or armies and the right of individuals to bear arms |
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| forbids the government to order private citizens to allow soldiers to live in their homes |
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| requires that warrants be issued if property is to be searched or seized by the government |
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| protects an accused person from having to testify against him or herself bans double jeopardy and guarantees that no person will suffer the loss of life liberty or propertywithout due process of law |
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| guarantees the right to a speedy public trial by an impartial jury and the right to a lawyer the right to cross examine witnesses and the right to force witnesses to a trial |
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| guarantees the right to jury trial in civil suits |
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| prohibits cruel and unusual punishment and excessive bail or fines |
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| states that the people who have rights other than those specifically mentioned in the consititution. |
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| states that powers not given to the federal government belong to the state |
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| guarantees citizenship and rights to all people born or naturalized in the united states |
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| guarantees the right to vote to all citizens regardless of race |
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| was the 1803 court decision that gave the supreme court the right to determine whether a law violates the constitution it set up the principle of judicial review |
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| was the uspreme court decision that said that slaves were property not citizens |
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| was an invention by eli Whitnet that speeded the cleaning of cotton fibers and in effect increased the need for slaves |
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| created by robert fulton revolutionized the transportation and trade of the united states |
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