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Benchmark 1 Social Studies Study Guide
Briefly write what each amendment means.
1st Amendment- freedom of religion, speech, petition and press, you can assemble.
2nd Amendment-right to bear arms
3rd Amendment- soldiers can’t come in your home without permission
4th Amendment- have to have a warrant to search and seize
5th Amendment- you have to be properly accused of committing a crime, double jeopardy, self-incrimination,
you have to have due process
6th Amendment- fast and fair trial with god representation (lawyer)
7th Amendment- right to a jury in civil cases (peers judge you)
8th Amendment- no torture- punishment must fit the crime
9th Amendment- all powers not written down belong to the people
10th Amendment- all powers not written down belong to the states
1. Mallory is sentenced to life in jail for stealing a pen from Wal-Mart. This cannot happen to Mallory because
of which amendment? 8th amendment
2. Choosing to attend school to get a higher education would be an example of which amendment? 9th
amendment
3. The first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution are known as the Bill of Rights .
4. Where can the basic rights of all Americans be found? Constitution
5. What are your responsibilities as a citizen?
1. Pay taxes
2. Serve on jury when called
3. Sign up for selective services
4. Obey laws
5. vote
6. John Brown led the raid on Harpers Ferry. Why did he do this? He wanted to end slavery by giving the
slaves weapons to fight back. This showed the south how dangerous abolitionist were.
7. Harriett Beecher Stowe wrote a book about slavery. This book is called Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
How did this book influence the tensions between the North and the South? It made the north want to end slavery
even more and made the south angry because it wasn’t a true story.
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8. Slavery and states’ rights were the two main causes of the Civil War. States’ Rights is when the states have more
power than the federal government.
9. Many slaves escaped because slavery was illegal in the North.
10. The Civil War began at Fort Sumter.
11. Sherman’s March to the Sea is where he and his troops marched from Atlanta to Savannah destroying everything
in their path that could help the south win the war.
12. Gettysburg is the turning point of the Civil War.
13. General Lee surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse.
14. Which battle cut all of the supply routes off to the south and ended with Atlanta being burnt? Atlanta Campaign
15. The north is also called the Union.
16. Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, and South Carolina all formed the Confederate States of
America . This is another name for the south.
Next to each person’s name, write why they were important or what they were responsible for.
17. Abraham Lincoln- President of the United States during the Civil War, was president when the Union won the war
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18. William T. Sherman- Union general responsible for Atlanta Campaign and Sherman’s March to the Sea
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19. Ulysses S. Grant- commander of Union army that accepted General Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
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20. Robert E. Lee- commander of the Confederate Army that surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse
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21. Thomas Stonewall Jackson- Confederate general that got his famous nickname at First Bull Run
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22. Jefferson Davis- first and only president of the Confederate States of America
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* Make sure you know all of your battles and people!