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This state was originally an independent rebublic Georgia Oregon Texas 5

This document warned European countries not to interfere in the western hemisphere Bill of Rights Monroe Doctrine Articles of Confederation The Monroe Doctrine 9

Population growth in the _____ states caused people to move west. Eastern Northern Southern Eastern 15

This man improved the steamboat. Robert Fulton Eli Whitney Cyrus McCormick Robert Fulton 2

These three people were an abolitionists. Garrison, Douglass, Tubman Jefferson, Anthony, Washington Paine, Locke, Revere Garrison, Douglass, Tubman 2020

This African American developed the plans for Washington, D.C. Benjamin Banneker Alexander Hamilton Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Banneker 10

The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are referred to as _____. The Bill of Rights The Articles of Confederation The Virginia Plan The Bill of Rights 18

This person wrote the Virginia Plan. John Locke Benjamin Franklin James Madison 13

These two men invented the reaper. Eli Whitney and Robert Fulton Cyrus McCormick and Jo Anderson Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison Cyrus McCormick and Jo Anderson 1

Women who fought for equal rights were part of what movement? Abolitionist Child Labor Suffrage 7

The idea that expansion was for the good of the country was known as? Expansion Manifest Manifest Destiny Westward Migration Manifest Destiny 16

This river forms the border with the U.S. and Mexico. Rio Grande Columbia Colorado Rio Grande 21

This Native American group lived in the Southwest desert. Kwakiutl Pueblo Sioux Pueblo 6

This person was the head of the Federalists. Thomas Jefferson Alexander Hamilton John Adams Alexander Hamilton 19

This U.S. president bought the Louisiana Territory from France. Thomas Jefferson George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson 3

This person was president during the War of 1812 Thomas Jefferson George Washington James Madison 17

This constitution was written during the Revolution and provided for a weak national government. The Articles of Confederation The Bill of Rights The U.S. Constitution The Articles of Confederation 12

He was the author of “Common Sense” Thomas Paine Thomas Jefferson Paul Revere Thomas Paine 4

This person was president when the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution James Monroe George Washington Thomas Jefferson George Washington 14

This battle was the turning point of the American Revolution. Saratoga Lexington and Concord Saratoga Yorktown 8

The cotton gin increased the need for ________. Slave Labor Tariffs More farm land Slave labor 11

The two explorers Jefferson sent to explore the Louisiana Purchase. Washington and Douglass Lewis and Clark William and Mary Lewis and Clark 22

This line hampered the western movement of colonists? The Mississippi River The Proclamation of 1763 The Appalachian Highlands The Proclamation of

This area of the United States was more urban prior to the Civil War South West North 24

War with this country resulted in California and the Southwest Territory. Mexico France Portugal Mexico 25