What do we call a person that betrays their country?

traitor

What was the name given to the colonists army?

Continental

What was the importance of the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga?

Cannons were captured and sent to Boston.

Which army was better supplied with guns, equipment, etc.?

British

The French joined the war after what battle?

Saratoga

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Thomas Jefferson

What was another term for loyalists?

tories

Which of the following was something which the 2nd Continental Congress decided to do?

set up an army with George Washington as its leader

Where did the Americans spend a cold and hungry winter?

Valley Forge

What happened after the Battle of Saratoga?

France joined the American side

Which country had a navy strong enough to blockade their enemy’s ports?

Britain

The British tried to divide the colonies in two. What city did they want to take so they could cut off New England from the rest of the colonies?

Albany

What vocabulary term means to turn against your country?

traitor

What battle proved that the patriots could stand up to the British and the British would not back down?

Bunker Hill

What was the final battle of the war?

Yorktown

What battle was the turning point of the war?

Saratoga

The Declaration of Independence was signed on what date?

July 4, 1776

Document that sets out the laws and principles of a government

constitution

What is the main part of the Legislative Branch?

Congress

What are the 3 branches of government?

Legislative, Judicial and Executive

Branch of government which makes the laws

Legislative branch

Document that lists freedoms the government promises to protect

bill of rights

What was our first Constitution called?

Articles of Confederation

Who is the main person in the Executive Branch?

President

Who had the most power under the Articles of Confederation?

states

The Articles of Confederation formed a __?___ alliance of states.

The Articles of Confederation formed a loose alliance of states.

What was the main problem of the Articles of Confederation?

Congress was too weak

Power of the Supreme Court to decide whether laws passed by Congress are Constitutional

Judicial review

What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

Revise the Articles of Confederation

What is the main group in the Judicial Branch?

Supreme Court

In what year did the Constitutional Convention take place?

1787

What is the job of the Judicial Branch?

Make sure the laws are constitutional.

The __?__ Compromise called for a bicameral legislature and 3 branches of government.

Great

What was the compromise regarding slavery at the Constitutional Convention?

3/5ths Compromise

What were the people who supported the Constitution called?

Federalists

What do we call the leader of the House of Representatives?

Speaker of the House

What was the name of the group against the Constitution?

Antifederalists

Formal written change (to the Constitution)

amendment

James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay were part of which group during the ratification debate?

Federalists

What group wanted a bill of rights added to the Constitution?

Antifederalists

Patrick Henry was a leader of which group during the ratification debate?

Antifederalists

System of government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them

Representative government

How long do Supreme Court justices serve for?

life

What did the Bill of Rights protect?

Individual rights

Where is the principle of popular sovereignty found?

The Preamble

What does popular sovereignty mean?

The power of the government comes from the people.

What is the job of the Legislative Branch?

Make the laws

Branch of government which carries out the laws

Executive branch

Settlement in which each side gives up some of its demands in order to reach an agreement

compromise

System is which the power of the government is divided among separate branches

Separation of powers

Division of power between the states and national government

federalism

System set up by the constitution in which each branch of the federal government has the power to control the actions of the other branches

Checks and balances

reject

veto

What allows Congress to increase its power in times of emergency?

The elastic clause

What are similarities each state had with their government during the Revolution?

1. Constitutions 2. Bill of rights 3. Elected legislature

Overrule. Congress can override a President’s veto if two thirds of both houses vote to do so.

override

Bring formal charges against an elected official

impeach

change

amend

Right of every citizen to the same fair rules in all cases brought to trial

Due process

approve

ratify

national

federal

reject

veto

Not permitted by the Constitution

unconstitutional

Example set for later people to follow

precedent

Congress is a bicameral or two house legislature. What two houses make up Congress?

Senate and the House of Representatives.

Proposed law

bill

What word means to bring an elected official to trial?

impeachment

What is the head of the Supreme Court called?

Chief Justice

Who fought on the British side in the War of He was able to get lots of Native Americans to help fight the Americans.

Tecumseh

Who was the American General who won a great victory at New Orleans & Horseshoe Bend?

ANDREW JACKSON

What were the MAIN causes of the war of 1812?

impressment of American sailors by the British War Hawks

What do we call people from the South and West who wanted the War of 1812?

WAR HAWKS

What were the results of the War of 1812?

Nothing…..things returned to what they were before the war began. *Called the Wasted War

What were 3 precedents set by George Washington?

CABINET 2 TERMS ACTED LIKE ROYALTY

What region of the country favored protective tariffs?

North - it protected their factories

What was the name for the statement Washington made which warned the U.S. to not take sides in the war between France and Britain?

Neutrality Proclamation

Why was the Louisiana Purchase necessary?

NEW ORLEANS WAS NEEDED AS A PORT FOR WESTERN FARMERS.

Who was President when we did the Louisiana Purchase?

JEFFERSON

What did the Louisiana Purchase do to the size of the U.S.?

DOUBLED THE SIZE OF IT

What country did we purchase Louisiana from?

FRANCE

What year did we purchase Louisiana?

1803

Who were the 2 people sent to explore Louisiana?

LEWIS AND CLARK

Who led the Democratic Republicans (Republicans)?

THOMAS JEFFERSON

What political party was Pro British, Pro National Bank, had a loose interpetation of the “C” and were wealthy & well educated?

FEDERALISTS

What political party was for strong state governments, strict interpretation of the“C”, for the common people and Pro French?

REPUBLICANS

What do we call a tax on foreign goods brought into a country?

TARIFF

protect What is a tax placed on imported goods to protect factories from foreign competition?

PROTECTIVE TARIFF

What term means to cancel?

NULLIFY

What word means taking men from a ship or village and forcing them to serve in the navy?

IMPRESSMENT

What word means pride or devotion in one’s country or nation?

NATIONALISM

What was the age of prosperity when Monroe was President called?

Era of Good Feelings

Who was the spokesperson for the South in the first half of the 1800’s?

John C. Calhoun

Who was the spokesperson for the North in the first half of the 1800’s?

Daniel Webster

Who was the spokesperson for the West in the first half of the 1800’s?

Henry Clay

What statement told Europe to stay out of the Western Hemisphere? (watchdog policy)

Monroe Doctrine (1823)

What word means that all people are equal? (this favored common people)

democratic

Who were the 2 most democratic presidents at this time?

Jefferson and Jackson (remember DJ – democratic Jackson and democratic Jefferson)

Who was the famous Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in the first half of the 1800’s?

John Marshall

What principle of the Constitution says that the Supreme Court can declare acts of Congress illegal?

Judicial review

What court case established judicial review?

Marbury vs. Madison (1803)

Who was the guide for Lewis and Clark?

Sacajawea

Who was the leading War Hawk?

Henry Clay

Who was the President during the War of 1812?

James Madison

What was the name of the battle which was fought after the war was over?

New Orleans

Who became president as a result of the ”corrupt bargain?”

John Quincy Adams

What canal linked Buffalo (and the Great Lakes) to Albany (and New York City)?

Erie Canal

In what year was the Erie Canal built?

1825

What do we call traders from New England?

Yankee Traders

What was the name of the political party led by Jefferson? It favored the common people.

Democratic- Republicans (commonly referred to as the Republicans)

What was the name for the party of the common people when Jackson was President?

Democrats

What was the political party called which favored the rich and business people?

Federalists

What was the name for the change in the ways goods were made and produced?

Industrial Revolution

What were some of the changes during the Industrial Revolution?

1. Cities grew 2. Machines replaced hand tools 3. New sources of power

What invention made growing cotton profitable, changing the way of life of the South?

Cotton gin

Who invented the cotton gin in 1793?

Eli Whitney

Who brought the ideas for factories from Britain?

Samuel Slater

What is the name given to machine made parts that were exactly alike?

Interchangeable parts

Who came up with the idea of interchangeable parts, allowing assembly lines to revolutionize factories?

Eli Whitney

What are channels dug by men and filled with water called?

canals

During Jackson’s Presidency the former Federalists became known as the...

Whigs (these were previously called the Federalists) FeW

What was Jackson’s political party?

Democrat (these were people who would have belonged to the original Republican Party) ReD

What do we call it when supporters are rewarded with government jobs?

Spoils system

What do we call the advisors that Jackson actually listened to?

Kitchen cabinet

After the Bank War Jackson put government money into banks owned by his friends called

Pet banks

Congress passed a high protective tariff in What did the South call this tariff?

The tariff of Abominations.

Calhoun said that states could declare a federal law illegal. What is this called?

nullification

Calhoun believed that states had the power to limit the power of the national government. What is this called?

States’ rights

What did South Carolina threaten to do in the nullification crisis?

Secede or withdraw from the United States

What tribe used legal means to keep their land?

Cherokee

Did the Supreme Court led by John Marshall support the Cherokee? (1828)

yes

What act forced Native Americans to move West of the Mississippi?

Indian Removal Act (1830)

What was it called when the Cherokees were forced to move west at gunpoint?

Trail of Tears

What Native American War took place in Florida between 1835 and 1842?

Seminole War

What do we call the idea that the United States should stretch from sea to shining sea?

Manifest Destiny

What was the name of the area that both Britain and the United States controlled in the first half of the 1800’s?

Oregon (Oregon Country)

What was the name of the missionaries who went to Oregon to convert Native Americans to Christianity?

Narcissa and Marcus Whitman

What was the name of the battle the people of Texas lost that became a rallying cry for the Texans.

The Alamo

How did Texas become a state?

It was annexed or added on.

Who won the election of 1844 on the slogan of “Fifty-four forty or fight!”

James K. Polk

How was Oregon acquired?

By an agreement with Britain.

What were prospectors who moved to California during the gold rush called?

49ers

What was the name of the religious group who moved to Utah from upstate New York?

Mormons

What immigrant group came to work on the transcontinental railroad and ended up staying in California?

Chinese

What culture group was found in all lands gained by the United States during Manifest Destiny?

Native Americans

Does the North or South Have more industry?

North

Does the North or South Have more slaves?

South

Is the population of the North or South more spread out?

South

Does the North or South Have more abolitionists?

North

Does the North or South have a more agricultural economy?

South

Does the North or South Have more railroads?

North

Does the North or South have more immigrants settling in its cities?

North

Does the North or South have a greater population?

North

What were laws called which were designed to keep slaves under control?

Slave codes

What region of the country was famous for its traders?

North

Where did Northern factories get their cotton?

South

Who did the South get manufactured goods from?

The North and Britain.

What was the rich ruling class of the South sometimes known as?

The cottonocracy

What do we call people who worked to correct the problems of society?

reformers

What was the slavery reform movement called?

abolition

What was the alcohol reform movement called?

temperance

Who was the best known African- American abolitionist?

Frederick Douglass

What was the name of Frederick Douglass’s newspaper?

North Star

What was the name of the network of abolitionists who helped slaves escape to freedom?

Underground railroad

What escaped slave woman made 19 trips to help slaves escape on the underground railroad?

Harriet Tubman

Who was the abolitionist who published the Liberator?

William Lloyd Garrison

Who was the women’s rights advocate who later had her picture on a dollar coin?

Susan B. Anthony

What was the name of the convention designed to bring attention to the problems women faced?

Seneca Falls Convention of 1848