1. What is the name given to colonists who sided with the British?

2. Loyalists

3. Who wrote Common Sense, the document which told the colonies that it was obvious that they should separate from Britain?

4. Thomas Paine

5. Who was the British general at the Battle of Yorktown?

6. Cornwallis

7. What do we call a person that betrays their country?

8. traitor

9. What was the name given to the colonists army?

10. Continental

11. What was the importance of the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga?

12. Cannons were captured and sent to Boston.

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

14. British

15. The French joined the war after what battle?

16. Saratoga

17. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

18. Thomas Jefferson

19. What was another term for loyalists?

20. tories

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

22. set up an army with George Washington as its leader

23. Where did the Americans spend a cold and hungry winter?

24. Valley Forge

25. What happened after the Battle of Saratoga?

26. France joined the American side

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

28. Britain

29. The British tried to divide the colonies in two
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?

30. Albany

31. What vocabulary term means to turn against your country?

32. traitor

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

34. Bunker Hill

35. What was the final battle of the war?

36. Yorktown

37. What battle was the turning point of the war?

38. Saratoga

39. The Declaration of Independence was signed on what date?

40. July 4, 1776

41. Document that sets out the laws and principles of a government

42. constitution

43. What is the main part of the Legislative Branch?

44. Congress

45. What are the 3 branches of government?

46. Legislative, Judicial and Executive

47. Branch of government which makes the laws

48. Legislative branch

49. Document that lists freedoms the government promises to protect

50. bill of rights

51. What was our first Constitution called?

52. Articles of Confederation

53. Who is the main person in the Executive Branch?

54. President

55. Who had the most power under the Articles of Confederation?

56. states

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

58. The Articles of Confederation formed a loose alliance of states.

59. What was the main problem of the Articles of Confederation?

60. Congress was too weak

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

62. Judicial review

63. What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

64. Revise the Articles of Confederation

65. What is the main group in the Judicial Branch?

66. Supreme Court

67. In what year did the Constitutional Convention take place?

68. 1787

69. What is the job of the Judicial Branch?

70. Make sure the laws are constitutional.

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

72. Great

73. What was the compromise regarding slavery at the Constitutional Convention?

74. 3/5ths Compromise

75. What were the people who supported the Constitution called?

76. Federalists

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

78. Speaker of the House

79. What was the name of the group against the Constitution?

80. Antifederalists

81. Formal written change (to the Constitution)

82. amendment

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

84. Federalists

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

86. Antifederalists

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

88. Antifederalists

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

90. Representative government

91. How long do Supreme Court justices serve for?

92. life

93. What did the Bill of Rights protect?

94. Individual rights

95. Where is the principle of popular sovereignty found?

96. The Preamble

97. What does popular sovereignty mean?

98. The power of the government comes from the people.

99. What is the job of the Legislative Branch?

100. Make the laws

101. Branch of government which carries out the laws

102. Executive branch

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

104. compromise

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

106. Separation of powers

107. Division of power between the states and national government

108. federalism

109. 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

110. Checks and balances

111. reject

112. veto

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

114. The elastic clause

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

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

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

118. override

119. Bring formal charges against an elected official

120. impeach

121. change

122. amend

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

124. Due process

125. approve

126. ratify

127. national

128. federal

129. reject

130. veto

131. Not permitted by the Constitution

132. unconstitutional

133. Example set for later people to follow

134. precedent

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

136. Senate and the House of Representatives.

137. Proposed law

138. bill

139. What word means to bring an elected official to trial?

140. impeachment

141. What is the head of the Supreme Court called?

142. Chief Justice

143. Who fought on the British side in the War of 1812
Who fought on the British side in the War of He was able to get lots of Native Americans to help fight the Americans.

144. Tecumseh

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

146. ANDREW JACKSON

147. What were the MAIN causes of the war of 1812?

148. impressment of American sailors by the British
War Hawks

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

150. WAR HAWKS

151. What were the results of the War of 1812?

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

153. What were 3 precedents set by George Washington?

154. CABINET
2 TERMS
ACTED LIKE ROYALTY

155. What region of the country favored protective tariffs?

156. North - it protected their factories

157. What was the name for the statement Washington made which warned the U
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?

158. Neutrality Proclamation

159. Why was the Louisiana Purchase necessary?

160. NEW ORLEANS WAS NEEDED AS A PORT FOR WESTERN FARMERS.

161. Who was President when we did the Louisiana Purchase?

162. JEFFERSON

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

164. DOUBLED THE SIZE OF IT

165. What country did we purchase Louisiana from?

166. FRANCE

167. What year did we purchase Louisiana?

168. 1803

169. Who were the 2 people sent to explore Louisiana?

170. LEWIS AND CLARK

171. Who led the Democratic Republicans (Republicans)?

172. THOMAS JEFFERSON

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

174. FEDERALISTS

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

176. REPUBLICANS

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

178. TARIFF

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

180. PROTECTIVE TARIFF

181. What term means to cancel?

182. NULLIFY

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

184. IMPRESSMENT

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

186. NATIONALISM

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

188. Era of Good Feelings

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

190. John C. Calhoun

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

192. Daniel Webster

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

194. Henry Clay

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

196. Monroe Doctrine (1823)

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

198. democratic

199. Who were the 2 most democratic presidents at this time?

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

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

202. John Marshall

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

204. Judicial review

205. What court case established judicial review?

206. Marbury vs. Madison (1803)

207. Who was the guide for Lewis and Clark?

208. Sacajawea

209. Who was the leading War Hawk?

210. Henry Clay

211. Who was the President during the War of 1812?

212. James Madison

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

214. New Orleans

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

216. John Quincy Adams

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

218. Erie Canal

219. In what year was the Erie Canal built?

220. 1825

221. What do we call traders from New England?

222. Yankee Traders

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

224. Democratic- Republicans (commonly referred to as the Republicans)

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

226. Democrats

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

228. Federalists

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

230. Industrial Revolution

231. What were some of the changes during the Industrial Revolution?

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

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

234. Cotton gin

235. Who invented the cotton gin in 1793?

236. Eli Whitney

237. Who brought the ideas for factories from Britain?

238. Samuel Slater

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

240. Interchangeable parts

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

242. Eli Whitney

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

244. canals

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

246. Whigs (these were previously called the Federalists) FeW

247. What was Jackson’s political party?

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

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

250. Spoils system

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

252. Kitchen cabinet

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

254. Pet banks

255. Congress passed a high protective tariff in 1828
Congress passed a high protective tariff in What did the South call this tariff?

256. The tariff of Abominations.

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

258. nullification

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

260. States’ rights

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

262. Secede or withdraw from the United States

263. What tribe used legal means to keep their land?

264. Cherokee

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

266. yes

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

268. Indian Removal Act (1830)

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

270. Trail of Tears

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

272. Seminole War

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

274. Manifest Destiny

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

276. Oregon (Oregon Country)

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

278. Narcissa and Marcus Whitman

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

280. The Alamo

281. How did Texas become a state?

282. It was annexed or added on.

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

284. James K. Polk

285. How was Oregon acquired?

286. By an agreement with Britain.

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

288. 49ers

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

290. Mormons

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

292. Chinese

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

294. Native Americans

295. Does the North or South Have more industry?

296. North

297. Does the North or South Have more slaves?

298. South

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

300. South

301. Does the North or South Have more abolitionists?

302. North

303. Does the North or South have a more agricultural economy?

304. South

305. Does the North or South Have more railroads?

306. North

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

308. North

309. Does the North or South have a greater population?

310. North

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

312. Slave codes

313. What region of the country was famous for its traders?

314. North

315. Where did Northern factories get their cotton?

316. South

317. Who did the South get manufactured goods from?

318. The North and Britain.

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

320. The cottonocracy

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

322. reformers

323. What was the slavery reform movement called?

324. abolition

325. What was the alcohol reform movement called?

326. temperance

327. Who was the best known African-American abolitionist?

328. Frederick Douglass

329. What was the name of Frederick Douglass’s newspaper?

330. North Star

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

332. Underground railroad

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

334. Harriet Tubman

335. Who was the abolitionist who published the Liberator?

336. William Lloyd Garrison

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

338. Susan B. Anthony

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

340. Seneca Falls Convention of 1848