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

2. traitor

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

4. Continental

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

6. Cannons were captured and sent to Boston.

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

8. British

9. The French joined the war after what battle?

10. Saratoga

11. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

12. Thomas Jefferson

13. What was another term for loyalists?

14. tories

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

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

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

18. Valley Forge

19. What happened after the Battle of Saratoga?

20. France joined the American side

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

22. Britain

23. 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?

24. Albany

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

26. traitor

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

28. Bunker Hill

29. What was the final battle of the war?

30. Yorktown

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

32. Saratoga

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

34. July 4, 1776

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

36. constitution

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

38. Congress

39. What are the 3 branches of government?

40. Legislative, Judicial and Executive

41. Branch of government which makes the laws

42. Legislative branch

43. Document that lists freedoms the government promises to protect

44. bill of rights

45. What was our first Constitution called?

46. Articles of Confederation

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

48. President

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

50. states

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

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

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

54. Congress was too weak

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

56. Judicial review

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

58. Revise the Articles of Confederation

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

60. Supreme Court

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

62. 1787

63. What is the job of the Judicial Branch?

64. Make sure the laws are constitutional.

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

66. Great

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

68. 3/5ths Compromise

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

70. Federalists

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

72. Speaker of the House

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

74. Antifederalists

75. Formal written change (to the Constitution)

76. amendment

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

78. Federalists

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

80. Antifederalists

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

82. Antifederalists

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

84. Representative government

85. How long do Supreme Court justices serve for?

86. life

87. What did the Bill of Rights protect?

88. Individual rights

89. Where is the principle of popular sovereignty found?

90. The Preamble

91. What does popular sovereignty mean?

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

93. What is the job of the Legislative Branch?

94. Make the laws

95. Branch of government which carries out the laws

96. Executive branch

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

98. compromise

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

100. Separation of powers

101. Division of power between the states and national government

102. federalism

103. 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

104. Checks and balances

105. reject

106. veto

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

108. The elastic clause

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

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

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

112. override

113. Bring formal charges against an elected official

114. impeach

115. change

116. amend

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

118. Due process

119. approve

120. ratify

121. national

122. federal

123. reject

124. veto

125. Not permitted by the Constitution

126. unconstitutional

127. Example set for later people to follow

128. precedent

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

130. Senate and the House of Representatives.

131. Proposed law

132. bill

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

134. impeachment

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

136. Chief Justice

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

138. Tecumseh

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

140. ANDREW JACKSON

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

142. impressment of American sailors by the British War Hawks

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

144. WAR HAWKS

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

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

147. What were 3 precedents set by George Washington?

148. CABINET 2 TERMS ACTED LIKE ROYALTY

149. What region of the country favored protective tariffs?

150. North - it protected their factories

151. 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?

152. Neutrality Proclamation

153. Why was the Louisiana Purchase necessary?

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

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

156. JEFFERSON

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

158. DOUBLED THE SIZE OF IT

159. What country did we purchase Louisiana from?

160. FRANCE

161. What year did we purchase Louisiana?

162. 1803

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

164. LEWIS AND CLARK

165. Who led the Democratic Republicans (Republicans)?

166. THOMAS JEFFERSON

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

168. FEDERALISTS

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

170. REPUBLICANS

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

172. TARIFF

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

174. PROTECTIVE TARIFF

175. What term means to cancel?

176. NULLIFY

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

178. IMPRESSMENT

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

180. NATIONALISM

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

182. Era of Good Feelings

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

184. John C. Calhoun

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

186. Daniel Webster

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

188. Henry Clay

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

190. Monroe Doctrine (1823)

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

192. democratic

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

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

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

196. John Marshall

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

198. Judicial review

199. What court case established judicial review?

200. Marbury vs. Madison (1803)

201. Who was the guide for Lewis and Clark?

202. Sacajawea

203. Who was the leading War Hawk?

204. Henry Clay

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

206. James Madison

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

208. New Orleans

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

210. John Quincy Adams

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

212. Erie Canal

213. In what year was the Erie Canal built?

214. 1825

215. What do we call traders from New England?

216. Yankee Traders

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

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

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

220. Democrats

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

222. Federalists

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

224. Industrial Revolution

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

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

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

228. Cotton gin

229. Who invented the cotton gin in 1793?

230. Eli Whitney

231. Who brought the ideas for factories from Britain?

232. Samuel Slater

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

234. Interchangeable parts

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

236. Eli Whitney

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

238. canals

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

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

241. What was Jackson’s political party?

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

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

244. Spoils system

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

246. Kitchen cabinet

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

248. Pet banks

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

250. The tariff of Abominations.

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

252. nullification

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

254. States’ rights

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

256. Secede or withdraw from the United States

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

258. Cherokee

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

260. yes

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

262. Indian Removal Act (1830)

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

264. Trail of Tears

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

266. Seminole War

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

268. Manifest Destiny

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

270. Oregon (Oregon Country)

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

272. Narcissa and Marcus Whitman

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

274. The Alamo

275. How did Texas become a state?

276. It was annexed or added on.

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

278. James K. Polk

279. How was Oregon acquired?

280. By an agreement with Britain.

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

282. 49ers

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

284. Mormons

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

286. Chinese

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

288. Native Americans

289. Does the North or South Have more industry?

290. North

291. Does the North or South Have more slaves?

292. South

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

294. South

295. Does the North or South Have more abolitionists?

296. North

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

298. South

299. Does the North or South Have more railroads?

300. North

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

302. North

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

304. North

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

306. Slave codes

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

308. North

309. Where did Northern factories get their cotton?

310. South

311. Who did the South get manufactured goods from?

312. The North and Britain.

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

314. The cottonocracy

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

316. reformers

317. What was the slavery reform movement called?

318. abolition

319. What was the alcohol reform movement called?

320. temperance

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

322. Frederick Douglass

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

324. North Star

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

326. Underground railroad

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

328. Harriet Tubman

329. Who was the abolitionist who published the Liberator?

330. William Lloyd Garrison

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

332. Susan B. Anthony

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

334. Seneca Falls Convention of 1848