Early politics
What are the two main parties right now?
Democrats and Republicans
Name one innovation during the Industrial Revolution:
Railroad, telegraph, steamboat
What compromise divided the Louisiana purchase into free and slave states?
Missouri Compromise
Name one state that America gained as a result of the Mexican American war
California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada
What was the south economically reliant on?
Slavery
What is the star spangled banner about?
The defense of Fort McHenry during the war of 1812.
Define manifest destiny
Americans believed they had the god-given right to expand west
True or False: Mexico encouraged American settlers to settle in Texas
True
What was the North economically reliant on?
Industry
What invention indirectly led to the need for many more slaves?
Cotton Gin
Explain the trail of tears
Native Americans were forcibly removed form their lands and were relocated to Oklahoma
What was the Alamo?
Texans barricaded themselves in the Alamo and fought hard against Mexico.
What did the early political parties disagree on?
Size of the Federal Government
Name two British actions that angered Americans leading up to the war of 1812
Impressing/ seizing American sailors
Arming Native Americans
What resource encouraged immigration to California
Gold
Define abolitionism
Being anti-slavery
What were the first two political parties of the new nation?
Federalists
Democratic Republicans
What was burnt down during the War of 1812?
The White House
What was the trail that connected Missouri to the newly acquired “Oregon territory”?
True
Name two effects of The Second Great Awakening
Rise in abolitionism
School reform