7th Grade LEAP Review 1

Founding Fathers and Early Presidents

1

This president warned against political parties and foreign alliances in his Farewell Address.

George Washington

2

The political parties of the 1790s grew out of a fued between these two founding fathers.

Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton

3

This rebellion tested the strength of the new federal government under George Washington.

Whiskey Rebellion

4

Passed under John Adams, this law made it a crime to criticize the government.

the Alien and Sedition Act

5

This presidential election marked the first peaceful transfer of power between political parties.

Election of 1800

6

This event during John Adam's presidency involved a bribery scandal with French officials

XYZ Affair

7

This constitutional amendment changed how vice presidents were elected

12th Amendment

8

This was Washington warning against foreign alliances and political parties

Farewell Address

9

This group interpreted the Constitution loosely and supported a strong national bank.

Federalists

10

This party favored states' rights and a strict interpretation of the Constitution

Democratic Republicans

Louisiana in U.S. History

1

This land deal doubled the size of the U.S. and included Louisiana

Louisiana Purchase

2

This pirate helped defend New Orleans during the War of 1812

Jean Lafitte

3

He led the expedition that explored the Ouachita River region after the Louisiana Purchase

William Dunbar

4

The Battle of New Orleans was a major victory in this war

War of 1812

5

This man pushed for Louisiana statehood and represented the Territory in Congress

Julien de Lallande Poydras

6

This explorer duo led the famous expedition through the Louisiana Territory

Lewis and Clark

7

This invention helped boost Louisiana's sugar economy and increased enslaved labor

multiple-effect evaporator

8

This treaty gave Florida to the U.S. and set boundaries with Spanish lands. 

Adams-Onis Treaty

9

This Louisiana invention improved navigation by clearing river logjams

Captain Henry Miller Shreve's Snagboat

10

This French leader sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States

Napoleon Bonaparte

Westward Expansion and Reform

1

This belief justified U.S. expansion across the continent

Manifest Destiny

2

This act forced Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River

The Indian Removal Act of 1830

3

This women helped hundreds of enslaved people escape through the Underground Railroad

Harriet Tubman

4

The U.S. gained California and much of the Southwest through this treaty

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

5

This reformer worked to improve education in the 1800s.

Horace Mann

6

This act gave land to settlers willing to farm in the West

Homestead Act

7

This reformer helped improve treatment of the mentally ill in prisons

Dorothea Dix

8

This belief stated that U.S. expansion across the continent was inevitable

Manifest Destiny

9

This 1853 land deal secured the southern route for the transcontinental railroad

Gadsden Purchase

10

This mail service sped up communication across the U.S. before the telegraph

Pony Express

Sectionalism and Civil War

1

This compromise allowed Missouri to join as a slave state and Maine as a free state.

Missouri Compromise

2

The first shots of the Civil War were fired here

Fort Sumter

3

This president delivered the Gettysburg Address in 1863

Abraham Lincoln

4

This Supreme Court decision stated that enslaved people were not citizens.

Dred Scott decision

5

This battle was a turning point of the Civil War

Battle of Gettysburg

6

This compromise in 1850 tried to ease tensions by admitting California as a free state

Compromise of 1850

7

This law required citizens to return escaped enslaved people to their owners

Fugitive Slave Act

8

This 1854 law allowed settlers to decide on slavery, leading to violence in Kansas

Kansas-Nebraska Act

9

This event in 1860 caused many Southern states to begin seceding?

Election of Abraham Lincoln

10

This document freed enslaved people in Confederate states.

Emancipation Proclamation 

Reconstruction

1

This plan required only 10% of voters to swear loyalty to rejoin the Union.

Lincoln's 10% Plan

2

These laws restricted the rights of Black Americans after the Civil War

Black Codes

3

This amendment abolished slavery in the U.S.

13th Amendment

4

This group used violence to prevent Black Americans from voting during Reconstruction

Ku Klux Klan

5

Louisiana's first Black governor during Reconstruction

PBS Pinchback

6

This group of Northern Republicans wanted harsh terms for Southern States rejoining the Union

Radical Republicans

7

This 1873 event in Louisiana was one of the deadliest examples of Reconstruction violence

Colfax Massacre

8

The 14th Amendment granted this to all people born in the U.S. 

Citizenship

9

This amendment gave Black men the right to vote

15th Amendment

10

This group of white Southerners supported Reconstruction and Republican policies

Scalawags