US History 1
Group of department heads who advise the president.
What is a cabinet?
The first permanent British colony in North America.
What is Jamestown?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The group of religious settlers who founded Plymouth colony.
Who were Puritans?
The branch of government that interprets laws.
The idea that the power to rule comes from the votes of the people is known as:
What is Popular Sovereignty?
The two main groups fighting in the French and Indian War.
Who were the French and the British?
A tax on imported goods.
What is a tariff?
He led a raid on the Federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, trying to lead a slave rebellion, and became a martyr for the North against slavery
Who is John Brown?
He wrote the Declaration of Independence, served as the third president, and purchased Louisiana from France
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The day the Declaration of Independence was adopted.
What is July, 4th. 1776?
Moses of the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
The introduction to the Constitution.
What is The Preamble?
This amendment guarantees the right to protest
What is the 1st Amendment?
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended THIS war.
What is the Mexican-American war?
Cotton, indigo and tobacco are examples of this type of product.
What is a cash crop?
A transaction in which the size of the United States was doubled for $10 million.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Sam Adam's group of politically motivated patriots who sometimes resorted to violence.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
The process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing in the U.S.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
The leader of the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Who was Robert E. Lee?
He defeated the British at New Orleans in 1815, fought in numerous duels, helped found the Democratic Party, and expanded the power of the presidency. His presidency ushered in the era of the "Common Man"
Who is Andrew Jackson?
The Constitution was written to replace this document
What is the The Articles of Confederation?
What was Uncle Tom's Cabin
The path thousands of settlers took into the western part of the country.
What is the Oregon Trail?
The belief that Americans were meant to colonize the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific?
What is Manifest Destiny?