American People
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
This was the name given to one of the territories organized under the Kansas-Nebraska Act because it was the site of so much violence between abolitionist and pro-slavery settlers
Bleeding Kansas
This get-together was organized by the Sons of Liberty to protest the new laws restricting the sale of certain beverages to certain sellers.
Boston Tea Party
What is the name of the territory won by the United States in the Mexican War?
The Mexican Cession
In the US Constitution the federal government is divided into how many branches of government?
3
Considered father of the US Constitution because he came up with the Virginia Plan at the Constitutional Convention
James Madison
The annexation of this state was one of the main causes of the war between Mexico and the United States
Texas
This 22-man mission, led by a young Native American woman named Sacajawea, found a land route to the Pacific for the United States
Lewis and Clark Expedition
What is the name of the conflict between President Andrew Jackson and the state of South Carolina, which was attempting to void a federal tax law by making an argument for states' rights?
Nullification Crisis
Which of the branches of government is in charge of enforcing the laws?
Executive / President
President responsible for acquiring major territories including Oregon and most of the American southwest
James K. Polk
Union General William T. Sherman ended his march through Georgia here; it is also where he met with black church leaders to discuss the terms of their freedom.
Savannah
This gathering decided not to amend the Articles of Confederation but rather replace it with a brand new plan of government
Constitutional Convention
What lawful political event caused the Southern states to secede from the United States and start their own country in 1861?
Election of 1860 / Lincoln
Which branch of the federal government is in charge of deciding whther or not a law is constitutional?
abolitionists, former slave, and key leader of the Underground Railroad that helped people escape slavery in the South
Harriet Tubman
In the 1830s, Cherokee were forcibly removed from this southeastern state as part of the enforcement of the Indian Removal Act.
Georgia
This group hung out together in Congress and took over Reconstruction after they were outraged by Andrew Johnson and the Black Codes
Radical Republicans
In this disputed election, Congress decided that Republican Rutherford Hayes would be president. But in order to get Democrats to agree they agreed to remove federal troops protecting freemen in the South.
Election of 1876
Under the Constitution, which branch of government has the power to declare war?
Congress
John Marshall
Montgomery, Alabama
Americans killed and wounded each other for three days in central Pennsylvania in this bloody Civil War battle that ended Confederate hopes of victory.
Battle of Gettysburg
In this territorial conflict, English settlers gave the enemy leader a certain deplorable Spanish nickname.
King Philip's War
What is the name of the power to decide whether or not a law is constitutional or unconstitutional?
judicial review