Forming the Government
How was the Continental Congress viewed after the revolution?
A Wartime Necessity
This war was fought between what 2 countries?
United States and Britain
What did Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna do that angered the Texans?
Stripped them of their right of self goverment.
Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860. What party did he run for?
The Republican (anti-slavery)
When president Abraham Lincoln feared a long war, this man replaced General McDowell to better organize and train the Union military.
George B. McClellan
Why did the Constitutional Convention meet?
To discuss government reform.
Who was the leader of the War Hawks?
Henry Clay
What group of Native Americans caused Spain to be in violation of the Pinckney Treaty?
Seminoles
Who led a raid on a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia with the plan to get weapons for slaves?
John Brown
This battle ended in a standstill but was credited to the Union due to a confederate retreat back to Virginia.
Antietam
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay are all members of what group that feared the power of the people more than the power of the government?
The Federalists
What battle was fought after the treaty was signed to end the war?
New Orleans
Who was the first president of Texas?
Sam Houston
What act repealed the Missouri Compromise creating 2 new territories and allowing them to choose whether or not to have slaves?
Kansas - Nebraska Act
This man burned towns and cities throughout Georgia and the Carolinas.
William T. Sherman
This convention met for the purpose of discussing economic problems that could not be resolved under the Articles of Confederation.
The Annapolis Convention
What treaty ended this war?
Treaty of Ghent
Who started the first fully centralized textile mill?
Francis Cabot Lowell
This anti - slavery novel was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe to expose the evils of slavery.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Where was General Robert E. Lee surrounded by Grant and his forces leaving him no other option than to surrender?
Appomattox, VA (Appomattox Courthouse)
Where and Why did Daniel Shay start a rebellion?
The state government raised taxes to pay off the states debt.
Who led a successful naval victory at the Battle of lake Erie?
Oliver Perry
What 3 faiths were directly affected by the Second Great Awakening?
Baptist
Methodist
Unitarian
These 2 men ran for Senator in 1858 and held highly publicized debates about slavery in the territories.
Abraham Lincoln & Stephen Douglas
What general got absolutely decimated at the Battle of Fredericksburg by Lee and the confederacy? (Hit by artillery at Marye's Heights)
Ambrose E. Burnside