France and Britain
After the Battle of Saratoga, which country decided the help the American colonists against the British?
France
This plan for the U.S. government created a strong central government with a system of checks and balances made sure no one branch got too powerful.
The Constitution
Missionaries going west to convert Native Americans to Christianity, and lumberjacks and miners going west to take advantage of natural resources are examples of:
Manifest Destiny
It was the birth of modern industry and all its changes.
The Industrial Revolution
A Protestant revival movement that fundamentally reshaped American identity and social values. Preachers hosted emotional, public meetings called revivals to reawaken religious feelings.
The Second Great Awakening
President Jefferson made this agreement with Napoleon Bonaparte to secure access to the Mississippi River and the Port of New Orleans. It cost $15 million and doubled the size of the U.S.
Louisiana Purchase
This plan for the U.S. government had the power to coin money, create an army, and each state had one vote, but it had a weak national government.
Articles of Confederation
List three things the Mexican government required American settlers in Texas to do, that they refused to do.
Become Roman Catholic
Give up American citizenship
Not have slavery
This American invention increased the demand for enslaved workers.
The cotton gin
In the 1800s, education reformer Horace Mann promoted:
Mandatory school attendance and locally funded schools.
The American colonists thought the new taxes passed by the British government were unfair because:
The American colonists were not represented in Parliament and could not vote.
Which branch of government:
Makes the laws?
Enforces the laws?
Interprets the laws?
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
At the end of the Texas Revolution, Texas became:
The Republic of Texas/an independent nation
Missouri would be admitted as a slave state, as long as Maine entered as a free state to keep the balance between free and slave states equal. Also created a border at 36 degrees, 30 minutes north latitude - all states admitted above would be free, all below would be slave.
Missouri Compromise
Dorothea Dix advocated to improve conditions in prisons because:
Mentally ill people were jailed alongside violent criminals in unsanitary, overcrowded cells where abuse by jailers was common.
List the four battles discussed during the American Revolution - in order.
Lexington, Concord, Saratoga, Yorktown.
President Monroe stated that North and South America were off-limits to European colonization.
Monroe Doctrine
At the end of the ______, the United States paid the Mexican government $15 million, and Mexico recognized Texas as part of the United States.
The Mexican-American War
Which conductor of the Underground Railroad is famout for helping dozens of enslaved people escape to the North, and for being a spy for the Union during the Civil War?
Harriet Tubman
In the early 1800s, immigrants from this country were discriminated against for being poor and Catholic, and had to work for low wages.
Ireland
French ships began to seize American merchant ships. Adams sent diplomats to France, but they were forced to meet with three nobodies who demanded bribes and a loan.
XYZ Affair
During the American Revolution, this side had a larger military, a navy, experienced troops, and more money for supplies.
Britain
Spain, Mexico, independent/republic, U.S. state
The northern economy was based on _________.
The southern economy was based on _________.
Industry
Agriculture
At the Seneca Falls Convention, this document stated that “all men and women are created equal.”
The Declaration of Sentiments