Early U.S. Government
John Adams signed into law new acts that gave the federal government power over foreigners in the U.S. and limiting peoples right to free speech about their government. What were these acts called?
Alien and Sedition Acts
According to Horace Mann's 5 ideas about education, how can school be more available to all children?
It should be free
What is the idea that the United States is meant to control all of North America?
Manifest Destiny
What caused Texas to want to rebel against Mexico and become independent?
Mexico outlawed slavery
The South promised to do what if Abraham Lincoln became president?
Secede or leave the Union
In the election of 1800, Thomas Jefferson and Aaron burr tied for the most votes. Whose influence with the House of Representatives got Thomas Jefferson elected to become the next president?
Alexander Hamilton
What movement that tried to reduce or outlaw the drinking of alcohol was mostly organized by women?
Temperance Movement
Who was the American Indian woman who served as the interpreter for Lewis and Clark on their journey?
Sacajawea
How did the Seminoles fight against the Indian Removal Act?
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln during a play at Ford's Theater?
John Wilkes Booth
What document declared that no new European colonies could be established in the Americas and that The U.S. would stay our of the affairs of European countries?
Monroe Doctrine
In the early 1800s what was the country's most important economic activity?
Farming
What event on the West coast was one of the biggest motivators for people to move westward?
California Gold Rush
The Cherokee took their fight against the Indian Removal Act to what group?
Supreme Court
What is the name of General Sherman's journey from Atlanta to Savannah, engaging in Total War with any Confederate supporters?
March to the Sea
What group was given the right to vote in the 1820's, leading to Andrew Jackson's election to president?
Poor white men
It was Illegal in the South to teach slaves how to do what?
Read and Write
What was the name of the group that attempted to take a shortcut on the Oregon Trail and had to resort to cannibalism when they became stuck in the mountains during the winter?
Donner Party
What advantage did the Mexican army have over the U.S. army?
More troops
Abraham Lincoln gained much of his popularity in a series of Debates with who?
Stephen Douglas
When French ships kept us from trading at sea in Europe, John Adams tried to negotiate with France but they refused to talk without a large bribe. What did this conflict become known as?
XYZ Affair
What was the secret organization that helped runaway slaves to find safety in the North?
Underground Railroad
The Louisiana Purchase gave the U.S. almost complete control over what key natural resource?
Mississippi River
What was the event where U.S. troops attacked the peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians in Colorado, killing more than 150 men, women, and children?
Sand Creek Massacre
What is the name of the Court House where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, ending the Civil War?
Appomattox