Unit 5
Defense of land and beliefs were one of the three advantages that the Colonies had during the Revolutionary War. Name the other two advantages the Colonies had.
Allies
Strong Leaders
This abolitionist wrote for the Liberator Newspaper and worked for the immediate abolition of all enslaved African Americans?(Unit 7)
William Lloyd Garrison
This invention connected southern farms with northern factories through the waterways?
The Steamboat
This General will become he 18th President of the United States, 4 years after the Civil War ended?
Ulysses S. Grant
True or False: Fighting killed more people than disease during the Civil War?
False
Thomas Paine is known for what writing?
Common Sense
This President created a doctrine to keep Europe out of the Western Hemisphere. Who was this President?
James Monroe
California was gained by the United States after which war?
The Mexican- American War
Who wanted a weaker national government, the Union or the Confederates?
The Confederates
Why did the North blockade the Southern Ports and Waterways during the Civil War, named the Anaconda Plan?
The prevent the Confederates from moving supplies and soldiers to fight the war
The first battle of the Revolutionary War was?
The Battle of Bunker Hill
Who had more power under the Articles of Confederation? State or Federal Government?
State Government
Name the Indian Tribe that was driven from their land in Georgia. Also name the the state that they were forced to live.
Cherokee Indians
Oklahoma
He was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
The Seneca Falls Convention was important because?
It was the first meeting to discuss women's rights
Moving west over the Appalachian Mountains to settle was prevented by what proclamation issued by King George?
The Proclamation Line of 1763
What does the word Bicameral mean and where do we see it at work in or government?
Split into two parts or houses. We see this in our Congress.
James Madison, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson. Pick two of them and name the significant event or action that took place while they were president.(Unit 6)
Bought the Louisiana Purchase
War of 1812
2 Political Parties formed
Created a doctrine to keep Europe out of the Western Hemisphere
The state of California was formed as a free state under which compromise?
The Compromise of 1850
Executive: Enforces/ carries out the laws
Legislative: Makes the Laws
Judicial: Judges or interprets the laws
According to the Declaration of Independence, the people give the power to who/ what?
The Government
The passing of this ordinance laid out the process for how a territory becomes a new state and also established five new states. Illinois was one of the new states.
The Northwest Ordinance
This invention increased the need for slaves in the Southern states?
The Cotton Gin
This battle divided the south & gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union.
The Battle of Vicksburg
The original states had no common form of currency because this document allowed them to create their own money?
The Articles of Confederation