unit 1:origins of a new nation
This man was saved by Pocahontas.
Who is John Smith?
This document is how the 13 colonies declared their separation from Great Britain.
What is the declaration of independence?
This mas was considered the “common man’ president, Founder of Modern Democracy, and a war hero. He was the 7th president.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
This was the 19th-century belief that the United States was divinely ordained to expand across the North American continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific, spreading democracy and Catholicism.
What was manifest destiny?
Finish the hamilton lyric:
"Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness"
We fought for these ideals; we shouldn't settle for less
These are wise words, enterprising men quote 'em
Don't act surprised, you guys, 'cause I wrote 'em
Who lived in North America before it was colonized?
Who are the native Americans?
This document has written the first ten amendments to the constitution.
What is the bill of rights?
This party, in Great Britain, opposed a monarch. In America, they opposed Andrew Jackson by calling him a king.
Who were the Whigs?
People did this to gain economic opportunity, religious freedom, gold, land, jobs in cattle/railroads, and to avoid overpopulation.
Why did people migrate west?
This man was the first president to live in the White House.
Who was John Adams?
This region had a mild climate that was reasonable for farming, and held large populations of Cherokees and other tribes.
What was the south?
This was a method of torture patriots used against loyalists.
What is tarring and feathering?
This event was the forced displacement and ethnic cleansing of about 60,000 Native Americans. These native Americans were forced to endure harsh winter weather, severe malnutrition, lack of clean water, and rampant disease.
What was the trail of tears?
This was a conflict started by the U.S. annexation of Texas and manifest destiny, and resulted in the U.S. gaining California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming.
What was the mexican-american war?
Thomas Jefferson had an affair with this woman, who had six of his children.
Who was Sally Hemings?
These characteristics mainly describe west African societies.
What are slavery, polytheism, communal land and matrilineal society?
This document is a list of fundamental principles that formed the legal basis for governing of America.
what is the constitution?
This man officially formed the first national bank, and his secretary was the one who came up with the idea.
Who were George Washington and his secretary, Alexander Hamilton?
During the Civil War, this document was issued by Abraham Lincoln, and declared enslaved people in Confederate states to be free.
What is the emancipation proclamation?
This president was abnormally tall for his time, And Owned 30 foxhounds (he loved dogs).
Who was George Washington?
These characteristics typically reflect European societies.
What is economically divided land, aristocracy, monotheism/Catholicism, and patriarchy?
Many of these people sided with Britain because Britain offered them freedom, which was a lot better than the forced labour they would have endured if they had stayed in America.
Who were enslaved people?
This man was the third president of the U.S., and he favored a small government and a strong militia.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
This man was a republican from Illinois, who won the 1860 election, and stood against slavery.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
This religious group migrated west in America because they wanted religious freedom, and they were being persecuted in the east.
Who were Mormons?