Presidents
Who was the first president?
George Washington
What does antebellum mean?
“before the Civil War.”
Who developed the plow with a steel blade?
John Deere
A document which stated that Indians who left their land east of the Mississippi River would be given land west of the river
Indian Removal Act
What was the Underground Railroad?
A movement when slaves tried to escape slavery
Who was the 2nd president?
John Adams
Who developed the reaper for cutting and harvesting grain?
Cyrus McCormick
Who invented the telegraph?
Samuel F. B. Morse
Tracts of land set aside for Indians
Reservations
What is popular sovereignty
The principle that a government's power comes from the consent of the people
Who was the 5th president?
James Monroe
80,000 people who went to California in one year were known as ___ because of the year in which they went.
49ers
Who developed interchangeable parts and invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
The forced march to Indian Territory during which many Native Americans died
Trail of Tears
Uncle Tom's Cabin
A book written that exposed the horrible life on a plantation as a slave
Who was the 15th president?
James Buchanan
The process of spreading negative information about opponents
mudslinging
Who patented the sewing machine with a foot pedal?
Isaac Singer
Monroes Doctorine
US would stay out of Europe politics and Europe would stay out of US politics
A major religious revival in America during the late 1700s and early 1800s
The Second Great Awakening
Who was the 16th president?
Abraham Lincoln
What is an abolutionist?
Person who fought against slavery
Who was the woodsman who cut a road into Kentucky through the Cumberland Gap?
Daniel Boone
What was the Missouri Compromise?
Slave states prohibited north of 32 latitude, and Maine was a free states but Missouri was a slave state
A state’s act of leaving the Union
Seccession