American Revolution
What is the date the Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence.
July 4, 1776
What the Industrial Revolution means
What is a change in the way people worked
What are the 3 parts of the Constitution?
Preamble, the 7 Articles and the 27 amendments
The most famous battle of the War of 1812 occurred after the War of 1812 was over!
The Battle of New Orleans
People who didn’t believe in slavery were called what?
What are the abolitionists
These soldiers volunteered to fight for their colony.
Who were militia?
How people made goods before the Industrial Revolution
How people made goods after the industrial revolution
What is by hand
What is with machines
How can the Constitution be changed?
Only by amendments
This act lengthened the time needed for immigrants to become citizens from 5 to 14 years
The Naturalization Act
Why did Uncle Tom’s Cabin anger northern abolitionists?
Because it depicted the evils of slavery
Where over 2,500 soldiers died from the cold, starvation, disease, exposure, and malnutrition during the winter of 1777-1778.
What is Valley Forge
What the factory owners needed to make the machines work
What is workers
A devotion to our country and the core democratic values in word and deed.
Patriotism
George Washington decided to keep the US out of war with France and Britain with this Proclamation.
The Proclamation of Neutrality
Besides slavery, what other major issue increased tensions between the Union and Confederacy?
The issue of states' rights
After this key battle, the French agreed to become an ally to the colonists.
What was Saratoga?
Invented the cotton gin
What impact did it have on society?
Who is Eli Whitney
Expanded slavery
Name the first three Core Democratic Values.
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
This event helped precipitate the sale of the Louisiana purchase to America
The Haitian Revolution
What about the southern economy made slavery seem necessary?
They were primarily agricultural and needed labor to help grow crops
This governing body helped unite the 13 colonies.
What was the Continental Congress?
2 reasons why railroads were important
What is gave people a way to move around and helped factory owners a way to move their goods
The first 10 amendments are called this.
The Bill of Rights
Jefferson was a member of this political party.
The Democratic-Republicans
What were some effects of the war on the South?
Cities, buildings, and plantations were burned and destroyed, slaves were freed in the former Confederacy