Founding Docments & Principles
This Enlightenment thinker influenced Jefferson with the idea of natural rights.
Who is John Locke?
This war was fought between the U.S. and Britain a second time in the 1800s.
What is the War of 1812?
This woman worked to improve conditions in prisons and for the mentally ill.
Who is Dorothea Dix?
This president purchased the Louisiana Territory.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This purchase in 1803 doubled the size of the U.S.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This principle means that the people hold the final authority in government.
What is popular sovereignty?
This event began the American Revolution in 1775.
What is the Battle of Lexington & Concord?
What compromise created a line at 36°30′ to separate free and slave territories?
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This policy forced Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This trail was used by Native Americans during their forced relocation.
What is the Trail of Tears?
What was the first form of government for the United States?
What are the Articles of Confederation?
General Lee surrendered to General Grant at this location in 1865.
What is Appomattox Court House?
This abolitionist published an anti-slavery newspaper called The Liberator.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
This president was known for his “Trail of Tears” policy.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
What land acquisition followed the war with Mexico in 1848?
What is the Mexican Cession?
This principle divides government into legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
What is separation of powers?
This battle was a turning point in the Civil War and resulted in a Union victory.
What was the Battle of Gettysburg?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to violence over slavery in what event?
What is "Bleeding Kansas"?
This early U.S. foreign policy said America would stay out of European wars.
What is Washington’s Farewell Address?
What was the last major land acquisition that completed U.S. mainland territory?
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
What is the process called when the Constitution is changed or added to?
What is the amendment process?
This document ended slavery in Confederate states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
What was the first women’s rights convention called?
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
He led the U.S. during the Mexican-American War.
Who is James K. Polk?
Name the port city that was crucial to trade and was gained in the Louisiana Purchase.
What is New Orleans?