Party Time
Representative Government
Who Am I?
Industrialization
Expansion
100
This political party was founded by Alexander Hamilton and believed in a strong central government and a national bank.
The Federalists
100
The Pilgrims wrote this social contract in 1620 to determine how they would govern Plymouth Colony.
The Mayflower Compact (1620)
100
I led the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and later became the first President of the United States.
George Washington
100
Why were so many European immigrants attracted to the northeastern cities?
The northeast had cities with lots of economic opportunities (factory jobs).
100
Jefferson's purchase of this this territory doubled the size of the country and led to a new understanding of presidential power.
Louisiana Purchase
200
The Democratic-Republican Party believed the bank was unconstitutional and favored farmers and the common man.
It's first leader was -
Thomas Jefferson
200
This body of elected officials was the first representative assembly in the English colonies.
The Virginia House of Burgesses (1619)
200
I wanted to stop the spread of slavery. As the first Republican president, I led the Union through the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
200
San Francisco grew from a town of 5000 to 100,000 in just two years because of this event -
The California Gold Rush
200
"Fifty-four forty or fight!" was the battle cry of American expansionists who wanted complete control of this territory.
Oregon Country
300
The Whig Party was established to oppose the policies of this popular president -
Andrew Jackson
300
Thomas Hooker helped write this colonial document which created a representative assembly and declared Connecticut would govern itself.
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639)
300
I was able to educate white Americans about the horrors of slavery in my newspaper The North Star, because I was once a slave, myself.
Frederick Douglass
300
During the Civil War, which side had a definite advantage because of its network of railroads.
The Union
(The North)
300
This school of landscape paintings inspired many Americans to migrate west. 
Hudson River School
400
This party was founded to get Andy Jackson elected president in 1824!
The Democrats
400
How did the First Great Awakening contribute to the growth of representative government in America?
The religious message of the Great Awakening caused men to question the authority of the king.
400
I warned European empires to stay out of the Western Hemisphere, because the Americas were off-limits for further colonization.
James Monroe
(The Monroe Doctrine)
400
How did the War of 1812 impact the American economy in a positive way?
The disruption of trade during the war led to an increase in American manufacturing.
400
How did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and Mexican Cession increase sectional tension in the United States?
It allowed slavery to spread into the western territories.
500
The Know Nothings were nativists. They claimed this group of people took jobs from "real Americans."
Immigrants
500
How did the distance between American colonies and England contribute to the growth of representative government?
The time needed to communicate back and forth required the colonists to act on their own and not rely on the government in Britain.
500
I never stepped foot in America, but my works on the natural rights of man inspired Thomas Jefferson when he wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
John Locke
500
How did Samuel Slater and Francis Cabot Lowell contribute to urbanization?
Their textile mills created new factory jobs, drawing rural Americans and European immigrants to cities.
500
The Northwest Ordinance created a process for admitting new states into the Union.
How many free settlers had to live in a territory before it could apply for statehood?
60,000