The Revolution
What was the reason for the Boston Tea Party?
Tea was being taxed.
What was the dispute between the North and the South?
Their differing views on slavery.
What right does the 1st Amendment grant?
The right of freedom of speech.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Doubling the size of the U.S. by purchasing/negotiating for all of France's claimed territory.
Who was the first U.S. President?
George Washington.
What was the Boston Massacre?
Violent confrontation between British soldiers and colonists that lead to deaths from gunshots.
What is a free state vs. a slave state?
Free state = slavery was illegal (North)
Slave state = slavery was legal (South)
Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?
The 19th Amendment
What is Manifest Destiny?
The belief that the U.S. was meant to expand West and destined to take over land.
Which President's election caused the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln.
What document was written to cite motivations for seeking independence?
The Declaration of Independence.
What was the final reason for the South deciding to secede?
Abraham Lincoln being elected.
The Bill of Rights
What is the Erie Canal?
Canal which was connected to the Great Lakes.
Which President completed the Louisiana Purchase and also created the Embargo Acts?
Thomas Jefferson.
What is enlightenment?
Ideas that spread throughout the 13 colonies with the principles of liberty, equality, and individual rights.
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
People were allowed to vote for or against slavery depending on the state they lived in.
Which papers were written to promote the ratification of the Constitution?
The Federalist Papers.
What act forced relocation onto Native Americans?
The Indian Removal Act/Trail of Tears
Name two major efforts of Andrew Jackson's Presidency.
Spoils System, Nullification Crisis, Bank "War", Indian Removal Act/Trail of Tears.
When Britain allowed colonists to ignore most of the British law
What was the Missouri Compromise?
Outlawed slavery above the 36ยบ 30 latitude line.
Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
What right does the 14th Amendment guarantee?
Granting citizenship to those who were born in the U.S.
What land was acquired from the Mexican-American War?
Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming
What was the political party of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe?
The Democratic-Republican Party?