Colonization
Virginia's rich soil, temperate climates, coastal harbors, and river systems aided in the settlement of _______________ the first English Colony.
Jamestown
Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that had a Huge impact on the colonist and moved many Americans to support independence from Great Britian.
Common Sense
The "Elastic Clause" allows the president to do what is _______ and ________.
Proper and Nessesary
11th US President who embodied Manifest Destiny, annexed Texas and Oregon.
James Polk
Era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West.
Gilded Age
Policy where the English government allowed colonists to govern themselves
Period of Salutary Neglect
This battle convinced the French to support the colonists in their efforts against Great Britian
Battle of Saratoga
Name one reason James Madison decalared war in 1812.
British Impressment of US ships.
This act allowed the previously free and unorganized territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide on the issue of salvery; led to Bleeding Kansas
Kansas-Nebraska Act
What do we call a single company that controls the price of a product since it is the only seller?
Monopoly
Religious Revival in the 1700s that emphasized individual religious experience rather than through the church; challenged the authority of the church leaders
Great Awakening
Location where Washington suffered horrible conditions with his men but used time to train the Continental Army with an intense training program.
Vally Forge
What reform movement states that people should drink less alcohol or it should be outlawed all together?
Temperance movement
This required all Northerners to return runaway slaves to the South. Gave the South too much power.
Fugitive Slave Act
What do we call svereal companies arranged in a single unit and controlled by a single governing board?
Trust
This was the first form of self-government in the New England colonies; it was a governing document signed by all males to ensure majority-rule decisions
Mayflower Compact
What officially ended the Revolutionary War and recognized the U.S as its own independent country?
The Battle of Yorktown
Who invented the cotton gin? Did it increase or decrease the need for slavery?
Eli Whitney. It increased the demand for slave labor.
An abolitionist who tried to steal weapons from the arsenal at Harper's Ferry to lead a slave revolt; captured and executed.
John Brown
Who made a fortune with his Standard Oil Company?
John D Rockefeller
Part of the trans-Atlantic trade route that carried slaves from Africa to the New World
Middle Passage
These committees were formed because American patriots could not communicate publicly. They also helped undermine the British by helping each colony communicate with each other.
Comittee of Corospondence
This state, led by John C. Callhoun wanted to nullify the Tarrif of 1832 that Andrew Jackson had put in place.
South Carolina
What document admitted California as a free state, but allowed Utah and New Mexico to decide on the issue of slavery?
Compromise of 1850
What event did President Cleveland get involved with because it was interfering with RR travel, and it was the 1st time the government sided with the workers?
The Pullman Strike