13 Colonies
These made up a large part of the Southern economy.
What is a plantation?
He was the leader of the Continental Army.
Who was George Washington?
The belief that America had a God-given right to expand the country's borders from 'sea to shining sea'
What is Manifest Destiny
Famous woman who led enslaved people to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
This is a financial arrangement in which a tenant farmer pays for use of land with a portion of the crop raised on that land
sharecropping
What was the first permanent English Colony in the New World?
Virginia (Jamestown)
George Washington crossed this river on Christmas day 1776 to attack Hessian troops.
What is the Delaware River? (Battle of Trenton)
What treaty was signed on February 2, 1848 that declared Mexico's surrender and land to the United States for $15 million?
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
This person was the most successful Northern general in the Civil War.
Ulysses S. Grant
Laws that kept African Americans separate from other Americans were called _________.
Jim Crow Laws
Taking place in here, this span of time was prominent with accusations of others dealing in witchcraft and therefore sentenced to death to death.
What is the Salem Witch Trials
This treaty ended the American Revolution in 1783.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
What land did the United States add to their territory after the war? (name two states)
What is Texas, California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado
This person was the president of the Union during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
What amendment ended slavery in the U.S.?
13th Amendment
This group of religious settlers wanted to “separate” from the Church of England. They landed in Plymouth and are credited with celebrating the first American Thanksgiving.
Who are the Pilgrims?
A person who supported the cause of freedom was called this.
What is a Patriot?
Who was the President of the US during the war (1846 - 1848)?
Who is President James K. Polk
What was the purpose of General Sherman's March to the Sea?
to destroy everything in GA that could help the South win the war
The ________ Amendment protects a person's life, liberty, and property. The _____ Amendment gave all men the right to vote.
14th and 15th
She was the daughter of Chief Powhatan, is rumored to have saved the life of Captain John Smith in Jamestown, and later married Captain John Rolfe.
Who is Pocahontas
This was a tax on all printed goods in America
What is the Stamp Act
Mexico claims the ________ of Texas was a violation of the 1828 border treaty which had acknowledged Mexico's sovereignty over that territory.
annexation
This person was the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Jefferson Davis
This man was president at the end of the Reconstruction Era (1877- 1881)
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes