Vocab Words
The belief the U.S. is destined by God to expand West
What is Manifest Destiny?
Party that supported the ratification of the Constitution
What is the Federalist party
Ended the Revolutionary War
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
Fought with the British in the Revolutionary War
What are Loyalists?
Book on the cruelty of slavery
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
What is Popular Sovereignty?
The three branches of government
What are Judicial, Executive and Legislative
Led to the delivery of the Emancipation Proclamation
What is the Battle of Antietam?
Grew due to the invention of the Cotton Gin
What are slaves?
Inspired by ideals in the Enlightenment
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The movement to end slavery
What is abolition?
Acts that forbid speaking out against the President.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
Convinced France to join with the Colonies in the Revolutionary War
What is the Battle of Saratoga
Moved to the U.S. to seek religious freedom
What are the Puritans?
Stated "Why would an island rule over a continent?"
What is Common Sense?
The belief every human is endowed rights by their creator.
What is Natural Rights?
The Act that introduced the draft
What is the Militia Act of 1862
Led to Texas declaring its independence
What is the Battle of The Alamo?
Groups that moved to the U.S. in the early 1800s
What are Irish and German Immigrants?
The original way the states were governed
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The philosophy truth can be found in nature and one's self
What is transcendentalism?
Set boundaries between Native Americans and Colonists
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
Inspired the writing of the Star Spangled Banner
What is the Battle of Baltimore?
Were relocated along the "Trail of Tears"
What are the Cherokee?
What is the Declaration of Sentiments?