Vocab
what does ratify mean?
to formally approve
Who won the election of 1860?
Abraham Lincon
Which purchase doubled the size of the U.S. in 1803?
Lousiana Purchase
Who was the Commander of the Continental Army in the American Revolution?
George Washington
Who wrote the Constitution?
The Five Founding Fathers
What are the Bill of rights?
The first 10 amendments of the constitution
Who won the Civil War?
Union
Who were the forty-niners?
Gold seekers who moved to CA in 1849
Who used a political cartoon to encourage colonists to "Join or Die"?
Ben Franklin
What was purchased in the Louisiana purchase?
Land from France
What is the Legislative Branch?
Congress that is responsible for making laws
Who were the generals for the Union and confederacy?
Union-Usyless B. Grant Confederacy- Robert Lee
What was the primarly used by settlers moving west to Oregon?
Oregon Trail
What was the 1st battle of the American independence battle?
Lexington and Concord
What financial system did Alexander Hamilton establish?
The National Bank
What was Shays Rebellion?
The farmer of Massachusetts who led people to rise up in protest of high taxes.
What were the advantages for the Union in the civil war?
The advantages were they had a Larger population, faster transportation network more industrial capacity
What was the main impact of the California Gold Rush of 1849?
Quick formation of new cities
Who gave the warning that the British were coming on his midnight ride?
Paul Revere
Who wanted a strong federal government and supported industry and trade?
Federalist Party
What were the Articles of Confederation?
The first constitution that had no executive branch and Congress was the only one that had a single branch with limited powers
What was the compromise of 1877?
An unwritten deal that settled the 1876 U.S. presidential election and ended Reconstruction by withdrawing federal troops from the South
What was the North and South’s trance on tariffs during the Industrial Revolution?
North supported tariffs, South opposed tariffs.
When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence he said that all men had three basic rights – what were those three rights?
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
What was the Whiskey Rebellion often considered a test of?
The new U.S. government's strength