Revolutionary War
Where the Continental army endured a bitter winter
Valley Forge
Explored the Louisiana Territory
Lewis and Clark
Wrote the "Star-Spangled Banner"
Francis Scott Key
Mexican dictator and general who lead troops against the Alamo.
Santa Anna
Admitted Maine as a free state, Missouri as a slave state and prohibited slavery in the rest of Louisiana Purchase territory north of the 36* 30' latitude line.
Missouri Compromise
The Civil War began at this battle.
Ft. Sumter
Last major battle of the War for Independence
Battle of Yorktown
Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from ________ in 1803.
France, Napoleon
Known as "Old Hickory"
Andrew Jackson
______ was the 26-year old commander of the Alamo
William Travis
Agreement created by Stephen Douglas. Admitted California to the union as a free state, strengthened the Fugitive Slave Act and decided what to do with the territories acquired after the Mexican-American War
Compromise of 1850
Main General of the Confederacy
Robert E. Lee
Primary author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Disliked the proposed Constitution because it had no Bill of Rights
Anti-Federalists
Andrew Jackson defeated the British in the War of 1812 at _______
The Battle of New Orleans
______ was the head of the Texas Militia
Sam Houston
Stephen Douglas– Introduced this bill to organize the Kansas Territory into two new territories and decide the issue of slavery using "popular sovereignty"
Kansas-Nebraska Act-- 1854
The south surrendered to General Grant at __________ on Palm Sunday, 1865
Appomattox
A document that pledged loyalty to the king but asked him to defend colonial rights; sent almost a year before Independence.
Olive Branch Petition
Sent warships to fight the Barbary Pirates
Thomas Jefferson
Our national anthem was written during a battle here
Ft. McHenry
How many men were defending the Alamo?
189
Supreme Court Case that resulted in a ruling that slaves do not count as citizens, therefore they cannot appeal to the Court.
Dred Scott
How many Southern states seceded from the Union before Lincoln was sworn into office?
Seven
German drillmaster for the Continental army that helped to train the Continental army at Valley Forge
Baron Friedrich von Steuben
The numerical compromise that resolved (temporarily) the issue of slavery. It aimed at restricting the power of pro-slavery states that wouldn't grant equal rights to their enslaved populations.
3/5ths Compromise
Saved important documents and a portrait of George Washington during the War of 1812.
Dolly Madison
At the cost of thousands of lives, the Mexican-American War came to an end with the signing of the _________
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Ran against Abraham Lincoln during the Illinois Senate Race in 1858.
Stephen Douglas
Name of Union plan to defeat the Confederacy
Anaconda Plan