Leaders and Rules
As the third US President, he tried to impeach Federalist judges to prevent highly centralized government.
Thomas Jefferson
This term defines the existing office-holder for a particular position in government.
incumbent
This term refers to the bashing and defamation of opponents by running mates in order to help their progress in candidacy.
mudslinging
This journey is a stain on the history of our country, marked by the marching of many Indian tribes westward to reservations and out of their homes in the eastern part of the country.
Trail of Tears
He invented the steel plow, not yet known for the iconic green and yellow.
John Deere
He enjoyed a presidency full of peace and an "Era of Good Feelings."
This word is the official term for withdrawal from the Union.
secession
A movement in literature and art during the 19th century, American thinking became characterized by this during that time period before the Civil War.
Romanticism
Remember the ________ !
Alamo
Clothing and textile makers "will always love" him for his invention of the cotton gin.
Eli Whitney
The first instance of progeny achieving the same office as his father, he served as the 6th US President and had an active wife who wrote many guiding letters to him while he was in office.
John Quincy Adams
He was the president of the Confederacy after their short-lived secession from the Union.
Jefferson Davis
With moderate views and known for compromise, these political members had a less than desirable nickname.
doughfaces
This female guide helped Lewis and Clark in the exploration of the western portions of what would become more United States.
Sacagawea
Invented by Samuel Morse, this device revolutionized communication across vast land distances in the United States.
telegraph
This president was credited with accomplishing the Louisiana Purchase.
This closed meeting helps party leaders determine a candidate for particular offices.
caucus
This doctrine posited that settlers should decide the slavery issue for themselves.
Popular Sovereignty
This state was the first to leave the Union.
SC
She wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, an influential work that highlighted the strife of slave families.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Hailing from VA, this highly respected and decorated general turned down an offer to lead the Union army and would eventually play a major role in the Confederate Army.
Robert E. Lee
As a South Carolinian fighting for states' rights in the Senate, he resigned the vice-presidency over a dispute with the sitting president.
John C. Calhoun
He is well-known for writing Nature as well as being a major influence in the transcendentalism movement in America in the mid to late 19th century.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
This "bigger" state was added to the Union during the John Tyler administration.
This leading Black abolitionist was a former slave and traveled as far as England to give lectures against slavery.
Frederick Douglass