Period 1 & 2
The religious group that founded Massachusetts bay
What is the Puritans
The American General in charge of the Continental Army and French and Indian War Vet
Who is George Washington?
The Period of time where there was only one political party, causing prosperity
What is the Era of Good Feelings?
Founder of the republican party, the U.S president during the Civil War and widely considered to be the best president of all time.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The president that was rumored to be so fat, he got stuck in a bathtub
Who is William H Taft?
The colonist who established the colony of Pennslyvania
Who is William Penn?
The undeclared naval war fought between the U.S and France during the Adams administration
What is the Quasi War?
The explorers sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the newly purchased Louisiana territory.
Who are Louis and Clark?
The compromise which saw California enter the union as a free state, but saw the fugitive slave act strengthend
What is the Compromise of 1850?
The woman during Prohibition who would go into illegal saloons and beat them with a hatchet
Who is Carrie Nation?
The name of the church that the puritans evolved into
What is the Congregationalist church?
The group that opposed the ratification of the constitution, and saw it as too strong.
What is the Anti-Federalists?
The president who vetoed the national bank, causing the panic of 1837
Who is Andrew Jackson?
The Northern Abolitionist who was beat up by a fellow congressmen, Preston Brookes, with a cane on the floor of congress
Who is Charles Sumner?
The political party formed that really hated immigrants. They originally called themselves the Supreme Order of the Star Spangled Banner
What is the Know Nothing Party?
The form of coerced labor used in the southern colonies before the rise of slavery.
What is Indentured Servitude?
The deal made between secretary of state, Thomas Jefferson, and Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, which saw the capital move south to Washington DC and the south endorse the National Bank
What is the Dinner Table Bargain?
The belief that Americans were destined by god to settle the whole north American continent
What is Manifest Destiny?
The military plan created by General Winfield Scott during the civil war which involved a naval blockade of the south and taking control of the Mississippi River
What is the Anaconda Plan?
The U.S president nicknamed Silent Cal
Who is Calvin Coolidge?
The class system used by the spanish in new spain to subdjicate the natives and slaves
What is the caste system?
The compromise during the constitutional convention that created the house and the senate
What is The Great Compromise?
A prominent reformer for prison systems
Who is Dorothea Dix?
The period of violence caused by an influx of Pro and Anti slavery settlers in Kansas as a way to increase the number of Slave/Free states
What is Bleeding Kansas?
In the late 1850s, The United States and Great Britain nearly went to war over the killing of this animal?
What is a Pig?