Leaders of Early Nation
Commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American revolutionary war and served two terms as the first U.S president.
George Washington
The movement in opposition to slavery, often demanding immediate, uncompensated emancipation of all slaves.
Abolition
Ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years’ War between Great Britain and France
Treaty of Paris
What was the main reason why Germans and Scott-Irish came to the New World?
Religious Freedom
What act pushed Native Americans out in order to claim their land?
The Homestead Act
United states statesman and leader of the federalists.
Alexander Hamilton
The movement with the goal to decrease the amount of alcohol consumed.
Temperance
A war caused by American outrage over the impressment of American sailors by the British, the British seizure of American ships, and British aid to the Indians attacking the Americans on the western frontier.
War of 1812
A station where more than 12 million immigrants processed
Ellis Island
Act that removed Indian Tribes to the west of the Mississippi River.
Indian Removal Act
Killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel and later got himself tried for treason under President Jefferson.
Aaron Burr
The up-rise for better conditions for the imprisoned or mentally ill led other minitority or disliked groups to question their treatment.
Prison Reform
A war that served as a link between Manifest Destiny and the Civil War
Mexican-American War
Result of European and Americans fighting for jobs reserved for Chinese Immigrants leading to anti-chinese riots and ending Chinese immigration for nearly a century.
Chinese Exclusion Act
What system forced Indians to work on plantations while converted them to Catholicism?
Encomienda System
Escaped slave who became a prominent activist, author and public speaker.
Fredrick Douglass
Helped to bring about state- sponsored public education, including a statewide curriculum and a local property tax to finance public education.
Education Reform
Treaty that addressed the differences between the British and the U.S
Jays Treaty
Act that allowed the president to deport any non-citizen he considered dangerous.
Alien and Sedition Act
What disease did Europeans bring to the New World that had the largest amount of Native American deaths? (Some say genocide)
Smallpox
The sixth President of the U.S, member of multiple political parties over the years, he also served as a diplomat, a Senator, and a member of the House of Representatives.
John Adams
The right for women to vote.
Women’s Suffrage
The purchase by the United States from France of a huge territory in 1803
Louisiana Purchase
This political party believed native born Americans were superior and arrived immigrants were poor and Catholic
Know-Nothing Party
Name the tribe known as Cliff Dwellers that were encountered by the Spanish.
The Anasazi Tribe