Important People
Who wrote "The Star Spangled Banner"?
Francis Scott-Key
A movement that encouraged people to turn back to God.
Revival
The purchase that doubled the size of the United States.
Louisiana Purchase
The belief that states should decide laws for themselves.
States’ Rights
The trail that helped settlers move west to the Pacific Northwest.
Oregon Trail
This frontiersman blazed trails through the Cumberland Gap.
Daniel Boone
A large religious revival that spread across America in the 1700s.
The Great Awakening
The agreement that settled land disputes between the U.S. and Britain in the Northwest.
Treaty of 1818
A person who travels to spread Christianity.
Missionary
The war caused mainly by the kidnapping of American sailors.
War of 1812
Mexican leader who led Mexican forces at The Alamo
General Santa Anna
Two English hymn writers popular during the Second Great Awakening.
Isaac Watts and Charles Wesley
The territory Americans traveled to using the Oregon Trail.
Oregon Territory
The belief that God created the universe.
Creationism
The compromise that kept a balance between free and slave states.
Missouri Compromise
She helped guide Lewis and Clark on their western expedition.
Sacagawea
This movement wanted to end slavery because it was morally wrong.
Abolitionists
The year gold was discovered in California.
1848
A preacher who travels from place to place to teach.
Circuit-riding preacher
The battle where Texans fought Mexico for independence.
Battle of San Jacinto
Founder of the Methodist Church who organized circuit riders.
John Wesley
A secret network that helped enslaved people escape to freedom.
Underground Railroad
The treaty that officially ended the War of 1812.
Treaty of Ghent
The right to worship freely without government control.
Freedom of religion
The canal that became the first major man-made canal in the U.S.
Erie Canal