Chapter 1-2
Pamphlets spread in the colonies that said, “No taxation without _____________________.
Representation
____________________ ___________________ erupted in Massachusetts in 1786 when taxes fell on poor farmers and Farmer Daniel Shays led about 1200 farmers in rebellion.
Shays Rebellion
house of Congress, based on population.
House of Representatives
Who was the United States General at the battle of New Orleans?
Andrew Jackson
was the crop that played the greatest role in the South’s fortunes.
Cotton
was the individual who engineered a plow with steel blades in 1837. (Hint: the color green for farming equipment)
John Deere
Who won the Presidential election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
What happened to Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre?
Assassinated
a member of a people who have no fixed residence but move from place to place.
Land Bridge
Boston ______________ __________________ took place when a group of 150 men dressed as Native Americans gathered at the Boston dock and dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor.
Tea Party
the other house, states would have equal representation.
Senate
Samuel Morse invented the telegraph and developed ___________________ _______________________ for sending messages.
Morse Code
Foreign ________________ ___________________ was outlawed by Congress in 1808 but a high birthrate among enslaved women urged by slaveholders eager to sell new enslaved laborers at high prices.
Slave Trade
_____________________ ____________________ former governor of Tennessee and proven military leader took command for the Texas rebels.
Sam Houston
was the nickname for the mini civil war in the Kansas territory.
Bleeding Kansas
Describe Sherman’s March to the Sea.
To basically cripple the South and stop their ability to wage war.
an armed rebellion held by Virginia settlers that took place from 1676 to 1677 led by Nathaniel Bacon after refused his request to drive Native American Indians out of Virginia was refused.
Bacons Rebellion
What was the name of the Territory that Thomas Jefferson bought from Napoleon and France?
Lousiana Territory
every 5 enslaved people would count as three free people to determine both representation and taxes.
3/5 Compromise
The Adams-Onis Treaty gave what to the United States in 1819?
Florida
was in 1838, when Jackson’s successor Martin Van Buren, sent in the army to force remaining Cherokee from their homes and march them to what is now Oklahoma.
Trail of Tears
What river is the Southern Border of Mexico as a result of the Mexican American War?
Rio Grande River
was the most successful empresario, persuading some 1,500 American families to immigrate to Texas
Stephen F. Austin
How is it suggested that the first humans arrived in the Americas?
Land Bridge
Who did Thomas Jefferson send to explore that territory that he purchased? Name the two individuals he sent.
Lewis and Clark
was elected as the first president by the electoral college under the new constitution.
George Washington
American policy of trying to prevent European powers from interfering in Latin American political affairs.
Monroe Doctrine
idea that God had bestowed the entire continent of Americans and wanted them to settle the Western Lands.
Manifest Destiny
By the 1840s men carved out East to West trails that helped settlers travel with the most popular being the ________________________ trail.
Oregon Trail
What battle was the turning point of the American Civil War?
Battle of Gettysburg
Who financed Columbus voyage and in what year?
1492, Spain's King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
_______________ ___ ___________________ was the first constitution of the United States but eventually had to be revised or replaced.
Bill of Rights
What song did Francis Scott Key write and where did he write it?
Star Spangled Banner
Name two things that African American slaves could not do?
owning property or leaving slaveholders premise without permission. -Could not possess firearms -Could not testify against a white person -Could not learn to read or write
List the three components of the Missouri Compromise. (Who became a slave state, who was a free state, what else did it to?
Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state
outlawed slavery above the 36º 30' latitude line
Why was the 1824 Presidential election different from others? Who decided it? Who won?
No Candidate won the popular vote. It was decided by the House of Representatives. John Quincy Adams won.
Who won the First Battle of Bull Run? What was odd about this battle in particular?
Confederacy. Spectators enjoyed a picnic