Pre-Colonial
Colonial
Revolutonary
New Nation
New Republic
Westward Expansion
Industrial Revolution
1st Great Wave of Immigration
100
A member of a nomadic people who live chiefly by hunting and fishing, and harvesting wild food
Hunter-Gatherer
100
The system of trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
Triangle Trade
100
This was the group who were against the Patriots in the revolution
Loyalists / Tories
100
The system created by which slaves would be counted for Representation in the Senate
Three-Fifths Compromise
100
This was sold to America because Napoleon needed a fast $15 Million
Louisiana Purchase
100
Led by men picked by Thomas Jefferson, this was the first US venture into the west
The Lewis and Clark Expedition
100
Freebie
100 points
100
Destroying their major food source, this event caused the mass migration of the Irish into America
The Potato Famine
200
a natural object or animal that is believed by a particular society to have spiritual significance and that is adopted by it as an emblem
Totem
200
Established by the Pilgrims, this was the first form of written government in the Americas
Mayflower Compact
200
Together they made up the Quartering Act, the closing of Boston Harbor, and the appointment of British Gen. Gage as Governor of Massachusetts
The Intolerable Acts
200
The document which formed our first government, and which was a failure
Articles of Confederation
200
Although the 3rd President, he was the 1st of the New Republic Era beginning in 1800
Thomas Jefferson
200
Manifest Destiny
200
Components that are, for practical purposes, identical. They are made to specifications that ensure that they are so nearly identical that they will fit into any assembly of the same type.
Interchangeable Parts
200
The social group above the working classes, including professionals and business workers.
The Middle Class
300
During the last great Ice Age, this was the connection between Asia and America
Bering Land Bridge
300
a system of work in which the worker has no rights except what is in their contract, Rick would describe this as "slavery with extra steps."
Indentured Servitude
300
At this winter camp, the American Army lost many of its men to death and desertion, but learned how to be soldiers
Valley Forge
300
During the Constitutional Convention, both Virginia and New Jersey had plans for government, but __________ was able to form a Great Compromise
Connecticut
300
Although it was still being fought in January 1815, the War of 1812 was ended by __________ in December 1814
Treaty of Ghent
300
This was an alternate name for the Western Confederacy based out of their capital of Prophetstown
the United Indian Nations
300
A place where practically all stores and housing are owned by one group, that is also the main employer
Company Town
300
Giving away how safe they were, this was the name used for ships transporting large groups of immigrants
Coffin Ships
400
Son of Erik the Red, this viking discovered Vinland
Leif Eriksson
400
a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower
Cash Crop
400
a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army, the __________ were known as __________.
Hessians / Mercenaries
400
At first the Constitution was rejected by the Anti-Federalists, that is until it was agreed that a __________ was added to it.
Bill of Rights
400
restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being.
Sectionalism
400
One the the first areas to be claimed in US Westward Expansion, this was the name for the area now made up of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan
Northwest Territory
400
Credits used to replace wages and could only be used in company stores.
Company Scrip
400
Cramped, often without light, and horribly subdivided, this is where large numbers of immigrants and factory workers lived
Tenements
500
of or based on kinship with the mother or the female line.
Matrilineal
500
Established by the Treaty of Tordesillas, this was the name of the divided the Pope established between Spanish and Portuguese lands
Line of Demarcation
500
This man, a favorite of Gen. Washington, was the main agent of French military support in the war
Marquis de Lafayette
500
George Washington was the 1st in several ways; 1st US President, 1st to win 100% of the vote, and first member of the __________ party to win an election/re-election.
Independent
500
a principle of US policy, originated in 1823, that any intervention by external powers in the politics of the Americas is a potentially hostile act against the US
Monroe Doctrine
500
Starting in the 1820s, this the the group name for Americans such as Stephen Austin who bought land in Mexico and resold it to American settlers
Empresarios
500
The part of the Industrial Revolution where things were given steam power and went faster.
Transportation Revolution
500
The ________ __ _____ were the driving force behind large groups of Central Europeans immigrating to the United States.
Revolutions of 1848
600
While the South American tribes had Empires, the North American tribes had __________.
Societies
600
Although not an explorer himself, this man helped fund all of the early European efforts at exploration.
Prince Henry "the Navigator" of Portugal
600
The Battle in which the Americans surrounded the British Army forcing them to Surrender
Battle of Yorktown
600
The Democratic-Republicans preferred farming, an alliance with France, states rights, and __________ Constitution
Strict
600
General William Henry Harrison was the 1st member of the _______ party to win a presidential election, and 1st President to die in office with only 31 days on the job
Whig Party
600
The __________ officially ended the Mexican-American War and gave the US the lands that make up Colorado, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Nevada, and Utah
Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo
600
This was the supreme court case that reinforced the role of the Federal Government in Interstate Commerce, it was about rival steamship companies
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
600
Also known as the "Know-Nothing Party" this was the name of the group who were violently against immigration
Nativists