Constitution
The first 10 Amendments of the U.S. Constitution
What is The Bill of Rights
The first President of the U.S.
Who is George Washington
The idea that America was destined to expand from Atlantic to Pacific
What is Manifest Destiny
This invention increased the demand for slave labor in the south.
What is the Cotton Gin?
The act of separating or leaving the Union
What is to secede
The balance of power between state and federal governments
What is Federalism
The third President of the U.S, Washington's Secretary of State, leader of the Democratic-Republican's, purchased the Louisiana Territory
Who is Thomas Jefferson
This purchase made by Thomas Jefferson in 1803 doubled the size of the U.S. overnight
What is the Louisiana Purchase
The reform movement that sought to end slavery
What is Abolition
This enslaved man was brought into a free territory by his owner and fought for his freedom in the Supreme Court. The Court ruled against him but he ultimately was freed the last few years of his life.
Who is Dred Scott
What is separation of powers
The 16th President of the U.S, won the Election of 1860 and led the nation through the Civil War!
Who is Abraham Lincoln
A trail pioneers traveled across the country to begin new life in the West
What is the Oregon Trail
The system of networks and paths from the South to North that enslaved people would use to escape.
What is The Underground Railroad
The Kansas-Nebraska Act established that the territories of Kansas and Nebraska would be able to decide (vote) for themselves whether or not they were a free state or a slave state. This act of people deciding is called ..
What is popular sovereignty
The name of the compromise in which states would have equal representation in the Senate (2 Senators) and proportional representation (depends on population) in the House of Reps
What is The Great Compromise
The name of the group people that are selected to elect the President in the United States (hint: not a real college)
What is the Electoral College
This group suffered the most from Westward Expansion, they were pushed off of their lands and forcibly moved West onto reservations
Who are Native Americans
Invented by Eli Whitney in 1793, this invention separated cotton fibers from the seeds and ultimately grew the practice of slavery in the South
What was the Cotton Gin
A novel published by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852 which portrayed slavery as brutal and immoral
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin
The compromise between the North and the South that established enslaved people would count as 3/5ths of a person for taxation and representation purposes in the House of Reps
What is The 3/5ths Compromise
The 7th President of the U.S., a very controversial figure in U.S. History, expanded male suffrage and also began the Trail of Tears.
Who is Andrew Jackson
This conflict resulted in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in which Mexico ceded half its territory to the U.S.
What is the Mexican-American War
One of the most influential figures in the Abolition Movement, a formerly enslaved man who traveled the nation telling his story and speaking out against slavery
Who is Frederick Douglass
After this election, the South thought they lost their voice in government and seceded from the union.
What is the Election of Lincoln in 1860?