American Revolution
This battle is considered the turning point of the Revolutionary War
Battle of Saratoga
There are this many branches of government
3
The year the California Gold Rush happened
1849
The main issue or disagreement between the North and South during the 1800's
Slavery
The name of the Southern States that seceded from the United States of America
Confederate States of America or Confederacy
Nickname for British soldiers
Redcoats or Lobster backs
The first 10 Amendments of the Constitution
Bill of Rights
The God-given right to expand west is known as this
Manifest Destiny
Harriet Beecher-Stowe wrote this book to show the brutality of slavery and to convince people it should be abolished
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The turning point of the Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg
First direct tax put on the colonists, forcing them to unite
Stamp Act
Group of people who met to replace the Articles of Confederation and created the U.S. Constitution
Constitutional Convention
Group of Native Americans that were most affected by the Indian Removal Act and Trail of Tears
Cherokee
The loyalty to a region or section of the country rather than the country as a whole
Sectionalism
The general of the Confederate Army
Robert E. Lee
A refusal to buy goods or use services as a protest or punishment.
Boycott
Name of the political party that wanted a strong federal government
Federalists
A town undergoing rapid growth due to sudden prosperity
Boom Town
The 1820 act that determined what states would be slave states and which would be free states
Missouri Compromise
The act passed by Lincoln that freed the slaves in the Confederate States
Emancipation Proclamation
Group of colonists that used extreme forms of protest against Britain (responsible for Boston Tea Party)
Sons of Liberty
The year the Constitution was written
1787
A person who was one of the first to expand and settle westward
Pioneer
The place where women gathered in 1848 to rally support for Women's Suffrage
Seneca Falls or Seneca Falls Convention
The site where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses. S. Grant
Appomattox Courthouse