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the president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War
Who is "Jefferson Davis"?
100
influential Federalist; Washington’s Secretary of the Treasury; killed in a duel
Who is "Alexander Hamilton"?
100
a person who takes action to put an end to slavery
What is an "abolitionist"?
100
the three-pronged Union strategy to defeat the Confederates
What is the "Anaconda Plan"?
100
the third president of the United States; the person responsible for the Louisiana Purchase
Who is "Thomas Jefferson"?
200
a war fought between Great Britain and the United States that ended in 1814; the war changed no existing borders, but it made a hero of Andrew Jackson
What is the "War of 1812"?
200
an event that ended on July 4, 1863, signaling the end of any Confederate control over the Mississippi River
What is the "Vicksburg Siege"?
200
a Washington, D.C. lawyer who penned a poem after witnessing the Battle of Fort McHenry from aboard a British warship; inspired that the American fort withstood the British attack, he expressed his pride in verse the next morning
Who is "Francis Scott Key"?
200
a Shoshone woman who accompanied Lewis & Clark on their expedition and was instrumental to their success
Who is "Sacagawea"?
200
a Mormon leader who was responsible for leading the Mormon people to Utah in 1846
Who is "Brigham Young"?
300
a Civil War battle that took place on April 6, 1862 near a church around the border between Tennessee and Mississippi; the battle was a narrow victory for the Union, that was seeking to gain control of the Mississippi river, but losses were enormous for both sides
What is the "Battle of Shiloh"?
300
an event during the War of 1812 that inspired “The Star Spangled Banner”
What is the "Battle of Forth McHenry"?
300
a word that describes the legislature of the United States which is made up of two groups: the Senate and the House of Representatives
What is "Congress"?
300
a piece of legislation created by Illinois senator Stephen A. Douglass in 1854 that created a special election to decide whether some previously free territories would allow slavery; the law created an explosive situation that ended violently
What is the "Kansas-Nebraska Act"?
300
a law passed in 1820 that was designed to keep the balance between slave states and free states; the law was later declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in Dred Scott v. Sanford
What is the "Missouri Compromise"?
400
a president elected in a landslide in1828 who was responsible for forcibly removing the Cherokee people from their ancestral lands
Who is "Andrew Jackson"?
400
people who moved West in order to profit from gold discovered in California during the mid-nineteenth century
What are "forty-niners"?
400
a device that revolutionized American agriculture in the South and increased the demand for slaves who could work on plantations
What is the "cotton gin"?
400
the branch of the federal government that includes the Supreme Court
What is the "judicial branch"?
400
the idea, popular in the nineteenth-century, that the United States had the God-given right to expand its territory to the Pacific Ocean
What is "Manifest Destiny"?
500
a radical abolitionist whose actions, especially at Harper’s Ferry, brought about his own execution and brought the country to the brink of Civil War
Who is "John Brown"?
500
a leader of the Shawnee tribe and other Native Americans in the Ohio River Valley who attempted to stop Americans from settling on Indian lands; he allied himself with the British in the War of 1812
Who is "Tecumseh"?
500
a measure taken by President Jefferson in 1803 that doubled the size of the United States
What is the "Louisiana Purchase"?
500
a Cherokee who wrote a constitution for his people modeled after the U.S. Constitution; he was later elected chief for the tribe and fought vigorously against removal
Who is "John Ross"?
500
a decree issued by Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862 that set all slaves in Confederate territory free beginning in 1863
What is the "Emancipation Proclamation"?