Documents
Common Sense
the introduction to a famous document that explains why the colonists wanted to be free from Britain
Thomas Paine's book that convinced many Americans to declare independence
Americans who believed the British had taken away their rights and wanted independence
3 Branches of the U.S. Government
Thomas Paine's book that convinced many Americans to declare independence
Where did Cornwallis surrender?
Yorktown
Ended the Revolutionary War
colonists who wanted independence from Britain
surprise attacks on the British
Yorktown
Cows are native to North America
False
True
False
Fourteenth Amendment
to withdraw (leave) from a membership in a group or an organization Ex. Southern states seceded from the Union after the election of Lincoln.
A constitutional amendment giving full rights of citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States.
more farm acreage, knew the territory, best military leadership.
John Wilkes Booth, an actor who was upset at the Confederate loss of the Civil War, shot Lincoln at Ford's Theater in Washington DC on April 14, 1865
A constitutional amendment giving full rights of citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States.
Florida was colonized for Spain by...
Juan Ponce de Leon
Pedro Menendez
Jean Ribault
Jacques Cartier
Juan Ponce de Leon
Great Awakening
a movement that emphasized science and the Bible as guides to help see the world more clearly
a religious movement that swept through the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s
a religious movement that swept through the colonies in the late 1700s
a movement that emphasized science and reason as guides to help see the world more clearly
a religious movement that swept through the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s
What was the turning point of the Union
The Battle of Gettysburg
Union Advantage
- more efficient way to make things, led to mass production, resulted in prices decreasing
- more factories = more weapons
- movement to get Americans to drink less or no alcohol, women involved in this
- people move from rural farm areas to cities to work in factories, city populations explode
- more factories = more weapons
When was the 13th Admendment.
1865
Amerigo Vespucci
Disease and slaves.
A document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study.
America was named after him, since a German map-maker liked the letters he wrote about South America.
a water route between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans along the northern coast of North America.
America was named after him, since a German map-maker liked the letters he wrote about South America.
Articles of Confederation
Americans who supported the British during the American Revolution
5 colonists were killed when British troops fired into an angry crowd
Advantage of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War
First American central government - weak because it lacked a president, the power to tax, and the power to control trade
First American central government - weak because it lacked a president, the power to tax, and the power to control trade
What was the first battle of the Civil War.
The Battle of Bull Run
The trade routes between Europe, Africa and America.
The Colombian Exchange.
Triangle trade.
Silk Road
Conquistador system.
Triangle trade.
What is the first Admendment about?
Freedom of speech
Enforcers of black codes like the poll tax and violence against African Americans?
Scalawags
Radical Republicans
Jim Crow
KKK
KKK
First 10 amendments of the Constitution
What was the first battle of the American Revonlutionary War
Lexinton & Concord
Federalist Party
invention used to communicate rapidly over long distances
- plantation system, slave labor, cotton produced and sent to the Northern factories
- led by Alexander Hamilton; wanted 1) more federal govt. power, 2) industrial economy, 3) federal bank
U.S. desire to own land from coast to coast, James K. Polk, causes: 1) land = wealth 2) population boom
led by Alexander Hamilton; wanted 1) more federal govt. power, 2) industrial economy, 3) federal bank
Who was te 16th President.
Abe Lincoln
agreement to amke both big and small states happy: 2 house legislative branch, with the House of Representatives based on population and the Senate equal for each state
Who were they fighting aganist in the Battle of Soratoga.
Bristish
What were cash crops?
crops grown to be sold (tobacco, indigo, rice)
English Protestants who rejected the Church of England and wanted to separate from the church
led to establishment of Freedom of the Press
Ended the French and Indian War
crops grown to be sold (tobacco, indigo, rice)
Who were Washington's cabinet members?
Thomas Jefferson- Secretary of State
Federalists and Democratic-Republicans
The Alien and Sedition Acts were really a way to keep the _____________________ from spreading anti-Adams information.
an alliance of independent states
Thomas Jefferson- Secretary of State