American Beginnings
An explorer from Spain, who discovered the American continent
Christopher Columbus
How many colonies made up early America?
13 colonies
This device made communication across long distance much faster
telegraph
Belief the the USA was ordained to expand to the Pacific Ocean and all the West
Manifest Destiny
This word means to seperate and form a new country
secede
The first event that started the American Revolution where colonists were shot by British troops
Boston Massacre
He was not looking for gold or silver, and just wanted to farm. Built the first English colony-Jamestown
John Smith
This US President formed a cabinet(group of people to help his presidency), chose Alexander Hamilton as his treasurer
George Washington
Why did factory workers go on strike in the early 1800s?
harsh conditions, pay cuts, long hours
Slave who was briefly taken by his owner into free territory, Supreme Court decided he was property.
Dredd Scott
What part had more people, factories, and railroads?
the north, Union
Woman who helped Lewis and Clark on thier journey
Sacagawea
The Northern or Southern Colonies? Focused on large plantations and growing crops
Southern Colonies
Second President of the US, first to live in the White House?
John Adams
Most immigrants in the mid 1800s came from this country?
Ireland
President of the Confederate, southern states
Jefferson Davis
They wore gray uniforms, had highly motivated soldiers, and ver good generals.
The South, Confederacy
Shot and killed President Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
The Enlightenment focused on using science or religion instead of tradition and old ways of thinking.
Science
This purchase doubled the size of the US? Lewis and Clark explored this area.
Louisiana Purchase
The organized effort to end slavery immediately
Abolition
Mexican government allowed US settlers onto this land, quickly turned into contention between US and Mexico
Texas
DAILY DOUBLE!
What is the word that forced men to serve in the army to replace casualties
The Draft or conscription
Describe the land map you made in class. How much did an acre of land cost during the Land Ordinance Act?
$1 acre
French and Indian War, who won?
British
This doctrine said "Keep Out" to european kings
Monroe Doctrine
Who was Frederick Douglass?
enslaved man who became famous as abolitionist, writer, speaker, civil rights leader.
"Conductor" of the Underground Railroad where she helped fugitive slaves escape to freedom
Harriet Tubman
Faced discrimination as they fought in the Civil War and were paid and equipped less
African Americans
What were early explorers looking for as they sailed around the world?
new route to India and gold, silver
He discovered Florida
Juan Ponce de Leon
Andrew Jackson forced native Cherokees off their land and forced them to walk this "trail" to Oklahoma
Trail of Tears
This convention came up with a document stating, "all men and women are created equal"
Seneca Falls Convention
This compromise seperated free states from slave states, and let states decide if they want to practice slavery
Missouri Compromise
He died five days after the Civil War ended and said that we are better off united than divided as a country
Abraham Lincoln
Current US President
Donald Trump