Western Expansion
Main route used by pioneers that moved west for a new life.
What is the Oregon Trail?
The supreme law of the land that provides the guidelines for how our government runs.
What is the Constitution?
Name of the two political parties in the United States
What are Republican and Democrat?
General of the Patriot army
Who is George Washington?
Battle that was considered a turning point in the Civil War and had the most lives lost.
What is the battle of Gettysburg?
The idea that the nation could not be stopped from reaching one coast to the other.
What is manifest destiny?
Number of amendments in the Bill of Rights.
What is 10?
President known for having written the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
What is representation
Name of the Confederacy's general?
Who is Robert E Lee?
Event that caused the largest mass migration in the United States.
What was the California gold rush?
Time in history that saw the creation of new inventions and factories replacing doing work by hand.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
Known for being the President of the Constitutional Convention and having written The Bill of Rights
Who is James Madison?
Main cause for fighting the Revolutionary War
What is freedom?
Location where the Civil War began.
What is Fort Sumter?
Group that relied on the help of Native Americans when exploring the Louisiana Purchase
What was the Lewis and Clark expedition?
What is the Trail of Tears?
The first Republican president
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Date the American people declared independence from Great Britain
What is July 4, 1776?
Famous speech given by Lincoln during the Civil War
What is the Gettysburg Address?
Idea that the people should decide the future of slavery in the territories out west.
What is popular sovereignty?
The type of government the United States has
What is a republic?
President known as "The Common Man's president"
Who is Andrew Jackson?
Location where George Washington and his soldiers spent the winter of 1777 training how to fight the British.
What is Valley Forge?
Lincoln's formal announcement that set slaves free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?