People
author of the Star-Spangled Banner
Francis Scott Key
To seek to end slavery
Abolition
formal written protest seeking a change from the government
Petition
Early colony founded by adventurers searching for gold
Which land acquisition added the most territory to the United States?
Louisiana Purchase
16th president of the United States
Abraham Lincoln
roaming from place to place without a fixed pattern
Nomadic
right to vote
Suffrage
Colony founded by the Pilgrims and the Puritans
Massachusettes
What were the first three executive departments set up during Washington’s administration?
1. Treasury
2. War
3. State
killed at the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks
conflict between Patriots and British soldiers; began with snowball fight
Boston Massacre
belief that the USA has the right and duty to expand to the Pacific Ocean
Manifest Destiny
The capital city of the Confederacy
Richmond, VA
Why did John Brown attack Harpers Ferry?
there was a large supply of weapons stored there
abolitionist who led a raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown
person who agrees to work in exchange for passage to the New World
Indentured Servant
standard by which others will follow
Precedent
The turning point of the American Revolution
Saratoga
Why did the US government create Indian schools?
Pressure Indian children to adopt mainstream American ways
Apache leader; Last Native leader to surrender
Geronimo
US program that settled the west through land grants
Homestead Act
investors pull funds to sponsor settlements in the New World; split profits
Joint-Stock Company
The first state to secede from the Union
South Carolina
Why did the colonists want help from France in the American Revolution?
the colonists needed weapons and naval support