President Thomas Jefferson purchased this from France in 1803 –

The was an agreement signed by the Pilgrims in 1620 –

A tax placed on goods from another country to protect the home industry –

Belief that the United States should own all of the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans –

Split the Confederacy in two and gave the North control of the Mississippi River –

Signed on July 4, 1776 –

1861-1865 –

Served as the first battles of the American Revolution –

The site of Washington’s encampment during the winter of 1777-1778. More than 1/5 of the soldiers died from disease or starvation –

The turning point of the American Revolution –

The first permanent English settlement was founded in 1607 –

The was the bloodiest single day of the Civil War –

The was the turning point in the Civil War for the North because Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again –

The practice of creating and maintaining wealth by carefully controlling trade –

A person who wanted to end slavery in the United States –

The campaign against the sale or drinking of alcohol –

The end of the American Revolution –

The firsts shots of the Civil War –

Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War –

A system of government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them

A system set up by the Constitution in which each branch of the federal government has the power to check, or control, the actions of the other branches –

Signed in 1215, was the first document that limited the power of the ruler –

The sharing of power between the states and the national government –

The freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal government regulation –

A system in which each branch of government has its own powers –

The banning of all trade with a country –

The first American constitution, it was a very weak document

Refusal to buy certain goods, a common protest method used before the American Revolution –

A trading system in which goods and slaves moved between the colonies, Africa and the West Indies –

Policy by the King, where he let the colonies do what they wanted, as long as they sent him his money. Happened, b/c colonies were so far away.

Protected the rights of English citizens and became the basis for the American Bill of Rights –

First representative assembly in the new world –

The idea that people have the political authority in the government –

Supporters of the Constitution who favored a strong national government –

The idea of a state declaring a federal law illegal –

A document written by Thomas Jefferson, declaring the colonies independent from England –

Advised the United States to stay “neutral in its relations with other nations” and to avoid “entangling alliances” –

A foreign policy statement by President James Monroe stating that 1.) The U.S. would not interfere in European affairs, and 2.) That the western hemisphere was closed to colonization and/or interference by European nations –

Ended the French and Indian War and effectively kicked the French out of North American –

People who opposed to the Constitution, preferring more power to be given to the state governments than to the national government –

Ended the American Revolution and forced Britain to recognize the United States as an independent nation –

Policy for establishing the principles and procedures for the orderly expansion of the United States (1 good thing that came from AOC)–

“no state…can lawfully get out of the Union” but said there would be no war unless the South started it –

General of the Confederate Army –

Leader of the Federalist Party, first Treasurer of the United States –

“Father of the Constitution” –

A powerful Kentucky Congressman who proposed the Missouri Compromise & the Compromise of 1850 –

Wrote the pamphlets Common Sense and The Crisis to encourage American independence –

Meant to help heal and restore the country after four years of Civil War –

A Massachusetts Congressmen and Senator who spoke for the North and the preservation of the Union –

A statement written by woman’s rights supporters that was modeled after the Declaration of Independence –

The 1st African American to serve in Congress; took Jefferson Davis’ Senate seat –

Wrote the Declaration of Independence; founder of the Democratic - Republican Party –

Leader of the original Democratic Party and a “President of the people”. He was also responsible for the Trail of Tears –

A South Carolina Congressman and Senator who spoke for the South before and during the Civil War –

Created by the Sons of Liberty prior to the American Revolution to help towns and colonies share information about resisting the new British laws –

President of the Confederacy during the Civil War –

General of the Union Army and was responsible for winning the Civil War for the North –

Forbade English colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains –

Issued on January 1, 1863, setting all slaves in the Confederate states free -

A former slave who became the best-known black abolitionist in the country

Author of the Monroe Doctrine, which shut down the western hemisphere to European expansion –

Organized the Seneca Falls Convention creating the Women’s Rights Movement -

Father of Education

Founded the colony of Georgia as a safe place for debtors and prisoners and also as a buffer region from Spanish Florida –

Founder of Pennsylvania. Here he promised religious freedom to all people especially the Quakers –

African American regiment during the Civil War–

The man responsible for the murder of Abraham Lincoln –

An Anti-Federalist who strongly opposed the ratification of the Constitution –

Escaped slave who became a conductor on the Underground Railroad and helped over 300 slaves to freedom in the North –

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who is responsible for establishing the principle of judicial review -

Financier for the colonies during the Revolution. Loaned money to the US to help fight the British.

Created the idea of checks and balances.

Member of the Sons of Liberty and started the Committees of Correspondence to stir public support for American Independence.

Poet and playwright who wrote plays that made fun of the British. Plays were pieces of propaganda.

African American “midnight rider” during the American Revolution. Rode through Massachusetts warning the colonists the British were coming.

Slave who served as a spy for the Americans during the Revolution by posing as a runaway slave.

Came up with the idea that governments should be divided into 3 separate branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.

Said all men are born with natural rights that should be protected by the government and that government is an agreement between the rulers and those being ruled.

Helped Americans during the Revolution by buying Spanish weapons and supplies for colonial army and allowing the Patriots to use the port of New Orleans and Mississippi River.

The court decision that gave the Supreme Court the right to determine whether a law violates the Constitution. It sets up the principle of judicial review –

A process developed by Eli Whitney that called for making each vital part of a product exactly the same –

The Supreme Court decision that said slaves were property and not citizens –

People who exemplify this quality go beyond their obligations by taking an active role in improving the community and experiences of other members of the community –

Opened up settlement in the western United States, allowing US citizens up to 160 acres of land, as long as improvements were made to farms –

An invention by Eli Whitney that speed the cleaning of cotton fibers in effect, increased the need for slaves-

Invented by Robert Fulton, revolutionized transportation and trade in the United States –

Law that divided up Native American Reservations in western territories. Allowed Congress to take the rest of the land from the reservation for sale to Americans –

Federal government used money from the sale of land in order to establish colleges for the benefits of Agricultural and Mechanical Arts -

The refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes or fines, as a peaceful form of protest –