Economy: plantations with slave labor, cash crops such as tobacco, rice, indigo, cotton

1862: Bloodiest one-day battle of the Civil War; allowed President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation

Religious group that escaped persecution in the 1830s and settled in Salt Lake City, Utah

Compromise: California admitted as a free state; Fugitive Slave Act allowed Southern slave owners to hunt down slaves who escaped to the north; both freedmen and runaway slaves were affected; increased sectional tensions

Responsible for purchasing the Louisiana Territory, passed the Embargo Act which led to a decline in the economy

This document influenced the Bill of Rights, provided protections for citizens including trial by jury and freedom of speech (1689)

Reconstruction Amendment: granted the right to vote regardless of race; African Americans could vote

No unreasonable searches and seizures

Effect of the French and Indian War, leading to Parliament imposing economic policies on the colonies

He was the first African American to be elected to the Senate

Appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army by the Second Continental Congress

This country settled central North America; fur trade in the Great Lakes Region; friendly relations with the Native Americans

Warned the citizens of Massachusetts that "The Redcoats are coming!"