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  • invented by Robert Fulton
    steamboat
  • 3rd president; wrote the Constitution
    Thomas Jefferson
  • became a famous abolitionist speaker
    Frederick Douglas
  • Document where US functioned as 13 separate states
    Articles of Confederation
  • legislation that allowed for the removal of Native Americans from their land in the east
    Indian removal act
  • document had no power to tax
    Articles of Confederation
  • to sign up on an official list
    register
  • Check to be sure the laws do not disagree with the Constitution - Supreme Court Justices
    Judicial Branch
  • Began at Sutter's Mill in California
    Gold Rush
  • a method of delivering mail more quickly by horeseback
    pony expess
  • the law of the United States
    U.S. Constitution
  • was reunited with a long lost brother
    Sacagawea
  • acquired from Great Britian
    Oregon
  • 2,000 mile long trail west that started in Independence, Missouri
    Oregon Trail
  • was independent 10 years before becoming a state
    Texas
  • Louisiana Purchase
    Thomas Jefferson
  • person who works to due away with slavery
    abolitionist
  • Father of the Constitution
    James Madison
  • the first constitution of the United States, in effect from 1781 until 1789
    Articles of Confederation
  • increased cotton production
    cotton gin
  • worked as a spy for the north in the Civil War
    Harriett Tubman
  • Married Dolly Todd
    James Madison
  • enabled more settlers to move west
    railroad
  • Monticello
    Thomas Jefferson
  • 1st President, General/Commander in Continental Army
    George Washington
  • This branch of the US government makes the laws
    Legislative branch
  • Voted illegally and went to jail - refused to pay the fine
    Susan B. Anthony
  • Became a state after the Mexican-American War
    California
  • something added onto to something that already existed
    amendment
  • Abolitionist and Women's Rights Advocate (man)
    William Lloyd Garrison
  • made harvesting food easier
  • Worked as Thomas Jefferson's private secretary
    Meriwether Lewis
  • each state only had one vote in this document
    Articles of Confederation
  • Published the Liberator
    William Lloyd Garrison
  • US minister to France
    Thomas Jefferson
  • kept a detailed map of the route
    William Clark
  • an officer inthe US Army
  • Mount Vernon
    George Washington
  • Document that gave checks and balances to government
    Constitution
  • connected southern plantations to northern industries
    steamboat
  • Helped negotiate Treaty of Paris after the revolution
    John Adams
  • The branch of the government that includes the President and Vice President
    Executive Branch
  • provided faster river travel
    steamship
  • former slave
    Frederick Douglas
  • acquired from Napoleon for 3 cents an acre
    Louisiana Purchase
  • 6th president
    John Adams
  • invented by Eli Whitney
    cotton gin
  • give the right to vote; free
    enfranchise
  • Asked William Clark to join the Expedition
    Meriwhether
  • declaration made by President Lincoln that freed slaves
    Emancipation Proclamation
  • reaper
  • journalist
    William Floyd garrison
  • the idea that the US was destined to expand westward
    Manifest Destiny
  • Made peace with France to avoid war
    John Adams
  • joined the expedition as a guide
    Sacagawea
  • helped commerce become king of the south
    cotton gin
  • Lawyer who defended British soldiers after Boston Massacre
    John Adams
  • Document that can be changed with amendments
    US Constitution
  • helped write Constitution and Bill of Rights; 4th president
    James Madison
  • owning a person and using them to do your work
    slavery
  • Was kidnapped by Hidatsa Indians
    Sacagawea
  • new territory in northwest
    Oregon
  • Lived in Kentucky
    William Clark
  • invented by Cyrus McCormick
    reaper
  • Had a son that was nicknamed Pompy
    Sacagawea
  • a place where people vote
    poll
  • helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris
    John Adams
  • became governor of Louisiana Territory
    Merriwether Lewis
  • What amendment gave all men, regardless of color, the right to vote
    15
  • This branch of the government is sometimes known as Congress or the House of Representatives and Senators
    Legislative Branch
  • White House was burned during War of 1812
    James Madison
  • Lived in Georgia
    Meriwether Lewis
  • former slave
    Harriett Tubman
  • Oversaw the Missouri Compromise and purchased Florida
    James Monroe
  • a freed slave who spoke out for women's rights
    Sojourner Truth
  • This branch enforces the laws of the US
    Executive Branch
  • system used to help slaves escape to the north
    Underground Railroad
  • weak national government
    Articles of Confederation
  • taught to read by his owners
    Frederick Douglas
  • Acquired from Spain as part of the Adams-Onis Treaty
    Florida
  • the right to vote in political elections
    suffrage
  • Became Governor of Missouri Territory
    William Clark
  • Women in the workforce began to enter the workforce in what area...packing warehouses or textiles?
    packing warehouses
  • helped run the underground railroad
    Harriett Tubman
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