8th grade U.S. History Review | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

One advantage this side of the Civil War had was better military leaders.

The South, the CSA

This compromise ended Reconstruction (from the disputed Presidential election)

The Compromise of 1877

He was the first President in the Republican party

Lincoln

This concept of allowing the voters to decide on slavery led to Bleeding Kansas.

popular sovereignty

She wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, which is one of the causes of the Civil War.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

He was an escaped slave who became an outspoken abolitionist and author.

Frederick Douglass

This was the cash crop that caused the southern plantation owners and even the rest of the country to get rich.

cotton

This is the term that implied it was God's will that the white settlers take the land during the Westward Movement

Manifest Destiny

What caused the Mexican American War?

a disputed boundary between the United States and Texas on the Nueces Strip

Name at least 2 of the trails we studied in the Westward Movement

California Trail, Gila River Trail, Mormon Trail, Old Spanish Trail, Oregon Trail, and the Santa Fe Trail

Name all of the original 13 colonies

New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, N. Carolina, S. Carolina, Georgia

She helped to lead Louis and Clark and their men all the way to the Pacific Coast and acted as a guide and interpreter.

Sacagawea

This purchase by Jefferson nearly doubled the size of the U.S.

The Louisiana Purchase

What is the name of the pathway Native Americans had to follow after the Indian Removal Act 1830

The Trail of Tears

He became famous in the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812 and later became President.

Andrew Jackson

This system keeps one branch of government from being too powerful.

Checks and Balances

Name our three branches of government and their main duties

Legislative - make laws, Executive - enforce laws, Judicial - interpret laws

He founded America's first Bank and wrote most of the Federalists Papers

Alexander Hamilton

The order that stated no slavery would be allowed in new territories (Ohio River Valley)

The Northwest Ordinance

The very first constitution our country had, but it was not good

The Articles of Confederation

The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution is called...

The Bill of Rights

He is the main author of the Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson

He wrote most of the Constitution

James Madison

The event where the Sons of Liberty dumped the British tea into the harbor

The Boston Tea Party

She urged her husband (the 2nd President) to "Remember the ladies."

Abigail Adams

This war happened before the Revolutionary War and it cost the British Crown a lot of money which led them to tax the colonies.

The French and Indian War (7 years war)

What is the name of Washington's last speech where he advised us to avoid political parties and alliances with Europe.

Washington's Farewell Address

Not only did she assist 300 enslaved people to escape from slavery, she also led men into battle during the Civil War.

Harriet Tubman

This Amendment ended slavery

13th

During the Revolution this tax on paper goods angered the colonists.

The Stamp Act