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8th grade U.S. History Review

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  • What is the name of the pathway Native Americans had to follow after the Indian Removal Act 1830
    The Trail of Tears
  • He wrote most of the Constitution
    James Madison
  • He became famous in the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812 and later became President.
    Andrew Jackson
  • This compromise ended Reconstruction (from the disputed Presidential election)
    The Compromise of 1877
  • The event where the Sons of Liberty dumped the British tea into the harbor
    The Boston Tea Party
  • This system keeps one branch of government from being too powerful.
    Checks and Balances
  • This Amendment ended slavery
    13th
  • She urged her husband (the 2nd President) to "Remember the ladies."
    Abigail Adams
  • 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
  • One advantage this side of the Civil War had was better military leaders.
    The South, the CSA
  • The order that stated no slavery would be allowed in new territories (Ohio River Valley)
    The Northwest Ordinance
  • 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
  • He was the first President in the Republican party
    Lincoln
  • She wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, which is one of the causes of the Civil War.
    Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • 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)
  • The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution is called...
    The Bill of Rights
  • He was an escaped slave who became an outspoken abolitionist and author.
    Frederick Douglass
  • What caused the Mexican American War?
    a disputed boundary between the United States and Texas on the Nueces Strip
  • Not only did she assist 300 enslaved people to escape from slavery, she also led men into battle during the Civil War.
    Harriet Tubman
  • Name our three branches of government and their main duties
    Legislative - make laws, Executive - enforce laws, Judicial - interpret laws
  • 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
  • He is the main author of the Declaration of Independence
    Thomas Jefferson
  • This concept of allowing the voters to decide on slavery led to Bleeding Kansas.
    popular sovereignty
  • He founded America's first Bank and wrote most of the Federalists Papers
    Alexander Hamilton
  • The very first constitution our country had, but it was not good
    The Articles of Confederation
  • This was the cash crop that caused the southern plantation owners and even the rest of the country to get rich.
    cotton
  • This purchase by Jefferson nearly doubled the size of the U.S.
    The Louisiana Purchase
  • During the Revolution this tax on paper goods angered the colonists.
    The Stamp Act
  • This is the term that implied it was God's will that the white settlers take the land during the Westward Movement
    Manifest Destiny