| Question |
Answer |
| The Declaration of Independence was signed on this date |
July 4, 1776 |
| The Constitution of the United States was written in this year |
1787 |
| President Thomas Jefferson purchased this from France in 1803 |
Louisiana Territory |
| He purchased the Louisiana Territory from France |
Thomas Jefferson |
| President Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from this country |
France |
| The Louisiana Territory was purchased in this year |
1803 |
| The Civil War was fought in these years |
1861-1865 |
| A person who wanted to end slavery in the United States |
abolitionist |
| A tax placed on goods brought into a country |
tariff |
| A tax placed on goods from another country to protect home industry |
protective tariff |
| A strong sense of loyalty to a state or section instead of to the whole country |
sectionalism |
| The belief that the United States should own all of the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans |
Manifest Destiny |
| A campaign against the sale of drinking alcohol |
Temperance Movement |
| A system of government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them |
Representative Government |
| A nation in which voters choose representatives to govern them |
republic |
| Legislative, Judicial, and Executive |
three branches of government |
| 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 |
checks and balances |
| The freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal government regulation |
free enterprise |
| The sharing of power between the states and the national government |
federalism |
| The practice of allowing each territory to decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery |
popular sovereignty |
| To change |
amend |
| Rights that cannot be given up, taken away, or transferred |
unalienable rights |
| Examples of unalienable rights |
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness |
| A form of government that is run for and by the people, giving people the supreme power |
democracy |
| The right of the Supreme Court to judge laws passed by Congress and determine whether they are constitutional or not |
judicial review |
| The original records of an event, including eyewitness reports, records created at the time of an event, speeches, letters by people involved in the event, protographs, and artifacts. |
primary sources |
| The later writings and interpretations of historians and writers; they often provide summaries of information found in primary sources (like textbooks and articles) |
secondary sources |
| The era in which a change from household industries to factory production using powered machinery took place |
Industrial Revolution |
| The Declaration of Independence was a document written by __________. |
Thomas Jefferson |
| The first American constitution |
Articles of Confederation |
| It set out the laws and principles of the government of the United States |
Constitution of the United States |
| The first ten amendments to the Constitution that detail the protection of individual liberties |
Bill of Rights |
| A short speech by Abraham Lincoln to dedicate a cemetary for soldiers who died at the Battle of Gerrysburg |
Gettysburg Address |
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