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| Patrick Henry | wrote famous quote saying freedom is worth dying for-Give me liberty or give me death. |
| Trail of Tears | forced March of Cherokees to new home |
| Sam Adams | main leader of Sons of Liberty |
| Declaration of Independence | which famous document had the main idea that people have the right to rebel against unjust government? |
| French and Indian War | What war did the colonies fight with Britain before the revolution? |
| loyalist | colonist who believed people should support the king |
| Common Sense | what pamphlet by Thomas Pain persuaded people to support independence? |
| bill of rights | What did the anti-Federalists insist the constitution must have? |
| Congress | part of US govt. responsible for passing laws |
| checks and balances | the system that keeps each branch of govt. from getting too much power |
| Daniel Shays | leader of a rebellion of angry farmers and veterans in Massachusetts in 1786 |
| taxation | What power does both the federal and state govt. have? |
| trial by jury | Which right makes it necessary for people to serve on juries? |
| Marbury vs Madison | ruling that meant Supreme Court can nullify laws passed by Congress if they're unconstitutional |
| James Madison | Who wrote much of The Federalist Papers to support the constitution and later became president? |
| John Marshall | Chief Justice that defined the rights of the Supreme Court |
| tariff | tax on imports |
| three fifths compromise | settled the issue of counting slaves in state population for representation in Congress |
| due process | protects people accused of a crime |
| Susan B. Anthony | leader of women's suffrage |
| federalists | which party wanted strong central government? |
| John Adams | second president |
| Thomas Jefferson | third president |
| potato famine | what were Irish immigrants escaping at home? |
| Great Britain | before the Civil War, who did the South depend on to buy its cotton? |
| markets | What expanded because of railroads? |
| Andrew Jackson | Which president supported the Indian Removal Act of 1830 to free land for white settlers? |
| immigration | what caused the ethnic conflict in the US in the 19th century? |
| Native Americans | who viewed the California Gold Rush as an invasion |
| Lewis and Clark | Who led the expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase? |
| southern states seceded | The Result of the election of 1860 |
| industry | what was not developed in the south and caused them to depend on agriculture? |
| Thomas Jefferson | Which president negotiated the Louisiana Purchase? |
| California | what became a state when its population tripled in 10 years following the discovery of gold? |
| industry | why did people move from the country to the city to work? |
| fur trappers | they first explored the Oregon Trail |
| John Brown | raided Harper's Ferry arsenal to get arms to lead a slave rebellion |
| Jefferson Davis | Confederate president |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Union army commander |
| Robert E. Lee | Confederate army commander |
| Andrew Johnson | vice president of the US |
| Battle of Vicksburg | battle that determined who controlled the Mississippi |
| Confederacy | Which side had better generals in the start of the Civil War? |
| Abraham Lincoln | his main goal at the beginning of the Civil War was to save the Union |
| Yorktown | Battle where Cornwallis surrendered the British Army to the Americans |
