Tuesday, February 9, 2010

1. Articles of Confederation: The first constitution of the United States
2. Shay’s Rebellion: was an armed uprising in Central and Western Massachusetts
3. Great Compromise: The Great Compromise resolved that there would be representation by population in the House of Representatives, and equal representation would exist in the Senate.
4. Federalism: someone believes in, supports, or follows a federal system of government.
5. Three-Fifth’s Compromise: compromise between Southern and Northern states reached during the Philadelphia Convention.
6. Whiskey Rebellion: was a popular uprising on tax.
7. Little Turtle: was a chief of the Miami tribe in what is presently Indiana.
8. Alien and Sedition Acts: were four bills passed in 1798 by the Federalists
9. Northwest Ordnance of 1787: was an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States.
10. Louisiana Purchase: purchased from France for $15 million
11. Monroe Doctrine: A cornerstone of US foreign policy as enunciated
12. Impressments: was the act of compelling some people to serve in the military
13. Star Spangled Banner: the national flag of the United States of America
14. Eerie Canal: An artificial waterway connecting the Hudson River at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo
15. Samuel Slater: was an early American industrialist popularly
16. Eli Whitney: He was a well-known American inventor.
17. Horace Mann: was an American education reformer, and a member of the U.S.
18. Temperance Movement: A temperance movement is a social movement against the use of alcohol.
19. Seneca Falls Convention: was an early and influential women's rights convention
20. Indian Removal Act: part of a United States government policy known as Indian removal.
21. Alamo: a siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio
22. Frederick Douglas
23. William Lloyd Garrison
24. Missouri Compromise
25. Nullification Crisis
26. Wilmot Proviso
27. Compromise of 1850
28. Underground Railroad
29. Harriet Beecher Stowe
30. Kansas-Nebraska Act
31. John Brown
32. Nat Turner
33. Dred Scott
34. Jefferson Davis
35. Robert E Lee
36. Anaconda Plan
37. border state
38. Stonewall Jackson
39. George McClellan
40. Ulysses S Grant
41. Antietam
42. Gettysburg
43. Vicksburg
44. Emancipation Proclamation
45. conscription
46. total war
47. William Sherman
48. John Wilkes Booth

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