Web Quest Unit 2

Birth of a Nation Webquest Words

1. Articles of Confederation – was the first constitution of the U.S.
2. Shay’s Rebellion – An uprising in central Massachusetts led by Daniel Shay many of Daniel’s followers were poor farmers
3. Great Compromise - was an agreement between large and small states reached during the Philadelphia Convention
4. Federalism – A political concept in which a group of people are bound together
5. Three-Fifth’s Compromise - a compromise in which each enslaved person would be counted as 3/5 of a person for the purpose of legislative representation.
6. Whiskey Rebellion - 1794 uprising in western Pennsylvania that opposed to federal tax on whiskey
7. Little Turtle - Was a chief of a Miami tribe in what is today Indiana and one of the most successful Native American.
8. Alien and Sedition Acts - 1798 acts that allowed the gov. to send immigrants back to their country if they talked bad about government.
9. Northwest Ordnance of 1787 - law in which provided a basis for governing the north west territory
10. Louisiana Purchase - 1803 purchase from France by the U.S
11.Monroe Doctrine - foreign policy set forth by president Monroe in 1823
12.impressments - policy of seizing people or poverty for military and public services
13.Star Spangled Banner - poem written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 that became national anthem.
14. Eerie Canal - canal completed in 1825 that connected Lake Erie to Hudson River.
15. Samuel Slater - was an early American industrialist popularly known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution"
16.Eli Whitney - He invented the cotton gin in the U.S. by stealing the idea from England.
17. Horace Mann - the largest national multilane insurance company serving America's educators and their families.
18.Temperance Movement - movement that wanted to stop alcohol abuse, because it was causing a lot of problems.
18. Temperance Movement - movement aimed at stopping alcohol abused and problems created by it.
19. Seneca Falls Convention - held in NY in 1848 the first women’s right conventions in the U.S.
20. Indian Removal Act - act passed by congress in 1830 that allowed federal government to negotiate land trades with Indians in the South West.
21. Alamo - fortified former mission in San Antonio was the site of 1836 defeat of Texans by Mexicans troops.
22. Frederick Douglas - born into slavery and is best known for his role in bringing the harsh realities of slavery to the attention of white Americans
23. William Lloyd Garrison - known as the editor of the radical abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator, and as one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society
24. Missouri Compromise - 1820 agreement calling for Missouri as a slave state
25. Nullification Crisis - concept in which state could nullify or void any federal paper.
26. Wilmot Proviso - proposed but rejected ,1846 bill that would have banned slavery
27. Compromise of 1850 - political agreement that allowed California to be admitted as a free state.
28. Underground Railroad - was an informal network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th century Black slaves in the United States to escape to Free states and Canada.
29. Harriet Beecher Stowe - was an American abolitionist and author of abolitionist books.
30. Kansas-Nebraska Act - 1854 law that divided The Nebraska Territory into Kansas and Nebraska giving each state the right to choose if they would be for or against slavery
31. John Brown - was an American abolitionist
32. Nat Turner - was an American slave who led a slave rebellion in Virginia on August 21, 1831 that resulted in 60 deaths
33. Dred Scott - was a slave in the United States who sued unsuccessfully in St. Louis, Missouri for his freedom in the infamous Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857
34. Jefferson Davis - was an American military officer, statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
35. Robert E Lee - Confederate general
36. Anaconda Plan Northern civil war strategy to starve the south by blockading the seaports and controlling the Mississippi river
37. border state - During the civil war were the states that allowed slavery but remained in the Union.
38. Stonewall Jackson - Was an confederate general during civil war
39. George McClellan - was a major general during the American Civil War. He organized the famous Army of the Potomac.
40. Ulysses S Grant - served as the 18th President of the United States from 1869 to 1877
41. Antietam - First major battle in the Civil War to take place on Northern soil, bloodiest single day in American History
42. Gettysburg - battle with the largest amount of casualties in the Civil War and is considered as the wars turning point
43. Vicksburg - Confederate Stronghold on the Mississippi river that surrounded to Union Forces
44. Emancipation Proclamation - decree by president Lincoln that freed enslaved people living in free states
45. conscription - drafting of citizens into military services
46. total war - when civilians begin to fight along with soldiers
47. William Sherman - was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He served as a General in the civil war
48. John Wilkes Booth - Actor who killed Abraham Lincoln

Reform Movement Review

Reform Movement Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe the expansionist movement: Mexico became independent from Spain and America saw this as a chance to take land such as Texas, New Mexico, and California

Describe Manifest Destiny and what people used it to justify: it was a term used to describe how America was supposed to own all of North America and with this movement Americans begin moving to west and expanding America

Describe the Temperance Movement: During the expansion more crime, and poverty started happening and people blamed alcohol and temperance means drinking in moderation which some didn’t want and some wanted prohibition

Describe the Abolition Movement: in the early 1800’s the cotton industry grew as well as slavery, and then many people started speaking out against it on moral grounds

Describe the Education Reform Movement: There weren’t public schools in colonial times so many did not go to school, Reformers wanted to change this and start a school system from tax money, Horace Mann started school board in Massachusetts

Describe the Reform Movement for Women’s rights including the Seneca Falls Conference: Women could only speak out privately to their husbands; this started to change after women started taking roles in abolitionists and religion movements; in Seneca Falls Elizabeth Cady Stanton and others organized first woman’s rights convention, there they adopted a Declaration of Sentiments on woman’s rights

Ticket to Leave

A current event is how we recently got a black President and i think this will be looked at in the future with honor because its our first black president and 30 years ago this was considered untolerable and I think this is a good think because its a great step up from where we were years ago

Witness History 19

Why did the British target Washington D.C.?
- I think they targeted Washington D.C. because it was the capital and if they destroy the Capital of a country it would eventually ruin the country

War of 1812 Review

War of 1812 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

How does the US become involved in the war between GB and the French? The US participated in re-export trade by picking up goods in West Indies, taking them back to US then shipping them to France to circumvent British Shipping Restrictions; British also took US sailors from their ships and forced them to work in the British Navy

Impressments- When British soldiers were taking American soldiers and making them work for the British Navy

What initial action does Jefferson take in war between GB and France to protect the US? He persuades Congress to declare and embargo or suspending trade by ordering ships to stay in port

Describe the Congressional Action that pushes the US to war: Congress passes bill meant to continue trade with Great Britain and France, but also pledges that if either recognized US neutrality, US would resume trading sanctions with others

What does Madison ask Congress to do? To declare war on Great Britain

Describe the initial actions of the US in the War of 1812: they attempted to invade Canada and failed due to their lack of training

Describe US action along fronts other than the Canadian: The US Navy did well and captured several British ships, and US defeated British supported Indians within its own territory including a group led by Andrew Jackson that pushed into Florida

What happens in the War when GB’s war with Napoleon ends? When the war with France ended then thousands of British soldiers were free to fight in North America

Describe the end of the war including the writing of the star spangled banner: America fought better on defense which caused them to defeat Britain everywhere except Maine; British captured the Capital and burned The White House and Capital for an arson in Canada but were defeated when they went to Baltimore, this is where Scott Keys wrote the Star Spangled Banner


What battle makes Jackson a hero? The Battle of New Orleans

Territorial Expansion Review

Territorial Expansion Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe the Northwest Ordinance: It provided a government for the western territories based on Jefferson’s ideas

Describe Jefferson’s plan to expand the US: To get more land Jefferson wanted to expand Pacific even though colonists and Indians were already there; they thought that Spanish territory would be easy to conquer but in 1801 France took over territory, France then threatened to block New Orleans

Describe the Louisiana Purchase: After France conquered Spanish territory Jefferson reasoned with Napoleon and with other problems in the Caribbean, Napoleon agrees and sells territories

Describe the Lewis and Clark Expedition: Jefferson sends Lewis and Clark to explore the territory, they were guided by an Indian woman named Sacagawea

Describe the Monroe Doctrine: Foreign policy doctrine formulated saying Europe should not become involved in Latin American affairs; this became more important in the 1800’s and 1900’s

Chart of The Three Branches of Government

Legislative
Congress
Make Laws
- House of Representatives(435 Members)
o 2 year terms
o At least 25 years of age
o House of Representatives can raise revenue
o House of Representatives have the sole power of impeachment
- Senate(100 Members)
o 6 year terms
o At least 30 years of age
o Approves all appointments
o Approve foreign treaties
o Power to try impeachments
- Both Together
o Congress has power to make laws
o Congress can declare war
o Congress can override a presidents veto
o Congress can propose laws
Executive
Vice President, Vice President, Cabinet
Enforces Laws
- 4 year terms
- At least 35 years of age
- President vetoes or approves laws
- President makes treaties
- President can nominate judges to Supreme Court