Review for Social Studies 4 th Quarter Test. Vocabulary ally frontier congress suffrage Patriot territory strategy compromise forty-niner succession Abolitionist.

Review for Social Studies 4th Quarter Test

VocabularyallyfrontiercongresssuffragePatriotterritorystrategycompromiseforty-ninersuccessionAbolitionistamendmentordinanceLoyalistnationalism

The act of withdrawing membership from an organization or union

succession


Someone who works against slavery

Abolitionist


A person who went to look for gold in 1849

Forty-niner


The right to vote

suffrage


loyalty to one’s own nation

nationalism


An area just beyond or at the edge of a settled area

frontier


an American colonist who was against Britain

Patriot


another word for law

ordinance


a change made to the Constitution

amendment


an agreement when each side of an argument gives up something they want

compromise


an area of land that is ruled by a government; a frontier region before it became a U.S. state

territory


a plan of action for fighting a war

strategy


someone who was still loyal to the king

Loyalist


a person or group that has joined with another to accomplish a specific goal

ally


a meeting of representatives to discuss plans

congress

The Louisiana Purchase•doubled the size of the United States

•was bought from France•Gave the U. S. the port of New Orleans•was an important accomplishment for President Jefferson

The Indian Removal Act•made all Indians living east of the Mississippi River move west

•told the Indians where they had to live

•was signed by Andrew Jackson

•made families leave their homes

Texas won its independence from Mexico in what war?

What cause thousands of people to move to California?

Texas-Mexican War

Gold Rush

This war was fought over the border lines of Texas. Mexican-American War

The Monroe Doctrine was created to Keep European countries from

invading the western hemisphere

Congress created this to control how many states had slaves

Congress created this to allow settlers the right to decide if they wanted slavery

Missouri Compromise

Compromise of 1850

President Lincoln freed the slaves with the ____ in 1863.

Emancipation Proclamation

_____ was an abolitionist who was hanged for fighting against slavery

John Brown

Reconstruction Period after the Civil War

•African-American children could go to school

•African-American males could vote

•After the war, the north wanted the south to be punished

• impressment• burned

Washington, D. C.• Battle of

Horseshoe Bend• territorial

disputes• Battle of New

Orleans• Star Spangled

Banner• War Hawks

After British soldiers attacked an American port, General Jackson led the American Army in the

Battle of New Orleans






Banner• War Hawks

The Redstick Creek Indians and United States fought against each other at the

Battle of Horseshoe Bend






Banner• War Hawks

This poem was written by Francis Scott Key when he saw the American flag flying after a battle with Britain.

Star Spangled Banner

• impressment• burned Washington,

D. C.• Battle of

Horseshoe Bend• territorial disputes• Battle of New


Banner• War Hawks

Britain _______ when they invaded American’s capital.

burned Washington, D. C.


D. C.• Battle of



Banner• War Hawks

The people who wanted to go to war with Britain were called the

War Hawks


D. C.• Battle of



Banner• War Hawks

When people started to move onto new land, this created ________.

territorial disputes


D. C.• Battle of



Banner• War Hawks

Britain got more men for their navy through the use of _____, kidnapping American sailors.

impressment

During their expedition through the Louisiana Purchase, President Jefferson wanted Lewis and Clark to

1. gather information about landforms, animals, and the climate of the west

2. study the cultures of the Indians

3. Look for a water route to the Pacific Ocean

Sacagawea was important to Lewis and Clark’s expedition because she

1. was their guide

2. was their interpreter

3. got horses and supplies for them

The 2 main causes of the Civil War were

1. the fight over states’ rights

2. differences about slavery

Some impacts of the Civil War were

1. families fought each other on because they were on opposite sides2. the southern farms became the battle fields3. Prices for goods and supplies became very high

4. Confederate money became worthless5. Slaves gained their freedom

The states in the north were called the The states in the south were called the

Union

Confederacy

The line dividing the northern states from the southern states was the

Mason-Dixon Line

The battle that started the Civil War was the

Battle of Fort Sumter

The last battle of the Civil War was the battle at __.

Appomattox

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