Making of America - Unit 1 and Unit 2 Review

Vocabulary flashcards covering the diversity of indigenous peoples, early US political structures, expansion through the Louisiana Purchase, the impacts of the Cotton Gin, and the forced removal of Native Americans.

Lakota

An indigenous people who lived a nomadic lifestyle in tipis and relied on hunting buffalo for survival.

Great Spirit

The deity the Lakota believed gifted them the land to look after, but not to own.

Federal Government

The national government of the United States established by a constitution agreed upon by the states.

President

The official elected every $4$ years to look after matters affecting all states.

Congress

A group of representatives from each state responsible for making laws that affect all states.

Supreme Court

The body set up to check that the president and congress do not break the rules of the constitution.

Territories

Areas overseen by a Governor until they had $60,000$ white Americans and were ready to become states.

Three-fifths (3/5) Clause

The rule where every $5$ enslaved African Americans counted as $3$ white people for population purposes, though they had no vote.

Battle of Fallen Timbers

The $1794$ conflict where Indians were defeated, leading to the Treaty of Greenville.

Treaty of Greenville

An agreement reached in $1794$ following the Indian defeat at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.

Louisiana Purchase

The $1803$ acquisition of $530$ million acres from the French for $15$ million dollars, which doubled the size of the USA.

Lewis and Clark

Explorers who in $1804$ explored new land, aiding the explosion of the beaver fur trade.

Cotton Kingdom

The name for new southern states that became wealthy through the shipping of slaves and cotton through New Orleans.

Cotton Gin

An invention from $1793$ that cleaned cotton $50\times$ faster than previous methods.

Abolitionist Societies

Groups formed by Northern Christians and Quakers who believed God made all men free.

Missouri Compromise

The $1820$ agreement that new states would be added in pairs, consisting of one slave state and one free state.

Andrew Jackson

The Southerner who became president in $1829$ and used his position to strengthen slavery and enforce Indian removal.

Indian Removal Act

An $1830$ law used to forcibly move eastern Native American tribes west to make room for plantations.

Trail of Tears

The $1838$ forced westward movement of the Cherokee tribe, which resulted in the deaths of $5,000$ people.