Semester Exam Review

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Across
  1. 1. European country whose main economic activity was the fur trade
  2. 4. Supreme Court case ignored by President Andrew Jackson who forced Cherokee from their land
  3. 7. Robert E Lee surrendered to Ulysses S Grant here to end the Civil War
  4. 10. offered Quakers a place where they could worship freely
  5. 11. forced removal of the Cherokee Indians from their land, 4,000 Cherokees died along the way
  6. 12. invention which allowed rapid communication between most parts of the country
  7. 14. belief that it was the fate of the United States to continue to expand westward
  8. 15. amendment which abolished slavery
  9. 18. last battle of the American Revolution where British General Cornwallis surrendered to American forces
  10. 21. 1620 social contract signed when the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth that contained the idea that the power to govern should come from the consent of the people
  11. 25. agreement at the Constitutional Convention between large and small states over representation which resulted in a bicameral legislature
  12. 26. resulted from disagreements between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson over the proper role of the national government
  13. 27. increased interest in religion that contributed to many of the reform movements in the United States in the 1800s
  14. 30. the election of this president is considered to be the beginning of the Democratic party
  15. 31. colony established as a buffer between English colonies and the Spanish in Florida
  16. 32. amendment which protects against cruel and unusual punishment
  17. 33. rights that should not be abridged by governments, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Down
  1. 2. bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War, this attempt of Lee's to invade the North was thwarted
  2. 3. issued by James Monroe, stated the United States would prevent future European colonization in the western hemisphere
  3. 5. Asian immigrant group who sought work on the transcontinental railroad
  4. 6. United States acquired this territory after signing a treaty with Great Britain
  5. 8. amendment that defined citizenship as “all persons born or naturalized in the United States”
  6. 9. established procedures for how territories could become state
  7. 13. amendment that gives you the right to a fast and public trial by an unbiased jury
  8. 16. Supreme Court case which considered slaves to be property rather than citizens
  9. 17. Supreme Court case which established the principle of judicial review (ability of the Supreme Court to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional)
  10. 19. turning point of the American Revolution because France declared itself an ally of the United States
  11. 20. one of the main causes of the War of 1812, the British were seizing American sailors and making them serve in the British Navy
  12. 22. the Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonists from traveling west of this geographic feature
  13. 23. economic system where government is expected to keep its involvement in business activity to a minimum
  14. 24. European country who set up missions in order to convert Native Americans to Christianity
  15. 28. main cause of the Civil War
  16. 29. invented by Eli Whitney, led to an increase in agricultural production in the South