are you as smart as an 8 th grader?

Are you as smart as an 8th grader?

What ideas did“The Great Awakening” promote?

Great Awakening

• The belief in individual free choice

Who are these men and what are they

working on?

Didn’t John Locke say

something like that?

We need to protect the natural rights and liberties of our citizens

The Declaration of Independence

Didn’t John Locke say

something like that?

We need to protect the natural rights and liberties of our citizens

• Magna Carta (1215)• Mayflower Compact (1620)• English Bill of Rights (1689)

Which one of these established a plan for self government?

• Magna Carta (1215)• Mayflower Compact (1620)• English Bill of Rights (1689)

Which one of these established a plan for self government?

Why did Washington want to remain neutral towards other

countries?

George Washington is my name, neutralityis my game

George Washington believed the country should put national interests ahead of

foreign affairs

What did Shays’ Rebellion and The Whiskey Rebellion prove

The authority of the Federal Government!

Unfair high taxes are killing us farmers!

I hope the national militia gets here soon

Tar and feather the tax collector!

What are checks and balances?

Checks and Balances

• no one branch of government has more power than the other 2

What democratic idea is this?

• No one is forced to worship any religion• No one is prevented from worshipping any

religion

What democratic idea is this?

• No one is forced to worship any religion• No one is prevented from worshipping any

religion

Separation of Church and State

• No one is forced to worship any religion• No one is prevented from worshiping their

religion

What document protects these rights?

• Freedom of speech • Freedom of the press• Right to bear arms• Right to a fair and

speedy trial by jury• Protection from search

and seizure

U.S. Bill of Rights

hints

• Strong Central government

• High tariffs• Industry & Business

The U.S. needs a National Bank

Alexander Hamilton

Federalists

Thomas JeffersonAnti-Federalists

What was created by the disagreement between these two men?

Alexander Hamilton

Federalists

Thomas JeffersonAnti-Federalists

Political Parties

What region do these words describe?

• Factories• Textile (cloth) • Manufacturing• Industrial

growth

Northeast

• Textile (cloth) manufacturing

• Machinery• Mill Towns• Industrial growth

Why did Thomas Jefferson send Lewis and Clark on their exploration?

Exploring we shall go!

Jefferson was hoping to find a route to the Pacific

Exploring we shall go!

What was the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

MissouriMaine

Missouri Maine

Missouri entered the union as a Slave state and Maine entered as a Free state

What war does this map represent?

THIS LAND

War with Mexico

THIS LAND

Who is this woman?

hints• Civil War spy• Born into slavery• Helped slaves

escape to the North

Harriet Tubman

hints• Civil War spy• Born into slavery• Helped slaves

escape to the North

Why did California’s population explode in 1850?

Gold was discovered in the Sierra Nevada Mountains

Who is this man?

• Escaped from slavery• Abolitionist• Editor of the “North Star”

Frederick Douglass

• Escaped from slavery• Abolitionist• Editor of the “North Star”

What do these two people have in common?

• Harriet Tubman• Levi Coffin

The Underground Railroad

• Harriet Tubman• Levi Coffin

Failure is impossible

What do these 3 women have in common?

We are suffragettesWe believe women have the right to vote

We are suffragettesWe believe women have the right to vote

We are suffragettesWe believe women have the right to vote

@#*& you, President Andrew Jackson

• What was the forced removal of the Cherokee from their homeland to Oklahoma

Trail of Tears

What did these two compromises have in common?

• Missouri Compromise of 1820

• Compromise of 1850

They decided if states would be Slave or Free

• Missouri Compromise of 1820Missouri, slave Maine, free

• Compromise of 1850Territories, slave California, free

What was the Fugitive Slave Law?

Fugitive Slave Law of 1850• Any African

American could be captured as a runaway slave• Anyone could be

punished for helping a runaway

What did this sequence of events lead to?

• Lincoln is elected president in 1860• Lincoln wants to preserve National Unity

Civil War begins in 1861

• Lincoln is elected president in 1860• Lincoln needs to preserve National Unity

What does this chart show?

The North had more resources

What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

Enslaved persons in the Confederate states were freed

What were the Civil Rights Amendments – 13th, 14th, 15th

What were the Civil Rights Amendments – 13th, 14th, 15th

13th - abolishes slavery 14th - extends citizenship 15th - right to vote

What were Jim Crow laws?

Jim Crow laws

• enforced segregation • “Jim Crow” was a black

character in minstrel shows.