is for America

• America is a good country.
• America has had 2 constitutions

• America Declared its independence in 1776

• America used to be a part of Britain

is for Boycott

Boycotting was hard but it worked.

-Boycotting forced America to produce its own products

-America's boycotts forced Britain to repeal their taxes

-Boycotts were very effective

is for Compromise of 1850

The Compromise of 1850 delayed the civil war.

-Henry Clay wrote the Compromise of 1850

-The Compromise of 1850 made California a free state

-The Compromise allowed slave owners to retrieve their fugitive slaves

is for Democracy

Our government is not a full democracy.

-A Democracy takes the popular vote of all the people

-Democracies work for small groups of people

-Democracy originated in Ancient Greece

is for East Coast

The East coast runs along the Atlantic Ocean.

-The British colonists originally landed on the East Coast

-The East Coast was the major trading and shipbuilding area of America

-In early America, most of the population lived in the East Coast

is for Federalism

Federalism keeps America together.

-Federalism splits the power between the federal and state governments.

-Federalism stops the Federal Government from having too much power

-Federalism helped anti-federalists support the constitution

is for Great Britain

Great Britain is a country in Europe.

-Great Britain used to control America

-Great Britain used a system called mercantilism

-America revolted from Great Britain starting in 1776.

is for Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton wasn't that cool, but people are making plays about him now.

-Alexander Hamilton was a Federalist

-Alexander Hamilton made the National Bank

-Alexander Hamilton was Washington's Treasury Secretary

is for Intolerable Acts

Americans hated the intolerable acts.

-The Intolerable acts were made to punish Americans for the Boston Tea Party

-The British shut down the Boston Harbor

-Allowed British officers charged with capital offense to travel back to England to be tried there

is for John Adams

Most people did not like John Adams.

-He was the second president of the USA

-He was part of the Federalist Party

-He wrote the Alien and Sedition Acts to close doors to immigrants and to prevent anybody from saying anything bad about him.

is for Kansas-Nebraska Act

The Kansas-Nebraska Act increased the tension between North and South.

-Repealed the Missouri Compromise

-Kansas and Nebraska would be decided as slave/free based on popular vote

-Caused "Bleeding Kansas"

is for Louisiana Purchase

The Louisiana Purchase was purchased for less than 42 cents per acre.

-The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of America

-It was purchased for $15 million

-Thomas Jefferson bought it from France

is for Missouri Compromise

The Missouri Compromise delayed the Civil War.

-Henry Clay wrote the Missouri Compromise

-Prohibited slavery north of the 36-30 line for Louisiana Purchase Territories

-It would soon be repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act

is for Native Americans

Native Americans were not treated well throughout history.

-Andrew Jackson wrote the Indian Removal Acts to push Natives out of their land

-The Cherokee's path out of their homeland is called "The Trail of Tears"

-Mostly kicked to Oklahoma

is for Oregon Trail

The Oregon Trail was a long and hard journey.

-Many people traveled along the trail for the prospect of a better life in the West.

-It was very difficult for people to travel all the way to Oregon

-There was a game about the trail more recently.

is for Political PArties

Political Parties divide the country.

-George Washington advised against political parties in his farewell address

-It led to sectionalism

-Still here today, and more divisive than ever