Women of TOG Men of TOG Inventions/Inventors Vocabulary Terms Fill in the Blank
100
Who is Abigail Adams?
She is remembered for the letters she wrote to her husband when he traveled in service
to his country. These letters act as eyewitness accounts of that time and of the matters that her husband dealt with during his presidency.
100
Who is Aaron Burr?
Under Thomas Jefferson, he became third vice president of the United States. He was a formative member
of the Democratic-Republican party. He ran for President against Jefferson in the election of 1800, but due to the help of Alexander Hamilton, Jefferson won.
100
Who is Eli Whitney?
American inventor famous for the cotton gin that revolutionized the cotton market and the economy of the South.
100
What is the Electoral College?
A group of electors, chosen by voters in each state, who elect the President and vice president of the
United States
100
What is the Peninsular War?
From 1808 to 1813, Napoleon began the _____War against Spain in an attempt to conquer the Iberian Peninsula.
200
Who is Marie Antoinette?
Daughter of Emperor Francis I of Austria and wife to Louis XVI. She was very unpopular due to her lavish and wasteful lifestyle and attempts at political control. She was executed shortly after her husband during the French Revolution.
200
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
First United States Secretary of the Treasury, he was a Founding Father and authored many of The Federalist Papers.
200
Who is Robert Fulton?
American inventor, engineer, and artist who is best known for his steamboat the Clermont, the first successful American steamboat, which was first used on the Hudson River in 1807.
200
What is a Tariff?
A tax or duty placed on imported goods.
200
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Jefferson personally disliked the institution of slavery and wrote against it in drafts of the _______ and the Northwest Ordinance, though he owned many slaves and never freed them.
300
Who is Anne Boleyn?
Courtier and second wife of King Henry VIII, for whose sake he divorced Catherine of Aragon, thereby breaking with the Roman Catholic Church. She was the mother of Elizabeth I and was later beheaded on charges of unfaithfulness.
300
Who is James Monroe?
He presided over the Era of Good Feeling. He served as a U.S. Senator, minister to France under Washington, Governor of Virginia, and Secretary of State and War under Madison.
300
What is the Mechanical Reaper?
Cyrus McCormick's famous invention.
300
What is Embargo?
A law preventing either exports out of or imports into a certain country.
300
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Jefferson’s action in buying the _________ was not consistent with his stated beliefs about the limited
power granted by the Constitution.
400
Who is Marie Louise?
Daughter of Emperor Francis I of Austria and second wife to Napoleon Bonaparte after he divorced his first wife, Josephine. She bore Napoleon a son who was named Napoleon II.
400
Who is Sequoyah?
A Native American Cherokee silversmith who invented the Cherokee syllabary (written language). He is also known as George Guess.
400
Who is Samuel Morse?
American painter of portraits and historic scenes who is most famous for creating the single wire telegraph system and for helping to invent a code, which was named for him.
400
What is the Executive Brach?
The branch of the U.S. government that has administrative or supervisory authority; 2) the person in whom the supreme executive power of a government is vested.
400
What is Judicial?
_________ review is the power of the Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional.
500
Who is Victoria of Britain?
Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and the first Empress of India. She reigned for nearly 64 years, which is longer than any other British monarch to date.
500
Who is Maximilien Robespierre?
French Revolutionary leader directly responsible for the Reign of Terror, which he instituted to purge the
Revolution of all “treacherous” opposition. He was also a leader of the radical Jacobin party and member of the governing National Convention and the Committee on Public Safety, which directed the Terror. Eventually, he was guillotined himself (after a failed attempt at suicide) by fellow Convention members who feared for their own lives.
500
What is the Spinning Jenny?
James Hargreaves invented this in Stanhill, England in 1764. It allowed workers to produce multiple spools of thread at the same time. By turning a simple wheel on the machine, the operator could spin eight spindles of thread at once, instead of just one.
500
What is Sovereignty?
Freedom from control by outside nations or influences; being able to rule oneself.
500
What is the Federalist Party?
Due to its opposition to the War of 1812, the power of the __________Party declined rapidly, never to recover.






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