American History Name _____________________ Review Worksheet Directions - Name the people described below. _________________________ 1. First man to sign the Declaration of Independence _________________________ 2. Commander of American Revolutionary Army _________________________ 3. Italian explorer credited with discovery of the New World _________________________ 4. Famous traitor during American Revolution _________________________ 5. Author of Declaration of Independence _________________________ 6. Father of the U.S. Constitution _________________________ 7. "Give me liberty or give me death." _________________________ 8. He warned, "The Redcoats are coming!" _________________________ 9. African-American killed in Boston Massacre _________________________ 10. French general who assisted Revolutionary Army _________________________ 11. Explored Louisiana Purchase _________________________ 12. Hero of battle of New Orleans _________________________ 13. Author of the Star Spangled Banner _________________________ 14. Inventor of the cotton gin _________________________ 15. Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin _________________________ 16. Leading abolitionist and preacher _________________________ 17. The Black Moses _________________________ 18. The Great Compromiser Define: 19. Federalism - 20. Separation of powers - 21. Articles of Confederation - 22. The Bill of Rights - Identify - Explain the impact that each of the following had on the development of the United States. (Who, what, where, when, why, how) 23. The cotton gin - _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 24. The U.S. Constitution - _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 25. Manifest Destiny - _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________