8th Grade Us History Staar Review Already Passed

Mayflower Compact {Ans: Agreement among male pilgrims aboard the Mayflower in which they pledged loyalty to England and promised to obey the laws of the colony; formed a "civil body politic" for "our better ordering and preservations"}Bessemer Steel Process {Ans: Late 1800s Invented by WIlliam Kelly and Henry Bessemer Allowed steel to be mnufactured cheaply}James Madison {Ans: 4th president of US Main author of the US Constitution during the War of 1812}Daniel Webster {Ans: Northern Senator Opposed slavery}Frederick Douglas {Ans: Influential speaker and writer North Star}Louisiana Purchase {Ans: 1803 Purchased by President Jefferson from France Doubled the size of the US}