Colonies
This Colonial Region's economy relied cash crops for exports such as tobacco and rice.
What were the Southern Colonies
“I believe that the United States will one day spread across all of North America. It is an inevitability.” is an example of the idea.
What is Manifest Destiny
This groups goal was to end the institution of slavery.
Who were the Abolitionists
This Amendment granted citizenship and provide equal protection under the law for African Americans
The 14th Amendment
Entrepreneurs such as Carnegie and Rockefeller justified their wealth through this concept
Social Darwinism
This Colonial Region had a thriving commercial and manufacturing economy.
What were the New England Colonies
This Antebellum president “bent” the traditions of the presidency to achieve his vision for the country.
Who was Andrew Jackson
These people faced:
- wage cuts
- decreased workloads
- unhealthy working conditions
BUT, had safe places to stay (boarding houses)
Who were the Mill Girls
This war was fought to acquire California, New Mexico and disputed territory along Texas’s southern and western borders from Mexico
What was the Mexican- American War
System in which formerly enslaved people fell into a cycle of debt to their former enslavers
What is sharecropping
Following this war American colonies faced restrictions moving westward, such as the Proclamation Line of 1763.
What was the The French and Indian War or Seven Years War
This document about foreign policy states that the Western Hemisphere became an American "sphere of influence."
This person advocated that public schools were necessary for good citizens and republican government.
Who is Horace Mann
Border disputes over this area caused the Mexican American War
What is Texas
This movement believed that common people were being ignored and left behind by government
During the French and Indian War, Ben Franklin created this flag to convey the the colonies should unite to become stronger.
What is the Join or Die/the Snake Flag
What is Nullification
This was the first convention for women's' rights in 1848.
This act allowed for popular sovereignty as the way to decide slavery in Kansas and Nebraska
The belief that native-born Americans are superior and that immigration should be restricted to avoid the destruction of American culture
What is assimilation
This is document is an example of self-government.
What is the The Mayflower Compact
This Federalist Paper argued that greater representation will protect the people against the misuse of power.
What is Federalist #10.
They wrote, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe
This Union General lead the Union army to its ultimate victory over the Confederacy
Who is Ulysses S. Grants
The Supreme Court Case that allowed for segregation.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson