Colonial America
This labor system in Spanish colonies created a rigid racial hierarchy in the Americas.
What is the caste system?
This pamphlet attacked monarchy and encouraged support for independence.
What is Common Sense?
This 1820 agreement temporarily balanced free and slave states while limiting slavery north of a certain latitude.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This Supreme Court case ruled that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories.
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
This reform movement argued that alcohol harmed families, morality, and society, and it grew rapidly during the Second Great Awakening.
What is the temperance movement?
This early self-government agreement established a “civil body politic” in Plymouth Colony.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Alexander Hamilton led this party, which supported a strong national government and commercial economy.
Who are the Federalists?
Henry Clay promoted this economic program of tariffs, internal improvements, and a national bank.
What is the American System?
Abraham Lincoln’s election led Southern states to take this action before the Civil War.
What is secession?
This Supreme Court chief justice expanded federal power and promoted economic growth through court decisions.
Who is John Marshall?
Conflict between Native peoples and New England settlers in 1675–1676 highlighted tensions over land and sovereignty.
What is King Philip’s War?
The weakness of the Articles of Confederation was exposed by this farmer uprising in Massachusetts.
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
Andrew Jackson’s destruction of this institution reflected debates over federal power and the economy.
What is the Second Bank of the United States?
This Union victory in 1862 discouraged European recognition of the Confederacy and prompted the Emanipation Proclamation.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
These constitutional changes abolished slavery and expanded citizenship and voting rights after the Civil War.
What are the Reconstruction Amendments (13, 14, 15)?
Britain issued this 1763 policy to reduce conflict with Native Americans by limiting western settlement.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
Hamilton and Madison supported ratification of the Constitution through these essays.
What are The Federalist Papers?
The Seneca Falls Convention demanded expanded rights for women, especially this political right.
What is suffrage (the right to vote)?
Lincoln described the Civil War as preserving democracy and creating a “new birth of freedom” in this speech.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
Congress passed these laws in 1870–1871 to combat Ku Klux Klan violence and protect Black voters.
What are the Enforcement Acts?
Britain increased colonial taxation after this global conflict in order to pay off war debts.
What is the French and Indian War (Seven Years’ War)?
This compromise counted enslaved people partially for congressional representation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This short-lived political party opposed the spread of slavery into the territories and promoted “free labor.”
What is the Free Soil Party?
The withdrawal of federal troops in this year effectively ended Reconstruction.
What is 1877?
The Compromise of 1850 attempted to ease sectional tensions by addressing slavery in territories gained from this war.
What is the Mexican-American War?