US History 1
Weakness(es) in the Articles of Confederation
Weak central government; lacked structure- No power to tax (could not pay off war debt), states had different currencies
A Founding Father who wrote the Declaration of Independence- also acquired Louisiana territory (Louisiana Purchase)
Thomas Jefferson
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
the Bill of Rights
What caused Shay's Rebellion?
taxes placed on farmers
Created during the Constitutional Convention as an agreement between Northern and Southern states- Counted a portion of enslaved Africans towards a state's total population
Supreme Court case rulling that allowed for segregation laws to continue under "seperate but equal"
Plessy v. Ferguson
Bill of Rights
President that enforced the Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln
Alexander Hamilton was a leader of this "party"
The Federalist Party
Significance of the Mayflower Compact
First example of Self-Government in America
- Written by colonists; specified basic laws and social rules in the new colony (Plymouth)
Admitted Missouri as a slave state in the Union, and Maine as a free state. (equal balance of power in Congress between slave and free states)
Missouri Compromise
What was the Fifteenth Amendment?
The right to vote for all free men
Northwest Ordinance
Territorial laws that repealed the Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This war was caused by British and French colonists, BOTH claiming land in the Ohio River Valley (eventually turned into the Seven Years' War)
French and Indian War
Leader of the Continental Army during the American Revolution, used the strategy of "outlast the British".. a VERY significant person
George Washington
The Great Compromise created what?
Our bicameral system of government
This amendment guaranteed the freedom of slaves
13th Amendment
Supreme Court ruling/decision in Scott v. Sanford
Ruled that Black people were not citizens
The amendment that gave all men voting rights
15th
What was the name of the meeting where the Constitution was drafted?
Constitutional Convention
Document that incited the American Revolution
Declaration of Independence
the first secretary of the treasury also on the 10$ Bill
Alexander Hamiltion
The amendment requiring freedom of speech
1st
U.S. Supreme Court case that established judicial review, allowed federal courts to declare the president and Congress unconstitutional.
Marbury v. Madison
Writers/journalists who exposed dishonesty and corruption (think monopolies, factory working conditions, food processing)
Muckrakers
How did Thomas Paine’s writing influence public opinion about independence?
- Convinced *neutral* colonists to support the [American] Revolution
- Wrote it in "plain" English to help ordinary citizens understand better
The argument between these two men resulted in the creation of the Federalist and Anti-Federalists
Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton
Banned colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains to appease Native Americans after the war
Proclamation of 1763
The Constitution was written to replace this document
The Articles of Confederation
Man known to lead the Native Americans into the Trail of Tears
Andrew Jackson
Foreign policy that warned European powers that the Western Hemisphere is "off-limits", in addition to the United States promising to not get involved with European affairs.
Monroe Doctrine
Battle that marked the start of the Civil War in Charleston, South Carolina
Fort Sumter
Battle that resulted in the deaths of Native Americans by U.S. soldiers in "fear" of the Ghost Dance movement- famous leader Sitting Bull was killed
Battle of Wounded Knee
Which treaty ended the American Revolution?
Treaty of Paris 1783