New Government
Keeps one branch from being more powerful than the other 2
Checks & Balances
An example set by a leader for others to follow
Precedent
The belief that the United States would spread from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
Manifest Destiny
A change from making products by hand to machine manufacturing; caused people to move to cities for factory jobs
Industrial Revolution or Industrialization
First battle of the Civil War
BONUS (100 points): When & where?
Fort Sumter
April 1861 in South Carolina
Person who supported strong state government & weak national government
Anti-Federalist
Supreme court case that established judicial review
Bonus: Who was the chief justice during this case?
Marbury v. Madison
Hero of the War of 1812; "common man" president' Indian Removal Act
Andrew Jackson
BONUS (100 points): Who invented it?
Cotton Gin; Eli Whitney
Document signed by Lincoln which freed the slaves in rebellious states in 1863
BONUS: Why did he only free slaves in Confederate states?
Emancipation Proclamation
Bonus: He did not want to end slavery in the border states and possibly cause them to join the Confederate side
Compromise that settled disagreements over representation
The Great Compromise
Laws that forbid criticism of the President; first challenge to the 1st Amendment
Alien & Sedition Acts
Conflict caused by U.S. annexing Texas; U.S. won; got Mexican Cession
U.S. Mexican War
Person who moves from one country to another usually for better opportunities
BONUS (200 points): What were the three major groups that settled in the US and where did the settle?
Immigrants
Chinese-West Coast (for gold)
German-Midwest (for farming)
Irish-East Coast (to work in factories)
What did the 13th, 14th & 15th amendments do?
13th-ended slavery in the US
14th-granted citizenship to anyone born in the US
15th-granted black men the right to vote
1. Makes laws
2. Enforces laws
3. Interprets laws
1. Legislative
2. Executive Branch
3. Judicial Branch
Policy that the U.S. would guard the western hemisphere; that it was closed to European colonization
Monroe Doctrine
Land added to the US that led to the US-Mexican War; North opposed its entry as a slave state
Texas Annexation
Leader of the early women's rights movement; organized Seneca Falls Convention & wrote the "Declaration of Sentiments"
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Turning point battle of the Civil War; the South continued to retreat after losing here in July 1863; Lincoln then gave a speech in memory of those that died
Battle of Gettysburg
Rules that protect the rights of the accused; remain silent, attorney, jury, punishment
Due Process
Rebellion that proved the federal government had the power to enforce laws
The Whiskey Rebellion
As the country expanded westward, what also increased?
The debate over the expansion of slavey; sectionalism
Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin; increased awareness of the evils of slavery
Harriet Beecher Stowe
What were the three failures of reconstruction?
BONUS (100 points): Identify the ESPN factor for each?
Black Codes-Social/Political
Sharecropping-Economic
Rise of white supremacy-Social