Colonial America
The "God, Gold, and Glory" phrase refers to the main reasons these nations explored the New World.
What are European nations?
The 1765 Stamp Act taxed legal documents and led to colonists using this famous phrase to protest.
What is "No taxation without representation"?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution, demanded by Anti-Federalists to protect liberties, are known as this.
What is the Bill of Rights?
In his Farewell Address, Washington warned the nation against political parties and these foreign relationships.
What are "entangling alliances"?
Jacksonian Democracy expanded voting rights and political power for the "common man" by granting this.
What is male suffrage?
This was the belief that the United States was destined to stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This colonial region, known for rocky soil and cold climate, focused on logging, fishing, and shipbuilding.
What is New England?
The Proclamation of 1763 forbade colonists from settling west of this physical feature.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
This compromise determined that a fraction of the enslaved population would count for representation and taxes.
What is the Three-Fifths (3/5) Compromise?
The War of 1812 was fought against Britain largely due to this practice of kidnapping US sailors.
What is impressment?
This new political party was formed specifically to oppose Andrew Jackson, whom they viewed as a tyrant.
What is the Whig Party?
The discovery of this resource in California in 1848 caused massive population growth and migration.
What is Gold?
This economic system used colonies for raw materials to build the wealth of the "mother country" (Britain).
What is Mercantilism?
This harsh winter camp was where George Washington famously trained his army.
What is Valley Forge?
This first, weak government of the US was replaced after Shays' Rebellion proved a stronger central government was needed.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The 1803 Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison established this important judicial power.
What is Judicial Review?
South Carolina sparked the Nullification Crisis because they hated this 1828 economic policy, giving it a monstrous nickname.
What is the Tariff of Abominations?
Bought from France in 1803, this acquisition doubled the size of the US and secured the Mississippi River.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Because of a long distance from England and "salutary neglect", this type of government grew in the 13 colonies.
What is Representative Government?
This 1777 battle was the turning point of the Revolution because it convinced France to ally with the Americans.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
The Great Compromise created this type of two-house Congress to balance the power of large and small states.
What is a bicameral legislature?
Washington putting down this domestic farmer uprising proved the federal government could enforce its laws.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
During the Nullification Crisis, South Carolina argued states had the right to do this to unconstitutional federal laws.
What is nullify (or cancel) them?
In 1846, the US gained the Oregon Territory from Britain after using this numerical, aggressive slogan.
What is "54° 40' or Fight"?
The Middle Colonies, known for their rich soil and diverse, tolerant population, earned this food-related nickname.
What is the "Breadbasket"?
The Declaration of Independence defined Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness as this type of rights.
What are Unalienable Rights?
This Constitutional principle describes the sharing of power between state governments and the federal government.
What is Federalism?
This 1823 foreign policy warned European nations not to colonize or interfere in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Andrew Jackson threatened to use this to keep the Union together during the Nullification Crisis.
What is military force?
This 1862 act encouraged westward expansion by giving cheap land to settlers who improved it.
What is the Homestead Act?