British Control
The time when the British left the colonies alone, most notably during a civil war.
What is salutary neglect?
The Union, and U.S. president.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Fort Sumter, Antietam, Gettysburg
What is the Civil War?
The Bill of Rights is composed of these.
What are the first 10 amendments?
The time before America’s independence.
What is the Colonial era?
The Boston Tea Party and Intolerable acts are a result of this.
What is The Tea Act?
Confederate general who led pushes into Gettysburg and Antietam.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
Declaration of independence, Saratoga, Yorktown
What is the American Revolution?
This freed all slaves formally and legally.
What is the 13th amendment?
The period where social and political reforms pushed for a greater quality of living under Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson.
What is the Progressive Era?
The colonists responded to this direct tax by creating the Sons and Daughters of Liberty and boycotting.
What is the Stamp Act?
Union general who changed the strategy to ‘total war’.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Fort Wagner, Petersburg, Manassas
What is the Civil War?
This overturned the Dred Scott decision and made African Americans citizens.
What is the 14th amendment?
The post-Civil War period where industrialization boomed, and new industries, corporations, and unions arose.
What is the Gilded Age?
William and Mary took King James II’s place and made parliament supreme over this time.
What is the Glorious Revolution?
The confederate president.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
President Polk, southwestern states (California, New Mexico, Arizona), 1846-1848
What is the Mexican-American War?
This allowed women the right to vote.
What is the 19th amendment?
The period in the U.S. before the Civil War.
What is the Antebellum period?
The British document (1215) that recognized the rights of Englishmen and was upheld by colonial charters.
What is the Magna Carta?
Led his March to the Sea after the battle of Atlanta.
Who is William T. Sherman?
Trail of Tears, railroad construction, reservations and treaties
What are the Indian Wars?
This constituted a graduated income tax.
What is the 16th amendment?
This period ended with the 1877 compromise.
What is the Reconstruction era?