Midterm

Constitution/Laws

100

The preamble of this document includes the line 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness'.

The Constitution

200

The idea that no one branch of government should have too much power is also known as what. 

Checks and balances

300

According to the Constitution, this branch of government is responsible for deciding if a state is to be a slave state or not. 

Legislative

400

The Kansas/Nebraska act led to this event due to illegal votes for pro-slavery representatives.

Bleeding Kansas

500

This act caused many free Northern slaves to be captured and brought back into slavery 

The Fugitive Slave Act

In the Beginning..

100

Many Native Americans died before the creation of the US due to this reason.

Spread of disease

200

The people of the Colonists bought this one commodity heavily, leading to it being taxed by the British

Tea

300

These types of plantations were grown the most during colonial times

Tobacco and Cotton

400

This deadly event in Massachusetts was sparked by tensions between colonists and the British

Boston Massacre

500

The ideas from these thinkers led to the creation of the Declaration of Independence

Enlightenment Thinkers

LAND

100

This allowed for Maine to become a 'free' state.

Missouri Compromise 

200

The United States acquired a great amount of land via this purchase

The Louisiana Purchase

300

The Louisiana Purchase brought this state into the Union, making it an issue over whether the state should be a free or slave state.

Missouri

400

These two explorers conducted a search of the land acquired from the Louisiana Purchase

Louis and Clark 

500

This concept inspired many different presidents to make the effort to push westward across North America.

Manifest Destiny

slavery

100

This president was elected, causing the secession of the South

Abraham Lincoln

200

This important battle of the Civil War led to the famous speech by the President, freeing slaves

Battle of Gettysburg

300

This female Abolitionist wrote a novel called Uncle Tom's Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe

400

This was the president's main goal for the Civil War.

Keep the Union together

500

This abolitionist, and former slave, was known for his impressive speaking and writing skills, enabling him to inspire Northerners to speak out against the institution of slavery.

Frederick Douglass

IMPEACHMENT

100

This was the first president to become impeached

Andrew Johnson

200

This was the period of time after the Civil War

Reconstruction

300

These people within Congress believed in severe punishments for the South. 

Radical Reconstructionists 

500

This action by the vice president to Lincoln, caused Congress to impeach him

Fired someone within his cabinet