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This purchase from France doubled the of America
Louisiana Purchase
This compromise settled debates over the issue of counting the enslaved population for representation
3/5 Compromise
Which historic document had the greatest influence on the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution?
The English Bill of Rights
A speedy and public trial, impartial jury and a right to legal counsel are know as?
Due Process
This Amendment allowed Blacks to serve on juries, equal protection of the law and due process
14th
The division of government between the Executive, Judicial and Legislative Branches
Separation of Powers
During his farewell address what did President Washington suggest concerning political parties and alliances with other countries?
Do not have political parties and remain neutral
1. The Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock instead of Virginia. 2. The colonists realized they were outside the area covered by the original charter. 3. The colonists signed the Mayflower Compact. This lead the colonist to establish the first form of?
Colonists established a tradition of self-government.
An abolitionist who thought violence necessary to end slavery? He lost three of his sons and was eventually hanged.
John Brown
Why did European explorers search for the Northwest Passage?
To discover a new sea route to Asia
Which woman fought to create legislation to help the mentally ill?
Dorothea Dix
This amendment prohibited the quartering of troops added to the U.S. Constitution to address colonial treatment by the British military
3rd Amendment
This person's writing of the Declaration of Independence considered to be one of his greatest contributions to American history. It defined rights that would defeat tyranny
Thomas Jefferson
This war was started after U.S. and Mexican soldiers fought over disputed territory north of the Rio Grande.
The Mexican American War
After this war, Great Britain stopped the practice of impressment.
The War of 1812
This amendment helped Black voters helped bring the Republican Party to power in the South
15th
Factories offered housing for workers and jobs for people are reasons for this?
Urbanization
Andrew Jackson was against this? He thought it was unconstitutional and favored the wealthy.
Second Bank of the United States
The best location in Early Colonial America to farm. Great soil and warm climate
Southern States
This compromise maintained the balance between the number of free states and slave states in the Senate
Missouri Compromise
In 1840, the North had a slave pop. of 765 and South of 2,427,986. Why did the south have so many more
Which era involved legislation enacted by the Radical Republicans. Civil War? Reconstruction? Early Republic? Antebellum?
Reconstruction Era
His factory would change the precision craft of gun making into routine. The machines would change the role of the worker and the meaning of skill. With a limited American labor supply, his system favored the use of small numbers of unskilled workers.
Eli Whitney
Among the natural rights of the Colonists are these: First, a right to life; Secondly, to liberty; Thirdly, to property; together with the right to support and defend them in the best manner they can. —Samuel Adams, 1772. These beliefs lead to what kind of government?
Representative Government
How did Americans react after the enforcement of the Intolerable Acts
By holding the first Continental Congress to discuss a unified resistance.