Colonial Era
This colonial area focused on lumber and shipbuilding
What is the North?
This event spurred the British to enforce the Intolerable Acts
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This term means "time after war"
What is antebellum?
This state was the first to secede from the Union?
What is South Carolina?
This program created aid for formerly enslaved persons including clothing, shelter, food, and medical services
What is the freedmen's bureau?
Due to the French and Indian War, Britain increased
What are taxes?
This term explains the movement of goods between the Colonies, Britain, and Africa
What is the triangle trade?
This event caused the Articles of Confederation to be exposed at weak
What is Shay's Rebellion?
This act made is a federal crime to prevent certain individuals from engaging in their natural rights
What is the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871?
The practice of leaving colonies alone
What is salutary neglect?
This plan was created by Benjamin Franklin and wanted to unite the colonies under one central government
What is the Albany plan?
This event, caused by the Whiskey Tax, showed the strength of the federal government despite refusal to obey from States
What are the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions?
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in
What are the rebelling states?
These were passed in the South to limit the rights of African Americans
What are Black Codes?
This period was a time of religious revival which influenced the American Revolution
This act was the first act to be passed by Britain affecting the colonies
What is the stamp act?
This term describes the growing separation between the north and the south
What is sectionalism?
Abraham's primary goal during the Civil War was to
What is to preserve the Union?
This amendment established birthright citizenship, equal protection under the laws, and the right to vote (for men 21+)
What is the 14th amendment?
This colony stated "we are a city on a hill"
What is the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
This was the first attempt at widespread government in the colonies
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This document written to amend the current governing document to make the federal government stronger
What is the Constitution?
One defense of slavery was
What is economic (increased wealth and production), social (helped Africans), religious (God endorsed)?
This Compromise included the exchange of the presidency for certain privileges in the South (removal of federal troops, federal funds for improvements, and the promise of AA rights)
What is the Compromise of 1877?