Foundations of American Republicanism
Foundations of American Republicanism
Expansion & Union
Expansion & Union
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- Congress could not impose or collect taxes
- Congress could not regulate interstate commerce or foreign trade
- There was no executive branch to enforce the laws of Congress
This list of notes would be MOST useful to a student writing a research paper about...
the ineffectiveness and weakness of American government under the Articles of Confederation.
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After the colonists won their independence from Great Britain during the Revolutionary War, what was created to protect their individual rights from their new powerful government?
Bill of Rights
100
13th Amendment (1865)-Abolition of Slavery
14th Amendment (1866)-Definition of Citizenship; Due Process
15th Amendment (1869)-Right to Vote not based on Race or previous servitude
What conclusion can be drawn from the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution?
The passage of the amendments was to abolish slavery and establish rights to previous slaves.
100
Accounting for almost 60% of American exports by the beginning of the Civil War, which statement regarding the impact of cotton is TRUE?
The Southern states developed the plantation system and rigid social classes.
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“And as this frequent interchange will establish a common interest with every part of the community, they will mutually and naturally support each other, and on this…depends the strength of the government, and the happiness of the governed. Here then is the origin and rise of government; namely a mode rendered necessary by the inability of moral virtue to govern the world; here too is…Freedom and security.”
-Thomas Paine, excerpt from Common Sense, 1776
What group or groups of people would support the views of Thomas Paine?
Patriots
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"Having undertaken, for the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith and Honor of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the First Colony in the Northern Parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another, Covenant and Combine ourselves together into a Civil Body Politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape Cod, the llth of November, in the year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, of England, France and Ireland the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Domini 1620." Mayflower Compact, 1620
What was unique about the Mayflower Compact?
It was the first document recognizing self-government and established the tradition of elected officials.
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- This marked the end of the fighting in the Civil War
- General Robert E. Lee surrendered his troops to General Ulysses Grant on April 9, 1865
- Lee and Grant met for the first time during the war
Which would make the BEST title for this list of notes about the Civil War?
Appomattox Court House
200
The nullification crisis that occurred between President Andrew Jackson and John Calhoun would BEST be described as a debate over...
state vs. federal rights.
300
This illustration represents one of the taxes England imposed on the Colonies to help pay for what event?
The French and Indian War
300
The major significance of the First Great Awakening was that it...
create the first genuine unified movement of the American colonists.
300
"See what a lot of land these fellows hold, of which Vicksburg is the key. The war can never be brought to a close until that key is in our pocket."
- President Abraham Lincoln, 1863
What did President Abraham Lincoln mean when he said, "Vicksburg is the key"?
Taking Vicksburg would split the Confederacy in two and cut off a vital supply route as well as opening the river to Northern traffic.
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One of the girls stood on a pump and gave vent to the feelings of her companions in a neat speech, declaring that it was their duty to resist all attempts at cutting down the wages. This was the first time a woman had spoken in public in Lowell, and the event caused surprise and consternation among her audience. It is hardly necessary to say that, so far as practical results are concerned, this strike did no good. The corporation would not come to terms. The girls were soon tired of holding out, and they went back to their work at the reduced rate of wages.
Harriet H. Robinson, "Early Factory Labor in New England," in Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor, Fourteenth Annual Report
Which statement best describes one unique characteristic of the Lowell factory mills?
The Lowell factory mills hired actively sought to hire women.
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Shays' Rebellion was significant because it...
demonstrated the weaknesses of the government under the Articles of Confederation.
400
Which of these colonies was referred to by the phrase "a city upon a hill"?
Massachusetts Bay Colony
400
Follow the drinkin' gourd
Follow the drinkin' gourd
For the old man is waiting to carry you to freedom
Follow the drinkin' gourd
Well the river bank makes a mighty good road
Dead trees will show you the way
Left foot, peg foot, travelin' on
Follow the drinkin' gourd
Follow the drinkin' gourd
Follow the drinkin' gourd
For the old man is waiting to carry you to freedom
Follow the drinkin' gourd
How did the use of the song Follow the Drinkin' Gourd help enslaved people in the Underground Railroad?
Conductors would use it as a "road map" to find their way North at night.
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- Poll Taxes
- Literacy Tests
- the "Grandfather Clause"
- the "White Primary"
What do these terms have in common?
They were all used to disenfranchise African-Americans in the South in the years following the Civil War and Reconstruction.
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Sec. 9. So soon as there shall be five thousand free male inhabitants of full age in the district, upon giving proof thereof to the governor, they shall receive authority, with time and place, to elect a representative from their counties or townships to represent them in the general assembly....
- from The Northwest Ordinance, 1787
This excerpt from the Northwest Ordinance (1787) represents which Constitutional principle?
popular sovereignty
500
Declaration of Sentiments
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness… The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has never permitted her to exercise her inalienable right to the elective franchise.
He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice….
He has made her, if married, in the eye of the law, civilly dead.
He has taken from her all right in property, even to the wages she earns….
He has denied her the facilities for obtaining a thorough education, all colleges being closed against her….
- from "The Declaration of Sentiments," July 1848
This excerpt uses imagery that is MOST associated with which time period in United States History?
The American Revolution
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Declaration of Sentiments
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness… The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has never permitted her to exercise her inalienable right to the elective franchise.
He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice….
He has made her, if married, in the eye of the law, civilly dead.
He has taken from her all right in property, even to the wages she earns….
He has denied her the facilities for obtaining a thorough education, all colleges being closed against her….
- from "The Declaration of Sentiments," July 1848
Based on the passage, which of these statements is MOST accurate?
The authors want women to have equal rights as men.