Early Republic
Name the first three presidents of the United States in order.
Washington, Adams, Jefferson.
This system, used by Andrew Jackson, was a system in which Jackson would appoint loyalists and friends to government positions, believing it would open up government to ordinary people.
Spoils system
What was the abolitionist movement trying to do?
A reform movement aimed at ending slavery.
The election of this man in 1860 was the final straw that led to the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln.
This battle was the turning point in the war, and President Lincoln delivered an address in which he encouraged the Union to keep fighting and dedicated the battlefield to those that died there.
Gettysburg.
This document was the first Constitution of the United States and failed because it had a weak central government.
Articles of Confederation.
Jackson was considered the "________ Man" president as he appealed to ordinary Americans.
Common Man
Low pay, hazardous conditions, cramped spaces, poor ventilation, dark spaces, and long hours.
This man led a raid on Harper's Ferry in an attempt to start a slave revolt against the South. He and others involved were hanged for their raid.
John Brown.
The Battle of Antietam allowed Lincoln to issue this statement, which freed enslaved people in all rebelling states.
Emancipation Proclamation
This event in western Massachusetts showed that the federal government was too weak to do anything and that the country needed a new constitution.
Shays' Rebellion.
True or False: Eliminating the property requirement to vote expanded access to voting.
True.
The women's rights movement aimed to expand what rights to women?
Voting, economic opportunities, political opportunities.
After being granted popular sovereignty in this territory, fighting and death broke out, leading to a period called "__________________".
Bleeding Kansas.
List one strength and one weakness for the Union AND Confederacy.
.
In the Declaration of Independence, the authors use the phrase "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." This phrase represents "__________ rights."
Natural Rights
Jackson ignored the Supreme Court and implemented this law with regards to moving a certain group of people, away from their homes.
Indian Removal Act
This man, born into slavery, was one of the leaders of the abolitionist movement and was known for his skill in speaking and writing.
Frederick Douglass
This court case established that enslaved people and formerly enslaved people were not citizens and did not have rights.
Dred Scott v. Sandford.
The Battle of Vicksburg was crucial in the Anaconda Plan because it fulfilled this step.
Capture the Mississippi River.
Small states at the constitutional convention wanted a Congress based on equal representation. Big states wanted a Congress based on population. They decided to create this, under the "Great Compromise."
Bicameral legislature. One chamber of Congress based on population, and one chamber of Congress based on equal representation.
The Indian Removal Act led to this event in which thousands of Native Americans were forced to move to Indian Territory. Thousands died on the march there.
Trail of Tears.
The women's rights movement met here in 1848 and issued the Declaration of Sentiments.
Seneca Falls
Name three of the five provisions of the Compromise of 1850.
Abolished slave trade in Washington D.C., established popular sovereignty in New Mexico and Utah territories, admitted California as a free state, created a new Fugitive Slave Act, settled New Mexico and Texas border dispute.
This amendment abolished slavery outright.
13th Amendment.