Reconstruction
This amendment officially ended slavery in the United States.
The 14th amendment
This refers to the period before the civil war.
Antebellum
This man served as the first president.
George Washington
This "Lost Colony" disappeared off the coast of North Carolina in 1590.
Roanoke.
This specific "New World" crop fueled a massive population boom in Europe.
Maize
These laws in the South limited the rights of African Americans after Reconstruction.
The Black Codes
This system allowed a small group of wealthy slaveholders to dominate Southern politics and society.
Slavocracy
In 1794, George Washington led federal troops into Pennsylvania to suppress this uprising caused by a tax on a popular distilled spirit.
Whiskey Rebellion
The primary "cash crop" that saved the Jamestown colony.
Tabacco
This Southwestern tribe lived in cliff dwellings and used advanced irrigation for maize.
Pueblo
This amendment overturned the Dred Scott decision by granting citizenship to all people born in the United States.
14th Amendement
This person was known as the Great Compromiser.
Henry Clay
This set of ten amendments was added to the Constitution to protect individual rights and limit the power of the federal government.
The Bill of Rights
This document, signed in 1620, was the first frame of government in the US.
Mercantilism
The introduction of this animal by the Spanish revolutionized life for Great Plains tribes.
The Horse
This president’s lenient Reconstruction policies led to his impeachment by Congress.
Andrew Johnson
This court case decision ruled that African Americans were not able to sue due to them not being considered citizens.
Dred Scott V. Sandford
This political disagreement between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson in the 1790s led to the formation of the nation’s first two political parties. Name both parties.
Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans.
This "Middle Passage" was the leg of the trade route for this specific "cargo."
Enslaved Africans
The labor system where the Spanish Crown "granted" Native labor to wealthy settlers.
The Encomienda System
This agreement ended Reconstruction by removing federal troops from the South.
Compromise of 1877.
Proposed during the Mexican–American War, this measure sought to ban slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico, increasing sectional tensions between the North and South.
Wilmot's Proviso
These 1798 laws aimed to strengthen national security but were criticized for limiting free speech and targeting immigrants.
Alien and Seditions Act.
This intellectual movement emphasized reason and natural rights
The Enlightenment
He conquered the Aztec Empire in 1521 using steel, horses, and smallpox.
Hernan Cortez