Notable Presidents
This president delivered the Gettysburg Address and played a key role in the passing of the thirteenth amendment.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The practice of working for an owner for five to seven years in exchange for a house, food, and clothing.
What is Indentured Servitude?
After years of intolerable acts and unfair taxing, this fight for independence began.
What is The American Revolution?
This piece of legislation protects American's individual rights against government corruption; was originally added to ease antifederalists.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This group left the church of England after feeling like it had grown to stray from the roots of the Bible, paving a new way of life in the new world.
Who are Puritans?
This president implemented The New Deal in efforts to rescue the American economy after The Great Depression.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
A positive culture came about during this time after the American Nation no longer had to pay attention to Europe and found national pride.
What is the Era of Good Feelings?
This happened after struggling to pay revolution war debt. It was a fight by farmers against an increase in tax rates.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
After the British Colonies wanted to expand westward, this document drew a line separating the Colonies from the French and Native Americans.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
The result of salutary neglect that emphasized the power of human reason.
What is the Enlightenment?
This time began as new inventors transformed American technology and new products boosted both productivity and the economy.
What is Market Revolution?
This war occurred after the spread of British Colonies in North America threatened French-Indian trade networks.
What is the Seven Years War?
As the U.S. continued to expand westward, slavery status for each new state came into question. This compromise deemed California a free state, and left New Mexico and Utah up to popular sovereignty.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
During this time more religions became prominent as the sudden seek for salvation and drive to become a better person began.
What is the Great Awakening?
The growth of cities which led to great job opportunities, but unfortunately lots of disease and crime.
What is Urbanization?
This war was caused by British Restrictions on American trade and questioned the sovereignty of the United States.
What is the War of 1812?
The act that caused Bleeding Kansas as expansion of territory in Kansas and Nebraska questioned their stance on slavery.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska act?
This was an artistic movement that emphasized things such as imagination, intuition, idealism, and inspiration.
What is Romanticism?
This system was created to aid forced Native American labor. Several laborers were granted to a conquistador in exchange for protection and christianity.
What is the Encomienda System?
This began off of the basis of slavery and was the fight between the Union and Confederacy that resulted several unsolved issues.
What is The Civil War?
Following disputes over the 1876 election, a republican candidate was granted victory through this compromise; not long before the end of reconstruction.
What is the Compromise of 1877?
The belief in the survival of the fittest in political and economic struggle.
What is Social Darwinism?