Early Republic
These rebels first organized in the Green Dragon Tavern in Boston.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
This first slave rebellion in the U.S. led to harsher treatment of enslaved people and stricter laws.
What was the Stono Rebellion?
Formed to oppose Andrew Jackson, this party was replaced by Republicans.
What is the Whig Party?
This song was based on Britain's attack on Baltimore. Yes, it still waves.
What is the Star Spangled Banner?
Waterboarding, for example, is prohibited via the eighth amendment which denies:
"cruel and ______ ________"
What is "unusual punishment"?
The first Europeans to inhabit the New World, known for "conquering".
Who are conquistadors?
The first instances of African slavery in the U.S. occurred in these places.
What are encomiendas?
He passed away after serving just one month in office probably due to pneumonia caught while campaigning.
Who is William Henry Harrison?
John Q. Adams got the presidency due to support by Henry Clay so he made Clay the Secretary of State.
What is the Corrupt bargain of 1824?
Many states have vastly different laws concerning these two freedoms expressed in the second amendment freedom.
What are gun control and militias?
Official stance of the U.S. regarding the war between France and Britain in 1793.
What is neutrality?
His stirring speech "What is the 4th of July to a Slave?" galvanized support of the abolitionist movement.
Who was Frederick Douglass?
In this speech, he called for Americans to not intervene in foreign affairs and not divide into parties. America promptly did both.
What is Washington's farewell address?
Banned trade with all other countries, ultimately ruining the American economy.
What is the Embargo Act of 1807?
Citizenship of newly freed individuals after the end of the Civil War was verified in this amendment.
What is the fourteenth amendment?
Intellectual, philosophical movement that gave rise to ideas such as self-governance.
What is the Enlightenment?
This former preacher had a vision from an angel. Afterward, he led a revolt murdering all whites: men, women, and children.
Who was Nat Turner?
Nativist political group that disliked immigrants and worked to limit their numbers and their power.
What is the Know-Nothing Party?
This was an immediate cause of the War of 1812.
What was British seizing of American merchant ships and sailors?
Also:
(Expansion of U.S. into Native American land allied w/Britain or encouragement of Canada to rebel)
The thirteenth amendment abolishes the act of slavery except for these people. Today, they earn anywhere from $0.33 to $1.41 an hour.
What are inmates/prisoners?
What was the XYZ affair?
The ratio of white to black people living in slave states prior to the outbreak of the Civil War.
What is 2:1?
This married woman was an advisor and likely lover of Andrew Jackson?
Who was Peggy Eaton?
This rally for women's rights would later lead to the Prohibition and women's suffrage.
What was the Seneca Falls Convention?
Abraham Lincoln and John Adams were both arguably (almost not an argument, really) guilty of infringing upon this right afforded to Americans in the Bill of Rights.
What is the freedom of the press?