Unit 1
What are Puritans?
They had a belief that God was predestined a small group of “saints” for salvation.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The first written constitution of the US, ratified in 1781. It created a loose confederation of states with a weak central government: no power to tax, no executive branch, and very limited authority over states
What was the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
The 1848 agreement ending the Mexican-American War, ceding California and southwestern territories to the US for $15 million.
What compromise made slaves equal to population?
3/5 Compromise
What battle started the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
What are Quakers?
Religious group (Society of Friends) that emphasized inner light, equality, and pacifism
What was the Elastic Clause?
Congress the authority to make laws "necessary and proper" for executing its enumerated powers
Who was Harriet Tubman?
An escaped enslaved woman who led about 70 others to freedom via the Underground Railroad and spied for the Union during the Civil War.
What compromise had made the Senate and the Representatives?
Great Compromise
The Battle of New Orleans happened at what War?
War of 1812
After the French and Indian War, The British Government issued the Proclamation of 1763, prohibiting the colonists from doing what?
Move west of the Application Mountains.
The Shay's Rebellion caused what?
Nullification of the Articles of Confederations.
Name 2 North Advantages of the Civil War.
Manufactures and Bigger Population.
What line did the Missouri Compromise determine to be a free and slave state?
36,30
What was the major war fought in the American Revolution?
Battle of Saratoga.
People should not be taxed by a government unless they have elected representatives in that government. This is called...
"No Taxation without Representation"
Name the 3 parts of the America System
1. National Bank
2. Tariffs
3. Roads/Canals.
Why was the Boarder States important?
They were crucial for strategic and resource reasons.
North: California
South: Fugitive Slave Law.
What was the Battle of Antietam?
It was the bloodiest Battle in the Civil War.
Define the 1st and 2nd Great Awakening
1st. Widespread Protestant revival movement stressing personal conversion and emotion.
2nd. Later wave of revivals that promoted reform (temperance, abolition, women’s roles)
Who opposed the national bank in the 1800s?
Andrew Jackson
What was the Trent Affair?
It was a major diplomatic crisis in 1861 during the American Civil War, when a U.S. Navy ship seized two Confederate diplomats from the British mail steamer Trent
What is the Compromise Tariff of 1833?
When Henry Clay slowly reduced the tariff rates over a decade.
The Siege of Vicksburg in the Civil War made....
The Mississippi River controlled by the Union