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This amendment granted all men the right to vote
What is the 15th Amendment
This rebellion was unable to be put down by the Articles of Confederation government
What is Shays Rebellion
In 1814 radical Federalist met in New England to discuss opposition to the War of 1812
What is the Hartford Convention
These acts passed by the Articles of Confederation created the criteria for the admission of new states, ended slavery in this region, and required public schooling
What are the Northwest Ordinances
This Puritan leader sought to establish “a city upon the hill” in the New England colonies
Who is John Winthrop
This election was referred as a “corrupt bargain” by Andrew Jackson since he was not named President in spite of getting the most popular and electoral votes
What is the Election of 1824
This rebellion was crushed by the new federal government under the Constitution and proved it to be strong enough to govern
What is the Whiskey Rebellion
This state opposed the Tariff of 1828 and proposed nullification
What is South Carolina
In order to build a railroad the United States purchased additional land from Mexico in 1853
What is the Gadsden Purchase
This abolitionist used religious language and published The Liberator.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison
In the New England colonies all adult male members of the church could vote in this organization
What is the Town Hall Meetings
Following the Boston Tea Party, the British passed this punishment
What are the Intolerable or Coercive Acts
In the 1790’s Jefferson and Madison declared that states could nullify a federal law in these political documents.
What is the Kentucky and Virginia Resolution
With this agreement the United States acquired Florida from Spain in 1819
What is the Adams-Onis Treaty
During the 2nd Great Awakening many evangelical Christians and women became involved in this moral reform movement
What is the temperance movement
At this event in 1848, women demanded the right to vote
What is the Seneca Falls Convention
This colonial revolt resulted in slavery becoming the main labor source of colonial Virginia
What is Bacon's Rebellion
Jeffersonian belief that the federal government could only do what is explicitly stated in the Constitution
What is a strict interpretation
With this treaty in 1848 the United States acquired half of Mexico
Who is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
This pastor delivered a speech entitled “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” during the Great Awakening
Who is Jonathan Edwards
In 1619 this became the first representative assembly in the New World
What is the House of Burgesses
John Brown killed pro-slavery settlers in "Bleeding Kansas"
What is the Pottawatomie Massacre
Proclaiming the state rights, how many states ultimately left the union to form the Confederate States of America
What is 11 Southern states
This treaty in 1796 made the 31st parallel the northern Spanish boundary between Spanish Florida and the U.S.
What is the Pinckney Treaty of 1796
This political party hated the increase in Catholics in the U.S. following Irish immigration peaks in the 1840s
Who was the Know Nothing Party