Colonial America
The Constitution
& Early Republic
Westward Expansion & Early Industrialization
The Civil War
& Reconstruction
Famous Thinkers
& Reformers
100
This 18th century movement challenged traditional structures of authority through faith.
Great Awakening
100
This failed constitution lacked executive power and sufficient power of taxation.
Articles of Confederation
100
This president is associated with revolutionizing American democracy through increased voter participation and the spoils system.
Andrew Jackson
100
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments...
Free Citizens Vote
100
This thinker emphasized simplicity, self-reliance and the divine value of nature.
Henry David Thoreau
200
This cash crop allowed the Chesapeake colonies to flourish economically and expand geographically.
Tobacco
200
This agreement resolved the dispute between equal representation in Congress (New Jersey plan) and proportional representation (Virginia plan).
Connecticut Compromise (Great Compromise)
200
This policy regulated slavery in the territory acquired in the Louisiana purchase by prohibiting it north of the 36°30′ parallel.
Missouri Compromise
200
This law was included in the Compromise of 1850 and greatly empowered Southern slave owners to recapture slaves who had fled to the North.
Fugitive Slave Act
200
Feminist, abolitionist, Quaker. Was arrested for voting in 1872. First woman to be featured on a U.S. coin.
Susan B Anthony
300
The idea that the American colonies benefited from a fair amount of autonomy in their early years
Salutary neglect
300
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay wrote these famous documents in an effort to persuade the American public to ratify the new Constitution.
The Federalist Papers
300
The system of manufacturing products with interchangeable parts and Henry Clay's program of internal improvements share this common name.
The "American system"
300
This is the name for the enduring conflict between pro- and anti-slavery following the Kansas-Nebraska Acts.
Bleeding Kansas
300
One of the central participants of the First Great Awakening. Gave passionate, emotional messages to persuade people of the importance of religion.
Jonathan Edwards or George Whitefield
400
The founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
John Winthrop
400
Federalist President John Adams sought to silence the voice of the rival Democratic-Republican party through this legislation.
Alien and Sedition Acts
400
This semi-secret political party was built upon the idea of nativism and strongly opposed Irish immigration
Know-Nothing Party (American Party)
400
This reconstruction plan offered a stricter alternative to Lincoln's proposal and required at least 50% of southern voters to take oaths of loyalty.
Wade-Davis Bill
400
Naturalist and environmentalist who pushed for the creation of national parks
John Muir
500
This person was banished from Massachusetts Bay for challenging gender roles and religious orthodoxy.
Anne Hutchinson
500
1. This gave the Supreme Court the power of judicial review. 2. This gave Congress the power to regulate interstate trade. 3. This upheld the constitutionality of a federal bank
1. Marbury v. Madison 2. Gibbons v. Ogden 3. McCulloch v. Maryland
500
Name three transportation developments that greatly increased migration and trade with the West. Give a specific example of each development.
1. Turnpikes/roads: National Road was constructed to connect the east coast to the Mississippi River 2. Canals: Erie Canal was constructed to connect the east coast to Great Lakes 3. Railroads: Transcontinental railroad was constructed from Iowa to California
500
This controversial deal resulted in the military's withdrawal from the south and Republican Rutherford B. Hayes winning the presidency.
Compromise of 1877
500
This woman led a campaign to reform prisons and insane asylums.
Dorothea Dix
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