Period 1-2
What was the Encomienda system?
a system based off of threats of punishments if given tasks are not completed
What royal decree forbade colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains?
The power for the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional, established in Marbury v. Madison.
Judicial Review
What law in 1854 introduced popular sovereignty to decide the slavery issue in the Kansas and Nebraska territories?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Whats the tallest building in the world?
Burj Khalifa
What religious group settled Plymouth and wrote the Mayflower Compact?
Pilgrims
These were the essays written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay to advocate for the Constitution's ratification.
Federalist papers
What was the popular belief in the 1840s that the U.S. was divinely ordained to expand across the continent?
Manifest Destiny
The post Civil War era focused on rebuilding the South and integrating freedmen into society. What was it called?
Reconstruction
Who won Squid Game season 3?
The Baby 😭✌️
What labor system was common in the Southern colonies before Bacon's Rebellion?
Indentured servitude.
This uprising by Massachusetts farmers showed the critical weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
Shays Rebellion
What was the forced, deadly march of the Cherokee people from the Southeast to Oklahoma?
Trail of Tears
What was the 1857 Supreme Court decision that ruled African Americans were not citizens?
Dred Scott Decision
Who won Superbowl 56?
What term describes England's policy of loose enforcement of colonial trade laws?
Salutary Neglect
What's Alexander Hamilton's financial institution that caused the first major split into political parties?
First National bank
What was the financial institution that President Andrew Jackson successfully killed using his veto power?
Bank of the U.S. (BUS)
What was the post war system where former slaves farmed land in exchange for a share of the crop?
Sharecropping
How old is Hasbulla?
23 years old.
This economic theory held that colonies existed solely to enrich the mother country.
Mercantilism
What was the diplomatic crisis where French agents demanded bribes from American envoys?
XYZ Affair
What was the major period of reform movements, including abolition, temperance, and the Seneca Falls Convention?
Second Great Awakening
What was the agreement that ended Reconstruction in 1877 by withdrawing federal troops from the South?
Compromise of 1877
What is the new tallest, fastest, and longest roller coaster in the world?
Falcon's Flight