Reasons for moving to the southern colonies
What are financial reasons?
The rebellion resulting in the 1763 Proclamation Line.
What is Pontiac's Rebellion?
U.S. Supreme Court Case stating segregation is legal if it is "separate but equal."
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
The causes of the Spanish-American war.
What is the Delome Letter, U.S.S. Maine, and Yellow Journalism?
*Must list all three to receive points*
The fear of entering another war.
An economic theory where the government regulates all trade.
What is Mercantilism?
A declaration stating that states can nullify federal laws deemed unconstitutional by states.
What is the Virginia and Kentucky Resolution?
The act allowed the federal government to break up tribal lands, and allocate small portions of the land to native Americans if they agreed to live in small, Christian, nuclear families.
What is the Dawes Severalty Act?
The name of President Roosevelt's group of Naval ships which toured the world to show the U.S's military power.
What is the Great White Fleet?
The cause of the 2008 Recession
The treaty ending the War of 1812
What is the treaty of Ghent?
The parts of Hamilton's Economic Plan.
What is BEFAT? Bank of the U.S, Excise Tax on Whiskey, Funding at Par, Assumption of State Debt, Tariffs.
*Must name all of BEFAT to receive points*
The event in which the Federal Arsenal was broken into and stolen weapons were given to escape slaves to start a revolt, in an attempt to end slavery.
What is the Zoot Suit Riots?
The agency resulting from Racheal Carson's "Slient Spring."
This system attempted to get more people to the colonies by offering landowners 50 acres of land to anyone who paid to come to the colonies.
What is the Headright system?
The name of the Supreme Court from 1801-1835.
What is the Marshall Court?
The thesis, where one professor argued that the Western Frontier made the American Identity unique.
What is the Turner Thesis?
The 2 ideas from Truman's 14 Points which were included in the Treaty of Versailles. (1919)
What is the League of Nations and Borders being drawn along ethnic lines.
The agreement between The U.S and the Soviet Union which all intermediate missles were prohibited
What is the INF? (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty)
What is the Valladolid debate?
The piece of literature was made for women at home, enforcing the idea of the Cult of Domesticity. This was meant to make home life seem more appealing.
What is the Godey’s Lady’s Book?
The U.S. Supreme Court Case ruled states have the right to regulate business.
What is Munn v. Illinois?
The act which ammended the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887.
What is the Elkins Act?
The name given to Reagan's biggest supporters in the 1980s.
What is the "Moral Majority?"