Name that Decade
Battle of Saratoga, Thomas Paine/ Common Sense, Coercive/Intolerable Acts, Olive Branch Petition, Boston Tea Party
What were the 1770s?
Homestead Act, Pacific Railway Act, Emancipation Proclamation
What happened during Abraham Lincoln's Presidency?
Constitutional Amendment enacted in 1865 abolishing slavery
What was the 13th Amendment?
under contract with a master who paid for their passage and agreed to work from 4 -7 years in exchange for their passage to America
What were indentured servants?
Region of the country where cotton was "king." Its population was comprised of aristocracy, farmers, poor whites, and slaves.
the South
Marbury v. Madison, Louisianna Purchase, Embargo Act, Louis and Clark Expedition
What was the 1800s (1800 - 1810)?
Seward's Folly, Tenure of Office Act, 14th Amendment, Adoption of Black Codes in the South
What happened during Andrew Johnson's administration?
An intentionally weak form of central government written by the Second Continental Congress during the Revolutionary War; influenced by distrust and fear of a tyrannical government
What were the Articles of Confederation?
A provision in the Constitution that counted each enslaved individual as not quite a full person for the purposes of determining taxes and representation
A former Mexican province that revolted after the government outlawed slavery and required all inhabitants to convert to Roman Catholicism. Eventually, after a joint resolution, it was finally admitted as a state.
What was Texas?
John C. Calhoun, Abolitionists, Indian Removal Act, Formation of the Whig Party
What were the 1830s?
First Protective Tariff, Hartford Convention, War of 1812
What happened during James Madison's administration?
This principle was intended to be a safeguard against tyranny and resulted in three separate branches: the legislative, the judicial, and the executive
What is the separation of powers?
Initially used by the Spanish as coerced labor in the encomienda system
Who were the Native Americans?
After founder Joseph Smith was murdered, his Mormon followers were led by Brigham Young and migrated to this western frontier
What is the Great Salt Lake or Utah?
Mexican War, Wilmot Proviso, Texas becomes a state, Seneca Falls Convention
What were the 1840s?
Judiciary Act, Whiskey Rebellion, Jay Treaty, First Bank of the United States
What was George Washington's administration?
A fundamental aspect of American government in which power is divided between a national (federal) government and various regional governments
What is federalism?
horrendous part of the colonial triangular trade path endured by native Africans
What was the Middle Passage?
Area settled by the Separatists or "Pilgrims"; later absorbed by Massachusetts Bay Colony
What was Plymouth?
Missouri Compromise, Era of Good Feelings, Isolationism, Tariff of Abominations
What were the 1820s?
Whiskey Ring, First Transcontinental Railroad, Credit Mobilier, 15th Amendment
What was the administration of Ulysses S. Grant?
A united faction that supported ratification of the Constitution and a need for a stronger central government to preserve the Union
Who were the Federalists?
An invention that led to the expansion of slavery in the South
What was the cotton gin?
Territory whose border was finally settled at the 49th parallel
What was the Oregon Territory?