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What was the Encomienda System?
Forcing Native Americans to work under the Spanish
What was the Middle Passage?
The route ships would take to bring slaves from Africa to America(very brutal, many slaves died)
What are some causes of the colonies declaring independence?
Judicial Review(Supreme Court can deem laws unconstitutional or not)
What was the Dred Scott Decision?
Slaves = property, cannot deny a citizen property
--> slavery (technically) allowed anywhere
What was Metacom's War a result of?
British encroaching upon Native American land
Who were indentured servants?
DOUBLE POINTS: How does this relate to Bacon's Rebellion?
People coming from Britain who didn't have enough money to pay for passage, so they had to work for land owners to pay back the debt
DOUBLE POINTS: indentured servants rebelled --> less indentured servants, more slaves
How did the French-Indian War lead to the American Revolution?
Proclamation Line: not allowing colonists to settle land they won themselves
Debt: taxing colonists to pay debt
*Trying to regain control
What are the 3 parts of the American System?
DOUBLE POINTS: Who proposed it?
National Banks, internal improvements(Federally funded), tariffs
DOUBLE POINTS: Henry Clay!!!
What were the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?
13th: abolish slavery
14th: equal protection of citizens
15th: government cannot deny citizen right to vote
Who were the Loyalists? Patriots?
DOUBLE POINTS: How does this affect Washington's Continental Army?(hint: who would help Washington's army?)
Loyalists: against the revolution, loyal to Britain still
Patriots: against British control, for the revolution
DOUBLE POINTS: Patriots would likely help Washington's army(colonists differing opinions --> Washington doesn't get too much help)
Why did each of these 3 nations come to America?:
Spain
Britain
French
Britain: economic/land opportunity
French: trade w/ Natives
What is one reason the Articles of Confederation failed?
Shays' rebellion, weak central government, etc.
What is the significance of the Louisiana Purchase?
Jefferson was a Democratic-Republican(constructionist), but he bought Louisiana which is not explicitly stated
What were some failures of Reconstruction?
Sharecropping, KKK, Black codes
Who were the Whigs?
(similar to Federalists) strong central government, American System
What is Mercantilism?
Why did the Anti-Federalists agree to let the Constitution pass?
DOUBLE POINTS: What did the Constitution integrate that tried to stop another leader from getting too powerful?
The Bill of Rights
DOUBLE POINTS: separation of powers, checks and balances(leg., exec., jud.)
What was the Second Great Awakening? What reforms does it connect to?
The 2nd G.A. focused on self-control, morality, individual can reach salvation
Temperance: alcohol moderation
Abolitionism: slavery = sin
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act? What did it lead to?
DOUBLE POINTS: What YEAR was this act passed?
Popular sovereignty, overturned the Missouri Compromise
Led to Bleeding Kansas, Civil War
DOUBLE POINTS: 1854
What ideology did the Mexican-American War align with?
Manifest Destiny, Westward Expansion
How did the roles for women change during this time? How did they stay the same?
Lowell Mills, bad conditions, unequal pay, some still working in private sector
What were the compromises discussed during the Constitutional Convention?
3/5 Compromise: slave counts for 3/5 of a citizen
Representation:
House of Reps-rep. based on population(big states)
Senate-equal rep.(small states)
What led to the Era of Good Feelings?
"Winning" the War of 1812, political unity(Federalists disappeared)
What was the Free Soil Party? What did they want?
What was the Know-Nothing Party?
Free Soil: stop slavery from spreading(economically, not morally)
Know-Nothing: against immigrants