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100

The neutrality proclamation was issued under this Presidential Administration 

Washington Admin (1794)

100

This 1857 SCOTUS ruling ruled that slaves are not citizens therefore cannot sue in a court of law, furthermore permitting an owner to take a slave to the free North

Dred Scott. v Sanford

100

This forced conversion and oppressive labor system held Natives against their will, forcing them to work in mines and plantations. 

Encomienda

100

The transfer of food, ideas, people, disease, etc. during this time period was a clash between the Old and New Worlds.

Colombian Exchange

100

The discovery of this mineral in 1848-49 led to migration Westward.

Gold (CA)

200

State property qualifications for voting were diminished during his run for Presidency, ushering in a massive uptick in voter turnout

Andrew Jackson (universal white male suffrage)

200

This 1896 SCOTUS ruling upheld legal segregation in the south through the separate v. equal doctrine

Plessy v. Ferguson

200

Name the first three political party systems in the U.S. 

Democratic-Republicans & Federalists

Jacksonian (Democrats) and Whigs

Republicans and Democrats 

200

What was the concept of Republican Motherhood?

It was a women's responsibility to teach/raise virtuous children to be active participants in our Republic (post revolution era)

200

This invention in 1793 increased the demand for slave labor in the south

Cotton Gin (Eli Whitney)

300

The embargo act was issued under this Presidential Administration plummeting the U.S. economy during the time

Jefferson administration (1807)
300

This 1803 SCOTUS ruling created the principle of judicial review

Marbury v. Madison

300
This clause in article 1, section 8, clause 18 within the U.S. Constitution has been interpreted to expand Congress' power.

Elastic clause (necessary and proper clause)

300

What was the 2nd Great Awakening? What impact did it have on the time?

Religious movement that swept the nation on the grounds of moral purity. Led to a reform era in which individuals tried to live a morally pure life and end the evils of slavery, alcoholism, etc.

300

Define the concept of laissez faire economics. How did it apply to the Gilded Age/what did it allow for? 

Hands off government regulation over business. Led to unprecedented economic growth and innovation, but corporate greed/monopolies forming

400

The spot resolution, issued by Lincoln to a divided Congress, took place during his Presidency

James K. Polk (Mexican American War)

400

This 1886 SCOTUS ruling stated that states do not have the power to regulate interstate commerce, only the federal g'ment

Wabash v. Illinois

400

Provide two examples of corruption during the Gilded Age and how Congress sought to fix this corruption during the time.

--Boss Tweed, local political rings

--Federal corruption 

--Pendleton Act (merit based system for political positions)

--17th Amendment (direct election of U.S. Senators)

400

Provide three different specific examples of how manifest destiny caused conflict and oppression to Native American populations through the 18th and 19th centuries

--Tecumseh's Pan Indian Alliance during the war of 1812

--Age of Jackson and Indian Removal policies

-- Post Civil War Indian Wars in the West (Battle of Little Bighorn, Sand Creek Massacre)

--Reservation system 

400

Describe the differences in the Colonial economies of the New England, Middle and Southern regions of Colonial America

New England-- fishing, lumber, small farms

Middle-- mixed economy, bread basket region

South-- plantation based cash crop economy

500

Congress passed the compromise of 1850 (fugitive slave act) under this Presidential administration.

Millard Fillmore 

500

This 1819 SCOTUS ruling decided that the Federal Government had the right and power to set up a Federal bank and that states did not have the power to tax the Federal Government.

McCullough v. Maryland 

500

The end of Salutary Neglect marked a turning point between the Colonies and England. Explain 3 reasons why.

-- led to debt and a debate over "taxation without representation"

-- led to increased economic pressure to enforce mercantilist policies (stricter enforcement of the navigation acts)

-- led to more direct control over the colonial way of life  

--Proclamation of 1763 halted Westward Settlement 

500

Explain three different specific historical examples of the growing tension over slavery and how it led to the Civil War.

--Fugitive Slave Act

--John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry

--Bleeding Kansas

-- Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin

--3/5th compromise at the Convention

--Manifest Destiny and the question of which states will be free/slave states as the country grows in size

500

Henry Clay's American System during the Era of Good Feelings called for three things. What were they?

--Protective tariffs

--A strong nat'l bank

-- System of roads/canals to bind the nation (Cumberland Road, Erie Canal, etc.)

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