Early Republic
The building of these directly contributed to improvements in trade and to the drastic shortenings of travel times in the early 19th century before railroads.
What are roads and canals?
The Mexican Cession and the Gadsden Purchase were primarily acquired as a result of this war.
What is the Mexican-American War?
This is what is formed by large corporations who entered into agreements to consolidate their companies to exercise exclusive control over a specific product or industry.
What is a trust/monopoly?
They formed party of Andrew Jackson. They wanted small government, and they opposed trade protection, national banks, and paper money.
Who were the Jacksonian Democrats? (What was the Democratic party?)
The Supreme Court case that established the power of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
At this Convention, women signed the Declaration of Sentiments. They wanted women's suffrage (the right to vote).
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
This was the primary reason the North went to war with the South.
What is to "preserve the union"?
The idea that evolutionary principles determined that people succeeded based on their merits.
What is Social Darwinism?
A single-issue party, its main purpose was to oppose the expansion of slavery into the Western territories.
The Supreme Court decision that said people of African ancestry were not citizens, that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional, and that the Fifth Amendment protected slave-owners' rights to people as "property"
What is the Dred Scott decision? (What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?)
These occurred in Haiti, South Carolina, and Virginia and made many leaders in the South fear that enslaved African Americans could harm them.
What are slave rebellions?
During Reconstruction, this was a change that took place in the South that was later undone as a result of Black Codes and Jim Crow laws.
What is African American suffrage (the right to vote)? (Other acceptable answers)
What was the goal regarding Native Americans as per the Treaty of Fort Laramie, the Dawes Severalty Act, and the creation of Indian Boarding Schools?
What is assimilation? (Other acceptable answers)
This party believed in national interest above sectional interests and states' rights to slavery. Also called the party of Abraham Lincoln. Even though they were originally called the National Unity Party, they changed their name to what?
What is the Republican Party?
The Supreme Court case where the Court held that state-mandated segregation laws did not violate the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Resulted in the "separate but equal" doctrine.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
Devised by Henry Clay: a tariff to protect and promote American industry; a national bank to foster commerce; and federal subsidies for roads, canals, and other "internal improvements" to develop profitable markets for agriculture. Contributed to more Americans producing goods for national markets.
What is the American System?
The Daily Double!
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Name the 3 Reconstruction Amendments and their purposes briefly.
Which group of people was primarily affected by the "monopoly [that] is taking our homes from us by an infamous system of mortgage foreclosure?"
Who are farmers?
This party was also called the People's Party. It grew as a result of the growth of corporate power over agriculture and the economy.
What is the Populist Party?
The Supreme Court decision that determined that Congress had the power to create a National Bank and established that Congress had powers that were not explicitly stated in the constitution.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
This was a message to warn European nations against further colonial ventures in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This abolished the slave trade in D.C., admitted California as a free state, enforced the Fugitive Slave Act, and declared popular sovereignty in Utah.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
The Sherman Antitrust Act was originally intended to inhibit the growth of business monopolies, however courts initially used its provisions successfully against this group.
What are Labor Unions?
The opponents of Jackson’s Democrats had organized into this party. They favored modernization, banking, and economic protectionism (protective tariffs).
What was the Whig Party? (Who were the Whigs?)
The Supreme Court case that determined the power to regulate interstate commerce encompassed the power to regulate navigation and transportation.
What is Gibbons v. Ogden?