Unit 1
Located throughout Mexico, this empire's capital city of Tenochtitlan boasted nearly 350,000 residents prior to the arrival of Hernando Cortez in 1516.
Who are the Aztecs
This conflict resulted in the lasting defeat of New England's Indians and the beheading of Wampanoag Chief Metacom
What is King Philip's War
Our government is based on this document today. The Federalists supported it.
What is the Constitution
The part of the country that was the most different from the rest of the US.
What is the South
Supreme Court case that stated African Americans were not citizens and that slavery was legal
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford
The import of this New World vegetable to Africa in the 1500s sharply increased their indigenous population but at the same time made them prime candidates for slavery soon after.
What is maize (or corn)
This was act was considered to be the greatest accomplishment of the Confederated Congress under the Articles of Confederation in terms of organizing new US territories.
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution
What are the Bill of Rights
Banned slavery north of the 36 degree line.
The Missouri Compromise
It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history.
This region of British North America became the target destination for thousands of indentured servants during the 1600s.
What is Chesapeake
Although technically not a constitution, this was a landmark agreement among Pilgrims and non-Pilgrims for majority rule.
What is the Mayflower Compact
When the French Revolution developed into a war between France and Britain. Washington made this proclamation.
What is the Neutrality Proclamation of 1793
A transportation route that connected New York to the Midwest and helped improve industrialization and migration.
What is the Erie Canal
A derogatory term for white Southerners who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party after the Civil War.
What is a Scalawag
Puritan leader who's "City on a Hill" sermon in 1630 set the stage for mass colonization of Massachusetts Bay as well as the notion of Puritans (and later Americans) being an "exceptional" people.
Who is John Winthrop
This individual openly promoted the idea of an individual personal relationship with God without the guidance of church leaders, and was later expelled from the Massachusetts Bay colony
Who is Anne Hutchinson
They tended to support industrialization over agriculture.
Who are the Federalists
The most influential African-American of the nineteenth century and the nation's leading advocate of racial equality was
Who is Fredrick Douglass
Post-secession attempt to prevent a Civil War
What is the Crittenden Compromise
This system of granting 50-100 acres of land to one who paid for the import of an indentured servant to Virginia during the 1600s added to the wealth/economic power of the plantation owners but left little to those servants who eventually became free.
What is the headright system
1764 rebellion of Scots-Irish frontiersmen resulting from perceived disproportional control of the Pennsylvania government and failure to provide adequate defense on the frontier.
Who are the Paxton Boys
This key term allowed Supreme Court the final authority on the constitutionality of legislation.
What is Judicial Review
Jackson's appointment of corrupt, incompetent, and illiterate supporters to government jobs.
What is the Spoils System
The use of the Underground Railroad was in direct conflict with what law passed by the United States.
What is the Underground Railroad