This 1763 British policy, issued after the French and Indian War, attempted to stabilize relations with Native Americans by limiting colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This SCOTUS case established judicial review.
What is Marbury v Madison?
This belief was the incorporating new territory sanctioned by God
What is Manifest Destiny?
This person wrote Common Sense.
Who is Thomas Paine
On July 4, 1776, Americans colonist did this
Write the Declaration of Independence
This weakness of the Articles of Confederation—revealed during this rebellion convinced many elites that a stronger central government was necessary.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
This concept, promoted during the Market Revolution, emphasized economic independence and self-sufficiency within the household.
What is republican motherhood?
This compromise includes the strict Fugitive Slave Law
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This person is known as the "Father of the Constitution" and author of the Bill of Rights.
Who is James Madison?
This event is referred to as the Revolution of 1800
What is the first peaceful transfer of power between opposing parties (Federalists to Democratic-Republicans)
This 1787 compromise created a bicameral legislature, balancing representation between large and small states.
What is the Great Compromise?
This Supreme Court case expanded federal power by interpreting the Necessary and Proper Clause and upholding the national bank.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
This doctrine, central to Southern arguments before the Civil War, claimed that states had the right to nullify federal laws.
What is nullification?
This fiery abolitionist who died a martyr in the North and a murderer in the South
Who is John Brown?
In 1860, the creation of this political party was formed by the election of the 16th President.
What is the Republican Party?
This 1794 uprising in Pennsylvania challenged a federal excise tax and tested the authority of the new national government.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
This organization sought to make alcohol illegal. It had a very large female membership base.
What is the American Temperance Union?
This proposal during the Mexican-American War sought to ban slavery in newly acquired territories but never passed Congress.
What is the Wilmot Proviso?
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote what major book, fueling tensions before the Civil War?
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Radical Reconstruction is also called this.
What is Congressional Reconstruction?
This 1798 political crisis led to laws that restricted speech and increased tensions between Federalists and Democratic-Republicans.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
The forced migration of thousands of Native Americans from their lands East of the Mississippi River to Oklahoma and other western territories in the early 1830s.
What is the Indian Removal Act? (Trail of Tears)
These were the two main purposes of the Emancipation Proclamation
What is Freed slaves in rebellious states, changing the war's purpose.
This Radical Republican Congressman was known for pushing for civil rights of freedmen and harsh punishments for the South
Who is Thaddeus Stevens?
What is the end of Reconstruction in exchange for Rutherford B. Hayes winning the presidency?