U.S. Government
The Presidency
Westward Expansion
Reform
Sectionalism
100
A change to the U.S. Constitution
What is an ammendment?
100
Jefferson sent these men to map out and explore the Louisiana Territory.
Who are Lewis and Clark?
100
The practice of giving government jobs to political supporters.
What is the Spoils System?
100
An invention that increased the demand for slaves in the South.
What is the cotton gin?
100
Novel that convinced many people that slavery was morally wrong.
What is "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
200
This resolved the debate over how slaves would be counted for representation in Congress.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
200
This president urged all Americans to unite for the good of the country when he said, "We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists".
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
Thousands of Cherokees died while being relocated to Indian Territory.
What is the Trail of Tears?
200
A movement to end slavery.
What is the Abolitionist Movement?
200
A law requiring citizens to return runaway slaves.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
300
Ten Ammendments that protect Americans from abuses of the government.
What is the Bill of Rights?
300
Washington established the authority of the U.S. government when he called up troops to stop this rebellion.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
300
The idea that America was meant to extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny?
300
Laws created by slaveowners to control their slaves.
What are slave codes?
300
The Supreme Court decision that declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional and established slaves as property.
What is the Dred Scott Decision?
400
A principal of the Constitution that keeps one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
What is Checks and Balances?
400
Laws that targeted immigrants and allowed the government to jail, fine or expel troublemakers.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
400
Trails that thousands of Americans traveled westward seeking land, gold and religious freedom.
What are the Oregon, Santa Fe and Mormon Trails?
400
A network of safe houses that helped slaves escape to freedom in the North.
What is the Underground Railroad?
400
This abolitionist and his followers raided Harper's Ferry to arm slaves for a rebellion.
Who is John Brown?
500
The framework for the U.S. government during the Revolutionary War.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
500
Three reasons War Hawks called for war with Great Britain in 1812.
What are the seizing of U.S. ships, the impressment of U.S. sailors and supplying the Native Americans with guns and ammunition?
500
A group that rushed to California in search of gold.
Who are the Forty-niners?
500
A form of protest, a peaceful refusal to follow laws.
What is civil disobedience?
500
Southern states that seceded from the nation during the Civil War.
What is the Confederate States of America?
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