Enlightenment & Early Government
These Enlightenment ideas—natural rights, political equity, and separation of powers—laid the foundation for this form of government.
What is a democratic government?
This document explained the colonists’ desire to break from British rule.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This 1803 land deal doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
His main goal at the start of the Civil War was to preserve the Union.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This invention increased the demand for slave labor in the South.
What is the cotton gin?
This document, signed in 1215, aimed to limit the king’s power.
What is the Magna Carta?
He favored a strong national government and a loose interpretation of the Constitution.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
He was president during the Louisiana Purchase.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This speech by Lincoln called for healing after the war.
What is the Second Inaugural Address?
This type of neighborhood formed due to immigration to cities.
What are ethnic neighborhoods?
This 1620 agreement was a first step toward self-government in the colonies.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
These 10 amendments protect fundamental liberties of Americans.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This belief justified westward expansion across the continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
These amendments were meant to address civil rights after the Civil War.
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
This labor organization sought better wages and working conditions.
What is the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
This amendment emphasizes powers reserved to states and the people.
What is the Tenth Amendment?
This Founding Father opposed tariffs because of their impact on farmers.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This doctrine opposed European colonization in the Americas.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This organization helped former slaves adjust to freedom.
What is the Freedmen’s Bureau?
This event highlighted industrial labor unrest and police violence.
What is the Haymarket Riot?
This legislative body served as a model for Congress when drafting the Constitution.
What is the English Parliament?
The rebellion that showed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
This 1830 act forced Native Americans off their land in Georgia.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This famous address emphasized self-government and equality.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
Factory owners favored this immigration trend in the late 1800s.
What is immigration of unskilled workers?