American Revolution
What came first, the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution?
Declaration of Independence
Group of people who wanted to ratify the Constitution
Federalists
First two political parties
Federalists and Democratic-Republicans
Machine that accelerated the growth of slavery in the South
Cotton Gin
Led raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown
Term for colonists who wanted to remain with Britain
Loyalists
The name of the system of government that preceded the Constitution
Articles of Confederation
Two causes of the War of 1812
Impressment, land in the West
President during the passage of the Indian Removal Act
Andrew Jackson
Name of the Supreme Court decision that ruled black people could not be citizens
Dred Scott
Name or describe two of the four Intolerable Acts
1. Quartering Act
2. Boston Port Act
3. Administration of Justice Act
4. Local Government Act
This convinced Anti-Federalists to eventually support the ratification of the Constitution
Bill of Rights
President during Louisiana Purchase
Jefferson
Party made to oppose Jackson
Whigs (no credit for "Whugs")
Place into chronological order
- Secession of South Carolina
- Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Kansas-Nebraska Act
- Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Kansas-Nebraska Act
- Secession of South Carolina
What tax taxed tea, lead, paint, glass and other items?
Townshend Act
Three branches, and a check and balance for each branch
Congress- impeachment
President- veto
Supreme Court- judicial review
(answers may vary)
Two reasons why the Election of 1800 was important
1. Peaceful transfer of power
2. First DR pres
3. Led to new method of selecting VP
Bank War caused the _________
by _________
Panic of 1837
Pet banks lending to untrustworthy people
Political position against immigrants
Nativism
Years of:
- American Revolution
1775/1776-1783
Year of:
- Writing of Constitution
1787 (will accept 1789 for ratification)
America had one major victory during the War of 1812. What was it called, and what was unusual about it?
The Battle of New Orleans, it happened after the war was over.
Name of enslaved person who led most notable slave rebellion in the antebellum period
Nat Turner
Four parts of the Compromise of 1850
- end of slave trade in DC
- CA as free state
- New Mexico and Utah territory could choose to be free or slave
- strengthened fugitive slave act