Foundations of American Government
What principle divides power among the three branches of government?
Separation of Power or Checks and Balances.
Increased tensions with the federal government.
What idea said it was America's destiny to expand from coast to coast.
Manifest Destiny.
What event caused South Carolina to secede from the Union?
Lincoln's election in 1860.
What amendment abolished slavery?
13th Amendment.
What amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th Amendment.
What is the role of the legislative branch?
What city in SC did Union General Sherman destroy during his March to the Sea?
Columbia, SC.
Which act allowed popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska?
Kansas-Nebraska Act.
What was General Sherman's goal during his March to the Sea?
Destroy Southern morale and infrastructure.
What did the 14th Amendment guarantee?
Citizenship and equal protection.
What term described Progressive journalists who exposed courruption?
Muckrakers.
What is the main purpose of Checks and Balances?
Prevent one branch from becoming too powerful.
What SC battle is considered a major turning point in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution?
Battle of King's Mountain.
What term describes violence between pro- and anti-slavery settlers in Kansas?
What major Confederate port city fell to the Union after a long siege?
Charleston.
What did the 15th Amendment ensure?
Voting rights for Black men.
What novel led to reforms in the food industry?
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.
What were the Anti-Federalists afraid of?
A strong central government without a Bill of Rights.
Which rebellion occured in SC in 1739, involving enslaved Africans?
Why did Southern leaders fear John Brown?
He was a white abolitionist who led a violent revolt.
What Civil War battle was a turning point in favor of the Union?
Battle of Gettysburg.
What federal agency helped former slaves adjust to freedom?
The Freedmen's Bureau.
What major event helped end the Great Depression?
World War II.
Which compromise resolved representation disagreements at the Constitutional Convetion?
The Great Compromise.
Which South Carolinian organized a failed slave conspiracy in 1822?
Denmark Vesey.
What Supreme Court case said enslaved people weren't citizens?
Dred Scott v. Sandford.
What Union strategy split the Confederacy along the Mississippi River?
Anaconda Plan.
Why did African American political power decline after Reconstruction?
Rise of disenfranchisement and racial violence.
What was the spark that started World War I?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.