Be Kind
What do you call a person who worked to end the institution of slavery?
Abolitionist
Andrew Jackson was supported by the common people. How did this help him?
It led to him being elected president
What phrase means the philosophy that people have the right to determine for themselves the nature of their own government
Popular Sovereignty
What term means to leave the United States? Which state was the first to do this?
Secede, South Carolina
What are the 3 unalienable rights stated in the Declaration of Independence
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
What was John Marshall's most important accomplishment as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
Establishing Judicial Review
What developed due to the vast differences that had developed between the North and South such as a difference in culture and economy?
Sectionalism
What agreement brought in Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state
Missouri Compromise
What invention increased the demand for enslaved labor in the South?
The Cotton Gin
Which 2 words best describe John Brown?
Antislavery and violent or abolitionist
What was an impact of the Fujitive Slave Act
Any: The north was no longer safe for runaway slaves, Many in the North refused to foll the new laws, Free African Americans were wrongly forced into slavery
Define suffrage
The right to vote
Prior to the Civil War, our government tried to fix the issues between the North and South with various compromises. One of these, the Missouri Compromise focused on what?
keeping an equal amount of slave and free states
Why could the Sedition Act be contrary to the Constitution?
It is a violation of the 1st Amendment/Free Speech
Who was the first president of the United States
George Washington
The seizure of American shipping by the French government was a central issue of what affair?
XYZ Affair
What effect did the Louisiana Purchase have on the U.S.
It doubled the size of the nation
What started the war of 1812?
British impressment of sailors
What was the purpose of the Proclamation of Neutrality of 1793?
to prevent the US. from involvement in foreign affairs
Who won the war of 1812?
It was a tie between Great Britain and the U.S
What was the Spoils system
Andrew Jackson giving jobs to his friends and supporters
What phrase described a time of little conflict during Monroe's presidency?
Era of Good Feelings
What was the trail where a thousand Native Americans had to walk on to get to reservations
Trail of Tears
Why was the election of 1824 so controversial
Adams was declared the winner even though he had less votes
Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant, ending the Civil War
Appomattox Courthouse