Politics
This agreement admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state
the Missouri Compromise
I helped over 300 people escape north out of slavery
Harriet Tubman
The very first congress under the Constitution met in this state
New York
This group came to the United States hoping to create a "shining city on a hill"
the Puritans
What did Johnson's plan for readmitting confederate states require those states to do before they could reenter the union
Ratify the 13th amendment
The supreme court ruled that neither I nor any other person of African descent could be a citizen
Dredd Scott
the House of Representatives
This set of laws include vagrancy laws and employment restrictions that targeted former slaves in the reconstruction South
Black Codes
This treaty forced Spain to cede Florida to the United States
Adams-Onis
I was the democratic "dark horse" candidate who supported annexing Texas and Oregon in the election of 1844
James K Polk
What does it take to pass a Constitutional amendment
2/3 of congress and 3/4 of state legislatures
This event is responsible for more women going into nursing
Johnson's plan for readmitting confederate states offered amnesty to nearly all citizens of confederate states, except who?
Those who owned more than 20k in property at the beginning of the war
So plantation owners
I was an American slave who fought for the British to gain my freedom
Boston King
This amendment protected the right to vote regardless of race or previous condition of servitude
15th
This colony began as a debtors prison
Georgia
This slogan was used by presidential candidate James K Polk to rally people behind expansion into the Oregon Territory
Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!
I reduced the federal debt from 85 million to 45 million by reducing military expenditures. I also refused to pay tribute to North African pirates, leading us to war.
Thomas Jefferson
This set of acts closed the port of Boston, allowed trials outside of the colonies, forced quartering of British troops, and banned town meetings
the Intolerable Acts
This uprising in 1676 was between wealthy and poor colonists in Virginia over high taxes and perceived privileges of the wealthy
Bacon's Rebellion