Potent Potables
They had no jobs, no place to live and many did not know how to read or write.
What institution was created by Congress in 1865 to respond to these problems?
What is the Freedman's Bureau
This gave the right to vote to back male citizens.,
This General leads the Union to victory and accepts the southern surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This established the US Governments power to regulate interstate commerce.
What is Gibbons vs Ogden?
This gave citizenship to all formally enslaved persons and persons born within the boundaries of the United States. (excluding Native Americans)
The 7th President forcibly relocated several native tribes to Indian Territory in Oklahoma.
What is the Trail of Tears?
What famous foreign policy did the 5th president of the United States deliver in 1823?
The Monroe Doctrine.
This officially ended the Mexican American War.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
The creation of interchangeable parts and assembly lines brought on the industrial revolution.
What is mass production?
This person advocated for the mentally ill and prison reform
Dorothea Dix
The 7th president of the United States gave government jobs to his political supporters
What is the spoils system?
This important document was written 1887.
What is the US Constitution?
This presidents first speech communicated states rights and sovereignty encouraging secession.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This granted formally enslaved persons their freedom.
What is the 13th amendment?
This presidents first inaugural address preached unity and charity for the states in rebellion.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This established the principle powers of judicial review.
What is Marbury v Madison?
This literary masterpiece raised anti-slavery sentiment in the North. While in the South it was seen as exaggerated.
What is Uncle Toms Cabin?
This plan by Henry Clay tried to stimulate the economy with bank, tariffs, and improvements
What is the American System?
This established that no enslaved person could gain citizenship and nullified the Missouri Compromise.
What is the Dred Scott Decision?
This controversy about states' rights occurred during Andrew Jackson's presidency where states threatened to disobey federal law.
What is the nullification crisis?
Who is Robert E. Lee?
Who is Ralph E. Doodle?
This deal granted full ownership of Spanish Florida to the United States.
What is the Adams Onis Treaty?
This was a turning point in the Civil War as it was the last time the South attempted to invade the North.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This group of religious believers fled their homes and settled in Utah after their leader was murdered and they suffered open persecution.