Reconstruction
Reconstruction happened after this war.
What is the Civil War?
Slavery was most common in this region.
What is the South?
This document is the supreme law of the land.
What is the Constitution?
The first permanent English colony.
What is Jamestown?
This explorer mistakenly reached the Americas in 1492.
These people believed in the destruction and riddance of slavery.
Who are Abolitionists?
This invention was intended to help stop slavery, but only made it more efficient.
What is the cotton gin?
The two early political parties were the Federalists and these.
Who are the Democratic Republicans?
Colonists grew cash crops like tobacco in this region.
What are the Sourthern Colonies?
This animal revolutionized Native American life and became a large part of their culture.
What are horses?
This violent group opposed Reconstruction and targeted African Americans.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
This movement worked to end slavery.
What is abolitionism?
This treaty with Britain was to avoid war but was unpopular due to many Americans feeling it favored the British.
What is Jay's Treaty?
This colonial region was founded largely for religious reasons and emphasized town meetings and community life.
What is New England?
A deadly disease that spread from Europeans to Native Americans.
What is smallpox?
This agreement resolved the disputed presidential election and ended federal efforts to enforce Reconstruction in the South.
What is the Compromise of 1877?
This religious movement encouraged people to change society.
What is the Second Great Awakening?
This icon warned and was against political parties.
Who is George Washington?
This document sets the rules for the government in Plymouth.
The widespread exchange of of plants, animals, and diseases between the New World and the Old World.
What is the Columbian exchange?
This abolitionist leader and American social reformer argued that simply freeing enslaved people wasn't enough, they needed education, land, and political rights for true equality.
Fredrick Douglass.
This political party was formed due to the increase in immigration and was strongly anti-Catholic and nativist.
What is the Know Nothing Party?
This disagreement between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson led to the creation of the first political parties.
What is the debate over the role of the government?
This religious group left England to escape persecution and believed their colony would serve as a moral example for the world.
Who were the Puritans?
A belief that all places, objects, and creatures have a distinct spirit, often believed by Native Americans.
What is Animism?