Colonial Foundations
This rebellion in 1676 revealed tensions between frontier settlers & elites.
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
A concept/era that stressed natural rights and reason.
What is The Enlightenment?
This land purchase doubled the size of the U.S.
What is the Lousiana Purchase?
This revolution increased industrialization and wage labor in the U.S.
What is the Market Revolution?
The Civil War began in this year.
What is 1861?
In early colonial America, freedom was most closely tied to this.
What is land ownership?
This 1776 document argued that people have natural rights.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This 1823 policy warned European powers to stay out of the Americas.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This 1848 convention demanded women’s suffrage.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
This executive order freed enslaved people in Confederate-held territory.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This religious revival emphasized emotional experiences over formal doctrine.
What is the Great Awakening?
This weak system of government was replaced by the Constitution.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
Jackson’s presidency expanded this for white men.
What is voting rights?
The 1850 legislation that strengthened the Fugitive Slave Act was called this.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
The 13th Amendment did this.
What is ended slavery?
This 1620 agreement established self-government in Plymouth.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
These essays supported a stronger national government.
What are the Federalist Papers?
This tragic journey forced Native Americans west of the Mississippi.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This act introduced “popular sovereignty” to decide the slavery question in new territories.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
This 1877 compromise ended Reconstruction by withdrawing federal troops from the South.
What is the Compromise of 1877?
This Atlantic World connected these three continents in trade & culture.
What are Europe, Africa, and the Americas?
This rebellion of farmers highlighted weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
The ___ of ___ increased national identity in the U.S.
What is the War of 1812?
This Supreme Court decision ruled that Congress could not ban slavery in territories.
What is the Dred Scott decision?
Throughout early U.S. history, freedom was often limited by this combination of factors.
What are race, gender, and wealth?