Early America
This religious sect migrated from Calvinist England and influenced centuries of American values.
Who were the Puritans?
This Union general was responsible for the slaughter of bison, burned Georgia and devastated the Confederacy’s morale.
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?
Early Reconstruction was undermined by this president’s refusal to collaborate with Congress.
Who was Andrew Johnson?
These rights guarantee freedom, citizenship, and voting rights.
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
Politics of these years revolved around reactions to Andrew Jackson's presidency
What is 1830-1854?
Politics from 1800–1824 were dominated by this party.
The Confederacy’s early victories were largely due to
What is military leadership?
Black Codes and Redeemer rule were part of this broader Southern backlash.
What was resistance to Reconstruction?
Lincoln violated this amendment by jailing dissenters without due process.
What is the 5th Amendment?
Jackson expanded voting to all white males by eliminating this requirement.
What is property ownership?
This compromise attempted to address slavery’s expansion into new states
What was the Missouri Compromise/ Compromise of 1820?
During the Mexican war this refered to Marines serving in the war.
What are the "Halls of Montezuma"?
Violent groups formed in the South sought to preserve this social order.
What is WASP supremacy?
In his 1861 inaugural, Lincoln pledged support for this controversial law.
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
Jackson’s use of veto power often claimed to defend this group
Who was the common man?
Doctrine that prohibited European political influence in South America, having important future implications for American dominance in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This battle preceded Sherman’s March to the Sea.
What was Kennesaw Mountain?
The failure of Reconstruction culminated in this political deal.
What is the Compromise of 1877?
This political act of formal withdrawal of a state from the federal Union was declared illegal by this president.
What is secession? Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The Texas saga included these three battles.
What were the Alamo, Goliad, and San Jacinto?
Debate over annexing Texas began the struggle for control of western territories between these two parties?
Who were the Whigs and Jacksonians?
The railroad link completed at Promontory Point was between which two systems?
What were the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads?
This impetus for waning support of Reconstruction in the South is a Supreme Court ruling weakened federal power to protect African Americans.
What was U.S. vs Cruikshank?
This term came to represent a wide range of scandals and abuses of power, contributing to the collapse of this post war project
What is Grantism? What was Reconstruction?
This Jacksonian Democrat expanded U.S. territory to the present-day 48 states.
Who was James K. Polk?