Articles of confederation
The power the Central government had under the articles of confederation.
What is limited power?
The first Vice President of the United States
Who is John Adams?
The definition of Manifest destiny
What is the 19th-century belief that the United States was divinely ordained to expand westward across the North American continent, bringing with it democracy and capitalism?
What the Civil war was
What is war between the United States (Union) and the Confederate States of America (Confederacy)?
What reconstruction is
What is the period after the Civil War (1865-1877) when the United States tried to rebuild the nation and reintegrate the Southern states back into the Union?
The primary weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
What is the creation of a weak central government with insufficient power to effectively govern and regulate the nation?
The three branches of the U.S. government
What is the legislative, executive, and judicial?
The cause of Manifest Destiny
What is a sense of national pride, economic opportunities, religious beliefs, and political aspirations?
The main cause of the civil war
What is deeply ingrained sectional differences, particularly regarding slavery and states' rights?
What caused reconstruction
What is the need to reintegrate the Southern states back into the Union after their secession and to address the legacy of slavery and its impact on the newly freed people?
The main causes for the Articles' eventual failure and replacement by the Constitution
What is its inherent weakness?
The two main political parties in the early U.S.
What is Federalists and Anti-Federalists/Democratic-Republicans?
The president that was involved in Manifest Destiny
Who is US President James K. Polk?
The main event that caused slavery
What is the firing on Fort Sumter by Confederate troops on April 12, 1861, in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor?
The reason for Reconstruction
What Is the need to reintegrate the Southern states back into the Union after their secession and to address the legacy of slavery and its impact on the newly freed people?
How the Articles of Confederation limit government
What is the structure of the central government, its limited powers, and the requirement of unanimous consent for amendments?
The role of the federal government
What is composed of three distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial?
Justification for Territorial expansion
What is Manifest Destiny, national security, economic opportunity, and the desire to spread one's culture or political system?
The only way to end slavery
What is Union victory and the ratification of the 13th Amendment?
The event that led to the reconstruction era
What is the American Civil War?
The balance of power between the states and the central government
What is a fundamental aspect of federalism?
The problems that characterized the Federalist Era
What is strong disagreements and evolving political landscapes?
The treatment of Native Americans and Mexicans
What is Native Americans were forcibly removed from their lands, often through treaties, war, and relocation to reservations?
How the Civil War affect enslaved people, white Southerners, and African Americans in the North
What is le, it ultimately led to freedom and the abolition of slavery in the United States?
Who is Andrew Johnson