America Revolution
The Constitution/Early Republic
The Antebellum Period
Civil War/Reconstruction
The Closing Of The Frontier
100
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.
What is the Stamp Act
100
liberal, peace,prouperde
What is John Locke know by?
100
The force bill, passed in response to South Carolina's ordinance of nullification, empowered President Jackson to use the army and navy, if necessary, to enforce the laws of Congress, specifically the tariff measures to which South Carolina had objected so violently
What is Force Bill
100
it is a encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land.
What is Homestead Act?
100
The Ghost Dance was movement was a manifestation of Native Americans' fear anger, and hope regarding the onslaught of white invaders U.S. Army brutalization, and the U.S. legislative oppression of indigenous nations
What is Ghost Dance?
200
His writings and vision of the colony as a Puritan "city upon a hill"
Why was John Winthrop important by?
200
Internal Taxes levied against specific goods made or used within a country & Historically liquor & tobacco have been the target.
What is Excise Tax
200
A movement for more democracy in American government in the first decade of the nineteenth century.
who's Jeffersonian Democracy?
200
created a national banking system, loaned money to finance the Civil War and established a national currency.
What is National Banking Act?
200
It was a climax to more than thirty years of progressive racism. Anti-Chinese sentiment had existed ever since the great migration from China during the gold rush, where white miners and prospectors imposed taxes and laws to inhibit the Chinese from success
What is Chinese Exclusion Act?
300
Britain had a polcy of Parlaimentary virtual representation, which meant that the colonies were represented through someone living in Britain based on a particular commonality.
What is Virtual vs. Actual Reresentation?
300
it was an agreement that big & small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787. That in part defined the legislative structure & representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution.
What is Great Compromise?
300
the nation of France sold 828,000 square miles (2,144,510 square km) of land west of the Mississippi River to the young United States of America in a treaty commonly
What is Louisiana Purchase?
300
The Battle of Antietam was the culmination of the Maryland Campaign of 1862 the first invasion of the North by Confederate General Robert
What is Battle of Antietam?
300
It was a reform act that converted all tribal lands to individual ownership in an attempt to further assimilate Native Americans into white culture. Under this act, Indian tribes lost legal standing.
What is Dawes Severalty Act?
400
Taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea were applied with the design of raising 40,000 a year for the administration of the colonies.
What is Townshend act?
400
1.liberties: freedom of the press, of speech, of religion, and of assembly. 2.the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. 3.No quartering of soldiers in private houses during times of peace or war 4.protection from unreasonable search and seizure of your home and property 5. accused of crimes, including protection against double 6.It includes the right to counsel, the right to confront witnesses, and the right to a speedy and public trial. 7.right to a trial by jury 8.Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. 9.Rights not listed in Constitution cannot be denied 10. the powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to the states 11.immunity of states from suits from out of state citizens and foreigners 12.electors would vote separately for President and Vice President 13.abolished slavery 14.granted full rights of citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States, except for Native Americans 15.The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
What is Amendments 1-15
400
The Democratic Party there consisted of contending factions the Barnburners, who were strongly opposed to slavery and the Hunkers, who were neutral or supportive of slavery.
What is Free Soil Party?
400
It has been used by three entirely different organizations in the U.S. While these copied the same name and regalia, they had very different goals and activities.
What is KKK Act?
400
South Dakota was seized on February 27, 1973 by followers of the American Indian Movement who staged a 71-day occupation of the area.
What's Wounded Knee?
500
It was led by Nathaniel bacon high taxes low prices for tobacco & resentment against special privileges it given close to the governor.
What is Bacon's Rebellion
500
it was the Women's role in society was altered by the American Revolution. Women who ran households in the absence of men became more assertive
What is Republican Motherhood?
500
it was a reaction to the authoritarian policies of Andrew Jackson. As his critics labeled him had enraged his political opponents by his actions regarding the Bank of the United States, Native Americans, the Supreme Court and his use of presidential war powers.
What is Whig Party?
500
it was in U.S. history, series of statutes passed by the ex-Confederate states, 1865–66, dealing with the status of the newly freed slaves.
What is Black Codes?
500
Is the argument advanced by historian Frederick Jackson Turner in 1893 that the origin of the distinctive egalitarian, democratic, aggressive, and innovative features of the American character has been the American frontier experience
What is Turner Thesis?
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