This document established a stronger federal government with a separation of powers among three branches.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
This concept justified American territorial expansion
What is Manifest Destiny?
This amendment abolished slavery in 1865
What is the 13th Amendment?
Battle known as the first major battle of the Civil War?
What is Fort Sumter?
This economic policy was based on the idea that a nation's wealth and power were best served by increasing exports and reducing imports (colonies exist to benefit the Mother country).
What is mercantilism?
This governing framework lacked the power to impose taxes directly on citizens, relying instead on state contributions.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The forced displacement of Native Americans from their homelands to Oklahoma territory under Andrew Jackson's presidency
What is the Trail of Tears?
This was ordered by President Lincoln, freeing all enslaved people in the states rebelling against the United States
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
General of the Union Army
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
These three (just name one) acts fueled colonial anger and resistance, ultimately contributing to the desire for independence from British rule.
What are the Stamp Act, Tea Act, and Intolerable Acts?
Under this document, Congress had the authority to levy taxes and regulate commerce among the states.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
Known as "the Great Compromiser" during the time of Westward Expansion
Who is Henry Clay?
This amendment gave voting rights to all MEN
General of the Confederate Army
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This president’s acquisition of a vast territory in 1803 was considered inconsistent with his strict interpretation of the Constitution.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This system required unanimous consent from all states to amend its governing document.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This compromise (passed in 1820) admitted Missouri as a slave state, admitted Maine as a free state, and prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of the 36° 30´ latitude line, with the exception of Missouri
What is the Missouri Compromise?
The name for the series of laws passed in the Southern United States after the Civil War to restrict the rights of Black people (later turned to Jim Crow Laws)
What are Black Codes?
President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis?
The language of this 1848 document called for women's rights and equality, marking a significant moment in the early women's rights movement.
What is the Declaration of Sentiments?
Under this governing framework, Congress lacked the power to levy taxes directly on citizens, relying on voluntary contributions from states.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This political party believed that slavery was okay where it was already established but did not want slavery to move to newly acquired land during Westward Expansion
What is Free Soilers?
This US government agency provided aid to formerly enslaved people and impoverished whites in the years following the Civil War
What is the Freedman's Bureau
General known for his March to the Sea
Who is William T. Sherman?
This landmark Supreme Court case in 1819 established the principle of federal supremacy over state laws, reinforcing the federal government's authority to regulate commerce and tax.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?