VOCABULARY
popular sovereignty
People have the power = People vote....
...... 1800s- conflict of slavery in the states- people wanted to leave it to popular sovereignty - meaning let the people decide instead of the 36 30 line.
4 main causes of the Civil War
S_________
causas de la guerra civil
Slavery, Secession, State Rights, Sectionalism
Esclavitud, Secesión, Derechos del Estado, Seccionalismo
Many colonists believed they could not be taxed by the British because they had no representatives in the British government, which means that the British did not have consent of the governed. The famous slogan was...
No Taxation Without Representation
What time period helped inspire ideas of Self Government in America?
The Enlightenment
This purchase gained American control of New Orleans which had a valuable port and Secured U.S. control of the Mississippi River.
Esta compra ganó el control estadounidense de Nueva Orleans, que tenía un puerto valioso y aseguró el control estadounidense del río Mississippi.
Louisiana Purchase
compra de Luisiana
Abolitionism
movement to end slavery
movimiento para acabar con la esclavitud
What was Lincoln's MAIN goal?
To preserve the union
Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine- persuading American colonists to support colonial independence from Britain.
Folleto escrito por Thomas Paine: persuadir a los colonos estadounidenses para que apoyen la independencia colonial de Gran Bretaña.
Common Sense
How did each colonial region make money? (economy)
New England-
Middle-
South-
NE= Ship, trade whale oil, fish
Middle= Wheat/Industry
South- Agriculture/Slaves
(1823)-Foreign policy intended to limit European influence in the Western Hemisphere.
(1823) -Política exterior destinada a limitar la influencia europea en el hemisferio occidental.
Monroe Doctrine
Idea that the U.S. should possess the entire continent.
Idea de que Estados Unidos debería poseer todo el continente.
Manifest Destiny
How did the Missouri Compromise slow the tension between the North and South
MO entered as Slave state and ME entered as Free keeping the balance of power in Congress.
Also established the 36 30 line dividing the country
What did Anti-Federalists believe?
against ratification of the Constitution. They believed it would threaten the rights of individual citizens. Did not want the national government to have too much power. Only agreed to ratify the Constitution after the addition of the Bill of Rights to the Constitution.
What book did Thomas Paine write that encouraged people to side with the rebels in wanting independence from Britian?
Common Sense
A waterway connecting Lake Erie to the Hudson River that aided the economic development of the U.S. by lowering the cost of shipping goods from the Midwest to the Atlantic coast.
Una vía fluvial que conecta el lago Erie con el río Hudson que ayudó al desarrollo económico de los EE. UU. al reducir el costo del envío de mercancías desde el medio oeste hasta la costa atlántica.
Erie Canal
Sectionalism
loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole.
Lealtad a la propia región o sección del país, más que al país en su conjunto.
Supreme Court decision which ruled that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories.
Decisión de la Corte Suprema que dictaminó que el Congreso no podía prohibir la esclavitud en los territorios.
Dred Scott v Sanford
First form of government used by the U.S. after independence from Britain. At this point many Americans distrusted a strong central government because of their experiences under the rule of Great Britain.
Primera forma de gobierno utilizada por los EE. UU. después de la independencia de Gran Bretaña
Articles of Confederation
Which document helped the colonists declare war against Britain?
The Declaration of Independence
President Andrew Jackson forced Native Americans off their homeland to provide more farm land to white settlers
Indian Removal Act
Secede and an example
To leave a country and gain independence, like the South leaving the Union
Nullification Crisis
President Andrew Jackson implemented a tariff (TAX) on imported goods, the South hated it- want the right to nullify federal laws
El presidente Andrew Jackson implementó un arancel (TAX) sobre bienes importados, el sur lo odiaba: quiere el derecho de anular las leyes federales
These six acts led to the American Revolutionary War
Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Quartering Act, Townshend Acts, Boston Massacre
How did the Colonists interact with Native Americans?
at first- Traded with them
Then, pushed off their land and murdered them
This act encouraged people to move west by providing free land to them iff they farmed it for 5 years
Homestead Act