Colonial America
Since colonization, the British let the colonists govern themselves (self-government) what is one example of this?
Virginia House of Burgesses
Mayflower Compact
New England Town Meetings
In the Preamble to the Constitution, where do governments get their power from?
The People!
"We the People..."
This land purchase by Thomas Jefferson doubled the size of the USA
Louisiana Purchase!
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This phrase meant that territories had to decide for themselves whether they would have slavery or not (like in Kansas or Nebraska)
Popular Sovereignty
This quote encapsulates how Lincoln felt about how to treat the former Confederate States and bring them back into the Union
"With malice toward none, with charity for all"
How can a girl go 25 days without sleep?
She sleeps at night
This economic system's goal was to increase the mother country's wealth. It did this by taking the colony's natural resources and selling them to the colony as manufactured goods.
Mercantilism
Checks and Balances!
Why did Congress have to compromise in 1820 and 1850?
To keep an equal number of states that allowed and banned slavery
This THREE-WORD phrase was the opinion of Lincoln at the start of the Civil War
"Preserve the Union"
These three amendments guaranteed African Americans equal treatment under the law.
13th, 14th, and 15th
What is at the end of a rainbow?
W
This book by Thomas Paine told colonists that they should be independent from Great Britain. It is still the 2nd best-selling book in the US per capita!
Common Sense
The differences in opinion in George Washington's cabinet between Hamilton and Jefferson led to the creation of these, which we still have today!
Political parties
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This policy by Andrew Jackson extremely hurt the Native American tribes in the SE USA
Trail of Tears
Indian Removal Act
Which side had almost all of the advantages in the Civil War?
The North!
What is something that were used in the south to limit African American voter participation
Literacy Test
Poll Tax
Grandfather Clause
KKK intimidation
On which side of a chicken are there more feathers?
The outside
What is one accomplishment of the Articles of Confederation?
a new process for admitting new states into the Union
What is the advice the George Washington gave in his "farewell address"
Stay out of European alliances!
Beware of political parties!!
Which statement best describes Manifest Destiny?
"American interests are best served by strict isolationism"
Immigration is the key to the nation's economic growth"
"The US has a duty to spread its ideals westward"
C
Abraham gave this declaration that freed all of the slaves in the Confederate states, (not the ones still in the Union!) that changed what the North was fighting for
Emancipation Proclamation
These supreme Court case made segregation legal in the USA
Plessy v. Ferguson
If you threw a red stone into a green sea, what would it come back as?
Wet!
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What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Telling Europe that they must stay out of the Western Hemisphere!
Dog peeing on a fire hydrant!!!
What is the name of abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison's newspaper?
The Liberator
Lincoln suspended this during the civil war, which is the right to know why you're imprisoned.
Habeas Corpus
This system was used to keep African Americans in poverty in the South and maintain a cheap labor supply
Sharecropping!
How many 6” by 6” books can you put in a (2ft x 2ft) container, so that it is not empty anymore?
1, then it's not empty!!