Unit 3 (Pt. 1)
Successfully orchestrated by President Thomas Jefferson in 1803, THIS territory was purchased from Napoleon Bonaparte for $15 million. DOUBLED THE SIZE OF OUR COUNTRY!!
Louisiana Territory (Louisiana Purchase)
A former slave & native to Rochester, NY, he was the first African-American to publish his own newspaper The North Star.
Frederick Douglass
Founded on the idea of abolishing slavery, this new political party wanted to be incredibly harsh on the South for their contribution to the Civil War.
Republican Party (Radical Republicans)
To further encourage settlers moving towards the West, this piece of legislation gave away cheap and even free land to those who were willing to make the move in the 1800s.
Homestead Act
Invented by Samuel Morse, THIS invention used pulses of electricity to communicate between individuals across long distances. Now that we have the iPhone, Morse Code is a forgotten way of communication.
Telegraph
This term refers to the idea of abolishing slavery
Abolition (Abolitionist)
In an effort to limit their right to vote, African Americans were forced to pay THIS to even have the chance to vote(often too expensive)
Poll tax
Constructed across the continent thanks to the Pacific Railway Act, these railroad were able boost the nation's economy by exposing businesses to customers across vast distances.
Transcontinental Railroads
Constructed by Eli Whitney, THIS invention allowed the cotton to be removed more efficiently, increasing the demand for slaves in the South
Cotton Gin
This was a war between Great Britain and the newly established America over disputes between trade embargos on the sea. NOT THAT ONE!
War of 1812
This court case made the "Separate but Equal" doctrine legal in all private/public spaces in American, strengthening racial segregation.
Plessy v. Ferguson
To justify Americans' discontent from economic competition, this piece of legislation was passed to bar further Chinese Immigrants from coming to the U.S
Chinese Exclusion Act
Andrew Jackson is not liked for many reasons, but he is most infamous for ignoring the Supreme Court ruling of THIS court case, and pushed out Native Americans anyway!
Worcester v. Georgia
This was the compromise that allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, but admit Maine as a free state.
The Missouri Compromise
This was a temporary federal program meant to assist newly freed African Americans to find jobs and educational opportunities to give them a good life.
Freedmen's Bureau
Named after the town it was signed in, THIS treaty ended the Mexican-American War allowing the U.S to acquire what would become modern day California, Arizona, New Mexico, etc.
Guadalupe Hidalgo
Though he exercised immense federal power by purchasing Louisiana Territory,, THIS former President would have disagreed with Andrew Jackson on the idea of the federal government being the supreme law of the land.
Thomas Jefferson.
This court case ruled that slaves were considered property to their slave masters, not citizens of the law. FULL COURT CASE NAME!
Dredd Scott v. Sandford
It was great that the 15th amendment gave African Americans the right to vote, but unfortunate that it did not specifically apply to THIS additional group.
Women
This piece of legislation divided Native Americans' reservations to give land directly to those who would accept American culture, promoting assimilation
Dawes Act
This is the only NFL team to play in the Super Bowl before Neil Armstrong's moon landing(1969) that has NOT been to the Super Bowl since then.
New York Jets