This man returned from his expedition with gold, encouraging future exploration of the New World.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
Influences Thomas Jefferson's philosophy in the Declaration of Independence; governments could be overthrown if unalienable rights were not protected.
What is John Locke and natural law?
100
This early American political party favored states' rights and power in the hands of the commoner; also supportive of Southern agriculture and frontiersman
What is Jeffersonian Republicans (or Democratic-Republicans)?
100
These two groups represent the largest groups of immigrants to America in the 1840s and 1850s, because of political turmoil and failed crop yields
Who are Irish immigrants and German immigrants?
100
This man's book titled "How the Other Half Lives" used photography to depict the horrendous living conditions of the urban poor
Who is Jacob Riis?
200
A developed system of large manors using Native American slaves under conquistadors in New Spain?
What is the encomienda system?
200
This intellectual movement suggests that human reason was adequate to solve mankind's problems, and correspondingly, much less faith was needed in the central role of God as an active force in the universe.
What is the Enlightenment?
200
The decision in the case paved the way for judicial review, which gave courts the power to declare laws unconstitutional
What is Marbury v. Madison?
200
This man's newspaper, The Liberator, espoused his views that slaves should be freed immediately.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
200
Legislation encouraging the breakup of Native American tribes in hopes of assimilating them into American society
What is the Dawes Severalty Act?
300
In this system, investors were paid based off of the profits of the expedition as a result of their taking on risk and investment.
What is joint-stock company?
300
Pamphlet published by Thomas Paine that called for immediate independence from Britain
What is Common Sense?
300
This held that the United States would not allow foreign powers to establish new colonies in the western hemisphere or allow existing colonies to be influences by outside powers
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
300
This party was founded on the belief that whites should be able to farm and settle lands in the frontiers without competition from slavery
What is the Free Soil Party?
300
Wealthy industrial leaders used the doctrines to justify vast differences in classes
What is Social Darwinism?
400
This remained the predominant system of labor until the 1670s; workers would receive immigration passage in exchange for years of labor. Largely ends after Bacon's Rebellion.
What is indentured servitude?
400
This man leads a group of farmers to stop the courts from seizing land and enacting debt collection
Who is Daniel Shays?
400
As a senator, he engaged Senator Daniel Webster in a debate over slavery and states' rights; from South Carolina
Who is John C. Calhoun?
400
This case ruled that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional because Congress had no power to prohibit slavery in the territories, as slaves were property
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford?
400
Men like Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Vanderbilt who gained wealth through questionable business practices.
Who are robber barons/captains of industry?
500
Suggested equality between God and the Bible; preachers spread a message of personal repentence and emphasized faith to avoid hell.
Jonathan Edwards, George Whitfield
What is the First Great Awakening?
500
George Washington warned against these two things in his Farewell Address
What is foreign alliances and the development of political parties?
500
This meeting, held in 1848 and featured Elizabeth Cady Stanton, amongst other activists, is seen as the beginning of the feminist movement in the United States.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
500
Hayes was granted the presidency if he vowed to show consideration for Southern interests and withdraw remaining forces from the South, leaving African Americans in the South without support from the Republican Party
What is Compromise of 1877?
500
Upton's Sinclair's book, The Jungle, is about this industry in Chicago, which he was calling on for reform.