Colonial Era/ Revolution
First 10 Amendments that guarantee individual rights.
What are the Bill of Rights?
The main effect of the War of 1812.
What is the growth of domestic manufacturing?
The Reconstruction Amendments.
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
List 2 grievances of the Declaration of Independence.
No trial by jury, Kings were absolute, Quartering of troops, taxation without representation, No consent of the governed
Which government had many weaknesses and because of its failure led to the writing of the United States Constitution?
What is Articles of Confederation?
Which president dealt with the Whiskey Rebellion and how?
What is George Washington using the army's force?
49ers were on their way to California for what reason?
What is the discovery of gold?
This president was the first to be impeached due to his handling of Reconstruction.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
What principle?
"Liberty requires that the three great departments of power should be separate and distinct."
— James Madison, Federalist No. 47
What is separation of powers?
System where Jackson gave his friends and supporters jobs, though they were unqualified.
What is the spoils system?
Machine that increased production of a major cash crop, but ALSO increased slavery.
What is the cotton gin?
After what battle did Lincoln issue his Emancipation Proclamation?
What is Antietam?
King told colonists they could not settle past this natural boundary after the French and Indian War
Proclamation Line OR Appalachian Mountains
The three branches of government and who makes them up
What are Judicial (Supreme Court), Legislative (Congress), and Executive (President)?
What was the effect of the Embargo Act under Jefferson's presidency?
What is destroying the national economy?
Name all the territories we acquired from Great Britain and how we got them.
What is 13 Colonies (war), Ohio River Valley (war), and Oregon (treaty)?
Two generals the led opposing sides of the Civil War.
Who are Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant?
Colonists felt exploited under this economic policy, which restricted trade and enriched Britain at their expense—planting the seeds of revolution.
What is mercantilism?
What principle?
"Ambition must be made to counteract ambition."
— James Madison, Federalist No. 51
What is checks and balances?
A tariff is passed that is bad for the South and great for the North, the South tries to cancel the law, Jackson says no. The South tries to secede, Jackson uses force.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
Name 3 reform movements and what the problems/solutions were for each.
Education, Disability, Prison, Mentally Ill, Temperance, Women's Rights, Abolition, Labor
Location where the Union captured the Mississippi River.
What is Vicksburg, Mississippi?