Creating the Constitution
This branch of government is responsible for "carrying out" or enforcing the laws of the nation.
What is the Executive Branch?
In his famous Farewell Address, George Washington strictly warned the young nation against permanent foreign alliances and these domestic groups.
What are political parties?
Andrew Jackson’s political philosophy, known as "Jacksonian Democracy," shifted the nation's political focus toward the power of this group.
Who is the Common Man?
This term describes the rapid movement of people from rural farm areas into densely populated areas to find factory work.
What is urbanization?
The 1860 presidential election of this man served as the final straw that caused many Southern states to secede from the Union.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This system ensures that no single branch of government becomes too powerful by allowing branches to limit each other's control.
What are Checks and Balances?
Under John Adams, these controversial acts were heavily criticized for violating citizens' First Amendment rights.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
This was the name given to Jackson's practice of firing existing government officials and replacing them with his own political loyalists.
What is the Spoils System?
Samuel Morse’s invention of the telegraph and Morse Code fundamentally changed American business by allowing for a new form of this.
What is instant communication?
This highly controversial 1850 federal law deeply angered Northerners by legally forcing them to assist slave catchers in capturing runaway slaves.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
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Established by the Great Compromise, this specific term describes a Congress that is split into two separate houses.
What is bicameral legislature?
In 1803, Thomas Jefferson bought this massive plot of land from France for $15 million, instantly doubling the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Territory?
This devastating, forced 1,200-mile removal of the Cherokee nation to designated "Indian Territory" resulted in thousands of deaths.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This term defines the broad plan, goals, or strategies a country uses when interacting and working with other nations.
What is foreign policy?
Issued after the bloody Battle of Antietam, this executive order shifted the Union's war focus from simply saving the Union to actively ending slavery.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The Articles of Confederation lasted only eight years primarily because it left this level of government too strong and the national government too weak.
What are the states?
A major cause of this early 19th-century conflict was the British navy's practice of kidnapping American sailors.
What is the War of 1812?
Before the Industrial Revolution took hold, this was how and where most consumer goods were manufactured.
What is by hand at home using human or animal power?
This compromise dictated that enslaved people would be counted as three-fifths of a person for the purposes of both state taxes and congressional representation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This 3-day battle was a major turning point because it permanently stopped General Lee’s northern invasion, forcing the Confederate army to retreat south.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This specific 1786 uprising of farmers in Massachusetts convinced American leaders that a new, stronger central government was desperately needed.
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
This presidential foreign policy doctrine explicitly told European nations that they could no longer start new colonies in North or South America.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This 1793 Eli Whitney invention had the tragic social impact of causing a massive, rapid expansion of enslaved labor across the South.
What is the cotton gin?
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This specific Constitutional amendment protects citizens from "unreasonable search and seizure" by the government.
What is the 4th Amendment?
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The Reconstruction era saw the ratification of these two critical amendments: one that abolished slavery, and a second that granted citizenship to anyone born in the US.
What are the 13th and 14th Amendments?