Unit 1
The second leg of the Transatlantic Trade of African Slaves
The Middle Passage
Shays Rebellion demonstrated
The Cotton Gin increased
the internal slave trade
OR
the production of cotton
Abolished slavery
Thirteenth Amendment
Plessy v. Ferguson ruled
that segregation is legitimate so long as facilities are equal
What is Mercantilism?
Demonstrated that the federal government had the power to enforce its laws
The Whiskey Rebellion
Who was blamed for political corruption and an increase in crime in the 1840s?
Immigrants
Kept sharecroppers in a constant cycle of debt and poverty
Sharecropping and the crop-lien system
Resulted in much needed safety legislation
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Why was maize important to the development of Native American tribes?
It allowed Native Americans to establish permanent settlements through farming
What is the political origin of the American Revolution?
Direct vs. Indirect representation
Divided the remaining Louisiana Purchase into slave and free zones
Role leading to a diverse group of people migrating during the California Gold Rush
Manifest Destiny
The purpose of the Carlisle Boarding school was to
break Native American traditions and force assimilation
(Not on the final) What is the Bering Strait?
A land bridge between Asia and Russia that allowed early Native Americans to migrate to North America
State Constitutions written during the American Revolution
Favored the legislative branch over executive power.
Declared America off limits for European recolonization
Monroe Doctrine
What was the role of Emancipation on the black family structure?
Men became breadwinners and women became homemakers
The Oregon system included which two state level legislative reforms?
Initiatives and referendums
What is the key difference between Indentured Servants and African slaves?
Indentured servants could escape to a new colony and find permanent freedom.
Strict Constructionists believed
the federal government should only exercise power given expressly by the Constitution.
Why is it arguable that the North was complicit with slavery?
Name 3 pieces of legislature that determined how the extension of slavery should be handled
(1- 150 pts, 2- 350 pts, 3- 500 pts)
Wilmot Proviso
annexation of California
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
Who was forced out of local, state, and national politics in the late 19th century?
African American men