Building a New Government
This uprising of Massachusetts farmers exposed the weaknesses of the national government under the Articles of Confederation.
What was Shays' Rebellion?
This president warned Americans that political divisions and permanent foreign alliances could threaten the nation's future.
Who was George Washington?
This purchase from France under Thomas Jefferson dramatically expanded the size of the United States and opened new territory for exploration.
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
This president was nicknamed "King ____" by his critics because they believed he abused presidential authority.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
This escaped enslaved man became a powerful abolitionist speaker and published an autobiography called "Narrative of the Life of _____"
Who was Frederick Douglass?
These individuals opposed ratification of the Constitution because they feared a powerful central government and wanted protections for individual freedoms.
Who were the Anti-Federalists?
This Supreme Court case established the principle that courts could declare laws unconstitutional (Judicial Review).
What was Marbury v. Madison?
This practice involved British forces capturing American sailors and forcing them to serve in the British Navy.
What was impressment?
This economic plan promoted by Henry Clay called for protective tariffs, a national bank, and federal funding for roads and canals.
What was the American System?
This 1848 gathering in New York brought together activists to demand greater rights and voting equality for women.
What was the Seneca Falls Convention?
Unlike the Articles of Confederation, the new Constitution created this branch to carry out and enforce federal laws.
What was the executive branch?
This invention dramatically increased the speed of separating cotton seeds from cotton fiber, making cotton production more profitable and expanding slavery.
What was Eli Whitney's cotton gin?
This treaty ended the War of 1812 and restored the boundaries that existed before the war.
What was the Treaty of Ghent?
Southern leaders opposed this protective tax because it increased the cost of imported goods and benefited Northern manufacturers.
What was the Tariff of Abominations?
This 1831 uprising in Virginia, led by an enslaved preacher, resulted in the deaths of approximately 60 white people and led to harsher restrictions on enslaved African Americans.
What was Nat Turner's Rebellion?
This compromise settled disagreements between large and small states by creating two chambers of Congress with different representation systems.
What was the Great Compromise?
This president's administration was responsible for the controversial appointment of Federalist judges during the final days of his presidency.
Who was John Adams?
This foreign policy statement warned European nations against further colonization or interference in the Western Hemisphere.
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
Jackson opposed this financial institution because he believed it gave wealthy Americans too much economic power. He eventually moved federal deposits into state banks.
What was the Second Bank of the United States?
This abolitionist newspaper, published by William Lloyd Garrison, demanded the immediate end of slavery without compensation to slaveholders.
What was The Liberator?
Under this agreement, enslaved people were counted as a fraction of a state's population when determining representation and taxation.
What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?
These laws passed under John Adams made it more difficult for immigrants to become citizens and restricted certain forms of criticism against the government.
What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?
The Embargo Act of 1807 attempted to accomplish this but ended up hurting American merchants and the U.S. economy.
What was the attempt to stop American trade with foreign nations to pressure Britain and France to stop interfering with American trade/prevent war?
During this political conflict, South Carolina argued that states could reject federal laws, while Jackson defended the authority of the national government.
What was the Nullification Crisis?
This woman became a leading advocate for improving conditions in prisons and institutions for people with mental illnesses.
Who was Dorothea Dix?