Presidential Power (SSUSH6)
This president set the precedent of serving only two terms.
Who is George Washington?
This policy allowed Jackson to reward political supporters with government jobs.
What is the Spoils System?
This compromise created a balance between slave and free states.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This event officially began the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter?
This amendment ended slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This president expanded presidential power by purchasing land that doubled the size of the United States.
A. Washington
B. Adams
C. Jefferson
D. Monroe
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This law forced Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This Supreme Court decision ruled that enslaved people were not citizens.
What is the Dred Scott decision?
This battle was the turning point of the Civil War.
What is Gettysburg?
This amendment granted citizenship.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This foreign policy warned European nations not to colonize in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
The Nullification Crisis involved conflict over:
A. Voting rights
B. Tariffs
C. Slavery expansion
D. Land ownership
B. Tariffs
This event involved violent conflict over slavery in Kansas.
What is Bleeding Kansas?
This Union general used Total War tactics.
Who is William T. Sherman?
This amendment protected voting rights for African American men.
What is the 15th Amendment?
How did the War of 1812 contribute to American nationalism?
It increased national pride, strengthened identity, and reduced dependence on foreign nations.
How did the Second Great Awakening influence reform movements?
It inspired people to improve society through abolition, education, and women's rights.
How did the election of Abraham Lincoln lead to the Civil War?
Southern states seceded because they feared slavery would be restricted.
Why was the North more likely to win the war?
More factories, population, railroads, and resources.
These laws restricted African American freedom after the Civil War.
What are Black Codes?
Which TWO actions expanded presidential power?
A. Louisiana Purchase
B. Alien Act
C. Monroe Doctrine
D. Articles of Confederation
A and C
This event showed conflict between federal authority and states’ rights.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
Which TWO events increased sectional tensions?
A. Kansas-Nebraska Act
B. Monroe Doctrine
C. John Brown’s Raid
D. Louisiana Purchase
A and C
How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the Civil War?
It made ending slavery a war goal and discouraged foreign support for the Confederacy.
Why did Reconstruction end in 1877?
Federal troops were removed from the South, allowing Southern governments to regain control.