Early Republic
He established the precedent of a presidential cabinet and warned against political parties.
Washington
This president was associated with the expansion of voting rights for white men.
Jackson
This 1820 agreement admitted Maine as free and Missouri as slave.
Missouri Compromise
He served as president of the Confederacy.
Jefferson Davis
This amendment abolished slavery.
13th amendment
This purchase from France doubled the size of the United States.
Louisiana Purchase
This forced relocation of the Cherokee became known by this name.
Trail of Tears
This 1850 law (as part of the Compromise of 1850) required escaped enslaved people to be returned to slavery.
Fugitive Slave Act
This Union general accepted Lee's surrender at Appomattox. He was the union army leader in the latter stages of the war.
Grant
This federal agency helped formerly enslaved people with education, food, and employment.
Freedmen's Bureau
This Supreme Court case established judicial review.
Marbury v. Madison
This religious revival helped inspire reform movements such as abolition and temperance.
Second Great Awakening
This concept allowed settlers to vote on whether slavery would be permitted in a territory.
Popular Sovereignty
This Union general captured Atlanta in 1864 before leading the destructive March to the Sea.
Sherman
This amendment guaranteed citizenship and equal protection under the law.
14th amendment
This foreign-policy statement warned European nations against further colonization in the Americas.
Monroe Doctrine
Jackson opposed this federal institution and removed government deposits from it.
National Bank
This Supreme Court decision declared that African Americans were not citizens and Congress could not ban slavery in the territories.
Dred Scott Decision
This Union victory gave the North control of the Mississippi River.
Vicksburg
These Southern laws attempted to restrict the freedom of formerly enslaved people after the Civil War.
Black Codes
This 1798 law allowed the federal government to punish certain criticism of the government.
This doctrine claimed that a state could reject a federal law it considered unconstitutional.
Nullification
This proposal would have banned slavery in territory acquired from Mexico.
Wilmot Proviso
This battle gave Lincoln the opportunity to announce the Emancipation Proclamation
Antietam
This 1870 amendment prohibited denying voting rights because of race.
15th amendment