Our Colonial Heritage
What were the three 'Gs' to describe the motives for overseas exploration, expansion, and conquests
Gold, God, Glory
the right to vote
suffrage
Nativists
the President of the United States during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
the month of Mr. Lee's birthday
December
An economic system of trade based on the idea that a nation's wealth and power were best served by increasing exports and trade
mercantilism
people like Patrick Henry who opposed the Constitution
Anti-Federalists
a massive land deal in 1803 where the United States acquired 828,000 square miles of land from France
Louisiana Purchase
this amendment made slavery illegal in the United States
13th Amendment
The state in America where Mr. Lee is from
New Jersey
This slogan was used by American colonists to express their opposition to British tax policies
No taxation without representation
The three branches of the United States government
legislative, executive, judicial
a popular belief in 19th-century America that the United States had a divinely ordained right and duty to expand its territory across the entire North American continent
manifest destiny
what was the name of the laws that enforced segregation in the South
Jim Crow laws
Mr. Lee worked for this fast-food chain in America
Chick-fil-A
a religious movement that swept through the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s
The Great Awakening
this document was the United States' first written constitution, adopted in 1777
the Articles of Confederation
this movement or reform effort urged people to use self-discipline to stop drinking alcohol/hard liquor
temperance movement
what was the name of the plaintiff in the Supreme Court case where the court ruled that enslaved people were not citizens and therefore lacked the right to sue in federal court, upholding the Missouri Compromise
Dred Scott
Mr. Lee's favorite grade 8 class/block
Block H, obviously!
this law (act) required colonists to house British soldiers
Quartering Act
first ten amendments to the Constitution
Bill of Rights
this idea decreed that a woman's place or role was in the home and to provide good values such as love and morality
cult of domesticity
the name of the Supreme Court case that said segregation was allowed if "separate-but-equal" facilities were provided
Plessy v. Ferguson
Who was the President of the United States when Mr. Lee was born? Hint: Cold War - Fall of Berlin Wall
Ronald Reagan