Civil War
President of the union
A famous document written on July 4, 1776
What is the declaration of independence?
extended United States sovereignty across the Mississippi River, nearly doubling the nominal size of the country.
It determined that only a fraction of slaves were counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation
President of the Confederate states.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
required purchase of a stamp for every legal document, license, newspaper, pamphlet, playing cards, and dice.
What is The stamp act?
completed in 1825, linked Lake Erie in the west to the Hudson River in the east. Offered a cheap and safe way to carry produce to the market.
What is the Erie Canal?
the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. It spells out Americans' rights in relation to their government.
What is the Bill of rights?
General of the confederacy
Who is Robert E. Lee?
the first tax that affected colonists directly
the first American expedition to cross the western portion of the United States, following the Louisiana Purchase.
counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups.
What is checks and balances?
the name of the part of the transatlantic-trade that took slaves from Africa to North America
What is the middle passage?
A famous speech given by a certain president after a certain battle
What is the Gettysburg address?
confirmed U.S. Independence and set the boundaries of the new state. The U.S. now stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River and from Canada to the Florida border.
declared the Western Hemisphere off-limits to further European colonization and warned against European interference in the affairs of the Americas
was brought about in 1786 and 1787 by a monetary debt crisis at the end of the American Revolutionary War. Indicated that the national government was too weak.
What is Shay's rebellion?
A person from the Northern states, particularly the Northeast or England
What is a Yankee?
Fifty page pamphlet written by Thomas paine.
What is The Common Sense?
Inventor of the Cotton Gin.
Who is Eli Whitney?
Divided territory into self-governing districts and set population requirements for statehood. Outlawed slavery in territories and guaranteed civil liberties.
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?