Pre-Colonization to the American Revolution
Anthropologists think the first people to build a civilization in America were whom
This is the separation of Central and state governments
What is Federalism?
This maintained the balance between the representation of free and slave states
What is the Missouri Compromise?
Secede
This man assassinated Abraham Lincoln at Ford Theatre
Who is John Wilkes Booth
This group of Spaniards colonized and decimated indigenous peoples in what is now Latin America
Who are the Conquistadors?
The US Constitution mentions these powers by name
What are enumerated powers?
To gain fair wages and shorter days, many factory workers joined these
What are labor unions?
Claiming the land from coast to coast because it was the will of God
What is Manifest Destiny?
Guarantees equal protection of the law
What is the 14th Amendment
This is the oldest French colony in North America
What is Quebec?
This political party believed that states rights were more important than a large federal government
Who were the Democratic Republicans?
This engine separated the cotton from the seed
What is the Cotton Gin
The idea of popular sovereignty led settlers to this place, where a clash of ideologies and values resulted in violent outbursts
What is Kansas or Bleeding Kansas
This was a crucial victory for the North during the Civil War
The Battle of Antietam
During this event, British soldiers killed 5 colonists sparking outrage
What is the Boston Massacre?
This tactic was used by the British navy and eventually led to the War of 1812
What is impressment?
What is the nullification crisis?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This move of war gave soldiers a moral reason to continue fighting
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
After whom was the American continent named?
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
President George Washington, President John Adams, and Secretary of Treasury, Alexander Hamilton were all a part of this political party
Who are the Federalists?
During the Antebellum period, the United States experienced an influx of nearly 5 million of these
This is the concept many leaders thought should be applied to whether or not a new territory entered the nation as free or slave
What is popular sovereignty
Frederick Douglass and this woman were both former slaves turn staunch abolitionists
Who is Sojourner Truth