Colonization to the Constitution (SSUSH1-5)
This economic theory, prevalent from the 16th to the 18th century, emphasized maximizing exports, minimizing imports, and accumulating precious metals like gold and silver to increase national wealth.
What is mercantilism?
These five men served as the first leaders of the United States, with George Washington setting many precedents, followed by John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe.
Who are the first five Presidents of the United States?
These two industrialists dominated the oil and steel industries in the late 19th century, with one founding Standard Oil and the other leading Carnegie Steel, both of which became symbols of monopolistic practices.
Who are John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie?
This compromise created our House of Representation (based on population) and the Senate (based on 2 people from each state)
What is the Great Compromise?
what were the pros the north had at the beginning of the Civil War?
What are RR, factories and population?
These three regions in Colonial America had distinct economies: one focused on fishing and shipbuilding, another on diverse agriculture, and the third relied heavily on plantation farming and slave labor.
What are the three regions (New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies) of Colonial America?
A political movement and philosophy from the late 1820s and 1830s that championed greater rights for the common man and showed how the people can impact government.
What is Jacksonian Democracy?
During the late 19th century, these organizations formed to protect workers' rights, improve working conditions, and secure better wages, often through strikes and collective bargaining.
What are labor unions?
This compromise counted slaves as a fraction
What is the 3/5 Compromise?
What were the pros the south had at the beginning of the Civil War?
What are large farms, better generals and fighting for their independence?
This key factor, stemming from a series of British taxes and regulations, fueled colonial resentment and ultimately led to calls for independence.
What is taxation without representation?
This term refers to the growing division between the North and South in the 19th century, primarily over issues like slavery, states' rights, and economic differences.
What is sectionalism?
These investigative journalists, including Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, and Jacob Riis, exposed corruption, poor working conditions, and social injustices, helping to spark reforms during the early 20th century.
Who are the muckrakers?
Why did Puritans come to Massachusetts?
Why was Jamestown/Virginia settled?
Why was Georgia settled?
1. Religious Freedom
2. to make money, but then ended up growing tobacco
3. Debtor's prison, later grew rice and cotton
Organization during Reconstruction that helped the newly freed blacks and the poor whites.
What is the Freedmens Bureau?
Which document, written primarily by Thomas Jefferson, declared the American colonies' independence from Britain?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This political and economic system in the Southern states, coupled with disputes over its expansion into new territories, was a major cause of the Civil War.
What is slavery?
This 1898 conflict led to the United States gaining territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines, marking a significant shift toward American imperialism.
What is the Spanish-American War?
Time of spiritual awakening in the colonies - made people begin to think independently
What is the Great Awakening?
What is to impeach
This first governing document of the United States created a weak central government, which was later replaced by the U.S. Constitution to provide a stronger federal structure.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This period, which lasted from 1865 to 1877, focused on rebuilding the South, integrating freed slaves into society, and determining how former Confederate states would rejoin the Union.
What is Reconstruction?
This addition to the Monroe Doctrine, announced by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904, justified American intervention in Latin America to maintain stability and prevent European influence in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
These acts were a result of the Boston Tea Party
What are the Intolerable Acts - shut down the entire city of Boston and placed troops in the city?