Early Presidents
Which political party believed in a small central government and strong state government?
Anti-Federalists
What was the removal of the Cherokee Nation called?
Trail of Tears
What did the Constitution state about slavery?
End of Atlantic Slave Trade
3/5 Compromise
Fugitive Slave Law
What is the collection of states that seceded from the Union called?
What laws were created in the South that segregated black and white folks?
Black Codes
Louisiana Purchase
What did Andrew Jackson believe about the National Bank?
Too powerful, undemocratic
What did the Mason-Dixon line establish?
Divide between Northern/Free States and Southern/Slave States
What group of people was represented in Glory as the first all black military battalion?
54th Regiment
What did the 13th amendment do?
Abolish slavery except for a punishment
What political party was Thomas Jefferson?
Anti-Federalist
What did Andrew Jackson called the Election of 1824 when he ran against John Quincy Adams?
Corrupt Bargain
What compromise created California as a free state and introduced the Fugitive Slave Act?
Compromise of 1850
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Free the slaves in the south
What did the 15th Amendment do?
Gave African Americans the right to vote
What did George Washington do when people rebelled against the Whiskey Tax?
Sent the troops to squash the rebellion
What is the term called when Andrew Jackson appointed close supporters of him to the cabinet?
Spoils System
Who was responsible for leading the Harper's Ferry revolt?
John Brown
What battle is a major turning in the war that pushed the Confederacy back to the South?
Battle of Gettysburg
What did the 14th Amendment do?
Every person born in the United States is a citizen and everyone is treated equally under the law
What plan did Alexander Hamilton and George Washington approve to lower the national debt after the Revolutionary War?
The National Bank
What political party was Andrew Jackson?
Democratic-Republican
What did Stephen Douglas propose in the new states Kansas and Nebraska that would lead to Bleeding Kansas?
Popular Sovereignty
What did Lincoln suspend in the war that would allow people to be arrested without probable cause?
Habeas Corpus
What was the difference between President Johnson's and the Radical Republicans Reconstruction Plans?
President Johnson wanted to bring the Union back together while the Radical Republicans wanted to punish the south and ensure protection for African Americans