Despite Washington's disapproval, these were the first two political parties established.
What are the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans?
100
Bought from France, this was the best land deal in history!!!
What is the LOUISIANA PURCHASE?
100
The social reform movement calling for an end to slavery.
What is ABOLITION?
100
The primary cause of the Civil War, this is the division of the country into distinct regions with divergent political, economic, and social values.
What is SECTIONALISM?
100
The Confederates fired the first shots at this military base in South Carolina.
What is FT. SUMTER?
200
Stated clearly in his Farewell Address, this was Washington's foreign policy.
What is NEUTRALITY?
200
Coined by James O'Sullivan, this term refers to the common belief that it was "God's will" to expand westward.
What is MANIFEST DESTINY?
200
As the founder of the first school board, he is known as the "father of public education".
Who is HORACE MANN?
200
This agreement stated that for every slave state admitted to the Union, a free state should also be added.
What is the MISSOURI COMPROMISE?
200
Known as the turning point of the war for the Union, this was the deadliest battle of the Civil War.
What is GETTYSBURG.
300
The creation of this manmade waterway made NYC the "economical capital" of the US.
What is the ERIE CANAL?
300
Boundary disputes resulting from the annexation of this country caused the Mexican-American War.
What is TEXAS?
300
Led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, this was the first women's right conference in the US.
What is the SENECA FALLS CONVENTION?
300
The Compromise of 1850 made California a free state in exchange for this Act which forced Northerners to return runaway slaves.
What is the FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT?
300
This declaration by Abraham Lincoln stated that all slaves in the states in rebellion were free.
What is the EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION?
400
This policy stated that if European powers interfere with independent courtries in the Western Hemisphere, the US will intervene.
What is the MONROE DOCTRINE?
400
Known as an expansionists, this President got us Texas, Oregon, and half of Mexico.
Who is JAMES POLK?
400
Led by women and churchgoers, this reform movement called for a restriction on the sale of alchohol.
What is TEMPERANCE?
400
This caused South Carolina and 6 other Southern states to secede from the Union.
What is THE ELECTION OF 1860?
400
This military strategy called for the Union to take control of all rivers, railroads, and ports in order to "squeeze the life out of the Confederates".
What is the ANACONDA PLAN?
500
The Supreme Court case of Marbury v. Madison esablished this power.
What is JUDICIAL REVIEW?
500
Bought from Mexico, this narrow strip of land by present-day Arizona and New Mexico allowed the US to complete the southern transcontiental railroad.
What is the GADSDEN PURCHASE?
500
Evangelists of this religious revival movement advocated that one must live a good life to get into heaven.
What is the 2nd GREAT AWAKENING?
500
Repealing the Missouri Compromise, this Act allowed states popular sovereignty over the issue of slavery.
What is the KANSAS NEBRASKA ACT?
500
Established by the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction, these are the Civil Rights Amendments AND the rights they granted.
What are the: 13th (freedom from slavery), 14th (citizenship/equality). 15th (suffrage)?