Historical Figures
This person was responsible for helping over 300 people escape slavery from the south through the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
This event led by debt stricken farmers in Massachusetts demonstrated the weakness of the U.S. Government under the Articles of Confederation.
Shays Rebellion
This battle is viewed as the turning point of the American Civil War.
Gettysburg
This group controlled Congress and looked to punish the former Confederates for their actions leading to the start of the American Civil War.
Radical Republicans
This legislation limited immigration from the country of Japan under the administration of Theodore Roosevelt.
Gentlemen's Agreement
This person wrote one of the most important pieces of antebellum literature called "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
This land acquisition doubled the size of the United States in 1803 under the presidency of Thomas Jefferson.
Louisiana Purchase
This term describes the ability of a territory to determine whether or not to allow slavery. (It also means the power comes from the people)
Popular Sovereignty
This agreement officially brought Reconstruction to an end as the Southern Democrats accepted the Election of 1876 results and the federal troops were removed.
Compromise of 1877
This was a nickname used to describe a Progressive Era reformer attempting to address problems in the U.S. as a result of industrialization and urbanization. (examples: Upton Sinclar, Jacob Riis)
Muckraker
This person was responsible for starting the settlement house movement (Hull House - Chicago) and won the Nobel Peace Prize
Jane Addams
This legislation passed in 1830 forced all Native American tribes to have to move west of the Mississippi River.
Indian Removal Act
This person was the president of the Confederate States of America. (He previously served as the Secretary of War).
Jefferson Davis
These laws in the south allowed for legal segregation and were upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1896 in Plessy vs. Ferguson.
Jim Crow Laws
This amendment established term limits on the U.S. Presidency in 1951
22nd Amendment
This person was the first ever U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice. He also helped to negotiate a treaty with Britain during the Washington Administration.
John Jay
This legislation allowed California to be added as a free state and created the Fugitive Slave Act.
Compromise of 1850
This legislation stated that all slaves in those areas still in rebellion against the Union were now free.
Emancipation Proclamation
First U.S. President impeached for firing Edwin Stanton (Secretary of War) and violating the Tenure of Office Act.
Andrew Johnson
This statement made in 1823 warned European nations to stay out of the Western Hemisphere.
Monroe Doctrine
This person wrote the pamphlet called "Common Sense" that encouraged American colonists to break away from Great Britain.
Thomas Paine
This convention was the start of the women's rights (feminist) movement in upstate NY in 1848.
Seneca Falls
Abraham Lincoln's main goal as he took office in 1861.
Preserve the Union
Term used in the south to describe a southerner who supported the Radical Reconstruction Plans.
Scalawag
This is the main reason the United States decided to enter into World War I in 1917
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare