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Colonization
This country established the 13 colonies
What is England? (Great Britain)
This 1776 document declared the colonies free from British rule
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The first written government of the U.S., replaced by the Constitution
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This 1803 land deal doubled the size of the U.S.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The belief that the U.S. should expand across the continent
What is Manifest Destiny?
Invention that led to an increase in slavery
What is the cotton gin?
Name two compromises that occurred prior to the Civil War, that increased sectional tensions between the North and South
-The Missouri Compromise
-The Compromise of 1850
This colony was founded by the Pilgrims seeking religious freedom
What is Plymouth?
This act allowed British soldiers the right to stay in colonists' homes while occupying colonies. Many colonists did not like this act.
The Quartering Act
This plan created two houses of Congress, balancing large and small states
What is the Great Compromise?
This Supreme Court case established Judicial Review
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The 1848 treaty that ended the Mexican-American War
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Susan B. Anthony, Lucrecia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were all leaders of what movement?
What is the Women's Rights Movement?
This 1863 declaration freed slaves in Confederate territories
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This assembly established the idea of representative government
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses?
This act taxed printed materials and angered colonists
What is the Stamp Act?
The President vetoes a bill passed by Congress is an example of ____________ (what principle)?
What is Checks & Balances?
This 1823 policy warned European nations to stay out of the Americas
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
The U.S. acquired this territory in 1845, leading to conflict with Mexico
What is Texas?
This former slave became a leading abolitionist and speaker
Who is Frederick Douglass?
Laws passed in the South after the Civil War that limited the rights of African Americans
What are the Black Codes?
What is mercantilism?
He worked as spy and double agent during the American Revolution
James Armistead
What was the "deal breaking" clause that Anti-federalist required the Constitution to include for ratification?
Bill of Rights
This event cause President John Adams to pass the Alien & Sedition Acts
What is the XYZ Affair?
Andrew Jackson passed this act that led to the forced relocation of Native Americans
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This invention made the production of goods in factories much more efficient
What is Interchangeable Parts?
This battle caused Lincoln to pass the Emancipation Proclamation
What is the Battle of Antietam?
This colony was founded by William Penn as a haven for Quakers
What is Pennsylvania?
Colonists used this method to protest British taxes without violence
What is boycott?
An armed rebellion where Massachusetts farmers were protesting taxes and the government taking their property, led to the Constitutional Convention
Shay's Rebellion
These Supreme Court cases significantly expanded the powers of Congress
What are Gibbons v. Ogden and McCulloch v. Maryland
This territory was acquired from Spain in 1819?
What is Florida?
This invention made the transportation of goods and people much more efficient
What is the Steamboat?
This group created the plans for Reconstruction
Who are the Radical Republicans?