VOCABULARY
Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
El presidente Abraham Lincoln declaró que todas las personas mantenidas como esclavas" dentro de los estados rebeldes "son, y de ahora en adelante serán libres".
4 main causes of the Civil War
S_________
causas de la guerra civil
Slavery, Secession, State Rights, Sectionalism
Esclavitud, Secesión, Derechos del Estado, Seccionalismo
Many colonists believed they could not be taxed by the British because they had no representatives in the British government, which means that the British did not have consent of the governed. The famous slogan was...
No Taxation Without Representation
Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
Debilidades de los Artículos de Confederación
Largely unsuccessful at solving many major problems because most power remained with the state governments. Congress depended on the states for men and money to support an army. National (aka Federal) government could not enforce its laws.
This purchase gained American control of New Orleans which had a valuable port and Secured U.S. control of the Mississippi River.
Esta compra ganó el control estadounidense de Nueva Orleans, que tenía un puerto valioso y aseguró el control estadounidense del río Mississippi.
Louisiana Purchase
compra de Luisiana
Abolitionism
movement to end slavery
movimiento para acabar con la esclavitud
What was Lincoln's MAIN goal?
To preserve the union
Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine- persuading American colonists to support colonial independence from Britain.
Folleto escrito por Thomas Paine: persuadir a los colonos estadounidenses para que apoyen la independencia colonial de Gran Bretaña.
Common Sense
This rebellion: convinced many Americans of the need for a stronger national government. Exposed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. Led to the creation of the U.S. Constitution.
Rebelión que condujo a la Constitución de los Estados Unidos
Shay's Rebellion
(1823)-Foreign policy intended to limit European influence in the Western Hemisphere.
(1823) -Política exterior destinada a limitar la influencia europea en el hemisferio occidental.
Monroe Doctrine
Black Codes/Jim Crow
laws passed at different periods in the southern United States to enforce racial segregation and curtail the power of Black voters
leyes aprobadas en diferentes períodos en el sur de los Estados Unidos para hacer cumplir la segregación racial y restringir el poder de los votantes negros
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Abolish Slavery
Citizenship and equal protection under law
Right to vote to African American men
What did Anti-Federalists believe?
against ratification of the Constitution. They believed it would threaten the rights of individual citizens. Did not want the national government to have too much power. Only agreed to ratify the Constitution after the addition of the Bill of Rights to the Constitution.
Great Compromise
Settled a dispute over how the states would be represented in the national legislature aka Congress. Created a bicameral legislature- House of Representatives and Senate
Creó una legislatura bicameral- Cámara de Representantes y Senado
A waterway connecting Lake Erie to the Hudson River that aided the economic development of the U.S. by lowering the cost of shipping goods from the Midwest to the Atlantic coast.
Una vía fluvial que conecta el lago Erie con el río Hudson que ayudó al desarrollo económico de los EE. UU. al reducir el costo del envío de mercancías desde el medio oeste hasta la costa atlántica.
Erie Canal
Sectionalism
loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole.
Lealtad a la propia región o sección del país, más que al país en su conjunto.
View of Radical Republicans during RECONSTRUCTION
RADICAL (extreme) change
Punish the south
More power to republican party
Rights for African Americans
13th Amendment – abolish slavery
14th Amendment – citizenship and equal protection
15th Amendment – right to vote for African Americans
Freedmen's Bureau- provide food, clothing, shelter, and education to freedman and war refugees
First form of government used by the U.S. after independence from Britain. At this point many Americans distrusted a strong central government because of their experiences under the rule of Great Britain.
Primera forma de gobierno utilizada por los EE. UU. después de la independencia de Gran Bretaña
Articles of Confederation
This supreme court case led to the establishment of Judicial Review
Marbury v Madison
Idea that the U.S. should possess the entire continent.
Idea de que Estados Unidos debería poseer todo el continente.
Manifest Destiny
Sharecropping
system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop
sistema en el que el propietario/plantador permite que un inquilino use la tierra a cambio de una parte de la cosecha
Nullification Crisis
President Andrew Jackson implemented a tariff (TAX) on imported goods, the South hated it- want the right to nullify federal laws
El presidente Andrew Jackson implementó un arancel (TAX) sobre bienes importados, el sur lo odiaba: quiere el derecho de anular las leyes federales
These six acts led to the American Revolutionary War
Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Quartering Act, Townshend Acts, Boston Massacre
Alexander Hamilton proposed THIS to improve the economic position of the U.S. government and pay off US debt
Alexander Hamilton propuso ESTO para mejorar la posición económica del gobierno de EE. UU. y pagar la deuda de EE. UU.
National Bank
Supreme Court decision which ruled that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories.
Decisión de la Corte Suprema que dictaminó que el Congreso no podía prohibir la esclavitud en los territorios.
Dred Scott V Sanford