Colonization & Early US Politics
He believed that political power should be divided among branches and had the greatest impact on the Founding Fathers' ideas.
Who is Montesquieu?
This compromise included California joining the union as a free state and Utah and New Mexico deciding for themselves whether to be free or slave states.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
The amendment that granted former slaves the right to vote.
What is the 15th Amendment?
Negligence by factory owners and city officials led to this horrific historical factory fire.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911?
This reform movement eventually resulted in women's rights to vote.
What is the women's suffrage movement?
In order to prevent tyranny and king-like power, the Founding Fathers relied on the principle of ...
What is separation of powers?
This president had a lasting legacy for acquiring vast amounts of land.
Who is James K. Polk?
Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction called for this percent of Confederate voters to swear an oath of allegiance.
What is 10%?
The major national labor that made the strongest effort to represent all American workers, including women and African Americans
What is the Knights of Labor?
This event caused the US the most concern during the Bolshevik Revolution.
This landmark case decided by the Supreme Court stated that congress held certain "implied powers".
What is McCulloch v Maryland?
An argument over a canon in the town of Gonzales, TX led to this major conflict.
What is the Mexican-American War?
This battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
Besides Industrialization this was a factor in the explosive population growth in cities.
What is immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe?
This measure was rejected by the US Senate due to anti-trust legislation?
What is Taft's dollar diplomacy?
This was the area of early colonial America that showed more religious tolerance.
What are the Middle Colonies?
This 1803 land deal with France, negotiated by Thomas Jefferson, doubled the size of the U.S. for $15 million.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Issued by Lincoln in 1863, this executive order freed slaves only in Confederate-held territories.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
During industrialization, this was a primary "fuel" for rapid growth and drew immigrants seeking jobs in the new economy.
What is "natural resources"?
This statement is either true or false: The US Senators in 1920 opposed entry into the League of Nations and refused to ratify the Versailles Treaty.
What is true?
A loose alliance of states that ruled themselves was governed by this document prior to the US Constitution.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This concept, meaning "obvious destiny," fueled American expansion across the continent.
What is manifest destiny?
Known for his "March to the Sea," this Union general's scorched-earth tactics devastated the South's infrastructure and morale.
Who is General Sherman?
This "fuel" for industrial growth drew immigrants to the United States in large numbers between 1880 and 1920.
What is industrial capitalism?
The assassination of this Austro-Hungarian Archduke in Sarajevo kicked off the war.
Who is the Archduke Franz Ferdinand?