Revolution
Act of being taxed by an authority without the benefit of having elected representatives
"Taxation without representation"
Which event saw the passing of power from one political party to another was without violence
Election (od Revolution) of 1800
Anti-alcohol movement
Temperance
Belief the U.S. had a divine mission to extend its power and civilization across North America
Manifest Destiny
Deadliest battle of the Civil War
Gettysburg
Whose job was it to popularize a revolutionary spirit?
Committees of Correspondence
What 1803 event more than doubled the size of the United States?
Louisiana Purchase
Women's right to vote movement
Suffrage
How did the United States acquire California from Mexico
$15 million Mexican Cession
Described the United States as a nation "conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal”
Gettysburg Address
Colonies provided raw materials and existed for the sole purpose to make the parent country rich
Mercantilism
Which nation was removed from American borders by the Louisiana Purchase?
France
Anti-slavery movement
Abolitionism
Encouraged slave owners to track down runaway slaves who had escaped to freedom
Fugitive Slave Act
Committed the United States government to a policy of abolition in the South
Emancipation Proclamation
Religious movement that changed colonists' view of authority
Great Awakening
What three issues led to the War of 1812?
Impressment, Western frontier, Warhawks
1) Missouri admitted as a slave state
2) Maine admitted as a free state
3) North of latitude 36° 30’, slavery was prohibited
Missouri Compromise
Admitted California as a free state
Compromise of 1850
Brought an end to the Reconstruction Era
Compromise of 1877
Political movement that changed colonists' view of authority
Enlightenment
What gains were made by the War of 1812?
Nothing changed
President who became a symbol of the “common man”
Andrew Jackson
Slavery is to be determined by a vote of a territory's settlers
Popular sovereignty
Which Civil War amendment does what?
13th: Freed slaves
14th: Made former slaves citizens
15th: Gave former slaves (male) the right to vote