American Colonies
A multilateral system of trading in which a country pays for its imports from one country by its exports to another. Often refers to the transatlantic slave trade that operated from the late 16th to early 19th centuries, carrying slaves, cash crops, and manufactured goods between West Africa, Caribbean or American colonies and the European colonial powers.
Triangle Trade
the dumping of 18,000 pounds of tea into Boston harbor by colonists disguised as Native Americans in 1773 to protest the Tea Act.
Boston Tea Party
the 19th-century belief that the United States would inevitably expand westward to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexican territory.
Manifest Destiny
the formal withdrawal of a state from the Union.
Secession
the discriminatory laws passed throughout the post-Civil War South which severely restricted African Americans’ lives, prohibiting such activities as traveling without permits, carrying weapons, serving on juries, testifying against whites, and marrying whites.
Black Codes
What were the THREE (or four) major areas for the British colonies?
New England, Middle Colonies, (Chesapeake Colonies), Southern Colonies
A slogan adopted by American colonists to protest British taxes, arguing that they should not be taxed by Parliament because they did not have elected representatives in Parliament.
"No Taxation without Representation"
A movement to end slavery.
Abolitionism
a name applied to the Kansas Territory in the years before the Civil War, when the territory was a battleground between proslavery and antislavery forces.
"Bleeding Kansas"
a federal agency set up to help former slaves after the Civil War, they provided food, housing, medical aid, education, and legal assistance during the Reconstruction Era.
Freedmen's Bureau
An order in which Britain prohibited its American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, it aimed to prevent conflicts with Native American tribes.
Proclamation of 1763
A document, adopted by the Second Continental Congress in 1777 and finally approved by the states in 1781, that outlined the form of government of the new United States.
The Articles of Confederation
A women’s rights convention held in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848. From this convention came the "Declaration of Rights and Sentiments".
The Seneca Falls Convention
a series of agreements passed by Congress in 1820–1821 to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states, while prohibiting slavery in the Louisiana Purchase territory north of the 36°30′ parallel.
Missouri Compromise
a railroad line linking the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States, completed in 1869.
Transcontinental Railroad
An English policy of relaxing the enforcement of regulations in its colonies in return for the colonies’ continued economic loyalty.
Salutary Neglect
A political system in which a national government and constituent units, such as state governments, share power.
Federalism
The marches in which the Cherokee people were forcibly removed from Georgia to the Indian Territory in 1838–1840, with thousands of the Cherokee dying on the way.
Trail of Tears
an executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, freeing the slaves in all regions behind Confederate lines.
Emancipation Proclamation
a law, enacted in 1887, that was intended to “Americanize” Native Americans by distributing reservation land to individual owners.
Dawes Act
An economic system in which nations seek to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by establishing a favorable balance of trade.
Mercantilism
Name a battle from the American Revolution.
Yorktown, Saratoga, Lexington and Concord, etc.
a policy of U.S. opposition to any European interference in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere, announced by President Monroe in 1823.
Monroe Doctrine
A landmark Supreme Court case that ruled African Americans, whether enslaved or free, could not be American citizens and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court.
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Name all three Reconstruction Amendments. Bonus points if you can say what all three are.
13th Amendment (1865): Abolished slavery throughout the United States.
14th Amendment (1868): Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves, and guaranteed them equal protection of the laws.
15th Amendment (1870): Prohibited the denial of voting rights based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.