First 5 Presidents
First US president who set many precedents.
Who is George Washington?
This political movement of the 1820s and 1830s expanded voting rights for white men and emphasized the power of the "common man."
What is Jacksonian Democracy?
This 1820 agreement admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, while drawing a line to regulate the spread of slavery in future territories.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This pivotal 1860 election saw Republican Abraham Lincoln become the first U.S. president without Southern support, leading to secession and the Civil War.
What is the Presidential Election of 1860?
Stimulated US economic growth and solidified American identity.
What is the Impact of the War of 1812?
Second US president, faced conflicts with France and Great Britain.
Who is John Adams?
1830 law forcing American Indians west of the Mississippi River.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
Fought from 1846 to 1848, this conflict between the U.S. and Mexico resulted in the U.S. acquiring territories like California and Texas.
What is the Mexican-American War?
This act of formally withdrawing from the Union was first carried out by South Carolina in December 1860, triggering the start of the Civil War.
What is secession?
This 1787 agreement counted each enslaved person as three-fifths of a person for purposes of taxation and representation in Congress.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
Third President. Followed Adams, faced issues of state versus federal power. Purchased Louisiana.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This early 1830s conflict between South Carolina and the federal government over tariffs tested the authority of Andrew Jackson’s presidency. Led by John C. Calhoun
What is the Nullification Crisis?
This series of laws aimed to settle disputes over slavery in new territories, including the controversial Fugitive Slave Act and the admission of California as a free state.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This 16th president of the United States led the country during the Civil War, issued the Emancipation Proclamation, and delivered the Gettysburg Address.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This religious revival movement of the early 19th century emphasized individual salvation and led to social reforms like abolitionism and women's rights.
What is the Second Great Awakening?
Laws increasing citizenship requirements and limiting speech rights.Passed during the Adams presidency.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
Proposed by Henry Clay, this economic plan aimed to strengthen the U.S. through tariffs, a national bank, and internal improvements.
What is the American System?
This 1854 law allowed settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether to permit slavery, effectively repealing the Missouri Compromise.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
This executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 declared all enslaved people in Confederate states to be free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
These uprisings, like Nat Turner's Rebellion in 1831, challenged slavery in the South and sparked fear among slaveholders.
What are slave rebellions?
Purchased from Napoleon by Thomas Jefferson. Doubled US territory, set precedent for presidential actions.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This 19th-century movement sought to end slavery in the United States, led by figures like Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison.
What is the Abolitionist Movement?
This 1857 Supreme Court case ruled that African Americans, whether free or slave, could not be citizens and declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford?
This group of 11 Southern states seceded from the Union during the Civil War, forming their own government with Jefferson Davis as president.
What is the Confederacy?
This growing division between the North and South in the 19th century was driven by differences in economics, culture, and views on slavery.
What is Sectionalism?
This U.S. president led the nation during the War of 1812 and was known as the "Father of the Constitution."
Who is James Madison?
This controversial issue in the 19th century fueled sectional tensions as the U.S. acquired new territories, leading to conflicts like the Missouri Compromise and the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
What is Slavery as a Major Political Issue?
This abolitionist led a violent raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859 in an attempt to start a slave revolt, ultimately becoming a martyr for the anti-slavery cause.
Who is John Brown?
This term refers to the states that remained loyal to the U.S. government during the Civil War, led by President Abraham Lincoln.
What is the Union?
This principle allowed settlers in a territory to decide for themselves whether to permit slavery, notably used in the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
This 1823 policy warned European powers against further colonization or interference in the Americas.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This 19th-century belief justified U.S. territorial expansion across North America, from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This forced relocation of Native American tribes in the 1830s resulted in the deaths of thousands as they were moved west of the Mississippi River.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This South Carolina fort was the site of the first shots fired in the Civil War in April 1861.Marks the beginning of the war.
What is Fort Sumter?
This legal principle protects individuals from unlawful imprisonment, requiring that a person be brought before a court to determine if their detention is lawful.
What is habeas corpus?