Unit 1
This legislative body was an example of representative government in the Southern colonies.
What is the House of Burgesses?
A pamphlet written about the need for independence from Great Britain. It convinced a lot of colonists to rebel against Great Britain.
What is Common Sense?
This was the president who supported Manifest Destiny.
Who is James Polk?
This was where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant at the end of the Civil War.
What is Appomattox?
This contained slavery to below Missouri's southern border.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
The economic concept where colonies make money for the parent country.
What is mercantilism?
This was the group of founders that helped draft the Declaration of Independence.
What is the Committee of Five?
The outcome of this Supreme Court case made it apparent that there was actually no such thing as free or slave states anymore.
What is Dred Scott vs. Sanford?
This organization was designed to help former enslaved ppl receive education, land, and clothing.
What is the Freedman's Bureau?
This document stated all the problems the colonists were facing and why they wanted to gain independence.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This colony was desirable by the British because of its deep water ports that could be used for trade.
What is New Amsterdam/New York?
This was the philosopher known for creating the concept of "natural rights." The founding fathers integrated his ideas into the Dec. of Independence.
Who is John Locke?
This was the economic plan to create financial stability and independence through creating a strong infrastructure.
What is the American System?
This was suspended so that Lincoln could detain people in border states that supported the South.
What is Habeas Corpus?
Religious revival among the colonial American Protestants emphasizing equality and an increase in democracy.
What is the (first) Great Awakening?
Colonial region was known for having a good relationship with Native Americans.
What is the Middle Colonies?
A series of essays that created to convince anti-federalists why they should be in favor of ratifying the Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
This event showed the strength of the federal government and the Constitution.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
Supported by the Radical Republicans, this was the plan for the North to make the process for the South to re-enter the US more difficult by sending the military to the South.
What is Congressional/Radical Reconstruction?
The geographical feature that was being fought over in the Battle of Vicksburg.
What is the Mississippi River?
This was a group of wealthy investors who funded voyages to the Virginia colony.
Who is the Virginia Company?
This government established only one branch of government - the legislative branch, and gave most of the power to the state governments.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This event was the final straw that led to the South (specifically South Carolina first) to secede from the Union.
What is the Election of 1860?
This ended Radical Reconstruction in the South, leaving African Americans to lose many new political rights.
What is the Compromise of 1877?
The Sedition Act tried to block citizens of this right.
What is the freedom of speech?