Colonization & Early Foundations
Revolutionary Ideals
Declaring Independence
Building a Nation
Early Republic
Sectionalism in Antebellum America
100
These were two primary motivations for colonization of the Americas.
What are religious freedom and economic gain?
100
Benjamin Franklin's "Join, or Die" cartoon encouraged this among the colonies.
What is unity?
100
He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
100
This document served as the first constitution of the United States.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
100
George Washington set this precedent in his Farewell Address regarding foreign policy.
What is avoiding permanent alliances?
100
This invention by Eli Whitney increased the demand for enslaved labor in the South.
What is the cotton gin?
200
This geographic factor influenced the North to focus on shipbuilding and the South to focus on cash crops.
What is geography or natural resources?
200
This was one of the major grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence.
What is taxation without representation?
200
This was the year the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What is 1776?
200
This event highlighted the weakness of the Articles and led to calls for a stronger federal government.
What is Shays' rebellion?
200
This Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
200
This political philosophy expanded suffrage to non-property-owning white men during the Jacksonian era.
What is Jacksonian Democracy?
300
These were two influences on the governments of the colonies.
What are British republican principles and salutary neglect?
300
This concept emphasizes that governments derive their power from the people.
What is popular sovereignty?
300
This treaty ended the Revolutionary War and recognized U.S. independence.
What is the Treaty of Paris 1783?
300
This compromise resolved the debate between representation for large and small states.
What is the Great Compromise?
300
Thomas Jefferson used this interpretation of the Constitution to justify the Louisiana Purchase.
What is a loose interpretation?
300
This 1823 policy opposed European interference in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
400
The Northern colonies emphasized religious unity, while the Southern colonies developed this type of social structure.
What is a hierarchical or plantation-based structure?
400
These principles influenced the inclusion of natural rights in the Declaration of Independence.
What are Enlightenment ideas?
400
The grievances in the Declaration of Independence led to this foundational principle of the U.S. government.
What is limited government or protection of individual rights?
400
Anti-Federalists opposed the Constitution because they feared this.
What is federal government overreach?
400
These acts, passed under John Adams, limited free speech and extended residency requirements for citizenship.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
400
This 1830 law relocated Native Americans to western territories to open land for white settlers.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
500
John Winthrop's "city upon a hill" sermon encouraged these two values.
What are moral unity and religious devotion?
500
These two philosophers came up with ideas like Separation of Powers and Natural Rights.
Who are Montesquieu and Locke
500
This Enlightenment philosopher inspired Jefferson's inclusion of natural rights in the Declaration.
Who is John Locke?
500
This clause expanded federal authority beyond powers explicitly listed in the Constitution.
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
500
This was George Washington’s warning about domestic politics in his Farewell Address.
What is the danger of political parties and sectionalism?
500
The North supported tariffs and internal improvements, while the South opposed them, leading to this pre-Civil War divide.
What is sectionalism?