Colonial Times
Eager to pay back its debts from the Seven Years' War, the British overplayed their hand (hint) by implementing this act of Parliament in 1765.
What is the Stamp Act?
Marbury established this precedent in his 1803 ruling.
What is judicial review?
What is the Wilmot Proviso?
She was instrumental in Lewis and Clark's expedition.
Who is Sacagawea?
"I am mortified beyond expression whenever I view the clouds which have spread over the brightest morn that ever dawned upon any Country."
Who is George Washington?
Threatened by the church, she was banished from Massachusetts Bay and joined Roger Williams in Rhode Island.
Who is Anne Hutchinson?
Jefferson opposed the National Bank on the grounds of this amendment.
What is the Tenth?
This abolitionist seized the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1859.
Who is John Brown?
Idolized or mystified? This Midnight Rider has transcended his famed stunt.
Who is Paul Revere?
"Give me liberty or give me death!"
Who is Patrick Henry?
This "unofficial" policy by the British defined the relationship between the colonies and the mother country in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
What is salutary neglect?
True or False: McCulloch's case was defeated by the Supreme Court in 1819.
What is false?
True or False: the Dred Scott Decision ruled that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.
What is true?
She was, according to Lincoln, the "little lady who started this Great War."
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
"The incorporation of a bank, and the powers assumed by this bill, have not, in my opinion, been delegated to the United States by the Constitution."
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The Pilgrims were given food and guidance by this tribe, perhaps hoping to keep the settlers at bay
Who are the Wampanoags?
The extension of the vote to this group of people encapsulated "Jacksonian Democracy."
What are adult white males?
What is the Democratic Party?
An unknown Anti-Federalist, he sparked the essay contest between his camp and the Federalists regarding the Constitution's ratification.
Who is Brutus?
“For the improvements in the country where you now live, and for all the stock which you cannot take with you, your father will pay you a fair price."
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This Catholic king brought about the Dominion of New England in 1686.
Who is James II?
Lincoln left Douglas in a mess with the southern Democrats after this doctrine made headlines on the debate trail.
What is Freeport?
A gathering which demanded the equal rights of women, one which featured the issuance of the Declaration of Sentiments.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
Only a two-year Prime Minister, he angered colonists with the Stamp Act (1765) and the Sugar Act (1764).
Who is George Grenville?
But if the reports which we now hear are true, that with England all hope of honorable accommodation is at an end, and that with France our negotiations are in a forwardness encouraging expectations of a favorable result, where is the motive for longer delay?
Who is Henry Clay?