Antebellum Period
religious movement in the colonies during the 1730s
Great Awakening
This plan blockaded the southern ports and starved out the south
Anaconda Plan
gave us judicial review
Marbury v Madison
British policy where they allowed colonists to rule themselves before the French and Indian War
First government created after the revolutionary war
Articles of Confederation
first women's rights convention
Seneca Falls
Leader of the southern army
Robert E. Lee
segregated schools
Plessy v Ferguson
people in Pennsylvania
Quakers
Event that proved that the Articles of Confederation were too weak
Shay's Rebellion
newspaper written by Garrison
Liberator
Bloodiest battle
Gettysburg
Slaves could not be freed even if they move with their owners into free land
Dred Scott
region where they build ships, are intolerant, and have more education
New England or Northern colonies
three branches of government
Executive, Legislative, Judicial
compromised that admitted California as a free state, allowed popular sovereignty in New Mexico, and passed a stricter fugitive slave act
Compromise of 1850
Mississippi
passed integration of schools
Brown v the Board of Education
legal principle that there are laws that everyone has to follow
rule of law
type of government structure where states share power the central government
wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriett Beecher Stowe
location where Lee surrendered to Grant
Appomattox Court House
Gives women the right to an abortion in the 1st trimester of pregnancy
Roe v Wade
Battle in the revolutionary war where the French joined. A turning point battle
Saratoga
antifederalists said that this must be added to the constitution before they would ratify it
Bill of Rights