Colonies and Revolution
This is the date the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress.
What is July 4, 1776?
This document is the supreme law of the United States.
The Constitution
This idea encouraged Americans to move west because it was their destiny.
What is Manifest Destiny?
He was an enslaved man who sued for his freedom in a Supreme Court case.
Who is Dred Scott?
This term describes when one company controls an entire industry and limits competition.
What is a monopoly?
What are the three NATURAL RIGHTS, based from John Locke?
Life, Liberty, and Property
These are the first ten amendments to the Constitution known as?
The Bill of Rights
This purchase doubled the size of the United States in 1803.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This document freed enslaved people in Confederate states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This belief argued that the strongest businesses and people would naturally succeed while the weak would fail.
What is Social Darwinism?
He founded Maryland as a colony that allowed religious freedom for Catholics.
Who is Lord Baltimore?
This system divides power between the national and state governments.
Federalism
This foreign policy warned European countries not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere or face U.S. opposition.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This amendment officially abolished slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This was the lowest and cheapest section of a ship where many immigrants traveled to the United States.
What is steerage?
What are the reasons William Penn founded Pennsylvania?
Religious and political freedom for Quakers
This principle prevents any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
This Supreme Court case established the principle that the Court can declare laws unconstitutional.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This fort in Charleston Harbor was attacked in April 1861, officially starting the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter?
This process encouraged immigrants to adopt American culture, language, and customs.
What is Americanization?
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness is a foundational phrase found on which historical document?
The Declaration of Independence
This uprising by farmers showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and helped lead to the Constitutional Convention.
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
This Chief Justice strengthened the power of the Supreme Court and helped establish the Court as a co-equal branch of government.
Who is John Marshall?
This event was caused by the Indian Removal Act and led to Native Americans being moved to present day Oklahoma.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This 1882 law banned most Chinese immigrants from entering the United States.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?