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Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this book, which brought the horrors of slavery to light and bolstered support for emancipation (freedom from slavery).
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
America's framers created a government based on the Enlightenment values of liberty, equality and _______ for all
What is justice?
Andrew Jackson gave government jobs to his friends and supporters in a policy known as this.
What is the Spoils System?
This place is considered the start of the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter?
The Middle and New England colonist mostly lived in cities and towns. What type of settings did southern colonists live in?
What is rural settings?
Federalists supported a strong federal government and the new _________________________
What is the Constitution?
This amendment to the Constitution guarantees the right of the accused to a speedy trial
What is the sixth amendment?
This compromise between large and small states, decided representation in Congress
What is the Great Compromise?
This American victory at this place during the Revolutionary War was considered a turning point because European countries helped America by giving them supplies, troops and ships.
What is Saratoga?
One reason for this document was to tell England and the world the reasons for wanting to separate from England.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Paine's pamphlet, "Common Sense" encouraged colonists to do support this.
What is America's independence?
This British policy led to a Boycott of British goods?
What is the Townshend Acts?
The idea that the United States would rule the continent from sea to sea is known as this.
What is Manifest Destiny?
The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States, increased tensions with Native Americans, and increased access to this
What is raw materials?
Of the the three regions during colonial times, this region was very diverse in jobs, culture and religion.
What is the Middle Colonies
Thomas Jefferson was heavily influenced by this English Philosopher when drafting the Declaration of Independence. He said the rights of man were "life, liberty, and property".
Who is John Locke?
The Declaration of Independence states that people have certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness". These type of rights are also known as _______________ rights
What are natural rights?
The federal government moved Native Americans off their land to new land in Indian Territory in order to acquire this.
What is Natural Resources?
Family members were often fighting on opposite sides of the war in these states in the middle of the north and south.
What are the border states?
The first amendment of the Constitution describes 5 freedoms Americans enjoy. Among these are freedom religion, petition, the press, assembly and this
What is freedom of speech?
Lucretia Mott along with this woman organized the Seneca Falls Convention where they argued for women's right to vote.
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Thomas Jefferson's embargo on trade with France and Great Britain mainly hurt American merchants and this group of workers.
Who are sea workers?
The Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were all the result of struggles between the industrial North and _________ south.
What is agricultural?
The Adams-Onis Treaty resulted in this state becoming a part of the United States.
What is Florida?
A major idea during this era resulted in a religious revival that told people their good actions would save them.
What is the Second Great Awakening?