People/Title
Portuguese leader who supported exploration along Africa's coast.
Prince Henry
British law that banned colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
One of the earliest civilizations in Mesoamerica, known for their giant stone head sculptures.
Olmec
Trade system between Europe, Africa, and the Americas involving goods and enslaved people.
Triangular Trade
A system where people or groups are ranked one above the other.
Hierarchy
First president of the United State and leader of the Continental Army.
George Washington
American colonists who remained loyal to Britain during the Revolution.
Loyalists
When the military takes control of a government during an emergency.
Martial Law
Middle Passage.
A crop grown to be sold for profit rather than for personal use.
Cash Crop
The British King during the American Revolution.
King George III
A system that prevents any on branch of government from becoming too powerful.
Checks and balances
Major economic depression in the United States.
Panic of 1837
Union strategy to blockade the South and control the Mississippi River.
Anaconda Plan
A Government order that stops trade with another country.
Embargo
Main author of the Declaration of Independence and third U.S. president.
Thomas Jefferson
The system used to officially elect the U.S president.
Electoral College
Law that prevented discussion of slavery in Congress.
Gage Rule
Civil War battle where many Black Union soldiers were killed after surrendering.
Fort Pillow
A Northerner who moved to the South after the Civil War, often to make money or enter politics.
Carpetbagger
Reformer who improved conditions for the mentally ill.
Dorothea Dix
Group of advisors chosen by the president to help make decisions.
Cabinet
Abolished slavery in the United States.
13th Amendment
Northern Democrats who opposed the Civil War and wanted peace with the South.
Copperhead (plan)
A system where farmers worked land owned by others and paid with a shore of the crops.
Sharecropping