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Reconstruction
Vocabulary
100
The "chief" author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
100
This established how the slaves would be counted towards population at Constitutional Convention
What is the 3/5 compromise
100
I won the election of 1824 6th President:
Who is John Quincy Adams
100
Where would someone create this work of Art?
The Hudson River School.
100
When was the Civil War
What is 1861-1865
100
This philosophy brought protection to the other countries in the Western Hemisphere from European invaders after the war of 1812.
What is the Monroe Doctrine
100
The Freedman’s Bureau was established to:
provide former slaves with food, clothing, and education
100
What is a Tariff?
A tax on imported goods.
150
When was the Declaration of Independence created?
July 4th 1776
150
What year was the Constitutional Convention
What is 1787
150
What war caused the burning of the white house and started due to impressment of US Soldiers.
War of 1812
150
Name this Reform:New laws were passed to extend the school year and to make it to where children at least had to show up for four months out of the year.
Who led this reform?
What is the Education Reform Movement?
Horace Mann
150
Who was the Commander of the Union?
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
150
Who wrote the U.S. Constitution?
Who is James Madison
150
were codes that were designed to give the state control over blacks' behavior, and particularly, their labor. They placed harsh economic and social restrictions on the blacks.
Black Codes
150
What is a scalawag?
a white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during Reconstruction, often for personal profit.
250
What was the 1st battle of the Revolutionary War
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord
250
What are the 7 Principles of the Constitution?
What is Popular Sovereignty, Republicanism, Individual Rights, Limited Government, Separation of Powers, Checks and Balances, Federalism
250
Andrew Jackson removed the Indian tribes from the land and sent them west to fulfill the idea of
What is Manifest Destiny
250
What did John J. Audubon do that made him so famous and inspire so many to move west?
Drawing and Painting American Wildlife: Specifically for him Birds.
250
Who was the Commander of the Confederacy
Who is Robert E. Lee
250
The reform movement that was in favor of removing alcohol from society
What is Temperance Movement
250
What are the Construction Amendments? WHat did they do?
13,14,15 amendments.
13. No slavery
14. Citizenship for all African Americans
15. Black men could vote
250
What is the name of the economic system that benefits the mother country?
Mercantalism
350
What was the turning point of the Revolutionary War
What is the Battle of Saratoga
350
What had to be added to the Constitution in order for the Anti-Federalists to ratify it.
What is the Bill of Rights
350
Andrew Jackson's election victory in 1828 depended on support from this group.
The Common Man.
350
What is convention held for women's rights? and where was it located?
The Seneca Falls Convention, Held in New york.
350
The bloodiest 1 day battle in the history of the United States
What is the Battle of Antietam
350
What Was Johnson's Reconstruction plan called?
Extra 100 Points: If you can answer what white supremacy group grew in the south?
The 10% Plan
The KKK
350
What is a Carpetbagger?
A person from the north who carried a Carpet bag that goes to the south seeking to capitalize on the South's economic and social rebuilding.
350
Idea that people could rise above the materials things in life; philosophy shared by some New England writers in the mid 1800’s.
Trancendentalist
400
This French man came to the aid of the colonists after the battle of Saratoga
Who is Marquis de Lafayette
400
This is the amendment that protects religious rights of people, as well as the people's right to assemble, press and speech.
What is the 1st Amendment
400
This was a major court case in which John Marshall decided in favor of the Indians, however, Andrew Jackson didn't enforce it.
What is Worcestor vs. Georgia
400
ame That Reform: blamed alcohol for poverty, the breakup of families, and crime. They called for drinking little or no alcohol.
Temperance Movement
400
This was the turning point of the Civil War
What is the Battle of Gettysburg
400
What are all the Reconstruction amendments?
What did they do.
What is 13th, 14th, 15th amendments.
400
What is the name of the group in government who tried to impeach andrew johnson and secured rights for newly freed slaves?
The Radical Republicans.
400
To be a great citizen and a good man is an example of?
Civic Virtue
450
How did the U.S. government encourage the free-enterprise system in the early 1800s?
By protecting the rights of businesses
450
What Land claim doubled the size of the United States? Bought for how much?
Louisiana Purchase and 15 million dollars
450
Elected officials rewarding political backers with government jobs.
The spoils system?
450
The name of the anti-slavery novel and what American author who depicted the cruel reality of slavery.
Uncle Toms Cabin; Harriet Beecher Stowe
450
Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?
The Appomattox Courthouse
450
What is the first thing a new citizen of the United States must do?
Follow the Laws
450
Who was the first Black Senator?
Hiram Rhodes Revels.
450
Explain Federalism?
AI Overview
500
When was the Constitution ratified?
1789
500
What are the 2 main things regarding Hamilton's financial Plan.
Assume State Debts and start a bank of the United States.
500
The crisis was caused by Southern states' opposition to tariffs that protected American industry
The Nullification Crisis
500
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
All european countries stay out of the western Hemisphere.
500
What location was the Battle of Gettysburg?
Location 2
500
What invention Pushed the Growth of slavery in the southern colonies?
The cotton Gin
500
a legal arrangement in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on that land
Sharecropping
500
Explain Popular Sovereignty.
legitimacy and power come from the consent of the people, not from a ruler or a divine right.
530
first written constitution in America
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
530
In the English Bill of rights all citizens have the right to LLP, What is that?
Life, Liberty and Property.
530
It was widely believed that Clay, the Speaker of the House, convinced Congress to elect Adams, who then made Clay his Secretary of State. Jackson's supporters denounced this as a_______
Corrupt Bargain
530
What was the first state to secede the union?
South Carolina.
530
Which of the following completes this diagram?
A President Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address
B The Gettysburg Address
C The Emancipation Proclamation
D The Thirteenth Amendment
C The Emancipation Proclamation
530
Name the 10 amendments.
530
This list shows requirements that were written into certain laws in Southern states after the Reconstruction Era.
- must own property
- must pay poll taxes
- must pass literacy tests
What did this do?
ways that Restricted African American men the right to vote.
530
What is Secession?
the action of withdrawing formally