Unit 4
What was the name of the famous acquisition of territory that the US bought off France?
The Louisiana Purchase
Where was the first battle of the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
What was the name of laws that enforced racial segregation in the South?
Jim Crow Laws
Which famous supreme court case established the principle of judicial review?
Marbury Vs Madison
What was the "policy of mutual non interference" where it was promised that America would stay out of Europe's wars and Europe would not get involved in America's war?
The Monroe Doctrine
What was the famous invention that revolutionized Southern agriculture and was an important part of the economic growth?
The Cotton Gin
What term describes where African Americans traded a portion of their crop in order to work on someone else's land?
Sharecropping
What was known as the era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West?
The Gilded Age
Which constitutional amendment prohibited slavery after the Civil War?
Thirteenth Amendment
What was the number one reason that caused the destruction of Native Americans during this period?
Disease
What was the name of the compromise which drew a line along the 36/30 parallel across the Louisiana territory and established the northern/southern borders of the US?
The Missouri Compromise
What was the concept where territories were able to vote and decide whether to allow slavery in their state?
Popular Sovereignty
Who was the famous leader in the fight for women's suffrage?
Susan B Anthony
What constitutional amendment granted citizenship to all persons born in the US, including former enslaved people, and also guaranteed all citizens equal protection of laws?
Fourteenth Amendment
What was the name of the philosophy where it was believed that government programs to help the poor were useless because the people had a certain place that could not be changed?
Social Darwinism
What were the laws passed by Southern states which prevented African Americans from congregating and learning to read and write?
The Slave Codes
What famous nativist group formed in response to the growling concerns of immigrants; particularly Italians and Irish Catholics?
The Know-Nothing Party.
Which congressional act took tribal land and reservations away from native American's in order to assimilate them into American culture?
Dawes Act of 1887
Which constitutional amendment gave all citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color or previous condition of servitude?
The Fifteenth Amendment
Who was known to start the ideas of Enlightenment in America?
Benjamin Franklin
What was the name given to the forced removal of thousands of Native Americans out of their land?
The Trial of Tears
What deal was made amount US congressmen that settled the 1876 presidential election and led to the end of the Reconstruction Era?
The Compromise of 1877
Which philosophy was it believed in giving money to libraries, museums and schools to help benefit people who wanted to move up the social ladder?
Gospel of Wealth
What was the landmark US Supreme Court case which decided the US Constitution was not meant to include Citizenship for African Americans?
Dred Scott Vs Sandford
What was the name of the pamphlet written by Thomas Paine where he advocated colonial independence?
The Common Sense