Rebellions in U.S. History
This early tax revolt revealed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
This 1803 case established the principle of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This 1820 law admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state to maintain balance.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
The year the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What is 1776?
The system of government where power is divided between a national government and state governments.
What is federalism?
This 1794 protest challenged federal authority under Washington’s presidency.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
This 1819 decision upheld federal power over state institutions like banks.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
This term refers to the forced relocation of Native American tribes to lands west of the Mississippi River in the 1830s.
What is the Trail of Tears?
The year the Civil War began.
What is 1861?
An economic policy favoring limited government intervention in business.
What is laissez-faire?
This 1831 rebellion led to harsher slave codes in the South.
What is Nat Turner’s Rebellion?
This 1954 case declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
The economic system based on private ownership and free markets, dominant in the U.S.
What is capitalism?
The year the Stock Market Crash occurred, triggering the Great Depression.
What is 1929?
The belief that the U.S. was destined to expand across the North American continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This labor strike in 1894 was crushed by federal troops under President Cleveland.
What is the Pullman Strike?
This 1973 case affirmed a woman's right to choose an abortion.
What is Roe v. Wade?
This political party emerged in the 1850s opposing the expansion of slavery.
What is the Republican Party?
The year the U.S. entered World War II after Pearl Harbor attack.
What is 1941?
Laws passed in the South after the Civil War to restrict African Americans’ freedoms and enforce segregation.
What are Jim Crow laws?
This 1965 urban uprising highlighted racial tensions outside of the South.
What is the Watts Riot?
This 1832 case ruled in favor of Native Americans but was ignored by Andrew Jackson.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
The practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs.
What is the Spoils System?
The year the 19th Amendment, granting women's suffrage, was ratified.
What is 1920?
A political movement in the late 19th century that aimed to regulate big businesses and promote social justice.
What is Progressivism?