Revolutions/ Rebellions
First test of the newly formed government under the Constitution in which the executive branch used the military to squash an uprising for refusal to pay taxes on goods produced in Pennsylvania
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
The use of Africans as slave labor replaced this type of labor source
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Define the term
What is Indentured Servants/Servitude?
The belief that God intended for white Americans to extend their territorial possessions from the Atlantic to Pacific Oceans; ended in land stolen, bought, or taken by force from its original habitats
What is Manifest Destiny?
Initially thought to be a short-lived war based on the following
What is the North's abundance of resources for war effort, i.e., factories, railroads, trading goods, population
Created to increase the distribution of a newly industrialized nation (USA)
What are railroads/steamboats?
The Constitution was created to improve upon the weaknesses of this which included, no executive branch, unanimous voting, no say in interstate commerce and could not levy taxes
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This program was put in place to assist newly freed slaves by providing shelter, clothing, and food in the months immediately following the 13th Amendment
What was the Freedmen's Bureau?
Fought between the colonies and Great Britain on the premise of "taxation without representation" that resulted in the recognition of the United States as a free and independent nation
What is the American Revolution?
Known as the first abolitionists in the United States. They outlawed slavery in their communities; would at times buy slaves for the purpose of setting them free; and were staunch advocates and participants of the Underground Railroad
Who are the Quakers?
The 36.30 line determined that slavery could not exist below this line; intended to address the ideal of expansion to west and solve issues in Congress between the regions (Maine = free state and Missouri = slave state)
What is the Missouri Compromise?
These Amendments were created to support the transition of African Americans once the Civil War ended with a Northern victory
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Explain the Amendments in detail
What are 13, 14, and 15th Amendments?
Created to protect the worker/employee against big business; promoted safe working conditions, regular work hours, and fair compensation.
What are Labor Unions?
This provision was created to count slaves towards a state's population for representation in the House
What is the 3/5s Compromise?
Laws eventually changed but initially if a woman was this________she lost all legal rights.
What is married?
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What could she not do?
This rebellion highlighted the weaknesses of the government under the Articles of Confederation. The government was foreclosing on farms and seizing land until armed farmers shut down the courts
What is Shay's Rebellion?
Last group of individuals to gain the right to vote; although, they were involved in every other groups' mission for equality
Who are women?
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Which Amendment gave this right?
This legislation would ban slavery in the lands acquired from Mexico; yet it would spark more tension between the North and South
What is Wilmot Proviso?
Rutherford B. Hayes elected as president, federal troops withdrawn from southern states, and southern states received economic support from federal government for railroad development
What was the Compromise of 1877 (End of Reconstruction)?
Economic policy in which a nation accumulates wealth by exporting more goods than it imports
What is Mercantilism?
The ideology that federal and state governments share certain powers
What is federalism?
Horace Mann is known for his efforts to create tax-supported
What is Public Schools? of Education Reform?
This slave revolt resulted in the South creating severe laws to limit the movement and congregation of slaves
What is Nat Turner's Rebellion?
This decision stated that "blacks had no rights in which the white man is bound to respect". This would appease the South in the antebellum period but only for a short time
What is the Dred Scott Decision (1857)?
War between Mexico and the United States resulted in Mexico losing 1/3 of its land possessions (Present day CA, CO, NV, UT, AZ, NM)
What is the Mexican Cession?
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation for two main reasons
What is to weaken the South and as a military strategy?
This invention increased the need for slave labor in the South
What is the Cotton Gin?
The Great Compromise divided Congress into 2 houses; Senate has equal representation; House has representation based on population. The compromise also included an executive branch and was proposed by these 2 states
What are New Jersey and Virginia?
Doreatha Dix was known for championing the rights of the mentally ill through this reform
What is Prison Reform?
This sparked the economic growth of the United States beginning in the early 1800s; led to people leaving farms and going into manufacturing. Created a market for inventions and innovations that assisted the United States in becoming a world superpower
What is the Industrial Revolution?
This document was mimicked after the Declaration of Independence when women were fighting for their right to vote and the removal of second class citizenship in American society
What is the Declaration of Sentiments?
The process in which a territory becomes a state was developed after the British released claim to this territory in the midwest (OH, IL, IN, WI. 1. establish a governor and judge; 2. 60,000 free inhabitants can file for statehood and create a state constitution
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
Thousands of African Americans flocked to the northern army as a result of Lincoln acknowledging this infantry of Black soldiers and their bravery
Who were the 54th Massachusetts?
Taxes that would make imports cost drastically more than goods made locally
What is Protective Tariffs?
Anti-federalist are against strong centralized governments with a strong belief in states' rights, yet they initially refused to approve the Constitution without this attached
What is the Bill of Rights?
This reform movement involved religious leaders who traveled the country in hopes of reviving people's belief in religion. This greatly influenced American life
What is the Second Great Awakening?