American Independence
From WHO did the United States gain its independence?
England
What phrase is Latin for "before the war"?
Antebellum
This term is used to describe America's god-given duty to expand westward in the 1800s.
Manifest Destiny
Who was the first Republican president in American history?
Abraham Lincoln
Who was the first President of the United States of America?
George Washington
What document established the current national government for United States of America?
The US Constitution
What is another word that describes the divisions between the North and the South during the Antebellum period?
Sectionalism
This compromise temporarily solved the issue of the expansion of slavery into the Louisiana Purchase. (hint: it occurred in 1819-1820)
The Missouri Compromise
This term means to withdraw or leave.
Secession
Which president purchased Louisiana from France in 1803?
Thomas Jefferson
Which political party was headed by Thomas Jefferson?
Democratic-Republicans
Which reform movement demanded the suffrage as its primary goal?
The Women's Rights Movement
What issue contributed to sectionalism in the US during the Antebellum period?
The expansion of slavery
What political party (formed in 1854) wanted to prohibit the expansion of slavery in western territories?
The Republican Party
Who was the first Secretary of Treasury in American history? (hint: he was also killed in a duel)
Alexander Hamilton
Which set of documents established the concept of NULLIFICATION?
The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Jacobs were all a part of which reform movement of the Antebellum period?
The Abolition Movement
This law, a part of the Compromise of 1850, greatly angered northerners and contributed to anti-slavery sentiments in the North.
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
The passage of this law led to violence in Kansas over whether the territory should be free or slave.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
Which president claimed to represent the interests of the common (white) man?
Andrew Jackson
These laws (passed in 1789) restricted the first amendment rights of American citizens.
The Alien and Sedition Acts
Which invention MOST contributed to the expansion of slavery in the 1800s?
The Cotton Gin
What concept allowed the people of a given territory to decide on the legality of slavery within that territory?
Popular Sovereignty
This Supreme Court case stated the Congress DID NOT have the power to prohibit the expansion of slavery into western territories
Dred Scott vs. Sanford (1857)
This women's rights activist organized the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (or Lucretia Mott)