Acts
Restricted colonial trade to only Britain to decrease dependence on foreign goods.
What are the Navigation Acts?
A freed slave from Maryland. Published anti-slavery newspaper called the North Star
Who is Frederick Douglas?
Established judicial review. Established federal court power
What is Marbury v. Madison?
First 10 amendments of the Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights?
Favored a centralized government
What is the federalist party?
Laws to restrict town meetings and sent colonists to Britain for trial. Meant to punish Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party. Lots of taxes
What are the intolerable acts?
White abolitionist who published an anti-slavery newspaper called the Liberator
Gave congress power to establish national bank
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
Made slavery illegal
What is the 13th amendment
Favored state-based government. Did not like centralized government
What is the Democratic-Republican party
Stopped trade with other countries to punish Britain and France for interfering with American trade. Hurt America more than Britain of France
What is the Embargo Act?
English Puritan lawyer. Founded Massachusetts Bay colony and led first wave of colonists
Who is John Winthrop?
Decided Americans of African descent were not American citizens and could not sue in federal court.
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford?
Gave citizenship to all people born in the US, including former slaves. All citizens got equal protection in the law.
What is the 14th amendment?
Favored American System. Called for protective tariffs and federal subsidies.
What is the Whig party?
Gave citizens up to 160 acres of land if they lived on it, improve it, and pay a small registration fee.
What is the Homestead Act?
Brought water to soldiers and cannons on the battlefield. Took over a cannon when her husband got injured.
Who is Molly Pitcher?
Made Native American tribes a dependent nation and were under American government rules.
What is Cherokee Nation v. Georgia?
Allowed former slaves to vote. Universal male suffrage
What is the 15th amendment?
Naturalists. Against immigration and Roman Catholics.
What is the Know-Nothing party?
South was re-allowed to hold office, vote, and own land
What is the Amnesty Act?
English philosopher who believed in the idea of a social contract
Who is John Locke
Congress could regulate commerce between the states
What is Gibbons v. Ogden?
Stopped slavery from going further west. Freed slaves once they turned 25
What is the Tallmadge Amendment?
Opposed expansion of slavery into new territories or states, but government could not stop slavery where it already was
What is the Free-Soil Party