Periods 1-3
Describe 1 issues Federalists and Antifederalists disagreed on regarding the ratification of the Constitution.
Power of the national gov, Bill of Rights
This caused the southern states to threaten to nullify and/ or secede from the union while Jackson was president.
Tariff of Abominations/ The Nullification Crisis
The Declaration of Sentiments advocated most for what major change in society?
Women's right to vote (suffrage)
How did the Mexican cession lead to growing tensions between the North & the South?
-growth of slavery in the west, popular sovereignty, keeping balance of slave and free states, rise of the Republican Party, gaining new territories created disputes over the expansion of slavery
Describe a reason Lincoln won the election of 1860.
Democratic Party votes were split among 3 candidates
The population in the North was bigger lending Lincoln more electoral college votes
The Republican Party had been created by several smaller parties creating rapid growth among supporters
Describe a trait of Native Americans in Pre-Columbian society?
Lived throughout NA, CA, SA, practiced own religions, accustomed to trade based in environmental conditions, some nomadic while others were settled and non-migratory.
This is when after winning an election politicians reward their supporters by giving them jobs and positions within the government- supported by President Jackson
Spoils System
A religious movement that encouraged people to improve their lives which led to the start of various Reform Movements.
the 2nd Great Awakening
Manifest Destiny connects best to advocates of what?
Growth of U.S. territory, expansionist policies, movement of Americans into the West, belief of American superiority
Describe an example of the expansion of federal power during Reconstruction.
Freedmen's Bureau
Reconstruction Act: 5 military districts in South
Reconstruction Amendments ratified
Civil Rights Act hoped to increase protections for African Americans
Enforcement Act: to protect the civil rights of African Americans and combat the violence and intimidation (KKK)
During the French and Indian War, American colonists fought on behalf of who?
The British (their mother country)
Internal improvements, such as growth of infrastructure connecting different regions, such as the North and West, was a component of what plan?
The American System (along with the National Bank and tariffs on imports)
This transcendentalist thinker and writer was also a vocal abolitionist who wrote "Civil Disobedience" laying the groundwork for new civil rights tactics.
Henry Thoreau
Describe an example of a compromise political leaders created in hopes of resolving issues between the North and South.
MO Comp 1820
Comp of 1850
KS NB Act
Which Reconstruction Amendment would most closely nullify the decision made by the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case?
14th Amendment (provided citizenship)
Who advocated for American independence by arguing it was "common sense"?
Thomas Paine
The first major industry of the US that developed in part because of women going to work outside the home.
Textile Industry (Lowell Mills in Massachusetts)
This helped to connect the North and South economically but also caused a rapid increase in the institution of slavery in the South.
Cotton Gin
This 1846 proposed resolution would prohibit slavery from all territory acquired from Mexico and highlighted the increased sectional tension of the time.
The Wilmot Proviso
What was Lincoln's initial goal at the start of the Civil War and how did that change?
Unification
Emancipation Proclamation created a greater/moral purpose of the war to eventually end slavery
Describe the relative trend in the relationships between most American colonists and Native Americans.
defined by conflict, disagreement regarding ownership of land, some areas experienced war i.e. the Pequot War and King Phillip's War in New England
Regulations made by states in the 1820's for voting rights ultimately dropped which requirement to expand suffrage?
property ownership
One of the first abolitionists who used fierce arguments to fight slavery and demanded the immediate end to slavery, author and publisher of The Liberator.
William Lloyd Garrison
Describe the meaning of popular sovereignty and why someone may support or oppose the policy.
Settlers of a territory vote on whether the location will permit slavery
Support: "state's rights"
Oppose: allows spread of slavery in the country
Describe the purpose of each Reconstruction Amendment and which amendment had to be ratified for states to rejoin the Union after the Civil War.
13th: abolish slavery
14th: citizenship and equal protection
15th: right to vote regardless of race
The 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, was a key condition for states to rejoin the Union after the Civil War.