Treaties and Compromises
This Compromise did all of the following:
The acts called for the admission of California as a "free state," provided for a territorial government for Utah and New Mexico, established a boundary between Texas and the United States, called for the abolition of slave trade in Washington, DC, and amended the Fugitive Slave Act
The Compromise of 1850
These debates between Lincoln and _______ saw the two men debate on the topics of slavery. Following these debates, it was clear that Lincoln would not allow slavery to expand into the new territories.
Stephen Douglas
A Forced march of the Cherokee people from Georgia to Indian Territory in the winter. March was part of the Indian Removal Act passed by Andrew Jackson
Trail of Tears
In 1629, there was an outbreak of witchcraft accusations in a Puritan village marked by an atmosphere of fear, hysteria, and unfounded accusations in courts with Puritan ministers who served as judges. 19 women were executed.
The Salem Witch Trials
What were the main lessons from George Washington's farewell address.
Do not form political parties, stay out of foreign affairs, and avoid permanent alliances
The Great Compromise established what?
The Great Compromise provided a dual system of congressional representation. In the House of Representatives each state would be assigned a number of seats in proportion to its population.
Name for the 25,000 blacks who migrated from Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi to Kansas from 1878 to 1880. Migration was stemmed when steamboat captains refused to transport more blacks over the Mississippi River.
Exodusters
Belief that the U.S. was destined to expand across the North American continent. Several presidents during the period from 1800-1865 would believe in this idea seeing the nation grow throughout the era.
Manifest Destiny
A conflict that break out 1754 - 1763; it was a conflict between France and Great Britain over land in North America in the Ohio River Valley. The war would see the American Colonists and British fight alongside the French and various Native American tribes.
The French and Indian War
For 3 million dollars, this President purchased the Louisiana Territory from France even though it was not seen as a Presidential Power.
Thomas Jefferson
This treaty (1848) saw the government gave up the area of Texas and offered to sell the provinces of California and New Mexico as a result of its defeat in the Mexican-American War.
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
An American Indian princess who saved the life of John Smith and helped form more peaceful relations with the Powhatan when she married John Rolfe but died of smallpox in England on a visit to Rolfe's family. Her remains are still there as the English government refuses to send her remains back to North America.
Pocahontas
(1857) This Supreme Court case decided US Congress did not have the power to prohibit slavery in federal territories and slaves, as private property, could not be taken away without due process. Invalidated the Missouri Compromise.
Dred Scott v Sanford
This battle marks the first shots fires during the American Civil War.
The Presidential Election of 1824 saw 4 Democratic-Republican's candidates run against one another. The election was decided by Congress seeing this candidate win when Henry Clay promised his votes in exchange for becoming the Secretary of State. Andrew Jackson was enraged calling this "The Corrupt Bargain."
John Q. Adams
The Compromise of 1877 did what?
It withdrew federal soldiers from their remaining position in the South, enacted federal legislation that would spur industrialization in the South, appointed Democrats to patronage positions in the south, appointed a Democrat to the president's cabinet, and allowed Rutherford B. Hayes to win the election. Marked the end of reconstruction.
This religious group wanted to purify the Church of England. They came to America for religious freedom and settled Massachusetts Bay. Their leader claimed that their colony would be a golden city on a hill.
The Puritans
This political party was created in the 1790s led by Alexander Hamilton, favored a stronger national government - Supported primarily by the bankers and moneyed interests
Federalists
Members of Congress from the West and South elected in 1810 who wanted war with Britain in the hopes of annexing new territory and ending British trade with the Indians of the Northwest
War Hawks
This President was almost impeached (1 vote) after he challenged the Radical Republicans' plan for Reconstruction.
Andrew Johnson
This Treaty between the U.S. and Spain ceded Florida to the U.S
Adams-Onis Treaty, 1819
1676 - This man along with other western Virginia settlers were angry at Virginia Governor Berkley for trying to appease the Doeg Indians after the Doegs attacked the western settlements. The frontiersmen formed an army, with this man as its leader, which defeated the Indians and then marched on Jamestown and burned the city. The rebellion ended suddenly when it's leader died.
Nathaniel Bacon
After South Carolina declared the federal tariff null and void, President Jackson obtained a Force Bill to use military actions against South Carolina - ended with a compromise to lower tariffs over an extended time
The Nullification Crisis
Sep 28 - Oct 19, 1781. This battle proved to be the decisive engagement of the American Revolution. The British surrender forecast the end of British rule in the colonies and the birth of a new nation—the United States of America.
The Battle of Yorktown
This President elected several midnight judges before leaving office. Thomas Jefferson refused to recognize these judges leading to the Supreme Court Case Marbury v. Madison. This case would see the establish the supreme court establish judicial review.
John Adams