Native Americans
The 1st act that allowed the removal of Native Americans from "American" soil
Indian Removal Act
This policy allowed England to have total control over Colonial America's economy
What is Mercantilism?
The first president of the United States
George Washington
This book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe changed the face of abolition worldwide
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
This party was strongly opposed to immigration
The Know-Nothings/Nativists
The system early Spaniards used to convert Native Americans by making them into slaves
What is the Encomienda System?
The alternative name for the French and Indian war
What is the Seven year war?
Supported an agrarian society and advocated for a weaker central government with stronger state governments
Thomas Jefferson
The document written at the Seneca Falls Convention to push for more women's' rights
What is the Declaration of Sentiments?
There were so many immigrants from this country that employers would put up signs saying "No ___ Need Apply"
Who are the Irish Immigrants?
In this battle, Americans slaughtered Sioux tribesmen, and broke multiple preexisting treaties
What is the Battle of Wounded Knee?
This act prevented all trade in or out of America circa 1807
What is the Embargo Act?
Advocated for the people who didn't conform to any religious platform (quakers) and gave them Pennsylvania to live in
William Penn
This escaped slave was one of the most influential African-American abolitionists
Who is Frederick Douglass?
These European immigrants moved to america mainly due to political reasons, and a lot of their culture was incorporated into Americas'
Who were German Immigrants
This act allowed for the separation of Native American tribes, and the seizure of their land
Dawes Severalty Act
A set of blockades set by England to prevent America trading with France during the Napoleonic wars
What are the Orders of Council?
He helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris, officially ending the American Revolutionary War, and was a leader in the very first years of the United States
John Adams
An African-American civil rights activist who mainly focused on teaching former slaves
Who was Booker T. Washington?
This act forbid the immigration of Chinese laborers
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
These Native Americans banded local tribes together to battle American Westward Expansion
Who are Tecumseh and The Prophet?
An act that allowed trade under the Embargo Act, with anyone but France and Britain
What is the Non-Intercourse Act?
"Father of the Constitution"
James Madison
This woman pushed for better conditions for prisoners all over America
Who was Dorothea Dix?
The increase in immigration led Americans to despise certain things about them, such as too much drinking, which led to this party of women against alcohol:
What was the Women's Christian Temperance Union?