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Revolution
New Nation/1789-1800
Pre-Civil War
Pre-Civil War 2
Civil War
100
The opening shots of the American Revolution occurred here
What is Lexington and Concord
100
George Washington's administration included Alexander Hamilton as Treasurer, John Adams as vice-president, Henry Knox and Sec. of War, and Thomas Jefferson as
What is Secretary of State
100
In 1820, a sectional compromise in Congress that admitted Misouri to the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state and prohibited slavery above the 36'30"
What is Missouri Compromise
100
Law passed in 1854 creating two new territories in the west but leaving the question of slavery open to residents, thereby repealing the Missouri Compromise. Prompted the emergence of Lincoln and the formation of the Republican party
What is Kansas-Nebraska Act
100
Out of the three regions, this one had greater industry and textiles, more money, and favored a high protective tariff
What is North
200
The British had one major disadvantage in the Revolutionary War
What is longer supply lines
200
Hamilton supported policies that would protect American industry from foreign competition in this report
What is Report on Manufactures
200
In 1846, would have banned slavery in any area acquired from Mexico
What is Wilmot Proviso
200
Violence in 1856 between pro-slavery and antislavery forces after the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska act. Included such incidents as Potowatomie Massacre and the Sack of Lawrence
What is Bleeding Kansas
200
this proposal was a last ditch effort to avoid war and would have guaranteed slaveholders the right to own slaves south of the 36'30" line.
What is Crittendon Compromise
300
an attempt by the 1st Continental Congress to prevent further hostilities after the Battle of Bunker Hill
What is Olive Branch Petition
300
The first chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
What is John Jay
300
War fought between Mexico and U.S. over control of territory in southwest North America in these years
What is 1846-1848
300
Series of debates in 1858 in the Illinois senatorial campaign during which the two candidates staked out their differing opinions on the issue of slavery. Included the Freeport Doctrine
What is Lincoln-Douglas debates
300
the Republican party gained control of the executive branch for the 1st time after this election
What is 1860
400
a British measure that declared all trade with the colonies would be suspended becaue they were in open rebellion
What is Prohibitory Act
400
A compromise that led to southerners accepting Hamilton's economic program in return for relocating the nation's capitol to the South
What is Assumption Bill
400
A novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that described the cruelties of slavery so clearly that it increased the fervor with which both proslavery and antislavery Americans supported their causes
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin
400
In 1859, the scene of a rebellion in which a federal arsenal was attacked by abolitionists, led by John Brown
What is Harpers Ferry
400
abolished slavery in all states that were in open rebellion
What is Emancipation Proclamation
500
In this treaty, Britain formally recognized American independance, American fishing ships were given permission to fish off the coast of Newfoundland, Americans promised to compensate loyalists whose property had been confiscated during the war, American government promised not to legally interfere with British creditors who were seeking payment on debts owed to them by Americans
What is Treaty of Paris
500
amendment added to the Constitution to prevent another tie for president.
What is 12th Amendment
500
A declaration in 1854, issued by U.S. ministers to England, France, and Spain, stating that the U.S. would be justified in seizing Cuba if Spain did not sell it to the U.S.
What is Ostend Manifesto
500
Lincoln's election in 1860 prompted this state to be the first to seceed
What is South Carolina
500
Constitutional amendment passed at the end of the Civil War, freeing the slaves
What is 13th Amendment