Per. 1/2: The Colonies
Per. 3: Birth of the Republic
Per. 4: Expansion and Mass Democracy
Per. 5 Manifest Destiny and Civil War
Random! (from any of these periods
100

Revolt of indentured servants against Virginia governor Berkeley; wanted to expand west and for government protection against natives

What is Bacon's Rebellion?

100

Man who supported a strict interpretation of the Constitution, supported agriculture and had a pro-France policy

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

100

Political party which opposed Jacksonian Democrats

What are the Whigs?

100

Civil War amendment which gave African Americans citizenship

What is the 14th amendment?

100

First president to be impeached

100 Bonus Points: Why was he impeached? 

(Per. 4)

Who is Andrew Johnson? Bonus: Violated Tenure of Office Act (dismissed cabinet member without consent of the Senate)

200

Religious revival led by Jonathan Edwards and George Whitfield; led to more challenging authority and free thought

What is the First Great Awakening?

200

Series of import duties on glass, lead, paper, paint and tea; resulted in colonial protests and economic impacts

What are the Townshend Acts? 

200

Allowed Maine to enter the U.S. as a free state; created by Henry Clay to balance the number of free and slave states

What is the Missouri Compromise?

200

Proposed popular sovereignty to determine slavery in new states, overrode the Missouri Compromise

What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

200

Revolt of poor farmers; no national military to quell it, emphasized need for stronger fed. government (Per. 3)

What is Shay's Rebellion?

300

Series of laws which limited the trading partners of the colonies and enforced mercantilism

What are the Navigation Acts?

300

Dispute over Ohio River Valley region, resulted in the displacement of the French by the British and Pontiac's Rebellion

What is the 7 Years War?

300

Warned against foreign entanglement and enforced U.S. role in the western hemisphere

What is the Monroe Doctrine?

300

Designed to eliminate slavery in the land acquired in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; failed to pass

What is the Wilmot Proviso?

300

Established favorable trade relations between the U.S. and Britain (Per. 3)

What is Jay's Treaty? 

400

Which colonies had the most immigration of families during the colonial period?

What are the New England colonies?

400

Enacted under the Articles of Confederation; established system which admitted territories to the Union, forbid slavery in these territories (could be voted on once statehood was established)

What is the Northwest Ordinance?

400

Court case under the Marshall Court which established the principle of judicial review

What is Marbury v. Madison?

400

First major women's rights convention, adopted the Declaration of Sentiments; led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott

What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
400

Court case which ruled that African Americans are not citizens; 5th amendment forbade congress from depriving people of their private property

What is Dred Scott v. Sanford?

500

Spanish writer who criticized the cruelty of the encomienda system

100 Bonus Points: What idea did he popularize?

Who is Bartolome De las Casas? Bonus: Black Legend

500
Response to the Alien and Sedition Acts, written by Jefferson and Madison

What are the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions?

500

Conflict caused by British impressment; opposed by Federalists and resulted in the Hartford Convention

What is the War of 1812?

500

Informal agreement which marked the end of the Reconstruction era; pulled Union troops out of the South

What was the Compromise of 1877?

500

Trial which set the precedent of free speech; speech can be negative as long as it is true (Per.1)

What is the Zenger trial?