Periods 1/2
System of labor implemented by the Spanish in the 1500s that took advantage of Native Americans
What is Encomienda?
Declaration of Independence
Court case that established the principal of judicial review
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Amendment that abolished slavery
What is the 13th Amendment?
Laws in the South aimed to promote public segregation and exclude African Americans from society
Jim Crow Laws
Italian explorer that "discovered" the New World, or the Americas
Who is Christopher Columbus?
British policy of leniency that allowed colonists to frequently violate trade laws
What is salutary neglect?
Invented by Eli Whitney during the Industrial Revolution; a system of manufacturing that uses replaceable standardized parts
What is interchangeable parts?
White supremacist group that emerged following the Civil war; was committed to terrorizing African Americans and instilling fear in freed slaves
What is the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)?
Law that promoted westward expansion by giving land to settlers if they lived there and cultivated the land
What is the Homestead Act?
System of trade that included exchanging goods between the Americas, Europe, and Africa
What is triangular trade?
First military engagement of the Revolutionary War, "shot heard around the world"
Lexington and Concord
System of patronage where winning candidates give jobs to party supporters
What is the spoils system?
Court case that stated slaves were not protected by the Constitution because they weren't citizens of the US
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford?
The idea that wealthy people have a responsibility to spend their money on charity for the greater good
What is Gospel of Wealth?
Men that explored and conquered the Americas for Spain
What are conquistadores?
First weak frame of government adopted by the US that limited the powers of the federal government, had only one branch of government, and required a supermajority to pass laws
What is the Articles of Confederation?
Reform movement that advocated for the complete elimination of slavery from American society
Region awarded to the US after the Mexican-American War that includes parts of the modern-day southwestern US
What is the Mexican Cession?
Process that allowed for the mass manufacturing of steel
What is the Bessemer Process?
Man that spoke out against Spanish cruelty against Native Americans and advocated for abolition of Native American labor
Who is Bartolome de Las Casas?
Group that opposed ratification of the Constitution; mostly consisted of southern farmers who wanted a weak central government and agriculture-focused economy
Who were the anti-Federalists?
Statement made by President Monroe that warned Europe to not interfere with the development of the Western Hemisphere
Political machine in New York led by William M. Tweed (Boss Tweed) that provided social services in exchange for election votes
What is Tammany Hall?
Expansion strategy that involved acquiring other companies in the same business to hold a monopoly on a product and eliminate competition
What is horizontal integration?