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Colonial America
Road to Independence & Early Republic
Westward Expansion & Early Industrialization
Civil War & Reconstruction
Famous Thinkers & Reformers
100
Many poor workers, convicted criminals and debtors received immigration passage to the colonies by serving a voluntary contract to a planter or company for 5-7 years.
What is the indentured servant system
100
Fought among European powers in various locations around the world
What is The Seven Years War (1756) Aka French & Indian War
100
This president is associated with revolutionizing American democracy through increased voter participation and the spoils system.
Who is Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)
100
This is the name for the enduring conflict between pro- and anti-slavery following the Kansas-Nebraska Acts. John Brown's Pottawatomie Massacre occurred during it.
What is Bleeding Kansas (1854-1861)
100
Man who founded the Mormon faith and was ultimately killed for challenging traditional Christian dogma.
Who is Joeseph Smith?
200
These religious leaders wished to reform the Church of England to be more in line with their Calvinist ideology, and rejected the Roman Catholic holdovers in the Anglican Church.
What is What are Puritans.
200
This agreement resolved the dispute between equal representation in Congress (New Jersey plan) and proportional representation (Virginia plan).
What is Connecticut Compromise (Great Compromise) (1787)
200
This policy regulated slavery in the territory acquired in the Louisiana purchase by prohibiting it north of the 36°30′ parallel.
What is the Missouri Compromise (1819)
200
This law was included in the Compromise of 1850 and greatly empowered Southern slave owners to recapture slaves who had fled to the North.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act
200
This thinker emphasized simplicity, self-reliance and the divine value of nature.
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
300
This cash crop allowed the Chesapeake colonies to flourish economically and expand geographically.
What is Tobacco
300
This failed constitution lacked executive power and sufficient power of taxation.
What is Articles of Confederation (1777)
300
The system of manufacturing products with interchangeable parts and Henry Clay's program of internal improvements share this common name.
What is the "American System"
300
These laws limiting the freedom and economic opportunities of African Americans were prohibited by the 14th Amendment.
What are Black Codes
300
This "founding mother" was one of America's first feminist and reminded her husband to "remember the ladies" when considering the values to be written intro the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Abigail Adams?
400
This British economic policy of strictly regulating trade with its colonies was implemented through the Navigation Acts.
What is Mercantilism
400
Federalist President John Adams sought to silence the voice of the rival Democratic-Republican party through this legislation.
Alien & Sedition Acts (1798)
400
These THREE transportation developments greatly increased migration and trade with the West.
Turnpikes (roads), Canals, & Railroads
400
This controversial deal resulted in the military's withdrawal from the south and Republican Rutherford B. Hayes winning the presidency.
Compromise of 1877 (Corrupt Bargain II)
400
He was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, gaining note for his dazzling oratory.
Who is Fredrick Douglas? (1817-1895)
500
Algonquian natives kill 347 English settlers and burn a settlement
What is Jamestown Massacre
500
This policy outlined the process for admitting new states into the union.
What is Northwest Ordinance of 1787
500
This was a protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States on May 19, 1828, designed to protect industry in the northern United States.
What is the Tariff of Abominations
500
This reconstruction plan offered a stricter alternative to Lincoln's proposal and required at least 50% of southern voters to take oaths of loyalty.
What is Wade-Davis Bill
500
This woman led a campaign to reform prisons and insane asylums.
Who is Dorothea Dix? 1802-1877