Colonial America
This document was the first example of self-government in the American colonies
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This was the most effective colonial response to British taxation
What is the non-importation movement?
In his farewell address, Washington warned the nation’s politicians about the internal dangers of
What are political parties?
The name given by Jacksonian Democrats to the Election of 1824
What is the Corrupt Bargain?
The phrase by John O'Sullivan that called for expansion based on God's will was
What is Manifest Destiny?
This Colonial American woman was banished from the Massachusetts colony for challenging the Puritan authorities:
Who is Anne Hutchinson?
The pamphlet titled Common Sense, which urged colonists to break from England was written by this colonial author
Who is Thomas Paine?
This Supreme Court case resulted in the establishment of judicial review
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This event, which sparked the transportation revolution, was the most significant factor in transforming the early American economy
What is the Erie Canal?
This document ended the Mexican War and gave the U.S. a large chunk of western land
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
This allowed for church membership of children of baptized but unconverted Puritans
What is the Halfway Covenant?
This event saw a group of debt-ridden farmers attack debtors' courts in western Massachusetts
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
This program was designed by Henry Clay and called for internal improvements, a protective tariff, and a National Bank
What is the American System?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was the key figure in organizing this important women’s rights event:
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
Whigs in Congress that accused Polk of wrongdoing gave the Mexican War this name:
What is Mr. Polk's War?
This is the name of the first elected legislative assembly in America
What is the House of Burgesses?
This Articles of Confederation action initiated a territorial policy that provided for the orderly creation of new states
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
In response to the Alien and Sedition Acts, these documents declared that the states could nullify federal laws
What are the Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions?
The nation’s first labor strikes were conducted by working women in this Eastern factory town:
What is the Lowell Mills (MA)?
This was the name of the main anti-expansionist political party in the United States in the 1840s
Who are the Whigs?
He professed that the goal of his “City upon a Hill” was to be the ideal religious community and an example to the world.
Who is John Winthrop?
This was the last attempt by the colonists to reconcile with King George III and the British Empire
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
This deal with Spain allowed the United States access to the Mississippi River the port of New Orleans
What is Pinckney’s Treaty?
This was the name given to the reform-minded region of upstate New York that experienced a religious revival with the 2nd Great Awakening
What is the “Burned-Over” District?
After it won its independence from Mexico, but before it was annexed by the US, Texas was known by what name
What is the Lone Star Republic?