Quarter 1
Pattern of trade that developed in colonial times among the Americas, Africa, and Europe
What is Triangular Trade?
The British government imposed ______ in order to force the colonists to pay for the cost of the French & Indian War.
What are taxes?
Neutrality, 2 term limit, farewell addresses.
What are George Washington's precedents?
Replaced the antiquated Caucus System.
What are Nominating Conventions?
Movement to end slavery that became more popular in the 1830s.
What was the abolitionist movement?
Caused the greatest amount of deaths amongst Native Americans after contact with Europeans.
What is disease?
These were the result of an intense political rivalry between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton.
What are the first political parties?
The practice of replacing current government employees with supporters of the winner.
What is the Spoils System?
The more industrialized side of the war with more money, people, and railroads.
What was the Union/North?
Came to North America and built a colony seeking freedom from religious persecution.
Who were the Puritans?
General placed in charge of the Continental Army.
Who was George Washington?
Jefferson doubted its legality after the US Government spent $15 million dollars on it.
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
The idea that the United States was clearly destined by a divine power to extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny?
What was the Battle of Fort Sumter?
Key factor that determined the type of economy that would develop in a specific region of the colonies.
What is geography?
Provided proof of the colonists ability to win the Revolution and gained French aid.
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
Invented by Eli Whitney, this resulted in an increase in the slave trade in the southern United States.
What is the cotton gin?
Treaty that ended the Mexican-American War.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
This battle was a Confederate loss and prevented them getting aid from the French and British.
What was the Battle of Gettysburg?
What is the Ohio River Valley?
Written to replace the weak Articles of Confederation.
What is the US Constitution?
The concept that each region has its own special needs and interests; and politicians will fight for their own areas goals.
What is sectionalism?
The forced relocation of about 15,000 Cherokee to Indian Territory in Oklahoma.
What was the Trail of Tears?
This made slavery illegal throughout the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?