Colonization
Before contact, Native American cultures revolved around which crop?
After the Battle of Saratoga, which nation openly helped the American colonists?
France
Which two states were added to the Union after the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
Missouri & Maine
Name the speech:
"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
The Gettysburg Address (1863)
Which Supreme Court case affirmed the principal of judicial review?
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
This is the main cash crop of the Virginia Colony
Tobacco
Who betrayed the United States during the Revolution, selling West Point to the British?
Benedict Arnold
Which president made the Louisiana Purchase?
More Americans died at this one-day battle (September 17, 1862) than on any other day in American history.
Battle of Antietam
Name the Supreme Court case that ruled that the National Bank was constitutional.
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
Name the economic theory that the English government should regulate economic activity in its colonies.
Mercantilism
Name the document passed during the Revolution to govern the colonies.
Articles of Confederation
What famous speech was given at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848?
The Declaration of Sentiments
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Which Constitutional Amendment abolished slavery?
13th Amendment
Why was Anne Hutchinson banned from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1637?
Name 3 weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
1. No power to tax
2. No power to regulate commerce
3. No power to raise a national army
4. Unanimous vote required to amend
5. Supermajority required to pass laws.
6. Inability to handle internal uprisings like Shay's Rebellion
What law caused the Nullification Crisis?
The Tariff of 1828
What is the derogatory term commonly used to describe outsiders who move to a new area to exploit it for personal, economic, or political gain?
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) held which law to be unconstitutional?
The Missouri Compromise (1820)
What was the main result of Bacon's Rebellion?
Enslaved people from Africa became preferable laborers to indentured servants.
The words "slave" and "slavery" do not appear in the U.S. Constitution. Instead, the authors included which legal stipulation?
The Three-Fifths Clause
What was the main result of the Nat Turner rebellion in 1831?
Stricter slave codes
Name the first 7 states to secede from the Union.
South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, & Texas
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)