Key Dates: Pre-Civil War
When was Jamestown founded?
1607
When did the Civil War end?
1865
Where in North America did the Iroquois live upon European arrival.
Present-day northeastern United States
Which major colony was established in 1607?
Jamestown
Anti-Federalists refused to consider ratifying the Constitution without the inclusion of this significant item
The Bill of Rights
How was the Election of 1824 decided?
It went to the House or Representatives
the name of the new country created when 11 Southern states left the Union
the Confederate States of America
systematic state-level legal codes of segregation.
Jim Crow
The movement of approximately 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the urban Northeast, Midwest and West in the late 19th to mid 20th Centuries.
The Great Migration
This proxy war was from 1950 to 1953.
Korean War
Phrase used to justify the United States invading and overthrowing Iraq and it's leader.
Weapons of Mass Destruction
First 10 amendments of the constitution
Bill of Rights
1803 -John Marshall- First asserted the right of the Supreme Court to determine the meaning of the U.S. Constitution. The decision established the Court's power of judicial review over acts of Congress.
Marbury v. Madison
When did the Seven Year's War start?
1754?
When was the Homestead Act?
1862
Where in North America did the Chinook live upon European arrival?
Pacific northwest of the present-day United States
Who wrote the Poor Richard's Almanac?
Benjamin Franklin
idea that women had a duty to shape the morals of future political leaders
What is republican motherhood
How did participation in democracy expand in the mid 1800s?
the voting requirement w/ land was dropped
Those who believed that all Black people should be granted rights and Southerners deserved punishment
Radical Republicans
prominent black American, born into slavery, who believed that racism would end once blacks acquired useful labor skills and proved their economic value to society, was founder of the Tuskegee Institute in 1881. Was criticized for "accomodating" segregation. Progressive who supported segregation and demanded that African American better themselves individually to achieve equality.
Booker T. Washington
This was triggered by the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. Americans were very paranoid and scared that Communism would overtake America.
The Red Scare
This act prohibited employers from paying unequally on the basis of gender.
Equal Pay Act
The explosion of the Space Shuttle "Challenger"
What was the biggest disaster in the aeronautics field in the 1980s?
First Amendment
Freedom of speech
1819 -John Marshall- Supreme Court decision that established the supremacy of the national government over state governments. Decided that the federal government has the right to create a national bank.
Mcculloch v. Maryland
When was the Stamp Act?
1765
When did Reconstruction start? (Passage of the Reconstruction Acts)
1867
What were joint stock companies?
Businesses owned by shareholders that were investing in exploration and colonization of the western hemisphere.
William Bradford was the governor of which early colony?
Plymouth
This plan called for a legislature divided into two bodies (the Senate and the House of Representatives) with proportional representation and was favored by the larger states
Virginia Plan
Man-made waterway completed in 1825 that helped connect an entire region of the United States and transport goods Easter/West.
Erie Canal
one advantage of the South in Civil War
Leaders with more experience (Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson)
AND/OR
home-field advantage
the political agreement between the Republicans and the Democrats that ended Reconstruction in the southern states by removing the federal troops from the South in exchange for Republican Rutherford B. Hayes winning the presidency in 1876. This deal ended protections for African Americans civil rights in the South.
The Compromise 1877
The geopolitical phenomenon that led the world into a world war in 1914
A complex system of alliances
This senator used unsupported accusations about communists in government and to discredit the Truman administration
Joseph McCarthy
Coordinated attacks that claimed the lives of more than 3,000 Americans.
What is 9/11?
Second Amendment?
Right to bear arms
1824 -John Marshall- Supreme court established that regulating interstate commerce is a power reserved to the federal government.
Gibbons v. Ogden
When was Jefferson elected president?
1800 (The Revolution of 1800)
When was the Spanish-American War?
1898
What were the three "Gs" motivating European expansion into the western hemisphere?
Gold, glory, and god
What was the most important war between the colonists and natives during the second period?
King Phillip's War or Metacom's Rebellion
HIS pamphlet, published in Jan 1776, was instrumental in convincing many Americans to support independence
Thomas Paine
This made the Mississippi River the main transportation route in the US in the early to mid-1800s....
steamboat
a short-lived political party in the United States active from 1848 to 1854, that later merged into the Republican Party
Free-Soil Movement
Which constitutional amendment included the following:
Citizenship Clause - Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S.
Due Process Clause - Prohibited state and local governments from depriving persons of life, liberty, or property without certain steps being taken to ensure fairness.
Equal Protection Clause - Required each state to provide equal protection under the law to all people within its jurisdiction.
14th Amendment
What the acronym NAACP stands for
National Association (for the) Advancement (of) Colored People
Dulles' diplomacy where he stated that the US should push Communist powers
brinkmanship
Attempt to capture Osama bin Laden and other Al Qaeda members
What is the purpose of the War in Afghanistan?a
13th Amendment?
Abolition of slavery
Ruled that African Americans cannot be U.S. citizens and that Congress has no power to forbid slavery in U.S. territories
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
When was the Mexican-American War?
1845-1848
When did the US enter World War I?
1917
What was Juan Ponce de Leon's biggest accomplishment as an explorer?
Claiming Florida for Spain in 1513.
What was the main purpose of the Navigation Acts imposed on the colonies?
To benefit the British economy, prevent the colonists from buying from other nations
Washington warned of entangling foreign alliances and political parties in his what?
What is Washington's Farwell Address?
List two causes for War of 1812
land, impressment, pressures on the frontier
one advantage of the North in the Civil War
Large and powerful navy
OR
Controlled banks, manufacturing, and railroads
OR
Well-established strong government
OR
Had more railroad tracks and more transportation
(1883) law that reformed the patronage system; created civil service and banned requirement of government workers to support political campaigns.
Pendleton Act
The Goals of the New Deal
The 3Rs - Relief for unemployed, Recovery for business, & Reform of economic institutions
Under this bill, hotels, restaurants, and employers could not discriminate based on race and schools could not be segregated.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Agreement that eliminated trade barriers among the US, Mexico, and Canada and created the largest free trade zone in the world.
What is the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?
15th Amendment
Gave all male citizens right to vote
Ruled that separate but equal facilities for African Americans are constitutional
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)