Constitutional Debates
The New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan came together to be called...
The Great Compromise
This future president was leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War
George Washington
Renewed enthusiasm for attending church and the increase in Christianity following the Revolutionary War mark which movement
the Second Great Awakening
What was the title of the speech Lincoln gave to free slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation
Certain states did not ratify (approve) the Constitution until this was added to it
The Bill of Rights
From which Enlightenment thinker did the Declaration of Independence adopt many of its principles?
John Locke
Where did the women's suffrage movement begin and where did the first women's rights convention take place?
Seneca Falls, New York
The amendment gave African American men the right to vote
15th Amendment
Prior to the civil war, slaves were considered property. What compromise was agreed to count the slave population?`
The 3/5 compromise
The U.S. purchased the Louisiana territory from which country?
France
This group of abolitionists helped slaves escape to freedom
The underground railroad
This amendment ended slavery
The 13th amendment
This man supported ratification of the Constitution without a Bill of Rights
Alexander Hamilton
Which 1828 political party rejected the national bank and supported the presidential campaign of Andrew Jackson?
The Democratic Party
Idea that people could rise above the material things in life; philosophy shared by some New England writers in the mid 1800's
Transcendentalism
The era after the Civil War is known as...
Reconstruction
THe main criticism for this document was that it did not give enough power to the federal government
The Articles of Confederation
The tie in the Election of 1800 was resolved by...
The House of Representatives
A social reform effort begun in the mid 1800's to encourage people to drink less alcohol
Temperance
Which two major issues increased tensions, leading to the Civil War?
Slavery and the issue of states' rights