Revolution Rising
What major reason did Colonists protest British taxes? Could also be a quote.
No Taxation without Representation
What are the three branches of government
Judicial, Legislative and Executive
What law allowed the US to move Native Americans west of the Mississippi River and WHO passed it?
Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act
What was the name of the route enslaved Africans were forced to travel to the Americas
Middle Passage
What years comprised the time period following the Civil War and what was it called?
Reconstruction 1866- to roughly 1877
Name the 1773 protest against the Tea Act
Boston Tea Party
Why did the Articles of Confederation create a weak central government?
The states feared a strong central government like Britain's monarchy
What was the forced journey of the Cherokee and other tribes of Indian Territory called and what was one of the the other tribes?
Choctaw, Creek, Seminole (examples)
Trail of Tears
What crops were enslaved people forced to grow in the South and why?
Cash Crops, sugar, tobacco and cotton
What laws separated Black and White people in southern states, give an example
Jim Crow and examples
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
This section of the Declaration of Independence lists all of the complaints against King George and is one of how many sections total in the document?
Grievances is 1 of 5 sections
What states did the Navajo Long Walk occur in 1860s and approximately how long did it take?
Took 2 years to fully move and two on Bosque Redondo
The four corners, reservation in New Mexico
What are the three kinds of resistance that enslaved peoples used with an example for each.
Covert: working slowly, breaking tools in secret
Overt: running away, rebellion
Cultural: religion and songs
What was the purpose of the Freedman's Bureau
Help formerly enslaved people with education, jobs and housing
What 1770 event increased tensions after the British soldiers shot and killed 5 colonsits?
Boston Massacre
Why was the bill of rights added to the Constitution
to protect individual freedoms and convince Anti-Federalists to support the Constitution
Why were the tribes removed during the Navajo Long Walk
for people moving west to California, for resources and land
What system kept African Americans in slavery in the U.S. before 1865?
Chattel Slavery
a made up racist character often in black face in cartoons, movies and shows that unfairly represented black Americans and supported racial segregation
Common Sense
Explain how the system of Checks and Balances works between the three branches.
They can each limit each other- for examples the president can veto laws, congress can override the veto, supreme court declares laws unconstitutional etc.
This belief in Westward Expansion was used by the government to justify all Indian Removal as necessary.
Manifest Destiny
What 'compromise' did Congress make with the south to increase southern slaveholding representation.
3/5 compromise (each slave was 3/5 a person) to protect slavery through National Law.
13th- Abolished Slavery for good nationally
14th- full protected citizenship, due process (life liberty and property), debt will not be paid by the Northern states, southern legislators could rejoin under voted representation
15th- cannot deny vote for any man even if he was previously enslaved