This colony was known as an individualistic and staunchly independent region.
Rhode Island
100
Which measure passed by parliament required certified payment of a tax on legal documents and was meant to raise revenues for a colonial military force?
Stamp Tax
100
Which controversial law forbade all exports of goods from the United States whether in American or foreign ships?
Embargo Act
100
This violent event carried out by a pro-abolitionist has been called the first shots of the Civil War
Harpers Ferry
200
The first successful British colony in North America was:
Jamestown
200
Which laws upon the high sees sought to stitch England's colonial possessions more tightly by requiring the transportation of goods be done by English ships?
Navigation Laws
200
Which successful Articles of Confederation law required 60,000 residents before a territory could be admitted as a state?
Northwest Ordiance
200
Which Henry Clay scheme consisted of strong banking, protective tariffs, and funding for domestic improvements
American System
200
This man took the Federal Government to court to gain his freedom.
Dred Scott
300
In the Calvinist religion the theory that some people were blessed with eternal bliss and others with eternal torment was called:
predesitination
300
These immigrants settled first in Pennsylvania then in North Carolina and were known for their fierce individualism and antagonism of colonial authorities.
Scots-Irish
300
This uprising signified the need for a stronger central government in 1786 and exposed the failings of the Articles of Confederation
Shay's Rebellion
300
Which policy called fro the non-colonization and non-intervention of European Powers in the Western Hemisphere
Monroe Doctrine
300
President Lincoln took this protection away paving the way for anti-Unionists to be summarily arrested
writ of habeas corpus
400
This term represents the relaxing of the royal grip on colonial trade:
salutary neglect
400
This uprising reflected problem of the Southern Colonies' reliance on the labor of indentured servants:
Bacon's Rebellion
400
Which Federalist law sought to limit the political power of immigrants in the late 1700s
Alien Laws (Act)
400
Which political party grew from Anti-Jacksonites, northern industrialists and pro-state righters around 1836
The Whig Party
400
The outcome of this battle gave Lincoln the "long-awaited victory he needed to launch the Emancipation Proclamation
Antietam
500
When Separatist Pilgrims settled at Plymouth Rock, they constructed this document which formed a crude government based on the will of the majority:
Mayflower Compact
500
These emotional preachers defended the Great Awakening for revitalizing religious ideals in the United States.
New light preachers
500
Which court decision decided that the Supreme Court had the final say in interpreting the Consitution?
Marbury vs. Madison
500
Which political party based itself on a "Nativist" ideology?
Know Nothing Party
500
This was the last feeble attempt by Radical Republicans to punish the South in 1875 and was later ruled unconstitutional