AMERICAN REVOLUTION
what was the last major battle resulting in the British defeat?
Battle of Yorktown
what are the articles of confederation?
First government, Congress can negotiate treaties and declare war.
what is the Jacksonian democracy?
Democratic party, voting increases.
what did the cotton gin result in?
people planting more cotton.
what was the alien and sedition act?
John Adams angered many Americans.
what are the rights all people have from birth?
unalienable rights.
what is the 3/5th compromise?
what is the nullification crisis?
the problem over if the state of south Carolina had the right to nullify a federal law.
are canal's man-made?
yes sir.
who issued the Monroe doctrine?
what is the main reason for the American Revolution?
Conesnt of Governed
what is the 10th amendment?
rights not given to the government are rights given to the states.
what is the Hudson river school?
artists that paint landscapes and nature.
what was the telegraph.
an invention used to communicate very fast over a long distance.
what was the whiskey rebellion?
protest over federal whiskey tax.
what was the battle of Saratoga?
the turning point of the war
what is the 1st amendment?
freedom of religion.
what is the name of the court-case where the Cherokee sued to keep their land?
Worcester v. Georgia
what was urbanization?
people move from rural farm areas to the city to work in factories.
who led the federalists party?
Alexander Hamilton.
what was Boston's response to the Boston Tea party?
intolerable acts.
what did federalists support?
the constitution.
what year did the Jackson era start?
1824
what is free enterprise
economy driven by profit and competition.
what caused the war of 1812?
British impressment of US sailors.