Growing Government
This was the first written Constitution to establish U.S. government, which set up a weak federal government and more power at the state level
What are the Articles of Confederation?
What was one challenge faced by Americans during the Revolutionary War?
What is [your answer here - one factor that Americans faced in the Revolutionary War]?
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
What are the origins of one of the political parties in the United States? (Federalist, Democratic-Republican, Whig, Democrat)
What is [your answer here - explanation of the start of a political party]
This meeting in Philadelphia was attended by delegates from 12 colonies who drafted a new government to replace the weak Articles of Confederation, giving more power to federal government
What is the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
This forced migration of thousands of Native Americans across the United States, caused by Andrew Jackson's "Indian Removal Act", caused mass deaths of Native Americans due to disease, starvation, and exposure to elements.
What is the Trail of Tears?
These sisters were activists who fought for women's equality and abolition of slavery, becoming some of the first white women to speak out on these issues.
Who are the Grimke sisters?
This is a process starting with harvesting beached whales on the shores of a Massachusetts island that grew into small scale off-shore whaling effort and then into a thriving large scale business involving long voyages to hunt whales
What is the origin of whaling in Nantucket?
These political statements by Madison and Jefferson were passed in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts in order to give states the right to of nullification (to declare laws unconstitutional)
What are the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions?
The last major Revolutionary War battle, in which General Washington led troops of American soldiers and French forces in successful land and sea sieges against the British
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
These brothers were Shawnee tribe members who are notable for resisting American expansion through religious, political, and spiritual efforts
What was one factor that led to the rise of nationalism in the United States in the late 18th/early 19th century?
What are examples such as the Constitution, Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark expedition, War of 1812, Florida expansion, and/or Monroe Doctrine?
This Supreme Court case over the commission of a government job established Judicial Review, the right of the Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional, and made the judicial branch an equal branch of government
What is Marbury v. Madison?
In this event, a whaling ship sunk in the South Pacific after a freak attack by a massive sperm whale, stranding survivors in three small whaleboats where they battled starvation, dehydration, and the elements in their mission to get back home
What is the sinking of the Essex?
This former slave became an influential preacher and leader in Virginia, where he organized a rebellion leading to his eventual capture and execution
Who is Nat Turner?
This was a mission where the U.S. government appointed two people to lead an exploration, map the territory, and form diplomatic connections in the American West following the Louisiana Purchase
What is the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
In this agreement, Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state, maintaining the balance in the Senate and drawing a line of where slavery would be allowed in the Louisiana Purchase territory
What is the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
This controversial tax on foreign imports financially benefited Northern manufacturers but punished Southern farmers who relied on imported goods by raising the costs of living
What is the Tariff of Abominations?
This abolitionist founded a newspaper called "the Liberator", advocated for the emancipation of slaves, and supported the women's suffrage movement.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
This controversial tax on foreign imports financially benefited Northern manufacturers but punished Southern farmers who relied on imported goods
What is the Tariff of Abominations?