The Constitution
The three branches of government, as outlined in the Constitution
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
This political document asserts itself as the supreme law of the land
The Constitution (1788)
Article 1 of the Constitution defines the powers of this branch of government
The Legislative Branch
The Missouri Crisis identified an argument between the North and South about admitting new states as either
__ states or ___ states
Free States or Slave States
In 1800, this planned uprising in Virginia aimed to capture Richmond, but it stopped before it began, and its organizers were executed
Gabriel's Revolt
The 3/5 Clause is found in this Article and Section of the Constitution
Article 1, Section 2
The founder of the Democratic-Republican Party
Thomas Jefferson
Under Article I, Section 2, representation in the House of Representatives is determined by this
State Population
This conflict gave the US control of the Mississippi River and caused Native nations to lose their alliances with the British. The British also burned down the White House.
The War of 1812
The major cash crop of the Southern states in the Antebellum era
Cotton
The part of the government that was designed to represent "the people" and hold the power of the purse
The House of Representatives
The founders of the Federalist Party
John Adams and Alexander Hamilton
This clause counted each enslaved person in a state as 3/5 of a person when determining a state’s population for taxes and representation
The 3/5 Clause/Compromise
This 1803 land acquisition doubled the size of the United States
The Louisiana Purchase
This wave of religious revivals in the early 1800s spread across the U.S., inspiring anti-slavery activism in the North and pro-slavery sentiment in the South
The Great Awakening
List the branches divided in these articles
Article 1: Article 2: Article 3:
Article 1: Legislative
Article 2: Executive
Article 3: Judiciary
After the Revolution, the U.S. government began imposing and collecting these to pay off war debts and raise money for the new nation
In this section of the Constitution, enslaved individuals are referred to by this term
"All other persons"
Passed in 1820, this agreement admitted a contested state as a slave state while banning slavery north of 36°30′ latitude
The Missouri Compromise
The emergence of this system meant competing parties like the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans fought in elections and built voter support
The Party System
Ratified in 1791, refers to the first Ten Amendments to the U.S. Constitution
This idea described how the new United States had the potential to expand political participation and liberty amongst those previously left out
Democratic Potential
To serve as a member of the House of Representatives, the Constitution requires a person to meet these three qualifications
25 years old, a U.S. citizen for seven years, and living in the state they represent
The 1830 Act of Congress removed the Choctaw, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek (Muscogee), and Seminole from their homelands in the Southern United States into the Oklahoma Territory
The Indian Removal Act (1830)
The movement in which the United States became a modern, capitalist society and economy
The Market Revolution