Unit 1
Delegates from colonies met to discuss their problems with the Stamp Act taxes made England and started demanding more representation.
How did the Stamp Act Congress of 1765 impact the relationship between England and the colonies?
They were both attempts of Federalists trying to take power from the opposing party, the Democratic Republicans. HINT: Madison
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts and the Midnight Judges?
Europe should keep out of the Americas
What does the Monroe Doctrine have to say about European interaction in the Americas?
Sectional tensions caused by western expansion led to multiple Congressional attempts to settled the issue of the expansion of slavery
The Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas Nebraska Act are all examples of Congress's attempts to do what?
Organize laborers for better working conditions and improved pay.
What are Labor Unions?
Created To prevent the same abuse from happening that they just got out of with the British but they were too weak
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Both showed flexibility of Constitution
How are Hamilton’s National Bank and Jefferson’s Louisiana Purchase similar?
Society was empowered to improve due to an emphasis on equality and individual responsibility.
How did the 2nd Great Awakening empower society?
He gave a speech in which he said “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Changing cultures/absorbing into the dominant culture
What is assimilation?
To stop the new nation from being dragged into a war/ Para evitar que la nueva nación sea arrastrada a una guerra.
Why did George Washington say to not get involved in foreign alliances?
DOI - If the government denies its people certain basic rights, that government can be revised or abolished (right to rebel)
What is Shay's Rebellion?
The President was willing to use military force to enforce federal laws
How are the Nullification Crisis of 1832 and the Whiskey Rebellion similar?
upheld slavery in United States territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional.
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford?
As third parties, What they wanted would eventually become part of major party platforms.
What are the Populist and Progressive parties?
Didn’t want sectional division so George Washington warned people about these
What are political prties
Economic growth, but still went back to pre-war conditions, we also help our own against Britain
What is the War of 1812?
The forced removal of Native Americans west of the Mississippi River under the Indian Removal Act
What was the Indian Removal Act?
Reinforced the supremacy of the federal government over states.
When the civil war was over, what was the distribution of power between the federal and state governments?
Anti immigration mentality, negatively affected immigrants who wanted the american dream
What is Nativsim?
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
What are natural rights?
Written in support of states deciding their rights, They both increased the power of the states to interpret and enforce laws the states determine are constitutional
How are the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, and the South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification similar?
Legalized segregation and led to Jim Crow laws
What is Plessy v Ferguson?
Farmers were poor after the Civil War because the South was burned, railroad tracks were tied around trees,
What is Sherman's March
He wanted Money and economic independence for African Americans
He wanted to guide and uplift African Americans with education
Who are Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois?