The Mayflower Compact and the Virginia House of Burgesses were examples of early attempts at
What is democracy or self-government
100
This was the first (and failed) set of laws that governed the country after winning its independence.
What is the Articles of Confederation
100
President George Washington established this group of presidential advisors, which still exists today to advise the President of many different issues.
What is Cabinet
100
The Seneca Falls Convention was a gathering to increase equal rights for what group of people
What is women
100
John Brown was an abolitionist who started violence in the Kansas Territory, giving it this nickname
What is Bleeding Kansas
200
This British law required American colonists to pay a direct tax on paper goods - payment of the tax was indicated by a stamp.
What is the Stamp Act
200
The Constitutional Convention met in 1787 to figure out how to make this stronger without giving it too much power.
What is the federal government
200
This Supreme Court case established judicial review, the ability of the Supreme Court of the United States to determine if laws are constitutional.
What is Marbury v. Madison
200
This law established a boundary that divided the country into free states and slave states
What is the Missouri Compromise
200
This Supreme Court case ruled that since blacks could never be citizens, they cannot sue
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford
300
The Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party were events that led up to this important event.
What is the American Revolution
300
This system allows for the three branches of government to limit each other's powers.
What is checks and balances
300
Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe all engaged in this foreign policy, staying out of world affairs.
What is neutrality
300
This idea holds that states should be able to disregard federal laws considered unconstitutional.
What is nullification, or states' rights
300
This battle was the turning point of the Civil War in which the Union gained the advantage
What is Gettysburg
400
Colonist Thomas Paine wrote this pamphlet to convince Americans to join the cause for independence from Britain.
What is Common Sense
400
The President of the United States does not get directly elected by the people; the President is elected by this body
What is the electoral college
400
This doctrine was set up to warn Europe to stay out of the Americas.
What is the Monroe Doctrine
400
The belief America should expand across the continent is known as
What is Manifest Destiny
400
Abraham Lincoln selected this man to be the commander of all Union troops
What is Ulysses S. Grant
500
Geographic differences led to these two regions developing very differently.
What is the North and South
500
This provision of the Constitution allows the federal government to stretch its powers to do what is "necessary and proper"
What is the elastic clause
500
Thomas Jefferson expanded the United States by purchasing this territory from France
What is the Louisiana Territory, or Louisiana Purchase
500
Popular sovereignty replaced the line drew by the Missouri Compromise because it allowed new states to determine this
What is whether to allow slavery
500
Lincoln's primary goal at the beginning of the war was to ____________ the Union.