Revolution and before
Early Republic
Era of the common man
Sectionalism
War and beyond
100

They wanted to create a "city upon a hill"

Puritans

100

Shay’s Rebellion was the death-knell for this early government that the United States had. It was eventually replaced by the Constitution.

Articles of Confederation

100

This president of the common man killed the second Bank of the United States.

Andrew Jackson

100

This section of the country tended to oppose tariffs during the antebellum period.

South

100

After the Civil War, most freedmen had this job

Sharecropper

200

If a European couldn't afford passage to America, they could come across the ocean as one of these

Indentured servant

200

This is the idea that women should be educated so they can teach their sons to be good citizens

Republican Motherhood

200

The Trail of Tears applies to this Native American tribe.

Cherokee

200

This compromise drew a line that separated the Louisiana Purchase territories into free and slave territories.

Missouri Compromise

200

This act gave settlers 160 acres of free land

Homestead Act

300

This line forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachian mountains

Proclamation of 1763

300

In 1823, this told Europe to stay off the American continents

Monroe Doctrine

300

The Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo ended this conflict.

Mexican War

300

This Supreme Court decision said that national legislation cannot limit the spread of slavery into the territories.

Dred Scott Decision

300

During Reconstruction, Southerners who voted Republican were known as this

Scalawags

400

These laws were passed to punishg Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party

Intolerable Acts

400

The Constitutional Convention designed the Electoral College to choose the president because of this reason.

Mob rule/They didn't trust the people.

400

This legislation by Henry Clay called for high tariffs and internal improvements

The American System

400

This organization pushed for returning enslaved people to Africa.

American Colonization Society

400

This amendment, the cornerstone of Radical Reconstruction, was concerned with protecting the civil rights of freedmen.

14th

500

This revolt in 1680 is the only successful Native American revolt against a European colonizer

Pueblo Revolt

500

Passed in 1787, this established ways for territories to apply and become states. It also forbade slavery in the northwest.

Northwest Ordinance

500

This woman brought down Andrew Jackson's cabinet.

Peggy Eaton

500

These pieces of writing established the Doctrine of Nullification

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

500

He was the first Black senator

Hiram Revels