Colonies
This economic system controlled colonial trade and required colonies to supply raw materials to the mother country
What is mercantilism?
George Washington set a precedent by refusing to seek this after two terms as president
What is a third term (or more than two terms)?
This document, adopted in 1787, creates the structure of the U.S. federal government and divides power among three branches
What is the U.S. Constitution?
The early 19th-century change from hand production to machine production in factories is called this.
What is the Industrial Revolution (or industrialization)?
Lexington and Concord
What is the first battle of the American Revolution?
Name one motivation for English colonists to settle in North America
(religious freedom, economic opportunity, or political freedom)
The 1803 purchase that doubled the size of the United States and gave control of the Mississippi River was the
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The system that prevents any one branch of government from becoming too powerful by allowing each branch to limit the others is called this
What is checks and balances?
This transportation advancement connected regions and helped move goods faster by rail across longer distances.
What are railroads (or the railroad system)?
Famous former slave who taught himself to read and write; wrote a magazine called The Liberator; leader of the abolitonist movement
The 1619 Virginia House of Burgesses is important because it was the first form of this in the English colonies.
What is representative government (or a legislative assembly)?
The Whiskey Rebellion tested the new federal government’s ability to do this when citizens rebelled against an excise tax.
What is enforce federal laws (or assert federal authority)?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are collectively called this.
What are the Bill of Rights?
The invention of the cotton gin increased production of this crop and affected the demand for enslaved labor.
What is cotton?
13th, 14th, 15th amendments
What is Freedom for slaves, birthright citizenship, voting for all men
The Proclamation of 1763 affected colonists by restricting this kind of movement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is westward expansion (or settlement west)?
Name one major effect of the War of 1812 on U.S. national identity or industry.
Effects: Increased national pride and sense of independence; stimulated U.S. manufacturing due to disrupted trade; decline of Federalist Part
Which compromise at the Constitutional Convention resolved how enslaved people would be counted for representation and taxation?
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
Which compromise at the Constitutional Convention resolved how enslaved people would be counted for representation and taxation?
Positive: More jobs and goods, urban growth, increased trade; Negative: overcrowding, poor working conditions, pollution, child labor
List the first five presidents in order
Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe
Explain how mercantilism and the Navigation Acts worked together to shape colonial economies.
Mercantilism aimed to enrich the mother country; the Navigation Acts restricted colonial trade so colonists exported raw materials to Britain and bought British manufactured goods, limiting colonial manufacturing and directing profits to Britain.
Explain how the Monroe Doctrine affected U.S. foreign policy in the early 19th century.
The Monroe Doctrine warned European powers not to colonize or interfere in the Americas; it established the Western Hemisphere as a U.S. sphere of influence and guided future U.S. foreign policy.
Describe two ways the Constitution protects individual rights and limits government power.
Examples: Separation of powers among three branches; checks and balances; Bill of Rights guarantees such as freedom of speech and protections against unreasonable searches; the amendment process allows change while protecting core principles.
Explain how technological innovations and the expansion of transportation together helped create a national market in the early 1800s.
Technological innovations (like the telegraph, steam engines, and improved machinery) increased production and communication; expanded transportation (roads, canals, railroads) reduced shipping time and cost, linking regional markets so goods and raw materials moved nationwide.
Shot in the back at Ford 's Theatre
What is the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?