Colonization
What region's economy do these words relate to: Rocky Soil, Waterways, Shipping, Lumber
New England Colonies
What was impressment?
after sailors were captured and forced to serve in a foreign navy
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
the Bill or Rights
What was Hamilton's Financial Plan? (Name TWO things)
Whiskey Tax, National Bank, Assume state debt and protective tariff.
What did Washington warn against in his "Farewell Address"?
foreign alliances
What was Manifest Destiny?
What is free enterprise?
Why was the Transcontinental Railroad important? (Also, do you know who built it?)
encouraged settlement of the West, opened new markets to sell goods to, price of products decreased, Irish and Chinese immigrants built it
Why was Jamestown established?
For economic purposes/gold
What is Saratoga?
The turning point of the American Revolution
What was our FIRST forms of government in the US?
Articles of Confederation
Whose argument resulted in the creation of the Federalist and Anti-Federalists?
Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton
What event led to the increase of manufacturing in America?
War of 1812!
We got the Louisiana Purchase from this country
France
Why is Appomattox court house important?
Confederacy surrenders to the Union, ending the Civil War. In Virginia
What were Radical Republicans?
Republicans who favored punishing the South during Reconstruction
This is the breakup letter that started the American Revolution
Declaration of Independence
What does the 4th amendment protect against?
No unreasonable search or seizure
Judicial Branch
Executive Branch
Legislative Branch
Which court case established Judicial Review? AND what is judicial review?
Judicial Review- the Supreme Court can check the Constitutionality of a law/executive order
Marbury v. Madison
Who fought for women's suffrage in the 19th century?
Susan B. Anthony
We got this land during the Adams-Onis Treaty from Spain
Florida
What was the name of the war fought over slavery and states rights?
Civil War
What were the Civil War ammendments?
13 - freed slaves, 14- gave citizenship, 15- voting rights to freedMEN
What are two reasons for Growth of Representative or Self-Government?
Distance from Great Britain, Mayflower Compact, Virginia House of Burgesses, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
The Federalist strongly supported a
strong centralized government
Describe one (or both) of the compromises they made about representation in Congress
Great Compromise or 3/5s compromise
Which Supreme Court Case did Andrew Jackson ignore and forced the removal of the Native Americans? It led to the Trail of Tears
Worcester v. Georgia
What was the 2nd revival of religious feeling in the United States?
Second Great Awakening
Why did Forty-niners and others rush to California?
What doctrine prohibited Europe from entering in affairs in the Western Hemisphere?
Monroe Doctrine
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
law forbid colonists from moving west of Appalachian Mountains, angered colonists
Proclamation of 1763
Bill of Rights
What are the Principles of the Constitution? (Name at least two)
Federalism
Limited Government
Individual Rights
Popular Sovereignty
Republicanism
Checks and Balances
Separation of Powers
What was the Fifteenth Amendment?
The right to vote for all freedmen
Name TWO inventions and how they affected America
Cotton Gin, Spinning Jenny, Interchangeable Parts, Erie Canal, Steamboats, Railroads, Telegraph
Why did the US go to war with Mexico?
What is Sectionalism? Give a SPECIFIC Example.
geography caused country to develop differences; Northerners build factories, Southerners farmed, Westerners mined; Sectionalism contributed to Civil War. Kansas-Nebraska Act
What was the Freedman's Bureau?
They helped freedman get education and other services like clothing/food and jobs in the South after the Civil War