Unit 1
Name the three regional colonies
New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, and Southern Colonies
What is the difference between Nationalism and Sectionalism?
Sectionalism - Loyalty to the interests of one's own region or section of the country, rather than the country as a whole.
Congress was debating the admission of Missouri as a state, a slave state, but many northern states objected the introduction of a new slave state, upsetting the balance of free and Slave states.
The Missouri Compromise
Government program that gave 160 acres of land to the citizens who met specific conditions
The Homestead Act
Define Imperialism
Policy by which a stronger nation to attempt to create an empire by dominating weaker economically, politically, culturally, or militarily.
Agreement in which the settlers of the Plymouth Colony agreed to obey their government's laws.
The Mayflower Compact
1803 American land acquisition from France for $15 million dollars that nearly doubled the United States.
The Louisiana Purchase
The first major battle of the American Civil War, the conclusion of this battle led many Americans to believe that winning the war would not be easy or short.
Bull Run/ Manasas
A process by which people of one culture would merge into a nd become part of another culture
Assimilation
Factors leading to the Spanish- American War?
- Yellow Journalism
- The Americans could easily relate to the Cubans people's desire for independence.
- The destruction of the U.S.S Maine
This was the first assembly of elected representatives in of English colonists in North America
Nightmare journey of the Cherokee to their new lands, thousands would die during the journey in addition to loosing much of their valuables.
Trail of Tears
What are the Reconstruction Amendments?
13th - Ended all Slavery in the United States
14th - Guaranteed citizens "equal protection" before the law and "due process" of law.
15th - Guaranteed voting rights to all male citizens.
What's the difference between a monopoly and a trust ?
A monopoly is complete control of a product or service.
A Trust is a group of separate companies that are placed under the control of a single managing board.
Wilson believed that the United States had a mission to spread democracy and capitalism to other nations in the hemisphere and to protect them from foreign threats.
President Wilson's "Moral Diplomacy"
Nine of the colonies sent representation to dispute the stamp tax, formally requesting the repeal of the tax.
Stamp Act Congress
Would not permit any further European colonization of the Western Hemisphere.
The Monroe Doctrine
What is the difference between Carpetbaggers and Scalawag's ?
A Carpetbagger is a negative term used to describe Northern Republicans who moved to the South following the Civil War.
Scalawag- Negative term used to describe the white southern republicans after the Civil War.
Passed by Congress in 1890, this legislation outlawed any combination of companies that restrained interstate trade or commerce.
The Sherman Anti-trust Act
M - Militarism
A- Alliances
I - Imperialism
N- Nationalism
What's the difference between the Federalist and the Anti-Federalist
The Federalist were those who favored the ratification of the Constitution.
The Anti- Federalist who opposed the ratification of the Constitution.
Officially ended the Mexican War, Mexico would give their claims to Texas and the Rio Grande, as well the New Mexico and California territories.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The Supreme Court held that segregation was legal as long as separate facilities for blacks were equal to those provided to whites.
Plessy V. Ferguson
Laws passed by state legislatures which were designed to help farmers by regulating how much a railroad could charge for the transport and storage and storage of crops.
Granger Laws
Even though the United States attempted to maintain a policy of isolationism, they did get involved in the problems revolving around Germany's World War 1 reparation payments for fear of possible global economic problems.
The Dawes Plan