Presidents
This president orchestrated the Trail of Tears
Andrew Jackson
The president is a part of the ____ Branch
Executive
This political party was fighting to keep the practice of slavery in their states
Democratic Party
This man became president after Lincoln was assassinated, and began the process of reconstruction
Andrew Johnson
The year the Declaration of Independence was signed
1776
Sally Hemings is associated with this president
Thomas Jefferson
The only federal officials appointed to life terms
Supreme Court Justices
This politician was almost beat to death by a cane in the senate chambers
Charles Sumner
Congressmen who were pushing for racial equality and harsher punishments for former Confederate States
Radical Republicans
The name of the late 19th century movement, pushing to make the purchase of alcohol illegal
The Temperance Movement
Name 2 presidents who won the election, but lost the popular vote
Trump, Bush, Adams, Hayes, Harrison
The way electoral votes are allocated
Senate + House Representatives
This famous book was written in 1852. It shed light on the horrors of slavery, and showcased the humanity of Black Americans
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The process of white southerners trying to rewrite the history of the civil war and build statues of Confederates
The Lost Cause
Grant, Johnson, Seward
The only president elected without belonging to a political party
George Washington
The only place that has electoral votes, but is not a state
Washington D.C.
This state was admitted to the union, along with Missouri, in the Missouri Compromise
Maine
Series of laws that kept former slaves from experiencing equality
Black Codes
Controversially, Abraham Lincoln stopped the practice of this law during the Civil War
Writ of Habeas Corpus
This president created a doctrine which prohibited European nations from claiming North American lands
If the president and vice president are unable to fulfill their duties, who becomes president?
Speaker of the House
What new ideology got rid of the resolutions from the Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850
Popular Sovereignty
The common narrative of Reconstruction taught in the late 19th, early 20th centuries
The Dunning School
This word refers to the British practice of seizing American ships and forcing their crew to join the British Army
Impressment