Unit 1
This approach uses illegal methods to create change
What is outside the system
This term means to approve
This term means to end slavery
What is abolition
This person led a failed raid on Harpers Ferry to start a slave revolt.
Who is John Brown
This is the role of the President's Cabinet.
What is advise the president
A tax on newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards
What is the Stamp Act
First ten amendments to the Constitution that protect individual rights
What is the Bill of Rights
This is the belief that it was the god-given right of the U.S. to expand to the Pacific Ocean
What is Manifest Destiny
This amendment abolished slavery.
What is the 13th amendment
Gave the British East India Company exclusive right to sell tea in colonies
What is the Tea Act
These people were against the Constitution because it didn’t protect individual rights enough.
Who are the anti-federalists
This is a tax on imported goods brought to the U.S. from another country to protect US manufacturing
What is a tariff
The Emancipation Proclamation did this
What is freed enslaved people in states rebelling against the U.S.
This is one responsibility that is only for U.S. citizens.
What are serve on a jury and vote in a federal election
Group that protested British control of the colonies
Who are the Sons and Daughters of Liberty
This act made it illegal to criticize the government
What is the Sedition Act
This was the forced relocation of the Cherokee, resulted in the death of 4,000 people.
What is the Trail of Tears
This is the period after the Civil War when Congress tried to rebuild the country & grant rights to freed people
What is Reconstruction
Name 2 wars fought by the United States in the 1800s.
What are the War of 1812, Mexican-American War, Civil War, Spanish-American War
This was a major cause of the French and Indian War.
What is conflict over land
Name 2 weaknesses of the Articles of Confederations
The national government could not tax the states or citizens
The national government could not raise an army. It could only request states to send troops.
The national government could not control the economy. States could print money and tax interstate trade.
This allowed Missouri to join the US as a slave state but banned slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of Missouri’s southern border.
What is the Missouri Compromise
This government agency was tasked with overseeing Reconstruction and helping African Americans transition to freedom.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau
Who are Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and John Roberts