Compromise
This agreement during the Constitutional Convention allowed slaves to be partially counted for representation and taxation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This foundational 1776 document declared the American colonies independent from Britain.
What was the Declaration of Independence?
This war between the North and South was fought largely over slavery and states’ rights.
What was the Civil War?
This 1896 case upheld segregation laws under the “separate but equal” doctrine.
What was Plessy v. Ferguson?
This 1820 agreement maintained a balance between free and slave states by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This South Carolina-born Supreme Court Chief Justice established the principle of judicial review.
Who is John Marshall?
This document set up the first national government of the U.S. but was later replaced.
What was the Articles of Confederation?
This event included a series of violent attacks in Kansas over slavery after the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
What was Bleeding Kansas?
This court case determined that it was unconstitutional to remove the Cherokee natives from their land.
What was Worcester v. Georgia?
This law, which allowed popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska, led to violent conflict and repealed the Missouri Compromise.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
This president declared a "war on terror".
Who is George W. Bush?
This 1863 statement by Lincoln freed slaves in Confederate states.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
This conflict began when Iraq invaded Kuwait in search of oil.
What was the Persian Gulf War?
This 1954 case overturned segregation in public schools.
What was Brown v. Board of Education?
This 1850 compromise included a stronger Fugitive Slave Act and admitted California as a free state.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This abolitionist led a raid on Harpers Ferry to incite a slave rebellion.
Who is John Brown?
This collection of essays supported the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
What were the Federalist Papers?
This 1812 conflict was caused in part by British impressment of American sailors.
What was the war of 1812?
This case established that enslaved people were property, not citizens.
What was Dred Scott v. Sandford
This compromise created a bicameral legislature.
What is the Great Compromise?
This influential character was a strong advocate for the creation of a national bank.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
This document was greatly responsible for causing World War II
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
This conflict involved the brutal killing of innocent villagers in Vietnam.
What was the My Lai Massacre?
This court decision upheld the legality of internment camps for Japanese Americans during WWII.
What was Korematsu v. United States?