EOC 1
This opened Native American land to settlers.
What is the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
He coined the phrase 'pursuit of happiness'
John Locke
The first U.S. Constitution had many limitations.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
The south lacked these due to a dependence on slavery and an agricultural economy.
What are factories?
The states of California, Nevada, and Utah were acquired from this country.
What is Mexico?
The reason why the New England colonies relied heavily on trade.
What is a cold climate and poor soil for farming?
Northern citizens were upset by this Supreme Court decision because it allowed slavery in new territories.
What is the Dred Scott v. Sanford decision?
These cannot be denied or taken away without due process of law.
What are unalienable rights?
This resulted when Texas was annexed or taken over by the U.S.
What is the Mexican/American War?
This was a controversial issue during the Constitutional Convention involving the size and population of U.S. states.
What is fair representation in Congress?
These people wanted slavery to end.
Who are abolitionists?
He invented the cotton gin.
Who is Eli Whitney?
These two events occurred between 1763 and 1775 and led to the United States declaring its independence from England.
What are the Stamp Act and the Boston Massacre?
This was added to the Constitution to protect individual liberties.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This created the first self-governing colony.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
The belief that the United States was destined to stretch from coast to coast.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This successful colony was founded in 1607.
What is Jamestown, Virginia?
The meaning of Patrick Henry's quote, "Give me liberty or give me death."
What freedom is worth dying for?
This resulted in a more efficient way of transporting goods.
What is the steamboat?
The Declaration of Sentiments promoted this movement.
What is the women's suffrage movement (which supports the rights of women to vote and run for office)?
The two political groups that held differing beliefs about what kind of government the United States should have.
What are the Democrat-Republicans and Federalist parties?
law passes in 1820 to balance power between free and slave states
Missouri Compromise
He was the president of the Confederacy.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This established the principal of judicial reviews.
What is the Marbury v. Madison Supreme Court decision?
President known for the Watergate scandal
Richard Nixon