Revolutionary War
The final victory of the Revolutionary War.
What is Yorktown?
Landmark court case that is known for the first time the court claimed for itself the right of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison (1803)?
This state remained independent for almost a decade.
What is Texas?
This president is known for the Louisiana Purchase
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
First Battle of the Civil War.
What the Colonists Developed during the time of Salutary Neglect that they wanted to hold onto and would be a factor in the start of the Revolutionary War.
What is Government?
Court case that upheld segregation laws. "Separate but Equal"
What is Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?
The Mexicans interpreted this as a hostile act and would soon lead to the first shots being fired.
What is Polk sending American troops into a region that was disputed between Texas and Mexico
This president is best known for his Doctrine that would be used in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Who was James Monroe?
This is the courthouse at which the South surrendered.
What is the Appomattox Courthouse?
The stationing of British troops in the Colonies led to which event?
What is the British Massacre (1770)?
Court case that upheld that slaves were property even if they moved to a slave-free state. This was later overturned by the 14th Amendment.
What is the Dred Scott Decision (1857)?
Why did Texans revolt and win their independence?
What is Mexico outlawing slavery?
This president was a democrat and was self-described as champion of the common man.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
Ulysses S. Grant's new strategy towards the war.
What is Total War?
The battle that led to French support believing that the colonists might be successful?
What is the Battle of Saratoga (Sept -Oct. 1777)?
A court case that helped the growth of businesses by upholding sanctity contracts.
What is Dartmouth v Woodward?
The states the U.S. acquired through the peace treaty with Mexico in 1848.
What is California, New Mexico, and Arizona?
This president originally hesitated to free the slaves.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
In this battle, General Robert E. Lee made an aggressive push into the border state of Maryland.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
The Tea Act (1773) resulted in which three things?
What is the Boston Tea Party (1773), the "Intolerable" (Coercive) Acts (1774), and the First Continental Congress (Sept. 1774)
Court case that upheld that states cannot regulate interstate commerce and that only Congress could.
What is Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
This may still influence resentments exacerbated by the contemporary controversy over illegal immigration.
What is an adversarial relationship?
The Manifest Destiny became a rallying cry for the election of this president.
Who is James K. Polk?
The President of the Confederacy who was unable to get the states to work together effectively towards the war effort.
Who was Jefferson Davis?