What invention was more efficient way to make things, led to mass production, resulted in prices decreasing
Interchangeable Parts
Which colonial document is an example of a social contract?
The Mayflower Compact
What amendment divides power between the states and the national government and is the principle of federalism?
10th amendment
What party wasled by Thomas Jefferson; wanted 1) less federal gov’t, 2) agricultural economy, 3) no federal bank
Democratic Republican Party
What law established a way for new territories to be admitted into the Union and allowed territories to govern themselves?
Northwest Ordinance
Describe the New England Economy?
Fishing, shipbuilding, lumbering, harbors
What are unalienable rights?
Rights that all people have from birth, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
What was the agreement over how slaves would count for representation and taxation purposes
The Three-Fifths Compromise
Where were many women employed during the Industrial Revolution?
girls first got job outside their homes in textile mills
What policy was - issued by James Monroe, prevented European colonization of land in the Western Hemisphere
Monroe Doctrine
What did Washington warn against in his Farewell Address?
The creation of political parties, permanent alliances,
What were the effects of the War of 1812?
U.S. manufacturing increased
What term is described by people move from rural farm areas to cities to work in factories, city populations explode
Urbanization
Why did Representative Government develop in the 13 colonies?
Distance from Great Britain
Which reform movement movement to get Americans to drink less or no alcohol, women involved in this
Temperance Movement
What law forbid colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains?
The Proclamation of 1763
Which court case ruled slaves were property and not citizens, later 14th Amendment gave citizenship to all African Americans
Dred Scott v. Sandford
What was the first government of the United States, where Congress could negotiate treaties and declare war, with no executive branch?
The Articles of Confederation
What was the British response to the Boston Tea Party that increased tension between the British and the Colonists?
The Intolerable Acts
What was the Mexican Cession?
- land U.S. acquired after U.S.-Mexican War as stated in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What Supreme Court case established judicial review which gave the Supreme Court the power to declare a law unconstitutional?
Marbury v. Madison
What colony was established for Catholics to live in peacefully
Maryland
What party was - led by Alexander Hamilton; wanted 1) more federal govt. power, 2) industrial economy, 3) federal bank
Federalist Party
What group of people were - against Constitution, believed it needed a bill of rights, Patrick Henry and George Mason
Anti-Federalists
What national issue was a problem over if the state of South Carolina had the right to nullify (overturn) a federal law, argument over states’ rights vs. federal rights
Nullification Crisis
Describe the Western Economy
- mining (gold) and agriculture (farming)
Which economic system is characterized by the British controlling trade, which angered the colonists?
Mercantilism
What agreement decided how many representatives large and small states could send to Congress?
The Great Compromise
What court case is this? Cherokee sue to keep land, Court favors Native Americans, Jackson and state ignore Supreme Court and force Natives to move to Indian Territory anyway
Worcester v. Georgia
Which movement was characterized by Seneca Falls Convention called for women’s suffrage; Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Women's Rights Movement
Who was the first anti-slavery group that settled in Pennsylvania?
Quakers
What was the Compromise of 1850?
- North and South agree, California becomes a free state but a strict Fugitive Slave Law is passed
What was the turning point of the American Revolution when France joined with the Patriots?
The Battle of Saratoga
The Mayflower Compact, The Virginia House of Burgesses and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut are examples of
Colonial Self Government
What term means geography caused country to develop differences; Northerners build factories, Southerners farmed, Westerners mined; and contributed to Civil War
Sectionalism
What was the Kansas Nebraska Act?
agreement that attempted to solve slavery issue, violence erupted as a result of law
What amendment protects you from cruel and unusual punishment?
Eighth amendment
What caused the War of 1812?
British impressment of U.S. sailors
What is Abolition and who were 2 important abolitionists?
people who worked to end slavery, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglas
What amendment guarantees trial by jury?
Sixth amendment
What group of people supported Constitution, believed it created a more stable Union, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison?
Federalists
How did the Colonists respond to the Intolerable Acts?
By sending a list of greivances to King George III from the First Continental Congress
Why did the Irish immigrate to the United States and why were they discriminated against?
The Irish moved to the U.S. because of the Potato famine and they were blamed for taking away jobs
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