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Why did Southern Democrats pass Jim Crow laws?
to separate African Americans and whites in public life
Why was the Thirteenth Amendment passed?
to abolish slavery
What was the purpose of the black codes?
to control former slaves
What was a lasting effect of the Freedmen’s Bureau?
It allowed for educational opportunity
Describe the Emancipation Proclamation.
It declared that slaves in Confederate states were free.
What was so important about the Dred Scott court case?
It declared that African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court
What was the impact of the Kansas Nebraska act?
Led to the two sides (North and South) sending people to Kansas to influence the vote, leading to Bleeding Kansas.
Which act did the Kansas Nebraska Act nullify?
Nullified the Missouri Compromise by allowing slavery in new Northern territories.
Describe the Kansas Nebraska Act.
Used the idea of popular sovereignty to decide if their state would be marked as a free state or slave state. Nullified the Missouri Compromise.
Describe the Missouri Compromise.
It temporarily ended the slavery debate because it created a line dividing the states that would be marked as slave states and states that would be free states
Describe the Underground Railroad.
people who secretly helped slaves escape to the North using a network of safe places to stay and guides.
Why did Southerners who did not own slaves support slavery?
They knew that the Southern economy depended on slave labor.
What was true of both African Americans living in the North and the South?
They faced discrimination and racism.
What was the cotton gins main impact on the South?
Cotton became the South's most important crop.
What was the economy of the South based on?
agriculture
What was the inspirational document that influenced the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments?
Declaration of Independence
What group was focused on eliminating slavery?
Abolitionists
What was Horace Mann’s focus for his reforms?
Education
What is Dorothea Dix most famous reforms about?
Prisons
What was a fear of Southern senators if there were more free states than slave states?
Losing voting power, which could effect if they would be allowed to keep their slaves or not.
Why did some northerners oppose the annexation of Texas?
Texas allowed slavery which would disrupt the balance of slave and free states.
How did the Louisiana Purchase affect the United States?
It doubled the country in size
What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?
Manifest destiny
Why did most Federalists favor good relations with Great Britain?
They depended on their business.
What did Republicans believe that the U.S. economy should be based on?
agriculture
What was a major issue dividing the Federalist and Republican parties?
how large and powerful the federal government should be, the national bank, and the basis for American economy.
What advice did President Washington give to Americans in his Farewell Address?
Do not let political party loyalty divide the nation, stick together, beware of alliances and debt, be educated.
What was the position of the group known as the Federalists?
They supported the new constitution.
What did the Great Compromise decide?
representation in Congress
What did both the Virginia and New Jersey Plans include?
three branches of government
What was the greatest challenge for the delegates at the Constitutional Convention?
how to balance the interests of large and small states
Which was one weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
Congress could not impose taxes, all states had to agree.
What was the long-term effect of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
Territories eventually became states.
At the start of the war, what was a weakness of the British troops?
poor leadership, not on their home soil
What was a weakness of the Continental army at the start of the war?
supply shortages, poorly trained soldiers .
To Great Britain, the signing of the Declaration of Independence was what?
An act of treason
Thomas Jefferson felt the power for a ruler to lead came from who?
the citizens.
Why did the founding fathers write the Declaration of Independence?
to explain why the colonies were separating from Great Britain
What was the Continental Army Composed of?
troops from all the colonies.
Describe the Middle Passage.
the ocean crossing route of the slaves to North America.
Why was the English Bill of Rights important to the colonists?
It spelled out what was due to the colonists as English citizens.
What was the effect of Magna Carta in England?
It limited the power of the king.
Why did the people in the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies adapt different ways of life?
The regions had different geographies and resources.
What is an indentured servant?
A person who works off a debt to the person who paid for their transportation to the new world.
Who was the Georgia colony supposed to be colonized by?
English debtors
What document is most like the Mayflower Compact?
The constitution
What trade activity did the French and Dutch have in common?
They were both fur traders.
What were the goals of the Spanish Missionaries?
To teach their religion to the Natives.
What were two goals of the early explorers?
To find a water route to Asia, to increase their wealth and power.
Describe the French and Indian relationship.
They were business partners
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