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| Provided 160 acres in the west to any citizen or intended citizen who was head of household and would cultivate the land for five years; a law whose passage led to record numbers of U.S settlers claiming private property which previously had been reserved by treaty and by tradition for Native American nomadic dwelling and use; the same law strengthened in 1889 to encourage individuals to exercise their private property rights and develop homesteads out of the vast government lands. |
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| The 19th-century belief that the United States would inevitably expand westward to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexican territory. |
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| A system of routes along which runaway slaves were helped to escape to Canada or to safe areas in the free states. |
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| A machine for cleaning the seeds from cotton fibers, invented by Eli Whitney in 1793. |
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| A state's refusal to recognize an act of Congress that it considers unconstitutional. |
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| A best-selling novel by Harriet Beecher stowe, published in 1852, that portrayed slavery as a great moral evil. |
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| A woman's rights conventions held in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848. |
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| The first ten amendments to the U.S Constitution, added in 1791 and consisting of a formal list of citizens' rights and freedoms. |
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| Federalists vs. Anti-federalists |
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FEDERALISTS:
wanted a strong central government and weak state governments
Favored-Constitution
Bill of Rights-NO; Believed the Constitution WAS sufficient to protect individual rights
Support- Largely in URBAN areas
Anti-Federalist:
wanted power in the states, not the central government
Favored- Article of Confederation
Bill of Rights-YES;Believed the Constitution WAS NOT sufficient to protect individual rights
Support- Largely in RURAL areas |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| Document written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776, in which the delegates of the Continental Congress declared the colonies' independence from Britain. |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| A document, adopted by the Second Continental Congress in 1777 and finally approved by the states in 1781, that outlined the form of government of the new United States. |
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| A policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering. |
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| Also known as the "populists", was a short-lived political party in the US that historians agree was on the left wing of American politics. |
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| Protestant movement that was most prominent in the early 20th century United States and Canada |
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| The use of sensationalized and exaggerated reporting by newspapers or magazines to attract readers. |
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| Favoring the interests of native-born over foreign-born people. |
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| Treaty of Versailles (WWI) |
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| in 1919 peace treaty at the end of World War I which established new nations, borders, and war reparations. |
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| Espionage and Sedition Acts |
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| Two laws, enacted in 1917 and 1918 that imposed harsh penalties on anyone interfering with or speaking against U.S participation in WWI |
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| Policy of U.S opposition to any European interference in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere, announced be President Monroe in 1823 |
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| Also known as the society as Tammany , the sons of St. Tammany or the Columbian Order, was New York City political organization founded in 1786 and incorporated on May 12, 1798,as the Tammany Society. |
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| 1896, US Supreme Court case upheld the Constitutionality of segregation under the "Separate but equal" doctrine. |
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| Was the movement of roughly 7.1M African-Americans out of the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occurred between 1910 and 1970. |
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| Federalist; 1st president of the US and the commanding general of the victorious American army in the Revolutionary War. The best known of the Founding Fathers, father of his country. |
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| Federalist; American's fourth President, 1809-1817, was referred to as the father of the Constitution |
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| Political leader; one of the Founding Fathers. Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Second President from 1797 to 1801. |
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| Author of Declaration of Independence; Third President; public official, historian, philosopher, plantation owner, served country over five decades. |
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| General and political leader of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. As a general in the War of 1812, defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans. |
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| Federalist; Founding Father of US; journalist, scientist, military leader, lawyer, United States first Secratry of Treasure. |
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| American inventor best know for inventing the cotton gin. Key invention of industrial Revolution and shaped the economy of the Antebellum south. |
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| Reformer of the 19th and early 20th centuries, known especially for her advocacy of woman's suffrage. |
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| 19th century "separate spheres" for genders |
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| Civil War: strengths/weaknesses of the North and South |
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| Jefferson vs. Hamilton Economic Plan |
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| The use of credit in the Great Depression and current recession |
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| Unemployment rates during the Great Depression and during the New Deal |
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| New weapons developed and used in WWI |
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| Importance of rivers and canals before railroads |
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| Immigration and unskilled labor |
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