American History 1

What principle of the government separate branches to prevent actions by other branches?

In what election did Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr tie?

What was the Election of 1800 nicknamed?

What was a legal document that allowed religious freedom in Maryland?

What are American settlers who went west to take advantage of the 160 acres of land?

What document was drafted by Thomas Jefferson and approved by the Congress on July 4, 1776?

What famous speech given by Confederate VP Alexander Stephens in Savannah, Georgia?

What nickname was given to the Election of 1824 by Andrew Jackson after he lost the election?

What was the first ten amendments of the constitution added in 1791 called?

What political party believed in advocating a strong federal government?

Who was the wife of the 2nd President John Adams and attempted to get women's rights from him?

What was the first presidential election in which the "common man" was able to vote?

What time in history was when decisive changes in situations occurred?

What laws were passed in the South during Reconstruction?

What election did Abraham Lincoln become President without southern states votes?

What doc. by George Washington warned against making alliances & forming political parties?

What was the movement to end slavery?

Who was a Spanish conqueror who crush Incan civilization?

What society did Jefferson want to see become the future of America?

What huge widespread exchange between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres happened after 1492?

What former slave became an speaker and published a newspaper called the “North Star.”

What conference took place in New York that was led by Benjamin Franklin?

Who was one of the writers of the Federalist Papers and emerged as the leader of the Fed party?

What idea is the role of a woman that is supposed to stay at home and take care of the family?

What famous speech given by Lincoln in 1863 freeing all slaves in Confederate-held states?

What Northerners were nicknamed this because they moved to the South during Reconstruction?

What organization that was led by William Lloyd Garrison to end slavery in America?

What amendment abolished slavery?

What document was written by John Locke that outlined his ideas for a more civilized society?

What system of gov. used in the U.S. which the powers are between the Federal & state govts.?

Who were people that were against Federalists?

What railroad construction company scandal that took place during Grant’s presidency?

Who revolutionized the farming industry by inventing the mechanical reaper?

What act in 1807 was passed by Congress forbidding all exportation of goods from the U.S?

What was the most famous Transcendentalist Utopian community in Massachusetts?

What religious dissenter provoked an intense religious and political crisis?

What is a agricultural crop called when it is grown for sale to return a profit?

What is the income that a business has from normal activity, sale of goods, etc?

What is a large covered wagon used for long-distance travel?

What compromise dealt w/ the issue over the making of new states & setting them slave or free?

What congress authorized the creation of six regiments of black troops (b/c of hair & skin)?

What was the forced journey that slaves to make it from Africa to America?

What collection of 85 articles and essays written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay?

What amendment established black male suffrage into federal constitution?

In what election did John Q. Adams defeat Andrew Jackson even though he had more overall votes?

Who were a group of immigrants who came to the U.S. to work on Transcontinental Railroads?

What American businessman for whom the city of Lowell, Massachusetts is named?

What was a plan under which Natives would give up their beliefs and way of life?

What New England teacher & author who spoke against the inhumane treatment of insane prisoners?

What election did John Adams win?

What two laws were pushed through by President John Adams and Federalist Congress in 1798?

Who met in Philadelphia on May 10th after the Battle at Lexington?

What election did Samuel Tilden and Rutherford Hayes tie?

What war fought by French and English on American soil over control of the Ohio River Valley.

What was the first constitution governing the U.S. after the Revolution?

What idea illustrated that citizens are responsible for their support of their aggressors?

During Monroe's presidency people had nationalistic pride after the Battle of New Orleans?

What was the plan that was proposed by Henry Clay in 1824 to work on economic reform?

What religious revival was used to encounter enlightenment thinking movement?

What attack by American Gen. "Mad Anthony Wayne" against invading Shawnee Indians from the NW?

What legal requirement that states must respect all legal rights that are owed to a person?

What is a business or manufacturing activity carried on in a person's home?

What was the name of Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan after the Civil War?

What was a contract made by voyagers on the Mayflower in 1620?

What was the first compromise 36-30 latitude line was created to divide the free/slave states?

What was the belief of the U.S. that offered the opportunity for prosperity for all citizens?

What compromise resulted because of the Election of 1876 between Hayes and Tilden?

Who was the 7th president of the United States?

What amendment was added to the Constitution to separate the ballot for President and VP?

What canal in New York that is part of the east-west?

What black abolitionist who called for the immediate emancipation of slaves?

What slave who had lived w/ his master for five years had sued for his freedom?

What compromise ruled that a black man was 3/5 of a white man?

What famous document written by the women at the Seneca Falls Convention in New York in 1848?

What event in 1859 in which a great amount of gold and silver was discovered in Nevada?

Who was the Mormon leader that led his oppressed leaders to Utah in 1846?

What was a fleet that was made up of 130 ships?

At what battle did the American Revolution concluded with the surrender of Cornwallis' army?

What compromise was between the large and small states of the colonies in 1787?

What treaty did the Sioux agreed to settle within the Black Hills reservation?

What amendment gave blacks citizenship and defined due process of law?

Who read a "Declaration of Sentiments" which declared "all men and women are created equal.”?