What were supporters
of the Constitution
called?
Federalists
A series of essays
that defended
the Constitution
were
The
Federalist
Papers.
Federalism
is the sharing
of governmental
power between
A central authority and
the states or provinces
that make up a country.
The system that
prevents any branch
of government from
becoming too powerful
is defined as
Checks and balances
People who
permanently move to
another country are
called
Immigrants
What 2 presidents have Andrew Johnson and
been impeached?
Bill Clinton
The branch responsible
for enforcing the laws
approved by Congress
Is the Executive Branch
Strict construction, the Thomas Jefferson
federal government
should do only what the
Constitution specifically
says it can do, was
supported by which
leader?
The national debt is the
amount of money owed
by
The United States to
various creditors or
lenders
Who supported loose
construction, meaning
that the federal
government can take
actions that the
Constitution does not
specifically forbid?
Why did Thomas
Jefferson send Lewis
and Clark to the
Louisiana Purchase?
Alexander Hamilton
Because their region
had little industry and
relied heavily on
imported goods, who
opposed protective
tariffs?
Southerners
To learn about the West
and to find a river route
to the Pacific Ocean
What protected Latin
The Monroe Doctrine
American governments
from European powers?
The first American
Indians to be removed
to the Indian Territory
were the
What great threats to
the republic did
Washington name in his
farewell address?
Define strikes.
Choctaw from
Mississippi
1. public debt
2. dangerous foreign
alliances
3. political divisions at
home
Refusing to work until
employers meet union
demands
The Cotton Belt extends East Texas to South
from
Carolina
Former slaves who
contributed to the
antislavery cause
Fredrick Douglas,
Sojourner Truth and
Harriet Tubman
White northerners
opposition to the
abolition movement
tended to center on the
belief that
African Americans
should not receive equal
treatment and that freed
slaves would take jobs
away from white
northerners
Harriet Tubman was
Underground Railroad
one of the leaders of the
In what became known
as the Freeport
Doctrine, Stephan
Douglas upheld
Popular sovereignty
over the power of the
Supreme Court
The first state to
South Carolina
formally withdraw from
the Union was
The Fugitive Slave Act
was a part of
The Compromise of
1850
After John Brown Seized Slaves in the region
the federal arsenal in
would join him, but
Harpers Ferry, he hoped none did.
When California Applied Free State
for statehood, the
majority of its residents
wanted California To
enter the Union As a
The U.S. Supreme Court Slaves were considered
ruled that Congress
property
could not prohibit
someone from taking
slaves into a federal
territory because
Which presidential
Abraham Lincoln
candidate opposed the
spread of slavery but
promised not to support
abolishing it where it
already existed?
Dred Scott sued for his
freedom, saying that he
had been set free
When he lived in free
territory
After hearing Dred
Scott’s petition for
freedom, Taney ruled
that
As a noncitizen, Scott
did not have the right to
file suit in federal court.
The first major clash of Bull Run, near Manassas
Union and Confederate Junction, Virginia.
armies took place in July
1861 along a creek
called
The Emancipation
Proclamation was an
order that
Called for all slaves in
areas rebelling against
the Union to be freed.
In response to the fall of Called on state
Fort Sumter, Lincoln
governors to provide a
total of 75,000
militiamen to help put
down the rebellion in
the South.
In early 1864, Lincoln
entrusted command of
the Union Army in the
East to
Ulysses S. Grant
Lee’s attempt to launch Gettysburg
an offensive into Union
territory ended in defeat
at
The wartime
Richmond, Virginia
Confederate capital was
Targeting military as
well as civilian
economic resources to
destroy an opponent’s
ability and will to fight
is
Total War
Starving residents and
Confederate soldiers
resorted to eating
horses, dogs, and rats
during the
The Siege of Vicksburg
At the beginning of the
war, the North’s
advantages included a
greater number of
Factories
Through cotton
Great Britain
diplomacy, the South
tried to win foreign
support especially from
The Union navy wanted Cut off southern trade
to blockade the South
and hurt the economy
for what reasons?
Among the South’s
advantages at the
beginning of the war
were
Skilled military leaders
More than 3,000 women Dorothea Dix
served the Union as paid
nurses under the
leadership of
American Indians who
fought in the Battle of
Pea Ridge hoped that
Confederate leaders
would grant the
American Indian nations
greater independence
than the Union had.
The Union gained
control of the
Mississippi River with
the
Surrender of
Pemberton’s forces to
General Grant at
Vicksburg.
For most of the war, the less
180,000 African
American soldiers who
fought with the Union
received more or less
pay than their white
counterparts.
Who wrote the powerful Harriet Beecher Stowe
antislavery novel Uncle
Tom’s Cabin?
Who was the victor in
the 1860 presidential
race?
Abraham Lincoln
What is the act of
formally withdrawing
from the Union?
succession
Who was the general
who developed the
Union’s early war
strategy?
Winfield Scott
Who earned the
Thomas Jackson
nickname “Stonewall” at
the First Battle of Bull
Run?