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Quiz for Friday
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1st Great Compromise | Period of religious enthusiasm in the American colonies |
| 2nd Great Awakening | During the period of Reform, people believed in religion to make changes in the U.S |
| Boston Tea Party | 5 American colonists disguised themselves as Native Americans, boarded a ship and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. |
| Boston Masscare | 5 American colonists were shot and killed by a group of British soldiers on March 1770 |
| Continental Congress | Governing body of American colonies after independence |
| Shays's Rebellion | Massachusetts farmer, Daniel Shays started a rebellion after being imprisoned for not paying debt |
| Philadelphia/Constitutional Convention | Meeting of the 13 colonies to change the AOC but really made a new document |
| Whiskey Rebellion | Rebellion over paying taxes for alcohol but it was shattered by the U.S government showing their power |
| Revolution of 1800 | Another name for the Election of 1800. It was the first time that power had be peacefully moved from group to group |
| Louisiana Purcahse | Land purchased from France for 15 million dollars doubling the size of the U.S. |
| Industrial Revolution | Period where there were industries and factories replaced manual jobs. Transportation systems improved as well during this time |
| Era of Good Feelings | Period where feelings of nationalism grew under James Monroe |
| Nullification Crisis | Sectional crisis started by Andrew Jackson. It was caused by the South's anger over the Tariff of Abominations. The south thought that they could nullify any law. |
| Bank of the United States | National bank that was started to alleviate Revolutionary War debt and unite the country under one currency. It became a national issue during the residency of Andrew Jackson |
| Indian Removal Act | law passed during Andrew Jackson's presidency saying that Indians had to move out of their land in Georgia and Florida to Oklahoma |
| Trail of Tears | Forceful relocation to Oklahoma |
| Age of Reform | Period before the Civil War that called for reforms in education, rights, prisons and slavery |
| Seneca Falls Convention | 1st Women's rights movement created by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The Declaration of Sentiments was presented |
| Missouri Compromise | Compromise proposed by Henry clay in 1819 that divided the U.S into areas that were pro-slavery |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | Law that created the Kansas and Nebraska territories. It allowed popular sovereignty to decide slavery |
| Bleeding Kansas | Pro and anti slavery groups sent settlers to Kansas to vote on the issue of slavery. These groups clashed and violence erupted |
| Compromise of 1850 | Series of laws passed to organize the Mexican cession into slave and non slave areas. This compromise was proposed by Henry Clay |
| Wilmot Proviso | Law proposed by David Wilmot to outlaw slavery in Mexican Cession |
| Election of 1860 | The Election of Abraham Lincoln that led to the secession of South Carolina. The Civil War started a few months later |
| Assassination Lincoln | On April 14, 1865 only a few days after the Civil War ended, John Wilkes booth shot and killed President Lincoln |
| Homestead Act | Citizens could occupy government land. If settler improved the land and grew crops, after five years he or she would own the land. |
| Morrill Act | This act provided each state with 30,000 acres of land times the number of its members in Congress. The state could then sell the land to fund public colleges. |
| Dawes Act | Removed Native Americans to government reservations in West. This act opened their land up to white settlers |
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