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The party formed in 1854
primarily in opposition to
slavery; Lincoln was the first
president elected from the party
What is the Republican Party?
The “peoples’ party” that elected
Andrew Jackson in 1828-said to
support the common man
What is the Democratic party?
The party favoring a strong
central government, a national
bank, and a loose interpretation
of the Constitution
What is the Federalist Party?
Political party developing in the
1840’s favoring government
assistance in promoting industrial
expansion through tariffs and a
national system of internal
improvements to the country
What is the Whig Party?
Document that begins with the
words, “We hold these truths to
be self evident…that all men are
created equal.”
What is the Declaration of
Independence?
Document added to the
Constitution guaranteeing the
rights of the citizens of the U.S.
What is the Bill of Rights?
English document written in
1215 beginning the ideas of both
a representative government and
a limited government
What is the Magna Carta?
Document signed by the Pilgrims
establishing the idea that laws
should be agreed on by those
who live under them
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Battle known as the“Shot Heard
Round the World” because it
began the American Revolution
What is the Battle of Lexington?
July 4, 1776
What is the date of the adoption
of the Declaration of
Independence?
Battle fought in Virginia resulting
in the British surrender and the
independence of the American
colonies
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
A decisive turning point victory
for the Americans because the
French agreed to help them in the
war against the British
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
The three branches of the federal
government
What are Legislative, Executive,
and Judicial?
Veto, Senate approval of
Presidential appointments, and
declaring a law unconstitutional
What are examples of the checks
and balances system?
Type of government where the
citizens elect representatives to
actually carry out the powers of
the government
What is a republic?
The principle that divides the
powers and responsibilities of
government between national and
state governments
What is federalism?
The sites of the beginning and the
end of the Civil War
What are Fort Sumter and
Appomattox Court House?
Two 1863 battles both lost by the
South that served as turning
points in the Civil War
What are the Battles of
Gettysburg and Vicksburg?
1863 Document with the words
“…all persons held as slaves
within any state…in rebellion
against the United States…shall
be then thenceforward, and
forever free”
What is the Emancipation
Proclamation?
Document that explains reason
the Union must win the Civil War
with the words, “…this nation,
under God shall have a new birth
of freedom; that government
of..by..for the people shall not
perish from the earth.”
What is the Gettysburg Address?
Man known as the “Great
Compromiser” for his work to
avoid war between the North and
South
Who was Henry Clay?
Made a two house legislature
where each state sent two to the
Senate and Representatives to the
House based on their population
What is the Great Compromise?
Allowed slavery below the 36/30
line in territory from the
Louisiana Purchase
What is the Missouri
Compromise?
Supreme Court case that made all
compromises unconstitutional by
allowing slavery in all territories
What is Dred Scott case?
The Early Republic
The U.S. foreign policy adopted
in 1823 establishing that the
Western hemisphere was closed
to any further attempts by Europe
to interfere or colonize
What is the Monroe Doctrine?