Unit 1 Test

US Constitution

The ________ was finished in 1787 and has lasted ever since.

Mexican War

The ________ was fought when Mexico tried to take back Texas.

Fort Sumter

________ was attacked on April 12, 1861- the start of the Civil War.

Robert E Lee

On April 9th, 1865, ________ surrendered to Ulysseus S. Grant at a place called Appomattox Courthouse, and the Civil War was over.

Texans

________ won their independence from Mexico and became a state in 1845.

John Wilkes Booth

________ assassinated Lincoln on April 14th, 1865.

President Lincoln

________ prepared a Moderate plan for Reconstruction to "bind the nations wounds quickly.

Monroe Doctrine

The ________ came to be in 1823.

Pennsylvania

He (Thaddeus Stevens) was a Congressman from ________.

Senator Stephen Douglas

________ created a bill which substituted the idea of popular sovereignty.

Britain

The U.S. proved itself militarily to ________ and the rest of the world.

Secede

________: Formally withdraw from a political organization…leave the U.S.

South Carolina

________, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas made up the Confederate States of America with Jefferson Davis as their President.

Missouri Compromise

The ________ is unconstitutional because slaves are "property "and the 5th amendment states that citizens can not be deprived of their property without due process of law.

Slavery

________ was forbidden in both states by the Missouri Compromise.

Nat Turner

________ was a runaway slave who led 75 slaves in an uprising that killed 51 whites in Virginia.

John Brown

________ was a white abolitionist who led a group of 22 men (5 African- American) in an attempted slave uprising at the Federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia.

Abraham Lincoln

________ was elected President in 1860.

Tariff

________: A tax on imported goods from foreign countries.

Popular sovereignty

________: The settlers could vote for themselves to decide whether or not to allow slavery in those territories.

Federalism

________: System of shared power between the state and Federal government.

Governments

________ exist only with the consent of the governed people.

Federal government

States rights: Idea that each state and NOT the ________ should be able to decide for themselves what happens in their own state.

US Constitution

The ________ also allows for changes to be made called amendments.

Missouri Compromise

The ________ of 1820 had drawn a line across the country to indicate whether or not a new territory would allow slavery- this was done to eliminate the need for balancing "free "and "slave "states every time a new state was added.

US Constitution

Johnsons amnesty program ratified the 13th amendment to the ________ in 1865, officially abolishing slavery.

Melting pot

Since the first days of colonization, we have a variety of different nationalities, religions, cultures, etc

Federalism

System of shared power between the state and Federal government

Examples

2/3 veto override,

Neutral

Not picking sides

Tariff

A tax on imported goods from foreign countries

States rights

Idea that each state and NOT the Federal government should be able to decide for themselves what happens in their own state

Secede

Formally withdraw from a political organization…leave the U.S

Popular sovereignty

The settlers could vote for themselves to decide whether or not to allow slavery in those territories

North

(Had to attack…called the "Anaconda Plan")

South

(Chose to fight a defensive war…drag it out)

Amnesty

A pardon/forgiveness