Domain Two - U.S. History Flashcards
Exploration and colonization (1450-1763)
New England region
Middle colonies
Southern colonies
Formation of the new nation (1763-1789)
Proclamation act
Sugar act
Stamp act
Stamp act repeated; declaratory act passed
Quartering act
Townshend revenue acts
Boston massacre
Tea act
Coercive acts (“intolerable acts”)
Lexington and concord
Fort ticonderoga
Bunker hill
Long Island
Trenton
Princeton
Saratoga
Yorktown
Govt under “the articles of confederation”
Problems with articles during the “critical period”
New govt - the constitution
Separation of powers
Checks and balances
Federal system
Powers of congress
The great compromise
Bill of rights
Amendments
Federalists (hamilton)
Constitutional powers:
foundations of the nation:
foreign policy:
Democratic-republicans (Jefferson)
Constitutional powers:
foundations of the nation:
foreign policy:
War of 1812 (1812-1815, US Vs great britain) Causes
War of 1812 battles
Battle of Lake Erie (1813):
Battle of Baltimore (1814):
Battle of New Orleans (1815):
Westward Expansion (1812-1850)
1812-1820
Westward Expansion (1812-1850)
1821
Westward Expansion (1812-1850)
1830s
Westward Expansion (1812-1850)
1848
Westward Expansion (1812-1850)
1850
Causes of the civil war
Social-economic differences between the north and the south:
North -
South -
States’ rights versus federal authority:
North -
South -
Expansion of slavery:
North -
South -
Presidential reconstruction
Abraham Lincoln / andrew jackson
Congressional reconstruction
Thaddeus stevens/charles sumner
Major battles (civil war)
1861
Fort sumter:
First battle of bull run:
Major battles (civil war)
1862
Antietam
Major battles (civil war)
1863
Gettysburg:
Vicksburg:
Major battles (civil war)
1864
Sherman’s march to sea
Major battles (civil war)
1865
Battle of appomattox courthouse
New economy (1876-1900)