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A court case that stated that blacks and whites are seperate but equal.

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Dred Scot tried to sue for his freedom but didn't win because black people were considered property.

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Abraham Lincoln was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.

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Harriet Tubman was an American abolitionist, humanitarian, and an armed scout and spy for the United States Army during the American Civil War.

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Fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. His court opinions helped lay the basis for United States constitutional law.

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James Madison, Jr. was a political theorist, American statesman, and the fourth President of the United States.

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Thomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. He was elected the third president of the U.S

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An enlightenment philosopher who emphasized natural human rights. His ideas were used in the Declaration of Independence.

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Leader of Maryland where it was ruled by Catholic and Protestant principles

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Laws that separated the blacks and whites in the U.S

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A tax that was enforced in order to vote. Targeted against African Americans since the had little to no money to pay them.

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Was a U.S. federal government agency established in 1865 to aid freedmen (freed slaves) in the South during the Reconstruction era of the United States. Aided them with food, education and temporary housing.

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Granted African American men the right to vote. This will soon become a law that allows all people to vote.

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Ratified on July 9, 1868, granted citizenship to all people born in the U.S including former slaves who were recently freed.

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Ratified on December 6, 1865. Abolished slavery all through the United states of America.

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Period following the civil war where the south was to be reconstructed because it was ruined. Time of pain and endless questions.

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A document released by Abraham Lincoln stating that all states that seceded shall have all of their slaves be freed. This was one of the causes of the civil war.

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Quakers and Baptists were major factors in abolishing slavery. They wanted to put an end to it.

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The second great awakening was a protestant religious revival movement during the early 19th century in the United States.

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The 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable. The U.S expanded wast kicking native americans out of their land.

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A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a religion founded in the US in 1830 by Joseph Smith, Jr.

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In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. Resulted in over 4,000 deaths.

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President Monroe declared that no European power could colonize anywhere in North or South America.

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The Louisiana purchase took place in 1803 and was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million.

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Review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act. Without this laws would be easy or too hard to pass. helps decide whether a law is fair or not

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The clause in the First Amendment of the US Constitution that prohibits the establishment of religion by Congress. No government can tell you which religion to follow or establish one for all peoples.

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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise. Nobody can stop you from practicing a specific type of government.

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First ten amendments to the United States Constitution. These are specific human rights that no government in the U.S can take away from you.

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governmental power divided between several entities.

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A person against the idea of federalism.

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A supporter of the federalist party.

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A compromise adopted at the Constitutional Convention, providing the states with equal representation in the Senate and proportional representation in the House of Representatives.It is important today because that is how we vote for laws today.

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The very first form of government that was put in place for the U.S in 1781. Was soon replaced by todays U.S constitution in 1789. The constitution is the base of how the U.S government runs today.

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This was an enlightenment idea highly expressed by John Locke. It stated that every man has the rights to life, liberty, and property. This idea was used in the declaration of independence and something that is still in heavy effect today.

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This was a document witten by Thomas Jefferson in 1776. This was written to the king of england declaring that the colonies were going to become independent and stating everything the colonists believe the king did wrong. Highly expresses ideas of the founding fathers especially john lockes natural rights. This document declared the U.S free from the British Monarchy.

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A political revolution in the 1700's where the colonies began go against the british monarchy and founded the United Sates of America. This inspired other revolutions such as the French and Haitian Revolutions.

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The Sons of Liberty was an organization of American colonists that was created in the Thirteen American Colonies. The secret society was formed to protect the rights of the colonists. They played a major role in most colonies in battling the Stamp Act in 1765.

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A war between Britain and France in North America during 1754-1763. Resulted in great expansion of British territorial claims in the New World.

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A thought of democracy to split the government into three branches with specific jobs. Legislative, executive, and judicial branch. Did not give all the power to one single person.

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The Enlightenment was a movement in the 17th and 18th centuries that saw the rise of concepts such as reason, liberty and the scientific method. Questioned the norm and influenced the bill of rights.