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The court case that deemed segregation legal in the south. (separate but equal)

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A case where Dred Scott sued for unsuccessfully for his freedom. He had lived in states where slavery was illegal.

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16th president of the United States. America's president during the Civil War.

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A famous runaway slave who slaved as many as 200 slaves through the Underground Railroad.

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Was the Supreme Court Chief Justice. He shaped the way Supreme Courts are the way today

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Main author of the Constitution. America's 4th president.

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Author of the Declaration of Independence. America's 3rd president.

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An English philosopher that expressed the idea that people are born with "natural" rights.

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Founded Maryland and made it a place of refuge for Catholics. Gave religious toleration to all Christians.

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Aimed at separating the races in the South. Forbade marriage between blacks and whites.

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A tax payed if you wanted to vote. (many African Americans couldn't pay for this tax)

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An agency created to feed and cloth war refugees in the South.

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The amendment that states that African Americans cannot be banned from voting in 1870.

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The amendment that granted citizenship to former slaves in 1868.

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The amendment that ended slavery in 1865.

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Time of rebuilding the South after the Civil War, along with dealing with former confederates and newly freed slaves.

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(September 22, 1862) Abraham Lincoln issued this. It freed all the enslaved people in states of war.

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To abolish or get rid off (slavery).

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Inspired reform for temperance (no alcohol), abolition (no slavery), and women's rights.

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The idea in the 1800's that America should acquire all land from east to west and that it is there god given right to get the land.

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Violent religious persecution forced these people to move westward in search of land upon which to establish a perfect spiritual community. They settled in present-day Salt Lake City, Utah.

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The removal of Cherokee Indians from the east of the Mississippi River and forced them to migrate to present-day Oklahoma. 4,000 of the 15,000 Cherokees died

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Declared that American continents should no longer be viewed as open to colonization.

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A treaty signed with France in 1803 by which the U.S. purchased for $15,000,000 the land extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. Thomas Jefferson bought land and it nearly doubled the size of the U.S, at the time.

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The power of a court to adjudicate the constitutionality of the laws of a government or the acts of a government official.

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Is one of two First Amendment provisions that limit the government's ability to interfere with religion.

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Is the accompanying clause with the Establishment Clause of the first amendment to the United States Constitution.

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1791. The first 10 amendments of the constitution. Was added to satisfy those weary of a strong central government and to protect basic freedoms.

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A system where the power is divided between federal government and national government. The federal government is stronger than the states.

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People who opposed the idea of federalism and wanted states governments to have more power then the national government.

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Advocates for power being divided between federal (national) government and state government. But, the power is with the people.

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As a result, Congress was split into two houses. House of Rep: depends on states's population. Senate: each state has equal representation.

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(1781) became the law of the land. Created a loose union of independent states and a weak central government.

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John Locke proposed this idea which includes rights such as life, liberty, and property.

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(July 4, 1776) it was adopted by Congress. A document that outlined why the American colonists should be free of British rule.

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The war between Britain and the American colonies, by which the American colonies won their independence. (1775-1783)

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A patriotic group that opposed the Stamp Act and thereafter supported moves for American independence.

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A seven year war between England and the American colonies, against the French and some of the Indians in North America. England and the American colonies won the war.

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The idea the the United States people had when drafting the constitution; divide America into three branches of government (executive, judicial, and legislative)

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An intellect revolution from the late 1700's to early 1800's that influenced the American colonies to shed British rule and create a new nation.