History of the Americas Questions

What farmers and debtors rebellion was led by a veteran of the Revolutionary War and proved the ineffectiveness of the the government under the Articles of Confederation?

People who supported the Bank of the United States and opposed the policies of President Andrew Jackson formed what political party in the early 1800s?

What land deal did Jefferson make with France that nearly doubled the size of the United States, buying it at around 3 cents per acre?

In what Northern city was there severe rioting in the summer of 1863 due to the passage of a draft law, which required all able-bodied men between 20 and 45 to serve if called?

What Southern state was both the cause of the Nullification Crisis of 1832 and the first state to secede from the Union, in December of 1860?

What term is used for the two-chamber legislature set up by Article I of the Constitution? (This two-house system found common ground between the "large state" and the "small state" plan that you identified in the matching section.)

What idea, defined as "to make void", caused regional divisions during a crisis involving the state of South Carolina refusing to recognize federal laws?

What European intellectual movements of the 1600s and 1700s greatly influenced the rebellion of the American colonies, especially with contributions from figures such as John Locke (Social Contract Theory) and Thomas Paine (Common Sense)?

Now a traditional motto for the United States of America, what does the Latin phrase "E pluribus unum" mean?

What is the New York town where women's rights activists held a 1848 convention in which they wrote and passed the Declaration of Sentiments?

What former Mississippi Senator served as the first and only President of the Confederate States of America?

What was the name given to the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which set out many individual liberties?

The Compromise of 1850 admitted the state of California as an undivided free state in exchange for what concession to Southern states?

What Amendment to the Constitution was passed in 1865 and abolished slavery in the United States of America?

What written document that set out the functions and powers of the new national government of America during and following the Revolutionary War (1777-1789)?

What compromise ended up counting slaves - or "all other persons" - as part human, part property for the sake of representation and taxation?

What is the small state plan that advocated for a unicameral legislature where each state is represented equally?

What is the path that 15,000 Cherokees were forced to walk from the southeast to reservations in present-day Oklahoma?

Led by Sam Houston, what current American state won its independence from General Santa Anna and Mexico, then went on to serve as its own sovereign nation for 9 years before being admitted to the Union?

What battle, fought in Maryland during the Civil War, marked the single bloodiest day in American history, with 25,000 casualties in one day alone?