Documents for US History Final Review
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| 803309758 | Mayflower Compact | A compact made by the people on the Mayflower to work together and to follow a certain government | 1 | |
| 803309759 | Declaration of Independence | A declaration made by the colonists declaring themselves free from England and a new country | 2 | |
| 803319888 | Articles of Confederation | Drafted by Second Continental Congress, about how much power government should have in the US | 3 | |
| 803354936 | Treaty of Alliance | Treaty during the Revolutionary war, meant that countries would support each other in times of war | 4 | |
| 803319890 | 1787 Federalist Papers | A series of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution. | 5 | |
| 803319891 | Black Codes | Laws that were passed in an effort to prevent former slaves from voting through having to take tests or pay fines | 6 | |
| 803319892 | Emancipation Proclamation | Abraham Lincoln used his war powers to create this document during the Civil War which freed the slaves that had helped fight in the war for the South. | 7 | |
| 803319893 | Homestead Act | Made land available in the US for very cheep, "40 acers and a mule." | 8 | |
| 803319895 | Taxes and Acts | Imposed by England on the colonies Ex: Stamp, Quartering, Intolerable/Coercive, etc. | 9 | |
| 803319897 | Treaty of Versailles (1918) | A peace treaty at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. | 10 | |
| 803319900 | The Constitution | A group of laws created to govern the US, there were lots of amendments to it. | 11 | |
| 803319902 | Land Ordinances of 1785 | Adopted by the Continental Congress in the United States on May 20, 1785. The immediate goal of the ordinance was to raise money through the sale of land in the largely unmapped territory west of the original states. | 12 | |
| 803319904 | Constitutional Amendment 1 | An amendment to the constitution: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." | 13 | |
| 803319906 | Constitutional Amendment 4 | An amendment to the constitution, required a search warrent to conduct a search unless certain circumstances ar met | 14 | |
| 803319908 | Constitutional Amendment 13 | An amendment to the constitution, made slavery illegal everywhere | 15 | |
| 803319910 | Constitutional Amendment 14 | An amendment to the constitution, granted former slaves citizenship | 16 | |
| 803319912 | Constitutional Amendment 15 | An amendment to the constitution, gave former slaves the right to vote | 17 | |
| 803319915 | Constitutional Amendments 18 and 21 | Amendments to the constitution, the first created Prohibition, the second removed it | 18 | |
| 803319916 | Constitutional Amendment 19 | This amendment to the constitution made it illegal to deny the oportunity to vote to people based on gender (it gave all women the right to vote) | 19 | |
| 803319918 | Compromise of 1850 | Compromise that made california a free state, but strengthened laws about returning slaves that crossed the border. (Happened in 1850) | 20 | |
| 803319920 | The Feminine Mystique | A book that is said to have sparked "seccond wave feminism" | 21 | |
| 803319921 | Proclamation of 1763 | Proclamation that forbid settlers from settling past the Appalachian Mountains. It was supposed to help improve relations with the American Indians and give order to the colonies. (It happened in 1763) | 22 |
