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| 2547277640 | Articles of Confederation | Concerned with not letting the government gain too much power, no power to tax or regulate trade, ineffective, limited | 0 | |
| 2547291798 | Shay's Rebellion | Backcountry farmers marched to protest unfair political and economic policies, AoC unable to stop | 1 | |
| 2547297051 | Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | Abolished slavery in Northwest, territories could apply for statehood, forerunner to Bill of Rights, caused conflict with Native Americans | 2 | |
| 2547306707 | Constitutional Convention (1787) | Originally to modify AoC, 3/5 Compromise, Great Compromise - bicameral legislature, Consitution | 3 | |
| 2547312706 | New Jersey Plan | Modify AoC, equal representation for each state | 4 | |
| 2547315683 | Virginia Plan | New government based on checks and balances, representation based on population | 5 | |
| 2547327100 | Anti-Federalists | Backcountry, opposed ratification of the constitution | 6 | |
| 2547331963 | Federalists | Supported constitution | 7 | |
| 2547333451 | The Federalist Papers | James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, swayed opinion in NY | 8 | |
| 2547336119 | George Washington | Used veto sparingly, delegated, set precedent | 9 | |
| 2547339511 | Thomas Jefferson | Weak government, strict interpretation, supported French Revolution | 10 | |
| 2547340386 | Alexander Hamilton | Federalist, proposed National Bank, loose interpretation, national debt, disliked French Revolution | 11 | |
| 2547351538 | National Debt (AH) | Assume states debts, repay by giving debt holders land on national frontier, favored Northern banks, favoring wealthy a large issue in USH | 12 | |
| 2547359514 | French Revolution | Federalists - against, Anti-Federalists -support, Washington issues Neutrality Proclamation | 13 | |
| 2547369859 | First Party System | Federalists and Democratic Republicans, worried many as parties were seen as dangerous to the republic | 14 | |
| 2547370878 | Federalists | Economy based on commerce, strong central gov., supported by the wealthy and NE, loose interpretation, supported National Bank, sympathetic to Britain (Hamilton, Washington, Adams, Jay, Marshall) | 15 | |
| 2547382233 | Democratic Republicans | Economy based on agriculture, strong state gov., farmers and South, strict interpretation, no national bank, sympathetic to France, (Jefferson, Madison) | 16 | |
| 2547394680 | Whiskey Rebellion | Response to Hamilton's financial programs (raising taxes to pay off debts), farmers resisted excise tax on Whiskey, Washington sent military, demonstrated clss tensions | 17 | |
| 2548859206 | John Jay | Federalist, made treaty with British about removal of British from Northwest Territory, made too many concession | 18 | |
| 2548863975 | Treaty of San Lorenzo | Promise from Spain to prevent attacks by Native Americans on Western Settlers | 19 | |
| 2548868528 | Farewell Address | No permanent alliances, neutrality, no political parties | 20 | |
| 2548870906 | Republican Motherhood | Teachers and producers of virtuous male citizens, private virtue for women | 21 | |
| 2548873667 | John Adams | Avoided war with France, negotiated settlement, Alien and Sedition Acts, midnight appointments of officials | 22 | |
| 2548875719 | XYZ Affair | French officials demanded bribe, turned public support against French | 23 | |
| 2548877651 | Alien and Sedition Acts | Allowed gov. to forcibly expel foreigners and jail newspaper editors, purely political, aimed at destroying immigrant support for DR | 24 | |
| 2548882316 | Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions | Drafted by VP Thomas Jefferson and Madison, argued that states had the right to judge the constitutionality of federal laws, nullified alien and seditions acts | 25 | |
| 2548890030 | Revolution of 1800 | Peaceful transition of political parties, Federalists to Democratic Republicans | 26 | |
| 2548891240 | 12th Amendment | Allowed voters to vote for a party ticket | 27 | |
| 2548899272 | Thomas Jefferson's Presidency | Refused to recognize midnight appointments, repealed Alien and Sedition Acts, cut budget and taxes, won 1804 landslide reelection, "Republicanism" | 28 | |
| 2548906810 | Marbury vs. Madison | Established judicial review, responsibility for reviewing constitutionality of congressional acts | 29 | |
| 2548912542 | Louisiana Purchase | French abandoned interests in New World, offered to sell 15 million, constitution did not specifically authorize President to purchase land, TJ strict interpretation | 30 | |
| 2548921192 | Embargo Act of 1807 | British and French stalemate, British began impressing American sailors, law shut down import and export system, Non-Intercourse reopened trade with everyone but B and F | 31 | |
| 2548930159 | James Madison | Elected 1808, Democratic Republican, protective tariffs and internal improvements | 32 | |
| 2548934716 | Macon's Bill No. 2, | Madison, Reopened trade with both France and Britain, if either would renounce interference with American trade, stop trade with other, French promised, reneged, British increased attacks on American ships in response to Embargo, increased pro-war sentiments | 33 | |
| 2548941750 | War Hawks | Southern and Western, Clay and Calhoun, saw war as opportunity to gain territory | 34 | |
| 2548943791 | War of 1812 | Native Americans allied with England, stop American expansion, American ill-prepared, when English-French conflict ended war stopped, signed Treaty of Ghent, spurred American manufacturing, states became more self-sufficient | 35 | |
| 2548947180 | Hartford Convention | Federalists met to protest war, overhaul constitution or secede, seen as traitors, party dissolved | 36 | |
| 2548953524 | Henry Clay | American System -infrastructure -bank -agriculture | 37 | |
| 2548956701 | Era of Good Feelings | Only one political party, belied sectional tensions | 38 | |
| 2548957512 | McCullough v. Maryland | States cannot tax National Bank, precedence of national law over state law | 39 | |
| 2548960019 | Panic of 1819 | Ended Era of Good Feelings, followed inflation and land speculation, mortgage foreclosures and bank failures | 40 | |
| 2548963055 | Monroe Doctrine | Policy of mutual noninterference, claimed American right to intervene in Western hemisphere, secured American neutrality | 41 | |
| 2548966794 | Missouri Compromise | Missouri -slave, Maine-free, 36-30 parallel | 42 | |
| 2548970706 | John Quincy Adams | Strong Federalist, impeded by congress | 43 | |
| 2548971443 | Election of 1824 | Turning point, other candidates challenged nomination, brought demise of caucus system | 44 | |
| 2548974195 | Corrupt Bargain | No candidate won majority, Speaker of House Clay threw support to Adams, accused of making a deal | 45 | |
| 2548978233 | Andrew Jackson's Election - 1828 | Gained large popular support, created Democratic Party, election focused on attacking the other candidate, won by large margin, created spoils system | 46 | |
| 2548985165 | Spoils System | Trading jobs for political favors, Andrew Jackson | 47 | |
| 2548986512 | Jacksonian Democracy | Universal white manhood suffrage, strong presidency, downsized federal gov., extensive use of veto, fought against reform movements, vetoed renewal of bank, | 48 | |
| 2548989626 | Indian Removal Act (1830) | Continuation of policy, gold discovered on Cherokee land, Jackson enacted, Cherokee's sued US gov., Marshall ruled in Cherokee favor, Jackson moved them anyway, Trail of Tears | 49 | |
| 2549002276 | Tariff of 1828 (Tariff of Abominations) | Passed under Adams, Lowered in 1832, SC nullfies | 50 | |
| 2549004445 | John C. Calhoun | Argued against tariff, said states could nullify tariff | 51 | |
| 2549007746 | Force Bill | Jackson, use force to enforce tariff, Calhoun and Clay made deal, lowed tariff, tensions continued | 52 | |
| 2549012299 | Nat Turner's Rebellion | Large slave revolt, caused Southern black codes | 53 | |
| 2549014636 | Whigs | Opposed Jackson's democratic party, favored gov. activism, | 54 | |
| 2549017946 | Market Economy | Use labor or goods to buy labor or goods, favor those who specialize, no longer self-sufficient | 55 | |
| 2549020420 | Early 19th Century Economy | Cotton gin increased cotton production, increased dependence on slave labor, interchangeable parts, assembly line production, power loom, shortage of labor in New England | 56 | |
| 2549045411 | Moderates and Immediatists | Slowly v. Immediately | 57 | |
| 2549067593 | Andrew Johnson | Reconstruction plan failed | 58 | |
| 2549071002 | Congressional Reconstruction | 14th amendment - all people are citizens, equal protection of the law (state gov.), Military Reconstruction Act of 1867 - martial law in south, passed laws to limits presidents power, | 59 | |
| 2549075576 | 15th Amendment | Enfranchise black men | 60 | |
| 2549076601 | Failures of Reconstruction | Public opinion hostile, high tax rates, did little to change power structure of region, reduced scope of 14th, allowed poll taxes and literacy tests, tainted by Grants administration, Ended in 1870's | 61 | |
| 2549079054 | The Gilded Age | Political machines and "bosses", | 62 | |
| 2549079830 | Grant Administration | Credit Mobilier and Whiskey Ring Scandals | 63 | |
| 2549084534 | Compromise of 1877 | If Hayes won federal election, congress would end congressional reconstruction, Democrats regained control in south | 64 | |
| 2549088435 | Age of Invention (1877-1900) | Technological advances, mass production, courts were pro-buisness | 65 | |
| 2549092235 | Horizontal and Vertical Integration | Monopolies and supply chain | 66 | |
| 2549093580 | Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 | Against monopolies, labor unions were declared illegal | 67 | |
| 2549108247 | Gospel of Wealth | Andrew Carnegie asserted that great wealth brought with it social responsibility | 68 | |
| 2549120210 | American Federation of Labor | Samuel Gompers, excluded unskilled workers, confederation of trade unions | 69 | |
| 2549128999 | yellow journalism | bold headlines and lurid tales, Pulitzer and Hearst | 70 | |
| 2549132623 | Homestead Act and Morrill Land Grant (1862) | Gave land to settlers and set aside land for agricultural colleges | 71 | |
| 2549136125 | Dawes Severalty Act (1887) | Gave land to the head of each Native American family, assimilate NA to American society | 72 | |
| 2549140258 | Interstate Commerce Act (1887) | Supervise railroads and regulate activities | 73 | |
| 2549141750 | Pendleton Act | Got rid of patronage, created Civil Service Commision | 74 | |
| 2549143750 | Populist Movement | Farmer's Alliance, graduated income tax, direct election of senators, backed William Jennings Bryan, free silver, ended when Bryan lost to McKinley | 75 | |
| 2549147837 | 16th Amendment | Graduated federal income tax | 76 | |
| 2549148346 | McKinley Tariff (1890) | Raised import taxes, cause of Spanish American War, diminished Hawaiian exports | 77 | |
| 2549149915 | William H. Seward | Set precedent for increased American participation in Western Hemisphere, bought Alaska, forced France out of Mexico | 78 | |
| 2549152309 | Cuba | Cuba revolted against Spain, US declares war on Spain, drove Spain of Philippines | 79 | |
| 2549153910 | Treaty of Paris | Spain granted Cuba Independence, ceded Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam | 80 | |
| 2549155754 | Platt Amendment | Gave US control over Cuban foreign affairs, US consent of foreign treaties, US intervention, US naval base in Cuba | 81 | |
| 2549159199 | Insular Cases | US Constitution does not follow the flag | 82 | |
| 2549160426 | Open Door Policy | Western nations hoping to trade with Asia | 83 | |
| 2549188495 | Progressives | Middle-class reformers, more political action than populists, muckrakers, T Roosevelt, marks increased government involvement, ended after WW1 | 84 | |
| 2549190944 | 19th Amendment | Women's suffrage | 85 | |
| 2549191914 | W.E.B. DeBois | NAACP | 86 | |
| 2549193134 | Theodore Roosevelt | Progressive, Trustbuster, food and drug regulations, national parks, New Nationalism, good and bad trusts, imperialist | 87 | |
| 2549194705 | Woodrow Wilson | New Freedom, greater gov. involvement, trusts were monopolies, Clayton Antitrust Act, Federal Reserve System, declares neutrality | 88 | |
| 2549197979 | Roosevelt Corollary | Latin American domestic instability constituted a threat to American security, Big Stick Policy | 89 | |
| 2549202168 | Events Leading to US Involvement in WW1 | English create blockade to Germany, German U-boats begin attacking American ships, sank Lusitania, Zimmerman telegram, Germany would support Mexico if they declared war on US | 90 | |
| 2549206350 | Espionage Act and Sedition Act | Violated 1st amendment, Supreme Court upheld, clear and present danger | 91 | |
| 2549207771 | First Red Scare | 1917 Russian revolution placed Russia under communist control, radical labor unions branded communist, Mitchell Palmer - Palmer Raids | 92 | |
| 2549212426 | Committee on Public Information | Anti communist propoganda | 93 | |
| 2549214375 | Great Migration to North | blacks moved to Urban centers | 94 | |
| 2549215326 | Wilson's 14 Points | free trade, freedom of the seas, reduction of arms, self-determination | 95 |
