Vocab, Supreme Court, Treaties

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Civil War (1861-1865)

Fighting between the North and South over the issue of slavery. North wins and slaves are granted Freedom, Citizenship, and the right tovote

Mayflower Compact (1620)

Helps establish idea of self-government and Majority rule

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

said that a state could not tax a national bank; increased power of the national government

Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)

Said that African Americans were not citizens of the U.S. and said that Missouri compromise was unconstitutional

Louisiana Purchase (1803)

America acquired Louisiana territory from France; Doubled size of Country

Grievance

complaint, in Declaration of Independence about the king

Treaty of Paris (1763)

Ended the French and Indian war

Declaration of Independence (1776)

Colonists break away from England

Abolitionism

Movement to end slavery

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

said that federal government had the power to regulate trade between states