1600-1765
This colony was founded as a business enterprise near Chesapeake Bay
Jamestown
A list of complaints written into the Declaration of Independence
Grievances
The Louisiana Purchase gave the US full control of the ____________ River and access to the port city of _______________________.
Mississippi, New Orleans
Plessy v. Ferguson is significant because the decision said...
Separate is equal, legalized segregation
In order to obtain the land for the Panama Canal, President ____________ used the military to help Panamanians win their independence from ______________.
Roosevelt, Colombia
The French and Indian War was fought, largely, for control over what area of North America?
Ohio River Valley
Anti Federalists would not agree to adopt the new Constitution until this was included.
Bill of Rights
What were the three provisions of the Missouri Compromise (1820)?
1. Maine enters the union as a free state
2. Missouri enters the union as a slave state
3. Line drawn at 36*30
North of the line = no slavery
South of the line = open to slavery
Which progressivists would John Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie MOST disagree with?
Ida Tarbell
Which two major events helped impel the US toward joining World War I?
Zimmerman Telegram, Sinking of RMS Lusitania
Why was Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts in 1636?
He wanted to separate church and state
Name one success and one failure of the Articles of Confederation
Success: Northwest Ordinance, Created Congress, Power to negotiate treaties
Failure: no power to tax, no power to raise army, no power to print money, weak central gov.
Place the following events in chronological order:
-Texas declares independence from Mexico
-Indian Removal Act
-War of 1812
-Mexican-American War
War of 1812, Indian Removal Act, Texas Independence, Mexican-American War
Describe major differences between the views of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois.
Washington: earn equality through hard work, education
DuBois: demand equality immediately
Schenck v. US established the "_______________________" test for limitations on free speech
"Clear and present danger"
Settler demands for the governor exterminate or remove Native Americans from the Virginia frontier led to ...
Bacon's Rebellion
Immigration and free speech
Describe the four elements of the Compromise of 1850
1. California = free state
2. Popular Sovereignty decides slavery in NM and UT
3. Slave trade banned in Washington D.C.
4. Fugitive Slave Law
Empathy for the Cuban people and the fervor following the explosion of the USS Maine were exacerbated by this...
Yellow Journalism
Court Packing Scheme
This was enacted by the British Parliament in 1765 to raise revenues to pay off debts from the French and Indian War.
Stamp Act
In his farewell speech, George Washington warned the US against what?
Alliances, political parties, regional differences
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas both wanted to end slavery. Describe the difference between their ideas for ending slavery.
Lincoln: gov outlaw NOW
Douglas: popular sovereignty will eventually end it
Which territories did the US gain as a result of the Spanish-American War (1898)?
Puerto Rico, Philippines, Guam
What was the official name for the executive order that authorized the removal and relocation of Japanese-Americans during World War II
Executive Order 9066