Important Early stuff (1491 - 1754)
Native American societies Pre-Columbus are best described as this (adjective).
diverse, distinct, complex, environmentally adaptive
This major conflict led to the tightening of control on the British American colonies.
French and Indian War
The construction of this facilitated devastation to Native Americans' way of life in the west.
The Transcontinental Railroad
Two reasons people opposed imperialism.
Went against the ideals of the U.S. (self-determination), opposed to people becoming citizens of U.S., previous precedent of isolationism
Reconstruction ended in this year
1877
Early Reformers of the 1830's and 1840's are most similar to this later group in the 1890's - 1920.
Progressives
Due to lack of resources, name one region and how natives adapted to their environment.
Southwest (arid), built irrigation systems; Plains (grasslands), nomadic and followed the buffalo herds.
Two specific ideas that originate with Enlightenment beliefs.
The consent of the governed (people can revoke/change gov); government must protect the natural rights of the people (life, liberty, property)
Four events of the time period that directly led to the Civil War.
Dred Scott decision, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Fugitive Slave Law, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Bleeding Kansas, Election of 1860, John Brown
two examples of internal migration patterns during this time period
Great Migration - AA leaving South to Northern cities, rural to urban areas for industrial jobs, Dustbowl exodus to CA, Sunbelt movement to South and West (AC and defense jobs), "White flight" to suburbs
Civil War broke out this year
1861
The 1920's period of affluence was most similar to this later era of affluence.
the 1950's
Name at least one example of self-government in the early American British colonies.
Mayflower Compact - agreement signed by Pilgrims when they arrived in Massachusetts; House of Burgesses - representative assembly which made laws in Jamestown
Two changes made from the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution.
Went from one branch of gov to three; system of checks and balances, system of federalism (shared power between states and fed); power to tax and have standing army.
This directly overturned the Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott.
14th Amendment
Two examples of a more "hands on" approach to solving problems in this era.
Progressives (MIA, FDA), Great Society, New Deal
Constitution written this year
1787
Voter expansion under Jefferson is similar to voter expansion under this later President.
Andrew Jackson
Name the informal policy the British crown had with the American colonies, which largely left the colonists alone.
Salutary neglect
Two examples of sectional division in the early republic.
(3/5 compromise, Federalists/Anti-federalists divided by region, Missouri Compromise)
Two examples of backlash to changing society during this time period.
Jim Crow Laws, rise of KKK, Nativism, assimilation efforts, lynchings, beliefs in Social Darwinism
Two reasons for growing distrust in government during this time period.
Great Depression and lack of response, credibility gap during Vietnam, Watergate scandal
WWII started for the U.S. this year
1941
The Chinese Exclusion Act is most similar to which later restrictive immigration policy in the 1920's.
National Origins Act of 1924, the quota system, Immigration Act of 1924
This model of investors collectively putting up the money for voyage to the colonies was conceptualized by the Dutch.
joint-stock company
Two characteristics of the Era of Good Feelings
This federal law (act) forced Native Americans to divide land into individual family allotments and is largely seen as a major failure.
Dawes Act
Four Cold War presidents.
Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush (I)
Mexican American War lasted between these years
1846 - 1848
The Alien and Sedition Act is most similar to what future act (s)in period 7?
Espionage Act/Sedition Act in WWI