American Revolution
American Foundations
Early Republic
Jacksonian Era
Manifest Destiny
Sectionalism
Civil War
100
What piece of land was fought over in King Phillips War AKA the 7 Years War AKA The French and Indian War?
Ohio River Valley
100
What was the first document that formed the initial American government?
Articles of Confederation
100
What judicial power was granted to the Supreme Court as a result of Marbury v. Madison?
Judicial Review
100
Jackson gave what new group the right to vote?
poor white men
100
Why did people move west?
- Cheap land
- Escape Slavery
- Get rich
- Become famous
100
What does Sectionalism mean?
To more strongly identify with one's region than one's country.
100
What was the major cause of the Civil War?
Slavery
200
Define the system of Mercantilism.
200
What document did the Anti-Federalists require to be added to the Constitution?
BONUS: What is the 3/5 Compromise?
Bill of Rights
BONUS: counted slaves as 3/5 of a person for state populations
200
What was one major cause of the war of 1812?
BONUS: Define Impressment
British troops in the Ohio River Valley, suspected collusion with Native American Tribes, impressment
BONUS: British ships were kidnapping American sailors and comendeering their ships.
200
Did Andrew Jackson win the election of 1824?
No.
200
Who actually got rich during the Gold Rush?
People who owned inns or businesses catering to miners.
200
What happened in the Dred Scott case?
BONUS: How did this harm escaped slaves and any non-white person living in the United States?
Dred Scott sued his owner when he was brought as a slave to live with him in a free state. The Supreme Court dismissed the case.
BONUS: Non-white people are not citizens and cannot sue people.
200
What advantages did the South have going into the Civil War?
-Home Field
-Food Supplies
-Famous Military Commanders
-Life-Or-Death Mentality
300
Choose one of the following acts created by the British. Explain what this act did and name at least one event that was a result of the act.
Declaratory Act, Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts, Tea Act
BONUS: Do the others.
Declaratory Act - declared that Britain has authority over all colonies and their laws / Townshend Acts
Stamp Act - required a tax stamp for all paper / First Continental Congress formed
Intolerable Acts - closed the Boston port, abolished the MA govt., forced British officials to be tried in Britain instead of the colonies, allowed soldiers to stay in colonists homes / Second Continental Congress or Lexington and Concord
Tea Act - required colonists to buy tea from only the British East India Company / Boston Tea Party
300
What was one worry Anti-Federalists had for all three branches of government laid out in the Constitution?
L - create laws against states, make states pay money, declare unnecessary wars, etc.
E - could become a king, commander in chief
J - no regulations/oversight, too powerful
300
What rights did the Alien and Sedition Acts infringe on?
Freedom of the Press, Freedom of Speech
300
What was the Spoils System?
Jackson fired competent government officials and replaced them with party loyalists or his personal friends.
300
Why did frontiersmen eradicate the Buffalo population on the Great Plains?
To weaken the Sioux Tribe (AKA Plains Indians) and kill off their food source.
300
What did the Fugitive Slave Act do and what was the direct result?
Made helping escaped slaves illegal. This caused a new occupation known as slave hunters to pop up and indiscriminately kidnap black people assumed to be escaped slaves, as they were given the right to do so under this act.
300
What advantages did the North have going into the Civil War? Name at least two.
-Railroads
-Population
-Ammo/Technology
-Manufacturing
-Training
-Moral Cause
400
Identify and describe the differences between the Northern, Middle, and Southern colonial economies.
N - lumber, fishing, manufacturing
M - grain, weaving
S - cotton, indigo, tobacco
400
Why were the Anti-Federalists fearful of the new and more powerful Constitution?
They did not want another king, they wanted states to have all the power, etc.
400
What was the difference between Shay's Rebellion and the Whiskey Rebellion?
Whiskey Rebellion was immediately put down by the newly strengthened Federal Government.
400
What major invention was the star of the First Industrial Revolution and kick-started the Agricultural Revolution?
Cotton Gin
400
What event ended battles with the Native Americans on the Great Plains?
Massacre of Wounded Knee.
400
Name two slave rebellions.
Nat Turner, Stono, New York, Gabriel, etc.
400
Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
500
What is the difference between Chattel Slavery in the US and other slavery around the world?
Chattel Slavery had no way out, was based on race, and included the inheritance of slave status.
500
Why did Congress split into two houses under the Constitution?
To ensure big and small states had power, and to ensure the Constitution was actually ratified.
500
What are two events from the Era of Good Feelings?
death of the Federalist Party, Panic 1819, Hartford Convention, Election of 1816, American System, Goodwill Tour, Monroe Doctrine, Adams-Onis Treaty, Missouri Compromise
500
What was the Indian Removal Act?
An act to force Cherokee Tribes out of their land in Georgia and have them walk to their reservation.
500
Who won in the Battle of the Alamo?
BONUS: Why was Texas difficult to bring into the Union?
Mexico
BONUS: Slave/Free Balance
500
Where was the division line drawn in the Missouri Compromise?
The 30° Parallel
500
Name the general of the Union Army and the general of the Confederate Army.
Union - Ulysses S. Grant
Confederacy - Robert E. Lee
600
Who killed Alexander Hamilton?
BONUS: What important government institution did Alexander Hamilton create?
Aaron Burr
BONUS: National Bank
600
Explain two reasons why the Articles of Confederation were weak.
No chief executive, federal law needed supermajority, Congress could not tax, no federal court system, Congress could not draft an army, any changes to the AOC had to be unanimous, Congress could not collect debt from states
600
Why did Lewis and Clark go on an Expedition?
To find a safe trail West.
600
What did the Tariff of 1828 (Tariff of Abominations) expose about the US government?
- North and South are in a fragile truce
- President power is expanding
- South will not give an inch on slavery / their way of life.
600
Why was the Populist Party created?
Farmers and laborers felt exploited by big business and wanted to give more rights to workers.
600
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do?
BONUS: What Compromise did it repeal?
Declared that the Kansas and Nebraska territories can decide whether they are slave or free states using popular sovereignty.
BONUS: Missouri Compromise
600
What was a critique of the Gettysburg Address?
Only praising the country / Disrespecting the fallen soldiers.
700
How was the Boston Massacre used to bolster thoughts of independence?
BONUS: Who was the offending soldier's lawyer?
Used as propaganda to show the British do not care for the lives of colonists.
BONUS: John Adams
700
What did Shay's Rebellion expose about the current government?
The AoC was weak and could not protect the people during an emergency.
700
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
BONUS: Identify and define the term it created.
The Monroe Doctrine proclaimed legal permission for American settlers to move west.
BONUS: Manifest Destiny - It is America's God-given right to move west.
700
Identify the goal of transcendentalist art.
To connect with nature and transcend from the physical world.
700
Why was the Battle of Little Big Horn significant?
Proved the power and threat of Native American forces and caused the US to rearm with the intent of wiping out the entire tribe.
700
Why is Harriet Tubman important in history?
BONUS: Define Conductors and Stations in the context of the Underground Railroad.
She created the Underground Railroad and freed 300+ slaves personally through it.
Bonus: Conductors are people who lead escaped slaves through the UR. Stations are rest stops or personal homes where escaped slaves could receive help and rest on their journey.
700
What Constitutional Amendment after the Civil War made slavery illegal?
BONUS: What amendment gave black men the right to vote?
13th Amendment
BONUS: 15th Amendment