Unit 1
How tolerant were Puritans of other religions?
What is: they were not tolerant at all
The commander-in-chief of the Continental Army
What is: George Washington
What was the 1st war that the US declared?
What is: War of 1812
What allowed politicians to appoint their followers to government jobs
What is: Spoil system
What were some advantages the Northern states had during the Civil War?
What is: a larger population, more ships, a more efficient railroad system, a better banking system to raise money
Nations gain power by exporting more than they import
What is: Mercantilism
Define Salutary Neglect
What is: Colonies ruling themselves
What are two characteristics of Jeffersonian Democracy?
What is: simple government, limited federal government, taxes lowered, military size shrank, Alien & Sedition Acts expired
Loyalty to the interests of one’s own region
What is: Sectionalism
What laws restricted African American rights
What are: Black Codes & Jim Crow laws
Southern Colonies
What is: Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland
What is another name for the French and indian war?
What is: The Seven Years War
What is the Alien and Sedition Act
What is: stops the Democratic-Republican opposition to John Adams
Jackson used federal power & military to enforce the law?
What is: enforce the collection of tariffs during the Nullification Crisis and to forcibly relocate
Major Battles of this time
What are: Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Antietam
Africans were forcibly imported to the colonies through
What is: The middle passage
What ended the Revolutionary War
What is: The Treaty of Paris of 1783
What roles did Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton play in the cabinet George Washington created?
What are: Jefferson- Secretary of State (foreign)
Hamilton- Secretary of the Treasury ($$$)
What was the trail of tears?
What is: forced displacement of the Cherokee Nation and other Native American tribes from their ancestral lands
One of the last U.S. forts in the Confederate state held by the Union?
What is: Fort Tyler in West Point, Georgia
What was the climate like in the NE colonies?
What is: Very cold climate, nearly year-round/with long winters
What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?
What is: colonies not allowed to settle past the Appalachian Mtns.
What were Alexander Hamilton’s “followers” called? What did they believe in/want?
What is: The Federalists; wanted to expand the power of the federal government.
Why did Jackson sign the Indian Removal Act?
What is: to seize Native American lands for white settlement, particularly in the Southeast
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
What is: Freed slaves in Confederate areas.