Miscellaneous
How many people did the Boston Massacre leave dead?
Name two of the five Southern Colonies.
SC, NC, GA, VA, MD
Who argued against a national bank?
Jefferson, Jackson
Define what a capitalist is (240):
Someone who invests money in a business with the hopes of making a profit.
How does a toll road operate?
You pay to drive on it.
What bureau was created to look after “refugees, freedmen, and abandoned lands”?
The Freedmen's Bureau
What did Lincoln issue on January 1, 1863?
Emancipation Proclamation
What does the 14th Amendment guarantee to all citizens of the United States?
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
What political doctrine stated: ‘If Spain doesn’t sell Cuba, the U.S. will take it’?
The Ostend Manifesto
Around what did the mission system center?
Around the Catholic Church
What was General Howe’s fatal blunder?
He failed to sail up the Hudson.
What was Lincoln’s main goal during the Civil War?
Preservation of the Union
How many pounds of cotton did the cotton gin refine in one day?
1,000 lbs.
Name a cash crop:
New Spain first belonged to _____________.
Spain, or you could say the Native Americans
When was the second Treaty of Paris signed?
1783
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act repeal?
The Missouri Compromise
Even though Jackson won the most electoral votes in the election of 1824, why did he not actually win the election?
He didn't win over 50 percent.
Which great American political figure supported France during their war with Great Britain?
Thomas Jefferson
Which great American political figure supported Great Britain during their war with France?
Alexander Hamilton
Who skillfully negotiated the second Treaty of Paris?
Benjamin Franklin, Henry Laurens, John Adams, John Jay
Name the four North African city-states involved in the Barbary Wars.
Morocco, Tunis, Tripoli, Algiers
By the decisions (“verdicts”) of which branch of the federal government does Jackson say he is not bound?
Judicial Branch
Which body of water in modern-day New York State did the English envy?
The Hudson River
What did the repeal of the Judiciary Act of 1801 prevent?
It prevented the Midnight Appointments (Judges) from taking office.