Unit 1 and 2
Define the Columbian Exchange and the Triangular Trade
Exchange of plants, animals, ideas, and diseases between the New and Old World
Trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas that moved finished goods to Africa, enslaved Africans to the Americas, and raw materials to Europe
What was the name of the governing document before the Constitution?
The Articles of Confederation
Pride or loyalty to one section or part of a country
Sectionalism
What advantages did the North have in the Civil War? The South?
Population, industry, railroads, established economy, established Navy
Generals, homefield advantage
Define imperialism and yellow journalism.
Military, economic, or cultural control over one country by another country
Journalism that emphasizes shock over fact
What percentage of Native Americans were probably killed by European diseases?
What is the significance of Shays' Rebellion?
It showed the weakness of the Articles
What is a Cabinet? Who served on Washington's Cabinet?
Hamilton, Jefferson, Knox, Randolph
What are three results of Reconstruction?
Union is restored
African Americans gain citizenship and voting rights
South's economy and infrastructure are improved
Southern states establish public schools
KKK and other domestic terrorist groups are established
Sharecropping takes hold in the South
What are the four major causes of WWI?
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
What did the French do in the 1750s that annoyed colonists?
Built forts in the Ohio River Valley
What was the 3/5ths compromise (both parts!)
Counts enslaved people as 3/5ths of a person for representation in Congress, but not at all for state taxes
What precedents (name 2) did Washington set when he left the presidency?
Two terms
Neutrality
Cabinet
No political parties
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do to the South (2 things)?
Freed slaves in Confederate states only
Prevented the South from finding a European ally
What 3 weapons helped armies navigate trench warfare in WWI?
Flamethrower, poison gas, tanks
Sugar Act, Tea Act, Quartering Act, Townshend Act, Intolerable Act
What power did Marbury v. Madison give the Supreme Court? What does this power do?
Judicial Review
Power to overturn previous decisions or laws that are seen as unconstitutional
Belief that God gave Americans the right to expand from coast to coast
Manifest Destiny
Describe the significance of the Battles of Fort Sumter, Antietam, Gettysburg, and Appomattox Courthouse.
First act of aggression by the South
Deadliest single day battle, Lincoln signs Emancipation Proclamation
Turning point of the Civil War
South surrenders (Lee surrenders to Grant)
Who were the four major dictators, where were they from, and what were they known for?
Mussolini, Italy, founding the Fascist party
Stalin, Soviet Union, Stalin's Purge
Hitler, Germany, the Holocaust/Mein Kampf
Tojo, Japan, the Invasion of Nanking
Why were the Battles of Bunker Hill, Saratoga, and Yorktown each significant?
Shows the Americans can stand up to the British
Turning point, get France as an ally
British surrender
Describe the Virginia, New Jersey, and Connecticut Plans for the Constitution
3 branches, House and Senate, based on population
3 branches, just Senate, 1 per state
3 branches, House and Senate, House based on population and Senate 2 per state
What were two reasons people wanted to move west?
Land
Gold
Opportunity
Slavery
Missouri Compromise
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Wilmot Proviso
Compromise of 1850
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Bleeding Kansas/John Brown
Dred Scott v Sanford
Election of 1860
SC Secedes
Fort Sumter
What was the significance of each of these battles: Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of Stalingrad, Battle of Midway, Battle of Okinawa.
Gives Allies control over trade in the Atlantic
Turning point in Europe
Turning point in the Pacific
Gives US a base to attack Japanese mainland