North America before the United States
True or False: North America was a vast wilderness when first explored by Europeans.
FALSE: There were thriving Native American civilizations.
What author on our syllabus was also the United States's first ambassador to France and a member of the Consitutional Convention (1787)?
Benjamin Franklin
What was the idea popularized in the United States in the mid-1800s that the US and its settlers were destined to expand westward across North America to the Pacific Ocean?
Manifest Destiny
What is the term for a narrator who is a participant in the narrative being told?
First-Person Narrator
What item must you have in class every day?
Your book! (Norton Anthology of American Literature, Shorter 9th edition, Volume 1)
What European country was the first to explore some of the area that later became the United States?
Spain (in the 1500s)
What was the name of the compromise at the Constitutional Convention (1787) in which the southern states agreed to support the Constitution in exchange for counting 3 of every 5 enslaved persons as part of population to determine representation in Congress?
The Three-Fifths Compromise
What is the name given for the series of forced relocations of Native Americans initiated by the Indian Removal Act of 1830, requiring tribes to move from the southeastern United States to territories further west?
The Trail of Tears
What is a reference in a literary work to another literary work or historical event or person?
Allusion
What percentage of your grade in this course are daily reading responses/quizzes worth?
50%
What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?
Jamestown (1607)
What was the name of the spiritual revival that started in the United States around 1790, which saw membership growth in protestant churches and gave rise to the abolitionist and temperance movements?
The (Second) Great Awakening
What was the name of the social and political movement in the United States that fought for the end of slavery?
Abolitionist Movement
What is the term for languages that provides sensory descriptions, such as sights and sounds?
Imagery
How many exams are in the course?
Two (Midterm and Final)
Name one of the three most significant reasons the English founded colonies in North America.
1. Trade/Resources/Gold/Business Venture
2. Religious freedom/escape from religious persecution
3. Military expansion
What was the name of the vast territory purchased from France in 1803 during Thomas Jefferson's presidency?
Louisiana
What event in 1848 led 300,000 people to suddenly migrate to the territory of California, quickening its admission as a state in 1850?
The California Gold Rush
What is the term for the figure of speech that is a comparison without using the terms "like" or "as"?
Metaphor
How many essays will you write in this course?
One.
What was probably the biggest factor that led the English colonies to declare independence as the United States of America?
Taxation without Representation.
What was the name of the 1820 compromise in Congress that required all new states created north of the 36°30′ parallel to be free states (where slavery would be illegal), but allowed new states created south of the 36°30′ parallel to be slave states (where slavery would be legal)?
The Missouri Compromise
What was the central cause of the secession of southern states and the American Civil War?
Slavery
What is the word for the moment of highest tension in a narrative?
Climax
How many absences in this course result in failure?
11