AMERICAN & NATIONAL IDENTITY
WORK, EXCHANGE, & TECH
GEOGRAPHY & ENVIRONMENT
MIGRATION & SETTLEMENT
POLITICS & POWER
AMERICA IN THE WORLD
AMERICAN & REGIONAL CULTURE
SOCIAL STRUCTURES
100
The Dred Scott decision ruled that Black people were not and could never be ___ and that Congress effectively could not ____.
citizens; limit/ban slavery
100
What did Jackson do to the BUS and what was his justification?
removed federal funds and placed them in pet banks; he claimed this was an attack on economic elites and foreign influence
100
Name a major Indigenous nation from:
a. Eastern woodlands
b. Great Plains
c. Southwest
a. Wampanoag, Delaware, Iroquois, Narraganset, Shawnee, Powhatan, Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, etc.
b. Blackfoot, Sioux (Dakota), Arapaho, Cheyenne, Osage, Comanche, etc.
c. Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, Anasazi, etc.
100
In 1854 the New England Emigrant Aid Company was founded to transport, assist, and arm settlers going to ____
Kansas
100
Before Lincoln became the first Republican president, only these parties had been represented in the White House
Federalist, Democratic-Republican (aka Democrat), Whig
100
This proposal that sought to ban slavery in lands won from Mexico never passed and symbolized the growing divide over the expansion of slavery.
Wilmot Proviso
100
These were the three key results of the Compromise of 1820
1. MO admitted as slave state
2. ME admitted as free state
3. slavery was prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana Territory north of latitude 36°30’
100
Give one example of de jure segregation and one example of de facto segregation
de jure: schools, transportation, public accommodations, Anti-Miscegenation Laws
de facto: redlining, white flight, private covenants, discriminatory hiring practices
200
Name two of the core claims of the Monroe Doctrine
1. Euro can't colonize Americas anymore
2. Euro interference in Americas is hostile to US
3. US will stay out of Euro affairs
200
Name the three legs of the triangle trade and describe a major trade good coming from each
Europe (manufactured goods, including guns, cloth, alcohol, and metal items) --> Africa (enslaved persons) --> Americas (sugar, tobacco, molasses, cotton, and rum) --> Europe
200
Name the Civil War 'border states' (excluding WV)
Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware
200
The ____ Party of the 1830s and 40s was formed in part out of fear about Catholic influence from these two groups of immigrants.
Know-Nothing; German and Irish
200
What did legal principle did the 1803 case Marbury v Madison establish and who was the Chief Justice of SCOTUS at the time?
judicial review; John Marshall
200
The Mexican American War started when ____ was annexed to the US via joint resolution and then president ____ triggered a fight by sending US troops up to the _____ (geographical term)
Texas
Polk
Rio Grande
200
Major slave uprisings:
____ occurred in 1739 South Carolina
____ occurred in 1831 Virginia
Give one specific example of a consequence that resulted from both uprisings.
Stono Rebellion, Nat Turner's Revolt
Consequences:
- tightening of slave codes (banning slave literacy, restricting slave movement)
- rejection of gradual emancipation
- suppression of abolitionist literature
300
Accurately describe two common American beliefs that undergirded Manifest Destiny
- racial superiority
- divine providence
- spreading democracy/culture/religion
300
Name at least two key pillars of Hamilton's financial plan for the country
1. Establish BUS
2. Pay fed bonds at face value
3. Assume states' debts
4. Raise excise taxes (whiskey)
5. Raise protective tariffs
300
What is the name of the border where the red meets the pink and why was it significant? 
Proclamation Line of 1763
It contributed to N Am colonial complaints about unjust Brit policy towards them
300
Second Middle Passage: who did it affect, where did they move, when did it begin?
After 1808 ban of international slave trade, enslaved persons were sold from Upper South to Deep South in large numbers (aka Second Middle Passage)
300
Name three components of the Compromise of 1850
- Fugitive Slave Act
- CA free state
- no slave trade in DC
- popular sovereignty for NM, UT
- TX surrendered land for debt relief
300
What did coverture mean for women of the first half of 19th century?
Coverture = woman’s legal identity was "covered" by her husband. She could not own property in her own name, keep her own wages, or sign legal documents.
400
Name two major differences between typical Whig policy positions vs. Democrat policy positions from approx 1820s-1840s.
Also name a prominent Whig and Democrat from that period.
Whigs for centralized federal power, Dems for state power
Whigs for BUS, Dems against
Whigs for high tariffs, Dems for low
Whigs for internal improvements (American System), Dems against
Whigs: Clay, Webster, JQA, Tyler, Taylor, Scott, Filmore
Dems: Jackson, Van Buren, Polk, Benton, S. Douglas, Cass
400
Name one major economic cause and one major economic effect of Bacon's Rebellion
Causes:
- VA gov't refused to authorize war with Native Am. for land expansion
- frustration over low tobacco prices, high tax
Effects:
- decrease in indentured servitude
- increase in African chattel slavery
400
What law does the map depict and name at least two things it did. 
Northwest Ordinance (1787,1789)
- created Northwest Territory
- prohibited slavery in that territory
- established process of admitting new states
- established "Township" system of land surveying and public school funding
400
In what way did the headright system dramatically expand indentured servitude from 1618-early 18th century?
Headright Sys = 50 acres to whomever pays for passage to N America. Elite planter families brought in immigrants who signed a contract (an indenture) to work for the planter for x years in exchange for their passage, food, and shelter.
(mostly in Chesapeake and South colonies)
400
Name two key components of the Townshend Acts
External taxes/duties on imported goods (glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea)
Authorized general search warrants ('writs of assistance') so customs officials could search any ship, warehouse, or private home for "contraband" w/o evidence of wrongdoing
- Salary of royal governors now paid by parliament, not colonial assemblies
NY legislature suspended because they refused to comply with the Quartering Act
400
Describe two qualities often shared by 19th century utopian communities such as the Shakers, Oneida Community, Transcendentalist communities like Brook Farm, and Owenites at New Harmony
Communalism: reject private property
Social Perfectionism: The belief that human nature and society could be "perfected" through better environment and discipline (Second Great Awakening).
Alternative Social Structures: non-traditional marriage, gender roles, or family units.
Withdrawal from Society: not fixing society but building "city on a hill" apart from it to serve as a model for others.