Period 1
What was the Columbian Exchange?
The exchange of people, plants, and animals between Europe, Africa, and North America that occured after Columbus's arrival in the Western Hemisphere.
What was the first successful settlement of America that was part of the Virginia colony founded in May 1607?
Jamestown
What was the first American constitution that established the United States as a loose confederation of states under a weak national Congress, that was created in 1781?
Articles of Confederation
What act was put into law by Thomas Jefferson in 1807 that was a low point in his presidency, that outlawed the sailing of American ships to foreign ports?
Embargo Act
What was the effort made by Congress, to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted?
Missouri Compromise
What was the greatest disease brought to the Americas by the Europeans, that devastated native populations?
Small Pox.
What crops were so special, that the Europeans decided to grow them for market use?
Cash Crops
What is a popular term or name for the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution?
Bill of Rights
What was the name for the war between the U.S. and Great Britain that was caused by American outrage over the impressment of American sailors by the British?
War of 1812
Who is Zachary Talor?
A Whig slave holder, general, and a former military leader in the Mexican American War. He was also the 12th president of the United States.
What system was established by the Europeans, to regulate and control Native Americans?
Encomienda System
What is the name for a person who is obligated for a fixed term of unpaid labor, in exchange for the benefits of transportation, protection, and training?
Indentured Servant
Who were the people that favored a strong national government, that argued for the checks and balances in the new Constitution to safeguard the people's liberties?
Federalists
What revolution connected small farmers and traders to larger markets through the use of newly developed infrastructure?
Market Revolution
What was the notion that the sovereign people of a given territory should decide whether to allow slavery?
Popular Sovereignty
What was the name for the soldiers who came from Europe to conquer Native American civilizations, after Columbus's discovery of the Americas?
Conquistadors
Who is the founder of the Pennsylvania colony, that also had a good relationship with the Native Americans?
William Penn
What was the war between the British and French in North America, that resulted with the expulsion of the French from North America?
French and Indian War/ Seven Years' War
What was the meeting of Federalists at the end of the War of 1812, in which the party listed its complaints against the ruling Republican Party?
Hartford Convention
What event occurred in the 1850's where slavery becomes outlawed in Washington D.C., and California is admitted as a free state?
Compromise of 1850
What two Native American sides were rivals to each other?
Iroquois Confederacy; Algonquin and Mestizo
What was the religious uprising at the time of the 1730's, and one of the first events to unify the colonies?
Great Awakening
Intolerable Acts
What was one of the great inventions created at the time of the Second Industrial Revolution, that uses electric signals to transmit a message through wire?
Telegraph
What laws were provided for the return of escaped slaves to their owners?
Fugitive Slave Act of 1852