Unit 1-2
What was a European motivation for exploration?
Trade, Religion, Land, or Spreading trade.
The event where five colonists were killed during a protest was called?
The Boston Massacre
Who was elected in 1800?
Thomas Jefferson
The path that was used to travel westward was called?
The Oregon Trail
What was the first National Park?
Yellowstone
Who did Spain send to explore "Asia"?
Christopher Columbus
Why was the tea act put into place?
The Boston Tea Party
This was the land purchased by Thomas Jefferson from the French...?
Louisiana
Who won the election of 1844?
James K. Polk
What is Alaska's state slogan?
The Last Frontier
Lord Calvert and Lord Baltimore were represented in what state?
Maryland
What was a cause of the French and Indian war?
Disputed claims of the Ohio River Valley or the ownership of land.
This war started when pirates attacked American ships in the early 1800s...?
The Barbary Wars
The war that started over the annexation of Texas?
The Mexican-American War?
What does "Shenandoah" mean?
Beautiful Daughter of the Stars
The event where Jamestown was burned down, the states adopted slavery, and Indentured Servitude was called?
Bacon's Rebellion
out of the leaders of the convention, who was elected as the chairperson?
George Washington
Who attempted to unify all Native Americans against the United States?
Tecumseh
The idea that it was God's will of the United States to expand was called?
Manifest Destiny
What is the most North national park?
Gates of the Arctic
The event where there was a dramatic religious revival, the rejection of authority of ministers, and Emotionalism was called?
The First Great Awakening
This was sent to the king as an attempted to prevent a war...?
The Olive Branch Petition
What plan had these 3 policies:
1. Raise "Protective Tariffs"
2. Use Tariffs to fund the new bank of the United States
3. Use the Bank to fund internal improvements
The American System
What was the event where John Brown killed five border Ruffians called?
Bleeding Kansas
What is the name of the geyser that erupts every 60-110 minutes in Yellowstone National Park?
Old Faithful