Period 1
Name one New World crop that significantly impacted European diets after the Columbian Exchange.
Corn (maize), potatoes, tomatoes, etc.
This Jamestown leader helped ensure the colony’s survival by shifting its focus away from gold and toward agriculture and productive labor.
Who is John Smith
What act passed by the British Parliament in 1765 imposed direct taxes on the American colonies, leading to widespread protests?
The Stamp Act.
What ideology promoted the belief that it was America's destiny to expand its territory across the North American continent?
Manifest Destiny.
What document, issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, declared all slaves in Confederate-held territory to be free?
The Emancipation Proclamation.
This biological factor explains why Native American populations declined so rapidly after 1492, weakening resistance and reshaping labor systems and colonial settlement patterns.
What is disease, or the lack of immunity to Old World diseases introduced through the Columbian Exchange?
What event doubled the size of the United States in 1803 when President Thomas Jefferson purchased land from France?
The Louisiana Purchase.
Thomas Paine wrote this pamphlet, which advocated for American independence from Britain?
Common Sense
An increase in investing in this technology helped to create more interconnected consumer markets and allowed for faster migration
Railroads
The primary purpose of this speech was to strengthen Northern resolve by connecting the Civil War to the Founding ideals of liberty, equality, and popular sovereignty.
The Gettysburg Address
What phrase used to describe the main motives of explorers during the Age of Exploration?
"God, Glory, Gold"
This type of economy was based in the colonial regions with a warmer climate
What is a plantation-based economy (cash crops also acceptable)
Which series of essays, written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, advocated for the ratification of the Constitution?
The Federalist Papers.
The destruction of this national institution reflected tensions between federal authority and states’ rights, and sparked debate over the proper role of the government in regulating the economy during the 1830s.
The Second Bank of the United States
This piece of legislation reversed the Dred Scott Supreme Court Decision
14th Amendment
What was the legal system by which the Spanish crown attempted to define the status of the indigenous population
Encomienda System
In this colonial region, enslaved Africans were more likely to preserve languages, religious practices, and customs because plantation labor systems limited daily white supervision. (be VERY SPECIFIC about the region)
The Lower South (SC and GA)
This post-Revolutionary idea argued that women’s primary political role was indirect: shaping the character of future citizens through education and moral guidance, laying the groundwork for later women’s educational reforms.
Republican Motherhood
The federal government’s removal of tribes from the Southeast to lands west of the Mississippi, justified as necessary for white settlement, was formalized under this 1830 law, culminating in the Trail of Tears.
The Indian Removal Act
The Confederate army relied heavily on men from this socioeconomic group to supply their soldiers
Poor and middle-class white farmers who did not own slaves
What ancient Native American civilization built impressive stone cities like Machu Picchu and had a sophisticated road system?
The Inca civilization.
“You are ten thousand times more abominable in His eyes than the most hateful venomous serpent” - this preacher’s fire-and-brimstone rhetoric became a defining feature of the First Great Awakening.
Who is Jonathan Edwards?
What landmark Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review, allowing the Court to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional?
Marbury v. Madison.
Disagreements within this antebellum reform movement over women’s participation and leadership helped spark the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848.
The Abolitionist Movement
The 15th Amendment protected citizens from being denied the right to vote on these grounds.
Race, color, and previous condition of servitude