Unit 2 (1607-1754)
Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What year did the American Revolution begin?
1775
What movement from the period 1800-1848 tried to abolish alcoholuse?
Temperance Movement
What did the Dred Scott Decision do?
It stated that Black people were not citizens of the United States.
In the Scopes trial, between a substitute teacher and a school, John Scopes was sued for talking about what in class?
Evolution
What was the main cause of the Coercive Acts?
Boston Tea Party
These two explorers were sent to explore the new purchase of Louisiana territory. What are their names?
Lewis and Clark
Who proposed the Missouri Compromise?
Henry Clay
What was John Brown's primary purpose in attacking Harper's Ferry?
Start a slave rebellion in Virginia
Which countries did Spain cede to the US following the Spanish American War?
Puerto Rico and Guam
After the conclusion of the Stamp Act crisis, Parliament asserted its authority to legislate for all cases in what?
Declaratory Act
As taxes were put on the colonists without consent, what did the colonists preach/demand?
No Taxation without Representation
Which mode of transportation had the greatest impact in the 1850s?
What did the Compromise of 1850 do?
During the height of the Red Scare, which two Italian immigrants were arrested and sentenced to death after a jury found them guilty for the murder of two people and an attempted robbery?
Sacco and Vanzetti
What initiated the First Continental Congress?
The passage of the Intolerable Acts.
Under which government document, could the government not tax the states?
Articles of Confederation
What was the main reason for the U.S. delay in annexing Texas?
Opposition in Congress to adding slave states
What was a major factor in the decline of the Whig Party in the 1850s?
Know-Nothing Movement
This natural disaster in the 1930’s crippled many farms and was a leading factor in the fall of the US economy.
The Dust Bowl
What was the purpose of sending British troops to Lexington and Concord in 1775?
Arrest John Hancock and seize patriot ammunition stored there
What was the name of the army George Washington led during the American Revolution?
Continental Army
Who was the leading spokesperson for the tax-supported public school movement?
The disputed boundary between Maine and Canada was settle by the...?
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
It was at this Conference that allowed Hitler’s Germany to annex Sudetenland.
Munich Conference