Shiny New World
The Three European motives for colonization.
Gold, God, and Glory
Name two of the many events that led to the American Revolution.
Boston Massacre. Boston Tea Party. Stamp Act. Quartering Acts. Intolerable Acts. Townsend Acts.
The president of the Confederacy.
Jefferson Davis
Name one positive impact of railroads on the U.S.
Unified the domestic market. Helped promote the growth of industries. Time zones. Facilitated immigration. Mass distribution of raw materials and manufactured goods.
His favorite NFL team.
New York Jets
Two reasons for the growth of slavery in the United States.
High European demand for cash crops / Difficulty enslaving Native Americans / Lack of indentured servants.
The title and author of the famous pamphlet that advocated for the colonies independence from Britain.
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Dred Scott v. Stanford was a case in which Dred Scott successfully sued for his freedom. (True or False)
False
This type of integration means "to control all competition in a specific industry".
His favorite US president.
Abraham Lincoln
The group of army volunteers that raided Native American villages, fought the governor's forces, and set fire to Jamestown.
Bacon's Rebellion
What are the two things Washington warned America about in his farewell address?
Two Party System and Foreign Alliances
One of the Reconstruction Amendments to the Constitution that defined citizenship and granted equal protection under the law.
Fourteenth Amendment
The belief that wealthy people had a moral obligation to help out less fortunate people.
Gospel of Wealth
His least favorite US President.
Woodrow Wilson
Name one of the first examples of self governance in the New World
House of Burgess / Mayflower Compact
What was the first battle of the American Revolution, often called "The Shot Heard Around The World"?
Lexington and Concord
What repealed the Missouri Compromise?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
With this event, Reconstruction was officially over.
Compromise of 1877
His favorite fast food restaurant.
Taco Bell
Why was 1491 - 1607 chosen as the dates for Period One?
1491 = The year before Columbus arrived in the Americas
1607 = Establishment of Jamestown
Despite England’s superior military, industrialized economy, and larger population, the colonists were ultimately able to succeed in their war for independence because they possessed what?
Greater familiarity with the land. European allies. Access to local resources. An ideological reason to fight. Political Flexibility. Popular support.
What were two Northern advantages during the Civil War?
Larger population. More supplies. Industrialization. Better transportation network. Larger Navy.
What ethnic group was the first to face legislation limiting their immigration into the US?
Chinese. (The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882)
His birthday.
April 17th