Colonial America & Revolutionary War
The ____ was the legal document that forbade the colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. They disobeyed it, which led to ____, in which an Ottawa Indian chief tried to drive them back over the mountains.
Proclamation of 1763 and Pontiac's Rebellion
Which group of people would most support the Hartford Convention?
New England merchants
Which president is associated with the creation of a Kitchen Cabinet?
Andrew Jackson
The Know-Nothings was a short-lived political party that capitalized on American fears of...
new immigrants taking jobs
The Reconstruction Act of 1867:
kept the South under martial law & divided it into military districts
What was the major cause for the United States’ entry into the Spanish-American War?
explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor
The inauguration of which president signaled the beginning of the Progressive Era?
Teddy Roosevelt
President Hoover refused to meet with the _____, but they demanded their money, rioted, and were forcibly removed.
Bonus Army
How did the United States economy change during World War II & the New Deal?
federal control of the economy increased
The Civil Rights Act of 1964:
outlawed racial discrimination in all places of public accommodation and made de jure segregation illegal
Who was appointed the first female Supreme Court justice? Who appointed her?
Sandra Day O’Connor; Ronald Reagan appointed her.
Who was the very radical patriot who came up with the rallying cry of the colonists, "No taxation without representation"? Who was his famous (author of History of the American Revolution) sister?
James Otis; Mercy Otis Warren
The ____ was an uprising of angry distillers over a federal excise tax in rebellion against federal law. George Washington set a ____________ by enforcing federal law.
Whiskey Rebellion; precedent
What system involved replacing hundreds of capable government workers with the president’s friends?
Spoils System
Name at least three events of the 1850s that deepened the national divide over slavery.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Dred Scott Decision, and the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Northerners who came south to ‘help’ in reconstruction
Carpetbaggers
What was the newspaper tactic that led to the Spanish-American War?
Yellow journalism
Teddy Roosevelt’s foreign policy was called
Big Stick Policy
List two causes of the Great Depression.
stock market crash of 1929; overuse of credit; bank failures
The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (1939) was a pact of nonaggression between which two countries?
the Soviet Union and Germany
The approaches of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X to the civil rights movement differed in that...
King fought for desegregation, while Malcolm X supported a separate identity for African Americans
What were the two major areas of focus of Ronald Reagan’s economic plan?
Lowering taxes and reducing government regulations.
What was the first written constitution in America?
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
What acts were passed to protect John Adams from his critics?
Alien and Sedition Acts
Texans made their famous stand at the ____________, where all died.
the Alamo
Northern Democrats who supported slavery were called...
Doughfaces
Democrats during the Civil War who argued for a cease-fire with the South were called
Copperheads (Peace Democrats)
What treaty ended the Spanish-American War?
Treaty of Paris 1898
The response of Christians to the rise of modernism was a series of books called, and why were they written?
The Fundamentals; affirm the truths of Scripture
What is the difference in philosophies between Hoover and Roosevelt?
Roosevelt supported direct government relief to people out of work, while Hoover believed in local support and charity.
The primary strategic rationale for the Invasion of Normandy in 1944 was to
to open a second front against Hitler
President Johnson escalated the Vietnam War in response to what?
Second Gulf of Tonkin incident
The 1978 peace agreement between Israel and Egypt was called
Camp David Accords
What treaty granted independence to the colonists?
The Treaty of Paris 1783
What event led directly to an undeclared naval war between the U.S. and France?
The XYZ Affair
__________ surprised and defeated the Mexicans at _________________ on April 21, 1836.
Sam Houston; San Jacinto
The ‘victory’ at ____________ gave Lincoln the momentum to issue the ____________.
Antietam and the Emancipation Proclamation
What were the three groups who vied for opportunities in the West?
Farmers, Miners, and Ranchers
Four Nicknames of the 1920s
Roaring ‘20s, Dry Decade, Jazz Age, Lost Generation
Which leader(s) believed that blacks must focus on improving their economic position, rather than demanding political rights?
Booker T. Washington and Marcus Garvey
Roosevelt’s defeated plan to expand his power over private business was
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
What was the result of the Governor of CA's report on Japanese residents aiding the Japanese enemy?
FDR ordered all Japanese Americans to be relocated into internment camps
The Vietnam War finally ended when?
when the North Vietnamese captured South Vietnam
The destruction of the ____ symbolized the end of Communism in Eastern Europe.
Legislation passed in direct response to the events of September 11, 2001
Berlin Wall
USA Patriot Act
At the battle of Yorktown, which two armies combined forces in victory over the British?
American and French armies
Who led the expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory (first and last names required)?
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
Texas stood alone as a ____________ for 9 years before becoming a state.
a Republic
The Civil War ended on _________, at ____________.
April 9, 1865; Appomattox Court House
The ‘Exodusters’ were
Former slaves who sought opportunity in the West
Define Isolationist.
Define Interventionist.
Isolationist: avoids involvement in international affairs or conflicts.
Interventionist: actively engages in international affairs and conflicts.
Spheres of influence are
political & trading rights enjoyed by one nation inside another
What was the primary motive behind President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1937 proposal to add members to the Supreme Court?
protection of New Deal programs from unfavorable Court decisions
President Truman’s decision to drop the Atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was influenced by
belief that it would end the war quicker
Johnson’s Great Society Programs had the goal of...
eliminating poverty
In the impeachments of both President Bill Clinton and President Andrew Johnson…
Both presidents were found not guilty by the Senate.
Give two important facts about the Albany Plan of Union.
Tell the story of the Star-Spangled Banner, including at least 5 facts (names, dates, places). (5 pts)
List the three principles outlined in the Monroe Doctrine and name the author
Author: John Quincy Adams
The Union victory at ____ secured the Mississippi River and cut the Confederacy in two. Was this the turning point of the war, or was Gettysburg? Argue your conclusion.
Vicksburg; Argument (3 pts.)
Here, a ‘ghost dance’ was misinterpreted by the military, and 200 Sioux were killed. Why were they killed?
Wounded Knee; soldiers feared the 'ghost dance' was a war cry
Define The Sedition Act of 1918
Used propaganda during WWI to influence the populace; hired ‘4-minute men’ to give inspirational speeches
British passenger ship sunk by the Germans with _____ Americans on board.
The two men instrumental in reducing malaria and yellow fever deaths in Panama were ____ and ____.
Outlawed publishing against the government.
The Committee on Public Information
Lusitania; 128
Reed & Gorgas
According to William Sumner, who is the forgotten man?
The forgotten man is the ordinary working person burdened by the laws and taxes forced upon him by the government.
The Nuremberg Trials were significant because they
established the precedent that leaders can be held accountable for their actions in wartime
Ended direct American involvement in the Vietnam War
Paris Peace Accords
The 2000 presidential election was similar to the 1824 election in that
the candidate who received a majority of the popular vote lost the election
Explain at least two differences between mercantilism and free market capitalism.
Tell the story of the Corps of Discovery Expedition, including at least 5 facts (names, dates, places). (5 pts)
Explain three ways in which President Lincoln violated the Constitution and his reason for each. (6 pts)
The largest organized migration in U.S. history. Give at least two other historical migrations in the U.S.
Mormon Migration
Others: Oregon Trail; Trail of Tears; Sunbelt Migration
The massive re-supply effort to assist Germans under post-war domination of the Soviet Union was called
Berlin Airlift
Event in 1969; the catalyst for the gay rights movement
Stonewall Riots
Give three results of the French and Indian War.
Who are the Children of the Twice-Born? Explain their heritage and how their two birthrights affected the writing of the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution.
They are the Founding Fathers’ generation. They were raised in a passionate faith (parents went through the Great Awakening), but they came of age during the Enlightenment. They did not view the two as contradictory—The Declaration says we are given rights by our Creator and the Constitution protects those rights.
Explain how John Sutter embodied the two ideals of Manifest Destiny and the American Dream.
Sutter sought fortune and expansion in California, epitomizing the belief in America’s right to expand westward (Manifest Destiny) and the pursuit of individual success and prosperity (American Dream).
Truman’s policy for keeping Communism from expanding was called... How did he carry it out in Korea?
containment; ordered MacArthur to 'stand down' and not to invade China (fired MacArthur when he refused)
The two major reasons President Johnson escalated the Vietnam War were:
The Second Gulf of Tonkin incident and the establishment of the Viet Cong.
Explain the frontier thesis and argue for or against its viability (at least three facts).
The frontier thesis suggested that the American frontier shaped the nation’s character, promoting individualism, democracy, and innovation. Include 3 facts to support/refute validity.
What is the legacy of Roe v. Wade? Give at least three moral, political, and/or physical long-term effects of this Supreme Court decision.
Dobbs v. Jackson decision in 2022 overturned it.
List four events associated with Al Qaeda