GOVERNMENT
COLONIES
REVOLUTION
WESTWARD EXPANSION
CIVIL WAR
100
Which branch of the Government is responsible for interpreting the laws? 
Judicial 
100
On what crops were the southern colonies economies based? 
Tobacco, rice, indigo
100
This event, occurring in the winter of 1777-1778, became symbolic of the great hardships endured by the Americans during the Revolutionary War. 
Valley Forge
100
What was the natural geographic eastern border of the Louisiana Purchase? 
Mississippi River
100
What were three reasons the death rate of Americans so high in the Civil War? 
Disease, invention of bone-shattering minnie ball bullets, Americans fighting Americans
200
Name the document written in 1215 that influenced early American's thoughts on government by declaring that rulers must obey the law and give basic rights to citizens. 
The Magna Carta
200
What were the differences between indentured servitude and slavery? 
Indentured Servants: 4-7 years, exchange work for passage to America, not based on race or birth. 

Slavery: life-long, generational, based on race. 

200
What event was considered the turning point of the Revolutionary war because it convinced France that Americans could win the war, thus solidifying the relationship between Franc and the United States? 
The Battle of Saratoga
200

After the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Cherokee in Worcester v. Georgia, President Andrew Jackson ignored the Court's decision and began the forced removal of thousands of Native Americans to lands west of the Mississippi River. This thousands-mile march became known as the: ___________. 

Trail of Tears. 
200
The first and last president of the Confederate States of America was ___________. 
Jefferson Davis
300
What was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation? 
No president to enforce laws
300
What was the predominant religion in each of the three colony regions? 
NEW ENGLAND = Puritan


MIDDLE = Variety, though Pennsylvania was Quaker

SOUTHERN = Church of England = Anglican = Episcopalian


300
The Stamp Act, the Boston Massacre, the Tea Act, and the Intolerable Acts all led to what eventual conflict between the American Colonies and Great Britain? 
The Revolutionary War
300
What technological inventions enabled Westward Expansion? 
railroads and telegraphs
300
Abraham Lincoln famously stated, "A house divided against itself cannot stand." As the U.S. expanded to the west, the edges defining the North and South sections of the Nation became razor sharp. The division between the North and South prior to the Civil War is known as ____________.
Sectionalism
400
What does the Preamble to the Constitution outline? 
Goals of the U.S. Government
400
How did France initially get involved in the new world? 
Searched for a Northwest Passage, instead found furs along the Mississippi. Set up forts along the river, and used middle portion of U.S. Got along fairly well with Native Americans and grew slowly. 
400
Why did the Americans win the Revolutionary War? 
Guerilla warfare, knowing the land, having the support of foreign allies: France, Spain, and the Netherlands
400
What agreement was made by congress in 1819 that essentially drew an imaginary horizontal line as a way to determine if future states joining the Union would be slave or free? 
The Missouri Compromise
400
In the Dred Scott v Sanford decision, the Supreme Court ruled that _____________. 
Neither Dred Scott, nor any slave, was a U.S. Citizen so they could not sue the court system. 
500
Name the three main functions of the Constitution. 
1. creates a national government


2. divides power between the federal government and the states

3. protects various individual liberties of the citizens                                  

500
Why was the Line of Demarcation significant? 
Divided land for Spain and Portugal; started the European race to colonize the western hemisphere (the Americas) 
500
How did the French help with our Revolutionary War? 
Sending a fleet led by Admiral De Grasse, Lafayette, sending money, sending troops
500
Andrew Jackson was famous for giving his friends and political supporters high-ranking positions in the government. This became known as the _________. 
Spoils System 
500
How did sharecropping contribute to a cycle of poverty? 
Sharecroppers had to stay on the land until debts were paid off; usually debts were high and pay was low. 
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