EUROPEAN EXPLORATION
Which country financed Christopher Columbus's voyage in 1492?
Spain
Which two colonies were founded by people fleeing religious persecution?
Maryland and Massachusetts
Which battle ended the Revolutionary War with a Patriot victory?
Battle of Yorktown
In 1803, the U.S. greatly increased territory through what purchase?
Louisiana Purchase
Which battle was the turning point of the Civil War?
Battle of Gettysburg
What was the Columbian Exchange?
The transfer of goods, people, and culture between Europe, Asia, and the Americas
Name two characteristics of the Middle Colonies.
Wheat/cash crops, fishing/shipbuilding, home-based crafts, long winters, rocky soils
Name two major ideas from the Declaration of Independence.
Citizens can abolish unjust government, government gets power from consent of governed, all people are created equal
What principle allowed settlers in territories to decide on slavery?
Popular sovereignty
What did the Missouri Compromise indicate about slavery?
It was dividing the North and South
Which explorer's conquests in Mexico led to epidemics among the Aztec?
Hernán Cortés
What did Charles Dickens observe in the Five Points neighborhood in 1842?
Poverty, wretchedness, and vice (poor living conditions)
What did the Bill of Rights accomplish?
Protected freedoms like speech and religion, quieted criticism of Constitution, prohibited unreasonable searches
The Trail of Tears is associated with what act?
Indian Removal Act
Name two direct consequences of the Civil War.
Federal government strengthened, voting rights extended to African American men, slavery ended
According to Columbus's letters, Spain sponsored voyages to gain resources and spread what?
Christianity
Which group most likely lived in poor urban neighborhoods like the Five Points?
Unskilled workers
George Mason opposed the Constitution because it lacked what?
A declaration of rights
Why did many Americans oppose the annexation of Texas?
Slavery was legal there
What did the Freedmen's Bureau do?
Provided medical care, food, clothing, and helped obtain farmland for formerly enslaved people
Which terrible epidemic affected the Aztec as a result of European contact?
Disease/smallpox
Name the trade that attracted most Americans to settle in the Oregon Country.
Fur trade
What are the principles of judicial review?
Constitution is supreme law, must be followed over other laws, judicial branch can declare laws unconstitutional
What did the Louisiana Purchase contribute to U.S. growth?
Nearly doubled the country's size, drove Spanish out, prompted westward settlement
How did Radical Republicans influence Reconstruction?
Supported 14th Amendment, encouraged freedmen's political rights, demanded Confederate leaders' punishment