Unit 1
Which group supported a strong central government that would help solve national problems and promote economic development?
Federalists
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention resolved the debate between large and small states by creating a ___________ and ______________.
Senate and House of Representatives
Which fierce abolitionist fought slaveholders in Bleeding Kansas and attempted to start a slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry?
John Brown
Carpetbaggers were Northern Republicans who...
moved to the post-war South
What does "Avenge December 7" refer to?
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The following accomplishments belong to which US president?
1) NAFTA agreement signed.
2) Restores full diplomatic relations with Vietnam
3) Leads NATO action in Yugoslavia
4) Impeached for lying about affair
Bill Clinton
Abolished slavery
13th
Why were northern states in favor of protective tariffs?
It protected the industries from foreign competition.
Why did many people turn to sharecropping after the Civil War?
They didn't have the money to buy their own farms.
The D-Day invasion occurred in what nation?
France
The 3/5ths Compromise at the Constitutional Convention was a solution to....
slavery and state representation
What was the name of Alex Manly's black-owned and run newspaper that was burned to the ground by the mob?
Wilmington Daily Record
Who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel?
Aaron Burr
Fill in the blank:
Weaknesses of the ____________________________
1. Congress had no power to tax
2. Provided for no common currency
3. No executive or judicial branch
Articles of Confederation
What established that anything above the line would have slavery prohibited and below the line allowed?
Missouri Compromise
Andrew Carnegie became a billionaire by controlling which industry?
Steel
The famous Scopes Trial of 1925 concerned what?
Teaching evolution in schools
Recent concern of protecting America from drugs/terrorism has resulted in greater concern to:
Securing America's borders
Voting rights for all (men) regardless of race
15th
What was the immediate effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Freed slaves in states that had seceded because they were property and Union troops could seize property.
During Thomas Jefferson's presidency, which event challenged his strict constructionist philosophy?
Louisiana Purchase
What international organization was created immediately after the Second World War to promote world peace and cooperation among nations?
The United Nations
What did the Social Security Act provide for the American people?
Money for the elderly
The 1896 Supreme Court case of Plessy v Ferguson established what doctrine?
Separate but Equal
Who led the 1898 massacre in Wilmington after giving racist speeches at places like Thalian Hall?
Alfred Moore Waddell
What political party today most closely aligns with Federalists?
Democrats
Failed slave rebellions in the south in the early 1800s resulted in:
harsher restrictions on slaves
Put the following Civil War events in order:
Appomattox Court House
Bull Run/Manasses
Fort Sumter
Antietam
Fort Sumter
Bull Run/Manasses
Antietam
Appomattox Court House
Why did Congress refuse to ratify the Treaty of Versailles after WW1?
They thought it would drag the United States into future foreign conflicts.
President Eisenhower
The following happened during which presidency?
1) Tax cuts
2) Reducing size of government
3) Iran-Contra
4) Increase of national debt
5) AIDS epidemic
Reagan
Gave women the right to vote?
Which state began the Nullfication Crisis when it threatened to nullify the Tariff of 1832?
South Carolina
What did Washington include in his Farewell Address?
Warning against presidents who serve more than 2 terms
Warning against factions (parties)
Warning against sectionalism
What was the turning point for World War II in the Pacific?
Midway
Where did the Dust Bowl primarily occur?
Which early Supreme Court case established the court's power of Judicial Review?
Marbury v. Madison
Where did the Sioux defeat General Custer and his men?
Which of the following groups was most responsible for the decline in indentured servants?
Slaves
List causes of the War of 1812
British support for Indian raids on the Frontier
British fur traders still in forts
British disrespect
Unresolved tensions
To which army did each of the following belong?
Braxton Bragg
Robert E. Lee
Ulysess S. Grant
William Tecumseh Sherman
Bragg: Confederate
Lee: Confederate
Grant: Union
Sherman: Union
Which African-American leader helped to form the NAACP and argues that education was meaningless without equality?
WEB DuBois
What was the job of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)?
Investigate possible communists
What best describes the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Banned discrimination based on race and gender
Civil rights to all men born in the US: equal protection and citizenship clauses
14th
Which women's rights leader is most associated with organizing the Seneca Falls Convention with Quakers in 1848?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
What was the significance of the Election of 1800?
First peace transfer of federal power (from one party to another)
Which US initiative was designed to provide financial aid for war-torn European countries after WWII?
Marshall Plan
The government agency that was a result of the book The Jungle was:
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Which early Supreme Court case established that the government has implied powers that are not stated in the Constitution?
McCulloch v Maryland
Where did the first transcontinental railroad come together?
Promontory, Utah
Why did the Proclamation of 1763 upset the colonists?
They couldn't settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
After the 1824 presidential election, critics charged that Adams and Clay had:
made a "corrupt bargain" to steal the presidency
Who accomplished the following?
1) Served as ambassador to Haiti
2) Urged Lincoln to use former slaves in the Union Army
3) Encouraged US to protect blacks in the South after the Civil War
Frederick Douglass
Which event most contributed to America joining World War I?
Zimmerman Note
A lasting legacy of FDR's New Deal is that more people believe that...
The government is responsible for intervening in the economy
Which was the first war in which American women saw a role in active combat?
What admitted CA as a free state, stronger enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act, abolished slave trade in DC and allowed popular sovereignty regarding slavery in new territories?
Compromise of 1850
Which applies to the following events?
1) Union troops removed from the South
2) Hayes elected as president
3) End of Reconstruction
Compromise of 1877
Why was Andrew Jackson known as the "Common Man's President?"
He was elected after universal white male suffrage occurred.
What was the turning point of World War II in Europe?
Normandy
Which of the following was NOT a muckraker?
William Randolph Hearst
Upton Sinclair
Nellie Bly
Ida Tarbell
William Randolph Hearst
What was the ruling of the Supreme Court in Cherokee Nation v Georgia?
The court couldn't decide the issue because Cherokee were not American citizens
Which of the following laws gave Native Americans 160 acres of reservation land?
Dawes Act
Who was the creator of the National Bank and the leader of the Federalist Party?
Alexander Hamilton
What is the significance of Pinckney's Treaty (1795) with Spain?
It gave the United States the right to navigate the Mississippi River.
To whom do the following accomplishments belong?
1) General of the Army of Northern Virginia
2) Urged Southerners to reconcile after the war
3) Emphasized importance of education
4) Served as president of Washington College (eventually renamed to include his name)
Robert E. Lee
What famous political boss controlled NYC during the Gilded Age?
William "Boss" Tweed
An important outcome of the Nuremberg Trials held at the end of World War II was that they:
established that individuals are responsible for their own actions
The Patriot Act had what major effect?
expanded the government's authority
What was the last (most recent) cabinet position to be created?
Who is the Civil Rights leader who emphasized education and opened a school for African-Americans in Tuskegee, Alabama?
Booker T. Washington
Which event increased the importance of slavery in the 19th century the most?
Invention of the cotton gin
The Tuskegee Airmen were a segregated unit of:
African-American Pilots
What was the Bonus Army?
Veterans marching on DC for promised wartime pay
The Dred Scott decision was based on which of the following ideas?
Slaves were property, not citizens
Which statement best describes the effect of the television coverage of Vietnam War?
A. Increased US military casualties led to questions about continued involvement in the war
B. LBJ received support to raise taxes to continue fighting the war
C. Led to an increase in the "credibility gap" between what they are seeing and what the government was telling them.
D. The enemy action against US forces were considered a tactical military disaster.
C. Led to an increase in the "credibility gap" between what they are seeing and what the government was telling them.
What do these three things have in common?
Unpopular in England
Alliance with France
Leadership of George Washington
Reasons for victory in Revolutionary War
What was the importance of the Monroe Doctrine?
This hemisphere is off limits to European Powers
What city's capture was a decisive step in fulfilling the Anaconda Plan in the Civil War?
Vicksburg, MS
Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines all became US possessions as a result of which war?
Spanish-American War
What best describes the significance of the 38th parallel?
The boundary crossed by North Korean troops to try and take over South Korea.
How did the Freedom Riders seek political change?
by desegregating stations on interstate bus lines
What event began the Mexican-American War?
Border dispute over Texas
What was the U-2 incident?
Spy plane shot down over USSR
Who started the Bull Moose Party?
Teddy Roosevelt
What executive order forced the internment of all Japanese-Americans on the west coast during WW2? What president issued it?
EO 9066
FDR
What best explains why the stock market crashed in 1929?
Overspeculative investments were made with borrowed money
Anti-Federalists who feared an overly powerful central government that would be destructive to the rights of individuals are similar to which political philosophy today?
The Trail of Tears forcibly removed which five tribes from their lands in the Southeastern US?
Cherokee, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek), Seminole and Chickasaw