Unit 1
What is This crop helped to save the Jamestown Colony.
What is Tobacco
The French and Indian War was a battle withing the larger global conflict known as what?
What is The Seven Years War?
Which Amendment in the Bill of Rights protects your property from being "unreasonably searched" without cause?
What is the 4th Amendment?
Who is remembered for the creation of the "Star Spangled Banner" at the Battle of Fort McHenry?
What is Francis Scott Key?
What are two impacts The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo has on America?
What is Increasing the nation's size by nearly 1/3 and fueled westward expansion. Secondly, it pushed the nation closer to civil war by adding debates over slavery.
Which group of people is responsible for the creation of the Mayflower Compact?
What is The Pilgrims
Where did the colonists first begin to refer to themselves as Americans?
What is the First Continental Congress?
Which group of people is most likely to say "A strong federal government is necessary to preserve unity in our country?"
What is A Federalist?
In 1819, what was the ratio of free states to slave states?
What is 50/50 (equal amount)?
What are two causes of the Mexican American War?
What is In 1824, when Texas was fighting for independence from Mexico, America helped Texas, creating tension between them and Mexico. Secondly, once Texas officially became a US state, Mexico and America could not agree on the new borders.
The "Great Awakening" first began to gain momentum in which colony?
What is Massachusetts?
Which colonial is remembered for his engraving of the "Boston Massacre"?
What is Paul Revere?
At the constitutional convention, delegates from New Jersey wanted representation to be based on what?
What is Equality?
What northeastern state was admitted to the union as a result of the Missouri Compromise?
What is Maine?
What are some concerns about the Preemption Act of 1830 did some people have?
What is Eastern buisness elites were worried that the cheap land would draw workers away from their factory jobs in the city. It also made some people concerned that it would worsen conflicts the Native who were having their land stolen.
Jamestown was formed by which "Joint Stock Company"?
What is The Virginia Company?
In which battle made general George Washington remembered for crossing Delaware on Christmas night.
What is Trenton?
The phrase "Rule By The People" is best associated with what term?"
What is Popular Sovereignty?
Eli Whitney created the what?
What is the Cotton Gin?
#45 How did the Preemption Act of 1830 encourage westward expansion?
What is The Preemption Act of 1830 encouraged westward expansion because the people could get up to 160 acres for only $1.25. This encouraged the people who lived in cities, working in factories, to move and start farming. The farther they expanded west, the more land they sold, and the more people moved west.
#1 What challenges would a European explorer face when encountering a new land?
What is The European explorers would have a challenge dealing with the colonies already there. When they found America they fought and enslaved the Indians. They also would have to deal with the wild life in new lands that could be dangerous. The European Explorers would also have to face challenges with food and learning how to grow crops in the new soul and what crops are safe to eat. The men also do not know the amount of land they are exploring so they do not know the amount of supplies they will need for them to live off of.
#10 List and describe examples of items the the British parliament began taxing following the French and Indian War. Why did this anger the colonist?
What is After the French and Indian war, Britain started taxing items to get out of dept. Tea, Stamps, Salt, and anything on paper. This angered the colonist because it took the colonist money for Britains dept. The colonist had no choice to fight in the war. This made the colonist poor by taking them away from their jobs and putting them in dept.
#23 How might slavery within the Southern colonies (Virginia) impact the "Great Compromise"?
What is Slavery impacts the Southern colonies (Virginia) in the "Great Compromise" because it gave Virginia an extremely larger population than smaller states like New Jersey, with no slaves. This created tension between Northern and Southern states because slavery gave them a huge population compared to Northern states who barely had slaves.
#40 How did the idea of 'interchangeable parts' revolutionize manufacturing?
What is The idea of 'interchangeable parts' revolutionized manufacturing by helping the creation of assembly lines. With the multiple identical parts more people can work on making the same products. Since, the product is now able to be mass produced they can sell more for a cheaper price.
#44 How were the ideas of Divine Providence and Manifest Destiny connected?
What is Divine Providence is when God leads for something to happen or governs for it to happen. Manifest Destiny is when Americans believed that they were destined to expand westward. The connection between the two is that the Americans believed God was pushing them to move west, justifying their belief that it was their destiny to move west.