Unit 1
What result of the French and Indian War led directly to the American Revolution?
Britain taxed the colonies
What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?
Stop colonists from moving west
The big, easy purchase of this territory doubled the size of the country.
Louisiana Territory
What role did Harriet Tubman play in the abolitionist movement?
Conductor on the Underground Railroad
What people were viewed as property and punished harshly for disobedience?
Enslaved African Americans
The need for agricultural workers in the south led to what?
Slavery
What was the outcome of Pontiac's Rebellion? (what did the British government do about it?)
This political party stated the many issues with a strong central government and preferred a more local approach.
Democratic-Republicans
What was the intent of the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments?
To support women getting the right to vote (suffrage) and other issues related to women being treated equally
What factors gave the Union an advantage in the Civil War?
More supplies (factories) and transportation (railroads)
On what coast of the United States was the first English settlement? (Name the ocean)
Atlantic Coast
One of the principles of the Declaration of Independence was that government should be based on what?
The consent of the governed
Many years ago the Naturalization Act was adjusted to have this effect on immigrants.
A longer wait to be able to vote
Dorothea Dix promoted reforms to treatment of people with mental illnesses and reforms to this system.
The prison system.
What group promoted education for African Americans during Reconstruction?
the Freedmen's Bureau
What plan stated the need for the colonies to shed their differences for survival?
Albany Plan of Union
Representatives from Virginia and New Jersey disagreed on the issue of what?
Proportionate vs. Equal Representation
The Trail of Tears was based on Andrew Jackson's out of line reading of this legal "Act."
Indian Removal Act
What impact did the Erie Canal have on western farms?
It connected them with eastern cities
How did the north react to the Enrollment Act?
Riots (draft riots)
What two important events happened in 1619 in Virginia?
Enslaved Africans arrived and the House of Burgesses met (beginning of Representative Democracy)
What group was satisfied by the 3/5 Compromise?
Slaveholders
This disrespectful action by the British did not impress the American ships that were affected by it- and it led to the War of 1812.
Impressment of sailors
What technological change had a great influence on the factory system?
Interchangeable parts
What was the subject of the court case Ex parte Merryman (1861)?
The writ of habeus corpus (the president's power to suspend it)