Exploration
Who was the first European to land in the New World?
Christopher Columbus
Who invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts?
Eli Whitney
Who hated tariffs?
the south.
Which state was the first to secede?
South Carolina
Which two states experienced a gold rush?
California and Oregon
What year did the first European land in the New World?
1492
What was Samuel Slater's contribution to the Industrial Revolution in America?
Textiles
Who was the greatest peanut farmer in the world, a US president, and just celebrated his 100th birthday?
Jimmy Carter
Who was President during the duration of the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What two things were required of American settlers who moved to Texas (Mexico)?
Must be Catholic and a Mexican citizen.
Motivation to explore is summarized as "GGGS", what does this acronym stand for?
God, Gold, Glory, and Spices
Who is responsible for prison and hospital reform?
Dorothea Dix
Which President was responsible for the Indian Removal Act and Trail of Tears?
Andrew Jackson.
What was the name of the new country the 7 states who seceded had formed named?
The Confederate States of America, "The Confederacy"
What was the name of the American empressario who sold Mexican land to American settlers?
Stephen Austin
What was the name of the first successful English settlement in Virginia?
Jamestown
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
An American Revolutionary period resistance group, encouraged colonists to boycott British taxes and infamously tarred and feather British tax collectors and supporters.
How did geography promote industrialization in the North?
fast moving rivers provided power for machinery/factories
What is the significance of the battle of Fort Sumter?
First battle of the Civil War.
Explain the Missouri Comprise
imaginary line, new territory below the line would be admitted into the Union as a slave state, new territory below the line would be admitted as a free state.
Where did Columbus think he landed?
India
Explain the Monroe Doctrine, whose earlier advice did this echo?
Policy issued by the US that Europe needed to stay out of the Western hemisphere's politics (North and South America) & Washington's advice of neutrality was echoed.
Explain McCullough V Maryland & how did the SCOTUS rule.
State bank of Maryland tried to make the Federal government pay them taxes.
SCOTUS ruled that states could not tax the federal government (supremacy of federal government over state government)
How did Westward expansion lead to the Civil War?
New territory was being admitted as free, ignoring the Missouri Compromise and Congress kept passing tariffs, further upsetting the south
Explain what occurred during the Alamo which lead to Texas' independence
Stephen Austin is arrested and his supporters and Mexican army clash for 13 days.