Industrial Revolution
Why were scientific advances stifled for so long?
Religious leaders didn't want science to advance because they believed science tantamount "playing god".
What "Act" gave the federal government the power to exchange Native east of the Mississippi for land to the west?
The Indian Removal Act
What was the name of the "tax rebellion" in Massachusetts that led to the end of the Articles of Confederation?
Shay's Rebellion
Who did Jackson lose the election of 1824 to?
John Quincy Adams
Who was Ebenezer Richardson?
The man who shot an 11 year old boy during the build to the Boston Massacre.
Name one invention that came out of the Industrial Revolution.
Various answers.
What President is responsible for the Trail of Tears?
Andrew Jackson
What "ordinance" helped establish Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and a section of Minnesota as new states?
Northwest Ordinance
How did Henry Clay help Adams win the presidency over Jackson?
He was the speaker of the house and got the house to vote for Adams.
Friedrich Wilhelm Baron von Steuben, transformed a battered Continental Army into a unified, world-class fighting force capable of beating the British. Where was he from?
Prussia
Which President showed gratitude by making federal workers work day 10 hours?
Martin Van Buren
Who believed that the best way to solve this “Indian problem” was to simply “civilize” the Native Americans?
George Washington
Explain the 3/5th compromise
It determined that three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state’s total population for legislative representation and taxation. Before the Civil War, the Three-Fifths Compromise gave a disproportionate representation of slave states in the House of Representatives.
On September 10, 1833, Jackson removed all federal funds from the Second Bank of the U.S., redistributing them to various state banks, which were popularly known as what?
Pet Banks
What is the name of the nationalist economic policy that is designed to maximize the exports and minimize the imports of an economy.
Mercantilism
What resource provided 3 times as much energy than wood?
Coal
Where were the natives asked to relocate to?
Modern day Oklahoma
Name 2 reasons why the Articles of Confederation were so ineffective.
Answers vary.
The Jacksonian's became known as what?
Democrats
The 7 years war is also known as the?
French and Indian War
In early 1806 Congress funded the building of a major east-west highway, called “THE NATIONAL ROAD”. Why was it the only federally funded road built at the time?
Jefferson and his successors thought in a strict interpretation of the Constitution and doubted the federal government had the power to fund roads
In the southeastern United States, many Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, Creek and Cherokee people adopted American/European customs and became known as what?
"The 5 civilized Tribes"
What "compromise" utilized both forms of representation, providing proportional representation in the House and equal representation in the Senate?
CT Compromise
What state did Jackson live in most of his adult life?
Tennessee
Which colony's best economic resources were rice and indigo?
South Carolina