True or False
African Americans in the Colonial Era faced similar challenges in the North and South.
True
The African Americans all faced injustices, they were very different depending on where they lived.
The Great Compromise solved this problem faced by founding fathers and the Philadelphia Convention.
How to represent large and small states in Congress.
This was one of President Washington's main goals.
Anti-Federalists did not like the Constitution because
there was no Bill of Rights to protect personal liberties.
In which territory did Sam Houston lead troops at the Battle of San Jacinto?
D
He formed the Sons of Liberty.
Sam Adams
The Three-Fifths Compromise resolved this issue.
How enslaved people would be counted in the population.
List two facts about Jefferson. (or three!)
He believed in strict interpretation of the Constitution.
He supporters were farmers and tradespeople.
He believed the national bank was unconstitutional.
Who won the War of 1812?
There was no clear winner!
(But we did get Uncle Sam, the Star Spangled Banner, and Andrew Jackson became a war hero)
Which territory was acquired through the Mexican-American War?
B
The Sugar and the Stamp Act were attempts to
raise money in the colonies to pay down debt from the French and Indian War.
Delegates who attended the Philadelphia (Constitutional) Convention were originally supposed to do this.
Amend the Articles of Confederation.
(But Rhode Island was not there!)
True or False
George Washington thought political parties were good for America.
False- He thought they were a source of division.
In 1848, gold was discovered in __________. The gold brought an explosion in population, increased diversity, and more people traveling west.
California
Lewis, Clark, and the Corps of Discovery explored this territory that the US bought from France by following the Missouri River
C
One reaction to the Intolerable Acts was to meet at the _______________.
First Continental Congress
Shays' Rebellion convinced many Americans that
a stronger national government was needed.
The Monroe Doctrine stated that
further European colonization in the Western Hemisphere was not welcome.
The Second Great Awakening can best be described as a style of religious worship that is
democratic and with great enthusiasm.
The British and the United States co-occupied which territory?
A
One piece of propaganda that changed public opinion to support independence was:
Hint: there are two possible correct answers!
The Bloody Massacre by Paul Revere
and
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
The Electoral College was created to
limit the people's power to elect a president directly.
He was the President when Lewis and Clark explored the Louisiana Territory.
Thomas Jefferson
Define Manifest Destiny
The belief that the US had a divine mission to spread liberty across the continent.
As part of the American System, the US built many canals. Which of these letters is closest to the Erie Canal?
D