Civil War and Reconstruction
Westward Expansion, Industrialization, and Reform
Early Republic and Constitution
American Revolution
Exploration and Colonization
100
How was the Missouri, 3/5th Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and Kansas Nebraska Act similar
All have the issues over the expansion of Slavery into new territories in the west
100
According to the Northwest Ordinance, which condition did a U.S. territory have to meet in order to apply for statehood?
Have a population of 60,000 free settlers
Establish Free Education
No slavery
Trial by Jury
100
Identify Washington's Foreign and Domestic Policy
Foreign Policy: Stay Neutral, Stay out of Political Connection
Domestic Policy: Do not create Political Parties, Whiskey Rebellion, Federal Judiciary Act,
100
Which pair contributed to the development of political parties in the United States?
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
100
Which documents created self government
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Mayflower Compact
Virginia House of Burgesses
200
Causes of the Civil War
Sectionalism
Slavery
State's Right
200
Two factors that contributed most to the rapid industrialization and urbanization of the United States?
Large Labor Force (More jobs)
New Transports (Erie Canal, Railroad, Steamboats)
200
Warned Europe to stay out of Western Hemisphere
Monroe Doctrine
200
Which event occurred as a result of General Cornwallis’s surrender at the Battle of Yorktown?
Which event occurred as a result of General Cornwallis’s surrender at the Battle of Yorktown?
200
What was the result of slow communication with the British government that affected the American colonies?
Self-government developed in the colonies.
300
How were former Confederate leaders treated under the Radical Reconstruction plan?
They were denied the ability to obtain political positions.
300
What contributed most to the population change shown in this table?
Discovery of Gold at Sutter Mill
Economic Boom in the west
300
How did the War of 1812 improve America?
Increase manufacturing that leads to the Industrial Revolution
300
Why did Alexander Hamilton think a national bank would strengthen the central government?
The bank would help provide stability for the U.S. economy.
300
Colonist were to provide raw materials for England, ALL Exported goods could ONLY be shipped to England
Mercantilism
400
In 1867 Congress passed the Reconstruction Acts of 1867. These acts temporarily divided the South into five military districts, outlined how governments based on universal male suffrage would be organized, and required southern states to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment.
The goal of the Reconstruction Acts of 1867?
To protect the rights of African Americans in the South by giving them citizenship
400
What is the best method to fix my rifle since it broke
Interchangeable parts, cheaper to buy smaller parts instead of whole
400
- Responsibility: Second President of the United States
- Courage: Defending Redcoats at the Boston Massacre
- Trial Perseverance: Negotiating the Treaty of Paris
John Adams
400
this Army must inevitably be reduced to one or other of these three things. Starve, dissolve, or disperse, in order to obtain subsistence in the best manner they can; rest assured Sir this is not an exaggerated picture. . . .
—General George Washington, letter to the Continental Congress, December
Concern for the Continental troops during the winter at Valley Forge
400
What was the INITIAL reason many European explorers sailed to the Americas?
Find new trade routes to Asia, spread their empire
500
How did sharecropping affect Black Americans in the South during Reconstruction?
By keeping renters in debt to landlords
500
There can be no very black melancholy to him who lives in the midst of Nature and has his senses still. . . . While I enjoy the friendship of the seasons I trust that nothing can make life a burden to me.
—Henry David Thoreau, Walden, 1854
Based on this excerpt, Which reform movement is being impacted
Transcendentalism
500
Make a connection between Separation of Power and Checks and Balances
Not one branch is to powerful but still have the ability to check another branch if unconstitutional
500
Purpose of the Federalist Papers
To persuade the Anti-Feds to sign the new US Constitution
500
What was the impact of the Triangle Trade
Goods from America were ship to Europe, Europe manufacture the goods to Africa, and Africa sent slaves to America