Colonialism
Which colony was settled by the pilgims and puritans?
Plymouth
What ended salutary neglect?
The French and Indian War
What item was found in California that prompted settlers to rush to California in 1849?
Gold
What event prompted states in the South like South Carolina to begin seceding from the Union?
Which industrialist was known as a philanthropist and the main steel manufacturer?
Andrew Carnegie
Which European explorer was the first to determine that the land Christopher Columbus landed in in 1492 was not Asia and in fact a new place?
Amerigo Vespucci
The Boston Tea Party occurred in 1773 in response to what?
Parliament's passage of the Tea Act.
Which President was known for ending the Second Bank of the United States?
Andrew Jackson
What was the significance of General Sherman's "March to the Sea" in 1864?
To cut off and destroy everything in his path so that the Confederacy would lose the will to fight.
What did the Dawes Act do?
Set up reservations for Native Americans to be placed on in the west, as well as establish Americanized schools that Native American children were forced to attend.
What was the first permanent English settlement in North America in 1607?
Jamestown
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What was manifest destiny?
The belief that the U.S had a God-given right to expand west all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
After which battle to Lincoln give his Gettysburg Address?
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Populist or People's Party sought to provide relief for which group of people?
Farmers
How was slavery different from indentured servitude?
Slavery was hereditary and mostly permanent. Indentured servitude was not.
After which battle in the American Revolution did the British surrender, ending the war in a Continental Army victory?
Battle of Yorktown
Why was Kansas known in 1854 as "Bleeding Kansas"?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed for the state to decide whether to be slave or free, and free soilers and those who were pro-slavery fought for control of the territory?
What was Radical Reconstruction?
Era of Reconstruction that was controlled by the Radical Republicans in Congress that sought to punish the former Confederate states as hard as they could.
Who were the 3 Progressive Presidents, known for taking on the large trusts and business?
Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson
What was salutary neglect?
Period of time between England and the colonies when Parliament and the monarch mostly ignored the colonies, allowing for colonial self-government.
What event prompted the framers to meet in 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation?
Shays' Rebellion
The movement that sought to end slavery in the United States was knows as what?
The Abolitionist Movement
What event ended Reconstruction?
The Compromise of 1877
What did the Chinese Exclusion Act do?
Barred any more Chinese immigrants from immigrating to the United States.