Legislation
What did the Wilmot Proviso do?
the proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican–American War
what was the first major rebellion in the newly formed America?
the whiskey rebellion
What was the symbol of the New Woman.
Name two ways that she differed from the Victorian Women
Gibson Girl
What was Jamestown? Significance?
-The first permanent English settlement in America
-purpose was to find, didn’t bring any supplies → relied on British supply ships and Natives (Natives eventually stopped)
-90% died in three years
-should've died after Natives, cut them off, but survived on tobacco growth
What was the painting that depicted manifest destiny?
American Progress
What did Henry Clay’s plan for America as an industrial nation include?
-the American system
-A tariff to protect and promote the american industry
-National bank to foster commerce
-Federal subsidies for roads, canals, and other internal improvements
Salutary Neglect played what role in sparking the American Revolution?
The period of time when Britain ignored the colonies. Its end resulting in taxes aimed towards the colonies. This resulted in anger from the colonies about being taxed after being ignored.
List the two long terms effects of The Great Awakening
-It is the end of Puritanism
-Seen as a long term cause of the Revolution
Prior to the first British settlements, which Europeans came to the New World to colonize?
1. Dutch colonized NY and called it “New Amsterdam”, until British took it and called it New York
2. The Swedes colonized NJ/Delaware and established Ft. Christina and “New Sweden” until the Dutch conquered, and then the British conquered
How did the Northwest Ordinance affect the expansion of the US geographically?
The plan in which territories (unsettled plots of land) become states
-Once 5000 free adult men the territory can create legislature
-At 60000 people, the territory can apply for statehood
What were the amendments that were inspired/in response to the British abuses in the French and Indian War?
-2nd amendment: militia and right to bear arms
-3rd amendment: can’t quarter soldiers
Name two things that happened because of Bacon’s Rebellion
-small farmers/freed people get more say in the legislature
-western lands open for settlement
-begins shift from indentured servants to slaves
Define transcendentalism and how it changed people’s views
an idealistic philosophical and social movement that helped people shirt to view nature in a new way and that people are at their best when truly self- reliant
Name the British settlement that mysteriously disappeared. What was left behind?
Roanoke, a tree that said “Croatoan”
What treaty was The Mexican Government forced to sign in order to keep Americans from expanding all the way to Mexico?
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Name the Coercive Acts
And what two of them did
- Boston port act (closed the port of Boston until damages from the Boston Tea Party were paid)
-The Massachusetts Government Act (restricted Massachusetts; democratic town meetings and turned the governor’s council into an appointed body.)
-Justice Act
(British officials immune to criminal prosecution in Massachusetts) -Quartering Act
Who was the leader of the French army that was sent to quell The Haitian Revolution
Napoleon as well as Charles Victoire Emmanuel Leclerc.
Horace Mann pioneered what aspect of the reform movement? What did this include?
-second great awakening
-education reform
-train teachers, grade levels, compulsory schooling
What was the “Headright system” set up by The Virginia Company?
-1 servant = 50 acres for the owner
State the 2 purposes for the Louisiana Purchase
1) more land (expansion)
2) scientific exploration
What was the Wade Davis Bill? Describe the circumstances surrounding it
-In response to Lincoln’s 10% plan for incorporating the Southern States back into the Union
-Require abolishment of slavery from states, repudiate their act of succession and refuse war time debt
-Required majority of voters to agree
-Lincoln was shot before decided
What two revolutions does the Market Revolution contain?
The Transportation and Industrial Revolutions
Where does the Women’s Rights movement start in the Victorian Period and who are the two leaders of it?
-starts at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848
-Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
What are TWO significant things of the Great Awakening?
1. It was the end of Puritanism
2. It was seen as a long term cause of the Revolution
Name three environmental impacts of the Oregon Trail.
1. Created litter
2. Dust (got rid of the grass)
3. Polluted the water