Colonial America
Revolution to 1812
Antebellum America
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100

1619 is important why

1620 is important why

Race and republicanism

Mayflower and Plymouth

100

This man established the Supreme Court’s power of judicial review

John Marshall

100

This was always a controversial issue & the reason for the creation of parties but Jackson eliminated it & it won't be reinstated until the Civil War by the all yankee Congress

Banks of the United States

100

This political group within a political party wanted to make sure freedmen had equal rights in the South.

Radical Republicans

100

What is the interactions between the old world & the new world of people, goods, foods & animals after first contact? 

Columbian Exchange

200

The Navigation Acts were part of the British policy known as

Mercantilism

200

France negotiated a treaty of alliance with the new American nation in 1778 following this battle

Saratoga

200

Federal Supremacy was established by this monumental court case, dealing with the Bank of the United States

McCulloch v. Maryland

200

The primary reason that Reconstruction failed African Americans was this

Federal troops left the South, and then racists whites took over because the army wasn’t protecting former slaves anymore

200

What can be said of the Native American societies pre-Columbus 1492 era?  

adapting to their environment caused much diversity from one society to the next.

300

An increased tolerance of religious diversity was the result of this movement and who was its most famous person?

The First Great Awakening

George Whitefield

300

These papers were created primarily to convince this states to ratify the Constitution

 Federalist

300

These were the three legislative maneuvers made by Henry Clay to save the Union during the Antebellum America period.

Missouri Compromise

Nullification Compromise

Compromise of 1850

300

Andrew Johnson vetoed what organization & law that was to assist the former slaves

Freedmen's Bureau 

300

What advantage did the English have in terms of domination in colonial times to the French?  

population because France restricted immigration while GB encouraged it with Head Right System & indentured servitude.

400

Land-hungry colonials fought both the Indians and the established authorities in Virginia during this event

Bacon’s Rebellion

400

This taxation law, forced upon the Americans, was the first act that personally affected just about all Americans financially

Stamp Act

400

The biggest change in the Southern view of slavery between 1790 and 1850 was this, and who was the South’s advocate during most of this time period:

Changing it from a necessary evil to a positive good

400

The battle of Antietam, won by the Union, was significant in American history for these two reasons.

It was the bloodiest battle in American history

It marked the philosophical turning point in the war, as it became about slavery as well as reunification (Eman. Proc.)

400

Early English Settlement in Virginia & Maryland was different than New England how socially? 

lower life expectancy, a larger population of indentured servants, and a greater gender imbalance

500

These were the three major reasons for the survival of the Jamestown colony

Aid from the Powhatan Confederacy

The development of tobacco cultivation 

John Smith’s leadership

500

These were three major reasons that the Articles of Confederation failed.

Congress had no power to levy taxes

Congress had no power to work with other nations

State courts were the highest courts

No executive branch of government to enforce laws

Economically impossible to work as a nation

Other miscellaneous answers

500

 major movement that stirred a huge amount of reforms during the early 1800s?  and who was its major leader

2nd Great Awakening

Charles G. Finney

500

Describe 4 advantages of the North and 3 advantages of the South at the onset of the Civil War.

Answers will vary.

500

What was the PRIMARY purpose of British Mercantilism

to benefit Great Britain exclusively