Standards 1 & 2
What economic system encouraged England to settle the American colonies?
Mercantilism
What war was ended by the Treaty of Paris 1763?
French and Indian War
Which group did not want to ratify the new US Constitution until the Bill of Rights was added?
Anti-Federalists
Who created the American System?
Henry Clay
Which side had the clear advantage a the beginning of the Civil War?
The Union (The North)
What was the primary economy in the Southern colonies?
Agriculture
What was the name of the famous protest that the Sons of Liberty planned to protest the Tea Act?
Boston Tea Party
Which rebellion started because of a tax, proved the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Shays' Rebellion
Which Compromise attempted to settle the issue of slavery by stating that no new state above the 36 30 line could have slavery?
The Missouri Compromise
Who led the famous March to the Sea from Atlanta to Savannah?
William T. Sherman
Which section of colonies was the most diverse?
Mid-Atlantic colonies (Middle colonies)
List the two Americans that convinced France to assist America in the American Revolution.
Benjamin Franklin and John Adams
Which Compromise created our bi-cameral legislature? (Senate and House of Representatives)
The Great Compromise
How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act attempt to settle the issue of slavery?
Popular Sovereignty
After which Battle did the Union take the Mississippi River from the South and complete the Anaconda Plan?
Battle of Vicksburg
What was the bottom leg of the trans-Atlantic trade route that brought African slaves to America known as?
The Middle Passage
Where did George Washington and Baron von Steuben train the Continental Army?
Valley Forge
Which US President purchased the Louisiana Territory from France?
Thomas Jefferson
What were the policies put in place by Andrew Jackson known as? (Indian Removal Act, universal male suffrage, nullification crisis)
Jacksonian Democracy
What amendment officially outlawed slavery in the US?
13th Amendment
What two groups settled in the New England Colonies?
Pilgrims and Puritans
What was the last battle of the American Revolution? General Lord Cornwallis surrendered here.
Battle of Yorktown
Which US President issued a doctrine that warned European nations not to interfere with the Western Hemisphere? (Theodore Roosevelt later made an addition to this doctrine)
James Monroe
President James Polk fulfilled __________ when he annexed Oregon. This idea meant that it was our God given right to expand west.
Manifest Destiny
Who was the first US President to be impeached? (they violated the Tenure of Office Act)
Andrew Johnson