Periods 1-2
When AND what was the exchange of plants and animals between the Americas and Europe.
Columbian Exchange - 1492
What were the two main political parties during the creation of The Constitution? What was the major difference between the two?
Anti-federalists and Federalists, state vs federal powers
What specific innovation most led to industrialization?
The Transcontinental Railroad
What territories did the US get out of the Spanish American War? (Name at least 3 of 4)
Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam
How did Reagan’s election represent a change in American politics?
Represented a shift toward conservatism.
What did the French focus on in the New World?
The fur trade
Why did the Articles of the Confederation fail?
Because of weak federal government power which was not able to collect taxes.
What was the ideation that led to the growth of American territory?
Manifest Destiny
How did the New Deal change American politics?
What was the idea behind Reaganomics?
Supply-side economics: tax cuts would increase production/profit for businesses and that prosperity would ”trickle down” to lower classes.
What was the first agreement of self government in America?
The Mayflower Compact
What specific event contributed most to the colonial victory in the Revolutionary War?
The Battle of Saratoga
What book debated slavery from 1844-1877?
Uncle Toms Cabin
Why did the US not join the Leauge of Nations which was proposed in the Treaty of Versailles?
How did US culture change after 9/11?
A rise in Islamicphobia, increased security specifically in travel (TSA), increased religion
What is the name of the 1680 conflict that involved Native Americans fighting against Spanish rule. As a result, the Spanish left New Mexico.
The Pueblo Revolt
What was the decision that determined the status of slavery in the new western territory and what did it decide.
The Missouri Compromise, decided that states above 36’ 30 were free and states below allowed slavery.
What caused reconstruction to come to an end and what occurred afterward?
Federal Troops were withdrawn from the South which allowed black codes, sharecropping, and segregation.
Because of communism, what strategy became popular in America? Name one specific historical example.
Containment - Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Korean War, NSC-68, Vietnam War
What event symbolized the end of communist rule in central Europe?
The destruction of the Berlin Wall in 1989
What did Bartolomeo de las Casas advocate?
He opposed the use of Indigenous people for labor, he proposed slaves from Africa as an alternative.
What are the TWO significant outcomes of the French and Indian War?
Proclamation Line of 1763 and End of Salutary Neglect
What were the 3 main groups that advocated different sides on the debate over slavery and what did each believe?
Free soilers : didn't want slavery to spread to new territory
abolitionists : wanted immediate emancipation of slavery
democrats : wanted to keep slavery and allow it to spread to new territories
How did the governments role change during the Civil Rights Movement? Name an example.
ex: Little Rock 9, protected African American voting rights, busing, etc.
What was the New Right campaign based on? Name at least 2 of 3 policies.
Cold War conservatism (resist spread of communism)
pro-businesses (deregulation of the economy)
religious conservatism (rejected counter culture)