Lists (2x pts)
Name the 13 colonies.
New Hampshire, Massachusettes, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
The first successful colony established by the British in this year.
What was Jamestown Virginia in 1607?
The document sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George III in 1776.
What was the Declaration of Independence?
The war in which the White House burned down was named this and between the U.S. and this country.
What was the War of 1812 and the British?
The President during the Civil War.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
Name 3 pivotal battles of the American Revolution and explain their importance.
Answers may vary.
The Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs.
Who is Hernan Cortez?
The religious movement in the 1700s associated with increased individualism and this type of preacher.
What were the First Great Awakening and Itinerant Preachers?
The exchange that doubled the size of the United States geographically.
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
What was the Mexican-American War?
List 8 events that immediately preceded the American Revolution.
Answers will vary.
The economic and political theory that wealth and power are finite.
What is mercantilism?
The term that historians use to describe the relationship between the British colonies and England in the 1600s and early 1700s.
These combined acts made Adams lose the presidency and his popularity after the XYZ Affair.
What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?
This is the correct order of the following events: Dred Scott v. Sanford, the Missouri Compromise, the beginning of the Civil War, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, 13th Amendment, the 2nd Fugitive Slave Act.
What is the Missouri Compromise, the 2nd Fugitive Slave Act, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott v. Sanford, the beginning of the Civil War, and the 13th amendment?
Identify 4 pivotal Supreme Court cases and explain their main effects.
Variety of answers: Marbury v. Madison and Judicial Review, McCulloch v. Maryland and Implied Powers or "necessary and proper", Fletcher v. Peck and Federal Laws overriding state laws, Gibbons v. Ogden and federal oversight of interstate trade, Dred Scott v. Sanford and the overturning of the Missouri Compromise
This was the first democratic institution in the British Colonies.
What was the House of Burgesses?
The major international military conflict that preceded the American Revolution and changed the relationship between England and the Colonies.
What was the French and Indian War?
The name and 3 main parts of Henry Clay's major political contribution to developing the United States internally.
What was the American System's infrastructure improvements, protective tariffs, and a strong national bank?
This was the pivotal turning point battle of the Civil War.
What was the Battle at Antietam?
List the Presidents in order with their respective political parties and years.
1. Washington - None - 1789-97
2. Adams - Federalist - 1797-1801
3. Jefferson - Dem. Rep. - 1801-09
4. Madison - Dem. Rep. - 1809-17
5. Monroe - Dem. Rep. - 1817-25
6. J.Q. Adams - Dem. Rep. - 1825-29
7. Jackson - Democrat - 1829-37
8. Van Buren - Democrat - 1837-41
9. Harrison - Whig - 1841
10. Tyler - Whig - 1841-45
11. Polk - Democrat - 1845-49
12. Taylor - Whig - 1849-50
13. Filmore - Whig - 1850-53
14. Pierce - Democrat - 1853-57
15. Buchanan - Democrat - 1857-61
16. Lincoln - Republican - 1861-65
The two main trade complexes during this time period.
The Columbian Exchange and the Triangle Trade.
Many have argued that the American Revolution was really started by this group of troublemakers, led by this man. (2 parts)
Who were the Sons of Liberty led by Samuel Adams?
This describes the evolution (not necessarily a hard shift) from one concept of femininity/role of women to another from the Revolution to Jackson. (2 parts, both names for concepts)
What was the evolution from Republican Motherhood to Separate Spheres?
This Union General burned down the South on his March to the Sea.
Who was General Sherman?