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100
Name two modern U.S. states that were controlled by Spain in the 16th and 17th Centuries.
Texas, New Mexico, Florida
100
What is mercantilism?
British policy governing trade in colonial era - colonies exist to increase wealth of mother country, so 13 colonies should only trade with England
100
Whose libel trial was an important early case about freedom of the press?
John Peter Zenger
100
What philosophy describes the motives behind the Westward Expansion of Americans in the 19th Century?
Manifest Destiny
100
Who was freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?
slaves in territories under Confederate control
200
Name one way in which Spanish colonization was DIFFERENT from later English colonization.
Not seeking religious freedom Intermarried with native population Mass enslavement of native population (encomienda system) Systematic spread of religion (mission system)
200
What African slave became a well-known, published poet during the colonial era?
Phillis Wheatley
200
Other than issues relating to taxation and trade, explain one reason the U.S. decided to declare its independence from England.
tradition of self-government, threatened by British rule response to British tyranny (quartering act, Intolerable Acts, etc.)
200
Why was American cotton in such high demand around the world?
slave labor made it much cheaper than other exporters' cotton
200
Who was the first President of the United States to be impeached?
Andrew Johnson
300
In what century did Cortes conquer the Aztecs?
16th
300
Name one of the "bread basket" colonies.
Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, New Jersey
300
What major religious movement pushed American colonists into new churches in the 1730s?
First Great Awakening
300
How did merchants respond to Jefferson's Embargo Act?
smuggling
300
What group(s) most strongly supported the Mexican-American War?
Southern planters/farmers
400
During the Salem Witch Trials, who was most likely to be punished for witchcraft?
women who did not meet the norms of Puritan society
400
According to John Locke's Enlightenment theories (and the Declaration of Independence), why are governments instituted among men?
to protect our natural rights
400
Name an effect that Andrew Jackson had on the Constitutional system of the United States.
He strengthened the power of the president through his use of the veto
400
What law did Congress pass and later use as grounds for impeachment when the president refused to follow it?
Tenure of Office Act
500
What was the American response to Governor Edmund Andros?
He was removed from office in the Glorious Revolution and the Dominion of New England reverted to separate New England colonies
500
Who promoted the creation of an agrarian republic?
Thomas Jefferson
500
What major document was created at Seneca Falls?
Declaration of Rights and Sentiments
500
What was a bounty?
a bonus for enlisting in the Union Army during the Civil War