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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
The __________ of 1763 was put in place after the French and Indian War, but was largely ignored
Proclomation
100
What philosophy describes the motives behind the Westward Expansion of Americans in the 19th Century?
Manifest Destiny
100
Stemming from the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hildalgo, the ________________ ignited sectional crises with its ideas of popular soverignty.
Compromise of 1850
200
The introduction of what animal by Spain drastically impacted trade and settlement patterns of Native Americans
Horse
200
This rebellion was an uprising by poor white farmers against eastern elites in Virginia in 1676
Bacon's Rebellion
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
The __________ case, stemming from the midnight judges controversy, allowed for judicial review, which ultimately gave the Supreme Court power.
Marbury v Madison
200
The _________ was put in place after the Civil War to promote the rights of former slaves
Freedman's Bureau
300
The ________ describes the flow of traded goods from the new world to the old.
Columbian exchange
300
______ was expelled from the Massachusettes due to her radical views on religious practices.
Anne Hutchinson
300
The __________ led to the creation of a bicameral legislature featuring representation by population and by state.
Great Compromise
300
Despite his anti-fed roots, Jefferson performed a number of actions that expanded/promoted the power of the federal government. Two of the biggest would be?
The Louisiana Purchase and the Embargo Act
300
Name an impact of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Many examples could include Bleeding Kansas, Charles Sumner, John Brown, etc.
400
This group of people viewed themselves as culturally superior to Native Americans
Europeans
400
In the 1700s, an era of _______ took effect, as the colonies were largely left alone by the British government
salutary neglect
400
Part of the Hamiltonian financial plan was for who to take on state debts?
Federal government
400
Name an example where Andrew Jackson did not live up to his populist billing
Many examples can include tarrif controversy, Force Bill, Indian Removal, etc.
400
In what ways did Lincoln bend the Constitution during the Civil War?
Best examples include limiting freedom of the press and jailing critics without trial.
500
A first sign of religious freedom took shape in Maryland with the _____________
Act of Toleration
500
The __________ was in response by poor western farmers, angry at a certain tax levied against them by Hamilton.
Whiskey Rebellion
500
This author of "The Liberator" helped ignite sectional crises over the issue of abolitionism.
William Lloyd Garrison
500
_________ Reconstruction called for the implementation of the 14th and 15th Amendment. Bonus, what was a later issue with the 14th?
Congressional. Bonus answer: it was deemed to only apply to state action, not individual, thus allowing for discrimination.