The settlement founded in the early 1600s that was the most consequential for the future United States was the
What is English at Jamestown in 1607.
100
The Seven Years' War was also known in America as
What is the French and Indian War.
100
The aggressive exploitation of the West's bounty.
What is Ecological imperialism
100
The earliest known use of the term Manifest Destiny was by ___
Who was John L. O'Sullivan.
100
The overwhelming event for Ireland in the 1840s that led to massive immigration to America was____
What was the POTATO FAMINE
200
Within a century after Columbus's landfall in the New World, the Native American population was reduced by nearly
What is 90%
200
First Secretary of State.
Who was JEFFERSON
200
Finished first in the popular vote but lost in the House of Representatives during the Presidential Election of 1824.
Who was ANDREW JACKSON
200
Hinton R. Helper's book, The Impending Crisis of the South, argued that those who suffered most from slave labor were
What is nonslaveholding southern whites.
200
As their main crop, southern subsistence farmers raised
What is CORN
300
Thomas Jefferson once observed that "the best school of political liberty the world ever saw" was the
What is New England town meeting.
300
First British law intended to raise revenues in the colonies.
What was the SUGAR ACT
300
The world's first antislavery society was founded by ___
What is Quakers in Philadelphia.
300
Arrange the following in chronological order:
(A) the Battle of Bull Run,
(B) the Battle of Gettysburg,
(C) Lee's surrender at Appomattox,
(D) the Battle of Antietam.
What is A, D, B, C
300
8th President & his political party.
Who was MARTIN VANBUREN;DEMOCRATIC
400
Mountain ranges that were probably created before the continental separation, approximately 350 million years ago.
What is The Appalachians
400
The new Constitution did not provide for the creation of what part of the Executive Branch?
What is the CABINET
400
Thomas Jefferson's "____________ of 1800" was remarkable in that it marked the peaceful and orderly transfer of power on the basis of election results accepted by all parties
What is REVOLUTION
400
In 1856, the breaking point over slavery what state came with the attack on Lawrence, by a gang of Proslavery Raiders.
What is Kansas
400
As a result of Sir Edmund ________ rule, the power of town meetings was curbed, officials tried to enforce the Navigation Laws, taxes were levied without the consent of elected representatives & smuggling was suppressed.
Who is Andros
500
Adventurer who tried but failed to establish a colony in Newfoundland.
Who is Humphrey Gilbert
500
The chief justice who carried out, more than any other federal official, the ideas of Alexander Hamilton concerning a powerful federal government was
Who was John Marshall.
500
The performance of the United States' Navy in the War of 1812 could be best described as:
A-poor and unsuccessful in every category.
B-less successful than that of the army.
C-courageous but strategically ineffective.
D-most effective on the Atlantic Ocean.
E-surprisingly successful.
What is E
500
The only member of President Tyler's Whig cabinet who did not resign in protest over his policies was