Period 1 (1491 - 1607)
In 1492 who sail from Europe hoping to land in India but landed in North America
Christopher Columbus
Name one other European Nation that established colonies in the New World besides Spain.
England, France, Netherlands, Portugal
On December 16th 1773 colonists in Boston threw what taxed good into the harbor in Protest of British authority?
Tea
What region did President Jefferson Purchase form France in 1803?
Louisiana
This current US state was once its own independent republic.
After gaining independence form Mexico this Republic then asked to be annexed into the Union.
Texas
What is the name of the contact and trading of goods between the Old World and the New World?
The Columbian Exchange
The Chesapeake Colonies primarily relied on the growth of what major cash crop for their economy?
Tobacco
What is the name of the war that was fought between Britain and France to include the colonies and caused Britain to go severely into debt.
The French and Indian War (Seven Years War)
For Southerners that started to have a moral issue with owning slaves they gave the system of slavery this new name.
The Peculiar Institution
What is the name of the new agreement in Congress that let California into the Union as well as establishing stricter Fugitive Slave Laws.
Compromise of 1850
What is an example of a Old World crop or livestock that was brought to the New World?
Crops - Wheat, onions, coffee, rice, etc..
Livestock - Cattle, Horses, pigs, etc.
What was the name of the group of political and religious refugees that established the Plymouth Colony?
The Puritans
Who are the main leaders for the Federalist party and the Anti-Federalist party?
I must be told both for the answer to count.
Federalist - Alexander Hamilton & John Adams
Anti-Federalist - Thomas Jefferson & James Madison
The conflict of adding free and slave territories was highly debated in the United States.
When a new territory applied for statehood in the Louisiana territory the conflict had to be resolved by this agreement in Congress.
The Missouri Compromise (Compromise of 1820)
As regional tensions divided the United States there were three responses to the issue of slavery in the new Territories.
What are the three main stances that we discussed in class that you could take on slavery.
Free-Soil Movement
Southern Positions
Popular Sovereignty
Europeans turn to African slaves instead of Native Americans because of which trait?
Their immunity to some European diseases
Who was responsible for organizing and starting a rebellion against the powerful farmers of the Chesapeake region giving his name to this revolt.
Nathaniel Bacon
In response to women’s participation in the American Revolution, Enlightenment ideas, and women’s appeals for expanded roles, an ideal of _______________________ gained popularity.
Republican Motherhood
One of the biggest issues that President Jackson faced in office was the Nullification Crisis.
Which notable congressman and state were responsible for the crisis?
John C. Calhoun from South Carolina
One advantage that the North had over the South was the difference in their economies.
What is the main economy for the North and what is the main type of economy in the South?
I need both for full credit and points.
North - Industrial (Factories and Manufacturing)
South - Agriculture (Cotton and other cash crops)
What is the name of the labor system in which the Spanish forced Native Americans to work on plantation style farms in the New World?
encomienda system
Colonial ideas of self government and resistance to imperial control stem from what major movement of thinking that started in Europe?
The Enlightenment
What part of the Constitution did Hamilton argue that his plan for a national bank fell under?
Jefferson being a strict fundamentalist of the Constitution did not feel the same way.
The "necessary and proper clause" of Article I
What was the name of the landmark Supreme Court Case that was decided by the Marshall Court that established Judicial Review?
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
The Whig party would slowly fade from the public light in the mid 1800s. The know-Nothing Party would temporarily fill the gap before the establishment of which political party in 1854?
The Republican Party