Exploration & Colonization
What country Colonized North American & later became the United States?
Great Britain
What are some of the causes of the American Revolution?
Proclamation of 1763, Taxes, Intolerable Acts, Writs of Assistance, Declaratory Act, Salutary Neglect, Consent of the Governed
What did President Washington warn against in his Farewell address? (two things)
Permanent Foreign Alliances & Political Parties
What did the cotton gin lead to an increase of?
The need for slavery as cotton could be processed more quickly.
What are the three motives for European Exploration?
God, Gold, Glory
What did Anti-federalists require be added to the constitution before they would sign it?
Bill of Rights
With State Government
What is a free enterprise (economy)?
Economy driven by profit and competition (with very little government interference)
Immigrants from what country came to California after hearing rumors of "Gold Mountain" aka the California Gold Rush
China
What was Columbus trying to do when he accidentally found North America?
Find a sea route to Asia (for spices)
What are the three unalienable rights?
Unalienable rights you are born with and cannot be taken away without due process, Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
What is Worcester V. Georgia?
Cherokee Indians sued to keep their land and won, but Georgia ignored the verdict and forced migration anyway creating the Trail of Tears.
What invention lead to mass production?
Interchangeable parts
What caused the Mexican-American War?
Texas Annexation and Manifest Destiny
What is the climate AND economy of the Southern Colonies?
Warm/ Hot climate with long growing seasons & fertile soil Plantation Economy based on CASH CROPS
What are the FIVE rights covered by the 1st Amendment?
Freedom of Speech, Religion, Press, Assembly, and Petition
What was the Nullification Crisis?
South Carolina did not agree with the "Tax of Abominations" so they tried to Nullify it (ignore a federal law)
What is it called when lots of people move from Rural (farming/ country) areas to Urban (city) areas for jobs in the factories)?
Urbanization.
The Mexican-American war was ended with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. What land did the US Acquire from this treaty?
Mexican Cession/ Most of Southwestern United States
What is the climate AND economy of the New England Colonies?
Cold climate with rocky soil, short growing season, so economy based on Fishing, Lumber, Whaling, & Ship building
What is the Great Compromise?
Compromise that created bicameral legislator (two house congress) consisting of the Senate and House of Representatives.
What supreme court case established Judicial Review?
Marbury V. Madison
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Fredrick Douglas, William Garrison are all famous for what reform movement?
Abolition (the movement to abolish slavery)
What is the United States desire to own land from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast?
Manifest Destiny