APHUG Unit 4
US History (1800-1900)
World History (1700-1900)
US Gov: Foundational Concepts
Miscellaneous
100

Definite exclave

What is a part of a country that is seperated from the rest of the country and surrounded by foreign territory?

100

The philosophical and literary movement of the 1800s, transcendentalism advocated for?

Living a simple life whhile celebrating the truth in nature, emotion, and imagination.

100

The intellectual movement that occurred in the late 17th century which would lead to a series of revolutions across the globe is known as

What is the Enlightenment?

100

This term defines the concept of the governments authority being created by the consent of the people; it also emphasizes that sovereignty resides amongst the citizenns and not the government?

What is popular sovereignty?

100

The California Gold Rush occurred in?

What is 1849?

200

Define demarcation

What is the phase in which the boundary is visibly marked ont he landscape by a physical fence, line, sign, wall or other means?

200

The significance of the Women's Right Convention at Seneca Falls (1848)?

It was the first meeting for women's rights in the US/ helped in long struggle for women to be equal to men.

200

Toussaint L’Ouverture led this revolution

What is the Haitian/Saint Domingue?

200

The 5th Amendment accomplished this (list one)

What is (1) No Self-Incrimination (Miranda) (2) No Double Jeopardy (defendant cannot be tried again on the same, or similar charges) (3) No deprivation of life liberty or property without "due process of law" (fair treatment)

200

The difference between a unitary and federal state?

What is a unitary concentrates most political power in a central government, while federal devolves power to local governments.

300

What is devolution?

What is the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality?

300

The Indian Removal Act (1830) removed Natige Americans who lived where?

What is east of the Mississippi River?

300

This battle defeated Napoleon

What is Waterloo?

300

The principle of checks and balances?

What is to prevent any one branch of the USFG from gaining too much power or becoming tyrannical by allowing each branch to limit the actions of others?

300

A major cause of the industrial revolution beginning in GB?

The availability of natural resources (e.g., coal/iron), powering factories and machines, and supported industrial growth.

400

The difference between centrifugal and centripetal forces is?

What is centrifugal forces push a population away from each other (e.g., conflicting national identities), while centripetal forces draw a population closer to each other (e.g., sports)

400

The outcome of the Missouri Compromise (1820)?

What is Missouri entered as a slave state and Maine entered as a free state and all states North of the 36th parallel were free states and all South were slave states.

400

The only African territory not occupied by an outside imperial force until the 1900s is?

What is Ethiopia?

400

The 13th Amendment did this

What is abolished slavery?

400

The difference between a democracy and an autocracy is?

What is a democracy gives power to the people through the allowance of voting and civic participation, while an autocracy concentrates power in one ruler or a small group with constituents having little or no public input?

500

An antecedent boundary is…

What is a boundary that existed before the cultural landscape emerged and stayed in place while people moved in to occupy the surrounding area.

500

The main goal of the Monroe Doctrine issued in 1823?

What is to prevent EU from further colonizing independent nations in the Western Hemisphere/establishing the US as the primary hegemon in the West?

500

The series of conflicts between China and various western powers in the early to mid 20th century are known as?

What are the Opium Wars?

500

The group, the Anti-Federalists opposed what?

What is a strong central government (tyranny) and supported states’ rights?

500

What document during the Civil War allowed slaves to be enlisted in the Union Army?

What is the Emancipation Proclamation?