Colonies
Where did the first African slaves arrive in 1619? It was the first permanent English colony in the New World.
Jamestown
What did the Monroe Doctrine say?
Europe should stay out of the Western Hemisphere.
Which U.S. Supreme Court case established the judicial branch’s right of judicial review to consider the constitutionality of an executive or legislative act?
Marbury v. Madison
Due in part to conflict between the Seminole tribe and the United States, Spain ceded which territory to the United States in the Adams-Onis Treaty in 1819?
Florida
Which early United States political party believed in these positions?
Supported the Bank of the US
Favored an economy based on business and industry
Economic ties with Great Britain
Favored a strong central government
Federalists
What geographic feature is associated with the colonial settlement boundary established by the Proclamation of 1763 as a result of the French and Indian War?
Appalachian Mountains
What was the final destination of the Trail of Tears?
Oklahoma
What book by Harriet Beecher Stowe intensified sectional tensions by increasing Northern opposition to slavery?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The first "Great Awakening" laid the social foundations for what war?
American Revolution
Who led slave revolts in Virginia?
Nat Turner (and Gabriel Prosser)
Where did the Southern Colonies export their cash crops to?
Europe (mostly England)
What were 2 weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
more power resided with the states
weak central government with an ineffective economic system
no power to levy tax, enforce laws or coin money
no judicial system
Leading up to the Civil War, how did the South’s view of the United States differ from Lincoln’s belief?
they had freely joined and could therefore leave the Union
Which state became an independent republic after gaining its independence from Mexico?
Texas
For Congressional representation purposes, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention endorsed a compromise allowing states to include in their population slaves as what fraction?
3/5
Which colonial region developed a diverse social structure and had a variety of religious groups such as Quakers, Jews, Huguenots?
Middle Colonies
What controversial creation was most important to Alexander Hamilton?
National Bank
What amendment established citizenship and equal protection?
14th Amendment
In what election did Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson defeat Federalist John Adams, demonstrating the first peaceful transition of power?
Election of 1800
During the American Revolution, which person is known for his negotiation of a Treaty of Alliance with France?
Benjamin Franklin
Which early democratic practice is most closely associated with Puritan New England?
town councils at town halls (direct democracy)
Which two documents influenced the drafting of the United States Bill of Rights?
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
Virginia Declaration of Rights
Which compromise established the 36°30 line of latitude (the yellow line) as the boundary to limit the expansion of slavery in new states entering the U.S.?
Missouri Compromise
One cause of the War of 1812 was the British removal of American sailors from American ships then forcing them to serve in the British navy, which was referred to as what?
impressment
What is the correct order of the sequence below?
1. Election of Abraham Lincoln
2. Battle of Gettysburg
3. Emancipation Proclamation
4. Confederate attack on Fort Sumter
1, 4, 3, 2