Early America & Colonization
The group of people that Columbus enslaved on the island of Hispaniola.
What is the Taino
What was the highest class in the social structure of Colonial America?
Gentry
Who was the first president of the United States?
George Washington
Who created the Indian Removal Act?
Andrew Jackson
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
Runaway enslaved must be returned to owners even if they are found in free territories.
What two pieces of technology allowed the Union to win the Civil War?
Trains and Telegraphs
What was Reconstruction
The period of time after the Civil War where the US had to rebuild
The Pilgrims on the Mayflower interacted with which Native tribe?
The Wampanoag
Who engraved the Bloody Massacre?
Paul Revere
What document failed to maintain a strong US government?
The Articles of Confederation
What was Manifest Destiny?
The idea that it was our god given right to reach both oceans.
How did Abraham Lincoln win the election of 1860?
Democratic party was split between two candidates
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender?
Appomatox
What were Radical Republicans?
Republicans who favored extreme approach to Reconstruction, such as punishing the South and creating laws to protect freedman
The two agricultural plants that existed in the Americas prior to colonization
Corn and Potatoes
This act put a tax on all paper products.
Stamp Act
Who were the two opposing political parties of this era?
Federalists and Anti-Federalists
Which Cherokees signed the Indian Removal Act, forcing their tribe to move to Oklahoma?
The Ridge and John Ridge
EC: Elias Boudinot
Who were the two main founders of the Seneca Falls convention?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Lucretia Mott
How did Clara Barton save the lives of wounded soldiers? (2 answers)
Clean bandages & ordered assistance based on how wounded they were
What were the 13,14,15th amendments?
13: end slavery
14: grant citizenship
15: right to vote
The Clovis points proved what in terms of migration
People followed mammoths over the Bering Strait
This document was created to incite the American Revolution
What is the Declaration of Independence
What are the three branches of the government?
Judicial Branch
Executive Branch
Legislative Branch
Why did people rush to California after the year of 1849?
Gold!
How did Uncle Tom's Cabin make such a huge impact?
It spread to parts of Europe and led to a loss of sympathy for the South
How did women maintain the economy during the Civil War?
Maintained the household, continued to trade goods, ran factories
What laws were created to push back against the freedom of blacks?
Black Codes & Jim Crow
This tribe had to migrate out of Chaco Canyon due to climate issues.
What is the Anasazi
Where was the first shot fired during the American Revolution?
Lexington
What was the Great Compromise?
Two different houses of the legislative branch
What were the six trails west?
Oregon, Santa Fe, Mormon, California, Gila, Old Spanish
Which religious group was a strong advocate for women's rights and the end of slavery?
Quakers
What was the March to the Sea?
The procession of William Sherman and his men going to Atlanta using a scorched earth technique on all the territory they crossed.
What was the compromise of 1877?
Removal of union soldiers in the south in exchange for Rutherford b. Hayes to be president