The partnership formed between merchants and the British government, that increased governmental and personal power and wealth.
What was mercantilism?
100
In-demand trade items that fueled Southern migration towards rivers.
What were cash crops?
100
This group of people "migrated" west and south, to otherwise remote regions of the nation
Who were the Native Americans/American Indians?
100
The majority of overseas immigrants during Reconstruction came from this region
What is Eastern Europe?
100
The American Dream features these two desires:
What freedom and prosperity?
200
This Spanish fleet was the first real threat to Britain's naval superiority.
What was the Spanish Armada?
200
This mutually beneficial trade system made residence along the coast desirable.
What was the Triangular Trade (England, Africa, America)?
200
This group of people did not immigrate, but were brought by force
Who were the Africans?
200
According to our research, this group of immigrants faced the most hostility during Reconstruction
Who were the Chinese?
200
This legislation systematically kept African-Americans from obtaining the American Dream
What were Jim Crow Laws?
300
These early settlements were formed by English Roman Catholics fleeing persecution.
What are New England and the Province of Maryland?
300
This movement caused mass migration from rural areas and farmland to large cities and urban regions
What was the Industrial Revolution?
300
This group of people helped to dramatically expand the settled regions of California, by almost exclusively settling in that state
Who were the Chinese?
300
Many newly-freed slaves made this "choice" concerning their residence
What was staying in the South?
300
The idea that it is Americans' God-given purpose to pursue the American Dream to the ends of the continent
What was Manifest Destiny?
400
Disease, starvation, conflict with natives, conflict with rivals, and inadequate supplies
What are the "Big Five" causes of failed colonies?
400
A collection of discoveries that prompted Americans' drive to venture west
What was the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
400
This group of people had an influence in the cotton trade, came to Louisiana and gradually migrated up the Mississippi River
Who were the Germans?
400
These 5 limited resources kept many Africans/African-Americans from leaving the South
What are money, personal connections, knowledge of area, labor skills, education?
400
The TOTAL value of all the gold found during the California Gold Rush
What was $2 billion?
500
The EVANGELICAL movement in the 1700s and 1800s which led to the PRESBYTERIAN, METHODIST, and BAPTIST churches in America.
What was The Great Awakening?
500
This piece of legislation resulted in mass movement of American Indians away from European American-settled lands, as well mass movement of European Americans into southern and western territories
What was the Indian Removal Act?
500
This group immigrated in mass waves to America, fueling economic expansion with their sheer numbers of willing laborers
Who were the Irish?
500
This was how many immigrants determined their destination in America