Expansion
Triangular Trade
Events
Colonies
Canada
100
What doubled the size of the United States in 1803?
The Louisiana Purchase
100
The first French colonists in North America were mostly interested in
Taking part in the fur trade
100
A financial collapse in 1929 led to the most severe economic decline in United States history known as the _________.
Great Depression
100
What was the greatest short-term effect of Spanish colonization on American Indians?
It sharply decreased their population
100
A territory that governs itself but is still tied to its colonizing country.
Dominion
200
_________ is the belief that the United States was destined to stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
Manifest Destiny
200
The triangular trade linked which three?
Africa, the Caribbean, English Colonies
200
The efforts of African Americans in the 1950s through the 1960s to win equal rights was called
Civil Rights Movement
200
English Protestants who rejected England's established church. They came to North America to worship freely.
Pilgrims
200
French Canadians had their religious freedom and laws protected with the passage of the ________.
Quebec Act
300
During the 1800s, the main reason Americans wanted to expand territorial control outside the United States was to
Gain natural resources
300
What was the main cause of death among African captives being transported from the Americas on slave ships?
Diseases spread quickly in the tightly packed holds of ships.
300
What is the correct chronological order of these events in U.S. history?
Great Depression, Mexican-American War, World War II, Civil WarMexican-American War, Civil War, Great Depression, World War II
300
The French, the Dutch, and the English looked for a ________, a nonexistent water route through North America to Asia.
Northwest Passage
300
How did the War of 1812 affect Canada?
It united Canadians to fight against a common enemy
400
The outcome of the French and Indian War was significant for the British most of all because they
Gained control of French land east of the Mississippi
400
How were newly enslaved Africans transported to the English colonies?
Enslaved Africans were forced aboard ships and chained together to prevent mutinies
400
What was the main cause of the Civil War in the United States?
The South wanted new states to allow slavery and the North did not
400
What caused the Pilgrims to settle in New England?
They wanted to practice their religion freely
400
To create a stronger government for the colonies in Canada, Britain passed the _________.
1867 British North America Act
500
What generalization about the experiences of American Indians on Spanish missions does this image best support?
American Indians were expected to convert to Christianity
500
What makes the government created by the U.S. Constitution a republic?
Citizens elect representatives to carry out their will
500
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."
-United States Declaration of Independence
Based on this excerpt, what ideas most contributed to inspiring the American Revolution?
Ideas about equality and rights
500
What summarizes a result of the French and Indian War?
It marked the end of French power in North America
500
During its years as a dominion, what was Canada's relationship with Britain?
Canada governed itself, but Britain controlled Canada's foreign affairs