Early American Colonies
What was the original British Settlement in America where the entire settlement disappeared?
The Lost Colony of Roanoke
Why did the colonists rebel against England?
Taxation without Representation
What was the land purchased from France by Thomas Jefferson that doubled the size of the United States?
The Louisiana Purchase
Who won the Civil War?
The North
First Ten Amendments to the Constitution are called?
The Bill of Rights
Why did so many colonists at Jamestown die? List four reasons.
Disease, Drought, Starvation, Native Americans
Who was the leader of the Continental Army?
George Washington
Define Manifest Destiny.
Cultural belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers were destined by God to expand across North America from Sea to Shining Sea
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
Finish this sentence... "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.
What are the three main reasons British settlers came to America? (3 G’s)
Gold, Glory, God
What were the Intolerable Acts?
Laws put in place to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party
What was discovered in 1848 that led to a "Rush" of people going to California in 1849?
Gold
Why did the South secede from the United States? What was the first state to succeed?
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Abraham Lincoln's Election, fear of losing slaves.
South Carolina
Why did Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence? Besides Independence, what else did it declare?
Independence from England. All men are created equal, etc.
What were the Salem Witch Trials? What were some of the reasons for the accusations?
People were accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than two hundred people were accused. Thirty were found guilty, nineteen of whom were executed by hanging.
Hysteria, Strict Religious Law, Jealousy, Paranoia
Where was the first battle of the American Revolution fought?
Lexington and Concord
What was the Missouri Compromise? The Compromise of 1850? The Kansas Nebraska Act?
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What advantages did the North have in the Civil War? What advantages did the South have?
North: Industry, Railroads, Communication, More Troops and Supplies
South: Knew the territory, Were on the Defensive
What was the Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott case?
Supreme Court held that the United States Constitution was not meant to include American citizenship for people of African descent, regardless of whether they were enslaved or free
What was the name of the time period where disease, violence, drought, a meager harvest followed by a harsh winter, and poor drinking water left the majority of Jamestown colonists dead during the winter of 1609-1610.
The Starving Time
What 2 foreign powers assisted the United States against England?
Spain and France
What was “Bleeding Kansas”?
Fighting between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces over the legality of slavery in the proposed state of Kansas.
This battle marked the turning point of the Civil War in the favor of the North. With more than 50,000 estimated casualties, the three-day engagement was the bloodiest single battle of the conflict.
The Battle of Gettysburg
What were the Reconstruction Amendments? What did each one do?
The 13th Amendment abolished slavery. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship to all people born in the US. The 15th Amendment gave Black Americans the right to vote.