Early America
Forming a Government
Westward Expansion
Major Innovations
100

In 1606, King James I of England gave the Virginia Company of London the charter to establish what?

A new colony in North America.

100

The Articles of Confederation

 a.Had 3 Branches of government

 b.Could tax but not declare war

 c.Had a one house legislature

 d.Could borrow money and regulate 

     trade


c. Had a one house legislature

100

The group of pioneers who migrated to Utah to escape religious persecution

Mormons


100

The Bessemer Process, a technique for creating__ steel using molten pig iron, in the 1850's.

Steel

200

The 1st Permanent Colony in America

Jamestown,1607

200

The plan proposed at the Constitutional Convention that called for a 3 branch government and a two house legislature?

Virginia Plan

200

___ stipulated that in the future , slavery would be prohibited north of  the southern boundary of Missouri in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase.

1820, Missouri Compromise

200

Who patented the first long- lasting light bulbs in 1879-1880?

Edison and Swan

300

The English chose a site that's not ideal. Why wasn't it ideal?

In the summer, the site turned into a swamp filled with mosquitoes and poisonous water. In the winter, it was unprotected from the harsh winter storms and became bitterly cold. 

300

By creating three branches of government the Framers of the Constitution established which principle?


Separation of Powers

300

The Southern economy grew increasingly dependent on___

King Cotton

300

Who first developed tiny semiconductor devices( gadgets) that allowed for precise control of the amount and flow of current through circuit boards?

1947, Bell Laboratories

400

Due to the settlers lacking basic survival skills, this made their first few years difficult. Who took over the colony and made it successful?

Captain John Smith enforced discipline upon the colony. 

400

The Preamble states all of the following EXCEPT?

  a.Form a more perfect union

 b.Domestic tranquility

 c.Secure individual liberties

 d.Equal representation

d. Equal representation

400

In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson purchased the territory of ____ from the French government for $15 million.

Louisiana 

400

___ was the first in a long line of communications breakthroughs that later included radio, telephones, and email.

Telegraph

500

What became the major cash crop in Virginia and who is founded for that? 

The major cash crop is Tobacco and it is founded by John Rolfe. 

500

The Federalist

    a.wanted a Bill of Rights

    b.defended the ratification of the Constitution

    c.opposed ratification of the Constitution

    d.wanted a weak national government

b. defended the ratification 

    of the Constitution


500

Why were many people migrating over to the west?

In search for more economic opportunity, land ownership, farming with freedom, etc.

500

___ made the first leap in antibiotics when he accidentally discovered the bacteria-inhabiting mold known as penicillin in 1928.

Alexander Fleming