Pre-Colonial America
The 3 sisters crops
Corn, beans, squash
Name 1 New England colony, 1 Middle colony, and 1 Southern colony.
New England: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire
Middle: New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
Southern: Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
Explain the difference between the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans.
Federalists believed in a strong central government, while Democratic-Republicans believed in strong state governments.
Define manifest destiny.
The belief that North America was given by God to the Americans to settle, and that their conquest of the entire continent was inevitable.
Name all 7 states that seceded in 1860 after Lincoln's election.
Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana, Florida
2 duties for Iroquois men and 2 duties for Iroquois women
Men: hunt, fish, fight, chop down trees
Women: declare war, choose leaders, grow crops
Why did Britain and France fight the French & Indian War and what was the outcome of the war?
They both wanted control of the Ohio River Valley. Britain won the war and received Canada from France.
Name 2 things the American government could NOT do under the Articles of Confederation.
Print their own money, raise an army, raise taxes, elect a president, create a court system
Explain why Congress didn't want to admit Missouri as a state and what the Missouri Compromise said.
They didn't want to admit another slave state. The Missouri Compromise said states north of Missouri wouldn't allow slavery but states south of Missouri could allow it, and slave and free states would be admitted in pairs.
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? Which states did it NOT affect? Name 3 of these states.
It freed all slaves held in rebel states if they encountered Union troops. It did not affect slaves held in Northern states that legalized slavery, which were Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, and DC.
The indigenous people Columbus encountered on Hispaniola
Taíno
Explain the Boston Tea Party.
Colonists were angry that they could only buy overpriced tea from the British East India Company and pay high taxes on it, so they dressed as Mohawk Native Americans and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.
Explain the difference between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan and how the Great Compromise solved the problem between the two.
New Jersey Plan - every state gets an equal number of representatives in Congress; favors small states
Virginia Plan - every state's representatives are determined by population; favors big states
Great Compromise - 2 houses of Congress, one determined by population and the other equally
Name 3 of the 4 conditions Mexico had on allowing American settlers to move into Texas.
Convert to Catholicism, speak Spanish, become Mexican citizens, not have slaves
Explain what happened at Fort Sumter, which 4 states seceded after the battle, and why they seceded.
The South Carolina militia attacked the US army at the fort, claiming they were no longer a part of the United States so the army had no right to be there. Arkansas, Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina seceded afterwards because Lincoln called for volunteers to help fight the South.
Where did Native Americans come from around 30,000 years ago and how did they get from there to North America?
They crossed the Bering Strait from Russia into Alaska.
Name 3 Intolerable Acts and what they did.
Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Quebec Act, Quartering Act, Administration of Justice Act
Explain why France sold Louisiana to America.
Explain the Compromise of 1850 and what the Fugitive Slave Act demanded.
California would be admitted as a free state, but the Fugitive Slave Act would be passed too, which required any slave that escaped to the north to be returned to their owners.
Who shot Abraham Lincoln? Where and when did the shooting take place?
John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln on 14 April 1865 in Ford's Theater in Washington, DC.
What were wampum made of and what did they do?
They were purple and white beads made from shells that were used for recording information, such as treaties and histories
Where did Black Loyalists get evacuated to, and what new country did they establish later on after they were sick of the racism they experienced in British colonies?
They were evacuated to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in Canada, Florida, or the Bahamas. They later on established the new country of Sierra Leone in west Africa.
Name 3 of the 5 "civilized tribes", explain why they were removed from their lands, and where they were relocated to.
Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole, Creek
Gold was discovered.
Oklahoma
Explain the difference between the Treaty of Velasco and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
The Treaty of Velasco was between Texas and Mexico and ended Texas' war of independence. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American War.
What does Juneteenth commemorate?
It commemorates the freeing of the last slaves in Texas after the end of the Civil War on 19 June 1865.