Unit 1: Growth of the Colonies
Unit 2: The American Revolution
Unit 3: Building a New Nation
Unit 4: The Rise of Sectionalism
Unit 5: The Civil War
Unit 6: Expanding the Nation
Unit 7: American Imperialism
Unit 8: America After WWI
Unit 9: America in WWII
Unit 10: Cold War and Beyond
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Colonial representative bodies such as the House of Burgesses developed as a result of the British policy known as
salutary neglect
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What is the best interpretation of this cartoon? 
It urges colonists to unify in the coming military conflict.
100
During the early 1800s the British Navy began to take U.S. sailors and sea merchants captive during the early 1800s, forcing them to work on British ships. What was this practice called?
impressment
100
How did the American Temperance Society try to improve society?
They worked to improve society by banning the drinking of alcohol.
100
What was the importance of the "border states"?
States that allowed slavery but were loyal to the Union.
100
In the late-1800s, immigrants from ___ faced discrimination, especially on the west coast. The United States government even prevented them from immigrating into the country.
China
100
Using the political cartoon provided, why was the Zimmerman Telegram a reason for the United States to join World War I?
It asked Mexico to join the war with Germany.
100
How did the rise of radio influence American popular culture in the 1920s?
It made news, entertainment, and sports more accessible to a national audience.
100
How the United States was able to help the Allied cause in World War II without actively fighting in the war?
The United States supplied arms to the allies through the Lend-Lease Act.
100
Which group was created during the Cold War to unify all of the member countries against communist aggression?
NATO
200
Which of these was NOT part of the Middle Colonies: Connecticut, Delaware, New York?
Connecticut
200
Why was the French and Indian War a factor in causing the American Revolution?
The high cost of the war meant Parliament had to create new taxes in the American colonies.
200
The Whiskey Rebellion was significant in U.S. history MAINLY because
the federal government used force to enforce the laws of the land.
200
"John Marshall has made his decision. Now let him enforce it!"
- President Andrew Jackson, 1832
What is President Jackson referring to in this statement?
the Worcester v. Georgia Supreme Court decision
200
What justification did Lincoln have for suspending habeas corpus during the Civil War?
Lincoln suspended these rules because he felt it was necessary in order to put down the rebellion within the southern states.
200
Upton Sinclair and Ida Tarbell are both associated with what American literary movement?
Muckraking
200
During and immediately after World War I, thousands of African-American Southerners moved to which area of the world in search of better opportunities?
The North
200
President Franklin Roosevelt is credited with increasing the power of the federal government in an attempt to relieve the Great Depression by
creating many new agencies and implementing new legislation through the New Deal.
200
What was the fate of the city of Berlin after the battle ended?
It was divided among the victorious Allied powers.
200
During his presidential campaign, Jimmy Carter asked Americans to vote for him MAINLY because he
could restore Americans’ faith in their government after Watergate.
300
What was the significance of the Great Awakening on the colonies of America?
It was the first major unifying national event, and created a greater separation from England because the movement was only felt in the colonies.
300
The primary goal of the people who began the American Revolution was
to achieve the rights they felt the British had been denying them.
300
In what way did the Sedition Act impact American citizens?
It limited their ability to criticize the government.
300
The Abolition Movement largely coincided with what major American religious movement?
the Second Great Awakening
300
- It cut off the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas from the rest of the Confederacy.
- It gave the Union navy complete control of the Mississippi River.
- It, along with the Battle of Gettysburg, is considered one of the major turning points in the Civil War.
To which Civil War event are these facts related?
Vicksburg
300
"An act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes."
- from the Dawes Severalty Act, 1887
Although its stated purpose was to "extend the protection" of the laws of the U.S. to Native Americans, the Dawes Act was passed because the federal government wanted to
claim Indian tribal lands and open them to settlement by non-Indians.
300
What group was revived during the 1910s, speaking out against communists, immigrants, Catholics, Jews, and African-Americans?
Ku Klux Klan
300
This poster directly reflects the situation brought about by
the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment.
300
Why were consumer goods rationed during World War II?
The resources used in consumer goods were needed for the war effort.
300
How did the War Powers Act of 1973 impact the role of the president?
The act placed a limit on the President's ability to send troops into hostile areas.
400
Which uprising in Virginia was directly caused by conflict between white settlers and Native Americans?
Bacon's Rebellion
400
These American women were famous for boycotting British goods by making homespun cloth and for finding substitutes for tea and sugar (all heavily taxed by the British.) Who were these women?
Daughters of Liberty
400
How did the Land Ordinance of 1785 affect westward expansion?
It provided a clear system for surveying and distributing land.
400
The Wilmot Proviso (1846) attempted to forever ban slavery in territories that were won as a result of
the Mexican War.
400
How did the election of Rutherford B. Hayes to the presidency impact African Americans in the South?
Hayes ended Reconstruction, which negatively impacted the African American community by returning power to white southern politicians.
400
The creation of the NAACP can be MOST likely seen as a response to what court case?
Plessy v. Ferguson
400
Why did the United States NOT join the League of Nations?
After World War I many Americans were wary of becoming too entangled in European affairs and favored a more "isolationist" approach.
400
What were the political effects of the Harlem Renaissance?
It provided a foundation for the Civil Rights Movement because it fueled African American self-determinism.
400
What was the meaning of a multifront war for the United States during World War II?
Americans were fighting on both a Pacific Front and a European Front.
400
How did the Tet Offensive change public perception of the Vietnam War in the United States?
It created doubt about the U.S. government's claims of imminent victory.
500
When looking at the geography of the map, what can you tell about the colonial European settlements? 
All of the settlements were close to major bodies of water.
500
Both John Locke and Thomas Jefferson wrote about the natural rights of humans. In what document are these "unalienable rights" specifically mentioned?
the Declaration of Independence
500
How did the economic policies of the early 19th century, such as the American System proposed by Henry Clay, aim to transform the U.S. economy?
by fostering national economic growth through protective tariffs, a national bank, and internal improvements.
500
Why was the admission of Maine into the Union at the same time as Missouri a significant provision of the Missouri Compromise?
The slave-holding states and the free states of the Union wanted to maintain a balance of power in the representation in the U.S. Congress.
500
With which era of American history is this image MOST closely associated? 
the Reconstruction era
500
What was a main characteristic of the Progressive movement?
work towards the removal of corrupt influences on local, state, and national government
500
The Spanish-American War resulted from an attempt to enforce the principles expressed by which of these?
The Monroe Doctrine
500
The region of the country that experienced the greatest population growth during the Great Depression was
the Pacific region. (Due to the Dust Bowl)
500
This map shows an early proposal of post-war Japan, which would have been divided into zones of occupation much like post-war Germany. Which action had the BIGGEST impact on preventing the division of Japan seen in this proposal?
Truman's decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan
500
The creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958 was a direct result of
the successful launch and orbit of Sputnik I by the USSR during the Space Race.