Unit 1
The commander of the Continental Army
Who is George Washington?
This famous document was created as a compromise between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists when ratifying the Constitution.
Bonus points for the name and the author
What is the Bill of Rights written by James Madison?
A society, culture, or economy that revolves around agriculture, or the cultivation of crops.
What is agrarian?
This war was fought over land disputes between the US and another country prior to the Civil War.
What is the Mexican-American War?
Name the two islands that immigrants came through when coming to the United States.
What is Angel Island and Ellis Island?
The saying "join or die" was coined by this man in an effort to unify the colonies.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Thousands of Cherokee died on this path from the Eastern part of the United States to designated Indian Territory.
Bonus points for the act that enforced this move.
What is the "Trail of Tears"?
The Indian Removal Act
The God-given right for Americans to travel westward, "from sea to shining sea."
What is Manifest Destiny?
The first conflict of the Civil War takes place here in April of 1861.
What is Fort Sumter, South Carolina?
Two main reasons that Western settlement increased after the Civil War.
Options:
- completion of the TCRR, issue of slavery resolved, displacement from the Civil War, and economic opportunity
This pamphlet was written and circulated prior to the Revolutionary War and inspired many colonists to call for independence.
bonus points for both the author and title
What is Common Sense written by Thomas Paine?
Name the 3 parts of the Missouri Compromise.
1. Missouri admitted to the Union as a slave state.
2. Maine admitted as a free state.
3. No more slavery in the Louisiana Purchase lands north of the 36’30’ parallel (except for Missouri itself).
Economic system of exploitation of colonies to enrich the mother country
This movement protested slavery for economic reasons rather than moral reasons.
What is the free soil movement?
A country taking over another country for economic, political, or military gain.
example: The US in the Philippines
What is imperialism?
Name one main difference between the New England Colonies and the Chesapeake colonies.
bonus points if you can name more than one.
examples:
founding of the colonies: religion vs. money
economy: lumber/shipbuilding vs. cash crops
This war proved the independence of the United States and led us to have a more isolationist foreign policy.
Bonus points for who was the President during this war?
What is the War of 1812 under President James Madison?
One company or group controlling all or most of an industry.
What is a monopoly?
This best-selling novel opened up American's eyes to the harsh realities of slavery. Upon meeting the author, Lincoln said, "So you are the one who started this great war."
Bonus points for the author
What is Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin?
For immigration, many people had reasons for leaving(push) and for coming to the United States(pull). Name two push and two pull factors.
Push factors: Bad economy, Crop failure/drought, War, Persecution
Pull factors: Job opportunity, Could own land, Democracy, Education
Name 3 major events or laws that lead to the colonists declaring independence from Britain.
examples:
-Boston Tea Party, Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts, Sugar Act, Quartering Act, Boston Massacre
These two ways to interpret the Constitution led to arguments among the Founding Fathers who were members of the First Cabinet.
What a loose construction and strict construction?
Federal and state governments having a hands off approach to the economy with few regulations and rules.
What is "Laissez faire"?
This congressional act was created to allow for a transcontinental railroad and allowed for popular sovereignty in two newly created territories.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
This congressional act limited the immigration into the United States from China.
Bonus points for the year.
What is the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act?