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04/21/2015

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Common Sense
Definition
Thomas Paine
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Which of the following is the correct order of events?
Definition
Stamp Act, Tea Act, Coercive Acts, Battle of Lexington, Saratoga
Term

In 1764, Parliament passed the sugar act, which dramatically increased the cost of legal molasses imports from the british west indies....

(True or False) 

Definition
False
Term

The              war, which ended in 1763, was also known as the great war for empire and the first world war. The british fought the 

             for control of north america and untimately won 

Definition
Seven, French
Term

Georgia was settled primarliy by thousands of debtors chosen personally by james oglethorpe.....

(True or False) 

Definition
False
Term
Regarding the settlement of new england and the cheaspeake, all the statements are true execpt...
Definition
While New England had very few towns flourished in the cheaspeake
Term
The indenture of Richard Lowther guaranteed him which of the following?
Definition
transport to virgina sufficinet food and sufficinet clothing
Term
What was the middle passage?
Definition
The way African slaves brought from africa to the colonies in the new world
Term
His voyages allowed england to lay claim to north america..
Definition
John Cabot
Term
First european to arrive by water in lndia?
Definition
Vasco de Gama
Term
Oversaw the charting of the western coast of Africa?
Definition
Prince Henry the Navigator
Term
First European to travel to the new world?
Definition
Christopher Columbus
Term
The earliest voyages of exploration in the late 15th century was conducted PRIMARILY by the...
Definition
Spanish & Portuguese
Term

Opposed hamiltion's program 

(Federalist or Republican) 

Definition
Republican
Term

Supported the virginia and kentucky resolutions 

(Federalist or Republican) 

Definition
Republican
Term

Supported a National Bank 

(Federalist or Republican) 

Definition
Federalist
Term

Urged strong support for the french in their Revolution 

(Federalist or Republican) 

Definition
Republican
Term

Believed in loose construction of the consitution 

(Federalist or D-Republican) 

Definition
Federalist
Term

John Adams 

(Federalist or D-Republican)

Definition
Federalist
Term

James Madison 

(Federalist or D-Republican)

Definition
D-Republican
Term

Thomas Jefferson 

(Federalist or D-Republican) 

Definition
D-Republican
Term
Although John Adams was the last federalist President, that political party would retain power in the            branch of government
Definition
Judical
Term

After Thomas Jefferson became president, he dismantled every aspect of Alexander Hamilton's economic program 

(True or False) 

Definition
False
Term
Madison's Virgina Plan
Definition
would create a two-house congress
Term
Shay's rebellion and the whiskey rebellion were led by....
Definition
Farmers
Term

The american victory over the british at          

      in 1777 brought the french into the Revolutionary war as American allies against the british 

Definition
Saratoga
Term
Marbury Vs Madsion
Definition
John Marshall
Term
Federalist Papers
Definition
Alexander Hamiltion
Term
Declaration of Independence
Definition
Thomas Jefferson
Term
In the settlement of british North America, there were three types of colonies. Name 2 and provide an example of each...
Definition

Georgia-Utopian 

Pennsylaina- Christian Comminities 

Term

When the federlist passed the         

and                Acts, in 1798, Thomas Jefferson and James Madsion, fearing threats to the freedom of speech,responded with the            and            Resolutions. Although no states adopted the resolutions, the republicans used them as potlical proaganda in the election of 1800, which propelled Thomas Jefferson to the presidency

 

Definition
Alien, Sedition, Virgina, Kentucky
Term
In the first half of the seventeeth century, virginia's staple crop was           , and the primary type of labor was            . However, following          , Rebellion, many plantes began switching to          labor.
Definition
Tobacco, Inservent Servers, Bacon's, Slaves
Term
Which one of the following statements in INCORRECT regarding the war of 1812?
Definition
The Indians were British allies
Term
In october 1814, New england federalists called the               to demand changes to consitiutions. In addition to 2/3 vote for a declaration of war, they also sought to end the virgina dynasty. The convention didn't result in any constitutional changes, but it did lead to the demise of the          party.
Definition
Hartford Convention,  Federalists
Term
Which one of the following statements about years between 1815-1840 is correct?
Definition
The economy experienced unprecedented growth
Term

In 1817, New york began constrution on the 

         , which was completed in 1825. The internal improvement was finanically successful and helped make new york city on economic powerhouse 

Definition
Erie Canel
Term
List two provisions of the Missouri Compromise of 1820
Definition

South of 36-30( Slave)

North of 36-30 (free) 

Term
Not a candidate for president in 1824?
Definition
James Monroe
Term
Which of the following statements about politics in the 1820s is true?
Definition
Fewer people were eligible to vote
Term

In the case of             vs georgia (1831), John Marshall ruled that the cherokee were a "domestic dependent nation" and could not bring suit. In the subsequent case of          

     vs georgia (1832), Marshall ruled that the law of Georgia had no force in Cherokee land. 

Definition
Cherokee nation, Worcester
Term
Which one of the following statements is True?
Definition
Jackson's actions with respect to the bank contributed to the panic of 1837
Term
Which would most likely have been a whig?
Definition
merchant
Term

By 1820, as a result of the end of the international slave trade and the first emancipation only the south particpated in, protected and profited from the institution of slavery. 

(True or False) 

Definition
False
Term

Prior to the civil war, the great majority of nothern whites supported abolition of slavery in the south. 

(True or Fasle) 

Definition
False
Term
The vast majority of white southerners owned slaves
Definition
False
Term

The compromise of 1850 admitted          

      as a free state, left the other territorial dispostion to              , ended the            in DC, and created a toughter              law. 

Definition
California, Popular Sovereignty, Slave trade, Fugitive Slave
Term

Chose the correct chronology 

(earliest to latest) 

Definition
Kanas-Nebraska Act, Pottawatomie Creek Massacre, John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry, Election of Lincoln
Term
The Dred Scott Decison
Definition
affirmed the South's argument that the consitiution guaranteed the existence and protection of slavery
Term
Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
Definition
only the deep south states immediatley sceded from the Union
Term
The "anaconda" strategy:
Definition
included, among other things, a blockage of the southern coast
Term
Which of the following statements regarding the First Battle of Bull Run is Correct?
Definition
It destroyed the illusion of a short war
Term

In the fall of 1862, the confederate army, commanded by Robert E.Lee invaded Maryland and fought a battle against the Union army at              . Although the Union commander let lee's army escape, it was technically considered a union victory.Having waited for such an event, Linclon followed this battlefield victory by issuing the        

           , which declared all slaves in the rebellious states free as of January 1,1863 

Definition
Antietam, Emancipation Proclamation
Term
Which of the following statements BEST reflects lincoln's view of Presidential Reconstruction?
Definition
Congress would determine the terms for readmission of the seceded states.
Term
During the early phase of Presidental Reconstruction, Southern states passed         , a set of regulations to promote white supremacy and to control the economic and social activities of the freeman. Late after congressional reconstuction gave African Americans the vote, the                , the terrorist wing of the democratic Party, created an atmosphere of fear and intimidation to prevent African American political participaton.
Definition
Black codes, KKK
Term
Sherman's Field Order No.15
Definition
Confiscated land from white planters and gave it to newly freed slaves
Term
Which of the following are examples of federal aid which helped settle the West during and after the Civil War?
Definition
Pacific Railroad Bill
Term
By the dawns act of 1887, the Indian Bureau tired to
Definition
end the traditional native american religions and increase white assimilation among the tribes
Term

Choose the correct association 

13th Amendment: granted citizenship to African American 

14 Amendment: abolished slavery 

15 Amendment: granted African Americans the right to vote 

Miltay Reconstruction Act: removed federal troops from the south in 1877 

Definition
15 Amendment: granted African Americans to right to vote
Term

While W.E.B DuBois preached a message of accommodation and told African Americans to focus on economic gains, Brooker T. Washingtion advocated more direct resistance and told African Americans to demand their political rights immediately.

(True and False)  

Definition
False
Term
In 1906, in               a georgia city touted as a model for African Americans economic sucess, whites rampaged through the town, beating and killing Africa Americans, thus demonstaing the failure of the accomodationist approach
Definition
Atlanta
Term
Name two occuopations/industries which settled the West
Definition
Railroads, Gold/Sliver
Term
The fighting at Wounded Knee:
Definition
turned into a massacre of indians, including many women and childern
Term
List 2 significant technological innovations of the late 19th century...
Definition
telephone, electric light
Term
The "new immigrants of the late nineteenth century increaseingly              Europe and settled primarliy in American              
Definition
northern and western, the countryside
Term
In 1892, struggling farmers formed the                party and ran an entire slate
Definition
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