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Kohout 8th grade RVMS US History final
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8th Grade
05/12/2011

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Define discrimination
Definition
Treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than individual merit
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Define emigrate
Definition
To leave one's country or region to settle in another; migrate
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Define ethnocentrism
Definition
The belief of the inherent superiority of one's own ethnic group or culture
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Define prejudice
Definition
Preconceived judgement or opinion
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Define stereotype
Definition
Commonly held public belief about specific social groups, or types of individuals
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Define perwsecute
Definition
To pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religion, race, creed, or beliefs; harass persistently
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Define scapegoat
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A person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place
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Which three religious groups came to America between 1600-1900, only to be mistreated?
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A. Catholics
B. Mormons
C. Baptists
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Why did the Irish come to American in the 1840's?
Definition
The potato blight was starving millions of people in Ireland.
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What were the working conditions for the chinese while building the railroad?
Definition
Dangerous. There were often explosions at cave-ins that ocurred without warning
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What happened to the Lakota Sioux
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They were butchered at the Massacre of Wounded Knee, then driven out of their land.
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What had the Japanese become succeful with in America in the early 1900's?
Definition
Real estate
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What happened to the Japanese-Americans when Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1941?
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They were arrested and moved to concentration camps within the US
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What happened to Felix Longoria
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He was killed while fighting for the US in World War 2. When his body was returned home, his hometown refused to bury him because he was Mexican.
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Where and when did the Constitutional Convention begin?
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A. Philidelphia
B. May 27, 1787
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What is a constitution?
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A constitution is a written set of laws used to base legal judgement on
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How many branches are in the US government
Definition
Three
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Whate are the first ten amendments of the Constitution called?
Definition
The Bill of Rights
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What is the main job of the Legislative Branch?
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To draft and pass laws, regulate trade, and declare war
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Which groups/individuals are in the Legislative Branch?
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1. Senate
2. House of Representatives
3. Speaker of the House
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What is the main job of the Executive Branch?
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To sign bills into law and make treaties
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Which groups/individuals are in the Executive Branch?
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The president, Vice President, and the Cabinet
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What is the main job of the judicial branch?
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To enforce the constitution, and determine constitutionality of new laws
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Which groups/individuals are in the Judicial Branch
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A. Supreme Court
B. Supreme Justices
C. Lower Courts
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List one way the Executive branch has a power over the Judicial Branch
Definition
The president appoints the justices to the supreme court
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List one way the Judicial branch has a power over the Legislative Branch
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The supreme court can rule a law unconstitutional
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List one way the Legislative branch has a power over the Executive Branch
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A.They can override a president's veto with 2/3 vote
B. They can impeach the president
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What are the five freedoms included in the first amendment?
Definition
1. Freedom of Speech
2. Freedom of Religion
3. Freedom to peaceably assemble
4. Freedom of the press
5. Freedom to petition the government
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Where and when was George Washington innagurated?
Definition
Washington DC--April 30, 1789
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Which four people were in Washington's first cabinet?
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A. Alexander Hamilton
B. Thomas Jefferson
C. Henry Knox
D. Edmund Randolph
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Who does Alexander Hamilton feel should have the most power?
Definition
Central government
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How does Alexander Hamilton think America will succeed: agriculture or industry?
Definition
Industry
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Who does Thomas Jefferson feel should have the most power?
Definition
State government
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How does Thomas Jefferson think America will succeed: agriculture or industry?
Definition
Agriculture
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Who did the United States get the Louisiana Territory from?
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Napoleon, leader of France
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When did the United States purchase the Louisisana territory?
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October 1803
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Why did Thomas Jefferson want to buy the Louisiana Territory
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It would provide cheap, abundant land for farmers as well as control of the Mississippi River
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What did President Jefferson instruct Lewis and Clark to do on their expedition?
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Explore the Louisiana purchase
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WHERE and WHEN did Lewis and Clark begin their expedition?
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August 30, 1803. St. Louis, MO
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What role did Sacagewea play on the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
Definition
She mapped out the land, and introduced the team to the Native Americans
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Why did Chinese leave their country in the 1850's
Definition
Violent uprisings were taking place
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What were the 2 main jobs the Chinese found when arriving in America?
Definition
Miner and Rail Road Worker
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Who was Chief Joseph? What happened to him?
Definition
Leader of Native Americans. Driven out of his land
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Who was fighting in the war of 1812
Definition
The United Kingdom and the United States of America
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Why did the war of 1812 begin?
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British warships were impressing American sailors, and later sank an American trade ship
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Who won the war of 1812
Definition
The United States of America
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Which President was in office from 1789-1797? List one event from the era.
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A. George Washington
B. Creation of the National Bank
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Which President was in office from 1797-1801? List one event from the era.
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A. John Adams.
B. XYZ Affair
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Which President was in office from 1801-1809? List one event from the era.
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A. Thomas Jefferson
B. Louisiana Purchase
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Which President was in office from 1809-1817? List one event from the era.
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A. James Madison
B. War of 1812
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Which President was in office from 1829-1837? List one event from the era.
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A. Andrew Jackson
B. National Bank dissolved
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Why did Americans move to Texas in the 1820's?
Definition
Land there was abundant and cheaper than in the west
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Who led the Americans to Texas?
Definition
Sam Houston
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What laws did the Texicans agree to follow from the Mexican government
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A. Become Catholics
B. No slavery
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Where did a large Mexican Army defeat about 180 texicans?
Definition
Fort Alamo
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Where did the Texicans gain their independence with Santa Anna surrendering?
Definition
The Battle of San Jacinto
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Who was the US president during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848)?
Definition
James Polk
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What did both the US and Mexico want control of, that caused the war to begin?
Definition
Area between Nueces and Rio Grande river
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Who won the Mexican-American war?
Definition
America (Texas)
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What did the winners get in the peace treaty?
Definition
Term
What was the Missouri compromise
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Prohibited slavery north of 36'30 line
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What three main things did the compromise of 1850 decide?
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A. California was a free state
B. No more slaves in DC
C. Fugitive slave act
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What was the Kansas-Nebraska act?
Definition
All new states who entered the US could choose between being a slave or free state
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What was Uncle tom's cabin?
Definition
A book by Harriet Tubman describing slave life in the south
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What role did John Brown Play in causing the Civil War?
Definition
His death angered the north, and made southerners think of Yankees as savages
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What effect did the election of Abraham Lincoln as the president have on the Civil War?
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It caused eleven states to secede from the union
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How many states and people were in the CSA?
Definition
11 states and over 9 million people
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How many states and people were in the Union during the civil war?
Definition
23 states and 22 million people
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What are three advantages that the confederacy had during the Civil War?
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A."Noble cause"
B. Highly trained officers
C. Defending homeland
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What are 3 disadvantages the confederacy had?
Definition
A. Smaller population
B. Smaller resources
C. Smaller industry
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What are three advantages the US had during the civil war?
Definition
A. Larger population
B. Larger industry
C. Larger resources
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What are three disadvantages that the US had?
Definition
A. not fighting in homeland
b. weak leadership
c. no noble cause
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List three improved technologies from the civil war
Definition
a. repeating rifles
b. ironclads
c. trench warfare
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Who was the main army general of the CSA?
Definition
Robert E. Lee
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Who was the main Union army general by the end of the war?
Definition
Ulysses S. Grant
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Who was the president of the CSA?
Definition
Jefferson Davis
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What made up a typical soldiers diet?
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Infested hardtak, salt pork/beef, and occasionally cofffee
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Which side in the Civil War had more industry?
Definition
The Union
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What was the capital of the USA?
Definition
Washington DC
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Who were Matthew Brady and Timothy O' Sullivan?
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The first war photographers
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Who was Rose O'Neal Greenhow?
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A woman union spy
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Who was Dorothea Dix?
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A woman war nurse
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Who wrote Uncle Tom's cabin?
Definition
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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What was at Andersonville
Definition
The worst Confederate war priosn
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Which side was fighting to "defend its homeland?"
Definition
The Confederates
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Which side was fighting to preserve the union?
Definition
The Yankees
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Who sued for his freedom, but the supreme Court said he was just property?
Definition
Dredd Scott
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What happened at Fort Sumter
Definition
The first shots of the civil war were fired
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Who assassinated president Lincoln?
Definition
John Wilkes Booth
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What date did President Lincoln die?
Definition
April 15, 1865
Term
BATTLE OF BULL RUN (MANASSAS JUNCTION)
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a. Near the City of Manassas
b. Manassas, Virginia
c. Irvin McDowell
d. Joseph E. Jonston, P.G.T. Beauregard
e. Both forces were very confused, and untrained
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