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US History 1 A
US History I A East Chicago Central Carter
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11th Grade
01/07/2010

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1789: Who is the father of our (the USA) country?
Definition
1789: George Washington
Term
1776: Who the father of the Declaration of Independence?
Definition
1776: Thomas Jefferson
Term
1776: What major event occurred during the Spirit of '76?
Definition
1776: The American Revolution
Term
1788: Who is the Father of the (US) Constitution?
Definition
1788: James Madison
Term
1775: What groups fought in the American Revolutionary War?
Definition
1775: the US (Yankees) and England (Redcoats)
Term
1783: Who won the American Revolutionary War?
Definition
1783: the US
Term
1812: Which was called 'Mr. Madison's War'?
Definition
1812: the War of 1812
Term
1812: What groups fought in the War of 1812?
Definition
1812: the US and England
Term
1814: Who won the War of 1812?
Definition
1814: the US
Term
1814: During which war was The Star Spangled Banner composed?
Definition
1814: the War of 1812 (at Fort McHenry, Maryland)
Term
1776: What is a founding father?
Definition
1776:Signer of the Declaration of Independence
Term
1775: What was the cause of the American Revolutionary War?
Definition
1776: British taxation of American colonists without representation
Term
1812: What was the cause of the War of 1812?
Definition
1812: Britain's interference with American trade and Britain's siding with Native Americans
Term
1846: What was the cause of the Mexican War?
Definition
1846: President Polk's expansionism and a border dispute
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1846: What groups fought in the Mexican War?
Definition
1846: the US (doughboys) and Mexico
Term
1848: Who won the Mexican War?
Definition
1848: Mexico
Term
1898: What groups fought in the Spanish American War?
Definition
1898: one group: America, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and the Philippines
the other group: Spain
Term
1898: Who won the Spanish American War?
Definition
1898: America
Term
1898: What was the cause of the Spanish American War?
Definition
1898: Newspaper owner William Randolph Hearst mistakenly accused Spain for blowing up the Maine, an American ship.
Term
1914: What groups fought in World War I?
Definition
1914: The Allies (Serbia, Russia, France, Britain, Italy, USA-the doughboys)
The Axis (Austria Hungary, Germany, the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria)
Term
1914: What was the cause of World War 1?
Definition
1914: Serb(s) assassinated their foreign rulers, the Austria Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia.
Term
1898: Who were the Rough Riders?
Definition
1898: US Calvary unit made up of an assortment of ranchers, miners, college football players, hunters, led by Lt. Teddy Roosevelt, that charged up San Juan Hill during the Spanish American War.
Term
1898: Where is San Juan Hill?
Definition
1898: in Cuba
Term
1918: When did World War 1 end?
Definition
1918: at the 11th hour
on the 11th day
on the 11 month
in 1918
Term
1918: Who won World War 1?
Definition
1918: the Allies (Serbia, France, Britain, Italy, the US)
Term
1846: Why were American soldiers called Doughboys?
Definition
1846: One explanation is because their main food ration were dough biscuits.
Term
1917: Why did the US enter World War 1?
Definition
1917: 2 reasons:
1. a publisher letter, from a German official named Zimmerman, asking Mexico to join the Allies and invade the US
2. German U-boats bombing Ally ships
Term
1914: What is a U-boat?
Definition
1914: it is short for a German Unterseeboot (under sea boat) / submarine
Term
1917: Which country deserted World War 1 and why?
Definition
1917: Russia left because its civil war erupted
Term
1814: Where was the treaty ending the War of 1812 signed?
Definition
1814: (Treaty of) Trent (the Netherlands)
Term
1919: Where was the treaty ending World War 1 signed?
Definition
1919: (Treaty of) Versailles (30 miles outside of Paris), France
Term
1776: Who was President during the American Revolutionary War?
Definition
1776: no one, America was fighting to be recognized as an independent country during this war
Term
1917: Who was president when the US entered World War 1?
Definition
1917: (Thomas) Woodrow Wilson
Term
1861: What groups fought in the American Civil War?
Definition
1861: the North (USA, Union, Yankees, Yanks, blue) and the South (CSA, Confederates, Rebels, Rebs, Rebbie boys, gray)
Term
1861: What was the cause of the Civil War?
Definition
1861: The South's prolonged attack of the lone Southern fort loyal to USA, Fort Sumter (South Carolina)
Term
1865: Who won the Civil War?
Definition
1865: the North (USA, Union, Yankees, blue)
Term
1860: Which state seceded (separated) from the USA first?
Definition
1860: South Carolina
Term
1860: Why did the South leave the Union (USA)?
Definition
1860: Republican (anti-slavery polical party) won the presidency with Abraham Lincoln and the South thought that their way of life (slavery) would be ended
Term
1856: What is meant by "Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Men, Fremont"?
Definition
1856: presidential campaign slogan of Free Soil party (later Republican party) unsuccessful candidate John C. Fremont
Term
1840: What does "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" or just "Tip and Ty" refer to?
Definition
1840: It was the campaign song and slogan of successful Whig candidate William Henry Harrison (winner of the Battle of Tippecanoe, Indiana against navive Americans) and his running mate John Tyler
Term
1861: Who were the military leaders of the Civil War?
Definition
1861: North-Ulysses S. (Simpson) Grant and South-Robert E. (Edward) Lee
Term
1917: Who led the US forces in the World War I?
Definition
1917: General John J. (Joseph) Pershing
Term
1846: Who successfully led the US forces in the Mexican War?
Definition
1846: Winfield Scott
Term
1775: Who successfully led the American forces in the American Revolutionary War?
Definition
1775: George Washington
Term
1775: Who were the commanders of the American Revolutionary War?
Definition
1775: US (George Washington, Nathanael Greene, Horatio Gates, Frederic Wilhelm von Steuben, Marquis de La Fayette)
Britain (Sir William Howe, Thomas Gage, Sir Henry Clinton, Lord Cornwallis, John Burgoyne, Benedict Arnold)
Term
1846: Which was 'Mr. Polk's War'?
Definition
1846: The Mexican War that President Polk instigated
Term
1914: Which is the 'Great War'?
Definition
1914: World War 1
Term
1914: Which was the 'War to End All Wars'?
Definition
1914: World War L
Term
1783: What song was played at the Britian's surrender during the American Revolutionary War?
Definition
1783: 'The World Turned Upside Down'
Term
1775: What were the British called in American Revolutionary War?
Definition
1775: the Redcoats, Lobster backs, Bloody backs
Term
1811: Which US military academy repaints a statue of Tecumseh before important events?
Definition
1811: the United States Naval Academy
Term
1812: Who were the commanders of the US forces during the War of 1812?
Definition
1812: Winfield Scott, Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison
Term
1898: Who was a commander of the Spanish American War?
Definition
1898: George Dewey
Term
1783: What was the final battle of the American Revolutionary War?
Definition
1783: the Battle of Yorktown (Virginia)
Term
1865: What does 'The Surrender' refer to?
Definition
1865: a Southern phrase referring to their regretful surrender to the North in the Civil War
Term
1865: Where did the Civil War surrender take place?
Definition
1865: Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Term
1898: Who was President during the Spanish American War?
Definition
1898: William McKinley Jr.
Term
1860: What is another name for the Civil War?
Definition
1860: The War between the States
Term
1815: What was the final battle of the War of 1812?
Definition
1815: the battle of Fort Bowyer (Alabama)
Term
1815: Why were there more battles after the War of 1812 over?
Definition
1815: They did not know that the war had officially ended.
Term
1848: What was the final battle of the Mexican War?
Definition
the battle of Santa Cruz de Rosales
Term
1848: Where was the treaty signed ending the Mexican War?
Definition
1848: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (Basilica of Guadalupe at Villa Hidalgo)
Term
1898: What was the name of the treaty ending World War l?
Definition
1898: the Treaty of Paris
Term
1861: What is General Ulysses S. Grant's nickname?
Definition
unconditional surrender Grant
Term
1776[ What are the most important words of The Declaration of Independence?
Definition
1776: 'all men are created equal'
Term
1918: What are the 14 Points?
Definition
1918: President Wilson's plan for peace
Term
1918: What is the 14th point?
Definition
1918: The creation of the League of Nations, a world peace organization
Term
1918: What is the League of Nations
Definition
1918: a world peace organization, invented by President Wilson during World War L
Term
1918: When did the US join President Wilson's League of Nations?
Definition
1918: a group of US senators, called the 'irreconsiables;, successfully blocked the US from joining the League of Nataions because they did not agree with Article 10 which called for mutual defence
Term
1919: When did the US sign the Treaty of Versailles of 1919?
Definition
1919: never, because a group of US senators, called the resevationsts, successfully blocked the treaty because they felt it diminished Congresses war powers
Term
1917: Who were the political leaders of the Allied contries?
Definition
1917:
US - Woodrow Wilson
British PM - David Lloyd-George
French Premier - Georges Clemenceau
Italian Premier - Vittorio Orlando
Russian czar - Nicholas II
Term
1918: Explain the term 'peace without victory'.
Definition
1918: President Wilson's proposition for ending World War 1 with the view tht the goals of the war were peace and freedom, not land and imperialism
Term
1917: What was thr Allied response to -boats?
Definition
1917: convoys (security warships escorting supply ships)
Term
1919: What is the 'Land of Hope:?
Definition
1919: what Southern blacks, especially poor sharecroppers, called the North (northern states)
Term
1919: What is the Great Migration?
Definition
1919: the great migration of 1919 refers to the migration of over one million African Americans to northern cities for better jobs and reduced racism
Term
1914: Name the fronts (arenas, campaigns, theatres) of World War I.
Definition
Eastern front (Russia), Western front (central western Europe)
Term
1914: Name the Low countries.
Definition
1914: Belguim, the Netherlands and Luxemborg (BENELUX)
Term
1919: Which amendment was passed after World War I?
Definition
1919: Women pushed for the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote based on their great contributions to the war effort.
Term
1917: How were Germans treated in America at this time?
Definition
with suspicion to hanging; German culture was deleted (music, language: liberty measles, hamburger-liberty burger/Salisbury steak, daschunds-liberty pups, sauerkraut-liberty cabbage, frankfurter-hot dog)
Term
1917: What was the Selective Service Act
Definition
1917: a war draft
Term
1916: Explain the phrase 'he kept us out of war'.
Definition
1916: President Wilson's reelection slogan about the war (World War I) in Europe during his first term.
Term
1914: What were the new weapons used in World War I?
Definition
1914: machine guns, gas, gas masks, tanks, subs, planes
Term
1914: What new types of warfare were used in World War I?
Definition
1914: trench, air
Term
What are the Balkans?
Definition
Southeratern Europe including Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Term
1898: What caused America to become imperialistic?
Definition
1898: belief in their supeiority, desire for raw goods, customers, international ports
Term
1898: What did America's empire consist of?
Definition
1898: Alaska, Hawaii, Cuba, Puerto Ricp the Philippines, Guam, the Panama Canal
Term
1916: Which Mexican rebel leader killed 18 Americans in Columbus, New Mexico but could mot be caught by 10,000 American forces under General Pershing?
Definition
1916: Francisco 'Poncho' Villa
Term
1898: Which countries did the US militarily intervene, during its imperialist period?
Definition
1898: the Philippines, China, Japan, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico
Term
1898: Who said 'speak softly and carry a big stick and you will go far'?
Definition
1898: an African (poverb), it was later recanted by Theodore Roosevelt
Term
1905: Why did President Theodore Roosevelt receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
Definition
1906: he negotiated peace between Japan and Russia in the Russo-Japanese War.
Term
1899: What was the Open Door Policy?
Definition
1900: a policy enacted by State Secretary John Hay to open China's doors to trade with the US
Term
1906: What was President Theodore Roosevelt's 'Gentlemen's Agreement' with Japan?
Definition
1906: he ended school segregation of Japanese students in San Francisco in exchange for limited Japanese emigration to the US
Term
1898: What happened to the Philippines after they won in the Spanish American War?
Definition
1898: America took control of them just as Spain had done previously, this led to the failed Philippine Insurrection
Term
1776: What was the name of Thomas Pain's pamphlet which urtged American independence?
Definition
1776: Common Sense
Term
1781: What was th name of the United States' first Constitution?
Definition
1781: the Articles of Confederation
Term
1786: Who led a rebellion of Massachusetts farmers over the issue of taxes?
Definition
1786: Daniel Shays
Term
1787: What was the name of the group that supported the Constitution?
Definition
1787: federalists
Term
1787: What was teh name of the group that did not support the Constitution?
Definition
1787: the anti-Federalists
Term
1787: What is the name of the series of newspaper articles that were published in New York City newspapers which urged the passage of the second Constitution?
Definition
1787: The Federalist (Papers)
Term
1787: What name was used as the author of the Federalist Papers?
Definition
1787: Publius
Term
1787: Who was Publius and leaders of the Federalists?
Definition
1787: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
Term
1787: Who were leaders 0f the anti-Federalists?
Definition
1787: Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, George Mason, Richard Henry Lee, Robert Yates
Term
1776: Who was the founder of the Bill of Rights?
Definition
1776: George Mason
Term
1787: What legislation did the anti-federalist want included in the new Constitution?
Definition
1787: The Bill of Rights
Term
1803: What was the geographical effect of the Louisiana Purchase?
Definition
1803: it doubled the size of the US
Term
1805: What was the name of the female interpreter and guide on the Louisiana Territory expedition?
Definition
1805: Sacagawea
Term
1804: Who was appointed by the President to explore the newly purchased Louisiana Territory?
Definition
1804: (Merriweather) Lewis and (William) Clark
Term
1814: Who wrote the Star Spangled banner?
Definition
1814: Francis Scott Key
Term
1814: What was the form of the original Star Spangled Banner?
Definition
1814: poetry
Term
1836: Who led the Texas forces that yelled, "Remember the Alamo, Remember Goliad!"?
Definition
1836: Sam Houston at ehe Battle of San Jacinto, Texas (Revolution)
Term
1790s: What was 'revolutionary' about the First Industrial Revolution?
Definition
1790s: goods were no longer manufactured by hand (human labor0, they were now manufactured by machine; other changes include pay by the hour, the factory system, hiring individuals
Term
1790s: What was the 'factory system'?
Definition
1790s: a new system of manufacturing where the means of production (machines) were housed in a building (factory) and workers labored in the building (factory)
Term
1787: What were the energy sources of the First Industrial Revolution?
Definition
1787: water, coal
Term
1783: What effect did the cotton gin have on slavery?
Definition
1783: the cotton gin increased the need for more slaves because the cotton fiber could now be processed quicker and cheaper
Term
1828: Who was the first President born in the frontier (not the East)?
Definition
1828: Andrew Jackson
Term
1787: What were President Jackson's nicknames?
Definition
1787: the Indian hater (he had Eastern Indians moved to Western reservations through war (the 3 Seminote Wars) and legislation (the Indian Removal Act); Old Hiskory
Term
1817: What does Seminole mean?
Definition
1817: runaway (the Seminole tribe, in Florida, sheltered runaway slaves from Georgia
Term
1830s: Who led the educational reform movement?
Definition
1830s: Horace Mann fought for free, public, longer schools; higher teacher pay
Term
1830s: Who led the prison reform movement?
Definition
1830s: Dorothea Dix fought to change the practise of hiding the mentally ill in attics and cellars to treating them in hospitals
Term
1830s: Who led the poverty reform movement?
Definition
1830s: Dorothea Dix fought to change the practice of treating the poor like criminals
Term
1830s: Who led the prison reform movement?
Definition
1830s? Dorothy Dix fought to change the practice of punishing prisoners to 'rehabilitating' prisoners
Term
1790s: Name the most famous utopias in America.
Definition
1790s: the Harmony Scociety (PA), New Harmony (IN), Oneida Community (NY-the dinnerware company), Amana Community (PA-created the Amana appliance company)
Term
1825: Who was the unsuccessful leader of the utopia movement?
Definition
1825: Robert Owen
Term
1876: Who is credited with inventing the telephone?
Definition
1876: Alexander Bell
Term
1876: What was the first message successfully communited over the telephone?
Definition
1878: "Mr. Warson, come quickly, I want to see you!" (Alexander Bell
Term
1877: What company grew out of the invention of the telephone?
Definition
1877: AT&T (American Telephone and Telegraph) / American Bell Telephone Company / Mother Bell / Ma Bell (Alexander Ball)
Term
1877: Who was the 'Wizard of Menlo Park (New Jersey)'?
Definition
1877: Thomas (Alva) Edison
Term
1877: How many inventions is Thomas (Alva) Edison credited with?
Definition
1877: over 1000
Term
1880: What was Thomas (Alva) Edison's most famous invention?
Definition
1880: the light bulb
Term
1877: What was Thomas (Alva) Edison's favorite invention?
Definition
1877: the phonograph
Term
1877: What is Thomas (Alva) Edison's popular quote?
Definition
1877: 'Success is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration."
Term
1890: What company did the invention of the light bulb lead to?
Definition
1890: (Edison) General Electric company
Term
1886: Which company did the invention of AC (alternating current - electricity) lead to?
Definition
1886: Westinghouse (George Westinghouse)Electic company
Term
1844: What was the first successful message sent over the telegraph?
Definition
1844: 'What hath God wrought?'
Term
1821: What colony was founded in Africa for frees African Americans slaves to migrate to?
Definition
1821: Liberia (liberate - freedom)
Term
1822: What is the capital of Liberia?
Definition
1822: Monrovia (President James Monroe)
Term
1650s: What is the nickname for the religious group called The Society of Friends?
Definition
1650s: the Quakers
Term
1850s: What group be'friended' and helped the runaway slaves?
Definition
1850s: the Quakers
Term
1850s: What was the Underground Railroad?
Definition
1850a: secret escape routes used by slaves in the American South
Term
1850s: Who was the Moses of the Underground Railroad?
Definition
1850s: Harriett Tubman
Term
1852: Who did President Lincoln call 'the little lady who started the big war?'
Definition
1852: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Term
1852: What piece of literature contributed to the start of the Civil War?
Definition
1852: 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'
Term
1852: Who was the real 'Uncle Tom' (cabin)?
Definition
1852: Josiah Henson
Term
1850s: What were the Underground Railroad train stations called?
Definition
1850s: safe houses
Term
1850s: How did slaves refer to Canada?
Definition
1850s: heaven (there was no alavery in Canada)
Term
1850s: Who were the Undergroud Railroad conductors?
Definition
1850s: guides
Term
1850s: Who were Undergroud Railroad 'passengers'?
Definition
1850a: slaves
Term
1848: Where was the first Women's Rights convention held?
Definition
1848: Seneca Falls, New York
Term
1848: Who were the leaders of the Women's Rights reform movement?
Definition
1848: Susan B. (Brownell) Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Term
1846: What was Polk quoted as saying that stirred the Mexican War?
Definition
1846: Mexico had "shed American blood on American soil"
Term
1848: When was gold first found in California?
Definition
1848: in 1848
Term
1848: What was found in Sutter's Mill, California?
Definition
1848: gold
Term
1849: What was a 49er?
Definition
1849: A gold miner during the gold rush
Term
1857: What slave unsuccessfully sued for freedom in a famous lawsuit?
Definition
1857: (Dred) Scot v. Sanford
Term
1865-1877: What was the Reconstruction period?
Definition
18651877: the political REunification and the physical Rebuilding of the Rebelling states (The South)
Term
1877: Why did the Reconstruction period end?
Definition
1877: th North agreed to return self-control of the South in exchange for a questionable presidential election (Rutherford Birchard Hayes-Republican)
Term
1865: What is a copperhead?
Definition
1865: a Northern traitor who sided with the South
Term
1865: What was a scalawag?
Definition
1865: a Southern traitor who sided with the Northern, Republican, Yankee US government
Term
1865: What is a carpetbagger?
Definition
1865: a Northerner who goes to the South to take of advantage of it politically and financially; they were of a low class and carried cheap luggage made of carpet material
Term
1776: What is a Loyalist?
Definition
an American traitor who wanted America to remain a British colony - usually a Southerner concerned with losing British cotton customers
Term
1876: Name the only major Great Plains conflict won by the Native Americans.
Definition
1876: the Battle of Little Big Horn, Montana in which the Sioux / Lakota and Cheyenne, led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, beat US forces, led by General Armstrong Custer
Term
1858; Who was Geronimo?
Definition
1858: an Apache military leader, whose family was killed by Mexican military, was known for his bravery and escapes against both Mexican and US forces
Term
1850: Who was Cochise?
Definition
1850: an Arizona Apache who, along with Geronimo, stood up to the Mexican and US governments about their land
Term
1865: What was the Gilded Age?
Definition
1865: An age in American history, named by writer Mark Twain, known for a prosperous few and ignored its impoverished masses
Term
1800: Who were the Astors?
Definition
1800: family headed by John Jacob Astor, the first multimillionaire in America, made money in fur, NYC real estate, owned the famous Waldorf-Astoria hotel in NYC
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