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Final Review
Green 7 Visit Socialstudieswithasmile.com
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Primary Sources | autobiography, diary, interview with an eyewitness |
| Secondary Material | textbook, biography, movie made decades later |
| Peninsula | land surrounded by water on three sides |
| Beringia | land bridge believed to be how the first Americans reached the New World |
| Columbian Exchange | the exchange of goods, ideas, foods, language, etc. between Europeans and the Native Americans. This can be both positive and negative. |
| culture | the way people live (food, language, home structure, family structure, music, religion, government, etc.) |
| embargo | ban on trade |
| Northwest Passage | waterway through or around North America that explorers hoped to find. It would be a shortcut to Asia. Explorers never found one. |
| House of Burgesses | the first representative government in the English colonies (Virginia) |
| tariff | tax on foreign goods |
| debt | to owe money |
| import | goods brought in to a country |
| export | goods that are sent out of a country, to be sold |
| mercantilism | economic theory that states that a country wants to acquire as much wealth as possible by having a favorable balance of trace (export more than it imports) |
| Boston Tea Party | 1773 event where colonists showed their displeasure for British taxes by dumping tea in to Boston Harbor |
| Boston Massacre | 1770 event where 5 colonists were killed after British soldiers shot into a crowd of angry colonists |
| tyranny | a government with abuse of power in the eyes of the people |
| Patriot | people who wanted to break away from the King, they desired independence |
| Loyalist | one who wanted to remain with Britain/the King, also known as Tories |
| writs of assistance | law that made it legal for the British government to search for smuggled goods without a specific warrant |
| Quartering Act | law that allowed the British government to house soldiers in the homes of colonists. Colonists did not like this at all. |
| Proclamation of 1763 | law that forbade the movement of colonists west of the Appalachian Mountains |
| triangular trade | trade routes between the English colonies, England and Africa |
| slave codes | laws that limited the rights of African Americans and denied them basic rights |
| alien | a foreigner |
| sedition | writing or saying things that could be considered harmful to the government |
| unconstitional | something that is considered not allowed by the government |
| boycott | to refuse to buy or use services as a form of protest |
| legislature | group of people who make laws |
| executive branch | the branch of government that enforces or carries out the laws |
| judicial branch | the branch of government that interprets the laws or makes sure that laws are fair/constitutional |
| veto | the power of the President to cancel a law proposed by Congress (an example of checks and balances) |
| compromise | when two sides agree to give up some of their demands to reach an agreement |
| amendment | a written change to the Constitution |
| separation of powers | principle that the national government is divided into 3 separate branches, each with their own powers/duties |
| checks and balances | principle of the Constitution that gives the branches the power to watch over the other branches to make sure they aren't abusing their power |
| popular sovereignty | when a state or territory can decide for itself if it will have slavery by voting |
| Federalism | principle of the US Constitution: the national government has certain powers, the states have certain powers and some are shared |
| neutality | not taking sides in other the issues of other countries |
| Louisiana Purchase | 1803 land deal that doubled the size of the United States for $15 million. Gave the US complete control of the Mississippi River |
| Marbury v. Madison | Supreme Court case that gave the Supreme Court the right of judicial review |
| impressment | kidnapping of citizens of another country to serve in the military, cause of the War of 1812 |
| Industrial Revolution | time period when machines began to replace hand tools, the rise of factories and an increase in manufactured goods |
| Erie Canal | man-made waterway that increased trade in New York, made transporting goods cheaper and easier, led to increased industrialization and population growth in NY |
| cotton gin | invented by Eli Whitney, made the cotton cleaning process faster, led to a growth in slavery |
| Sectionalism | pride for one's section of the country (ie North vs. South) |
| Nationalism | pride for one's country |
| Manifest Destiny | The US's belief that it was our god-given right to expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean |
| abolitionist | one who wants to end slavery (Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Harriet Tubman, John Brown, Solomon Northup, The Grimke Sisters, Sojourner Truth) |
| Underground Railroad | series of secret hiding spots to help slaves get to the North and gain freedom. |
| secede | to leave, as in to leave the Union |
| Confederate States of America | the country created by the South after they seceded, the Union's opponent in the Civil War |
| Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederacy |
| Electoral College | special voters who decide who becomes President of the United States, based on the popular vote |
| Roanoke | The name for the failed English colony in the 1580s off the coast of North Carolina |
| Puritans | 3. The group of religious settlers led by John Winthrop, wanted to purify, or reform, the Church of England |
| Sons of Liberty | 4. A secret group of colonial men who joined together to protest the Stamp Act and protect colonial liberties |
| Intolerable Acts | Laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party |
| New Jersey Plan | The plan proposed by William Paterson, called for three branches of government and a one house legislature in which each state would get one vote |
| Antifederalists | People who opposed the Constitution and a strong national government |
| immigrant | A person who enters another country in order to settle there |
| abolitionist | People who wanted to completely end slavery in the United States |
| Breadbasket Colonies | 12. The nickname used to describe the Middle Colonies because they were known for growing wheat, barley and rye |
| melting pot | nickname for an area with great diversity |
| Thomas Jefferson | Writer of the Declaration of Independence |
| 538 | The number of electoral votes in the United States |
| quartering | Another word for housing, such as the housing of troops |
| cotton | An important crop grown in the South in the 1800s |
| Jamestown | Established in 1607, the first permanent English settlement in North America |
| Quakers | Protestant reformers who believe in the equality of all people, located mostly in Pennsylvania |
| Townshend Act | Laws passed in 1767 that taxed goods such as glass, paper, paint, lead and tea |
| Virginia Plan | The plan proposed by Edmund Randolph and James Madison, called for three branches of government and a two house legislature with representation in both based on population |
| Another name for the Great Compromise | Connecticut Plan |
| Federalists | People who supported the Constitution and a strong federal government such as James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay |
| Missouri Compromise | The agreement proposed in 1819 that would keep the number of free states and slave states equal and would set up the 36°30’ line, allowing slavery south of the line and not allowing slavery north of the line |
| Incas | The Native American civilization in South America, conquered by Francisco Pizarro |
| Treaty of Paris (1783) | The peace treaty between the United States and Britain that recognized the United States as an independent nation |
| Turning Point in the American Revolution | Battle of Saratoga |
| Final Battle of the American Revolution | Battle of Yorktown |
| Second Amendment | amendment that gives Americans the right to bear arms |
| Tariff of Abominations | The extremely high tariff passed by Congress in 1828 that favored manufacturing in the North |
| The Great Compromiser | Henry Clay |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | The law that established territories of Nebraska and Kansas and gave the settlers the right of popular sovereignty to decide on the issue of slavery |
| Bleeding Kansas | Nickname for Kansas after all the bloodshed after the Kansas-Nebraska Act |
| Middle Passage | The brutal trip from Africa to the Americas for slaves |
| Olive Branch Petition | The peace petition sent to King George by colonial delegates after the battles of Lexington and Concord |
| bicameral | two houses |
| unicameral | one house |
| Senate | The upper house of the legislative branch |
| House of Representatives | the lower house of the legislative branch |
| Middle Colonies | The name for the section of colonies including New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware |
| New England Colonies | New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut |
| Southern Colonies | Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia |
| Common Sense | The pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to persuade people to support the American struggle for independence |
| Valley Forge | site of the horrible winter for American soldiers during the American Revolution. Many soldiers deserted, died or suffered. |
| 4th Amendment | Protects the people from unreasonable search and seizure |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Lincoln’s 1863 declaration freeing slaves in the Confederacy |
| Sugar Act | Tax on sugar and molasses |
| Bill of Rights | The first ten amendments to the Constitution |
| Stamp Act | tax on newspapers, playing cards, diplomas, dice, etc. |
| 3/5 Compromise | agreement at the Constitutional convention to determine how slaves would be counted for population and taxation |
| elastic clause | Part of the Constitution that gives the government the right to make laws “necessary and proper” to carry out its specific powers and functions |
| Compromise of 1850 | Agreement by which California joined the Union as a free state and a strict fugitive slave law was passed |
| The three goals of Spanish conquistadors | God, Gold and Glory |
| 1st Amendment | protects our freedom of religion, assembly, speech, press and petition |
| Monroe Doctrine | Foreign policy statement warning European nations not to interfere in Latin America |
| 49ers | Name for people who rushed to California for gold |
| indentured servant | A person who agreed to work without wages for a period of time in exchange for passage to the colonies |
| Navigation Acts | Series of English laws in the 1650s that regulated trade between England and its colonies |
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