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U.S. History Bench 1
Benchmark 1 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What type of economy led to the introduction of slavery in to the New World? | Agriculture |
| What religious movement swept through the colonies in the mid- 1700's? | Great Awakening |
| What religious group settled in Massachusetts? | Purtains |
| What European import probably had the greatest impact on Native Americans? | Disease |
| The movement of slaves from Africa to the Americas was called? | Middle Passage |
| What was the system under which the colonies were to provide the parent country with raw materials and markets? | Mercantilism |
| What were the actions of the British after the French and Indian War which alienated the colonists? | Taxation |
| What was the main idea of John Locke's social contract? | People have the right to rebel when their rights are not protected |
| What was the name of the colonists who supported independence from Britain? | Patriots |
| What was the name of the document which justified the colonists move for independence? | Declaration of Independance |
| Name the provisions of the Great Compromise | Part of the New Jersey Plan- The Senate equal representation. The Virginia Plan-The House of Representatives representation based on the population of the state |
| What was the purpose of limiting the power of the three branches of the federal government? | Prevent the development of Tyranny |
| Describe the division of power under the Articles of Confederation. | The power of the states greatly exceeded the power of the federal government. |
| What were the major weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? | did not have enough power to rule effectively. |
| What foreign nation helped the colonies with independence? | France |
| Presidential veto is an example of... | Checks and Balances |
| Describe Federalism | Division of powers between the state and federal governments. |
| What did the federalist papers do? | Helped persuade some states to ratify the U.S. Constitution. |
| What did Marbury v. Madison establish? | Judicial Review |
| Economy of fishing, shipbuilding, lumbering, small subsistence farming. | New England Colonies |
| Why did the American colonists rebel against Britain? | The Colonists desired the right to control their own economy. |
| This provides justice before the law. | The Bill of Rights |
| What was the reason for the development of political parties? | Differences arose over political and economic issues. |
| President Washington sent foederal troops inton western Pennsylvania to deal with an uprising. This showed the strength of the federal government under the Constitution. What was the event? | Whiskey Rebellion |
| The goverment may exercise only those powers specifically given to it by the governed | Philosophy of Alexander Hamilton |
| Jefferesons strict adherence to the intepretation of the Constitution would have prevented this event. | The Loisiana Purchase |
| Interference with American shipping by the British and French led Jefferson to take this action. | Embargo Act |
| Its main goal was to keep Europe out of Latin America | Monroe Doctrine. |
| Who wrote the words to our national anthem? | Francis Scott Key |
| Armed revolt against Mexican rule? | The Alamo |
| Period from 100 to 1865, the issue of states rights, the tariff, and slavery led to this. | Sectionalism |
| Expansion of the United States westward to the Pacific Ocean. | Manifest Destiny |
| Misunderstanding of this groups culture and values | Native Americans |
| Increased the development of western lands | Homestead Act of 1862 |
| Lincoln's goal | Preserve the Union |
| It was intended to maintain balance of slave and free states | The Missouri Compromise |
| Wanted an immedate end to slavery | Abolitionists |
| Example of Popular Sovereignty | Kansas and Nebraska deciding the issue of slavery themselves |
| Probably kept the British from helping the South,, freed all slaves in the Union and the Confederacy | Emancipation Proclomation |
| Spark of the Civil War | Election of Abraham Lincoln |
| He Tried to capture arms at Harpers Ferry to provide to slaves for rebellion. | John Brown |
| Sherman's march from Atlanta to Savannah | Total War |
| Overturned the Missouri Compromise and opened more land to slavery. | Dred Scott v. Sanford |
| Elizabeth C. Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and Susan B. Anthony | All Active in Womens Suffrage |
| Who did Lee surrender to ? | Ulysses Grant |
| Which amendment ended slavery? | 13th |
| Who was in charge of Reconstruction in the South? | Radicial Republicans |
| When African Americans were denied civil rights as a result of changes in state laws and state constitutions | Jim Crow Laws |
| Court case that legalized separate but equal facilities? | Plessy v. Ferguson |
| When did Reconstruction end? | Withdrawal of federal troops from the South |
| Demanded equality among racial groups immediately. | W.E.B. DuBois |
| Andrew Johnson was _____________ because of arguments over Reconstruction. | Impeached |
| Southerners who had little money to buy land. | Sharecroppers |
| Captains of industry | Robber Barons |
| Invented the Phonograph. | Thomas Edison |
| To gain complete control over a business, industry, etc. | Monopoly |
| Organized to help industrial workers improve working conditions. | Labor Unions |
| They wrote about the social, politicalm, and industrial problems. | Muckrakers |
| What is Tammany Hall an example of? | Political Machine |
| Worked to improve social and political conditions in the late 1800's and early 1900's. | Progressives |
| What was the 19th amendment for? | Gave women the right ot vote. |
| The Declaration of Independence refers to rights that cannot be taken away from you as | Unalienable rights |
| Farmers founded what political party? | Populist Party |
| What was the name of the document in Plymouth Colony that established the principle that government gets its powers from the people? | Mayflower Compact |
| What did the Social Gospel movement focus on ? | Solving society's problems using christian principles. |
| Separation of church and state is the idea that | tax dollars should not be used to support or finance a church. |
| What does federalism do? | Divides the power of government between one national government and several regional governments. |
| Who increased local government in an effort to clean up the cities? | Progressives |
| The Compromise of 1877 withdrew any remaining troops from the south thus ending | Reconstruction |
| Plessy v. Ferguson established | separate but equal |
| The purpose of the Bill of Rights is to | Protect the personal liberties of the people |
| Marbury v. Madison established | Judicial Review |
| Judicial Review is the | Supreme Courts ability to review the Constitutionality of a state or federal law |
| Who was the chief justice in Marbury v. Madison? | John Marshal |
| John Locke identified the following natural rights | life, liberty and property |
| Thomas Jefferson identified the following natural rights | life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness |
| What does the term urbanization mean? | the growth of cities |
| Who wrote Common Sense? | Thomas Paine |
| What happened at the Triangle shirtwaist factory? | 146 women died in a fire |
| Common Sense encouraged | Colonists to support the Declaration of Independence and a revolution against Great Britain |
| Political Machines often | Bought votes and illegally stuffed ballot boxes |
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