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Amer Hist Chapter 11
American History Chapter 11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In what ethnic group did the liberal ideas which sparked the French Revolution find a home? | They found a home amongst the Creoles. |
| What two groups of people inhabit Santo Domingo? | The French and the Spanish. |
| What were the Grand Blancs? | They were the rich, and wealthy Creole families. |
| What were the Petit Blancs? | They were the island's middle class, and not as wealthy or powerful as the Grand Blancs. |
| What was the final class of people on Santo Domingo? | The slaves, of which there were more than 450,000. |
| When did the slaves revolt? | In the dark nights of 1791. |
| Who was the young slave who became the general of the revolt? | His name was Toussaint. |
| What book was Toussaint a big fan of? | Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars. |
| Why were the new freed slaves angry with the new rule? | It still required them to work, which they thought they would no longer have to do. |
| How did the slave's do against the French soldiers? | They fought them to a draw. |
| How did Toussaint die? | He agreed to an honorable peace treaty, but was kidnapped from his home and brought to France and imprisoned in the mountains. It was there that he died. |
| Out of 100, how many Americans were sympathetic with the revolution? | Ninety-Nine out of 100. |
| What was Marbury vs. Madison? | It was when the Executive branch ignored an order given by the Judiciary branch. |
| What was the ruling of Marbury vs. Madison? | That Madison was incorrect in ignoring the Executive branch. |
| What is falsely drawn from the M. vs. M ruling? | Judiciary Supremacy is what is drawn from it. |
| Why did America go to war with Britain in 1812? | America wanted to own Canada, there was a British Conspiracy to stir up trouble in America, and some British ships boarded American ships and stole men. |
| What happened in the war of 1812? | America fought of the British in the water, and on land we eventually fought them off. |
| What was the worst thing that happened to America in the war of 1812? | The white house was burnt down. |