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APUSH MIDTERM
STUDY FOR MIDTERM
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the significance of Roger Williams? | Roger Williams is the founder of Rhode Island. |
| "Common Sense". What was the significance? | A book that influenced the development of revolution against the British. |
| Jay's Treaty. What was the flaw? | It didn't stop impressment by the British. |
| Farewell Address?! What was Washington's significance? | His farewell address included: "Refuse to separate (north/south) and don't have political parties." All of which were inevitable to occur. |
| Louisiana Purchase! Why was this significant? | Mathematically, it was a very cheap purchase of land. As well as it was a move by Napoleon to maintain our friendly relationship. |
| Missouri Compromise | Missouri became a slave state; Separated the Northern states from the Southern states. |
| Popular Soveriegnty | The process of which we vote for electives to vote on other matters FOR us. |
| Wilmot Proviso | Dictated that any land wrested from Mexico shall not evolve into a slave state. |
| Compromise of 1850? | California would be a free state! |
| What was Stephen Douglas' role in the debate against Lincoln? | He was pro-Popular Soverignty |
| McCulloch vs. Maryland | A state cannot tax federal property/buildings. |
| Eli Whitney | Eli Whitney was the inventor of the Cotton Gin |
| Samuel Slater? | Samuel Slater brought the Textile technology to America! |
| Cotton Gin | Invented by Eli Whitney; Revolutionized the way we harvest, process, and manufacture the resource: cotton. |
| Cult of Domesticity | Recognized Womens' roles in the common American Houseld |
| Dorothea Dix | Proposed that the mentally ill be placed in their own asylums rather than prisons. |
| Charles Finney | Charles Finney led the 2nd Great Awakening! |