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H US History Midterm
I hate that bastard.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| French and Indian War | Last of Anglo-French colonial wars. (1754-1763). France lost. |
| Feudalism | political and economic system based on a hierarchy of power |
| Toltec | Layed Foundation for the Aztec Civilization |
| New England Way | |
| Crusades | Christian conquest attempts to Jerusalem |
| Renaissance | increase in importance of arts in europe. originated in italy. |
| Toleration Act | the statute (1689) granting religious freedom to dissenting Protestants upon meeting certain conditions |
| Northwest Passage | a ship route along the Arctic coast of Canada and Alaska, joining the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. |
| Ferdinand Magellan | Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Straits of Magellan 1520 and the Philippines |
| Christopher Columbus | tried to find a route to asia to the west, but found the americas instead. died thinking he found india. |
| Agricultural Revolution | (Neolithic Revolution) Advances in agricultural tools and domestication lead to nomads settling down, particularly in deltas and along rivers. |
| Protestant Reformation | Martin Luther. 1517. Challenge to Cath Church to return to 'purity.' |
| Muhammad | Muslim Prophet |
| The Aztec | Mesoamerican culture. Followed Mayans. 900-1100. |
| John Smith | Imposed military discipline on Jamestown. When he returned to England, colony almost died without him. |
| John Cabot | Italian Mariner sent by Henry VII to explorer eastern Canada. Findings were not followed up on. |
| Veto | Power to 'cancel out' the proposal, particularly in laws, of other branches of government. |
| Loyalists | (Tories) Supported British cause during American Revolution. |
| Olive Branch Petition | Adopted by 2nd CC. Last-ditch effort of peace. Avowed loyalty to George III and asked end to hostilities. |
| Republican Motherhood | It centered around the belief that children should be raised to uphold the ideals of republicanism, making them the perfect citizens of the new nation. |
| Bill of Rights | First 10 Amendments of Constitution. Inalienable rights and liberties. |
| Concurrent Powers | Powers held by both State and Federal gov'ts. |
| Ratification | Approve or give formal sanction to. |
| Louisiana Purchase | Revealed Jefferson's aggressive style in supporting nat'l interests. 2x size of America. Opposed by Federalists. |
| French Revolution | ...duh. |
| Great Compromise | 1787 Constitutional Convention. Nat'l bicameral leg. States equally rep. in the senate, prop. rep. in the house. |
| Sons of Liberty | Sec. orgs. in colonies to oppose Stamp Act. |
| Three-Fifths Compromise | Slaves declared to count as 3/5 of a person. |
| Treaty of Paris | 1763. Official end to Brit. hostilities vs France and Spain. |
| Declaration of Independence | Penned by Thomas Jefferson. 2nd CC. announced and just. dec. to break away from Britain. |
| Federalists | Supp. of Const. Favored ratification. |
| Second Great Awakening | Series of religious revivals. 19th C. Great emotionalism. Esp. got minorities and women. |
| American System | Henry Clay. Program of gov't subsidies. Promote American econ. growth and protect domestic manuf. from foriegn competition. |
| Doctrine of Nullification | John C. Calhoun. 1st outlined in Kentucky and VA Resolutions of 1798. Argued state, thru pop. elected conv., had power to declare law unconst. and nullify it. |
| William LLoyd Garrison | Published the abolitionist paper the 'Liberator.' |
| Frederick Douglass | Esc. slavery 1838. Auto: 'Narrative on the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave' (1845). A.A. Dynamic spokesman of A.A. in political activisim. |
| Industrial Revolution | Late 18th and early 19th Cs. Agr., Man., Pro., and Trans. had serious improvements. Machine-based manufacturing. |
| Erie Canal | 1825. Canal in NY btw Albany and Buffalo. Connects Hudson River and Lake Erie. |
| Temperance Movement | Reform move. originating in the 1820s to eliminate alcohol consumption. |
| American Colonization Society | Org. founded in 1817 by antislavery reformers. Grad. emancipation and removal of freed blacks to Africa. |
| Dorthea Dix | Activist on behalf of indigent insane. Thru lobbying state legislatures and the US Congress, created 1st gen. of asylums. During Civil War, served as Superintendent of Army Nurses. |
| Monroe Doctrine | Dec. 1823. Monroe Declared to Cong. that Americas "are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European power." |
| Trail of Tears | 1838. Forced march of Cherokee Indians from GA to Indian Territory in the West. |
| Missouri Compromise | Sectional compromise in Cong. in 1820 that admitted Missouri to Union as slave state and Maine as a free state & prohibited slavery in the northern Louisiana Purchase territory |
| Simon Bolivar | One of the most important leaders in Spanish America's successful struggle for independence. |
| Nat Turner | Slave rebellion took place in Southampton County. Killed many white civilians. |
| Mormons | Astablished by Joseph Smith. Complete spiritual and secular authority to men. Large Extended family. Lived in Communities. |
| Conscription | (Draft.) By early spring of 1862, the Confederate gov't was compelled to order the first general draft in American history. |
| Clara Barton | Organized the American Red Cross. Joined the Int'l Committee of the Red Cross in 1864 and in 1873 she started trying to get the American branch recognized by US gov't. She succeeded during James Garfield's presidency. US = 'Good Sumaritan of Nations.' |
| John Brown | Lead a raid against a federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, VA trying to spark a slave revolt, in vain. Basically, he was an asshole. A big one. |
| Manifest Destiny | Doctrine in 1845 exp. of white Americans across cont. was inevitable & ordained by god. |
| Anaconda Plan | Plan of the North to just 'strangle' the south. Outline the rebelling seceding states. Pivotal point was taking MS River to cut south in 2. |
| Copperheads | Vocal group of Democrats in the Northern United States opposed Civil War. Wanted peace settlement w/ the Confederates. |
| Amnesty | Gen. pardon of off., generally vs a gov't. Often b4 trial or conviction. |
| Jim Crow | Laws btween 1876-1965. Mandated segregation in public places. 'sep. but =' status for all blacks and other non-white Americans. |
| Tejanos | (Spanish-speaking Mexians born in TX) Became 2nd-class cits. after the capture of San Antonio. |
| Mountain Men | Trappers and explorers who sold furs. Conventions lead 2 the formation of some cities. Aided western expansion & trade. |
| Ida B. Wells | Chicago 1892. Bcame nat'l civil rights leader. |
| Mexican Cessation of 1848 | + of 1/2 a mill. sq.mi. to US as result of vict. in 1846 war btween US and Mexico. |
| Bear Flag Revolt | Troops under a 'bear flag' opposed Mexican control n CA. Planned to create a Repub., but joined US instead. |
| Popular Sovereignty | MI Sen. Lewis Cass. Slacery decided by territorial residents not Cong. |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | Wrote 'Uncle Tom's Cabin.' |
| Chief Joseph | Attemp. 2 lead his ppl 2 Canada & freedom instead of getting forced to Idaho. Surrendered in Monatana. |
| Settlement Houses | Mulit-purpose structures n poor neigh. off. social welfare, edu., and homemaking services 2 poor. Dir. by mid.-class women. |
| Cooperatives | Auto. Ass. of ppl united 2 meet common economic, social, & cultural needs thru a joint-owned & dem.-ran enterprise. |
| Jane Addams | Founded Chicago's 'Hull House' n 1889. Most famous setlment house. |
| 15th Amendment | 1869. American men can vote, regardless of race. |
| ----------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| The World's first printed book was... | The Gutenberg Bible |
| Spanish Settlements in the Americas used all of the following except... | |
| The European country that claimed much of North America but settled very little of it was... | France |
| Bacon's Rebellion took place because... | Many settlers were frustrated by shrinking econ. opportunities, so they moved westward. They attacked the Susquehannocks to seize their land. |
| The Mesoamerican culture that controlled the Andes mountains was the... | Inca. |
| The African Diaspora was the... | Movement of Africans and their descendants thru/out the world. |
| King James licensed the org. of settlements in VA when he issued the... | Charter incorating the 'VA Co.' & the 'Plymouth Co.' & granting the cos. 2 tracts of land along the mid-Atlantic coast. |
| The Aztecs were conquered by... | The Spanish. (Cortez and his 600 men.) |
| The Great Awakening was... | Large religious revival n colon. America 1st in mid. colon. & N.E. n 1740s then spreading 2 southern colonies. |
| Prince Henry of Portugal lead the way in the improvement and development of... | Sturdier ships and more reliable navigational tools. |
| Which of the following estbl'd a self-governing colony based on majority rule of male church members... | The Plymouth Colony. |
| What Colony began as a 'Holy Experiment...' | The Massachusetts Bay Colony. |
| Thomas Paine's 'Common Sense' stated that... | It was absurd for 'a continent [be govn'd by an island].' Desc. kind as 'the Royal Brute.' " 'TIS TIME TO PART." |
| Delegated Powers are powers... | (Enumerated Powers) Powers granted to Congress. |
| The president was able to imprison or expel foreigners who were considered dangerous after passage of the... | |
| The colonies were organized into a loose federation of states with the passage of the... | Articles of Confederation |
| The Three-Fifths Compromise allowed slave states to... | Give pro-slavery forces disproportionate political power from the ratification of the Const. to the Civil War. |
| All of the following laws by England angered the colonists except... | |
| King George ordered a British attack on the colonies after the... | 1) Battle of Bull Run? 2) Olive Branch Petition? 3) Proclomation of Rebellion? |
| The Revolutionary War officially ended with the singing of the... | 'Yankee Doodle' |
| Most of the Declaration of Independence was written by... | Thomas Jefferson. |
| Judicial Review is the principle that states... | A power implied in the Const. that gives fed. courts the right 2 review & detrmn. the Const.ality of acts passed by Cong. & state leg. |
| The 2nd Continental Congress chose him to command the Continental Army... | George Washington. |
| The Indian Removal Act was designed to... | Remove Indians in south, esp. n GA, w/o looking like bad guys. |
| Between 1830 and 1860, the largest group of immigrants to the United states was people from... | Ireland and Germany. |
| Nativism referred to... | Favoring the interests & culture of native-born inhabitants over those of immigrants. |
| Communities designed to create a perfect society were called... | Utopian societies. |
| The Seneca Falls Convention was held to discuss... | Female equality, including the right to vote. |
| The increase in the number of labor strikes in the 1830s coincided with... | Economic downturn and wage deductions. |
| The War of 1812 convinced many older Republicans to support... | A national bank. |
| Through the Monroe Doctrine the United States declared its intention to... | Control all of central America, from 'Sea to Shining Sea.' (Haha damn i'm clever. |
| In 1830 Texas experienced a huge migration of... | Americans |
| The Mexican Cession included all or part of present-day... | All: California, Nevada, Utah. --- Part: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming. |
| The Supreme Court's ruling that _________ stated that no African Americans were US citizens... | (The Constitution) Dred Scott Decision |
| ______ was the provisional president of the Confederacy... | Jefferson Davis |
| Some 180,000 African Americans chose to do what during the Civil War... | Take up arms for the Union. |
| The Confederacy believed that France or Britain would assist the South during a naval blockade because... | Because trade between Europe and the South was so lucrative. |
| The Redeemers were... | Southern Democrats who wrested control of the gov'ts in the former Conf., often thru electoral fraud and violence, from Republican, beginning in 1870. |
| After TX declared ind. from Mex. in 1836, many Americans opposed admitting it b/c... | It would upset the balance btween slave and free states. |
| One of the Union's first all-black regiments, the 54th Massachusetts Infantry was noted for... | Being one of the first all-black regiments. |
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