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STAAR Review 1-30
Flashcards for Quiz Review 1-30
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Jamestown; 1607 | What was the name of the first permanent English settlement? What year was it established? |
| 1776 | In what year was the Declaration of Independence written and signed? |
| 1620 | What year was the Mayflower Compact written? |
| 1787 | When was the Constitution ratified? |
| 1803 | What year was the Louisiana Purchase completed? |
| 1861-1865 | What are the dates of the years of the Civil War? |
| Lexington/Concord | The first shots of the American Revolution were fired at which location? |
| Saratoga | Which battle was the turning point of the American Revolution? |
| Yorktown | The British defeat at which location in Virginia by George Washington’s troops signaled the end of the American Revolution? |
| Ft. Sumter | The first shots of the Civil War were fired at which location in South Carolina? |
| Gettysburg | Which battle was the turning point in the Civil War for the North? Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again. |
| Hudson River School | School whose artists painted nature and landscapes of the United States |
| John James Audubon | A Hudson River School artist known for his books on ornithology (birds) |
| William Blackstone | An English jurist (attorney) whose works about individual rights influenced James Madison and Thomas Jefferson |
| Charles de Montesquieu | French philosopher whose ideas about the separation of powers in government influenced Federalists such as James Madison |
| John Marshall | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; presided over the cases of McCulloch v. Maryland, Gibbons v. Ogden, and Marbury v. Madison |
| French | Which group of explorers colonized North America and were mainly fur traders and trappers? |
| Looking for religious freedom | Why did the Puritans and other religious groups come to North America? |
| Dorothea Dix | Woman responsible for prison reform |
| Horace Mann | Father of American Education System; reformed school days and years |
| William Carney | First African American Recipient of the Medal of Honor (Civil War) |
| Bill of Rights | the first ten amendments to the Constitution and detail the protection of individual liberties |
| Gettysburg Address | a short speech given by Abraham Lincoln to dedicate a cemetery for soldiers who died at the Battle of Gettysburg. It is considered to be a profound statement of American ideals |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Abraham Lincoln issued which document on January 1, 1863, setting all slaves in the Confederate states free? |
| Lincoln's 1st Inaugural Address | Which speech stated that, “no state…can lawfully get out of the Union”, but pledged there would be no war unless the South started it? |
| Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address | Which speech was meant to help heal and restore the country after four years of Civil War? |
| Great Compromise | Which agreement created two houses of Congress?-One based on population, the other gave equal representation to each state. |
| Samuel Adams | a member of the Sons of Liberty who started the Committee of Correspondence to stir public support for American independence |
| Benjamin Franklin | an inventor, statesman, diplomat, signer of the Declaration of Independence and delegate to Constitutional Convention |
| King George III | was the King of England who disbanded the colonial legislatures, taxed the colonies, and refused the Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break with the colonies |
| Thomas Jefferson | wrote the Declaration of Independence; became the 3rd President of the United States and purchased the Louisiana territory, doubling the size of the United States |
| Thomas Paine | wrote pamphlets like Common Sense and The Crisis to encourage American independence and resolve |
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