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Social Studies
SS Final Exam Review (Chapters 8-16)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were George Washington's precedents? | 1) 2 terms 2) cabinet 3) no violent protest 4) neutrality |
| Define domestic policies | Events inside a nation |
| What is a Cabinet? | It is the official advisors to the President including the Secretary of State and Secretary of Treasury |
| What was the Judiciary Act? | It established 6 members of the Supreme Court |
| What is a tariff? | A tax on foreign goods |
| What was the Whiskey Rebellion? | 1) a farmer's revolt 2) Washington said no to it 3) NO VIOLENT PROTESTS |
| What was The Neutrality Proclamation? | The US would not get involved in war between England and France |
| What were The Alien and Sedition Acts? | 1) It was illegal to criticize the government 2) It violated the 1st Amendment |
| What were the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions? | 1) States could declare laws passed by the National (Federal) government unconstitutional 2) They could nullify the law |
| Explain Marbury vs Madison- Judicial Review. | The Supreme Court can declare laws passed by Congress unconstitutional. |
| What was the Louisiana Purchase? | 1) France wants an empire 2) Jefferson purchased the land for 15 million dollars |
| What was Laissez-Faire? | The government does not get involved in the economy |
| What is impressment? | The British were capturing and forcing Americans to work in the Navy |
| Explain the Embargo Act. | The US would not trade with any nation |
| Explain the Non Intercourse Act | The US would not trade with England or France |
| What were the causes of the War of 1812? | Britain was impressing sailors and arming Native Americans with weapons |
| What were the results of the War of 1812? | The war was a tie, but the US gained confidence |
| Describe industrialization. | A switch from human/animal power to machine power (factories) |
| Describe urbanization | The growth of cities |
| Who was Samuel Slater? | He brought factory plans from England to the US |
| Explain labor changes | The factories hired women and children because it was cheap labor |
| Explain unskilled versus skilled workers | Unskilled- they worked for less and they were easy to replace Skilled- they made more $$$ |
| What was suffrage? | The right to vote |
| What was the Spoils System? | The president gives government jobs to supporters |
| What was the Indian Removal Act?? | 15,000 Cherokee were forced off of their lands and settled west of the Mississippi |
| What was the Erie Canal? | Goods increase-Prices decrease It connected Lake Erie to NYC |
| Explain the Adams-Onis Treaty. | The US bought Florida from Spain for $5 million dollars |
| Explain the Monroe Doctrine. | -European nations could not interfere in Latin America (no new colonies) -The US would stay out of European Affairs |
| Explain Texas Annexation | a) Texas broke away from Mexico in 1836 and was an independent nation b) In 1845, Texas was annexed (added on) to the US |
| What did Dorothea Dix do? | She improved the conditions for the mentally ill and prisons |
| What is temperance? | To end alcohol abuse |
| Who are Nativists? | Native born Americans against immigrants coming into the country -1840's, The Irish and Germans |
| Explain Women's Rights | At the Seneca Falls Convention The Declaration of sentiments (all men and women were created equally) |
| Define sectionalism | The belief in section/state over nation |
| What was the Fugitive Slave Law? | All citizens had to return runaway slaves |
| What was the Dred Scott Case? | The Supreme Court decided that slaves were property |
| What was Uncle Tom's Cabin? | It was a book, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, that showed the evils of slavery |
| Define abolitionist | People working to end slavery |
| Explain the Kansas-Nebraska Act (popular sovereignty) | Popular Sovereignty...In 854, territories would vote on the slavery issue |
| Explain the results of Lincoln's Election | Lincoln won because of the support of the North |
| Explain secession | -The south secedes because of the election -It creates the Confederate States of America |
| What was the significance of Fort Sumter? | It was the start of the Civil War |
| Who were the presidential leaders during the Civil War? (North and South) | North: Lincoln South: Jefferson-Davis |
| Who were the important generals of the Civil War? (North and South) | North: Grant and Sherman South: Robert E. Lee |
| What was the Emancipation Proclamation? | January 1, 1863- slaves were freed in all areas (south) that had seceded |
| What was Bull Run? | The 1st Battle of the war |
| What happened in Vicksburg? | The North gained control of the Mississippi |
| What happened at Gettysburg? | -It was the turning point of the war -The north won |
| What happened in April 1865? | At the Appomattox Court House in Virginia... South-Lee surrendered to Grant North- Grant - THE NORTH WINS!!! |
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