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History exam
Question | Answer |
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Who first train to circuit riding preachers during the time of the Second Great Awakening | Francis Asbury |
Who established Christian principles in the factory and he owned | Francis Cabot Lowell |
What year is when the tariff of abominations passed that increased the North profit at expense of the south | 1833 |
What area would to the Bear Flag Revolt against Mexico | California |
Who invented the Reaper | Cyrus mcCormick |
What battle was the turning point of the war for independence | Battle of Saratoga |
Blank was where the first shots were fired from that began the war for independence | Lexington |
What colony established the House of Burgesses | Jamestown |
What is the type of government that was established by the US Constitution | Federal republic |
What was the first permanent French settlement of the New World | Quebec |
Who negotiated the purchase that completely settled the southern border of the United States | James Gadson |
Who promoted the idea of public school | Horace Mann |
Blank was the first president of the Republic of Texas | Sam Houston |
Who discovered the mountain pass through the Sierra Nevada | James Beckwourth |
Who was the first man to go to the organ County in response to the Indians call for gospel | Jason Lee |
Who issued the speci circular | Andrew Jackson |
Who was the first US president | George Washington |
Who warned European powers against interfering in the Western Hemisphere | James Monroe |
Who in the tribute to the Barbary pirates | Thomas Jefferson |
Campaign slogan - "fifty four forty or fight" | James K Polk |
What established the first town school system | Old deluder Satan act |
Prepared England for limited government | Magna Carta |
Levied a tax on all legal documents | Stamp Act |
Required all public lands to be paid for in silver or gold | Specie circular |
Established townships for Northwest Territory | Land ordinance |
What was the type of interpretation of the Constitution that Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic Republicans stand for | Strict |
What revived interest in trade with the east | Crusades |
What was the city in Missouri that the wagon train left from when starting the Oregon Trail | Independence |
What resoluted in establishing English tradition and liberty in North America | French and Indian War |
Who owns the California ranch where the gold was discovered in 1848 | John Sutter |
What is applied science or the practical use of scientific knowledge | Technology |
Who wrote Poor Richard's Almanac | Benjamin Franklin |
Who developed the first successful steamboat | Robert Fulton |
Who wrote The Scarlet Letter | Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Who was the European that discovered the Hawaiian island | James Cook |
Blank is where the first major amphibious landing of American forces was conducted | Veracruz |
What branch of government enforces the laws | Executive |
What is the purpose of the government as listed in the US Constitution | Protect |
What kind of freedom did Rhode Island set a president of | Religious |
Who were the first white women to cross the Rockies | Nerissa Whitman and Eliza Spalding |
Who was a senator from Massachusetts that was the greatest orator in Congress | Daniel Webster |
Who is remembered as the father of American missions | Adoniram Judson |
What was the first state to outlaw the use of liquor during the time of the Second Great Awakening | Maine |
Who wrote the first American Dictionary | Noah Webster |
What battle did Texas win its independence from Santana at | San Jacinto |
What general defeated Santa Anna's army at the Battle of Buena Vista | Zachary Taylor |
What state sold the Louisiana territory | France |
What state experienced a potato famine | Ireland |
What state threatened the freedoms of Texans | Mexico |
What state supported Christopher Columbus in his expedition to the New World | Spain |
What state signed the Oregon treaty with the United States | England |