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April Benchmark
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the Quakers settled in this colony | Pennsylvania |
| a safe place for Catholics | Maryland |
| why we have life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness | we are human/born |
| officially ended the American Revolution | Treaty of Paris 1783 |
| what the Articles of Confederation could do | allowed the new country to declare war |
| government wanted by the Federalists | strong central government |
| government wanted by the Anti-Federalsits | states to have the power |
| Which group was one of the first to want to end slavery? | the Quakers |
| 2nd Amendment | right to bear arms |
| 3rd Amendment | colonists no longer had to quarter troops |
| 4th Amendment | police have to issue warrants |
| 8th Amendment | no cruel or unusual punishment |
| 12th Amendment | a presidential candidate picks his or her vice president |
| what Alexander Hamilton wanted to create | a National Bank |
| judicial review | when the Supreme Court decides if a law is constitutional or not |
| when Jackson fired government workers and replaced them with his supporters and friends | Spoils System |
| where Andrew Jackson sent the Indians | Oklahoma |
| claiming land all the way to the Pacific Ocean | Manifest Destiny |
| this created a way to admit new states | Northwest Ordinance |
| president who finished out Manifest Destiny | James K. Polk |
| why the Mexican-American War started | border dispute over Texas |
| land we bought after the Mexican-American War | Mexican Cession |
| what was discovered in California in 1848 | gold |
| what we did because of the War of 1812 | began manufacturing our own goods |
| Document that told European countries to stay away from the Western Hemisphere | Monroe Doctrine |
| why many Irish immigrants came to America | potato famine |
| the main immigrant group that came for the Gold Rush | China |
| what caused many people to join social reform movements | 2nd Great Awakening |
| what led to many jobs in the cities, lower prices of goods, and better transportation | Industrial Revolution |
| what was King in the South | cotton |
| if a person wanted to end slavery | abolitionist |
| the religious group that wanted to end slavery | Quakers |
| what forced escaped slaves and free blacks into slavery | Fugitive Slave Law |
| turning point in the Civil War | Battle of Gettysburg |
| battle where the North took control of the Mississippi River | Battle of Vicksburg |
| Confederate leader at the Battle of Bull Run | Stonewall Jackson |
| Document that set the slaves free in the rebel states and allowed them to fight in the Civil War | Emancipation Proclamation |
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