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Post-Holin' #1 Terms
Concepts and Terms for Post-Holin' Test #1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Under which president did the Constitution get amended? | Jefferson |
| What is the virtue of a civil society? | A sense of community |
| Who starts the Second Great Awakening? | Charles Finney |
| Which religion was created due to the Second Great Awakening? | Mormon Church |
| People moved from revivals to ________. List examples. | social activism; getting rid of slaves, education |
| Which part of Louisiana did Jefferson want to buy? | New Orleans |
| Who did Jefferson send to explore the northern part of the new territory? | Lewis and Clark |
| Who did Jefferson send to explore the southern part of the new territory? | Zebulon Pike |
| Which Indian chief was responsible for uniting the Native American tribes? | Tecumseh |
| Who won the presidential election in 1808? Was he a good or poor president? | James Madison; poor |
| Which city was burned by the British? Why did they attack? | Washington DC; They thought that the attack would drive the Americans apart and discourage them |
| What happens at the Hartford Convention? What happens as a result of this convention? | Federalists bad mouth the government; Federalist Party dies out |
| Where were the Barbary Pirates located? | off the coast of North Africa in the Mediterranean |
| What was the Embargo Act? Who issued it? When was it issued? | embargo that stopped trade between the US and other countries; Jefferson; 1807 |
| What were the Southern States called? Why were they called this? | Warhawks; they wanted war with Britain |
| What is impression? Who was impressing who? Why? | drafting; British was impressing American sailors; wanted to get their British deserters back |
| What was the USS Constitution? What was its nickname? Why was it called that? | an aircraft carrier used in the War of 1812; Old Ironsides; cannonball bounced off its sides like it was made of iron |
| What were the number of British casualties at the Battle of New Orleans? | 2000 dead and wounded |
| Who was Gabriel Prosser? Where and when did his revolt take place? Who stopped the revolt? How did it fail? What happened to Prosser and his followers? | a literate enslaved blacksmith; 1800 in Richmond, Virginia; Governor James Monroe and the state militia; Prosser's master a literate man born into slavery; Richmond Virginia in 1800; had a suspicion because another slave leaked the plan; they were hanged |
| Who was Nat Turner? Where and when did his revolt take place? Describe what happens. What happened to Turner? | an American slave; 1831 in Southhampton, Virginia; traveled house to house killing every white person with weapons that didn't make noise; Turner was hanged, flayed, beheaded, and quartered |
| What does Jethro Tull invent? | seed drill |
| What does Newcomen invent? | first commercially successful steam engine |
| What is the flying shuttle? | a device that makes weaving faster |
| What does Samuel Slater do? | brings textile mills, powered by water, to New England |
| What is the cotton gin? | machine used to clean cotton much faster by hand |
| Who discovered the idea of interchangeable parts? Why was it used? What was the first thing he used the principle on? | Eli Whitney; to mass produce products; guns |
| What did Francis Cabot Lowell establish? | a "factory system" in Massachusetts |
| What are textiles? Why was it so important at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution? | fabric/cloth; many people were concerned with making it |
| What is a monopoly? How does it relate to Britain? | having total control of an industry by one company; Britain had a monopoly on all of the advancements they came up with |
| What does FM stand for? | farm to market |
| What is a conestoga wagon? What was its main purpose? | covered wagon; carry goods and people |
| What is a stagecoach's main purpose? | carry mail and people |
| What are canals? What and when was the first one opened? | artificial waterways; Erie Canal; 1825 |
| What was America to the immigrants? | the land of opportunity |
| What were the jobs available ot immigrants? | railroads, mines, factories, farming in the western land |
| Who were the Antifederalists? Who was their leader? | people who opposed to the Constitution; Jefferson |
| Who were the Federalists? Who was their leader? | people who supported the Constitution; Hamilton |
| Who wins the presidential election of 1796 and had a snobby attitude? | John Adams |
| Who was very down to earth and won the presidential election of 1828? | Andrew Jackson |
| From which party did the Whigs come from? | National Republican Party |
| Who was the first president of the Whig Party? When was he elected? | William Henry Harrison; 1840 |
| When did the Know-Nothing Party form? What did they object to? When did it weaken? Which party does it absorn into? | 1852; Catholic immigration to America; 1856; Republican Party |
| Who wins the presidential election of 1860? | Lincoln |
| Which 2 personalities were at the center of the development of America's first parties? | Jefferson and Hamilton |
| a party or group within a government | faction |
| What was the issue that caused the first parties to form? | Constitution |
| What kind of power were often found in the first factories? | water |
| Which event showed the South that whites were prepared to die to end slavery? When? What are the basic details of this event? | Brown's Revolt - John Brown led a revolt in Harper's Ferry Virginia in 1856 - raided an arsenal but they the revolt was stopped by the marines - after a trial, Brown was hanged |
| Where was the only successful black slave rebellion in North America? | Haiti (Antebellum South, Haitian Revolution) |
| Which country and leader was responsible for selling the Lousiana Purchase? | France; Napoleon |
| What other European country was on the continent after the Louisiana Purchase? | Spain |
| What kind of power was going to be used in at least 2 of the improvements? | steam |
| What are the reasons people immigrated from Europe to America? | religious persecution, famine, poverty, political oppression |
| What are the three things that are fundamental for life? | food, shelter, clothing |
| What were the our reasons for the War of 1812? | Britain was still our enemy, British navy doing greater damage, British were impressing American sailors, British believed to arm Indians to fight, War Hawks wanted land |
| What were our disadvantages for the War of 1812? | America wasn't prepared for the war, America lacked money to fight, America was not unified |
| What were the highlights of the War of 1812? | USS Constitution, Washington DC burned by British, Treaty of Ghent |
| What were the results of the War of 1812? | inspired a spirit of nationalism, America shows the world we are prepared to defend ourselves, relations with Britain improve, war encouraged the growth of American industry, stimulated western expansion |
| What were Jefferson's ideas for the newly acquired western land? | land preserved for Indians, land for free slaves |
| What was in America that inspired immigrants to travel to the US? | opportunities and jobs, land |
| What were the transportation improvements? | roads and turnpikes, conestoga wagons, stagecoaches, steamboats, clipper ships, canals, railroads |
| Who thought that America would become stronger from the development of industry? | Alexander Hamilton |
| What was the religious revival inspired by Charles Finney that took place in 1801? | Second Great Awakening |
| Who established the Mormon Church in 1830? | Joseph Smith |
| What organizations developed to spread the evils of alcohol and encourage people to stop drinking? | Temperance organizations |
| Who was the emperor of France who sold Lousiana to the US? | Napoleon |
| What doubled the size of the US? | Louisiana Purchase |
| Who accompanied Lewis and Clark on their journey? (the mission would not have been successful without her) | Sacagawea |
| What was the name of the war between Britain and France that began in 1803? | Napoleonic War |
| Who was James Madison's wife? (a good speaker and a great politician) | Dolly Madison |
| Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner? | Francis Scott Key |
| Who was responsible for the success in the Indian Wars, which took place in Florida? | Andrew Jackson |
| Where was Napoleon defeated by the Russian winter? | Moscow |
| What prohibited Americans from trading with both Britain and France? | Nonintercourse Act |
| The Northern states, who were opposed to the war were known as... | doves |
| A battle of the War of 1812 that was a brilliant American success and took place after the treaty was signed | Battle of New Orleans |
| Who came out of the War of 1812 as an American hero? | Andrew Jackson |
| What ended the war of 1812? (didn't settle any of the disputes that started the war) | Treaty of Ghent |
| How many American casualties were there at the Battle of New Orleans? | 71 dead and wounded |
| a slave revolt that took place in Charleston, South Caroline in 1822 - in response to the closing of African American churches, all the slaves were to slay their masters and take temporary control of the city | Vesey's Revolt |
| a slave revolt led by a white man that took place in Harper's Ferry Virginia in 1856 - raided an arsenal and started a revolt but the marines were called and stopped the revolt | Brown's Revolt |
| Who improved the method for making iron? | Darby |
| Who invented the flying shuttle? | Kay |
| Who developed the first efficient steam engine? | James Watt |
| Who invented the cotton gin and inspired the use of interchangeable parts? | Eli Whitney |
| What heavily increased the demand for slaves in the southern cotton kingdom? | cotton gin |
| Who developed the first successful steamboat? | Robert Fulton |
| What was the names of Fulton's steamboat? | The Clermont |
| Where was the home of the Industrial Revolution? | England |
| What kind of power was used to power many machines of the Industrial Revolution? | waterpower |
| What was built in 1811 that stretched all the way across the Midwest? | National Road |
| What is another name for a Conestoga wagon? | prairie-scooner |
| What were large ships used for for sailing and trading? | clipper ships |
| Why were clipper ships developed? | steamboats could not travel into the deep water |
| What was the system used in canals to help the boats move both uphill and downhill? | lock system |
| What was the name of the first railroad built in the US in 1814? | Baltimore and Ohio RR |
| Why did people immigrate to the US? | poverty, famine, political oppression, religious persecution |
| Where did most of the immigrants pass through to get to the US? | Ellis Island |
| Who did not believe in political parties? | George Washington |
| Who became VP when he lost the election of 1796? | Jefferson |
| Who became president in 1816? | James Monroe |
| What was the name of the third party that formed in 1832? | Anti-Mason Party |
| What was the name of the third party that formed in 1848 in opposition to slavery in newly acquired Mexican territory? | Free Soil Party |
| Who was the last Whig president? | Zachary Taylor |
| What formed from the combination of the Free-Soilers and the Whigs? | Modern Republican Party |
| Who believed in strict interpretation of the Constitution and thought that America would prosper if it remained unindustrialized? | Jefferson |
| What did the Barbary Pirates do? | controlled the seas - forced countries to pay tribute for protection, otherwise, they would attack their ships |
| What were America's first 2 political parties? | federalists and the anti-federalists |
| What is another name for the election of 1800? | Revolution of 1800 |
| Who was the first Republican president? | Abraham Lincoln |
| What are two other terms for factories? | mill and industry |
| Where did the Industrial Revolution originate? | Great Britain |
| Who made the first efficient steam engine? | James Watt |
| Who developed the idea for interchangeable parts? | Eli Whitney |
| What are 3 slave revolts - where did they happen and when? | Brown's Revolt - 1856, Harper's Ferry, Virginia |
| What term means 'before the war'? | antebellum |
| What European country was affected by the Haitian Revolution? | France |
| Which American president was responsible for the Louisiana Purchase? | Thomas Jefferson |
| What was going on in Europe at the same time as the Louisiana Purchase? | Napoleonic War |
| How much did Louisiana cost the US? | 15 million |
| Name the first successful steamboat and its inventor. | The Clermont - Robert Fulton |
| What are 2 kinds of wagons used for transporting people and goods? | Conestoga wagons and stagecoaches |
| What other development in America starting in the 1790's helped to encourage other forms of transportation? | roads |
| Which continent provided most of the immigrants that came to America? | Europe |
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