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Avery SS Final Terms
Final Review Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| I led the American army during the Revolution | George Washington |
| Known as the Swamp Fox | Marion |
| British General at the turning point of the Revolutionary war | Burgoyne |
| Spoke on behalf of women's rights during the Revolutionary war | Adams |
| An American spy during the Revolutionary war | Hale |
| Helped Jamestown survive in the beginning | Smith |
| America's most famous sea captain during the Revolutionary war | Jones |
| British General at the final battle of the Revolutionary war | Cornwallis |
| Prime Minister of Britain during the French and Indian war | Pitt |
| Colonial government during the Revolutionary war | Continental Congress |
| Turning point of the Revolutionary war | Saratoga |
| soldiers hired by one country to fight for another | mercenaries |
| to enlist | recruit |
| leaving the army without permission | desert |
| privately owned merchant ships equipped for war | privateers |
| a moral victory for the American Army during the early parts of the war | Bunker Hill |
| Where were the first shots of the Revolution fired? | Lexington |
| a hit and run fighting technique used by the American army | guerilla warfare |
| to officially approve of | ratify |
| At which battle of the American Revolution was the enemy the cold winter? | Valley Forge |
| What was the agreement that ended the American Revolution | Treaty of Paris, 1783 |
| What was the last major battle of the Revolutionary war? | Yorktown |
| What was the name of the British warship defeated by the Americans in the Revolutionary war? | Serapis |
| What was the turning point of the French and Indian war? | Battle of Quebec |
| What was the turning point of the Revolutionary war? | Saratoga |
| What started WWII for the Americans? | Pearl Harbor |
| After the Revolution, what were the US boundary lines? | Northern - Canada |
| During the F&I war, the French had many ________ allies. | Indian |
| Thomas Paine wrote __________ | Common sense |
| Loyalists supported ___________ in the revolution. | Britain |
| Britain used __________ to help them fight the revolutionary war. | Hessians |
| Casimir Pulaski came from Poland to help the __________ in the Revolutionary war. | Americans |
| The final years of the Revolution were fought in the __________ areas of the colonies. | Southern |
| General ________ helped American to ultimately be victorious in the final years of the Revolutionary war. | Greene |
| The French General, ____________, helped in the American's final victory. | Rochambeau |
| ________ was a young french General who came to help the Americans win the Revolutionary war. | LaFayette |
| How many major battles did Washington engage in during the Revolution? | 9 |
| ________________ fought on both sides during the Revolution | African Americans |
| leader of the Constitutional Convention | Washington |
| came up with the Virginia plan | Randolph |
| came up with the New Jersey Plan | Paterson |
| came up with the Great Compromise | Sherman |
| Father of the Constitution | Madison |
| believed that all people had natural rights | Locke |
| believed that government should be separated and balanced against each other | Montesquieu |
| promoted the Constitution for ratification | Hamilton |
| led a rebellion of farmers | Shays |
| early american agreement between the pilgrims - like the constitution | Mayflower Compact |
| USA's first plan of government | Articles of Confederation |
| the great charter of England | Magna Carta |
| an agreement about Congress suggested by Sherman | Great Compromise |
| an agreement that determined how to count slaves for representation and taxes | 3/5 Compromise |
| the first 10 amendment to the Constitution | Bill of Rights |
| a rebellion that caused to Constitutional Convention to happen | Shay's Rebellion |
| a movement promoting knowledge, reason, and science | Enlightenment |
| the second form of government in the US | Constitution |
| people who supported the Constitution - who was their leader | federalists - Hamilton |
| people who did not support the Constitution - who was their leader | antifederalists - Jefferson |
| a change to the Constitution | amendment |
| authority of the people | popular sovereignty |
| an agreement where both sides give up some of what they want | compromise |
| falling in value | depreciation |
| a part of the Constitution | article |
| to bring charges against | impeach |
| to reject a bill | veto |
| two-house legislature | bicameral |
| first paragraph of the Constitution | preamble |
| government with elected representatives | republic |
| determining the Constitutionality of a law | judicial review |
| the people represented by a representative in Congress | constituents |
| setting aside funds for a specific purpose | appropriate |
| who were the two personalities that formed America's first political parties | Hamilton and Jefferson |
| purchased LA from the french | Jefferson |
| first Republican president (modern) | Lincoln |
| sold LA to the US | Napoleon |
| developed the first efficient steamboat in America | Fulton |
| brought the Industrial Revolution to America | Slater |
| developed interchangeable parts | Whitney |
| explored the new territory purchased from France | Lewis and Clark |
| president during most of the 1950's | Eisenhower |
| large trading ships developed to quickly cross the Atlantic | clipper ships |
| wagons developed in the early 1800's for carrying people | conestoga wagon |
| the movement to end slavery | abolition |
| the most famous american canal | Erie canal |
| another term for a political group - not party | faction |
| an invention to remove seeds from raw cotton | cotton gin |
| America's first canal | Erie canal |
| America's first steamboat | the Clermont |
| which treaty ended the War of 1812 | Treaty of Ghent |
| 4 major areas of improvement for transportation in the early 1800's | roads, canals, steamboats, railroads |
| what were America's first 2 political parties? | Democratic-Republicans and Federalists |
| What were the 4 most famous slave revolts in American History? | Vesey (1822/Charleston, SC), Turner (1831/Southampton County, VA), Brown (1856/Harpers Ferry, VA), and Prosser (1800/Richmond, VA) |
| America's political parties formed around the issue of... | ratifying the Constitution |
| The Industrial Revolution originated in... | Britain |
| American industrialization greatly effected improvement in... | transportation |
| the Second Great Awakening was about.... | religion |
| Why did the US go to war with Britain in 1812? | Britain was impressing American soldiers, Britain was giving guns to indians, Britain was still remembered as the enemy, the British navy was doing the greater damage to the USm Warhwaks wanted new land |
| In what year did the War of 1812 end? | 1814 |
| What national symbol did we acquire as a result of the War of 1812? | National Anthem |
| who came out of the War of 1812 a hero? | Jackson |
| what was the last battle of the war of 1812? | New Orleans |
| Who began the National Republican Party? | John Quincy Adams |
| Who was president during the war of 1812 | Madison |
| Led the bloodiest slave revolt in American history | Turner |
| Where the American prepared for the war of 1812? | No |
| The USS Constitution was also known as __________ | Old Ironsides |
| In the war of 1812, the Battle of ____________ was fought after the war was over | New Orleans |
| What did the Embargo act do? | Stopped American trade with all countries |
| American has been called a ____________ for all the different cultures that live in our country | Melting Pot |
| a major spokesperson in the movement to end slavery | Garrison |
| wrote "The Raven" | Poe |
| President associated with Manifest Destiny | Polk |
| most famous African American abolitionist | Douglass |
| religious movement in the early 1800's | Second Great Awakening |
| the tragic forced removal of Indians from the east to the west | Trail of Tears |
| movement to end slavery | Abolitionist movement |
| an Indian was to resist removal to the west | Black Hawk's war |
| most important issue of the women's rights movement | suffrage |
| final battle of the TX Revolution | San jacinto |
| the treaty that ended the war with Mexico | Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo |
| what were 3 reasons america began to read better in the early 1800's | better lighting, more leisure time, more literate americans due to the rise to public education |
| What were the 3 most important battles of the TX Revolution? | Alamo, Goliad, San Jacinto |
| Who invented the revolving pistoL? | Colt |
| Which TX ranger thought the revolving pistol would be useful in TX | Walker |
| What were the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo? | Rio Grande is recognized as the US southern border, US receives Mexican land (Mexican Cession), Mexico gets 15 million, Mexico honors TX as a part of the US, and US assumes all claims of American citizens |
| In what year did California become a state | 1850 |
| In what year did the Mexican war end? | 1848 |
| Why did we fight the Mexican war? | Border dispute |
| The Mexican war lasted ______ years. | two |
| what group makes the laws in TX? | legislature |
| leader of the Mexican army | Santa Anna |
| president during the Civil War | Lincoln |
| supported the Indian Removal Act | Jackson |
| led Texans to victory over the Mexicans | Houston |
| President during the war with Mexico | Polk |
| President during the War of 1812 | Madison |
| American musical composer | Foster |
| leader in educational reform | Mann |
| Started a war with Britain in Europe | Napoleon |
| First Federalist president | Adams |
| Distinguished themselves during the war with Mexico | Texas Rangers |
| General _______ captured Mexico CIty during the Mexican War | Scott |
| What was the final battle of the Indian wars? | Wounded Knee |
| After the TX revolution, what does TX do? | becomes a republic |
| Which two groups suffered the most from America's westward expansion? | Mexicans and Indians |
| leader of the Mexican army | Santa Anna |
| president during the Civil War | Lincoln |
| supported the Indian Removal Act | Jackson |
| led Texans to victory over the Mexicans | Houston |
| President during the war with Mexico | Polk |
| President during the War of 1812 | Madison |
| American musical composer | Foster |
| leader in educational reform | Mann |
| Started a war with Britain in Europe | Napoleon |
| First Federalist president | Adams |
| Distinguished themselves during the war with Mexico | Texas Rangers |
| General _______ captured Mexico CIty during the Mexican War | Scott |
| What was the final battle of the Indian wars? | Wounded Knee |
| After the TX revolution, what does TX do? | becomes a republic |
| Which two groups suffered the most from America's westward expansion? | Mexicans and Indians |
| Name the names and dates of the pieces of land America acquired from the beginning and the dates of acquisition. | Original 13 colonies (1783), Treaty of Paris (1783), Louisiana Purchase (1803), Red River Basin (1818), Florida (1819), Texas Annexation (1845), Oregon Country (1846), Mexican Cession (1848), Gadsden Purchase (1853), Alaska (1867), Hawaii (1898) |
| led the Union army at the end of the Civil War | Grant |
| led the Confederate army during the Civil War | Lee |
| assassinated Lincoln | John Wilkes-Booth |
| author of Uncle Tom's Cabin | stow |
| became president after Lincoln was assassinated | Johnson |
| Supreme Court Case that caused a national crisis about slavery | Dred Scott |
| most famous violent white abolitionist | Brown |
| President of the Confederacy | Davis |
| led a destructive march through the south during the Civil War | Sherman |
| flew the first airplane | Wright Brothers |
| what was the important agreement reached 10 years before the Civil War began | Compromise of 1850 |
| what agreement ended Reconstruction in the south | Compromise of 1877 |
| Which part of the country had the most railroads | north |
| Laws passed by the south after the Civil War to control African Americans | black codes |
| the government agency set up after the war to aid newly freed slaves | Freedmen's Bureau |
| Where did the Civil War begin? | Fort Sumter Charleston, South Carolina |
| What was the turning point of the Civil War for the north? | Gettysburg |
| the terrorist organization that arose to control African Americans | Ku Klux Klan |
| What were the terms of the Compromise of 1850? | California admitted as a free state, no laws against slavery in NM, TX/NM border dispute settled in favor of NM, stricter fugitive slave law |
| The Civil War began in ___________ | 1860 |
| What was Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction called? | 10% |
| including both blacks and whites | integrated |
| a general increase in prices of products | inflation |
| name for southerners | Rebels |
| to formally charge with wrongdoing | impeach |
| to close off | blockade |
| an official pardon | amnesty |
| went on the attack | offensive |
| extreme | radical |
| covered with metal | ironclad |
| to free | emancipate |
| helped slaves escape with the Underground Railroad | Tubman |
| surrendered the southern armies at the end of the Civil War | Lee |
| led a path of destruction through mainly Georgia | Sherman |
| Southern General in the Civil War | Jackson |
| Union General in the Civil War | McClellan |
| What were the amendments made after the Civil war? | 13 - freedom |
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