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Semester 1 Final
Study Stacks for our US History Semester 1 Final Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| "Culture" means __________________. | "Way of Life." |
| One "deadly import" that the Native Americans got from the Europeans was ___________________. | Germs that caused influenza, measles, chicken pox, mumps, typhus, or smallpox. |
| Three things that Native Americans introduced to the Europeans. | Farming methods, corn, and potatoes. (Can also have squash, pumpkins, beans, or chocolate.) |
| Who funded the Jamestown colony? | A joint - stock company. |
| What is Subsistence Farming? | Farming just enough to feed your own family. |
| List the Southern Colonies. | Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Maryland, and Virginia. |
| List the Middle Colonies. | New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. |
| List the New England Colonies. | Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire. |
| List two (2) technological innovations/ inventions that were created during the Civil War. | 1.) The "triage system" of sorting wounded soldiers into categories according to the severity of their wounds; 2.) Use of mobile surgical hospitals near battlefields (these were the first Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals, or MASH, units). |
| Which Union officer was selected by President Lincoln to conduct the "March to the Sea" in an attempt to bring a quick end to the Civil War? | General William T. Sherman was selected for this. |
| List two (2) things that we learned about the Battle of Gettysburg. | 1.) One reason that the Union "won" this battle was because they held the high ground on Cemetery Ridge; 2.) General Lee tried to resign his commission as a Confederate officer after losing this battle, but Confederate President Jefferson Davis refused. |
| Why was the Battle of Antietam "crucial to the Union victory"? | 1.) Britain was going to intervene and mediate between the North & South if the South had won this battle; 2.) Britain planned to recognize the Confederacy (i.e. the South) as a separate government if the South had won this battle. |
| What were "revenue cutters"? | These were small, lightly armed boats used by government customs agents to apprehend merchant ships that were violating customs laws. The Confederacy used these boats during the Civil War due to its lack of a navy. |
| Which state "slipped into guerilla warfare" between groups such as William Quantrill's Raiders (Confederate) & the "Jayhawkers" (Union). | Missouri. |
| What new technological innovation improved both the accuracy and range of muskets during the Civil War? | The introduction of "rifling" in musket barrels. |
| What was the "March to the Sea"? | This was the name given to General William T. Sherman's path of destruction he left behind that stretched from Atlanta, Georgia to Savannah, Georgia. |
| What does the term "Popular Sovereignty" mean/ refer to? | This term means "rule by the people". |
| What does the term "Separation of Powers" mean/ refer to? | This term refers to the idea that each branch of the federal government - judicial, executive, and legislative - has their own powers assigned to them by the U.S. Constitution. |
| What does the term "checks and balances" mean/ refer to? | This term refers to the idea that each branch of government has the ability to limit the power of the other two. |
| What is one (1) example of the term "checks and balances"? | One (1) example of this term is that the President can veto laws that are passed by Congress - but - Congress can override the President's veto with a 2/3 vote of both the House and Senate. |
| What does the term "cabinet" mean (where the U.S. government is concerned? | This term means "a body of advisers to the president, composed of the heads of the executive departments of the government." (dictionary.com) |
| What are the "Bill of Rights"? | This is the name that is given to the first 10 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. |
| What does the term "enumerated powers" mean/ refer to? | This term refers to "powers that are specifically listed in the Constitution". |
| What does the term "judicial review" mean/ refer to? | This term refers to "the power to decide whether laws are constitutional and to strike down those that are not". |
| What does the term "Ellis Island" mean/ relate to? | This term relates to the facility where European immigrants were processed before they were allowed to enter the United States. The facility was located in New York Harbor. (Pg. 215) |
| Who was Jacob Riis? | He was a Jewish social reformer who took pictures of the terrible conditions that European immigrants were living in. He took pictures in cities like New York & Chicago. He then fought to improve their situation. |
| What was "Angel Island"? | This was the facility (located in San Francisco, California) where Asian immigrants were housed beginning in January 1910. This was similar to Ellis Island. |
| What was the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882? | This Act of Congress stated that no Chinese immigrants would be allowed into the United States. It also prevented Chinese immigrants who were already living here from becoming citizens for 10 years. |
| What does the term "nativism" mean/relate to? | This term means "an extreme dislike of immigrants by native - born people". |
| What was the name of the first anti - immigrant organization? *(HINT: It was formed in 1887.) | The American Protective Association was the first organization such as this that was formed. It was an anti - Catholic organization. |
| Who was Louis Sullivan? (HINT: We learned about him in the first nearpod lesson we had in this unit.) | He was famous for designing skyscrapers in the city of Chicago in the late 1880's. |
| Where did most European immigrants who arrived in the late 1800's end up due to their financial situation? | Most immigrants ended up living in poverty in large cities. They usually worked ". . . long hours for little pay in the rapidly expanding factories of the United States." |
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