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Midterm #2
US History 146
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Writ of Assistance | A search warrant without probable cause |
| Shawnee Prophet | Tenskwatawa (brother is Tecumseh) |
| Boston Massacre | Called a massacre to spread propaganda when only 5 people were killed |
| Cotton (King) | Major crop of the 19thc American South |
| What is the Cult of Domesticity or Cult of True Womanhood? | Separation of spears (male-public, female-private) |
| Requisition | A system of government letters asking if they could tax states for money since they couldn’t request for states taxes before the Constitution was ratified. |
| Why did Andrew Jackson threaten to take an army to South Carolina? | Andrew Jackson regarded the South Carolina Nullification Crisis as a clear threat to the federal union and to national authority since farmers didn't want to pay the taxes. |
| Freed Blacks | In competition with Irish Immigrants after the Civil War |
| What President hated formality and used to answer the door of the White House in his bathrobe? | Thomas Jefferson |
| Who was the only President never to live in the White House? | George Washington |
| When Virginia backcountry farmers refused to pay taxes on the whiskey they made, which President led an army into Virginia? | George Washington |
| Why did so many Irish come to America in the 19th c.? | The Irish Famine - Phytophthora infestans (Potato famine) |
| More Germans came than Irish. Why wasn’t there a German problem like there was an Irish problem? | Germans were skilled, literate (could read and write), and had connections |
| What were the 5 points in Hamilton’s Five Point Plan? | 1. Create Credit Worthiness 2. Create New National Debt 3. Bank of U.S 4. Tax Whiskey 5. Tariffs and Subsidies |
| After the American Revolution, the British left and never came back. True or False | False |
| What is the name of the fort that the French built in the Ohio Valley in the 1740s? | Fort Duquesne |
| What is the name of the fort that George Washington built in the Ohio Valley? | Fort Necessity |
| William Pitt, the prime Minister of Great Britain promoted young officers over older superiors. Can you name the two that he sent to America? | Amherst and Wolfe |
| What disease did King George III suffer from? | Blue-Water Disease (Porphyria) |
| General Wolfe and 4,500 men scaled the cliffs around Quebec City and beat the French in a battle on what battlefield? | Plains of Abraham |
| What battle is called “The Turning Point of the Revolution”? | Battle of Saratoga |
| Who led the American Continental Army? | George Washington |
| The American Revolution was won by local militias and guerilla warfare. True or False | False (won by the continental army) |
| What is the last major battle of the American Revolution? | Battle of Yorktown |
| Who were the two generals who fought at this battle? | George Washington and Cornwallis |
| What was the first version of the American Constitution called? I am not looking for the Dickinson Plan here. | The Articles of Confederation |
| Who wrote the Letters from a farmer in Philadelphia? | John Dickinson |
| Who wrote the Olive Branch Petition? | John Dickinson |
| Ben Franklin came up with the idea to have a grand council that would represent all the colonies. What was that plan called? | Albany Plan |
| What was the most important way women served in the Revolution? | Boycotts |
| America almost had a military coup. George Washington prevented it from happening. What was it called? | The Newburgh Conspiracy |
| The idea that women can contribute to the polity by having and raising good republican sons is called...? | Republican Motherhood |
| After the Revolution America found itself flush with cash. True or False. | False |
| Who said that the War of 1812 would be “a mere matter of marching” ? | Thomas Jefferson |
| Who won the War of 1812? | No one won, it ended in a draw (England and US) |
| Why was Andrew Jackson so angry with the newspapers and blame them for his wife’s death? | Newspapers revealed that she committed adultery and bigamy (she didn't know that she was technically still married to another man) |
| Who was the young woman who Jackson tried to protect by ordering his cabinet members to force their wives to invite her to tea? | Peggy |
| What was the forced migration of Native Americans to new lands in the West called? | Cherokee Removal Act |
| Who was the hero of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend? | Andrew Jackson |
| What is the name of the pan-Indian village destroyed by William Henry Harrison? | Prophetstown |
| What is the Monroe Doctrine? | Told the Europeans to stay out of American affairs. |
| What is the Missouri Compromise? | Missouri stayed a slave-state, while Maine broke off and became a non-slave state. |
| What is Nativism? | America should be for white, native-born Americans only, no immigrants or foreigners. |
| What was the “Pull factor” that brought so many people out west? | Availability of cheap land |
| What are the three waves of anti-immigrant sentiment? | Anti-Catholic, Anti-Asian(mainly Chinese) and Anti-Everyone |
| What were the anti-Federalists afraid of? | They were afraid of the national government getting too powerful and being too strong. |
| Who was Sally Hemmings? | Slave half-sister of Jeffersons' wife Martha, has an affair with with her and has children with her |
| What changes did President Thomas Jefferson make when he took office? | Weakens military, balances budget, Louisiana Purchase, reduced taxes and paid off national debts |
| What is the Alien and Sedition Act? | Can't publicly demeanor the government (no speech against the government) |
| Who wrote Common Sense? | Thomas Paine |
| What is Manifest Destiny? | Gods telling to move West |
| What is the Spoils System? | Jackson thought that he won everything and could disregard everything/everyone (complete power, more of a king than president) |
| How did the Transportation Revolution change America? | Made it more accessible (ships) |
| What is a “Mill Girl”? | Females who worked in cotton factories (Irish). |
| What was a Mill Girl’s life like? | Worked 13 hours per day, 9-10 months of the year |
| Jefferson purchased a large tract of land during his presidency. What was it called? | Louisiana Purchase |
| Why was it controversial? Both for Jefferson and Congress? | Jefferson was a strict constructionist of the Constitution and the Constitution does not explicitly state that the president or Congress could purchase foreign land. |
| Why did Napoleon agree to sell the land when he had not wanted to do so in the past? | He needed money for the Great French War, and needed to get out of the Caribbean. |
| What is the Quasi-War? | The result of the XYZ affair. |
| What is the XYZ affair? | Three French agents attempted to bribe the US diplomats into giving them loans in exchange for no longer attacking American ships |
| Who was president during the War of 1812? | James Madison |
| What famous act did Dolly Madison do? | Secured the safety of George Washington's portrait |
| What is Impressment? | Forcing American men to become British sailors against their will |
| After the American Revolution...why did so many people go bankrupt? | America was left in ruins, and wartime cash from the French and Dutch ceased. People had little money with diminished incomes. |
| Who was the British general who himself and 70% of his army killed the first day of battle? He was a drunken womanizer. | Charles Cornwall |
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