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dcush fall final rev
Term | Definition |
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Indigenous America | I learned that one motive for European exploration was to find a direct sea route to Asia for trade. | Aztecs farmed on "floating gardens" known as chinampas. | European-brought diseases killed approximately 95% of the Native populations in America. |
Colliding Cultures | I learned that nations such as Spain, France, Portugal, and the Netherlands competed for land during the 1600s and 1700s. | Jamestown was the first permanent English colony in the US. | Merchants from France traded fur with the Native populations. |
British North America | I learned that the Chesapeake Colonies' economies were based off of tobacco and indentured slavery. | Maryland was founded in 1632 as a safe haven for Catholics. | Royal colonies were under direct control of the king. |
Colonial Society | I learned that George Whitefield was the face of the First Great Awakening . | The Proclamation of 1763 prevented English settlers from settling west of the Appalacian Mountains. | The Consumer Revolution fueled the growth of populations in cities. |
The American Revolution | Ideas about natural rights and scientific thought from the Enlightenment led to the American Revolution. | The currency act prevented colonists from producing more money. | The Intolerable Acts were Massachusett's punishments for the Boston Tea Party. |
The Early Republic (American founding the Early Presidents) | I learned that the government was a weak central power under the Articles of Confederation. | The Haitian Revolution sparked fear within white American citizens. | Marbury V Madison established judicial review. |
The Market RevolutionFLAG | Middle and Upper-class women usually avoided harsh labor. | Wage workers faced long work hours and dangerous conditions. | A family's financial state determined whether children could experience education. |
President Andrew Jackson (Democracy in America) | The Eaton Affair had dissolved Jackson's cabinet. | The Panic of 1837 led to the Whig Party gaining political support. | In response to and disapproval of the Nullification Crisis, Jackson issued the Nullification Proclamation. |
Religion and Reform | The Second Great Awakening led to many other Reform movements such as abolition, temperance, and education. | The Second Great Awakening focused more on an individual's conversion to Protestant Christianity. | Dorothea Dix led the Asylum and prison rm |
The Cotton Revolution (Institution of Slavery) | Cotton was not a rough and destructive crop to grow like tobacco. | Southern wealth was based off of commerce, land, slave trading, and Cotton planting. | Nat Turner's Rebellion had severe consequences for the enslaved. |
Manifest Destiny (Westward Expansion) | The Louisiana Purchase from Napolean doubled US territory overnight. | A cause for Westward Expansion was the development of new transportation innovations. | Manifest Destiny was the American belief that expanding Westward was a God-given mission. |
The Sectional Crisis (Causes of the Civil War) | Abraham Lincoln's presidency caused southern secession. | Scott V Sandford ruled that enslaved people were not US citizens. | Bleeding Kansas led to the formation of the Republic Party. |
The Civil War | Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation after the Union's victory at the Battle of Antietam. | The Battle of Gettysburg was the deadliest battle of the Civil War. | Robert E Lee was a Confederate general who led Southern troops. |
Reconstruction | The 13th Amendment abolished slavery. | The 14th Amendment guaranteed birthright citizenship. | The 15th Amendment stated that a person's right to vote could not be denied because of race or previous servitude. |