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7th Grade Final
7th Grade Social Studies 2024 Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| System of government in which power is divided between a central government and smaller political units (states) Delegated: National Reserved: State Concurrent: Both Ex. Each state makes its own laws about public education. | Federalism |
| Bloody battles/civil war in Kansas over the issue of allowing slavery in Kansas A result of the Kansas-Nebraska act, which said Kansas could vote whether to be slave or free states. | Bleeding Kansas |
| This all water route from Albany to Buffalo links NYC to the Great Lakes | Erie canal |
| This Principle of the Constitution allows each branch can exercise controls or "checks" over the other branches. | Checks and Balances |
| Final (major) battle of the war in which French and American forces led by Washington defeated British forces led by Cornwallis. After this battle, they began to negotiate a peace treaty. | Battles of Revolutionary War Yorktown |
| William Lloyd Garrison | Radical Abolitionist Published "The Liberator"- and even burned a copy of the Constitution as protest |
| Frederick Douglas | Former Slave, abolitionist and Journalist who spoke against slavery and for the rights of women |
| Supreme Court | Interprets laws |
| 1773 act which eliminated import tariffs on tea entering England and allowed the British East India Company to sell directly to consumers rather than through merchants. Led to the Boston Tea Party. | Tea Act |
| This was the turning point of the American Revolution because it prevented the British from dividing the states and isolating New England. It also showed other European countries that we could win, so we gained supporters. | Battles of Revolutionary War Saratoga |
| Negative effects of the Colombian Exchange | One (negative) result of the exchange was the transfer of germs from Europe to America- Native Americans did not have immunity to European diseases |
| Positive effects of the Colombian Exchange | Positive- livestock and crops from Europe thrived in the colonies, American crops became a large part of European diet: Potatoes and Corn |
| Hamilton's Economic Plan | 1) Paying off war debts- federal pay off state debt 2) Raising government revenues- by having tariffs (taxes on imports) 3) Creating a national bank |
| Dred Scott Supreme Court Decision | Supreme Court Case/Decision that said African Americans were not citizens, so could not sue the court. |
| Intolerable Acts | In response to Boston Tea Party, 4 acts passed in 1774, Port of Boston closed, reduced power of assemblies in colonies, permitted royal officers to be tried elsewhere, provided for quartering of troop's in barns and empty houses |
| Manifest Destiny | the belief that the USA had the right to all the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific |
| Great Migration Theory | Men and women from Asia crossed a land bridge between Siberia and Africa in search food and resources. |
| Separation of Powers | A constitutional principle that all basic government roles are divided into 3 branches (executive-president, legislative-congress, judicial-courts) |
| Washington's precedents | Assembled a cabinet to advise him in certain areas. Name "Mr. President |
| The belief that the USA had the right to all the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific | Manifest Destiny |
| Industrial Revolution | Economic changes of the late 1700s when large scale manufacturing replaced farming as the main form of work |
| Declaration of Sentiments | Drafted by Elizabeth Cady Stanton- stated that women were equal and demanded the right to vote at Seneca Falls NY |
| Missouri Compromise | 1. Missouri would enter as a slave state 2. Maine, part of Massachusetts, would be a free state 3. Slavery would not be allowed north of the 36 30 parallel line in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase (south wanted) |
| Compromise of 1850 | *California would be free and Washington DC would get rid of slavery *Congress would not pass laws regarding slavery for the rest of the territories won from Mexico *Fugitive slave act |
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