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Social Studies fina
Final Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Primary Source | An account of an event from someone who was actually there. |
| Economics | Production distribution and consumption of goods and how money is spent |
| Plain | a broad area of fairly level land |
| Christopher Columbus | trying to find a sea route to AsiaBrought disease that killed many Native Americans |
| Middle Passage | Ocean trip from Africa to the Americans in which many enslaved Africans died. |
| Why were the early civilizations established by water? | water cropstransport cropstransport people |
| Cause of the American Revolution | British taxes: Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, and Intolerable Acts. |
| No Taxation without Reppresentation | was a response by the colonists against England taxing colonies. |
| Declaration of Independence | purpose- establishes basic laws of the U.S. |
| Shay's Rebellion | showed that the Articles of Confederation did not work. |
| Bunker Hill | 1st battle of the revolution. Showed the British we were going to fight. |
| Articles of Confederation | was the 1st constitution. it did not work becasue it gave to much power to the states. |
| How did different Native American cultures develop? | different cultures developed because of their environment. |
| Iroquois League | a group of tries that joined together for power and strength. |
| Why did the indian populations decrease after columbus? | Columbus brought diseases. |
| Three-Fifths Compromise | 3 out of 5 slaves counted as a person to be counted into the population |
| separation of powers | powers of government were divided among separate branches. |
| Laissez Faire | government should not interfere in the economy |
| Alliances | Nations (countries) that team up for a common purpose |
| Louisiana Purchase | Brought from France, it doubled the size of the U.S. the land gained was west of the Mississippi |
| Industrial Revolution | Hired women and children for less money than men.unskilled workers were easy to replaceFactory work caused people to move to the cities from the farm (urbanization) |
| Cotton Gin | machine that took seeds out of the cotton |
| trail of tears | westward march of Cherokee Indians where many died |
| Potato Famine | increased immigration from Ireland to the U.S. during the 1840's |
| abolitionist | they wanted to end slavery. |
| Nativists | a person who wanted to limit immigration and preserve the U.S. for the native born white Protestants. |
| Temperance Movement | tried to ban the sale and production of alcohol |
| slave codes | the purpose was to keep slaves from revolting or running away |
| Harriet Tubman | condutor on the Underground Railroad |
| civil war | south planned to win by fighting a defensive war.North expected to win the war quickly.Battles: Shiloh, Battle fo Antietam and Gerrysburg. |
| Emancipation Proclamation | all slaves in southern states were freed. |
| Jim Crow Laws | laws that separated people of different races in public places. |
| New England Colonies | had rocky soil and short growing seasons. Their economy was based on trading, fishing, and ship building. |
| Urbanization | people moving from farms to the city. |
| Mercantilism | a theory that a nation's strength came from building up its gold supplies and expanding its trade. |
| French and Indian War | Results: England wanted colonist to pay for the war. |
| Loyalist | Colonist who remained loyal to Britain |
| Bill of Rights | was added to the constitution in order to protect the rights of the people |
| Indian Removal Act | Native Americans dragged from homes, property sold, and led off their land |
| Spoil System | Andrew Jackson's system of rewarding friends and supporters with jobs |
| Secession | As a result of Lincoln's election as president several southern states wanted to withdraw from the United States. |
| Segregation | separting people of different races in public places. |
| Lewis and Clark | Explored and mapped the Louisiana Purchase.Find a route to the Pacific |
| Eli Whitney | Developed new methods of manufacturing.Cotton Gin was a faster way to get seeds out of cotton. |
| Forty-Niners | group of people moving west looking for gold (especially in California |
| George Washington | Wanted to avoid alliances and stay neutral |
| Abraham Lincoln | main goal: to preserve the unionemancipation proclamation: all slaves in southern states were freed.President Lincoln was killed by getting shot in the head. |
| Native Americans | Developed different cultures because, they adapted to their enviornment. After Colombus many died from disease and maltreatment. |
| Colonists | Settled near water to transport goods and move people easier. |
| Secondary Source | An account of an event from someone who wasn't actually there. |
| What Geographic Features contributed to the development of the 13 colonies? | Natrual Harbors and Ports. |
| What was Jamaestown's Cash Crop? | Tobacco. |
| Slaves | Experienced cruel treatment , poor sanitary conditions, starvation, and disease and over crowding while traveling across the Atlantic on te middle passage. To produce more cotton, more slaves were needed. |
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