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U.S. History Review
| question | answer |
|---|---|
| magellan | was the first to circumnavigate the world |
| the most important legacy of the protestant reformation | an emphasis on the authority of scripture |
| significant battle in 1588 | defeat of the spanish armada |
| house of burgesses | first self-governing assembly in america |
| led pilgrims on the mayflower | William Bradford |
| preached "sinner's in the hands of an angry God" | Jonathan Edwards |
| religious movement that united colonist before war for independence | great awakening |
| "world war" that brought an end to French power in the New World | French and Indian War |
| the reason why Franklin's albany plan a faliure | colonist feared centralized government |
| America's greatest single contribution to political thought | the constitution |
| the principle that was strongly supported by the articles of confederation | limited government |
| the person whos ideas provided much of the framework for the constitution | James Madison |
| "greatest administrative genius in America" | Alexander Hamilton |
| the sedition acts granted the president power to do this | prohibit "treasonous" speech |
| the supreme court reviewing and ruling acts of other branches of gov. | judicial review |
| Eli Whitney invented this | cotton gin |
| the revolution that changed the way that people worked | industrial revolution |
| the leader who tried to resolve sectional disputes by compromise was | Henry Clay |
| the president whos popularity with the common man changed politics | Andrew Jackson |
| some southerners wanted to 'break away" form the U.S. | nulify |
| Where the Cherokee Trail of tears began | Georgia |
| why John Tyler became president | President Harrison died |
| the practice of replacing gov. employees with the winning candidate's supporters | the spoils system |
| "king" and the main topic of conversation in the south | cotton |
| first white adolitionist to call for the "immediate and complete emancipation" of enslaved people | William Lloyd Garrison |
| the wave of religious fervor in the 1800's | the second great awakening |
| movement that called for drinking little or no alcohol | temperance |
| most famous underground railroad conductor | Harriet Tubman |
| what Henry Clay's compromise bacame known as | the Missouri Compromise |
| Southerner's justified secession with this theory | states' rights |
| the first territory to shed blood in a civil war over slavery | Kansas |
| a supreme court decision that divided the nation even more | Dred Scott Case |
| the 1860's candidate who's name did not appear on most southern ballots | Abraham Linclon |
| accused of assassinating Linclon | Jonh Wilkes Booth |
| re-established slavery in disguise | black codes |
| grants full citizanship to all individuals born in the U.S. | fourteenth amendment |
| congress passed it to prohibit the president from removing government officals without the senate's approval | tenure of office acts |
| most commom form of farm work for freed individuals | sharecropping |
| pioneered the assembly line | Henry Ford |
| the 1912 "bull Moose Party" presidential candidate | Theodore Roosevelt |
| the representative of the political machine that controlled local jobs and services | political boss |
| amendment which provided direct election of senstors | seventeenth amendment |
| theodore ran for presidency promising the people this | a square deal |
| process which allowed citizens to place a measure or an issue on the ballot in a state election | referendum |
| allows voters to remove unsatisfactory elected officials from their jobs | recall |
| noninvolvement movement in world affairs | isolationism |
| a feeling of intense loyalty to one's country or group | nationalism |
| german weapon that changed the course of war | U-boat |
| people who belive industries should be publicly owned | socialists |
| of the 14 points, the one that woodrow wilson considered the most important concern | the league of nations |
| what WWI cost the U.S. | $32 billion |
| the treaty of versailles split the Austro-Hungrian empire along with this one | the Italian Empire |
| this coutry fought in the war but did not sighn the treaty of Versailles | the U.S. |
| the total value of all goods and sevices produced in a country | the gross national product |
| won presidential election of 1928 | Herbert Hoover |
| this is what an economic downturn is called | a recession |
| the new deal program that built dams to provide cheap electricity in some southern states | TVA |
| provided monthly pensions for retired people | Social Security Act |
| this project helped farmers | AAA |
| this new deal program was designed to help business regulate itself | NRA |
| Roosevelt did this unpopular action to keep the new deal form being undone | court-packing plan |
| this pact freed hitler to invade poland | Soviet- German non-aggression act |
| Douglas MacArthur was the commander here | the pacific |
| Hitler gained the sutenland at this conference | Munich |
| commander of the allied forces in Europe | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| war crime trials were held here | Nuremberg |
| This country was divided into 4 nations after the war | Russia |
| Winner of the 1948 presidential election | Harry S. Truman |
| different attitudes towards music helped form this | popular culture |
| in preperation ofr attacks many families built these | air-raid shelters |
| in the 1950's teens kept up with the latest hit songs on this televison show | American Bandstand |
| refusal to obey laws that are considered unjust | civil disobedience |
| "ask not waht your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country" | John F. Kenedy |
| the arrest of Rosa Parks lead to this | a boycott of city buses |
| the first foreign crisis Kenedy faced | vietnam |
| the world's first successful satellite was launched by this country | Soviet Union |
| students were killed here when National gaurd troops fired shots into the crowd | Kent State University |
| first president to go behin the iron curtain when he visited china | Richard M. Nixon |
| the scandl that forced Nixon to resign | watergate |
| president Nixon was suceeded by him after resigning | jimmy carter |
| president clinton was impeached on these charges | lying and abuse of powers |
| first woman appointed to the supreme court | Sandra Day O'Connor |
| Osama Bin Laden is a | militant fundamentalist |
| the dark ages occurred between | 500-1500 |
| Hernando Cortes conquered this | the Aztec Empire |
| it was the death of ninety percent of jamestown colonist during the winter of 1609-10 | "starving time" |
| this is what the puritains wanted to be | "city on a hill" |
| The American War for independece was different from these | French and Russian revolutions |
| he was a colonist who sided with the Brittish in the Revolutionary war | Tory |
| the escape at long island was strongly affected by this | weather |
| the first and oldest constitution in continuous use | american constitution |
| they say that specified ends justify unspecified means | loose constructionist |
| proposed that America "steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of foreign world | Washington |
| first 10 amendments | bill of rights |
| spanish soldiers/ explorers | conquistadors |
| he called for prayer at the constitutional convention | Benjamin Franklin |
| number of ammendments in the constitution | 27 |
| the missouri compromise caused much division between these | the north and the south |
| the teapot dome scandal became a symbol of corruption within this president's administration | Harding |
| he was a pioneer of the assembly line method of manufacturing | Henry Ford |
| the attack on pearl harbor resulted in this | congress declaring war on japan |
| kennedy expanded NASA in order to pass this nation in the space race | soviet union |
| this limited the king of England's power in 1215 | Magna Carta |
| his administration was known for this | scandals |
| the economy in the south was transformed when eli whitey invented this | cotton gin |
| congress outlawed this in 1808 | slave trade |
| this state was admited as a free state, as a part of the missouri compromise when missouri was admitted as a slave state | maine |
| the dred scott decision stated that enslaved people were | property |
| a split in this party helped elect liclon to the presidency in 1860 | democratic |
| these were journalist who helped progressives by exposing injustices | mukrakes |
| these were women who fought for the woman's right to vote | suffragists |
| in the book of Esther we see that God is | sovereign |
| proposed missouri compromise | Henery Clay |
| was formed on Feb. 4, 1861 | confederacy |
| he was violent abolitionist | john brown |
| he was the opponent of Abraham Lincoln | Stephen A. Douglas |
| first attack of the civil war | fort sumter |
| women's right to vote crusader | Susan B. Anthony |
| 19th amendment | women's right to vote |
| 18th amendment | prohibition law |
| 16th amendment | income tax law |
| antiwar group | women's peace party |
| fourteen points | woodrow wilson's peace plan |
| economic system based on free enterprise | capitalism |
| founded universal negro improvement association | Marcus Garvey |
| promised a return to normalcy | Warren G. Harding |
| 1920's "liberated" women | flappers |
| blend of ragtime and blues | jazz |
| believed in having no government | anarchist |
| evolutionist v.s fundamentalists | scopes trial |
| system for buying and selling shares | stock exchange |
| Roosevelt's plan to combat the depression | New Deal |
| southern great plains disaster | dust bowl |
| buying stocks on a loan | on the margin |
| purchasing an itme by making monthly payments | installment plan |
| lightning war | blitzkrieg |
| WAC's | developed atomic bomb |
| leaders who control by force | dictators |
| sent to interment camps | japanese americans |
| site of d-day | Normandy |
| cut off eastern europe from west | "iron curtain" |
| gave economic aid to europe | marshall plan |
| result of berlin blockade | berlin airlift |
| sudden ambushes | guerrila warfare |
| american volunteers during the 70's | peace corps |
| communist leader in china | Ho Chi Minh |
| overthrow of the government | coup |
| united states vietnam policy | domino theory |
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