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History Final 25
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the name of the land bridge that connected Asia and North America? | Beringia |
| How did England run its colonies prior to 1763? | Salutary Neglect |
| What was the first form of labor in the English colonies? | Indentured Servantude |
| What crop allowed the English settlers to survive in North America | Tobacco |
| What was the economy of the Southern colonies based upon? | Agriculture |
| What made the Middle Colonies different from the Southern and New England Colonies? | Religious Freedom |
| Which religious group settled the colony of Pennsylvania? | Quakers |
| What theory did John Locke come up with? | Natural Rights |
| Who won the French & Indian War? | The British |
| What was the first tax law passed by the British Parliament upon its colonies? | Sugar Act |
| Which colony was considered the center of the Patriot rebellion from Great Britain? | Boston, Massachusetts |
| What was the name of the radical patriot group that advocated violence for their cause? | Sons of Liberty |
| Where were the “shots heard ‘round the world”? | Battle of Lexington and Concord |
| The Second Continental Congress was famous for passing what document? | Declaration of Independence |
| Who wrote the famous pamphlet, Common Sense? | Thoman Payne |
| Which country gave aid to the Patriots in the Revolutionary War? | France |
| Who was appointed general of the Continental Army? | George Washington |
| Before the Revolutionary War was over, what first form of government for the United States existed? | Articles Of Confederation |
| What were two weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? | No federal army, no power to tax |
| What new government was created in 1787 to replace the Articles of Confederation? | U.S. Constitution |
| Who was the first Secretary of the Treasury? | Alexander Hamilton |
| What central institution did Alexander Hamilton create to protect the economy? | First Bank of United States |
| What was a tariff? | Tax on imported Goods |
| Upon leaving office, President George Washington warned of what? | Warned of Entangling Alliancesd of entangling Alliances |
| What foreign event dominated the administrations of George Washington and John Adams? | French Revolution |
| Who was elected in the “Peaceful Revolution” of 1800? | Thomas Jefferson |
| Why was the Peaceful Revolution of 1800 referred to as “peaceful”? (You have to tell me more than just “no war.”) | A new party took power of congress without any violence |
| Prior to leaving office, who did John Adams appoint to the Supreme Court? | John Marshal |
| . What was “loose construction” of the U.S. Constitution? | A broad interpretation of the Constitution |
| From which country did Jefferson purchase the Louisiana Territory? | France |
| What was impressment ? | Forced enlistment/kidnapping of an american sailors |
| Why is Thomas Jefferson remembered for being hypocritical during his time as President? | He switched his interpretation of the constitution from strict to loose. |
| Which new political party did Andrew Jackson belong to? | The Democratic Party |
| What was the Southern name for the Tariff of 1828? | Tariff of Abominations |
| John Calhoun wrote South Carolina Exposition & Protest as a defense of what? | In defense of Nullification |
| What did South Carolina threaten to do rather than pay the tariff? | Secede |
| Who came in and brokered a Compromise Tariff of 1832? | Henry Clay |
| What was the spoils system? | Giving jobs to friends, not based on skill |
| President Andrew Jackson ignored the Supreme Court, thus setting in motion what forced removal of Native Americans? | Indian Removal Act |
| Which political party formed in opposition to Jackson? | Whig Party |
| . What did "abolitionism" mean? | End Slavery |
| Where did the women's suffrage movement begin? | Seneca Falls, New York |
| What did "temperance" mean? | To End/Ban Alcohol Drinking |
| Who was the former slave who wrote his autobiography and became a major abolitionist? | Frederick Douglass |
| What was Manifest Destiny? | The Idea that white Americans would settle from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific Coast |
| What was the cause of the Mexican-American War? | Started over Texas becoming a state |
| Why was the North suspicious of motivations in the Mexican-American War? | Northerners didn’t want slavery to expand west |
| What was the outcome of the Mexican-American War? | Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
| Name two states gained by the United States from the Mexican-American War. | Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah |
| What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do? | Repealed the Missouri compromise |
| Who was the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin? | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| What was the first state to secede? | South Carolina |
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