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Events/Acts
STAAR PREP Events/Acts US History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A period of religious enthusiasm in the American colonies. | 1st Great Awakening |
| During the period of Reform, many people turned to religion as a reason to make changes in the US.Boston massacre:5 American colonists were dressed as Native Americans and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. | 2nd Great Awakening |
| The governing body of the American colonies after independence had been declared. | Continental Congress |
| Massachusetts farmers led by Daniel Shays rebelled when they were imprisoned for not paying their debt. | Shays Rebellion |
| Meeting of delegates from the 13 states, Main purpose was to make changes to the Articles of confederation. Ended up writing a new constitution. | Philadelphia/Constitutional Convention |
| Uprising of people who refused to pay a tax on alcohol. The rebellion was squashed by the new government under the Constitution, thus proving its strength. | Whiskey Rebellion |
| The Election of 1800 was referred to as a revolution because it was the first time power had peacefully been passed from one group to another. | Revolution of 1800 |
| Land purchase from France for $15 million that almost doubled the size of the US | Louisiana Purchase |
| Period in which goods produced by hand were replaced with goods produced in a factory by machines.Transportation systems improved as well during this time. | Industrial Revolution |
| Period when feelings of nationalism grew under President James Monroe. | Era of Good Feeling |
| A sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. It was caused by the South anger over the Tariff of 1828(Tariff of Abominations) The south felt that a state could nullify a national law. These arguments almost lead to a war. | Nullification Crisis |
| Period in which goods produced by hand were replaced with goods produced in a factory by machines.Transportation syste,s improved as well during this time. | Industrial Revolution |
| Period when feelings of nationalism grew under President James Monroe. | Era of Good Feeling |
| A sectional crisis during the presidency ofAndrew Jackson. It was caused by the South anger over the Tariff of 1828(Tariff of Abominations) The south felt that a state could nullify a national law. These arguments almost lead to a war. | Nullification Crisis |
| National bank that was started to alleviate Revolutionary war debt and to unite the country under one currency. It became a national issue during the residency of Andrew Jackson. | Bank of the United States |
| Law passed during Andrew Jackson's presidency that forced Native American tribes living in Georgia and Florida to move to present Oklahoma. | Indian Removal Act |
| The forced relocation of the Native Americans to Present day Oklahoma. | Trail of Tears |
| Period before the civil war when many Americans called for reform in many areas including public education,prisons, slavery, and women's rights. | Age of Reform |
| The first women's rights convention that was organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The Declaration of Sentiments was presented. | Seneca Falls Convention |
| Compromise proposed by Henry Clay in 1819 that divided the US into areas that were pro-slavery. | Missouri Compromise |
| Law that created the Kansas and Nebraska territories. It allowed popular sovereignty in these areas to decide the issue of slavery. | Kansas Nebraska Act |
| Pro and anti-slavery groups sent settlers to Kansas to vote on the issue of slavery. These groups clashed and violence erupted. | Bleeding Kansas |
| Series of laws passed to organize the Mexican cession into slave and non slave areas. This compromise was proposed by Henry Clay. | Compromise of 1850 |
| Law propsed by David Wilmot to outlaw slavery in the Mexican Cession. | Wilmot Proviso |
| The election of Abraham Lincoln that led to the secession of South Carolina. The Civil War started a few months later. | Election of 1860 |
| On April 14,1865 only a few days after the Civil War ended, John Wilkes Booth shot and killed President Lincoln. | Assassination Lincoln |
| 5 American colonists were dressed as Native Americans and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston harbor | Boston Tea Party |
| Citizens could occupy government land. If settler improved the land and grew crops, after five years, he would own the land. | Homestead Act |
| This act provided that each state with 30,000 acres of land times the number of its members in Congress. The state could then sell the land to fund public colleges. | Morrill Act |
| Removed Native Americans to government reservations in the West. This act opened up their land to white settlers. | Dawes Act |