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History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ideas about spiritual, social, political equality arose in the colonies in the 1700s in a religious movement called? | The Great Awakening |
| How did parliament's passage of the English Bill of Rights in 1689 affect England's North American colonies? | Colonists became more interested in being governed by representatives they elected |
| What was the goal of the english bill of rights? | to reduce the power of the English Monarch |
| What was the significance of the English Bill of Rights? | It influenced writers of the U.S. constitution |
| What was the most important issue dispute between Britain and its american colonies? | the power to tax the colonists |
| Which group felt the colonies did no need independence from England? | Loyalists |
| Why was the Patriots victory at the Battle of Saratoga so important to the American cause? | It convinced France to aid the colonies in their fight |
| Under the Articles of Confederation the greatest amount of power was in the hand of the? | states |
| The structure of the U.s. Congress was created at the Constitutional Convention by the? | Great Compromise |
| How did the Federalist Papers try to assure Americans about the new federal government created under the Constitution? | by saying that the government would not overpower the states |
| The right of every American to be a member of a political party is an example of | The first amendment rights to freedom of assembly and freedom of speech |
| One of the principles built into the Constitution is that there should be checks on the power of government leaders. This idea is based on what earlier document? | Magna Carta |
| Alexander Hamilton believed in a flexible reading of the Constitution, but Thomas Jefferson believed in | strict construction |
| President Washington demonstrated the government's and pesident's power under the new Constitution to enforce federal law in the way he handled the | Whiskey Rebellion |
| The two-party system that exists in American politics today first arose i=during the election of which president? | John Adams |
| The Supreme Court's decision in the 1803 case Marbury v. Madison is an example of | checks and balances |
| The Embargo Act of 1807 failed because | it cause American merchants to lose money and had little effect on Britain and France |
| What goal of Pres. lincoln led to the Louisiana Purchase? | to allow American to ship goods overseas through the port of New Orleans |
| Most of the fighting in the War of 1812 took place | at sea |
| The principle established by the U.S. that European nations could not start any more colonies in North and South America was in the | Monroe Doctrine |
| Why was President Monroe concerned when Mexico became independent from Spain in 1812? | He thought that European countries might try to take over countries in South America |
| The era surrounding the presidency of Andrew Jackson is best known for an expansion in | voting rights |
| Who benefited most from Andrew Jackson's plan to remove Native Americans to the West? | Farmers |
| The Missouri compromise had an important effect on the U.S. because it | prohibited slavery north of Missouri's southern border |
| What was least important to the South's economy? | manufacturing |
| In general, what was the opinion of Californios regarding the Mexican War? | They opposed the was because they did not want to lose control of California |
| What was the main reason John Jacob Astor founded Astoria at the moth of Columbia river in 1811? | Trappers could use the river to bring furs from the mountains to trade |
| The main reason many Americans wanted to settle in Texas in the 1820s and 1830s was | availably of cheap or free land |
| How did Bringham Young's influence settle in the western dispute over water rights? | he promoted the idea that the good of the community should out weigh the interests of individuals |
| The first machines of the Industrial Revolution were powered by | water |
| What did the Supreme Court decide in the case of Gibbons v. Ogden? | Gibbons federal license had priority over Ogden's state license |
| Why did the value of slaves drop in the South before the invention of the cotton gin? | Prices for crops were low, so some farmers decreased production and the demand for slaves declined |
| Because some southerners feared farmers had become too reliant on cotton, they encouraged farmers to | try growing a variety of cash crops |
| Free Americans in the south in the early and mid-1800s | has few rights and freedoms |
| Which leader was responsible for settling the dispute over the expansion of slavery that arose after the Mexican War? | Henry Clay |
| California's admission as a free state after the Mexican War aroused controversy because | it would upset the balance between free states and slave states |
| Widespread violence erupted in Kansas over slavery in the mid-1850s mainly due to | the practice of popular sovereignty |
| The Battle of Gettysburg was an important battle of the Civil War because | it ended Lee's hopes of advancing into northern territory |
| Which of Lincoln;s speeches and writings reflected the statement of the Declaration of Independence that "all men are created equal" | the Gettysburg Address |
| The tactics that Sherman used against Confederate armies in the South were based on what strategy? | a naval blockade of southern ports |
| Following the Civil War, the quickest approach to reuniting the nation was proposed by the | Ten Percent Plan |
| The goal of many reformers who wanted to help Native American in the late 1800s was to | get indians to adopt the ways of the white people |
| The policy of the U.S. government toward Native Americans in the West was to | move them onto reservations and open their homelands to white settlers |
| Immigrants to the U.S. in the late 1800s and early 1900s came mainly from | southern and eastern Europe |
| Who was most concerned about the working conditions for children? | Florence Kelley |
| Andrew Carnegie kept his business cost low by | owning the businesses in each step of steel manufacturing process |
| The Sherman Antitrust Act which was passed by the federal government | made it illegal for any company to have a monopoly over a particular industry |
| What was the government's response to the Homestead and Pullman Strikes? | They sent in federal troops to break up the strikers |
| What is mass culture? | Leisure and cultural activities shared by many people |
| What was the Hull House? | A settlement house established by a private organization which focused on the needs of immigrants |
| The Bessemer process affected steel production by | making steel faster and cheaper |
| Samauel Gompers was the head of the | American Federation Labor |
| Politicians during the Gilded Age were known for being | corrupt |
| Tammany Hall rewarded supporters with | jobs |
| The Pendleton service Act made it easier for government officials to | establish a new system of laws for granting government jobs |
| For which of the following is Governor Robert M. LaFollette best known? | He decreased the power of political machines |
| What were political machines? | Organizations that used legal and illegal means to get their candidates elected |
| Rhythm | beat |
| Meter | A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables |
| rhyme | music of a poem |
| Alliteration | repetition of consonant sound |
| Onomatopoeia | words that sound like the sound it makes (boom) |
| Ballad | Songlike poem that tells a story often of saddness |
| Epic | poem about a hero |
| Narrative | poem that tells a story |
| lyric | expresses personal feelings of the speaker |
| ode | long lyric poem |
| sonnet | 14 line poem |
| elegy | mourning |
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