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US History Mr. Kaz
INTRO UNIT
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The land bridge created by last ice age | Beringia Theory |
| age of curiosity of the physical world, means rebirth of culture | renaissance |
| rounded tip of Africa 1488 | Bartholomew Dias |
| set sail across Atlantic Ocean 1492 -trying to reach Asia | Chris Columbus |
| west african kingdoms | songhai,benin,kongo |
| the deadliest impact killing million | disease |
| commerce of slavery | triangular trade |
| trade of old world and new world goods | columbian exchange |
| national rivalries | Portugal vs. Spain |
| pope divided western hemishphere | treaty of tordesillas |
| theory, a country's ultimate goal was self sufficiency in competition with other nations | mercantalism |
| merchants began selling to other nations | colonial insurgency |
| laws restricting trade | navigation acts |
| monarch paid little attention to colonies | salutary neglect |
| extension of seven years war | rivals for an empire |
| friendlier relations with indians | new france |
| treaty of paris | english victory, canada, all lands east of mississippi |
| new tensions...colonists did not support enough | British perspective |
| new tensions...britian weaker than thought, realized they lacked some values | colonial perspective |
| belief in the social equality of people | egalitarianism |
| ment to explore "god" | mainifest destiny |
| westward expansion...passage through Appalachians | the cumberland gap |
| 1803 bought territory from Napoilian from 15 million | Louisianan purchase |
| lewis and clark expedition | corps of discovery, saint louis to pacific coast, 2 and 1/2 years |
| Native american woman who saves as an interpreter | sacajawea |
| illinois and wisconsion, saul tribe removed west of mississippi | black hawk war |
| series of treaties that forced N.A west | President Andrew Jackson... indian removal act |
| 800 mile trip...quarter of population died | trial of tears |
| pioneers started from independence missouri | trials west...santa fe and oregon trial |
| began hostilities | texas annexation |
| rio grande river | border dispute |
| most of the west | spoils of war |
| prospectors flocked in search of gold | forty niners |
| law to return "slaves" | fugitive slave law |
| settlers competed for kansas territory | bleeding kanas |
| decided slaves did not have right as citizens | dread scott decision |