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Give 3 examples of a primary source. |
Journal, Newspaper, Letter |
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What are 3 products taken from the Old World to the New World? |
Horses, Weapons, Alcohol |
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What are 3 products taken from the New World to the Old World? |
Tobacco, Animal Furs, Turquoise |
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What had the greatest impact on the american indians during the columbian exchange? |
Disease |
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What period of time id the colonial era? |
1607-1776 |
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What are 3 examples of a development of self government in the colonies? |
House of Burgesses, The Democratic Congress in Virginia, Town meetings |
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Define Mercantilism |
Colonies exist only for the benefit of the mother country. |
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Who crested this political cartoon? |
Ben Franklin |
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What is the snake support to represent? |
The individual colonies. |
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What is meant by join or die? |
If the colonies don't work together they will be defeated by their enemies. |
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Where does the U.S. government get its power from? |
The people |
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What battle is considered to be the turning point in the American Revolution? Why? |
The battle of Saratoga because it demonstrated to the french that we stood a chance at winning the war, so they sent help. |
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What were the 2 pieces of advice George Washington gave in his farewell address? |
1) Stay out of foreign affairs. 2)Don't get involved in political parties. |
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What were the principles of the constitution? |
1) Popular Soverneighty- People ruled by voting. 2) Limited Government- The people controll the government so it doesn't become to powerful. 3) Separation of powers- No one branch gets to powerful. 4 Checks and Balances-Each branch has the power to control the other branches. 5) Federalism- A sharing of power between the state and federal government. |
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List and describe each branch of government |
1) Legislative branch- Makes the laws. 2) Executive branch- Carry out the laws. 3) Judicial branch- Makes sure the laws are constitutional |
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Give 2 ways the executive branch checks out the Legislative branch. |
*They have veto power. -He can propose laws. |
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What is Lassez Faire Economics and how was it supported by Thomas Jefferson? |
The government should have as little role as possible in big business. Thomas Jefferson supported it because he wanted to keep the government small. |
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What invention directly affected the spread of slavery in the U.S.? Explain |
The cotton gin because it sped up the production of cotton for industry so farmers bought more land and slaves. |
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During the Civil War which side was able to acquire more supplies? Explain. |
The North because it had the industries. |
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What is an abolitionist? |
A person who wants to end slavery. |
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Was Lincoln an abolitionist? Explain? |
No, because Lincoln was not initially an abolitionist because he only cared about the union, however the South believed he was. |
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What is Lincoln referring to in his famous quote: "A house divided against itself cannot stand." |
The united states can not have slavery in one place and not in the other and remain one union. |
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How does Lincoln's approach to slavery change over the coarse of the war? |
Lincoln starts the war to keep the union together, but then turn it into a crude against slavery. |
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How did The annexation of western territories help to cause the war? |
The abolitionist wanted to keep slavery out of the west and the south wanted slavery in the new territories. Therefore they fought over each new territory. |
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How did the Compromise of 1850 help to cause the war? |
It included a fugitive slave law that said everyone in the U.S. had to return a runaway slave or get fined 1,000 or jailed for 6 months. |
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How did the Dred Scott Decision help to cause the war? |
The supreme court said the because he was property (not a citizen) he could not file a law suit. This nullified the Missouri compromise. |
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How did the Election of 1860 help cause the war? |
Lincoln ran against a number of opponents who split the slavery vote. Lincoln easily wins. The south sees him as an abolitionist causing south Carolina to immediately seceed. |
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Define the Missouri Compromise |
It drew a line at 36 degrees 30 min north latitude. There would be no slavery aloud above it but slavery would be allowed below it. |
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Define Sectionalism |
Great loyalty to one section of a country rather than the whole. |
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Define Popular sovereighnty |
People will vote to determine if a new state will have slavery or not. |
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Define The Kansas-Nabraska act. |
The two areas were divided up, slavery would be divided by popular sovereignty. |
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Define Uncle Toms Cabin |
A book written by Harriet Beecher stove. It became a play. It was one of the most significant books in American History. |
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Define Bleeding Kansas |
Popular soverighty would decide the issue of slavery in Kansas. People from the north and south moved to Kansas in order to vote on the issue. Violence took place between the groups. Border Ruffians beat up people and voted illegally. A proslavery legislative was elected. |
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Define John Brown |
John Brown murdered 5 proslavery settlers in Kansas. He then went to Harpers Ferry Virginia, where he took over the arsenal, where he was hanged after being captured. |
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How Much does Social Studies Stink? |
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