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100 Cards in this Set
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Why did Europeans come to America? |
Religious Freedom and Economic Opportunities |
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Protestant Reformation |
Split between Catholics and Protestants |
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Countries That Came To America To Settle |
Britiain, France, Netherlands, and Spain |
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What is a Conquistador? |
Spanish explorers who came to America to conquer land/people |
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Consequences of foreign countries coming over? |
Brought diseases and slaves
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What was the Columbian Exchange?
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The exchange of crops, animals, and disease |
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Why was the Constitutional Convention initially held? |
To revise the Articles of Confederation
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What were some of the rules established in the Constitutional Convention? |
Won't fix the articles, but completely change it to the Constitution Would be kept secret for 30 years |
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What people attended the Convention? |
55 well-educated, wealthy, land owning white men. all had political experience, and 41 had been members of the Continental Congress. All the states were represented, except rhode island.
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Who proposed the Virginia Plan? |
Edmund Randolph |
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Who proposed the New Jersey Plan? |
William Paterson |
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What were the differences between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan? |
The Virginia Plan benefited the larger states because Congress would be based on population. The New Jersey Plan would benefit the smaller states because one house would be regulated. |
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What was the Great Compromise? |
By Roger Sherman, who proposed that the HOR would be population based and the Senate would be regulated. |
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What was the 3/5 Compromise? |
For every five slaves, three would count for popualtion based voting. |
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What did the Federalists support? |
The Constitution without the Bill of Rights |
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What did Anti-Federalists support? |
State's rights, a bill of rights in the Constitution, or a weakening of the National Government |
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What was the makeup of Congress after the Great Compromise? |
A bicameral legislation |
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Is establishing local governments a state power or a federal power? |
State |
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Is declaring war a federal power or state power? |
Federal |
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Is marriage laws a state power or federal power? |
State |
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Is conducting foreign relations a state power or federal power? |
Federal |
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Is printing money a state or federal power? |
Federal |
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Is setting up schools a state or federal power? |
State |
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What is the Electoral College? |
The electoral college is where the population of states give you electoral votes and it elects the president. A president must have at least 270 electoral votes. |
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What is Checks and Balances? |
The branches check and balance the other's power |
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Enumerated Powers |
Federal powers |
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Implied Powers |
Powers implied to the people |
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Reserved Power |
Power reserved for the states |
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What is judicial review? |
checking other courts to decide upon a punishment/checking on other courts |
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What were some of the causes of the French and Indian war? |
the fight and the conflicts between the French and the English for the Ohio River Valley. Lt Dinwiddie sold the land, cause the French to get angry, the French then start building forts on the land, and so did the English, preparing to fight. |
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Who did the Native Americans mostly side with in the French and Indian war? |
The French, because they were already allies with them |
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What was the Albany Plan of Union? |
It was Benjamin Franklin's way of trying to unite the colonies, but it didn't go through because state's didn't want to lose their power. |
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What was the Treaty of Paris of 1763? |
It gave Britiain parts of Canada and Florida. |
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What was the Proclamation of 1763? |
British troops were placed along the Appalachian Mountains to block the colonists from crossing west into the Ohio River Valley. |
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What was the Stamp Act? |
Taxed on all paper goods |
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What was the Sugar Act? |
Taxes on molasses were dropped, foreign Madeira wine and colonial exports of iron, lumber and other goods had to pass first through Britain and British customs. |
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What was the Quartering Act? |
Colonists were forced to house and pay for British soldiers within the towns. |
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What was the Declatory Act? |
It’s literally saying “we can tax you and you can’t do anything to stop us”. |
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What were the Townshend Acts? |
It taxed paint, lead, glass, tea, imported goods, paper, (everything british). They, more specifically the women, boycotted. |
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What was the Tea Act? |
Lowered Prices on British Tea, and they responded with the Boston Tea Party. |
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Define Militia |
A military force made up by citizens |
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What is the Comittee of Correspondence? |
An organization that spread political ideas and information through the colonies |
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What is a propoganda? |
Ideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help a cause |
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Election of 1800 |
3rd election, Thomas Jefferson was elected |
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When was the "birth" of political parties? |
1796 |
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Who were the political parties from 1796-1800? |
The Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans
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Who was the leader of the Federalists in the 1800s? |
Hamilton |
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What did the federalists believe in? |
wanted a strong central government, higher class voting, and wanted the US Economy to rest in the hands of the WWLOMs
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Who was the leader of the Democratic-Republicans? |
Jefferson |
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What did the Democratic-Rebuplicans believe in? |
wanted the majority of the power to remain in the states, with the lower class people getting the advantage
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What case brought up the idea of judicial review? |
Marbury vs Madison |
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What was the Judiciary Act of 1801? |
In the last 100 days of John Adam’s presidency, he appointed so many people during, and even asked John Marshall to serve as a chief justice on the Supreme Court. The whole idea was to stack the courts with Federalists, so when Jefferson took office he couldn’t make any further appointments.
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When was the Louisiana Purchase? |
1803 |
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What did the Louisiana Purchase start out as? |
a want to rid Louisiana of the French and to gain control of the Southern Mississippi River and the Port of Orleans
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How much was the Louisiana Purchase? |
15 million |
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Who did Jefferson view as God's chosen people? |
The Yeoman Farmer |
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What is a frigate? |
a fast-medium size warship |
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What were the first cabinets George Washington made? |
Department of State, Department of War, Treasury Department, Postmaster General, and Attorney General |
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How did George Washington stop the Whiskey Boys? |
He sent 13,000 state militia troops to them to demolish the rebellion. |
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What were the Whiskey Boys rebelling against? |
An excise tax on whiskey and luxury liquors |
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What was the Treaty of Greenville? |
This gave the Americans the majority of present day Ohio
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What did Washington first establish? |
Develop the executive departments |
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What was the plan to help pay of the nation's debt called? |
Hamilton’s plan was economic reasoning to bring back the trust of the other nations and the states. He said that the new federal government should pay what they owed to other nations from the war, and it’s make things easier for the nation to borrow money. He also believed it would turn the heads in favor of the government.
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What was the role of the national bank? |
have an efficient banking system through the US, so people could deposit income and have other people deal with the economic part of their lives. It would also hold government funds and pay of national debt
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What type of money system did Washington establish during his presidency? |
A federal system |
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What was Manifest Destiny? |
the belief that America was destined to stretch across the continent
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Who was president during the Compromise of 1818? |
Monroe |
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What was the Compromise of 1818? |
settled things between United States and Great Britain, set the boundaries of the Missouri Territory, stopped the construction of warships in the great lakes, created joint occupation between america and great britain
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What was the Adams-Onis Treaty? (Acquisition of Florida) |
if Spain gave Florida to the US, in return, the United States would pay $5 million dollars for damages done by Andrew Jackson’s forces
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What was the Monroe Doctrine and why was it important? |
The Monroe Doctrine stated that the United States would remain neutral in wars that didn’t involve them, and disregard the British colonies settled in American lands
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What was the Missouri Compromise? |
for every one slave state added, one free state would be added
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What is mudslinging? |
Candidates throwing insults at other candidates |
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When was the Trail of Tears? |
1830-1838 |
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Where did the Oregon Trail start? |
Independence, Missouri |
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Where did the Oregon Trail end? |
Willamette Valley |
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When did the California Gold Rush start? |
1849 |
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What was the Mexican-American War about? |
America wanted part of Mexico but Mexico said no so they went to war and won and paid Mexico 15 million dollars and took their land |
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Why did the Gadsden Purchase happen? |
When the US was building the transcontinental railroad, they had to bypass mountains on the west side, and if the south was transporting slaves, then those slaves can technically get off and be free. So they bought the tiny piece of land for 10 million dollars.
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What was the Compromise of 1850? |
letting the voters in each territory vote on whether to allow slavery in that territory
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Who invented the steamboat? |
Robert Fulton |
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Who invented the Cotton Gin? |
Eli Whitney |
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Who invented the telegraph? |
Samuel Morse |
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Who invented the metal plow? |
John Deere |
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Who invented the mechanical reaper? |
McCormick |
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Who invented interchangeable parts? |
Eli Whitney |
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Who invented the mechanized cotton mill? |
Lowell |
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Who invented the sewing machine? |
Howe |
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What is a prarie schrooner? |
a covered wagon |
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What was the Nat Turner Rebellion? |
50 slaves killed dozens of slaveowners |
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What was the Wilmot Proviso? |
neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of the territory that might be acquired from Mexico
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Why was the Dred Scott decision important? |
It states that even if you go to free territory, you can't technically be free |
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What was the first state to secede? |
South Carolina |
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Where did the Civil War start? |
Charleston |
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Where was the First Battle of Bull Run? |
Manassas |
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Where did Lee surrender? |
Appomattix Court House |
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Who died at Chancellorsville? |
Stonewall Jackson |
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What did the Emancipation Proclamation state? |
The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
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Where did Sherman's March begin? |
Atlanta, GA |
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What was the water innovation made during the Civil War? |
Submarine |
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Why did Lincoln suspend the Writ of Habeus Corpus? |
There were so many prisoners of war and spies that there couldn't possibly be enough time to trial all of them. |
