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Who wrote "Leaves of Grass"? |
Walt Whitman |
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What was the name of the first English settlement to survive colonization? |
Jamestown |
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The gold Rush of 1849 send settlers to what state? |
California |
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In what way were slaves and indentured servants similar? |
Both could be bought and sold |
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Which amendment awards power to individual states? |
10th Amendment |
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Which of the following most correctly lists the most populous colonial cities? |
New York, Philadelphia, Boston, |
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When the French demanded tribute from America before speaking with ambassadors it was called? |
XYZ Affair |
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Which of the following was not a slave rebellion? |
Shay's rebellion |
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Lincoln was assassinated by? |
John Wilkes Booth |
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Which the following was dictated by the 14th amendment? |
1. Equal protection under the law for blacks and whites 2. all persons born in the United States, or naturalized, are citizens. 3. Due process for all citizens, no matter what race 4. The Federal government will not pay any debt for the loss or emancipation of any slave |
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What percentage of the army during the civil war was African-American? |
10% |
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Eliza Lucas Pinckney is famed for being the person who introduced which product and made it a successful crop? |
Indigo |
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While men were away at war, women did what? |
Ran farms, worked as nurses, did manual labor, work as spies |
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The Powhatan Confederacy was? |
1. A collection of native American tribes which was especially prominent in the Virginia area in the 17th century 2. Originally composed of the Powhatan, Arrohateck, Appamattuck, pamunkey, mattaponi, and the chiskiack tribes |
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The person who assassinated Lincoln and shouted the following after committing the murder "Sic simper trannis". What does it mean? |
Thus always to tyrants |
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In 1680, Pueblo Indians fought for independence from which nation? |
Spain |
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The Morill Tariff Act did what? |
Increased tariffs on imported goods |
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Alexis De Tocqueville wrote a study on the political and societal structure of the United States called? |
Democracy in America. It was published in the late 1830s |
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Dread Scott was? |
A slave |
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Which amendment guarantees the right against self-incrimination? |
5th |
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Who was the key conductor on the Underground Tailroad? |
Harriet Tubman |
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In 1838 - 1839, Cherokee Indians faced hunger, disease and death due to which event? |
Trail of tears. Over a quarter of the Cherokee Nation died during the forced migration from Mississippi to Oklahoma. |
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Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"? |
Harriet Beecher Stow |
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Which of the following was NOT an advantage held by the British in the Revolutionary War? |
A greater stake in the outcome of the war. The colonists were fighting for their beliefs and their way of life, whereas the members of the British military you were just fighting because it was their job. |
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Who wrote "The Star Spangled Banner"? |
Francis Scott Key |
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Which of the following is a correct statement about the economic system used during colonial times? |
it was based on the idea that there was a limited amount of wealth in the world. This meant that one country could only get rich at the expense of another. This created high government involvement in trade and an emphasis on the generation of wealth. It was called the mercantile system and was later traded for the laissez fair system |
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Who gave the sermon "City Upon a Hill"? |
John Winthrop |
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What was the first legislative body in the Americas? |
House of burgesses. This was set up in Virginia 1619 |
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Who wrote "Common Sense"? |
Thomas Pain |
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Which group drafted and signed the Declaration of Independence? |
Second Continental Congress |
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Who wrote "Letter from a Farmer in Pennsylvania"? |
John Dickinson |
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Which English colony became a Haven for those seeking religious freedom and tolerance? |
Rhode island. Jews and Quakers both sought refuge in Rhode island which was founded by Rodger Williams and Anne Hutchinson |
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Which preacher did skitch and dramatizations in his sermons? |
George Whitefield |
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By the mid-nineteenth century, which book was the standard reading textbook for schools? |
McCaffrey reader. This book was first published in 1836 and was written by William McGuffey |
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Renaissance means? |
Rebirth |
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What officially ended the practice of slavery in the United States? |
The 13th amendment. The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in "area of rebellion" but the 13th Amendment officially ended the practice from a legal standpoint |
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Which amendment guarantees the right to a speedy trial? |
6th Amendment |
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Who is considered to be the first black woman to make a living from her writing? |
Phillies Wheatley. As a young slave, she was given a rare opportunity to learn to read and write and she was considered a prodigy. |
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What were the names of Columbus's ships? |
Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria |
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Who gave the famous speech "Ain't I a Woman" ? And what's a traveling preacher who advocated the rights of women and slaves? |
Sojourner Truth |
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Who was the first to discover the new world? |
Vikings |
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Emma Willard was an advocate of? |
Education for women. She worked her whole life for the education of women. During her life she both taught female students and instructed teachers on how to better teach female students |
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Columbus sailed under the patronage of what country? |
Spain |
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Brook farm, Oneida and New Harmony are all? |
Attempts at utopian society. New Harmony was established by Robert Owen and lasted only two years. Oneida was formed based on the idea of group marriages to create equality among members. |
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The men who attended the constitutional convention to create a government were known as: |
Framers |
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Who is reported to have told Harriet Beecher Stowe "so you are a little woman who wrote the book that started this great war" |
Abraham Lincoln. At the president reportedly told this to Harriet Beecher Stowe when they first met after she had written *Uncle Tom's Cabin* |
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The Three-Fifths Compromise refers to what? |
The accounting relating to slaves versus free people |
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Who wrote "The Federalist Papers"? |
Alexander Hamilton |
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Which president was responsible for the Louisiana purchase? |
Thomas Jefferson. Though he wasn't sure it was within his constitutional rights, he couldn't pass up the opportunity to double the country's size with one land purchase. |
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The idea that one branch of government is supervised by another is called? |
Checks and balances |
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Who was the first person to run for president as a republican candidate? |
John c Fremont. However, Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican candidate to be elected. |
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Which amendment protects freedom of religion, speech, press, excetera? |
1st Amendment |
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Horace Mann fought for? |
Education reform |
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John James Audubon was famous for? |
His collection of paintings of birds. |
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John Greenleaf Whittier was known as? |
A romantic |
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What is significant about Oberlin college in Ohio? |
It was the first co-educational college. |
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Which amendment is about the right to bear arms? |
2nd Amendment |
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Why did President Pierce Commodore Perry to Japan? |
In an attempt to open up trade. while they moved it helpful Japan out of isolation, they did not yet agreed to sign any formal declaration. |
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Which amendment guarantees due process? |
5th Amendment |
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Why did the Mormon pioneers settle in Utah? |
1- they were fleeing persecution in other state and Utah as both isolated and remote 2- their profit declared that it was the place he had seen in a vision |
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Dorothea Dix reformed |
Prisons and Insane-asylums |
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What was not an advantage held by the Union during the civil war? |
better trained military leaders. Most of the country's best military leaders were in the South. Also, all but one of the country's military schools were in the south |
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Edgar Allan Poe was known as? |
A dark romantic |
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What battles consisted of a victory for colonists that convinced the French to aid their cause in the Revolutionary war? |
Saratoga. The French had been hesitating to into the war, but after seeing the British surrender 6 generals, 300 officers and 5,500 soldiers they were finally convinced |
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Louisa May Alcott was known as? |
A romantic |
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Why did President Lincoln wait as long as he did to issue the Emancipation Proclamation? |
He waited until the Union started winning major victories and he believed it would have the support of the people |
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Ralph Waldo Emerson was known as? |
A transcendentalist |
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The Hudson River School was? |
The first functioning art school in the United States. |
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Henry David Thoreau was known as? |
A transcendentalist. |
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after the glorious revolution dethroned James II in England, the colonial members of New York rebelled against James' agent Liut. Gov. Frances Nicholson and begin running the colony themselves. This event is referred to as? |
Leisler's rebellion |
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Herman Melville was known as? |
A dark romantic |
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The founding fathers first attempt at creating a government yielded the? |
Articles of confederation. this document created a weak national government and because of this weren't able to function effectively |
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Currier and Ives were known as? |
Creator of lithographs |
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"The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defense, the security of a liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, finding themselves to assist each other... " This quote is from which document? |
Articles of confederation |
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Nathaniel Hawthorne was known as? |
A dark romantic. |
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Who was responsible for funding Pennsylvania? |
William Penn. |
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was known as? |
A romantic |
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Who funded Providence, Rhode island? |
Rodger Williams. |
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Walt Whitman was known as? |
A transcendentalist |
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What treaty fully ended the Mexican war? |
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. |
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Who invented the cotton gin? |
Eli Whitney. |
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The trial of Peter Zenger in 1737 was most associated with what issue? |
Freedom of the press. |
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Who wrote "10 nights in a bar-room and what I saw there"? |
T.S. Arthur |
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Who was responsible for founding Hartford, Connecticut? |
Thomas Hooker |
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Who wrote "Walden"? |
Henry David Thoreau |
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What would most likely be found at the center of a city in a northern colony? |
A church |
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The temperance movement regulated what? |
Alcohol |
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What was the ruling in the Dred Scott case? |
Scott had no right to sue because he was property and not a citizen. |
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She called for social and political equality for women? |
Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
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"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. " This quote is from which document? |
Declaration of Independence |
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What is the greatest discovery in manufacturing? |
Interchangeable parts. |
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What is true about the first great Awakening |
Along with heightening church attendance, it's stimulated an interest in reading and the creation of schools. The movement favorite a personal approach to religion |
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Which president had a large abolitionist cause? |
Abraham Lincoln |
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Which case involved State's rights and the sanctity of contracts? |
Charles River bridge v Warren bridge |
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Who was nicknamed "Unconditional Surrender"? |
Ulysses S. Grant |
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What was the first state to secede from the Union after President Lincoln was elected? |
South Carolina |
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What did the Emancipation Proclamation NOT do? |
Freed slaves in border states |
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The quote "Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth" by Henry David Thoreau is characteristic of? |
Transcendentalism |
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Virginia Dare |
The first English child to be born in the New world |
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Ponce de Leon |
Spanish explorer who "discovered" Florida |
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1492 |
Columbus landed in the new world |
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London company |
Right to settle Cape Fear, North Carolina and north to Long Island |
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Separatists |
Dissenters from the church of England |
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Mayflower |
Ship with 101 pilgrims for America |
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Mayflower compact agreement |
Pledge to obey their own created laws |
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Puritans |
Dissenters who wanted to purify the Church of England |
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Massachusetts Bay company |
Puritan colony |
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Rodger Williams |
Founded Rhode Island |
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Thomas Hooker |
Clergyman - settled Hartford Connecticut |
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Henry Hudson's task |
Find a shorter route to East India |
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New Amsterdam is now known as? |
New York City |
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William Penn |
Settled Delaware |
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Quaker |
Religious society of Friends |
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Another name for Philadelphia? |
City of brotherly Love |
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George Calvert |
Secured Maryland's charter |
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James Oglethorpe |
Settled Savannah with debtors |
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Treaty of Paris |
Brought the war to a halt in the New World |
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Intolerable Acts |
Corervive Acts - punitive laws put on the colonies by England |
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Stamp act |
Required all legal documents, pamphlets, playing cards, contracts, newspapers, evt, to carry a tax |
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Thomas Jefferson |
A Chief architect of American Democracy |
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George Washington |
First president of the United States |
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James Monroe |
Era of Good Feeling |
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I've been birth of the nation, most people held what occupation? |
Farmers |
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Who first attempted to unite the colonies? |
Benjamin Franklin |
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Whig party president |
Martin van Buren |
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2 party system today |
Democrat and Republican |
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Colonist |
People who settled in America before the American Revolution |
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E Pluribus Unum |
Out of many, one |
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Washington Irving |
Rip Van Winkle and The legend of Sleepy Hollow |
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13th Admend |
Officially ended slavery in the United States |
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14th Amendment |
Ensured due process and equal protection under the law, defined citizenship and declared that the US government would not pay compensation for freed slaves |
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15th Amendment |
Guaranteed citizens the right to vote |
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Abolitionist |
People who were critical of slavery and we're in favor of abolishing it |
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Albany Plan of Union |
A plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin which would unify the colonies, though they would remain under British rule |
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Alien and Sedition Acts |
Heavily criticized Acts passed under John Adams which outlawed publishing criticisms of the government and gave the president the power to deport non-citizens |
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Anne Hutchinson |
Founder of Portsmouth, Rhode Island after religious persecution forced her to leave |
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Anti-Federalists |
A group opposed to the Constitution because they were feared it gave too much power to the federal government also instrumental in the creation of the Bill of Rights |
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Articles of Confederation |
The United States' first constitution, focused on avoiding problems associated with a strong central government |
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Bacon's Rebellion |
Angry that the government was not protecting them, a group of colonists led by Nathaniel Bacon forced of the governor to leave and begin attacking Indian group |
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Bill of Rights |
First 10 Amendments to the Constitution |
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Boston Massacre |
In 1770 a group of angry colonists started throwing rocks and snowballs at British soldiers. The soldiers fired their muskets and a few colonists died |
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Boston Tea Party |
In protest of the new tax on tea, a group of colonists through an entire shipment of tea overboard to stop colonists from buying the tea and paying taxes on the tea. |
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Christopher Columbus |
Spanish explorer who discovered North America in 1492 while in search for a sea route to the Far East |
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Continental Association |
Created by the First Continental Congress to pressure Britain into repealing the Coercive Acts allowed enforced non-importation of British goods |
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Democracy in America |
A study on a political and social structure of the United States written by Alexis de Tocqueville |
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Dred Scott case |
Dred Scott was a slave who sued his owner when he moves to a free state. The Supreme Court ruled that he had no right to sue because he was property |
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Eli Whitney |
Creator of the cotton gin which reinforced the importance of slavery for Southern States |
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Eliza Lucas Pinckney |
The person who first introduced indigo and made a successful cash crop in the South |
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Emancipation Proclamation |
A document issued by President Lincoln during the Civil War which freed slaves in all areas of rebellion. |
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Era of Good Feelings |
A name for President Monroe's two terms. A period characterized by strong nationalism, economic growth, territorial expansion and lack of partisan conflicts |
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Federalists |
The political group that supported the passage of the Constitution. |
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First Continental Congress |
A group of delegates which met in 1774 to discuss a solution to oppressive British rule and the possible uniting of the colonies |
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First Great Awakening |
A religious revival in the mid-1700s which focused on personal and emotional approach to religion |
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Francisco Pizarro |
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incan civilization in the 16th century |
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Half Way Covenant |
A document set up in early Puritan colonial communities which allowed the children of partial church members to be baptized |
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Headright system |
Allowed 50-100 acres of land to be awarded to anyone who brought an indentured servant to the colonies |
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House of Burgesses |
The governing body set up in Virginia. It was the first legislative body in the Americas |
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Hudson River School |
Both the first functioning art school in the United States and the name given to an art movement was focused on landscapes |
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Democratic-Republican party was renamed? |
Democratic party |
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Jamestown |
The first successful English colony which was organized by the London Company in 1607 |
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John James Audubon |
A self-taught painter famous for his collection of paintings of birds |
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John Rolfe |
The person who is credited with first successfully cultivating and exporting tobacco |
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Kansas - Nebraska Act |
A series of battles fought in New Hampshire between the colonists and Indians after colonist begin settling on Indian lands |
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King Philip's War |
Creative the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and allowed their respective residents to determine their own slavery status |
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Louisiana Purchase |
A land purchase from the French which doubled the size of the country in 1803 |
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Manifest Destiny |
Colonists believed that America was destined to grow West. This was considered a divine right and |
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McGuffey Reader |
The standard reading textbook for schools in the mid-nineteenth century |
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Mercantile System |
The economic system of colonial times which judge economic prosperity by the supply of gold and silver. The government strictly controlled trade |
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Missouri Compromise |
Admitted Missouri as a slave State and Maine as a free state. Created a line dividing the country into slave and free areas |
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Monroe Doctrine |
Forbid European countries from further colonization in the Americas |
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Natural Rights Theory |
A theory of John Locke's wich stated that all men were entitled to a certain natural rights - life, liberty and property |
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Phillis Wheatley |
The first African American women to make a living from her writing |
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Powhatan Confederacy |
A collection of native American tribes which was especially prominent in Virginia area in the 17th century |
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Diablo Revolt of 1680 |
The Pueblo Indians' fought for independence from the Spanish |
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Roanke |
Early English settlement organized by Sire Walter Raleigh which was discovered mysteriously abandoned |
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Walt Whitman |
Wrote Leaves of Grass |
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Salem witch trials |
When teenage girls began to accuse middle-aged women of witchcraft |
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Saratoga |
The turning point of the Revolutionary War which convinced the French to aid the colonists' cause |
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Second Continental Congress |
Drafted and signed the Declaration of Independence |
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Second Great Awakening |
A religious revival in the early 1800s which focused on personal piety and not doctrinal knowledge |
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Sojourner Truth |
A traveling preacher who advocated the rights of women and slaves who gave the famous speech "Ain't I a Woman?" |
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Son's of Liberty |
A radical group formed in 1675 which opposed British rule |
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Lincoln was assassinated by? |
John Wilkes Booth |
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Transcendentalists |
A movement which place emphasis on life, and transcending from animal or worldly impulses to more spiritual impulses |
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
A treaty which officially ended the Mexican American War. |
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Triangular trade |
I set of shipping lines that connected Europe, Africa, and America in colonial times |
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Uncle Tom's Cabin |
Harriet Beecher Stowe |
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War of 1812 |
When Britain began capturing American ships and forcing them into the navy the War of 1812 began |
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William Penn |
The person responsible for founding Pennsylvania |
