History Semester 1 Test

Front 1

The first permanent, successful British colony in North America

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Jamestown

Front 2

The crop that saved Jamestown from failure

Back 2

Tobacco

Hint 2

It's nasty

Front 3

The name given to the trade between the americas, europe, and Africa

Back 3

Triangular trade

Hint 3

Between 3 points

Front 4

The _____ is the term used for voyages made by slave ships from Africa to the americas

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Middle Passage

Hint 4

Ships travel on a passage in the middle of Africa and the americas

Front 5

A military struggle in which British fought against the French and their native American allies

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The French and Indian war

Hint 5

British fought against French and Indians

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The act that required the colonies to provide the British soldiers with food and shelter

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Quartering Act

Hint 6

Had to provide quarters to live in

Front 7

The Sugar Act and Stamp Act are examples of how the ...

Back 7

British tried to raise money in the colonies

Hint 7

They tried to raise money by having taxes

-> Sugar Act and Stamp Act

Front 8

Many colonists insisted that they should not be taxed by parliament because

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Taxation without representation was wrong

Front 9

What led to the Intolerable Acts?

Back 9

The Boston Tea Party

Front 10

Thomas Paine persuaded many colonists to favor American independence by writing _______

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Common Sense

Hint 10

Isn't it common sense that the colonists want independence?

Front 11

The phrase, "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness," as found in the Declaration of Independence, refers to ...

Back 11

Specific inalienable rights

Front 12

A British advantage at the beginning of the Revolutionary War

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The British navy controlled the seas

Hint 12

Has to do with British and seas

Front 13

An American advantage at the beginning of the Revolutionary War

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The American soldiers were fighting for their homeland and liberty

Hint 13

American land advantage. And freedom of course it is America

Front 14

What year was the Declaration of Independence approved?

Back 14

1776

Front 15

America's first constitution is...

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Articles of confederation

Front 16

The initial purpose of the Constitutional Convention was to...

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Amend the articles of Confederation

Front 17

James Madison is called "The Father of the Constitution" because he

Back 17

Attended every meeting and his notes are the best record or these meetings

Front 18

What issues did the Great Compromise resolve?

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Representation in the Congress

Front 19

The Three-Fifths Compromise resolved the issue of...

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How enslaved people were to be counted for representation

Front 20

He believed he could sail west and reach Asia. Instead, he landed on an island in the Bahamas. He made four voyages to the New World.

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Christopher Columbus

Front 21

Who was the conquistador responsible for conquering the Aztecs?

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Hernan Cortez

Front 22

Who was the conquistador responsible for conquering the Incas?

Back 22

Francisco Pizzaro

Front 23

Although he did not complete the voyage, who is credited with making the first voyage to circumnavigate the globe?

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Ferdinand Magellan

Front 24

Which American victory marked a turning point in the war? (After this battle the French entered the war.)

Back 24

Saratoga

Front 25

What was the last major battle fought during the American Revolution?

Back 25

Yorktown

Hint 25

Starts with Y at end of alphabet

Front 26

This is where the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired. As the British marched back to Boston, the Americans shot at them all the way.

Back 26

Lexington and Concord

Front 27

The Americans held their position at ______ until they ran out of ammunition during the third attack made by the British soldiers.

Back 27

Bunker Hill (Breeds Hill)

Front 28

Which colonists supported King George III and did not support independence from England?

Back 28

Tories/Loyalists

Front 29

Which patriot group often used violence and/or intimidation to get other colonists to abide by boycotts?

Back 29

Sons of Liberty

Front 30

Which colonists supported American independence?

Back 30

Patriots/Rebels

Front 31

George Washington commanded these soldiers. They were the "professional" soldiers of the American Army.

Back 31

Continental soldiers

Hint 31

Soldiers of America their continent

Front 32

This is a program of required military service. The North and South used this to fill the ranks during the Civil War.

Back 32

Draft

Front 33

This is a tactic in which an enemy is surrounded and starved in order to make it a surrender. General Grant would use this tactic against Vicksburg.

Back 33

Siege

Front 34

This term is used to identify soldiers killed, wounded, or missing in action during a battle or a war.

Back 34

Casuality

Front 35

This means not taking sides in a conflict it dispute.

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Neutral

Front 36

He was a popular hero from the war of 1812 He was known as Old Hickory. He was "cheated" out of the presidential election in 1824. And use the veto more than all previous presidents prior to his term.

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Andrew Jackson

Front 37

He was the commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He was the first president of the United States. After serving two terms as president, he returned to his home at Mt. Vernon.

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George Washington

Front 38

He became president of the US after the war of 1812. The time of his presidency is known as the Era of Good Feelings. His name was given to an important foreign policy doctrine that was in that year.

Back 38

James Monroe

Hint 38

*Monroe doctrine*

Front 39

He is known as the father of the Constitution. He was president of the united states during the war of 1812. His wife's name is Dolly.

Back 39

James Madison

Front 40

This person, a former slave, led hundreds of African Americans to freedom along the Underground Railroad. She became known as the "Black Moses."

Back 40

Harriet Tubman

Front 41

This person, a radical abolishionist, published The Liberator.

Back 41

William Lloyd Garrison

Front 42

This African American abolishionist published The North Star, wrote an autobiography, and was a powerful speaker.

Back 42

Frederick Douglass

Front 43

He invented the cotton gin.

Back 43

Eli Whitney

Front 44

This general was the commander of the Army of the Potomac. He was fired several times by Lincoln. He tended to be very cautious and never seemed quite ready to fight.

Back 44

George B. McClellan

Front 45

This general commanded the force that captured Atlanta and marched from there to the sea.

Back 45

William Tecumseh Sherman

Hint 45

Crazy, destructive general.

Front 46

This general commanded forces that captured Ft. Henry and Fort Donelson. He also was responsible for capturing Vicksburg. *He was made the commander of all union forces in 1864.*

Back 46

Ulysses S. Grant

Front 47

He was president of the united States during the civil war. He wrote the Gettysburg Address.

Back 47

Abraham Lincoln

Front 48

This venal and his name "Stonewall" during the First Battle of Bull Run. After the Battle of Chancellorsville he as accidentally shot by his own soldiers and died as a result of these wounds.

Back 48

Thomas J. Jackson

Hint 48

*Stonewall Jackson*

Front 49

At the beginning of the war, Lincoln offered him command of Union forces. He later became the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. He surrendered to General U.S. Grant at appomattox Court House.

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Robert E. Lee

Front 50

This general led an infantry division in a deadly charge against Union forces during the Battle of Gettysburg. His name is forever associated with this failed charge.

Back 50

George Pickett

Front 51

He was the president of the Confederate States of America

Back 51

Jefferson Davis

Front 52

This businessman founded the Standard Oil Company

Back 52

John D. Rockefeller

Front 53

This person coined the term "Gilded Age."

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Mark Twain

Front 54

This person was the "king" of the US steel industry.

Back 54

Andrew Carnegie

Front 55

This person invented the telephone.

Back 55

Thomas A. Edison

Front 56

Who was the commander of the Union Army from 1864 to the end of the civil war?

Back 56

General Grant

Front 57

How did the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" affect American society in the 1850's?

Back 57

It convinced many Northerners that slavery was evil and would destroy the nation

Hint 57

Th Northerners don't like slavery so it made an impression on them

Front 58

The system of checks and balances is designed to ensure that

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No one branch of the government will gain to much power

Front 59

The Constitution gives the power to make laws to the...

Back 59

Legislative branch

Hint 59

Because they are the "legit"slative branch

Front 60

This amendment protects 5 basic rights: freedom of religion, speech, the press, assembly, and petition

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1st amendment

Hint 60

The basics rights come first

Front 61

This amendment deals with our right to bare arms

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2nd amendment

Hint 61

First u find food (basic need/right) then second you get a weapon for protection

Front 62

Which president was in office and responsible for the Louisiana purchase?

Back 62

Thomas Jefferson

Front 63

Which country sold the Louisiana purchase to the united states?

Back 63

France

Front 64

Who was the author of The Star Spangled Banner?"

Back 64

Francis Scott Key

Hint 64

He is the key to our national song

Front 65

The name of the foreign policy statement that Monroe made during his presidency: told Europe not to form new colonies in Latin America and to mind is own business

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The Monroe doctrine

Front 66

By the 1820's,the south's most important crop was...

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Cotton

Hint 66

There were still slaves picking this plant

Front 67

The journey where 4,000 Cherokee died was called...

Back 67

The trail of tears

Front 68

In the 1840s, the phrase Manifest Destiny referred to the idea that the United States would

Back 68

spread across North America from the Atlantic to the pacific

Hint 68

They were going to mani-infest all of North america

Front 69

Abolishionists all agreed about...

Back 69

The need to end slavery

Front 70

Which reform movement caused the greatest tension between North and south

Back 70

Abolishionism

Hint 70

(Slaves issue)

Front 71

The purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act was to

Back 71

Force all Americans to help catch escaped slaves

Front 72

The author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is...

Back 72

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Hint 72

'Harriet'

Front 73

Who was the slave that sued for his freedom on the grounds on the grounds that he had lived in an area where slavery had been outlawed?

Back 73

Dred Scott

Hint 73

He didn't win. How Dredful

Front 74

Abolishionists objected to the Dred Scott decision because...

Back 74

It meant Congress had no power to ban slavery anywhere

Front 75

Who won the presidential election of 1860?

Back 75

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Front 76

What was the first state to secede from the Union?

Back 76

South Carolina

Hint 76

They wanted to be part of the South

Front 77

Where were the first shots of the civil war fired?

Back 77

Fort Sumter

Front 78

Union advantage at beginning of war

Back 78

The Union had more raw materials, factories, people, and money

Hint 78

Had more things because they were bigger

Front 79

Confederate advantage at beginning of war

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The south had a long military tradition and some of the nation's best officers

Front 80

The first battle of the civil war

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First battle of Bull Run

Hint 80

Bull Runs to be first

Front 81

The bloodiest one-day battle of the civil war

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Battle of Antietam

Front 82

General Lee marched his troops into Pennsylvania because he

Back 82

Hoped to win a victory on Union soil

Front 83

Name of battle in Pennsylvania that Included Pickett's Charge

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Battle of Gettysburg

Front 84

Why was the battle at Vicksburg important to the north?

Back 84

It helped the Union gain control of the Mississippi River and devided the Confederacy

Front 85

Who was the Union general that marched through Georgia destroying the most property in his army's path?

Back 85

General Sherman

Front 86

The Emancipation Proclamation freed

Back 86

The slaves that lived in Confederate controlled states

Front 87

Where did Lee surrender to Grant?

Back 87

Appomattox courthouse

Front 88

Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?

Back 88

John Wilkes Booth

Front 89

Who became president of the united States after Lincoln was assassinated?

Back 89

Andrew Johnson

Front 90

The civil war determined that...

Back 90

The federal government was supreme, and states had no right to secede

Front 91

Which of the following outlawed slavery in the united states?

Back 91

Thirteenth amendment

Hint 91

Slavery is bad. 13 is a bad number

Front 92

Which amendment granted the former slaves citizenship?

Back 92

Fourteenth amendment

Front 93

Which amendment granted African American men the right to vote?

Back 93

15th amendment

Front 94

The main goal of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction was to...

Back 94

Prevent African Americans from exercising their rights

Front 95

During the late 1800s, children often worked in factories because...

Back 95

Families needed the income to survive

Front 96

One tactic that labor unions use against employers...

Back 96

Strikes

Front 97

The _______ era was an effort to address the ills of American society standing from industrial capitalism organization and political corruption.

Back 97

Progressive

Front 98

Which author wrote the novel "The Jungle" which exposed the unsanitary conditions of the meatpacking industry?

Back 98

Upton Sinclair

Front 99

The _______ is the Prohibition Amendment which outlawed the manufacturing, sale, for transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States.

Back 99

18th amendment

Front 100

Women gained suffrage in national élections thanks to the...

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19th amendment