Us History Final

Front 1

In the 1700s, why were there more Africans enslaved in the South than the North?

Back 1

There was more slavery in the South than the North because the South had the plantation.

Front 2

Did the Europeans know they were bringing diseases to the Americas that would kill millions? Was it their plan?

Back 2

No, they had no idea. It wasn't their plan.

Front 3

Define: Mercantilism

Back 3

Mercantilism is an economic system in which nations seek to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by establishing a favorable balance of trade.

Front 4

What was the New Jersey Plan?

Back 4

Each state has equal votes, equal representation

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What was the Virginia Plan?

Back 5

Representation based for all states on population.

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What was the Great Compromise?

Back 6

The Great Compromise offered a two-house Congress to satisfy both small and big states.

Front 7

How are states represented in the Senate?

Back 7

The Senate of the United States has two Senators from each state and each Senator has one vote.

Front 8

How are states represented in the House of Representatives?

Back 8

The size of the population of each state would determine its representation in the House of Representatives.

Front 9

Define: checks and balances

Back 9

The system of checks and balances prevents any one branch from dominating the other two

Front 10

What effect did the enlightenment have on political thought in the colonies?

Back 10

Colonist began to question the authority of the British monarchy.

Front 11

The Declaration of Independence elaborates on the Enlightenment idea of what?

Back 11

Natural rights

Front 12

According to John Locke and Thomas Jefferson, what are the Inalienable Rights?

Back 12

The natural rights to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.

Front 13

What did George Washington warn of in his farewell address as President?

Back 13

George Washington said not to make allies or enemies with other countries. ( isolationism )

Front 14

How did people settle differences when they were drafting the constitution of the Untied States?

Back 14

They used debate and compromise when drafting the constitution.

Front 15

How did people settle differences when they were drafting the constitution of the Untied States?

Back 15

They used debate and compromise when drafting the constitution.

Front 16

What was John Locke's contract theory of government and how did it impact the Declaration of Independence?

Back 16

John Locke said everyone had Inalienable Rights and that feeds into life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness in the Declaration.

Front 17

How did people settle differences when they were drafting the constitution of the Untied States?

Back 17

They used debate and compromise when drafting the constitution.

Front 18

What was John Locke's contract theory of government and how did it impact the Declaration of Independence?

Back 18

John Locke said everyone had Inalienable Rights and that feeds into life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness in the Declaration.

Front 19

Why was the Marbury vs. Madison case significant?

Back 19

Judicial Review

Front 20

The formation of the political parties can be traced to the different philosophies and viewpoints of who?

Back 20

Hamilton and Jeffrrson

Front 21

What impact did John Marshall have on the power of the Supreme Court?

Back 21

He increased the power over congress, created judicial review.

Front 22

Who was the President during the Civil War?

Back 22

Abraham Lincoln

Front 23

Who was the President during the Civil War?

Back 23

Abraham Lincoln

Front 24

What did Abraham Lincoln say about the issue of slavery before the war?

Back 24

Abraham Lincoln was against slavery but he said he would keep it in order to protect the Union.

Front 25

Put the following sequence of events in order: Bleeding Kansas, Secession of South Carolina, Lincoln elected President , Formation of the Confederate States of America

Back 25

Bleeding Kansas, Lincoln elected President, Secession of South Carolina, Formation of the Confederate States of America.

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What's was the immediate effect?

Back 26

Start of Civil War

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13th Ammendment

Back 27

Slavery was abolished

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13th Ammendment

Back 28

Slavery was abolished

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14th Amendment

Back 29

African Americans got Civil Rights

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13th Ammendment

Back 30

Slavery was abolished

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14th Amendment

Back 31

African Americans got Civil Rights

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15th Amendment

Back 32

African Americans had the right to vote.

Front 33

Although slavery was abolished, what impact did Reconstruction have on lives of African Americans?

Back 33

Share cropping and tenant farmers.

Front 34

Poll taxes

Back 34

Made poor whites and blacks pay to vote.

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Literacy tests

Back 35

You had to have literacy to vote.

Front 36

Literacy tests

Back 36

You had to have literacy to vote.

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Grandfather clauses

Back 37

Old laws were set in place. This made many blacks feel targeted, out of place and not good enough.

Front 38

What was the impact of the Civil War on America's industrial base?

Back 38

The industry was booming for the Northern industries. It was creating more than the south because the south was fighting for homeland.

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What is Manifest Destiny and how did we conquer the goals associated with this after the Civil War?

Back 39

Americans believed that their decision to expand westward was destined by God. They believed we were destined to expand expand to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexican and Native American territory.

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Urban vs. rural:

Back 40

Urban- city like

Rural- less populated

Front 41

Which religion can be closely associated with Latin America?

Back 41

Catholic views are most present in Latin America.

Front 42

Thomas Edison

Back 42

American inventor and businessman invented the lightbulb and phonograph.

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Alexander Graham Bell

Back 43

Telephone inventor

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Trust

Back 44

Created by a settlor who transfers all or some of his property to a trustee.

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Monopoly

Back 45

When a company is a sole provider of a good service.

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Monopoly

Back 46

When a company is a sole provider of a good service.

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Holding company

Back 47

A company created by and possess the shares of other companies which it then controls.

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Social Darwinism

Back 48

Survival of the fittest.

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Andrew Carnegie

Back 49

Steel tycoon

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Vertical integration

Back 50

Is when the supply chain of a company is owned by that company.

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Sherman Antitrust Act

Back 51

First federal act that outlawed companies buying other companies.

Front 52

Why did electricity allow manufacturers to build their factories away from rivers?

Back 52

They didn't have to depend on water to run all their equipment.

Front 53

What contributed to the immense industrial boom of the early 1900s?

Back 53

The industrial book was big when the inventions of machines took off.

Front 54

How did Andrew Carnegie gain control of a large percentage of the steel industry?

Back 54

He made products better and more cheaply, he used new techniques and machinery to improve the quality of his steel.

Front 55

Ellis Island and Angel Island

Back 55

They are islands where immigrants ship in to come to America.

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Ellis Island and Angel Island

Back 56

They are islands where immigrants ship in to come to America.

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Ellis Island

Back 57

Where European immigrants come to go to America.

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Ellis Island and Angel Island

Back 58

They are islands where immigrants ship in to come to America.

Front 59

Ellis Island

Back 59

Where European immigrants came to go to America.

Front 60

Angel Island

Back 60

Where Chinese immigrants came to go America.

Front 61

What was the main goal of Chinese Exclusion Act?

Back 61

To not take jobs from Americans to give to the Chinese.

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What was the main goal of Chinese Exclusion Act?

Back 62

To not take jobs from Americans to give to the Chinese.

Front 63

What was the main goal of the Americanization movement?

Back 63

To make immigrants fight in as Americans.

Front 64

By the late 1800s, why were consumer goods cheaper and more available?

Back 64

Mass production was taken place and more machines could make products faster.

Front 65

How did business mergers in the late 1800s solve the problems of instability in businesses that were competing against each other?

Back 65

Created monopolies and merged horizontally and vertical integration.

Front 66

People coming from another country into our country are called what?

Back 66

Immigrants

Front 67

Before 1890, most immigrants coming to the United States came from where?

Back 67

European areas

Front 68

After 1890, most immigrants coming to the Untied States came from where?

Back 68

Chinese areas.

Front 69

What was life like working in the factories during 1800s and early 1900s?

Back 69

There were no regulations or laws that helped with pay or hours or cleanliness.

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What are some of the negative effects of urbanization?

Back 70

There was an abundance of people in the cities which caused an overload of people to crowd the cities.