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Mayflower Compact |
Set up a self-governing colony based on the majority rule of male church members. |
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
Considered to be the world’s first written constitution.Called for separation of church and state. |
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Toleration Act |
Set up in order to protect the rights of roman catholics in maryland |
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Who founded Maryland? |
Cecilius Calvert |
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Who founded Georgia? |
James Oglethorpe |
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What religion were the Pilgrims? |
Puritans |
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Who is John Winthrop? |
First Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony |
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Name two problems settlers in Maryland faced. |
Not enough women High Death Rates |
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What cash crop was grown in Virginia and Maryland? |
Tobacco |
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What is the difference between a Loyalist and a Patriot? |
Loyalist wanted to stay loyal to the kingPatriots wanted independence |
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Battle of Trenton |
Battle associated with Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River |
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Sons of Liberty |
Radical group that protested English rule |
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What battle effectively ended the American Revolution? |
Yorktown |
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? |
Thomas Jefferson |
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Guerilla Warfare |
Hit and Run battles, ambush |
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Treaty of Paris 1783 |
Ended the American Revolution |
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Stamp Act |
Placed tax on all printed material |
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Proclamation of 1763 |
Barred settlement west of the Appalachian mountains |
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Quartering Act |
Required colonists to house and feed British soldiers |
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Olive Branch Petition |
Last attempt at peace before the American Revolution |
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Intolerable Acts |
New Quartering Act Revoked the Massachusetts charter Closed the port of Boston Royal officials charged with a crime in the colonies will be tried in England |
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Virginia Plan |
Drafted by James Madison |
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Daniel Shays |
Led farmers in a rebellion in western Massachusetts |
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Northwest Territory |
Contained Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois |
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Which was the first state to ratify the Constitution? The Last? |
Delaware, Rhode Island |
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Give three examples of a concurrent power.- |
Taxes Courts Banks |
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Who has reserved powers? |
The states |
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Impeachment |
The most powerful restraint on presidential authority |
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Veto |
Allows the president to strike down a law |
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Who drafted the Articles of Confederation? |
Benjamin Franklin |
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Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom |
Called for a separation of church and state |
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Republican Motherhood |
Women could change the world through their work at home |
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Did Washington want to be president? |
No |
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Bill of Rights |
First 10 Amendments to the Constitution Guaranteed civil liberties |
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Judiciary Act of 1789 |
established a federal court system |
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Capitalism |
an economic system based on free trade and private ownership of business |
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How did Alexander Hamilton feel about the National Bank? |
“thumbs up” |
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Strict Construction |
The government can only do what is specifically stated in the Constitution |
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Whiskey Rebellion |
protest against whiskey taxes |
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Treaty of Greenville |
gave the USA much of the land in ohio and indiana |
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Washington’s Cabinet |
Secretary of State Secretary of War Secretary of Treasury |
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What is the role of the Attorney General? |
advises the president on legal matters |
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Nationalism |
national pride and loyalty |
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Era of Good Feelings |
Period of time immediately following the War of 1812 |
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Rush-Bagot Agreement |
Agreement between the US and Great Britain to limit the number of Naval ships on the Great Lakes |
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Adams-Onis Treaty |
Gave the USA east florida |
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Simon Bolivar |
Venezuelan Nicknamed “the liberator” won independence for his own country led revolutions in several South American countries |
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Monroe Doctrine |
Stated the USA would not tolerate any new colonies in North or South America |
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How did the War of 1812 make Americans feel? |
Pride in their country |
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Sequoya |
Cherokee leader that tried to help them assimilate to white culture |
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Specie |
gold or silver |
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The Election of 1824 |
won by John Quincy Adams |
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What was Andrew Jackson’s nickname? |
Old hickory |
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The Missouri Compromise |
Drafted by Henry Clay Banned slavery north of the 36 30 line Maine enters as a free state Missouri enters as a slave state |
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What did the collapse of the Federalist Party coincide with? |
Political Harmony |
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What did the War of 1812 convince many Republicans to support? |
A strong central gov’t |
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Nicholas Biddle |
The president of the National Bank under Andrew Jackson |
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Samuel Slater |
Developed a British style spinning mill in the US |
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Eli Whitney |
invented the Cotton Gin |
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Robert Fulton |
Designed the first steamship called the Clermont |
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What were slaves called in Texas? |
Indentured Servants |
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Battles of the Texas Revolution |
Alamo Goliad San Jacinto |
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William Travis |
Colonel at the Alamo |
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What issue prevented Texas from entering the Union immediately? |
Slavery |
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Mountain Men |
Fur trappers |
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Oregon Trail |
Connected the Midwest with Oregon Country |
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Californios |
The first Spanish settlers of California and their descendants |
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Who led the Bear Flag Revolt? |
John Fremont |
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Why was the Mexican War called Polk’s War? |
Because Polk aggressively pursued US expansion |
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Who won the Election of 1852? |
Franklin Pierce |
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Fire-Eaters |
Southerners who held extremely pro-slavery views |
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Secession |
Withdrawal from the Union |
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Who made the Freeport Doctrine? |
Stephan Doctrine |
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Lecompton Constitution |
Was drafted and passed by pro-slavery delegates only |
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Charles Sumner |
Massachusetts senator who was beaten with a cane by Preston Brooks |
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What were Lincoln and Douglas debating for in 1858? |
Illinois Senate Seat |
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Fugitive Slave Act |
Made northerners unwilling participants in slavery |
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Wilmot Proviso |
Legislation that would have banned slavery in all territory acquired from Mexico |
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What did the seceding states call themselves? |
The Confederate States of America |
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Anaconda Plan |
The Union’s plan for victory in the Civil War |
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Who was the Confederate General at Gettysburg? |
Robert E. Lee |
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Richmond |
Capital of the Confederacy |
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David Farragut |
Commanded the Union ships that captured New Orleans |
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Clara Barton |
Started the American Red Cross |
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Appomattox Courthouse |
Town in which Lee surrendered to Grant |
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William Sherman |
US General who led his “March to the Sea” |
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What state is Fort Sumter in? |
South Carolina |
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Jefferson Davis |
Who chosen as President of the Confederacy |
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Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln? |
John Wilker Boothe |
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Andrew Johnson |
Became president after Lincoln was assassinated |
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Johnson’s views on re-admission to the Union- |
States had to: Nullify their acts of secession Abolish slavery Refuse to pay Confederate debts |
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Republican view on voting rights |
The supported equal rights |
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Reconstructions Acts |
Divided the south into 5 military districts |
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Election of 1868 |
Ulysses S. Grant |
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Freedmen’s Bureau |
Helped African Americans in the south following Civil War |
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Frederick Douglass |
Former slave who became a prominent abolitionist |
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Ku Klux Klan |
Terrorist organization that harassed African Americans and Republicans in the |
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Black Codes |
Written to limit the freedom of African Americans in the south |
