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The first permanent, successful British colony in North America |
Jamestown |
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The crop that saved Jamestown from failure |
Tobacco |
It's nasty |
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The name given to the trade between the americas, europe, and Africa |
Triangular trade |
Between 3 points |
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The _____ is the term used for voyages made by slave ships from Africa to the americas |
Middle Passage |
Ships travel on a passage in the middle of Africa and the americas |
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A military struggle in which British fought against the French and their native American allies |
The French and Indian war |
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 |
Quartering Act |
Had to provide quarters to live in |
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The Sugar Act and Stamp Act are examples of how the ... |
British tried to raise money in the colonies |
They tried to raise money by having taxes -> Sugar Act and Stamp Act |
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Many colonists insisted that they should not be taxed by parliament because |
Taxation without representation was wrong |
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What led to the Intolerable Acts? |
The Boston Tea Party |
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Thomas Paine persuaded many colonists to favor American independence by writing _______ |
Common Sense |
Isn't it common sense that the colonists want independence? |
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The phrase, "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness," as found in the Declaration of Independence, refers to ... |
Specific inalienable rights |
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A British advantage at the beginning of the Revolutionary War |
The British navy controlled the seas |
Has to do with British and seas |
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An American advantage at the beginning of the Revolutionary War |
The American soldiers were fighting for their homeland and liberty |
American land advantage. And freedom of course it is America |
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What year was the Declaration of Independence approved? |
1776 |
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America's first constitution is... |
Articles of confederation |
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The initial purpose of the Constitutional Convention was to... |
Amend the articles of Confederation |
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James Madison is called "The Father of the Constitution" because he |
Attended every meeting and his notes are the best record or these meetings |
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What issues did the Great Compromise resolve? |
Representation in the Congress |
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The Three-Fifths Compromise resolved the issue of... |
How enslaved people were to be counted for representation |
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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. |
Christopher Columbus |
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Who was the conquistador responsible for conquering the Aztecs? |
Hernan Cortez |
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Who was the conquistador responsible for conquering the Incas? |
Francisco Pizzaro |
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Although he did not complete the voyage, who is credited with making the first voyage to circumnavigate the globe? |
Ferdinand Magellan |
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Which American victory marked a turning point in the war? (After this battle the French entered the war.) |
Saratoga |
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What was the last major battle fought during the American Revolution? |
Yorktown |
Starts with Y at end of alphabet |
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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. |
Lexington and Concord |
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The Americans held their position at ______ until they ran out of ammunition during the third attack made by the British soldiers. |
Bunker Hill (Breeds Hill) |
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Which colonists supported King George III and did not support independence from England? |
Tories/Loyalists |
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Which patriot group often used violence and/or intimidation to get other colonists to abide by boycotts? |
Sons of Liberty |
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Which colonists supported American independence? |
Patriots/Rebels |
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George Washington commanded these soldiers. They were the "professional" soldiers of the American Army. |
Continental soldiers |
Soldiers of America their continent |
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This is a program of required military service. The North and South used this to fill the ranks during the Civil War. |
Draft |
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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. |
Siege |
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This term is used to identify soldiers killed, wounded, or missing in action during a battle or a war. |
Casuality |
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This means not taking sides in a conflict it dispute. |
Neutral |
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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. |
Andrew Jackson |
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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. |
George Washington |
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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. |
James Monroe |
*Monroe doctrine* |
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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. |
James Madison |
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This person, a former slave, led hundreds of African Americans to freedom along the Underground Railroad. She became known as the "Black Moses." |
Harriet Tubman |
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This person, a radical abolishionist, published The Liberator. |
William Lloyd Garrison |
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This African American abolishionist published The North Star, wrote an autobiography, and was a powerful speaker. |
Frederick Douglass |
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He invented the cotton gin. |
Eli Whitney |
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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. |
George B. McClellan |
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This general commanded the force that captured Atlanta and marched from there to the sea. |
William Tecumseh Sherman |
Crazy, destructive general. |
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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.* |
Ulysses S. Grant |
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He was president of the united States during the civil war. He wrote the Gettysburg Address. |
Abraham Lincoln |
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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. |
Thomas J. Jackson |
*Stonewall Jackson* |
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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. |
Robert E. Lee |
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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. |
George Pickett |
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He was the president of the Confederate States of America |
Jefferson Davis |
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This businessman founded the Standard Oil Company |
John D. Rockefeller |
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This person coined the term "Gilded Age." |
Mark Twain |
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This person was the "king" of the US steel industry. |
Andrew Carnegie |
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This person invented the telephone. |
Thomas A. Edison |
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Who was the commander of the Union Army from 1864 to the end of the civil war? |
General Grant |
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How did the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" affect American society in the 1850's? |
It convinced many Northerners that slavery was evil and would destroy the nation |
Th Northerners don't like slavery so it made an impression on them |
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The system of checks and balances is designed to ensure that |
No one branch of the government will gain to much power |
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The Constitution gives the power to make laws to the... |
Legislative branch |
Because they are the "legit"slative branch |
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This amendment protects 5 basic rights: freedom of religion, speech, the press, assembly, and petition |
1st amendment |
The basics rights come first |
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This amendment deals with our right to bare arms |
2nd amendment |
First u find food (basic need/right) then second you get a weapon for protection |
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Which president was in office and responsible for the Louisiana purchase? |
Thomas Jefferson |
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Which country sold the Louisiana purchase to the united states? |
France |
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Who was the author of The Star Spangled Banner?" |
Francis Scott Key |
He is the key to our national song |
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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 |
The Monroe doctrine |
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By the 1820's,the south's most important crop was... |
Cotton |
There were still slaves picking this plant |
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The journey where 4,000 Cherokee died was called... |
The trail of tears |
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In the 1840s, the phrase Manifest Destiny referred to the idea that the United States would |
spread across North America from the Atlantic to the pacific |
They were going to mani-infest all of North america |
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Abolishionists all agreed about... |
The need to end slavery |
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Which reform movement caused the greatest tension between North and south |
Abolishionism |
(Slaves issue) |
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The purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act was to |
Force all Americans to help catch escaped slaves |
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The author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is... |
Harriet Beecher Stowe |
'Harriet' |
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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? |
Dred Scott |
He didn't win. How Dredful |
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Abolishionists objected to the Dred Scott decision because... |
It meant Congress had no power to ban slavery anywhere |
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Who won the presidential election of 1860? |
ABRAHAM LINCOLN |
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What was the first state to secede from the Union? |
South Carolina |
They wanted to be part of the South |
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Where were the first shots of the civil war fired? |
Fort Sumter |
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Union advantage at beginning of war |
The Union had more raw materials, factories, people, and money |
Had more things because they were bigger |
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Confederate advantage at beginning of war |
The south had a long military tradition and some of the nation's best officers |
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The first battle of the civil war |
First battle of Bull Run |
Bull Runs to be first |
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The bloodiest one-day battle of the civil war |
Battle of Antietam |
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General Lee marched his troops into Pennsylvania because he |
Hoped to win a victory on Union soil |
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Name of battle in Pennsylvania that Included Pickett's Charge |
Battle of Gettysburg |
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Why was the battle at Vicksburg important to the north? |
It helped the Union gain control of the Mississippi River and devided the Confederacy |
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Who was the Union general that marched through Georgia destroying the most property in his army's path? |
General Sherman |
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The Emancipation Proclamation freed |
The slaves that lived in Confederate controlled states |
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Where did Lee surrender to Grant? |
Appomattox courthouse |
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Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln? |
John Wilkes Booth |
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Who became president of the united States after Lincoln was assassinated? |
Andrew Johnson |
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The civil war determined that... |
The federal government was supreme, and states had no right to secede |
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Which of the following outlawed slavery in the united states? |
Thirteenth amendment |
Slavery is bad. 13 is a bad number |
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Which amendment granted the former slaves citizenship? |
Fourteenth amendment |
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Which amendment granted African American men the right to vote? |
15th amendment |
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The main goal of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction was to... |
Prevent African Americans from exercising their rights |
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During the late 1800s, children often worked in factories because... |
Families needed the income to survive |
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One tactic that labor unions use against employers... |
Strikes |
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The _______ era was an effort to address the ills of American society standing from industrial capitalism organization and political corruption. |
Progressive |
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Which author wrote the novel "The Jungle" which exposed the unsanitary conditions of the meatpacking industry? |
Upton Sinclair |
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The _______ is the Prohibition Amendment which outlawed the manufacturing, sale, for transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States. |
18th amendment |
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Women gained suffrage in national élections thanks to the... |
19th amendment |
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