US History EOC Review

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After what battle was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?

Battle of Antietam

Why did they decide to write completely new document?

Because they needed a completely new form of government AOC was too weak

What was the name given to what happened in Kansas over this issue?

Bleeding Kansas

What violent event resulted from British efforts to place troops in the colonies at colonial expense?

Boston Massacre

What country was the South hoping would eventually assist them in the Civil War?

Britain

Over which state's desire to be free did the Compromise of 1850 address?

California (and New Mexico)

What was the established (main church) in the southern colonies?

Church of England (Anglican Church)

What document is considered the "supreme law of the land"; it's the basis for our current government?

Constitution

How did the Mexican War increase tensions between North and South?

Deciding on the issue of slavery.

What was impact of salutary neglect on the American colonies?

Fueled the American Revolution -helped gain support from those who were on the fence about leaving Great Britain.

Who was the Confederate commander during the war?

General Robert E. Lee

What military leader crushed Santa Ana, giving Texas their independence?

General Sam Houston

Of those, which was the first to really establish permanent, long-lasting colonies?

Great Britain

What country did the US gain the Oregon territory from?

Great Britain

Which country colonized in the New World for religious, economic, and power reasons?

Great Britain

Why did this war cause this change?

Great Britain needed to raise money to pay for war debts and they felt the colonies were responsible

Who negotiated both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?

Henry Clay (the great compromise)

What were two major aspects of the American system?

Improved infrastructure and connect markets through canals, roads, rail (transportation)

How did the expansion west of America create tensions between states?

Issues over the protective tariff, slavery, power of federal gov't vs state gov't

Why was Yorktown significant?

It marked the conclusion of the last major battle of the American Revolution

Who was elected President of the Confederate States of America?

Jefferson Davis

What was likely the major motivation for people moving west in the 1800's?

Land and agricultural opportunities (gold rush too)

What were the Alien and Sedition Acts designed to do?

Limit free political speech and immigration (French Rev was taking place - John Adams was anti French - he was pro British)

Who was US President during the Civil War?

Lincoln

What very, very old English document has influenced many of our democratic principles and documents?

Magna Carta 1215 (idea of shared power between King and Parliament and no one is above the law)

What was the term for the belief that America was supposed to gain control of all of North America?

Manifest Destiny

Pennsylvania would be from which geographic region?

Middle

Which American geographic region likely had the most religious diversity?

Middle Colonies

In which American colonial region did religion play a major role?

New England

Massachusetts would be from which of the above colonial geographic regions?

New England

What were the three geographic regions of the American colonies?

New England, Middle, Southern

What did the Wilmot Proviso propose?

No slavery in the states that the Americas gained from the Mexican-American War (this didn't pass b/c Texas came in as a slave state (it did take 9 years to annex Texas over this issue. Some people objected to their statehood b/c it was upset the balance of power in DC)

In what areas was this first form of government weak?

No taxes/raising funds for a military

Approximately how many slaves were freed as a direct result of the Emancipation Proclamation?

None

Economy based on industry

North

Favored a protective tariff

North

Large harbors and fast-flowing rivers.

North

Larger numbers of immigrants

North

Whose President would be considered the most effective during the war, the North's or South's?

North

The Erie Canal linked what two regions of the country.

Northeastern and Midwestern

Where did the delegates meet to discuss the problems with this first form of government?

Philadelphia (Constitutional Convention)

By preventing slavery in the territories, what group were Free-Soil party members hoping to protect?

Poor farmers and some African Americans from being enslaved

In ten words or less, what was the Great Compromise?

Proportional representation for each state (2 senators each state, Congressman based on population)

Name one group that came to the colonies for religious reasons.

Puritans

What is another word for "approval" of the Constitution by the states?

Ratification

Identify, in order, the three steps in the US governments policy toward Native Americans in the 1800's.

Removal, Reservations, Assimilation

What political party was Lincoln from?

Republican

Harriet Beecher's Stowe's book Uncle Tom's Cabin helped the abolition movement in what way?

Revealed the hardships of slavery to Northerners → helped gain empathy and support for abolition

In ten words or less, what was the Great Awakening?

Scaring people into behaving so they don't go to hell.

What did this form of government do well?

Settlement of western lands; Northwest Ordinance (gave clear guidelines for states entering the Union)

What was the Purpose of the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848?

Shared Sentiments of Women which outlined the inequalities of women (e.g., couldn't own property, male dominated society)

Fertile Farm land and vast mineral deposits.

South

Fertile land for cash crops

South

SC would be from which geographic region?

South

Virginia would be from which geographic region?

South

Greater focus on religion

South (it was reversed by the mid 1800's)

Opposed the National Bank

South (wanted state banks that wouldn't marginalize the farmers)

What were the three main European nations that colonized in the New World?

Spain, Great Britain, France

What was a primary reason this country never came in on the side of the South?

They didn't want to lose trade and an alliance with the North -and the issues of SLAVERY

Who would be considered the "leader" of the Democratic-Republicans?

Thomas Jefferson

What was the primary purpose of the Declaration of Independence (besides to declare our independence!!)?

To show France that we were 100% willing to break away from England; US gained an ally

Why was Saratoga significant in the Revolution?

Turning point; gave the colonists hope - France would now aid the Patriots

On whose land was the Mexican War fought?

US Territory

What was the name for a secret network that helped slaves escape from the South?

Underground Railroad

What attracted Americans to move to Texas in large numbers in the 1820's?

Unsettled Land - farmable land a cotton boom of the 1830's

Economy based on farming with some mining as well

West

Felt internal improvements were not helping them as much

West

Fewer large cities and towns

West

Grew as a result of Manifest Destiny

West

What abolitionist published The Liberator?

William Lloyd Garrison

Under the Kansas-Nebraska act, how would the issue of slave or free be determined?

With popular sovereignty

What was the original purpose of this meeting?

Write a new constitution - get rid of the Articles of Confederation

Another word for reform is

change/progress.

Those who opposed the Constitution were called what?

Anti-Federalist, Loyalists

What document laid out the plans for the first form of government for the United States?

Articles of Confederation

What was the main argument the colonists had regarding the taxes being imposed on the colonies?

"No taxation without representation"

Name two specific examples of early representative (democratic) government in the American colonies.

-House of Burgesses (early form of Representative Gov't), -Mayflower Compact → social contract, Colonial Assemblies

What compromise addressed how slaves would be counted for representation?

3/5 Compromise

Under the Missouri Compromise, what was established as a border between slave and free?

36*30* The upper half of states would be free and the lower half slave states

Abolitionists wanted what?

Abolition of slavery

Who developed the first economic plan for the new nation?

Alexander Hamilton

Who would be considered the "leader" of the Federalists?

Alexander Hamilton

What was the North's strategy to win the Civil War?

Anaconda Plan (cutting off supply lines to the South) sieging the Confederacy and Mississippi River

What event led South Carolina and other Southern states to secede from the Union?

Election of Lincoln in 1860

How did the Second Great Great Awakening contribute to reforms?

Encouraged moral reform and the temperance movement

What was the purpose of the Bill of Rights?

Established individual liberties and state rights

What did the Mexican government hope that these new citizens would do?

Farm the land

Why was the Whiskey Rebellion significant in American history?

Fed gov't was strong enough to quell a rebellion (fixed from Shay's Rebellion which revealed weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation)

What anonymously written series of essays argued in favor of the Constitution?

Federalist Papers

Those who were in favor of the Constitution were called what?

Federalists

Why are Lexington and Concord significant in the American Revolution?

First battles of the Revolutionary War

Which country established colonies and traded mainly in furs?

France

What war marked a major change in the relationship between England and the American colonies?

French and Indian War

What is significant about John Marshall?

Strengthened the power of the Federal Gov't over a 30 year period

What was the primary way in which the Federalists and Democratic Republicans differed in their beliefs?

Strong or loose interpretation of constitution (the elastic clause or the "NECESSARY AND PROPER CLAUSE"

What was the first example to impose direct taxes on the American colonies?

Sugar Act

What is meant by the term judicial review?

Supreme Court has the power to review acts passed by Congress and President to check the constitutionality of them. It was a check and balance.

What was the South's strategy to win the war?

Surprise attacks and military strategy (no real formative plan) hard to do when the South was centered on states rights

What is a tariff?

Tax placed on imports and exports

What issue kept Texas from being annexed right away by America?

The Spanish had control over it.


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