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Britain placed taxes on coffee, wine and other imports under

this Act

The Sugar Act

This was the first major battle of the American Revolution

Battle of Bunker Hill

Violence was a tactic used by the Sons of Liberty in

opposition to this

The Stamp Act

The victory at Yorktown was mostly due to this

The French fleet ensuring the British remained trapped

This victory brought France into the Revolutionary War as

an ally

Saratoga

The concept by which the rules of a society were set by its members was the basis of

this

Mayflower Compact

This was the main reason Spain could no longer block other European nations from

colonizing the New World

Defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588

European exploration in the 1400s and 1500s was based

on this desire

Access to highly valued Asian goods

Britain attempted to control access to its colonial ports

through these laws

Navigation Acts

Until the late 1700s, the Chesapeake colonies were

characterized by this

A very high death rate

Lincoln treated the civil rights of dissenters in this way

Suspended Habeas Corpus

This was the first major battle of the Civil War

Battle of Bull Run

Lincoln’s reelection was clinched by this military event

The capture of Atlanta and Sherman’s March to the Sea

On the eve of the Civil War, what percentage of white Southern families owned

slaves?

About 25%

The upper Southern states remained in the Union after secession until Lincoln did

this

Called for 75,000 volunteers after the fall of Fort Sumter

The Treaty of Ghent simply reinstated this

Status Quo Ante Bellum

The British practice of forcibly taking American sailors off their

ships was called this

Impressment

The Embargo Act was sparked by this incident

The attack on the USS Chesapeake by the HMS Leopard

The greatest victory against the British was here

Battle of New Orleans

This came out of the British attack on Fort McHenry at

Baltimore

The Star-Spangled Banner

This was Jackson’s policy towards the Indians

Removal

This tribe fought removal through the US court

system

Cherokee

This tribe resisted removal for decades and some

escaped it

The Seminoles

The Indians gave up most of today’s Ohio and Indiana

in this treaty

Treaty of Greenville

The biggest cultural difference between

Europeans and Indians during the colonial era

was in this

Warfare

The US

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In the late 1700s and early 1800s, private companies built roads

called this

Turnpikes

He established the first American factory

Samuel Slater

This was the labor force for Waltham’s factories in Lowell

Young farm girls living in strictly supervised conditions

This was the greatest advantage of early canals

A direct link between western areas and the eastern seaboard

By the 1850s, this was the major export for the US

Cotton

Both the Union and Confederacy were

shocked by the staggering casualties

in this early battle

Battle of Shiloh

Lee’s invasion of the North in 1862 was stopped by General

McClellan here

The Battle of Antietam

Seen as a turning point in the war, Lee’s last invasion of the

North was defeated here in 1863

Gettysburg

In April 1865, General Lee surrendered his Confederate

Army here

Appomattox Court House

The Union finally controlled the entire Mississippi River

with its victory here

Battle of Vicksburg

This amendment prohibited states from denying blacks

the right to vote

The 15th Amendment

Due to a shortage of capital and black demands for

economic independence, the South developed this agricultural system after

the Civil War

Sharecropping

He became president as a result of the Compromise of

1877

Rutherford B. Hayes

This was Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction

The 10 Percent Plan

The disputed election of 1876 was eventually turned over to

this

An electoral commission created by Congress

Isolating America from involvement in European affairs was a goal of this

Monroe Doctrine

Stephen Douglas believed the question of slavery in the territories should be

decided in this way

Popular Sovereignty

In the Compromise of 1850, it was admitted as a free state

California

In 1860, this party split into Northern and Southern

factions

Democratic Party

For Alexis de Tocqueville, the most striking quality of American society was this

Equality

This amendment came out of the Election of 1800

The 12th Amendment

He was the founder of Mormonism

The Church of Latter Day Saints

Joseph Smith

The Mexican War was ended by this

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

This treaty settled disputed borders between the United States and British Canada

Webster-Ashburton Treaty

The Whig Party was unified by this

Opposition to Jackson

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Slave labor so dominated this colony that its black population

outnumbered the whites

South Carolina

This colonial labor force was based on a set contract

period in return for transportation to America

Indentured servitude

These religious dissenters established the Plymouth

Colony

Pilgrims

Spain’s authority to exploit all the Americas except Brazil was set by this

The Treaty of Tordesillas

The eventual success of the Virginia colony was

based on this

Introduction of tobacco

He advocated the loose interpretation of the

Constitution to create a national bank

Alexander Hamilton

A battle over ratification of the US Constitution here led

to the writing of the Federalist Papers

New York

The sanctity of contracts was upheld in this SCOTUS

case

Dartmouth v. Woodward

This was intended to maintain Federalist control

over the judiciary during Jefferson’s administration

Judiciary Act of 1801

This allowed the South to dominate the US

government despite its white population numbers

The Three-Fifths Compromise

This Unionist-Democrat was placed on the

Republican ticket in 1864 to help ensure Lincoln’s

reelection

Andrew Johnson

The South’s approach to foreign affairs was based on its

belief in this

King Cotton

Northerners who were either pacifists or Southern

sympathizers were called this

Copperheads

The Confederate government was

handicapped by its belief in this philosophy

States’ Rights

This amendment defined citizenship and reduced the power of the states

The 14th Amendment

He made the Bank of the US a campaign issue against

Jackson in the Election of 1832

Henry Clay

The biggest influx of immigrants came from these

two European regions

Ireland and Germany

He was impeached but was not convicted by one vote

Andrew Johnson

He justified Southern resistance to the 1828 tariff

(and secession) in his Exposition and Protest

John C. Calhoun

He succeeded William Henry Harrison as

president

John Tyler

The “headright” was used by some colonies for this

purpose

Awarding grants of land to new settlers

During Reconstruction, Southern white

Republicans were called this

Scalawags

These were measures taken during Reconstruction to keep former

slaves in agriculture and domestic service

Black Codes

Reconstruction ended and a new political order (white

Democratic) took shape in the South due to this

The Compromise of 1877

This colony was founded as a refuge for Catholics

Maryland

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In 1619. black slaves were first sold in British America here

Jamestown

James Oglethorpe established this colony for

honest people imprisoned for debt

Georgia

The first shots of the Civil War were fired at this

Fort Sumter

He was a radical abolitionist and was arrested trying to

incite a slave rebellion

John Brown

His court case resulted in the undoing of all previous

compromises concerning the expansion of slavery

Dred Scott

Only Federalist to be president

John Adams

Bought Louisiana

Thomas Jefferson

Gained the most territory for the US (even more than

Jefferson)

James K. Polk

First president to have no political opposition

(Washington does not count since there were no political

parties then)

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Probably did the most to bring the South and North closer to

war

Franklin Pierce