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In 1620 this became the 1st agreement for self-government in America.Signed by the 41 men who settled Plymouth colony.
Mayflower Compact
He became the 1st governor of the Massachussetts Bay Colony. Famous for saying: “We shall be as a city upon a hill, and the eyes of all shall be upon us.”
John Winthrop
50 acres of land would be given to each colonists who brought others to Virginia, led to the importation of indentured servants and the creation of large plantations.
Headright System
His discovery of how to successfully grow tobacco & cure it for export saved Virginia in its early years as a colony. He married Pocahontas.
John Rolfe
When was Jamestown founded?
1607
In 1619, this became the 1st legislative body in America.
House of Burgesses
In 1676, settlers of western Virginia formed an army and marched on Jamestown to protest the unwillingness of Governor Berkley to protect the frontier settlements.
Bacon’s Rebellion
Puritan preacher during the 1st Great Awakening, whose most famous sermon was “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.”
Jonathan Edwards
The Toleration Act was passed in Maryland to protect religious freedom. In what year was it passed? What was the religion of the majority of Marylanders?
1649, Catholic
The colonial economy was based on what theory regarding mother nations and trade?
mercantilism
The trial of this newspaper reporter set the precedent for freedom of speech in the colonies.
John Peter Zenger
Fought between 1754-1763, this colonial war between Great Britain and France was a turning point in relations between Britain and the 13 colonies.
French & Indian War
This Ottawa chief united the Indian tribes of the Northwest territory in an uprising in 1763.
Pontiac
This British tax on legal documents and newspapers led to a successful boycott and a Congress. Colonists objected to the tax because it was an internal tax imposed without allowing them to participate in the decision making. What was it & in what year did it happen?
Stamp Act, 1765
Philadelphia lawyer who wrote “Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania” and the Olive Branch Petition. The only member of the 2nd Continental Congress who did not sign the Declaration of Independence.
John Dickenson
The Coercive Acts were designed to punish who for what?
Massachussetts, Boston Tea Pary
Who wrote “The Crisis” and “Common Sense?”
Thomas Paine
When the British soldiers marched to Lexington and Concord, they were under orders to arrest the leaders of the rebellion in Massachussetts. Who were these two men?
John Hancock & Samuel Adams
What battle was the turning point of the American Revolution & why?
Saratoga,French Alliance
The two main accomplishments of the government of the Articles of Confederation were the passage of laws dealing with 1) setting a procedure for the surveying & sale of public lands, and 2) establishing the method through which a territory could become a state. What were theses laws, respectively?
Land Ordinance of 1785,Northwest Ordinance 1787
Known as the father of the Bill of Rights, he also helped draft the Constitution.
George Mason
Who wrote the Federalists Papers? (3 names)
Alexander Hamiliton, James Madison, John Jay
In 1794, farmers in Pennsylvania protested Hamilton’s excise tax in the..,
Whiskey Rebellion
The Federalist Party lost the Presidency and control of Congress in the Election of 1800 due mainly to their passing what legislation?
Alien & Sedition Acts
The War of 1812 was caused by the _________ of American citizens by the British navy, and the British occupation of _______________ in the _____________.
Impressment, forts, Northwest territory
Why was Jefferson’s conscience troubled by the Louisiana Purchase?
As a strict constructionist, he believed he didn’t have the authority to make the
deal.
What was Jefferson’s most unpopular action as President, and what region of the country protested this action?
Embargo Act, New England
Shawnee Indian leader who united the Northwestern tribes. He was killed at eh battle of the Thames in 1813.
Tecumseh
The Federalist party died out after being branded traitors because of ______________________________. This was part of their protest of __________________________.
Hardford ConventionWar of 1812
Name the members of the Great Triumvirate and the regions they represented.
Henry Clay, westJohn C. Calhoun,
southDaniel Webster,
north
Name the four major elections in which the results were contested and settled by Congress, the Supreme Court, or committee.
1800, 1824, 1976, 2000
What did Henry Clay’s American System do?
Build roads, canals, bridges, schools, libraries.
The two most significant transcendentalists in America were…
Ralph Waldo EmersonHenry David Thoreau
Who wrote each of the following?1. Moby Dick2. Scarlet Letter3. Annabelle Lee4. Rip Van Winkle5. Leaves of Grass6. Leatherstocking Tales
Herman MelvilleNathaniel
HawthorneEdgar Allen PoeWashington Irving
Walt WhitmanJames Fenimore Cooper
19th Century reformer for humane treatment of the mentally ill.
Dorothea Dix
Anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic feeling that arose in the 1840’s. Let to formation of the __________________ Party
NativismKnow Nothing
Supreme Court decision that established Judicial review and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who made the ruling.
Marbury v. MadisonJohn Marshall
In what decade did John L. Sullivan coin the term Manifest Destiny?
1840’s
What native American tribe fought the Indian Removal act in the Worcester v. Georgia case?
Cherokee
During whose Presidency was Texas, Oregon, California & the Mexican Cession added to the United States?
James K. Polk
The Republican party was created in opposition to what law that led to territorial unrest as Free Soilers battled Pro-slavers?
Kansas Nebraska Act
Lincoln said this individual and what they wrote started the Civil War.
Harriet Beecher StoweUncle Tom’s Cabin
In what decision did the Taney court rule that a slave is property and the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional?
Dred Scott
Name the candidates for the Presidency in 1860 (4 of them) and the parties they represent.
Abraham Lincoln – RepublicanStephen Douglas – N. DemocratsJohn Breckenridge – S. DemocratsJohn Bell – Constitutional Union
This two battles that were won on July 4, 1863 were the turning point of the Civil War.
Gettysburg & Vicksburg
A Union victory in this battle enabled Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. The deadliest battle in the Civil War.
Antietam
When was the Homestead Act passed?
1862
Andrew Johnson was impeached for violating what law?
Tenure of Office Act
The 14th Amendment gave African Americans ….
citizenship
Reconstruction ended with as a result of the …
Compromise of 1877
Who controlled the political machine in New York City during the Gilded Age?
William Marcy Tweed
What political cartoonist was responsible for bringing down the Tweed Ring?
Thomas Nast
In response to the assassination of James Garfield, Congress passed the _______________________ creating the Civil Service.
Pendleton Act
The “Cross of Gold” speech was given by _________________ who was chosen as both the Democratic and ______________ candidate for the Presidency in _______.
William Jennings Bryan,Populist, 1896
This 20th Century Architect was the pioneer of the modern style of Organic Architecture.
Frank Lloyd Wright
Match the Entrepreneur with their field:---Oil Monopoly---Steel Technology---Wall Street Investment Banking
John D. RockefellerAndrew Carnegie
J.P. Morgan
Irish born labor activist from Chicago who worked with the Knights of Labor, UMW, and the IWW.
Mary Harris (Mother) Jones
In 1892, steel workers at the Carnegie plant were locked out by Henry K. Frick leading to one of the most violent strikes In American History.
Homestead
Eugene Debs was imprisoned for refusing a court injunction ordering the end of what strike?
Pullman
This Platform included a graduated income tax, secret ballot, 8 hour work day, and the unrestricted coinage of silver.
Omaha
Founder of Hull House.
Jane Addams
Anti-saloon hatcheter from Kansas.
Carry A. Nation
Turn of the 20th Century writers who exposed the problems of urbanization.
muckrakers
Wrote & photographed “How the Other Half Lives.”
Jacob Riis
Leader of the anti-lynching league and one of the founders of the NAACP.
Ida B. Wells Barnett
The Pure Food & Drug Act was passed due what book?
The Jungle
Identify the presidential program that is associated with each of these presidents:--T. Roosevelt--F.D.R.--Harry Truman--JFK--LBJ
Square Deal, New Deal, Fair Deal, New Frontier,
Great Society
What did the 21st Amendment do?
Woman’s Suffrage
American Anarchist who a tried to assassinate Henry K. Frick. Was deported to Russian during the Red Scare.
Emma Goldman
Leader of the Women’s movement when they got the vote.
Alice Paul
The trial over the theory of Evolution.
Scopes Trial
President when the Great Depression began.
Herbert Hoover
Name 8 of FDR’s alphabet programs.
When was Pearl Harbor bombed?
12-07-1941
The Munich Conference turned over part of __________ to Hitler.
Czechoslovakia
FDR’s ill health at this conference might have helped cause the Iron Curtain.
Yalta
City of the Airlift in 1948.
Berlin
Economic aid to war torn Europe.
Marshall Plan
Presidents during the Korean War.
Truman & Eisenhower
1946-1976 growth period.
Baby Boom
Ike’s Cold War Foreign Policy
Massive Retaliation & Brinkmanship
Caused increase in spending on Science & Math Education.
Sputnik
The closest we came to Nuclear War.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Turning Point in the Vietnam War
Tet Offensive
High & Low Points of Nixon’s Presidency.
Visit to ChinaWatergate
Communist Leaders of these countries:--Russia from 1954-1964--North Vietnam
Krushchev & Ho Chi Minh
Congress authorized the Vietnam War:
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Diane Nash and John Lewis formed…
SNCC
Led the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Wrote the Feminine Mystique.
Betty Friedan
Led the Grape & Lettuce Boycotts.
Cesar Chavez