benchmark note cards

Question 1

colonial caracteristics

Answer 1

new England was Massachusetts,new Hampshire, Rhode island, and Connecticut., middle was new York, new jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware., south was Maryland, Virginia, north Carolina, south Carolina, and georgia

Question 2

representatives

Answer 2

Virginia house of Burgesses,2 hpuses, one elected by the people, the other appointed by royal govener

Question 3

magna carta

Answer 3

limited government based on the rule of law, government must obey a body of rules

Question 4

salutary neglect

Answer 4

self, England neglected the colonies, letting the colonies govern themselves

Question 5

federalism

Answer 5

2 levels of government share power, share between national and state governmen

Question 6

rail roads

Answer 6

called by god to move west from coast to coast in a rush to get the god given right of land that everyone so desired to have out the west

Question 7

Monroe doctrine

Answer 7

the us would not tolerate European intervention in the affairs of any independent nation in the us and the us is no longer open for European colonization

Question 8

declaration of independence

Answer 8

declare independence from great britain and appointed a committee to prepare a statement outlining the reasons for this seperation

Question 9

taxation without representation

Answer 9

no tax could be imposed except one approved by parliament

Question 10

acts

Answer 10

purpose/why (nav.act)

1st act to restrict trade in colonies: colonisr was not able ro trade with any other countrybut england

Question 11

articles of confederation

Answer 11

It was the nations first set of laws, strenghs,state would maintain its sovereignty while being loosely unifiedmas a nation vs. weaknesses, failed did not give enough power to federal (national) government

Question 12

battle of yorktown

Answer 12

last battle in the revolutionary war geroge Washington won the battle

Question 13

progressive reformers vs.robber barons

Answer 13

seeking to return control of the gov to the people

Question 14

social darwinism

Answer 14

the theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals. Now largely discredited, social Darwinism was advocated by Herbert Spencer and others in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was used to justify political conservatism, imperialism, and racism and to discourage intervention and reform

Question 15

reconstruction

Answer 15

refers to the period following the Civil War of rebuilding the United States. It was a time of great pain and endless questions.

Question 16

poll tax

Answer 16

a tax levied on every adult, without reference to income or resources.

Question 17

jim crow laws

Answer 17

the segregation of public schools, public places, and public transportation, and the segregation of restrooms, restaurants, and drinking fountains for whites and blacks. The U.S. military was also segregated.

Question 18

solid south

Answer 18

the politically united southern states of the US, traditionally regarded as giving unanimous electoral support to the Democratic Party.

Question 19

plessy vs. fergeson

Answer 19

is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision in the jurisprudence of the United States, upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of “separate but equal”.

Question 20

nativism

Answer 20

the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigration

Question 21

ouotas

Answer 21

a limited or fixed number or amount of people or things, in particular

Question 22

KKK

Answer 22

a secret organization in the southern U.S., active for several years after the Civil War, which aimed to suppress the newly acquired powers of blacks and to oppose carpetbaggers from the North, and which was responsible for many lawless and violent proceedings.

Question 23

read scare

Answer 23

the promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism, used by anti-leftist proponents. In the United States, the First Red Scare was about worker (socialist) revolution and political radicalism

Question 24

japanese

Answer 24

declared independence from great btitain to prepare a state ment cuth the reasons

Question 25

chinese exausion act

Answer 25

a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882. It was one of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in US history, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers

Question 26

american system

Answer 26

Originals called the American way was an economic plan that played a prominent role in American policy during the first half of there

Question 27

abraham lincoln

Answer 27

16th president of the us much 1861 till he was killed in app 1865

Question 28

54th massachusetts

Answer 28

Volunteer infantry regiment was the first military unit consisting of block soldiers

Question 29

north

Answer 29

Less devastating effort on the north everyone worked together

Question 30

south

Answer 30

Most fights take place here destroyed many homes ect

Question 31

marbury vs. madison

Answer 31

Marked the first time the cot asserted it’s role in reviewing federal legislation to determan it’s compatibility

Question 32

spanish american war

Answer 32

Spain relinquishes sovereignty over Cuba, cedes the Philippine Islands, Puerto Rico, and Guam to the United States for the sum of $20 million. Colonies: Cuba.

Question 33

yellow jouralism

Answer 33

journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration

Question 34

lusitania

Answer 34

ancient region and Roman province on the Iberian Peninsula; corresponds roughly to modern Portugal and parts of Spain

Question 35

woodrow wilson

Answer 35

28th president of the us. His domestic program expanded the role of the federal government in managing the economy and protecting the interests of citizens. His foreign policy established a new vision of America’s role in the world

Question 36

league of nations

Answer 36

was an intergovernmental organisation founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War.

Question 37

open door policy

Answer 37

The Open Door Policy is a term in foreign affairs initially used to refer to the United States policy in the late 19th century and early 20th century outlined in Secretary of State John Hay’s Open Door Note, dispatched in 1899 to his European counterparts

Question 38

consumerism

Answer 38

the protection or promotion of the interests of consumers.

Question 39

us farmers 1920

Answer 39

The doctrine developed in the 1920s as food prices declined after the First World War. … American farm commodity prices rose throughout the 19th century. … agriculture, and the relative price level of this time would set the standard for “parity

Question 40

causes of the great depression

Answer 40

stock market

Question 41

harlem renaissance

Answer 41

The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned the 1920s. At the time, it was known as the “New Negro Movement”, named after the 1925 anthology by Alain Locke.

Question 42

FDR

Answer 42

Roosevelt: 32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945)

Question 43

liberal (D) VS. consevative (R)

Answer 43

(L) believed in government action to achieve equal opportunity
(R) believed in personal responsibility limited government free market

Question 44

dec. 7, 1941`

Answer 44

Japanese planes attacked the us naval base pearl harbor Hawaii killing over a billion people

Question 45

the big three

Answer 45

stalin Roosevelt, churchill

Question 46

rosie the riveter

Answer 46

is a cultural icon of the us representative the american women who worked everywhere with the men