Final 150 Part 2

Question 1

Election of 1800

Answer 1

John Adams vs Thomas Jefferson

Question 2

Louisiana Purchase

Answer 2

France sells the territory for $15 million

Question 3

Lewis and Clark Expedition

Answer 3

They were sent to explore this territory and find its resources

Question 4

Impressment and the attack of the Chesapeake

Answer 4

Impressment- the act of forcing Americans to serve in the British Navy
Attack of the Chesapeake- the u.s. ship the Chesapeake was intercepted by a British vessel demanding to search for dissenters

Question 5

War Hawks from the War of 1812

Answer 5

People who pushed for war with Great Britain such as Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun

Question 6

War of 1812 – DC burned, Fort McHenry, Battle of New Orleans

Answer 6

DC burned- British forces were able to march into Washington DC and burned the Capitol and president’s mansion down
Fort McHenry- the fort at the entrance to Baltimore Harbor (Star Spangled Banner was written)
Battle of New Orleans- took place after the peace treaty was signed (Andrew Jackson became famous)

Question 7

The Star Spangled Banner

Answer 7

Written by Francis Scott Key and our national anthem

Question 8

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 8

the Western Hemisphere was no longer open for colonization

Question 9

Irish Potato Famine’s relationship to Immigration

Answer 9

Many people moved to the US from Ireland

Question 10

Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s convention

Answer 10

The convention led by her Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott who both publicly fought for women’s suffrage

Question 11

Industrial Revolution

Answer 11

The change from an agrarian society to one based on industry

Question 12

Capitalism

Answer 12

Individuals put their capital into a business in hopes of making a profit (The Economic System of the US)

Question 13

Free Enterprise System

Answer 13

People are free to buy, sell, and produce what they want and can work where they wish

Question 14

Supply and Demand

Answer 14

Prices/ Cost is set by supply and demand in a Free Enterprise System

Question 15

Number One Crop in the South in the 1800’s

Answer 15

Cotton

Question 16

Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin – what it did and why that was important

Answer 16

It took the seed out of the cotton and it increased slavery

Question 17

Urban vs Rural

Answer 17

Urban- City

Rural- Country

Question 18

Wilderness Road

Answer 18

Aided the early exploration of Tennessee because it made passing through the mountains easier and opened the door for more settlement (route to Kentucky from the Atlantic Coast)

Question 19

Daniel Boone

Answer 19

He and 30 skilled foresters blazed the trail that became the Wilderness Road

Question 20

Cumberland Gap

Answer 20

Allowed for a path to be created that made passing through the Appalachian Mountains easier

Question 21

The Corrupt Bargain

Answer 21

The speaker of the house, Henry Clay, meets with Adams and agrees to use his influence to help Adams get the vote in the House of Representatives

Question 22

Andrew Jackson – spoils system, fight with the bank

Answer 22

Spoils system- the practice of replacing government employees with the winning candidate’s supporters
Fight with the bank- Jackson tried to kill the bank by withdrawing all federal funds from the national bank and placing them in smaller state banks

Question 23

Indian Removal Act

Answer 23

Act passed by Congress in order to relocate Native Americans

Question 24

Trail of Tears

Answer 24

Relocation and movement of Cherokee from Georgia to Oklahoma

Question 25

Sequoyah

Answer 25

Created the written Cherokee language

Question 26

William Henry Harrison’s Presidency

Answer 26

He was the 9th president. He gave an inauguration speech that lasted for over 2 hours. He died of pneumonia shortly afterwards. He had the shortest Presidency, consisting of 32 days.

Question 27

Manifest Destiny

Answer 27

Belief that America should extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific Ocean

Question 28

Texas Rebellion

Answer 28

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Question 29

The Alamo – battle significance

Answer 29

The defenders of the Alamo bought the Texans some much needed time (Santa Anna's Mexico vs Travis' Texans)

Question 30

Davy Crockett

Answer 30

Backwoodsman from Tennessee who volunteered to fight at the Alamo

Question 31

Oregon Trail

Answer 31

Used by settlers migrating to the Pacific Northwest

Question 32

James K Polk – President that fulfilled what?

Answer 32

Manifest Destiny

Question 33

Mexican War – Border dispute, Mexican Cession

Answer 33

Border dispute- US believes that the Texas border is the Rio Grande River and Mexico believes the border is the Nueces River Mexican Cession- ceded California and New Mexico and in return the US gave them $15 million

Question 34

John Sutter and the California Gold Rush

Answer 34

John Sutter- first to discover a gold nugget on his property California Gold Rush- a large group of people came to California in search of gold (more then doubled the world's supply of gold)

Question 35

Brigham Young

Answer 35

Led the Mormon migration to the Great Salt Lake area of Utah

Question 36

The Missouri Compromise of 1820

Answer 36

Made to have Maine enter as a free state and Missouri enter as a slave state

Question 37

John Brown

Answer 37

Violent abolitionist that believed God had chosen him to end slavery

Question 38

Harriet Tubman

Answer 38

The most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad

Question 39

Underground Railroad

Answer 39

A network of escape routes out of the South for enslaved people

Question 40

Frederick Douglass

Answer 40

Most well known African American abolitionist

Question 41

Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Answer 41

Novel that explored the issue of slavery

Question 42

Fugitive Slave Act

Answer 42

Required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves in 1850

Question 43

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Answer 43

Increased the amount of territory open to slaveholding in the US

Question 44

Bleeding Kansas

Answer 44

Kansas became the first territory to shed blood in a civil war over slavery

Question 45

Sumner-Brooks Incident

Answer 45

Senator Charles Sumner lashed out against those for slavery, including Andrew P. Butler (Butler's cousin, Rep. Preston Brooks, walked into the Senate chamber and hit Sumner with a cane)

Question 46

Raid on Harper’s Ferry

Answer 46

John Brown led 18 men on a raid to attack a weapon storage facility

Question 47

Dred Scott v Sandford

Answer 47

Dred Scott, a slave vs his owner

Question 48

Lincoln-Douglass debates – House Divided Speech

Answer 48

Senate race in Illinois that became the center of national attention "I believe that the government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. A house divided against itself cannot stand."

Question 49

Election of 1860

Answer 49

Lincoln becomes the 16th president

Question 50

Causes of the Civil War

Answer 50

Slavery, Lincoln's Election, and Fort Sumter

Question 51

Fort Sumter

Answer 51

Confederate guns opened fire on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. The Fort Sumter attack marked the beginning of the Civil War.

Question 52

Ulysses S. Grant

Answer 52

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Question 53

Robert E. Lee

Answer 53

Was opposed to slavery, but still fought on the Confederate side because he was a proud Virginian that would not fight against his own state (Commander of the Confederacy)

Question 54

Stonewall Jackson

Answer 54

Considered one of the most gifted tactical commanders in US history

Question 55

First Battle of Bull Run

Answer 55

Fought near the town of Manassas junction and a small river named Bull Run (first major battle of the civil war)