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John Winthrop’s, “City on a Hill” sermon can be summarized as…

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John Winthrop and his followers being a model for Christianity in the New World

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From whom did we purchase the Louisiana Purchase from?

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France

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This compromise took the New Jersey Plan and Virginia Plan and made a bicameral (two houses) legislative government, one based on State’s population and the other based on equality…

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Great/Connecticut Compromise

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Colonists did what at their town meetings?

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Self govern

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Jacksonian democracy called for more government involvement with which group?

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“The Common Man”

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Know the differences between colonial America sections (New England, Middle/Mid-Atlantic, Southern).

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There were geographic differences, different economies, and different ways of life

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The Missouri Compromise (1820) [36’ 30] was an effort to…

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Maintain a balance of power between free and slave states

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Bleeding Kansas occurred because?

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Settlers flooded in to Kansas to vote on whether it would be a slave or free state (popular sovereignty)

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Shays’ Rebellion highlighted…

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The weaknesses of the AOC and the need for a federal government

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The major reason America won the Revolutionary War is?

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The French allying with America providing troops and money

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Which group has never been disenfranchised?

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Landowning, white men

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Common Sense, the document that told colonial America to break free from England was written by?

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Thomas Paine

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The Appalachian Mountains served as a natural western boundary for what act of Parliament?

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The Proclamation of 1763

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After winning the War of 1812 it gave America…

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Increased national pride and patriotism

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Why did the Anti-Federalists insist on adding the Bill of Rights to ratify the Constitution?

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To protect individual rights

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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson

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What is the significance of Vicksburg?

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Split the confederacy in two

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What is the significance of Gettysburg?

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Last time the Confederacy invaded North

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What is the significance of Bull Run?

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Early Confederate victory

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What is the significance of Sherman’s March to the Sea?

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Union fighting in Southern territory (effectively ending the war)

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What is the Dred Scott story?

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He was a slave, taken to a free state, then sued for his freedom. It was decided in his court case that A) slaves can’t sue because they’re property and B) slaves are property and can be taken anywhere, effectively making the Missouri Compromise of 1820 unconstitutional

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What were the years of the American Revolution?

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1775-1783

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Besides the Bill of Rights, why did some Anti-Federalist not want to ratify the Constitution?

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They were afraid the national (federal) government would have too much power

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What are the reasons for the colonization of America?

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Religious freedom, economic opportunity, and desire for land

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What tragic event occurred because of the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

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Trail of tears

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The first conflict between England and America before the Revolutionary War started was at the battle of…

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Lexington and Concord

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The main objective of Lewis and Clark’s expedition was to…

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Find a waterway to the Pacific Ocean

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The major weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that…

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A weak federal government that could not enforce laws

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The act of government that occurred after the Civil War which divided the South into 5 military districts was?

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Reconstruction Act of 1867

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Thomas Nast went after City Boss, Boss Tweed to…

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Show his corruption

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Jane Adams and the muckrakers looked to…

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Help the poor and expose corruption in urban areas

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What was significance in the Erie Canal?

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Now there was a water passage from the Atlantic Ocean to the MidWest

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Besides from being the bloodiest day of the Civil War, Antietam also…

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Allowed Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation

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What are Thomas Nast, Upton Sinclair, Ida Wells, and Jacob Riis classified as?

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Muckrakers

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What was Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction that allowed the South to reunite into the Union after 10% of the State’s population took a loyalty oath?

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10% Plan

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Describe the differences between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson.

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Alexander Hamilton–Federalist, loose interpretation of Constitution, increased power of federal government

Thomas Jefferson–Anti-federalist, strict interpretation of Constitution, increased power of state government

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Urbanization had what negative effects on people living in the cities?

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People being stuffed into tenement housing
increased disease
increased crime
and increased sanitation problems

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The Chinese Immigration Act of 1882…

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Reduced Immigration from China

and the first time America has set a quota on a specific region

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What happened after the battle of Saratoga?

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France became allies with the United States

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Why do immigrants come to the United States?

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The desire for economic opportunities, they don’t have in their home country

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Why were Native Americans constantly moved from their homes?

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America’s Manifest Destiny

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How did the South and North economies differ during the Civil War?

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Helped Northern manufacturing, but hurt the Southern cotton production

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Rockefeller’s, Standard Oil most represents what?

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A monopoly

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When did Reconstruction in the South end?

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1877

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The Virginia Company of London was a ________ _________ company.

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Joint Stock

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Where did European immigrants enter the United States?

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Ellis Island

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Where did Asian immigrants enter the United States?

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Angel Island

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What was Abraham Lincoln’s intent in the Emancipation Proclamation?

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To free slaves in Confederate States

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Survival of the fittest in the business world is also known as…

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Social Darwinism

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What was the purpose of the KKK?

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To terrorize and commit violent acts towards African Americans who just received their natural rights

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Why do Arizona voters have more power than the average voter?

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Initiative, Recall, Reform

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What affect besides more efficient cotton production came with Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin?

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The spread of slavery increased because of the demand of cotton

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In George Washington’s Farewell Address he warned the nation about political parties and…

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To stay out of European affairs (neutrality/isolationism)

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The 1863 Draft (Conscription) Riots highlighted…

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The unpopularity of the Civil War in the North

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