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In what region would you find fishing, shipbuilding, and naval supplies industries?

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New England

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What term refers to the horrible, forced voyage of Africans across the Atlantic Ocean?

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Middle Passage

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The Triangle Trade involved an exchange of goods and enslaved humans between what three regions?

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Europe, Africa, and The Americas

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In which colony did the Salem Witch Trials occur?

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Massachusetts

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What was the first European Settlement in North America?

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Jamestown

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What was the foundation of the economy in the Southern colonies?

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Farming

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What did the Southern colonists come to rely on for labor?

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Slave labor

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What were the three regions of the 13 colonies?

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New England, Middle, and Southern

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What was created at Plymouth in order to establish order and a way to make future rules and laws?

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The Mayflower Contract

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What colonial region is characterized by plantations, mansions, and few schools or cities?

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Southern

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What was person who had their passage paid for, and worked to pay off that debt

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Indentured servant

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What was the name of the trade route that existed - exchanging goods, ideas, and disease - between the Americas, and Europe, Asia, and Africa?

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Columbian Exchange

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What contributed to a massive number of deaths among the Native American population?

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Disease

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Where did Europeans wish to find a water route to?

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Asia

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What religion did Europeans wish to spread through exploration?

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Christianity

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What were 3 major motivations for exploration?

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Gold, Glory, and God

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What helped to unify the Haudenosaunee?

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The Great Law of Peace

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Which Native American Confederacy did Dekanawidah and Hiawatha help to form an alliance?

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Haudenosaunee

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Homes and clothing made by Native American tribes differed greatly. What did this show?

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They were able to adapt to their environment.

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What is Beringia?

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Land bridge that connected Asia and North America after the last ice age

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Why did people migrate into The Americas?

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Prey traveled here, which drew early man over the land bridge.

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How did the first peoples arrive in the Americas?

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They walked over the land bridge (Beringia)

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How did Native Americans adapt to their environments?

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They made clothes and houses to fit their environment

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How did the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) form a confederacy?

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The 5 tribes agreed to follow a great law of peace

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What kind of government did the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy have?

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Representative Democracy

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At first, what were all early European explorers likely looking for?

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A route to Asia

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What was the main religion that Europeans spread through colonization of the New World?

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Christianity

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What is the Columbian Exchange?

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Trade between the old and new world

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What effects did the Columbian Exchange have?

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Disease killed many, but new goods helped others

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What was the Mayflower Compact and why was it important?

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Agreement between pilgrims on how to govern themselves. It was the first self government among colonists.

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What was the historical context of the Salem Witch Trials?

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Young girls accused people of being witches, adults took them seriously and people were killed.

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Which region of the 13 colonies was the most tolerant and why?

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Middle because they were most diverse.

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What was the Middle Passage?

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Water route where Africans were forced into slavery

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Which act passed by the British parliament, made money on the sale of various paper items?

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The Stamp Act

35
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What did protesting colonist mean, and saying no taxation without representation?

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You cannot tax us without giving us a say

36
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Why was the declaration of independence written?

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The colonies were announcing they were separating from England

37
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Which battle was considered the turning point of the revolutionary war

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Battle of Saratoga

38
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What event officially ended the American revolutionary war?

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Treaty of Paris

39
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What kind of government did the articles of confederation create?

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A weak government that left most power to the states

40
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What was the great compromise

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Created a two house legislature to solve the problem of big versus small states

41
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What is the basic purpose of checks and balances in American government?

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Keep one branch from becoming too powerful

42
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What are the three branches of government and how can they check each other?

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Executive - can veto a law

Legislative - override a veto, impeach a judge or president

Judicial - declare a law unconstitutional

43
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Who did our founding fathers believe that ultimate power in the US government should come from?

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The people

44
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What was the Boston tea party?

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A protest by the colonist against the British government to avoid being taxed on tea

45
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What is the Bill of Rights?

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The first 10 amendments to the constitution

46
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How does the bill of rights demonstrate the idea of the constitution being a living document?

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It can be changed

47
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What is the electoral college?

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The system used to elect the president

48
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How many electoral votes does a presidential candidate require to win?

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270 or more

49
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Who were the first five presidents of the United States of America

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Washington

Adams

Jefferson

Madison

Monroe

50
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What kind of economy did the federalist support?

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One with a central bank, that supported trading and shipping

51
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 what was the Monroe doctrine?

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President Monroe told European nations to stay out of north and south America

52
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Which of the first five presidents participated in slavery

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Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe

53
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Which of the first five presidents did not participate in slavery

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John Adams

54
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What led to the creation of canals in the early 1800s

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As the nation ruled it needed to transport things faster over longer distances

55
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How did the Erie canal help America grow?

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It linked the Great Lakes to the Atlantic ocean

56
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How did the industrial revolution change the way people worked?

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People used machines to get things done faster

57
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Why were so many manufacturing mills located in the New England area?

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There were many usable rivers to turn mills

58
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What was the Indian removal act and how did it affect the natives?

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It forced natives off their land, making them walk to new reservations, and many died

59
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What is a major difference between the reasons white settlers and Native Americans migrated west during the 1800s

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Natives were forced to migrate and white settlers chose to

60
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Where was a small American army defeated during the Texas war for independence?

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The Alamo

61
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What slogan resulted from the Alamo?

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Remember, the Alamo

62
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During the late 1840s, what attracted thousands of people to California and where did they come from?

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They came from the east for Gold

63
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What were the main roles of women in mid 1800s American society

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Mothers and wives, and take care of the home

64
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What was the most important issue discussed at the Seneca falls convention?

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Women’s rights

65
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What was the underground railroad?

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A secret Nettwerk used to bring slaves to freedom

66
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What were people who wanted to bring an end to slavery called

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Abolitionist

67
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Name two famous abolitionist

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Frederick Douglass
Harriet Tubman

68
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What was the fugitive slave act?

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It required escape slaves to be returned, even in the north

69
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How did the fugitive slave act make escape through the underground railroad, more difficult and dangerous?

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It punish people hiding sleeves and rewarded those who turned them in

70
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What was the Dred Scott decision?

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Dred Scott was a slave who went to court to get his freedom. The court said he was not a person, and still a slave.

71
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What were the main causes of the American Civil War?

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Slavery and the expansion of the nation

72
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What advantages did each region have over the other at the beginning of the Civil War?

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The south had better generals, and only needed to fight defensively
The north had better industry, food, more people, trains, and telegraph

73
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What battle was considered the main turning point of the American Civil War?

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Gettysburg

74
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Why was Gettysburg a turning point of the American Civil War?

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It was a big defeat for the south, and they never came as far north again

75
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What was the 13th amendment to the constitution?

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Freed the slaves

76
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What was the purpose of the Jim Crow laws of the South?

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Restrict African-Americans rights

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