History Final (8th) Second Sem.

Question 1

George Washington

Answer 1

1st pres. Only presodent with unanimusouly elected by the electoral vote, set the standard for the presidency. Never lived in the white house

Question 2

Pierre L’Enfant

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French architect hired by Washington to design dc, burried in Arlington

Question 3

Benjamin Banneker

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African American assistant to Pierre L’Enfant, he memorized his design and finished the construction

Question 4

John Adams

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2nd pres. First president to live in the white house, XYZ affair

Question 5

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 5

3rd Pres. Laissez Faire, Embargo act

Question 6

Marbury vs. Madison

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First time they used Judicial Review-Determine the constitutionality of a goverment action

Question 7

Louisiana purchase

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Doubles the nation in size, France sells land to the U.S. $15 million

Question 8

Lewis and Clark

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Explored the Northern part of the territory

Question 9

Sacagawea

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Became a guide to Lewis and Clark, John Baptiste-son of Sacagawea

Question 10

James Madison

Answer 10

4th president, Father of the constitution

Question 11

Francis Scott key

Answer 11

Wrote the star spangled banner

Question 12

James Monroe

Answer 12

5th president, president during the era of good feelings

Question 13

Missouri compromise

Answer 13

Prohitbited slavery north of the 36 degree, 30 minute boundary

Question 14

John Quincy Adams

Answer 14

6th Pres. The corrupt Bargain, Later became a House of representatives member

Question 15

Andrew Jackson

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7th president, spoils system, he was censured

Question 16

Tariff

Answer 16

A fee paid by merchants who imported goods

Question 17

Trail of tears

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About 15,000 Cherokee are forced to move west, about 4,000 died

Question 18

Martin Van Buren

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8th Pres. Known as a Jacksonian. Panic of 1837 ruins his presidency

Question 19

William Henry Harrison

Answer 19

9th Pres. Gave a 2 hour speech at his inauguration, 1st pres. to die in office

Question 20

John Tyler

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10th Pres. 1st vice president to accede after death of a president

Question 21

Abolitionist

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Wanted to do away with slavery, problems with slavery, arguments for slavery

Question 22

Fredrick Douglass

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Born a slave, but became very educated, escaped and became free.

Question 23

Slave codes

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These codes were written to prevent slave rebelion, slaves could not meet in large groups

Question 24

Immigration 1820-1860

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Largest group of immigrants to the USA was the Irish, this was due to a potato famine, the second largest were the Germans

Question 25

Temperamce Movement

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Reformers blamed alcohol for family break ups, poverty, and crime. They called for little or no drinking

Question 26

Utopias

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Communities based on a vision of a perfect society

Question 27

Seneca Falls Convention 1848

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Convention for women’s rights and equality, most controversal issue- suffrage

Question 28

Susan.B.Anthony

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Built the women’s rights movement to a national level. Called for women’s rights, temperance, equal pay, and coeducation

Question 29

Jedediah Smith

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Two best friends-Bible and Rifle. 1st American to visit California, died in 1831 Sante Fe Trail

Question 30

Oregon Trail

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Began in Independence, Missouri. Over 400,000 pioneers used the trail. Prairie Schooners-wagons that crossed the plains

Question 31

Alamo

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The forst is defeated by the Mexican army, all 187 Americans die in battle

Question 32

Davy Crocket

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Known as the king of the wild frontier, became a congressman

Question 33

Manifest Destiny

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A belief that the United States should extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

Question 34

James Polk

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11th Pres. Went to work Mexico, fulfilled the Manifest Destiny

Question 35

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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The US pays Phillion for south, California would enter as the 31st free state

Question 36

Zachary Taylor

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12th pres. on July 4th ate cherries and milk, died 5 days later

Question 37

Millard Filmore

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13th Pres. Most forgettable Presidant

Question 38

Franklin Pierce

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14th Pres. Signs the Kansas-Nebraska Act

Question 39

Harriet Tumban

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Freed over 300 slaves “Moses of her people”

Question 40

James Buchana

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15th Pres. Never Married, 7 Southern states leave in Feb. when he is office

Question 41

Abraham Lincoln

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16th Pres. Ranked the best president “save the Union”

Question 42

Jefferson Davis

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1st and only Pres. for confederacy

Question 43

Robert.E.Lee

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One of the greatest generals, fought fir the south

Question 44

Battle of Gettysburg

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53,000 killed, turning point of the war, high ground and the fish hook

Question 45

Surrender at Appomattax

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Lee surrenders to the union at appomattox court house

Question 46

The 13th ammendment

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January 1865 out lawed slavery

Question 47

Licoln’s assasination

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John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln in the head at Ford’s theater, Lincoln is taken to the Peterson House across the street

Question 48

15th ammendment

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Prohibited the states from denying any person the right to vote because of race, color, or precious servitude

Question 49

The Wounded Knee

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U.S. soldiers trying to capture Bigfoot, marked the end of armed conflicts between whites and Native Americans

Question 50

The gilded Age

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Question 51

Rutherfor.B.Hayes

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19th Pres. Compromise of 1877-All federal troops be removed from the south, federal moneh be given to the south

Question 52

James Garfield

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20th Pres.

Question 53

Chester.A.Arthur

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21th Pres. Had to break the spoils system civil service

Question 54

Benjamen Harrison

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23rd Pres