History Terms

Question 1

Federalists (5)

Answer 1

A political party in the early United States. Biggest rivals of the Republican Party.

Question 2

Electoral College (5)

Answer 2

A group of men who elect the President in place of a popular vote in each state. Determined by the number of representatives in a state. A “concession to slave owners”.

Question 3

“three-fifths clause” (5)

Answer 3

A law that counted slaves as 3/5ths of a person for the determination of state representatives. Gave an advantage to states with large slave populations in the federal government.

Question 4

Alien and Sedition Acts (5)

Answer 4

Passed in 1798. Gave the president power to imprison “dangerous” noncitizens and punish printers who disagreed with him. Controversial with the Republicans.

Question 5

“Negro President” (5)

Answer 5

What Jefferson was called by some Federalists because he only won the election due to 12 of his electoral votes coming from the three-fifths clause (“Negro electors”).

Question 6

Louisiana Territory (5)

Answer 6

A large area west of the Mississippi River. Owned by Spain, then France, and sold by Napoleon to the United States for $15 million. Doubled the size of the United States.

Question 7

Jeffersonian agrianism (5)

Answer 7

Jefferson’s belief that the United States could become a completely agrian country with very minimal industrizlization, and that people would produce most their necessary goods in their own households (minimal imports).

Question 8

War of 1812 (5)

Answer 8

(US role) The United States declared war on Britain because it couldn’t remain neutral in the Napoleonic Wars. Showed the political dominance of the Republican Party. Washington D.C. was burned down by the British.

Question 9

Sally Hemmings (5)

Answer 9

Child of John Wayles and Elizabeth Hemmings (1/4 African). Had children with Thomas Jefferson.

Question 10

Andrew Jackson (5)

Answer 10

United States President from 1828 to 1836. Brought about the rise of populism. Famous war veteran. First to campaign for presidency.

Question 11

James Watt (6)

Answer 11

Made an improvement on the steam engine so that it could work anywhere and had a lot more power.

Question 12

Francis Cabot Lowell (6)

Answer 12

Built a factory based on the ones in New England, but wanted it to be less harsh. His successors didn’t think the same way.

Question 13

Rochester Society for the Promotion of Temperance (6)

Answer 13

Formed by mill owners. Members pledged to give up liquor and stop paying their workers in alcohol. Coerced workers into joining churches. Temperance movement was led by women because alcohol negatively impacted women often.

Question 14

“the Age of Machinery” (6)

Answer 14

Term coined by Thomas Carlyle. A period of reliance and faith in machinery.

Question 15

David Walker (6)

Answer 15

A free man born in South Carolina. Published a abolitionist pamphelt that greatly impacted United States citizens’ view of slavery. Probably murdered.

Question 16

The “Appeal” (6)

Answer 16

An abolitionist pamphlet published by David Walker. Became popular with slaves, for good reason.

Question 17

Female AntiSlavery Society (6)

Answer 17

First one founded in Boston in 1833. Grew to 139 across the country. Exactly what it sounds like.

Question 18

Working Men’s Party (6)

Answer 18

Formed by laborers in Philidelphia. Demanded shorter hours and better conditions. Resulted partly from the Panic of 1819, which caused the suffering of many working men.

Question 19

integration [of education] (6)

Answer 19

The inclusion of black children into free public schools. Only happened in Massachusetts (1855) for a while, outlawed in many states. Controversial.

Question 20

Indian Removal Act (6)

Answer 20

Created by Andrew Jackson in an attempt to dismantle the Cherokee Nation. Angered reformists and revivalists.

Question 21

Abel Upshur (7)

Answer 21

John Tyler’s secretary of state. A Southern aristocrat who supported slavery. Believed expansion was necessary for America’s survival.

Question 22

John Tyler (7)

Answer 22

A Southern aristocrat. Disliked populism and national things, but liked states’ rights. Unpopular with his cabinet (they all resigned except for one person). Banished from the Whig Party.

Question 23

Monroe Doctrine (7)

Answer 23

Created by John Quincy Adams. A warning issued towards European countries, saying they shouldn’t create new colonies in the Western Hemisphere. A way to ensure America had room to grow.

Question 24

“Notes” [by James Madison] (7)

Answer 24

Notes on debates at the Constitutional Convention, written by James Madison. Published posthumously. Gave many political parties more ammunition for their arguments.

Question 25

Oregon Territory (7)

Answer 25

Land that included modern-day Oregon, Idaho, and Washington. Polk believed the United States had to have it. Claimed by Britain, Russia, Spain, and Mexico.

Question 26

David Wilmot (7)

Answer 26

Democratic congressman from Pennsylvania. Came up with the idea that no slavery should exist in territories obtained from a war with Mexico.

Question 27

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (7)

Answer 27

Ended the Mexican-American War. Gave the top third of Mexico to the United States, which was a lot of land (1 million sq. miles).

Question 28

Free-Soil Party (7)

Answer 28

Political party founded by anti-slavery expansion Democrats and Whigs in 1848. Believed in improvement led by working men.

Question 29

George Fitzhugh (7)

Answer 29

Disagreed with the “inalienable rights” of the Declaration of Independence. Opposed by the Free-Soil Party.

Question 30

Declaration of Sentiments (7)

Answer 30

Written by Elizabeth Stanton, an important female suffragist. Similar to the Declaration of Independence.

Question 31

telegraph (8)

Answer 31

An invention that allowed for communication across great distances.

Question 32

Lincoln-Douglas debate (8)

Answer 32

A series of debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas about slavery. Lincoln unofficially won them.

Question 33

John Brown (8)

Answer 33

A radical abolitionist. Gathered a following. Led a insurrection in 1859 that was promptly shut down. Injured in the process and eventually executed. “Predicted” the Civil War.

Question 34

Confederate States of America (8)

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An unofficial country comprised of South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, Texas, and other states. Jefferson Davis became its president.

Question 35

Fort Sumter (8)

Answer 35

Attacked by Confederate forces on April 12, 1861. Caused 4 more states to secede. Regarded as the beginning of the Civil War.

Question 36

Civil War (8)

Answer 36

A war between the Confederacy and the Union over the expansion of slavery, and eventually, the abolition of slavery. A very bloody war with over 750k deaths.

Question 37

Emancipation Proclamation (8)

Answer 37

Made by Lincoln on September 22, 1862: on January 1st, 1863, all slaves in the Confederacy would be freed (legally). Very controversial.

Question 38

Internal Revenue Bureau (8)

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An organization in the Union that taxed people. Allowed the Union to raise enough funds to win the war. The Confederacy had no comparable organization or taxation system, meaning it lacked necessary funds.

Question 39

Thirteenth Amendment (8)

Answer 39

December 6th, 1865. All slaves became free in the United States. Came into effect after Lincoln’s death.D