Lesson 1 Multiple Choice Flashcards
By the 1500’s, the Spanish had established colonies in ______, _____, and ________
Mexico, Central America, and South America
In 1215, King John was forced to sign a document limiting the king’s powers, called the
Magna Carta
England’s economic relationship with its colonies was based on a theory called
mercantilism
The American colonists explained their reasons for revolution in the
Declaration of Independence
The Articles of Confederation were weak because they
did not provide for a judicial branch
The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 involved the United States and
France
In 1836, Texas won a war for independence from
Mexico
The change in the way Americans made, bought, and sold goods is known as the
Market Revolution
The temperance movement of the early 1800’s was often led by
women reformers
Nativism was a movement to ensure that Americans would receive better treatment than
immigrants
When the Confederate army fired on the federal fort at Sumter, South Carolina, they had committed an
act of rebellion
Irish, German, and Asian immigrants faced ________ and ______ from Nativists
discrimination, cruel treatment
Western expansion by settlers needing more land for farms and plantations often resulted in
displacement of Native Americans
Revivals among protestant Christians in America during the 1800’s was known as the ___________, wherein people
Second Great Awakening, tired to renew their religious faith and the faith of others
In 1803, President Jefferson sent James Monroe to Paris to try to negotiate the purchase of _________, in order to
New Orleans, provide a port for western farmers
