Midterm Study Guide Terms Flashcards

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Spanish conquistadores

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Reasons for English colonization

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Jamestown Experience

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1st Anglo-Powhatan War

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2nd Anglo-Powhatan War

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Mayflower Compact

Ch.3

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Pilgrims signed it - democracy.

*1st form of self-government in New England

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Fundamental Orders

AMSCO - p. 27

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Fundamental Orders of CT - 1639

  • Drawn up by Hartford settlers- 1st written Constitution in American history
  • Established a representative government.
  • Legislature: Popular vote.
  • Governor: Chosen by legislature.
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Dominion of New England

AMSCO - p. 33

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1686 - King James II combined NY, NJ, and others into single unit- Dominion of New England. Increase royal control, do away w/ colonial representative assemblies.

  • Sir Edmund Andros made governor
  • -Taxes, restricted town meetings, revoked land titles
  • 1688 Glorious Revolution: James II dethroned, William & Mary put in. Dominion fell too.
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Headright System

AMSCO - p. 25

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VA offered 50 acres of land to:

(a) Each immigrant who paid for his own passage
(b) Any plantation owner who paid for an immigrant’s passage

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Bacon’s Rebellion

Ch. 4
AMSCO - p. 25

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  • 1676
  • Nathaniel Bacon riled up frontier farmers and they rebelled against the government
  • Showed class differences
  • Showed resent against government
  • Bacon died of dysentery and Governor Berkeley crushed the remnants of the rebellion
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Salem Witchcraft Trials

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Molasses Act

Ch. 5

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  • 1733
  • Tax on West Indies molasses
  • Would’ve greatly harmed Triangle Trade
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1st Great Awakening

Ch. 5

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  • 1730s-1740s
  • “New” lights - emotion into religion
  • New universities/colleges (Princeton) to train ministers
  • John Edwards, George Whitefield
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2nd Great Awakening

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French & Indian War

Ch. 6

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Proclamation of 1763

Ch. 6

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Didn’t allow colonists to go west past Appalachian Mountains because king didn’t want to anger Indians. Completely pissed off colonists; they didn’t listen.
“Didn’t we just fight a war to win this land?!”

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Mercantilism

AMSCO - p. 32

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  • Country’s military & political power + influence based on trade, colonies, & the accumulation of wealth (Au & Ag)
  • Country regulate trade & production to enable it to become self-sufficient.
  • Colonies only purpose: give raw materials to parent country
  • Prompted Navigation Acts (1650-1673)
  • -Goods carried only by colonial/English ships, worked by colonial/English crews
  • -Goods except perishables could only pass thru English ports
  • -Specified (“enumerated”) goods from colonies could only be exported to England. Tobacco originally, then expanded
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Pre-Revolutionary War Acts

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1st Continental Congress

Ch. 7

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  • Met in Philadelphia from September to October of 1774.
  • 12/13 colonies were present (Georgia absent).
  • Congress did not desire independence, but did (a) draw up a list of grievances (which were ignored by London) and (b) wrote a Declaration of Rights.
  • Plans were made to convene again in 1775 if the situation didn’t change.
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2nd Continental Congress

Ch. 8

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  • Met in May 1775 in Philadelphia to address the worsening situation.
  • No vote (yet) for independence.
  • -Stay with the king (with some changes). *Pursued peace & prepared for war.
  • Re-send a 2nd list of grievances to the king.
  • Took measures to raise money for an army and navy.
  • Appointed George Washington as general of the continental army.
  • -Washington had never been promoted higher than a colonel, but he looked the part and would instill confidence and boost morale.
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Olive Branch Petition

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Articles of Confederation

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*No power to tax nor exercise authority

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Shay’s Rebellion

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Constitutional Convention

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The 1st Presidential Cabinet

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John Marshall

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Macon’s Bill No. 2

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War of 1812

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Embargo Act

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Battle of New Orleans

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Tariff of 1816

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Monroe Doctrine

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Nullification Crisis

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Spoils System

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Cotton Gin

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Wage-Incentive System

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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Wilmot Proviso

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Treaty of Guadalupe-Hildago

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Harriet Tubman

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Compromise of 1850

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“Bleeding Kansas”

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Dred Scott

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John Brown

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45
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The Confederacy

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Civil War Battles

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Emancipation Proclamation

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Black Codes

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Reconstruction Plans (all 3)

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13th Amendment

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Freed blacks

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14th Amendment

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Gave blacks civil rights

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15th Amendment

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16th Amendment

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Graduated income tax

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17th Amendment

Ch. 28

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  • 1913

* Direct election of U.S. Senators by the people

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18th Amendment

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Banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol

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Compromise of 1877

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Pendleton Act

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58
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Credit Mobilier Scandal

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59
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Interstate Commerce Commission

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60
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Labor Unions

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61
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Homestead Act

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Farmer’s Alliance

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63
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Pullman Strike

Ch. 26

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The Pullman Strike in Chicago, led by Eugene Debs, was more dramatic.

  • Debs helped organize the workers of the Pullman Palace Car Company.
  • The company was hit hard by the depression and cut wages by about 1/3.
  • Workers went on strike, sometimes violently.
  • U.S. Attorney General Richard Olney called in federal troops to break up the strike. His rationale: the strike was interfering with the transit of U.S. mail.
  • Debs went to prison for 6 months and turned into the leading Socialist in America.
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Dawes Act

Ch. 26

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  • 1887

* Overall goal was to erase tribes and set the Indians on the road to “becoming white

65
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Hawaii

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66
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The Maine

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67
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Imperialists

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Anti-Imperialists

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69
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Boxer Rebellion

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70
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Panama Canal

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William Howard Taft

Ch. 28

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  • 1908 winner v. William Jennings Bryan
  • Dollar Diplomacy
  • -Americans invest in foreign countries to gain power
  • Busted more trusts than TR
  • Fired Pinchot
  • Signed Payne-Aldrich Bill, which increased tariff & angered people
  • -Split Republicans, old wanted high tariff, new/Progressive wanted low tariff
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Settlement House

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73
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New Freedom

Ch. 29

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  • Wilson
  • Made up of liberal and progressive policies
  • Supported small businesses; wanted to bust all trusts
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New Nationalism

Ch. 29

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*Roosevelt
*Keep good trusts, bust bad ones
*Female suffrage & other social programs
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