Review Flashcards
Who led the advance party to check the accuracy of stories of gold and riches in cibola
Fray Marcos De Niza
How did Estevancio die
Killed by angry Zuni warriors
Who conquered the Aztecs?
Hernan CorteS
The Turk tells Coronado about Quivira
East and Filled with Riches
How did Coronado’s party address issues of getting lost in the plains
They Leave Signs behind
The American revolutionaries feared strong national government
British Tyranny
When were the articles of confederation finally ratified and approved by the states
1781
What kind of relationship did the articles of confederation create between the states?
LEAUGE OF FRIENDSHIP
Why did the members of the constitutional convention decide to scrap the articles of the confederation?
Believed it could not be fixed
Who was famous for taking notes at the constitutional convention?
James Madison
The stipulations anti-federalist demanded before approving the constitution
Bill Of Rights
What was the financial situation in the US when Alexander Hamilton became secretary of the treasury?
They owed money to EUROPE
What was the name of the plan that Alexander Hamilton formulated to try to fix the national debt?
Public Credit Report
What treaty was established to settle the problem of Florida?
Adam’s Onis Treaty
Which native tribes in Florida sheltered, escapes slaves and intermarried with them
Seminoles & Choctaws
Which US leader pursuit militant native Americans across the Florida border
Andrew Jackson
Who attempted to amend the state hood bill for Missouri in the House of Representatives to admit it as a free state
James Talmage
What did the Missouri compromise do?
Created a boundary 36-30 where north is slave free and south isn’t
What event led to the battle of San Jacinto?
battle of the Alamo
What is manifest destiny?
A belief that American colonist have a right to occupy land from east coast to west
The implications of Lincoln’s assassination for reconstruction
Cuts his goals short
The causes attributed with setting off the Civil War
Sectionalism, slavery, regional differences, bleeding Kansas, and election of Lincoln
What did Coronado found in Cibola?
Mud, stone and angry ppl
How many amendments are part of the Bill of Rights and what are they?
10
1- freedom of speech,press,religion,assembly and petition
2- right to bear arms
3- prohibit quartering of troops
4- prevents unreasonable search and seizures
5- prevents self incrimination
6- speedy & fair trial
7- jury trial
8- no cruel and unusual punishment
9- Rights to people
10- rights to the states
Why were expansionists upset with the Adam’s onis treaty?
Wanted all of Texas
Where did General Robert E Lee surrendered to Ulysses S Grant
Appomattox court House
What are the reconstruction amendments and what do they guarantee?
13- abolish slavery
14- gives slaves citizenship and equal protection
15- the right to vote
What amendment overturned the Dred Scott ruling
14th Amendment
What was the northwest passage?
A passage believed to pass through the east and west coast consists of water
What treaty ended the Mexican-American war?
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
One myth about native Americans we discussed in class
The thanksgiving myth and how they thought the native Americans thought the people they have made a pact with where fighting so they went to help and ended up having a feast instead and that there savages
Who is Florence Nightingale?
Civil War nurse founder of modern medicine
Who is Frederick Douglass?
Former slave becomes a author speaker and orator is the most photographed
What is the primary cash crop in the southern colonies during the colonial period
Tobacco
Which battle during the Civil War gave Lincoln justification to issue the emancipation proclamation
Battle Of Antietam
