Semester 1 Final

Question 1

Thirteen colonies (Northern- economies and religions)

Answer 1

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island

Eco- industrial

Religion- puritans and Christians

Question 2

Thirteen colonies (Middle- economies and religions)

Answer 2

New York, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania

Econ- alcohol, building

Religion- quakers (reject hierarchy, have a direct line to God, oppose war)

Question 3

Thirteen colonies (Southern- economies and religions)

Answer 3

Virginia, Maryland, NC, SC, Georgia

Econ- agriculture

Religion- Anglican

Question 4

Significance of Jamestown, Maryland and Pennsylvania colonies

Answer 4

Jamestown- first permanent English settlement in Virginia
Maryland- made for persecuted Catholics
Pennsylvania- started by William Penn, had religious freedom

Question 5

Bunker hill

Answer 5

Brits charged Breed’s Hill 3 Times before taking it but lost a lot of men while we retreated with little casualties (gave us hope that we could beat brits)

Question 6

Saratoga

Answer 6

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Question 7

Yorktown

Answer 7

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Question 8

Lex and concord

Answer 8

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Question 9

Judicial review

Answer 9

Judicial branch can deem actions by exec and legis branches unconstitutional

Question 10

Marbury v Madison

Answer 10

Marb wanted mad to give him commission but court didn’t have right to make president do that

Question 11

3 causes of war of 1812

Answer 11

Brit impressing our sailors, blocking our east coast and checking ships, and supplying Indians with weapons to fight us with

Question 12

Jacksonian democracy

Answer 12

Spoil system- if u help somebody get elected they get u a job under them

Question 13

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 13

Eu nations cant try to colonize free independen, free states in north or South America

Question 14

Missouri Compromise

Answer 14

Missouri enters as slave state but Maine enters at free and slavery banned in all states above the 36th parallel

Question 15

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

Answer 15

Border @ rio grande and we get Mexico’s northern territories for 15 million dollars

Question 16

Free enterprise

Answer 16

Private businesses not under control of the state

Question 17

Strikes (scabs)

Answer 17

Scabs- workers hired to replace those on strike

Question 18

Redeemers

Answer 18

White supremesists who wanted the civil war to go on so they kept their ways even after the war (hated blacks and other groups)

Question 19

Carpetbaggers

Answer 19

White northerners who went south for own personal gain

Question 20

Scalawag

Answer 20

Those who supported the northerners and the Republican Party

Question 21

5 major battles of civil war

Answer 21

Sumter- General bouregard shelled Sumter for almost 2 days until the fort surrendered (not a single casualty)
Bull run- stonewall Jackson got nickname, union tries to take Richmond va but met by 30000 confer soldiers and defeated
Antietam- lee tries to invade north but lost order found that his troops were spread out and they all met at Antietam (bloodiest battle)
Vicksburg- second part of anaconda plan (capture confederate strongholds on miss river, captured city of Vicksburg
Gettysburg- lee tries to invade north again but stopped, can’t get thru Meade’s strong fishook position

Question 22

Dawes act

Answer 22

Broke up reservations (160 acres to each head of household and 80 to each unmarried adult)

Question 23

3 plains wars battles

Answer 23

Sand creek- innocent Cheyenne killed at sand creek reservation
Wounded knee- Sioux rounded up @ wounded knee creek and shot accidentally fired by Indian so our soldiers massacred them
Little Bighorn- aka clusters last stand, Sioux outflanked and crushed clusters troops

Question 24

Ghost dance

Answer 24

Natives though it would bring back their original ways of life

Question 25

Great awakening

Answer 25

Created more religious and political freedom