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Test 6 Chapters 1-13, Semester Exam Flashcards

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1
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What did the colonists call the Seven Years’ War?

A

French and Indian War

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2
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Which was not a type of colonial government?

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democratic

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3
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What trailblazer claimed the Bible and a rifle as his ‘‘two best friends’’?

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Jedediah Smith

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4
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Who is known as ‘‘the Father of Texas’’?

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Stephen Austin

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5
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What land purchase doubled the size of America?

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Louisiana Purchase

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6
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What was the largest wagon train ever to go west?

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Great Migration

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7
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Who explored much of Mexico and conquered the powerful Aztec empire?

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Hernando Cortes

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8
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Why was the Ole’ Deluder Satan Act passed in Massachusetts?

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to make sure that children learned to read the Bible

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9
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In what city did wagon trains heading West usually start?

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Independence, Missouri

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10
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What Indian tribe endured much suffering on the ‘‘Trail of Tears’’?

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Cherokee

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11
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Which was the first permanent English colony founded in the New World?

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Jamestown

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12
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What colony did the Pilgrims establish?

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Plymouth

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13
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Who is known as the ‘‘Pathfinder of the Seas’’ because of his work with oceanography?

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Matthew Maury

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14
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Why was America named after Amerigo Vespucci?

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He was the first to realize that a new continent had been found

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15
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Who was the commanding officer of the Americans at the Alamo?

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Colonel William Travis

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16
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What 18-minute battle won Texan independence from Mexico?

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Battle of San Jacinto

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17
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Who was elected to be the first President of the Republic of Texas?

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Sam Houston

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18
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What colony did John Winthrop describe as ‘‘a city upon a hill’’?

A

Massachusetts Bay

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19
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What battle involved the first major amphibious landing of American forces?

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Veracruz

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20
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What is Peter Cartwright best remembered as?

A

circuit-riding preacher

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21
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Who founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church?

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Richard Allen

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22
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Why did most Americans move West?

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to seek new land and better opportunity for their families

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23
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Why did the Cayuse Indians kill Marcus Whitman?

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They thought he was allowing their children to die.

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24
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How did Independence Rock receive its name?

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Wagon trains usually reached it in July.

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25
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Which of the following men became a missionary to Japan?

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Jonathan Goble

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26
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promoted transcendentalism

A

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I found Waldo!

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27
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wrote History of Plymouth Plantation

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William Bradford

28
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said ‘‘Give me liberty, or give me death!’’

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Patrick Henry

29
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wrote Moby Dick

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Herman Melville

30
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explored Kentucky

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Daniel Boone

31
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wrote the Blue-Backed Speller

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Noah Webster

32
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published Poor Richard’s Almanac

A

Ben Franklin

33
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said ‘‘Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.’’

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Daniel Webster

34
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wrote Huckleberry Finn

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Samuel Clemens

35
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declared himself dictator of Mexico

A

Santa Anna

36
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opened Japan up to trade

A

Matthew Perry

37
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'’Father of the Santa Fe Trail’’

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William Becknell

38
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'’Old Rough and Ready’’

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Zachary Taylor

39
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discovered Hawaii

A

James Cook

40
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'’Father of Western African Missions’’

A

Lott Carey

41
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James Fenimore Cooper is famous for writing the ___ Tales.

A

Leatherstocking

42
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The pioneer wagons heading West were known as ___.

A

prairie schooners

43
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The __ Treaty opened up Japan to missionary activity.

A

Townshend Harris

44
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John McLoughlin was given the title ‘‘Father of ___’’

A

Oregon

45
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John Deere invented the ____

A

steel plow

46
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William McGuffey is best known for his ___ textbooks.

A

reading

47
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Cyrus McCormick invented the ____

A

mechanical reaper

48
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What vehicle did Johnathan Goble invent to transport his ill wife?

A

rickshaw

49
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What state is called the ‘‘Lone Star Republic’’?

A

Texas

50
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In which battle did Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett die?

A

Alamo

51
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What was the name of the great revival that swept America in the 1700s?

A

Great Awakening

52
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Who nailed his Ninety-five Theses to the church door in Wittenberg, Germany, sparking the Protestant Reformation?

A

Martin Luther

53
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What famous poem did Francis Scott Key write?

A

'’The Star-Spangled Banner’’

54
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From what country did America purchase the Louisiana Territory?

A

France

55
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The __ king and queen, Ferdinand and Isabella, sponsored Columbus’s expedition.

A

Spanish

56
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________ was the first modern European explorer to set foot on the mainland of North America.

A

John Cabot

57
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The colony of ______ was founded as a refuge for debtor prisoners to work and pay off their debts.

A

Georgia

58
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The idea that the colonies existed solely for the good of their Mother Country was called ________

A

mercantilism

59
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The ______ Act required colonists to furnish British soldiers with certain supplies and living quarters.

A

Quartering

60
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Lord North repealed all of the Townshend Acts except the ____

A

tea tax

61
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The formal ceremony in which a President is officially placed in office is called ____

A

inauguration

62
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The most widely used textbook in colonial America was the ________

A

New England Primer

63
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______ was nicknamed ‘‘Old Tippecanoe’’

A

William Henry Harrison

64
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________ made further improvements on the power loom.

A

Francis Cabot Lowell

65
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Identify each location numbered on the maps of the Western Hemisphere and the United States.

A

Baffin Bay, Victoria Island, Rocky Mountains, Greenland, Mississippi River, Andes Mountains, Amazon River, Caribbean Sea, Hudson Bay, Gulf of Mexico, Rio Grande, Lake Superior, Florida, Great Salt Lake, Colorado River, Mount Mitchell, Missouri River, Mount Whitney, Death Valley, Appalachian Mountains.

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