The American Yawp Ch.7

Question 1

Slave revolt that failed when Gabriel Prosser, a slave preacher and blacksmith, organized a thousand slaves for an attack on Richmond, Virginia, in 1800.

Answer 1

Gabriel’s Rebellion

Question 2

A period of brutal conflict in the French colony of Saint-Domingue led by Toussaint L’Ouverture from 1794 to 1804. It lead to the elimination of slavery and the establishment of Haiti as the first republic ruled by people of African ancestry.

Answer 2

Haitian Revolt

Question 3

1792 he suffered from a skin condition which turned his skin white–> white people saw him as living proof of their theory that the Black color comes from leprosy and something “cured” him

Answer 3

Henry Moss

Question 4

Written by Thomas Jefferson and published in 1785; a comparison of the races that claimed blacks lacked, partly due to natural incapacity and partly because the bitter experience of slavery had rendered them disloyal to the nation.

Answer 4

Notes on the State of Virginia

Question 5

Author of the Declaration of Independence, 3rd president of the United States

Answer 5

Thomas Jefferson

Question 6

The idea that American women had a special responsibility to cultivate “civic virtue” in their children

Answer 6

Republican Motherhood

Question 7

The purchase of French land between the Mississippi river and the Rocky Mountains that doubled the size of the US

Answer 7

Louisiana Purchase

Question 8

He was the U.S. Minister to France from 1801 to 1804. He negotiated the purchase of the Louisiana Territory.

Answer 8

Robert Livingston

Question 9

US warship, the British thought that the ship might be carrying deserters of the British navy so they fired cannons at the sloop, killing 3 Americans and wounding others. 4 deserters were found on the ship and one was hanged.

Answer 9

USS Chesapeake

Question 10

Act passed by congress in 1807 prohibiting American ships from leaving for any foreign port

Answer 10

Embargo Act of 1807

Question 11

Jefferson’s slave with whom he had an affair of sorts after the death of his wife; had 5 children with the woman; also– she was considered black although she was 7/8 white

Answer 11

Sally Hemmings

Question 12

This man was used by Jefferson to produce scurrilous papers and pamphlets about the Federalists, especially Adams

Answer 12

James Callender

Question 13

a famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813)

Answer 13

Tecumseh

Question 14

the Prophet; inspired a religious revival that spread through many tribes and united them; killed by Harrison at battle of Tippecanoe

Answer 14

Tenskwatawa

Question 15

A Native American religious prophet who, by preaching pan-Indian unity and rejection of European technology and commerce, helped inspire Pontiac’s Rebellion.

Answer 15

Neolin

Question 16

The war between the Confederacy of Indians and White settlers(1785-1795); also known as the Ohio War

Answer 16

Northwest Indian War

Question 17

The U.S. Army defeated the Native Americans under Shawnee Chief Blue Jacket and ended Native American hopes of keeping their land that lay north of the Ohio River

Answer 17

Battle of Fallen Timbers

Question 18

Creek natives who allied with Tecumseh (and therefore the British) in the War of 1812 to try to protect their land. Lost at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend against Andrew Jackson

Answer 18

Red Stick Creeks

Question 19

The seventh President of the United States (1829-1837), who as a general in the War of 1812 defeated the British at New Orleans (1815). As president he opposed the Bank of America, objected to the right of individual states to nullify disagreeable federal laws, and increased the presidential powers.

Answer 19

Andrew Jackson

Question 20

Battle between Americans and Native Americans. Tecumseh and the Prophet attempted to oppress white settlement in the West, but defeated by William Henry Harrison. Led to talk of Canadian invasion and served as a cause to the War of 1812.

Answer 20

Battle of Tippecanoe

Question 21

“Father of the Constitution,” Federalist leader, and fourth President of the United States.

Answer 21

James Madison

Question 22

A war (1812-1814) between the United States and England which was trying to interfere with American trade with France.

Answer 22

War of 1812

Question 23

British practice of taking American sailors and forcing them into military service

Answer 23

Impressment

Question 24

Southerners and Westerners who were eager for war with Britain. They had a strong sense of nationalism, and they wanted to takeover British land in North America and expand.

Answer 24

War Hawks

Question 25

Captain of Chesapeake who challenged British to fight, was killed -last words “don’t give up the ship”

Answer 25

James Lawrence

Question 26

On Lake Champlain American forces destroyed the British fleet and forced the army to retreat to Canada. our northern border was no longer threatened.

Answer 26

Plattsburgh

Question 27

Baltimore, site of a key battle in the War of 1812, about which the Star Spangled Banner was written

Answer 27

Ft. McHenry

Question 28

United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812. The poem later became the Star Spangled Banner.

Answer 28

Francis Scott Key

Question 29

A battle during the War of 1812 where the British army attempted to take New Orleans. Due to the foolish frontal attack, Jackson defeated them, which gave him an enormous popularity boost.

Answer 29

Battle of New Orleans

Question 30

December 24, 1814 - Ended the War of 1812 and restored the status quo. For the most part, territory captured in the war was returned to the original owner. It also set up a commission to determine the disputed Canada/U.S. border.

Answer 30

Treaty of Ghent

Question 31

Federalists agreed to oppose the war and send delegates to meet with Congress

Answer 31

Hartford Convention

Question 32

(1830s-40s) Leader of the Fugitive Slave Law, which forced the cooperation of Northern states in returning escaped slaves to the south. He also argued on the floor of the senate that slavery was needed in the south. He argued on the grounds that society is supposed to have an upper ruling class that enjoys the profit of a working lower class.

Answer 32

John C. Calhoun

Question 33

an American foreign policy opposing interference in the Western hemisphere from outside powers(1823)

Answer 33

Monroe Doctrine