unit 1

Question 1

officially ended the War of 1812

Answer 1

treaty of ghent

Question 2

set a geographical boundary for the expansion of slavery

Answer 2

missouri compromise

Question 3

warned against future European colonization in the Western Hemisphere

Answer 3

monroe doctrine

Question 4

In ____, New Hampshire separated from Massachusetts.

Answer 4

1679

Question 5

____ is the crop that led to English success at Jamestown.

Answer 5

Tobacco

Question 6

articles in support of the Constitution

Answer 6

fed papers

Question 7

first ten amendments to the Constitution

Answer 7

bill of rights

Question 8

name for second English civil war

Answer 8

glorious revolution

Question 9

also called Seven Years’ War

Answer 9

french and indian war

Question 10

religious revival in the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s

Answer 10

great awekening

Question 11

In ____, the Lincoln-Douglas debates became important to the election of 1860.

Answer 11

1858

Question 12

What was the result of the Supreme Court decision for Dred Scott v. Sanford?

Answer 12

It ruled against Dred Scott and set aside the Missouri Compromise and popular sovereignty.

Question 13

Jacques Cartier explored North America trying to find the ____.

Answer 13

Northwest Passage

Question 14

Why was the Mayflower Compact important?

Answer 14

The Mayflower Compact contained ideas that became important in other founding documents.

Question 15

Columbus discovered lands in the Western Hemisphere in ____.

Answer 15

1492

Question 16

What was the name of the influential abolitionist book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe?

Answer 16

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Question 17

In what year did Virginia establish the House of Burgesses?

Answer 17

1619

Question 18

Missouri Compromise

Answer 18

1820

Question 19

Transcontinental Treaty

Answer 19

1819

Question 20

What was the context and meaning of the statement “No taxation without representation?”

Answer 20

The colonies were being taxed by Parliament but had no direct representation in Parliament.

Question 21

The author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin was ___.

Answer 21

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Question 22

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by ____.

Answer 22

John Wilkes Booth