Unit 2 quiz questions Flashcards
In 1778, what did George Rogers Clark do?
He scored major victories on the frontier for the patriots.
What action did Washington take in 1777 to control the smallpox outbreaks affecting his troops?
Mass inoculation
True or False: John Adams was very sympathetic to his wife’s plea to “remember the women” when forming a new government.
False
True or False: After the Battle of Saratoga, Parliament offered to grant all of the demands the colonies had made before declaring independence.
True
What was an outcome of the Battle of Saratoga?
The decisive American victory helped convince France to ally with the patriots.
True or False: Since American nationalism did not yet exist, the celebration of Independence Day would not begin until over a century after the revolutionary war.
False
The Revolution seemed on the verge of collapse by December of 1776. What political figure’s words emboldened the Continental Congress and patriots in general, including the famous lines “These are the times that try mens souls”?
Thomas Paine in The American crisis
True or False: During the Revolution, the British army freed more slaves than did the colonists.
True
True or False: Most native American nations allied themselves with the patriots during the Revolutionary War.
False
True or False: Following the Revolutionary War, property qualifications for voting were raised in most states.
False
True or False: Benjamin Franklin was one of the commissioners who negotiated the terms of the Treaty of Paris.
True
Who was a wealthy and idealistic Frenchman who fought with the Americans and became Washingtons most trusted aide?
The Marquis de Lafayette
Under the government of the Articles of Confederation,
The central government, rather than the states, had control over foreign relations.
True or False: The British gained control of New York city early in the war
True
What was true of the tories(loyalists)
They frustrated the British by their weakness and disorganization
Who entered the war as an ally of the British?
The French
Who made use of hired foreign soldiers during the Revolutionary War?
Britain
What was significant about the Battle of Trenton?
It was a pivotal American victory that restored Washingtons confidence in his soldiers.
True or False: The Americans were aided by an African American unit known as the Ethiopian Regiment
False
True or False: The Americans scored a key southern victory at the battle of kings mountain
True
In the late 1778, the British shifted their military focus to the south because they__
Expected strong tory support there
As a result of the American Revolution, women gained
few new social, political, or economic rights
The greatest single American loss in the war occurred at
Charleston, South Carolina
True or False: The word “slavery” does not appear anywhere in the constitution of 1787
True
True or False: The Northwest Ordinance was based on the goal of treating the western lands similar to the way imperial nations treated colonies
False
What was established by the Land Ordinance of 1785?
The partitioning of land into square townships in what was then called the Northwest Territories of the United States
True or False: The most influential figure in the Confederation government was Robert Morris
True
True or False: George Washington led the Newburgh Conspiracy until he realized it would fail
False
What worried the anti-Federalists?
About the rights of individuals and states.
Much of John Adams presidency revolved around a growing crisis with
France
True or False: The majority of Federalists supported the revolutionaries in france
False
True or False: President George Washingtons response to the Whiskey rebellion drove many Americans to to throw their support behind the Republican Party
True
What was the great Compromise over
representation in the New Congress
At the Constitutional Convention, the New Jersey Plan proposed a legislature
With equal representation for each state
The Constitutional Convention required the Constitution be ratified by
State conventions
Who was the first president inaugurated in Washington D.C
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson believed that a large amount of national debt would
Lead to corruption and rebellion
The twelfth amendment to the Constitution involved
presidential elections
The Know-Nothing party was built on
Nativism
Who invented the mechanical reaper to harvest grain?
McCormic
By 1860, where was the majority of the nations population located
West of the Appalachian mountains
What describes Norwegian immigrants in the mid-19th century?
Many settled in the Upper Midwest, where they established farms and new towns
What years was the first telegraph message transmitted?
1844
19th century developments in transportation in order
Turnpikes, Steamboats, Canals, Railroads
