U.S. History

Question 1

Where was the 1st English attempt to establish a colony in North America?

Answer 1

Roanoke, NC

Question 2

What religious group is associated with the founding of Pennsylvania?

Answer 2

The Quakers

Question 3

Who were the Separatists?

Answer 3

They wanted to separate from the church

Question 4

Who were the Puritans?

Answer 4

They wanted to purify the church

Question 5

What country posed the only serious threat to the control of North America?

Answer 5

France

Question 6

What is the Mason-Dixon line?

Answer 6

The border between Maryland and Pennsylvania

Question 7

What four questions did the Enlightenment raise?

Answer 7

-Role of God
-Role of man
-Role of kings
-Role of religion

Question 8

What is the Great awakening?

Answer 8

A religious movement in the American Colonies

Question 9

What is the Proclamation of 1763?

Answer 9

The king said that colonists couldn’t settle west of the Appalachian Mountains

Question 10

What is Deism?

Answer 10

The belief that God created the world but then stepped back and is no longer involved

Question 11

What colony was intended to be a haven for persecuted Catholics?

Answer 11

Maryland

Question 12

How was the Revolutionary war like a civil war?

Answer 12

It created deep divisions in families and communities and it was fought on home soil

Question 13

How long is the term for a U.S. Senator?

Answer 13

6 years

Question 14

What is the process for how a bill becomes a law?

Answer 14

1. A committee writes the bill
2. It goes to the floor of a house (Senate or HOR)
3. It passes to the other house, and they have to agree on the same exact bill
4. It goes to the president, who can sign, veto, pocket veto (do nothing), or return it to Congress

Question 15

What are the two chambers (or houses) of Congress?

Answer 15

The Senate and the House of Representatives

Question 16

What are the three branches of the Federal Government?

Answer 16

Legislative, Executive, and Judicial

Question 17

What are the issues facing the new U.S. after the Revolutionary War?

Answer 17

-Debt
-Foreign relations & Native Americans
-No security
-Nothing to handle crime

Question 18

What year did Washington first take the presidential oath of office?

Answer 18

1789

Question 19

What city was the first capital?

Answer 19

New York City

Question 20

Name the three executive departments

Answer 20

War, state, treasury

Question 21

What were the Alien and Sedition Acts, and what was Madison and Jefferson’s response to them?

Answer 21

-They were laws that restricted immigrant rights and limited freedom of speech to criticize the gov’t
-Madison and Jefferson passed resolutions that counteracted the Acts

Question 22

How did the U.S. respond to the French Revolution?

Answer 22

-The people supported it at first but got concerned when things grew violent.
-The U.S. remained neutral during the French Revolutionary war

Question 23

What land did the U.S. purchase in 1803?

Answer 23

The Louisiana Purchase

Question 24

Who led the Corps of Discovery to explore the land?

Answer 24

Lewis and Clark

Question 25

What Native American was instrumental in helping the Corps?

Answer 25

Sacajawea

Question 26

What were the results of the War of 1812?

Answer 26

The U.S. got national pride and recognition

Question 27

List some ways transportation became better during this time

Answer 27

-Steamboats -Canals -Railroads -Better roads

Question 28

Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner?

Answer 28

Francis Scott Key

Question 29

In general terms, what does the Monroe Doctrine say?

Answer 29

-The U.S. won't get involved with European affairs -Europe can't keep messing with/colonizing and pillaging the Western Hemisphere

Question 30

What four agreements did the U.S. make with Britain?

Answer 30

1. No British warships in the Great Lakes 2. The U.S. got fishing rights in Newfoundland and Labrador 3. U.S./Canada border was established at the 49th parallel 4. They jointly occupied the Oregon territory

Question 31

What made Andrew Jackson a national hero?

Answer 31

His victory at the Battle of New Orleans

Question 32

Which part of the country grew most in population in the early 1800s?

Answer 32

The West

Question 33

Explain the terms of the Missouri Compromise

Answer 33

-Missouri would be a slave state -Maine would be free -No state above Missouri's bottom border could be a slave state

Question 34

What is the approximate number of people that attended the Camp meeting in Cane Ridge, Kentucky that spurred the 2nd Great Awakening?

Answer 34

At least 10,000

Question 35

What agreement was reached with Spain regarding Florida?

Answer 35

We signed a treaty with Spain and took over Florida because Spain couldn't govern Florida anymore

Question 36

What is the Indian removal act?

Answer 36

White americans removed the Cherokee and many other tribes from their native land

Question 37

Name two ways the Cherokee resisted the Indian Removal act

Answer 37

-They tried to form a government and write a constitution like the U.S. -They argued their case in the Supreme Court

Question 38

What was the name the Cherokee gave to the walk?

Answer 38

The Trail of Tears

Question 39

How was Texas becoming a state an issue?

Answer 39

Because it would upset the balance of Slave and free states

Question 40

Who is Sequoyah and what did he do?

Answer 40

He was a Cherokee who developed a language for his tribe

Question 41

Why did few Irish immigrants move to the South?

Answer 41

Because they didn't want to farm and couldn't compete with slave labor anyway

Question 42

Why did so many Irish come to America?

Answer 42

They resented British rule, and there was famine and hardships

Question 43

Where did many Scandinavian immigrants move?

Answer 43

The Midwest

Question 44

What were some popular social causes during this period?

Answer 44

Outlawing duels, reform of prisons and mental institutions, abolition of slavery

Question 45

How did the American population shift in the first half of the 1800s?

Answer 45

People moved North and West

Question 46

How did manufacturing help agriculture?

Answer 46

It sped up growth and harvesting processes

Question 47

How did cotton growing spread and what was the effect of that spread?

Answer 47

It spread to the Southern states and was in high demand, resulting in large profits

Question 48

What was the Compromise of 1850?

Answer 48

-Admitted California as a free state -Utah and New Mexico could choose to be slave or free -Texas/New Mexico border is established -No slave trading in D.C., but you can still have slaves -Harsher Fugitive Slave Law

Question 49

Who is John Brown and what did he do?

Answer 49

He was an Abolitionist (anti-slavery) who led a raid in 1859 in Harper's Ferry, VA

Question 50

What was the Dred Scott Decision?

Answer 50

Dred Scott tried to be free but was denied, it caused tensions that led to the Civil War

Question 51

Explain sectionalism and how the North and South differ

Answer 51

A devotion to one particular region North: wants high taxes on foreign goods and an end to slavery South: wants lower taxes on foreign goods and to keep slavery

Question 52

What event in 1848 in California heightened the debate over slavery?

Answer 52

The Gold rush

Question 53

What is popular sovereignty?

Answer 53

The belief that states should choose to be slave or free for themselves

Question 54

What is Bleeding Kansas and why did that happen?

Answer 54

A war between pro-slavery and anti-slavery people over whether Kansas should be slave or free

Question 55

What fraction of Southern families owned slaves?

Answer 55

1/4

Question 56

What are the dates of the Civil war?

Answer 56

April 12, 1861 - April 9, 1865

Question 57

Capital of the Union

Answer 57

Washington, D.C.

Question 58

Capital of the Confederacy

Answer 58

Richmond, VA

Question 59

Bloodiest day in American history

Answer 59

Antietam-- 22,717 casualties

Question 60

Who takes control of the newly formed army in Northern Virginia?

Answer 60

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 61

Who founded the American Red Cross?

Answer 61

Clara Barton

Question 62

Who led the "March to the Sea?"

Answer 62

William Sherman

Question 63

What battle had the most casualties?

Answer 63

Gettysburg in Pennsylvania

Question 64

Where did Lee surrender to Grant?

Answer 64

At Appomattox

Question 65

After the Emancipation Proclamation, how many slaves and Black men join the Union Army?

Answer 65

200,000

Question 66

The first battle of the Civil war

Answer 66

Battle of Bull Run, April 12, 1861

Question 67

Who was the first president to be impeached?

Answer 67

Andrew Johnson

Question 68

Who were the Scalawags?

Answer 68

Southerners who cooperated with Republicans

Question 69

Who were the Carpetbaggers?

Answer 69

Northerners who moved South to take advantage of political opportunities

Question 70

How did the Freedman's Bureau help slaves?

Answer 70

It provided basic necessities and helped slaves transition to freedom

Question 71

What is the Homestead act of 1862?

Answer 71

It allowed people to settle the western territories and get free land if they lived there for five years

Question 72

What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?

Answer 72

13- Abolished slavery 14- granted everyone citizenship 15- No one can be denied the right to vote

Question 73

How many Black Congressmen were elected during Reconstruction?

Answer 73

-16 served in Congress -Over 600 served in state legislature and local offices

Question 74

What did we do with Confederate debt?

Answer 74

We cancelled it and said it didn't count