U.S History S1 review

Question 1

Who was George Washington?

Answer 1

George Washington started the 7 years war, selected as the leader of the U.S. army during revolution, and became the 1st president of the U.S. Also founding father

Question 2

Who was Alexander Hamilton?

Answer 2

Founding father and U.S. secretary of treasury during Washington’s presidency. Made the National Bank and national debt.

Question 3

Who was Thomas Jefferson?

Answer 3

Founding father who was selected to write the Declaration of Independence because his english was so good

Question 4

Who was Benjamin Franklin?

Answer 4

Helped draft the Declaration of Independence

Question 5

Who was Andrew Jackson?

Answer 5

7th U.S. president, very controversial president, able to pay off national debt, changed votes to only all white men

Question 6

Who were the quakers?

Answer 6

religious group created in 1640’s Pennsylvania that believed God spoke through the Holy Spirit. they were anti-war (pacifists)

Question 7

Puritans

Answer 7

very popular religious group throughout the 1600’s Massachusetts. believed every human is inherently evil and nature/the forest is evil. believed only a few people had salvation. believed witches were of the devil and accused many of witchcraft.

Question 8

deism

Answer 8

religious idea that God does exist, but doesn’t interact with His creation

Question 9

Great Awakening

Answer 9

religious revival throughout North America

Question 10

Middle Passage

Answer 10

part of Atlantic slave trade which tons of African slaves were sold over to the “New World” to be part of the triangular slave trade

Question 11

Triangular trade

Answer 11

European manufactured goodies were traded for African slaves. then sent to Americas for materials like sugar and cotton

Question 12

Jamestown

Answer 12

first and permanent english settlement in the Americas in 1607

Question 13

John Smith

Answer 13

Took control of Jamestown and imposed work and order on the community

Question 14

John Rolfe

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Developed Jamestown’s first marketable crop and married the daughter of the local Indian chief

Question 15

Salem, Massachusetts

Answer 15

Known for salem witch trials

Question 16

New Amsterdam, New Netherlands

Answer 16

Dutch settlement. New Amsterdam was the capital of the colony of New Netherlands

Question 17

XYZ affair

Answer 17

French agents named “X, Y, and Z” had bribe between American diplomats, lead to Quasi-war

Question 18

Marbury v. Madison

Answer 18

Supreme Court case about last midnight office

Question 19

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 19

Warned the European powers not to mess with the West

Question 20

Cotton gin

Answer 20

Eli Whitney, made cotton production 100x easier, reason slavery became more popular

Question 21

Stephen Long

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known for finding modern day Colorado, found the Great American Desert

Question 22

Zebulon Pike

Answer 22

known for finding Pikes Peak in Colorado

Question 23

Great American Desert

Answer 23

land past the east of the Rocky Mountains, founded by Stephen Long and he said no one would want to live there

Question 24

Ireland

Question 25

irish catholics

Question 26

spoils system

Answer 26

Andrew Jackson fired existing members and got his friends (maybe supporters) to work for him

Question 27

slave codes

Answer 27

limited the rights for slaves in the US

Question 28

domesticity

Answer 28

women stay home and shuttered out of the real world, men out in the real world

Question 29

peculiar institution

Question 30

chivalry

Answer 30

described the honor and culture of South US during slavery. white men had to be looked good and respected very well

Question 31

Task vs. Gang system (House vs. Field slave)

Answer 31

task slaves - slaves have daily chores, once all done, free for the day
gang slaves - slaves work all day, supervised by an overseer

Question 32

Tobacco

Answer 32

Used to be very popular crop until cotton takes it over. It stopped cause it exhausted soil too fast and is not good for anyone lol

Question 33

rice

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crop that broke peoples back and took too long

Question 34

cotton

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king of crops in 1800’s thanks to cotton gin

Question 35

Henry David Thoreau

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Goes to jail for not paying toll tax. writes “civil disobedience” and stays at walden pond for 2 years

Question 36

Nature

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written by Ralph Waldo Emerson talks good about nature

Question 37

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Former well known lecturer and preacher that preached for 9 hours in the woods and drew large crowds. also wrote “self-reliance”

Question 38

Joseph Smith

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Founder of Mormonism, author of “Book of Mormons” and leads to creation of “Church of Jesus Christ Latter day saints”

Question 39

Brigham Young

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Successor after death of Joseph Smith, leads Mormons to Utah

Question 40

William Lloyd Garrison

Answer 40

writes “The Liberator”
in liberator it talks about how blacks should be focused on and not on whites

Question 41

Fredrick Douglas

Answer 41

runaway slave that becomes super influential and very popular public speaker

Question 42

Nat Turner

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starts rebellion and kills a ton of whites in South. later killed

Question 43

Transcendentalism

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people are inherently good but corrupted by society. people should strive for independence and self-reliance

Question 44

South Carolina

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Mr. Augustin - “state that started the civil war”

Question 45

nullification

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states don’t follow the federal government

Question 46

VP Calhoun

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VP for President Jackson, accused of treason and pro-nullification

Question 47

Roger Taney

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appointed as secretary of treasury and withdrew money from the U.S. bank, leads to U.S. becoming broke

Question 48

Hard Money vs. Soft money

Answer 48

Hard money - money that is backed by gold and silver and has “real” meaning
Soft money - money that isn’t backed by gold and silver, has meaning because people say it does and government prints it