Week 25 Review Flashcards
Father of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Law that inducted Maine into the Union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state and said no slavery will be allowed in the Lousiana Territory avoe the 36° 30° parallel:
the Missouri Compromise
Event that led to America declaring war with Spain:
explosion of the Maine
Date of the Emancipation Proclamation:
January 1, 1863
Chief frustration of American colonists:
taxation without representation
Movement of many settlers to California in hopes of becoming rich:
the Gold Rush
Government established by the states that seceded from the Union:
Confederacy
First European to reach India by sea:
Vasco da Gama
Columbus Discoverd America in:
1492
Framework for the government of the United States:
the Constitution
Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army:
George Washington
Land purchased by the Dutch man Minuit for about twenty-four dollars’ worth of trinkets:
Manhattan Island
War between France and England in America:
the French and Indian War
Law-enforcing branch:
Executive
R. W. Emerson describes the first battle as:
“the shot heard round the world”
“Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!”
Who said it?
General William Prescott
Volunteer soldiers ready at a moment’s notice:
minutemen
“Don’t give up the ship!”
What was the occasion?
naval battle in War of 1812
King of Portugal who suggested dit was possible to sail around Africa:
Henry the Navigator
Native chief who led war against settlers in the Indiana Territory:
Tecumseh
Date of Boston Tea Party:
1773
Massachusetts Senator known as one of the greatest orators in the history of the U.S.:
Daniel Webster
Land purchased from Mexico in the West for building train routes to California:
the Gadsden Purchase
Inventor of the cotton gin:
Eli Whitney
President of the Confederacy:
Jefferson Davis
Document that established a central government for the United States:
the Articles of Confederation
First Continental Congress:
September 1774
“If I can ever hit that thing, I’ll hit it hard!
Who said it?
Abraham Lincoln
War fought to free American trade and earn the respect of other nations:
War of 1812
The agreement that establihsed a form of government for the pilgrims:
Mayflower Compact
Wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner” while held captive on a British ship:
Francis Scott Key
Head of the law-making branch:
Congresss
Date of the Battle at Fort Sumter:
April 12, 1861
Battle fought after the War of 1812 had ended:
Battle of New Orleans
Wilson’s idea for sustained world peace:
The League of Nations
General at Bunker HIll:
William Prescott
The right of women to vote:
women’s suffrage
“To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.”
George Washington
Location of the first shot fired in the Civil War:
Fort Sumter
Battle that was the turning point for the Revolutionary War:
Saratoga
British general forced to surrender at Yorktown:
Cornwallis
General who fought the Sioux at Big Horn:
George A. Custer
Puritans that left the Anglican Chruch altogether:
Separatists
General who captured Quebec:
James Wolfe
Date of the Declaration of Independence
July 4, 1776
“We have met the enemy and they are ours.”
What was the occasion?
naval battle in the war of 1812
The Viking credited as the first European to visit North America in 1000 A.D.:
Lief Ericson
Separatists that sailed to the new land:
Pilgrims
Name the thirteen original colonies:
- Virginia
- Massachusetts
- New Hampshire
- New York
- Maryland
- Connecticut
- Rhode Island
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- Delaware
- Georgia
Revolt that demonstrated the need for a stronger central government:
Shays’ Rebellion
Who establised the colony?
Sir Walter Raleigh
Final battle of the Revolutionary War:
Yorktown
War that forced Spain to give up all control of Cuba, Puerto Rico,and the Philippines:
Spanish-American War
Date America enters WWI:
1917
The three men who met together to draft the peace treaty after WWI and the countries they represented:
- Woodrow Wilson- United States 2. David Lloyd George- Great Britain 3. Georges Clemenceau- France
American naval officer who did great damage to the British navy during hte Revolutionary War:
John Paul Jones
Name three heroes in the Battle of the Alamo:
Sam Houston, Davy Crockett, William Travis
First English colony in America, which disappeared:
Roanoke
United States national motto and meaning:
E pluribus unum- One out of many
Five causes of the Revolutionary War:
- trade and navigation laws
- stamp act
- Townshend Acts
- Boston Massacre
- the Five Intolerable Acts
First time delegates from all the colonies met to discuss the rights of American colonists:
First Continental Congress
“To the victors belong the spoils.”
Who said it?
Andrew Jackson
First lasting English colony:
Jamestown
Commander-in-chief of the Confederate Army:
Robert E. Lee
Law passed by South Carolina in reaction to Congress’ attempt to place a high tariff on foreign goods:
the Nullification Act
System of secretly transporting slaves to Canada:
the Underground Railroad
Riders sent to warn Charlestownand Lexinton of the coming British army:
Paul Revere and William Dawes
American general at the Battle of New Orleans:
Andrew Jackson
Battles of Lexinton and Concord
April 19, 1775
Document that signified the end of the French and Indian War:
the Treaty of Paris
“I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.”
Patrick Henry
Dates of WWI (The Great War)
1914-1918
