Week 33 Review Flashcards
1
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Slave who appealed to the Supreme Court for his freedom:
A
Dred Scott
2
Q
“I have a dream…” What was the occasion?
A
a speech in Washington against segregation
3
Q
First astronaut to set foot on the moon:
A
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
4
Q
Columbus Discoverd America in:
A
1492
5
Q
General at Bunker HIll:
A
William Prescott
6
Q
“We have met the enemy and they are ours.”
What was the occasion?
A
naval battle in the war of 1812
7
Q
Head of the law-making branch:
A
Congresss
8
Q
Event that led to America declaring war with Spain:
A
explosion of the Maine
9
Q
General who captured Quebec:
A
James Wolfe
10
Q
Document that signified the end of the War of 1812:
A
Treaty of Ghent
11
Q
Foreign policy that forbade European countries from establishing colonies in North or South America and told them not to meddle in American affairs:
A
the Monroe Doctrine
12
Q
American general who captured Mexico City:
A
Winfield Scott
13
Q
President of Congress that accepted the Declaration:
A
John Hancock
14
Q
Men from the North who took office in the South without having land in the South:
A
carpetbaggers
15
Q
First European to reach India by sea:
A
Vasco da Gama
16
Q
System of secretly transporting slaves to Canada:
A
the Underground Railroad
17
Q
States int he Confederacy:
A
- South Carolina
- Mississippi
- Floria
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Louisiana
- Texas
- Arkansas
- North Carlolina
- Virginia
- Tennessee
18
Q
War between France and England in America:
A
the French and Indian War
19
Q
“I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.”
A
Patrick Henry
20
Q
Borderline seperating Pennsylvania and Maryland:
A
Mason-Dixon Line
21
Q
Two Japanese cities destroyed by the first atomic bombs:
A
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
22
Q
Date of the Second Treaty of Paris:
A
September 3, 1783
23
Q
Former slave who led over 300 slaves to freedom:
A
Harriet Tubman
24
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Date of the Constitution:
A
March 4, 1789
25
Law that forbade colonists from building boats and required all goods to be carried on English ships:
the Navigation Act
26
Dates of WWI (The Great War)
1914-1918
27
"We have met the enemy and they are ours."
Who said it?
Oliver Perry
28
"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
Nathan Hale
29
Event during which Americans dressed as natives and dumped tea in the harbor:
Boston Tea Party
30
The three men who met together to draft the peace treaty after WWI and the countries they represented:
1. Woodrow Wilson- United States 2. David Lloyd George- Great Britain 3. Georges Clemenceau- France
31
British prime minister who refused to give in to Nazi attacks during WWII:
Winston Churchill
32
Event that led America to join WWII:
the bombing of Pearl Harbor
33
Inventor of the cotton gin:
Eli Whitney
34
War that forced Spain to give up all control of Cuba, Puerto Rico,and the Philippines:
Spanish-American War
35
Land purchased by the Dutch man Minuit for about twenty-four dollars' worth of trinkets:
Manhattan Island
36
African American woman arrested for occupying a white man's bus seat:
Rosa Parks
37
Gift France presented to the U.S. during the presidency of Grover Cleveland:
Statue of Liberty
38
First president of the United States:
George Washington
39
Act of President Lincoln that declared all slaves free in the Confederate States:
Emancipation Proclamation
40
Law-making branch:
Legislative
41
President Roosevelt described the attack on Pearl Harbor as:
"a date which will live in infamy"
42
Even that started WWII:
Nazi invasion of Poland
43
Date America enters WWI:
1917
44
Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin:
Harriet Beecher Stowe
45
Date the European Theater of WWII ends (V-E Day):
May 8, 1945
46
Archduke of Austria-Hungary killed by a Serbian revolutionary:
Franz Ferdinand
47
"I have not yet begun to fight."
What was the occasion?
naval battle with British
48
Place where Lee surrendered to Grant:
Appomattox Courthouse
49
"Don't give up the ship!"
What was the occasion?
naval battle in War of 1812
50
Battle during which one hundred fifty Texans fought a Mexican army of four thousand:
Battle of the Alamo
51
President of the Confederacy:
Jefferson Davis
52
Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army:
George Washington
53
Dates of The Cold War
1945-1989
54
Minister who led the Civil Rights Movement through non-violent protest:
Martin Luther King, Jr.
55
Treaty of Ghent
1814
56
Treaty that ended the Mexican war and gave the United States New Mexico and what was called Upper California:
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
57
R. W. Emerson describes the first battle as:
"the shot heard round the world"
58
Land purchased from Mexico in the West for building train routes to California:
the Gadsden Purchase
59
Union general who captured and burned Atlanta:
William T. Sherman
60
Document that signified the end of the French and Indian War:
the Treaty of Paris
61
Protectore of Engalnd who established the Navigation Act:
Oliver Cromwell
62
"To the victors belong the spoils."
What was the occasion?
Andrew Jackson had won the election and given offices to all his friends.
63
First time delegates from all the colonies met to discuss the rights of American colonists:
First Continental Congress
64
American naval officer who did great damage to the British navy during hte Revolutionary War:
John Paul Jones
65
Commander-in-chief of the Confederate Army:
Robert E. Lee
66
The movement of protest in America against the unjust laws of segregation:
Civil Rights Movement
67
Event that bankrupted the American economy, culminating in Black Tuesday:
Stock Market Crash of 1929
68
Englishmen who desired a plainer and purer religion:
Puritans
69
Date the Pacific Theater of WWII ends (V-J Day)
September 2, 1945
70
Puritans that left the Anglican Chruch altogether:
Separatists
71
Date Nazis invaded Poland:
September 1, 1939
72
"Be sure you are right, then go ahead."
Davy Crockett
73
"If I can ever hit that thing, I'll hit it hard!
What was the occasion?
speaking about slavery
74
Law-enforcing branch:
Executive
75
American general who defeated Santa Anna:
Zachary Taylor
76
Bill that inducted California as a free state and allowed the Utah and New Mexico territories to choose whether or not they would be free or slave states:
the Compromise of 1850
77
Date of attack on Pearl Harbor:
December 7, 1941
78
Actor who assassinated President Lincoln:
John Wilkes Booth
79
American general at the Battle of New Orleans:
Andrew Jackson
80
Law passed by South Carolina in reaction to Congress' attempt to place a high tariff on foreign goods:
the Nullification Act
81
King of Portugal who suggested dit was possible to sail around Africa:
Henry the Navigator
82
"I have a dream..." Who said it?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
83
First state to secede from the Union:
South Carolina
84
Separatists that sailed to the new land:
Pilgrims
85
Oldest city in the mainland of the United States:
St. Augustine, Florida
86
Event during Cold War in which the United States and the Soviet Union almost engaged in nuclear war:
the Cuban Missile Crisis
87
Wilson's idea for sustained world peace:
The League of Nations
88
Inventor of the telegraph:
Samuel Morse
89
General who fought the Sioux at Big Horn:
George A. Custer
90
First English colony in America, which disappeared:
Roanoke
91
Governor of the Indiana Territory who defeated the feared Native chief:
William Henry Harrison
92
Native chief who led war against settlers in the Indiana Territory:
Tecumseh
93
Five causes of the Revolutionary War:
1. trade and navigation laws
2. stamp act
3. Townshend Acts
4. Boston Massacre
5. the Five Intolerable Acts
94
War fought against the Soviet Union's attempt to expand their influence south of the 38th parallel:
the Korean War
95
Father of the Constitution:
James Madison
96
Two competing forces in WWII:
Allies: Great Britain (including Canada and India), China, France, Soviet Union (from 1941), United States (from 1941) Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, Soviet Union (until 1941)
97
"Perhaps so; but I shall have the honor of presiding at that dinner."
What was the occasion?
Battle of New Orleans, in response to a boast from a British officer that he was going to eat his Christmas dinner in New Orleans.
98
Two competing forces in WWI:
Allies: Great Britain, France, Russia, China, Greece, Japan, Belgium, Italy (from 1915), and United States (from 1917) Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire
99
President who fought to put America ahead in the "Space Race" and was assassinated while in Texas:
John F. Kennedy
100
Final battle of the Revolutionary War:
Yorktown
101
"I have not yet begun to fight."
Who said it?
John Paul Jones
102
"Don't give up the ship!"
Who said it?
Captain James Lawrence
103
American pioneer who conquered California:
John C. Fremont
104
National Socialist German Workers' Party
Nazi Party (Nazis)
105
Those who opposed slavery:
abolitionists
106
English Sailor who discovered Cape Cod:
John Cabot
107
Movement of many settlers to California in hopes of becoming rich:
the Gold Rush
108
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
109
Date of the Battle at Fort Sumter:
April 12, 1861
110
"Sic semper tyrannis!" What was the occasion?
the assassination of Lincoln
111
Massachusetts Senator known as one of the greatest orators in the history of the U.S.:
Daniel Webster
112
Date of Boston Tea Party:
1773
113
Law-interpreting branch:
Judicial
114
Head of the colony in Jamestown:
Captian John Smith
115
French nobleman who served int he American army:
Marquis de Lafayette
116
War between France and England in Europe:
the Seven Years' War
117
Riders sent to warn Charlestownand Lexinton of the coming British army:
Paul Revere and William Dawes
118
Date of Boston Massacre:
1770
119
Land purchased by Jefferson from Emperor Napoleaon:
Louisiana Purchase
120
United States national motto and meaning:
E pluribus unum- One out of many
121
"Slavery is in all probability the wedge which will split up this union."
John Quincy Adams
122
Axis dictators at the beginning of WWII:
Soviet Union- Joseph Stalin Italy- Benito Mussolini Japan- Emperor Hirohito Germany- Adolf Hitler
123
"Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!"
What was the occasion?
Battle of Bunker HIll
124
War fought over the boundaries between Texas and Mexico:
the Mexican War
125
Event during which Washington surprised and captured the Hessians:
crossing of the Delaware
126
First Continental Congress:
September 1774
127
Government established by the states that seceded from the Union:
Confederacy
128
Financed Columbus's first voyage:
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain
129
"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." Who said it?
Neil Armstrong
130
American scientist in charge of the Manhattan Project:
J. Robert Oppenheimer
131
"Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!"
Who said it?
General William Prescott
132
The original name given to WWI:
The Great War
133
Even in Boston during which British soldiers opened fire on unarmed colonists:
Boston Massacre
134
Date of the Emancipation Proclamation:
January 1, 1863
135
Wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner" while held captive on a British ship:
Francis Scott Key
136
Name three heroes in the Battle of the Alamo:
Sam Houston, Davy Crockett, William Travis
137
The young American patriot who was hanged as a spy by the British:
Nathan Hale
138
Union ironclad that defeated the confederate ironclad:
Monitor
139
Explorer after whom our continent is named:
Amerigo Vespucci
140
Short civil war in Virginia during which Jamestown was seized:
Bacon's Rebellion
141
First battles of the Revolutionary War:
Lexington and Concord
142
Event that demonstrated the end of communist rule in Europe and signified the end of the Cold War:
the fall of the Berlin Wall
143
Dates of the Great Depression:
1929-1941 (or the 1930s)
144
"That man has an ax to grind."
Benjamin Franklin
145
Battle fought after the War of 1812 had ended:
Battle of New Orleans
146
Two bodies of Congress:
House of Representatives and the Senate
147
Revolutionary battle lost by Americans but considered a victory:
Battle of Bunker Hill
148
Longstanding conflict between the spread of communism by the Soviet Union and the sustaining of democracy:
the Cold War
149
Organization of nations created to keep the peace after WWII:
the United Nations (UN)
150
Systematic massacre of European Jews by the Nazis:
the Holocaust
151
The Viking credited as the first European to visit North America in 1000 A.D.:
Lief Ericson
152
Wrote the first dictionary in America:
Noah Webster
153
Dates of The Korean War
1950-1953
154
"Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable."
Daniel Webster
155
Men hired by Jefferson to explore the new territory:
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
156
Battle that was the turning point for the Revolutionary War:
Saratoga
157
Who establised the colony?
Sir Walter Raleigh
158
"To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace."
George Washington
159
French and Indian War dates:
1754-1763
160
American general and commander of the Allied forces who organized D-Day:
Dwight D. Eisenhower
161
Second Continental Congress:
May 1775
162
Invention that changed modern agriculture:
McCormick Reaper
163
"Sic semper tyrannis!" Who said it?
John Wilkes Booth
164
First form of representative government in America, established in Virginia:
The House of Burgesses
165
Battle that changed the course of the Civil War:
Battle of Gettysburg
166
French sailor who discoverd the St. Lawrence River:
Jacques Cartier
167
Era of hardship initiated by the crash of the stock market:
the Great Depression
168
Head of the law-interpreting branch:
Supreme Court
169
The agreement that establihsed a form of government for the pilgrims:
Mayflower Compact
170
Date of the Declaration of Independence
July 4, 1776
171
Date of The Mexican War:
1846-1848
172
First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court:
John Jay
173
Date of surrender at Appomattox
April 9, 1865
174
First lasting English colony:
Jamestown
175
Three brances of the Amercian government established by the Constitution:
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
176
Confederate ironclad ship that wrought havoc on the union fleet:
Merrimac
177
Famous American naval officers who fought in the War of 1812:
Captain James Lawrence and Oliver H. Perry
178
War fought to free American trade and earn the respect of other nations:
War of 1812
179
Name the thirteen original colonies:
1. Virginia
2. Massachusetts
3. New Hampshire
4. New York
5. Maryland
6. Connecticut
7. Rhode Island
8. North Carolina
9. South Carolina
10. New Jersey
11. Pennsylvania
12. Delaware
13. Georgia
180
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Federal aid programs, begun as an answer to the Great Depression:
the New Deal
181
Head of the law-enforcing branch:
President
182
Top secret project intended to create an atomic bomb:
The Manhattan Project
183
Location of the first shot fired in the Civil War:
Fort Sumter
184
Document that signified the official end of the Revolutionary War:
Second Treaty of Paris
185
Father of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
186
Revolt that demonstrated the need for a stronger central government:
Shays' Rebellion
187
Men who were willing to vote for anyone who paid them:
scalawags
188
Land granted to William Penn:
Pennsylvania
189
First English sailor to circle the globe:
Sir Fancis Drake
190
Laws in America that enforced the segregation of races:
Jim Crow Laws
191
Document that established a central government for the United States:
the Articles of Confederation
192
European credited with the discovery of America:
Christopher Columbus
193
Leader of the first expedition to circle the globe:
Ferdinand Magellan
194
The second major conflict fought during the Cold War:
the Vietnam War
195
Harsh document drafted at the peace conference after WWI
The Versailles Peace Settlement/Treaty of Versailles
196
Framework for the government of the United States:
the Constitution
197
"Speak softly and carry a big stick."
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
198
"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." What was the occasion?
the first human taking a step on the moon
199
President during WWI:
Woodrow Wilson
200
Dates of the Vietnam War
1957-1975
201
"If I can ever hit that thing, I'll hit it hard!
Who said it?
Abraham Lincoln
202
Native Americans who aided the Pilgrims:
Samoset and Squanto
203
The right of women to vote:
women's suffrage
204
The original inhabitants of this continent:
Native Americans
205
Traitor who plotted to give up the fort at West Point:
Benedict Arnold
206
"Perhaps so; but I shall have the honor of presiding at that dinner."
Who said it?
Andrew Jackson
207
Inventor of the first steamboat:
Robert Fulton
208
Plan to use the U.S. money to fund the reconstruction of Western Europe:
the Marshall Plan
209
Date of the War of 1812:
1812-1814
210
The largest land assault during WWII, also called D-Day:
the storming of Normandy
211
Date of the Gold Rush:
1849
212
Date of the Battle of Gettysburg:
July 1-3, 1863
213
Volunteer soldiers ready at a moment's notice:
minutemen
214
General of the Mexican army:
Santa Anna
215
Commander-in-chief of the Union Army:
Ulysses S. Grant
216
Inventor of the electric lightbulb:
Thomas Edison
217
Date of the Louisiana Purchase
1803
218
Head of the Supreme Court:
Chief Justice
219
"To the victors belong the spoils."
Who said it?
Andrew Jackson
220
Battles of Lexinton and Concord
April 19, 1775
221
Chief frustration of American colonists:
taxation without representation
222
"Ask not what your country can do for you--- ask what you can do for your country."
John F. Kennedy
223
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
224
British general forced to surrender at Yorktown:
Cornwallis
