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Chapter 1: New World Beginnings 33,000 B.C.- A.D. 1769
Capitalism,
Caravel,
Confederacy
28  cards
Chapter 2: The Planting of English America 1500-1733
Buffer,
Census,
Charter
13  cards
Chapter 3: Settling the Northern Colonies 1619-1700
Asylum,
Autocratic,
Blue laws
10  cards
Chapter 4: American Life in the Seventeenth Century 1607-1692
Headright,
Disenfranchise,
Civil war
15  cards
Chapter 5: Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution 1700-1775
Melting pot,
Sect,
Agitators
26  cards
Chapter 6: The Duel for North America 1618-1763
Domestic,
Minister,
Magistrate
14  cards
Chapter 7: The Road to Revolution 1763-1775
Insurrection,
Mercantilism,
Depreciate
14  cards
Chapter 8: America Secedes from the Empire 1775-1783
Mercenary,
Indictment,
Dictatorship
13  cards
Part 1: People
Samuel adams,
Abigail adams,
Gilbert du motier marquis de lafa...
27  cards
Part 1: Dates
1450,
October 12 1492,
1494
29  cards
Chapter 9: The Confederation and the Constitution 1776-1790
Articles,
1 which of the social changes bro...,
2was the united states in a crisi...
8  cards
Chapter 10: Launching the New Ship of State 1789-1800
Memory aid for hamiltons financia...,
1 did the bill of rights satisfy ...,
2 why did hamilton move so rapidl...
6  cards
Chapter 11: The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic 1800-1812
1 how important was establishing ...,
2 why was jefferson willing to fi...,
3 how did jefferson s louisiana p...
4  cards
Chapter 12: The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism 1812-1824
1 is it valid to call the war of ...,
2 examine the treaty of ghent did...,
3 to what degree was the war of 1...
7  cards
Chapter 13: The Rise of a Mass Democracy 1824-1840
1 what were the advantages and di...,
2 which side fared better as a re...,
3 how dramatically did president ...
6  cards
Chapter 14: Forging the National Economy 1790-1860
1 how does the image of the front...,
2 which technological innovation ...,
3 what effects did the movement f...
3  cards
Chapter 15: The Ferment of Reform and Culture 1790-1860
1 what particular qualities did e...,
2 how important is a free public ...,
3 why did america produce so many...
4  cards
Chapter 16: The South and the Slavery Controversy 1783-1860
1 how did slavery affect whites t...,
2 how did blacks respond to the c...,
3 why did the south move from vie...
8  cards
Chapter 17: Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy 1841-1848
Thomas hart benton,
1 was american expansion across n...,
2 why was the texas annexation so...
6  cards
Chapter 18: Renewing the Sectional Struggle 1848-1854
1 was the compromise of 1850 a wi...,
2 why did the north so strongly r...,
3 why was the issue of acquiring ...
4  cards
Chapter 19: Drifting Toward Disunion 1854-1861
1 how did each of the major crisi...,
2 why did douglass popular sovere...,
3 what did the supreme court deci...
4  cards
Chapter 20: Girding for War: The North and the South 1861-1865
1 what were the advantages of the...,
2 to what degree did britain get ...,
3 how did the american civil war ...
5  cards
Chapter 21: The Furnace of Civil War 1861-1865
Why did the north win the civil w...,
2 should the civil war be seen pr...,
3 what role did race and racism p...
4  cards
Chapter 22: The Ordeal of Reconstruction 1865-1877
1 could presidential reconstructi...,
2 how truly radical was radical r...,
3 how did both southern and north...
4  cards
Photography
The first camera,
Niecephore niepce,
Earliest surviving photograph
17  cards
Chapter 23: Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age 1869-1896
1 why did politics in the gilded ...,
2 was the compromise of 1877 anot...,
3 what were the short term and lo...
4  cards
Chapter 26: The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution 1865-1896
1 why has the plains indians resi...,
2 why was the passing of the fron...,
3 was the federal government bias...
4  cards
Chapter 25: America Moves to the City 1865-1900
1 did the development of american...,
2 did urban life cause a decline ...,
1 why did urban life alter the co...
3  cards
Chapter 27: Empire and Expansion 1890-1909
1 what were the causes and conseq...,
2 how was american expansionism o...,
3 what were the elements of ideal...
5  cards
Chapter 24: Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900
1 what were the costs and benefit...,
2 should industrialists like vand...,
3 does the government regulation ...
3  cards
Chapter 28: Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt 1901-1912
1 why did the progressives believ...,
2 why were women so critical to t...,
3 why was roosevelt such a popula...
4  cards
Chapter 29: Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad 1912-1916
1 were wilsons progressive legisl...,
2 how was wilson s progressive pr...,
3 why did wilson fail in his atte...
4  cards
Chapter 30: The War to End War 1917-1918
1 what were the ideological resul...,
2 was the treaty of versailles a ...,
3 what was the fundamental reason...
3  cards
Chapter 31: American Life in the Roaring Twenties 1919-1929
1 why did the united states which...,
2 to what extent was the scopes t...,
3 was the new mass culture as ref...
4  cards
Chapter 32: The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920-1932
1 in what ways were the 1920s a r...,
Was the american isolationism of ...,
3 to what extent did the policies...
3  cards
Chapter 33: The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933-1939
1 which of roosevelt s measures w...,
2 how did roosevelt alter the rol...,
3 how did ordinary workers and fa...
4  cards
Chapter 34: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933-1941
1 why did the neutrality laws fai...,
2 how did the process of american...,
3 would it have been more straigh...
4  cards
Chapter 35: America in World War II, 1941-1945
1 how did america s domestic resp...,
2 what was the wisest strategic d...,
3 how were the european and pacif...
3  cards
Chapter 36: The Cold War Begins, 1945-1952
1 which development caused the gr...,
2 was the primary threat from the...,
3 were there any legitimate conce...
4  cards
Chapter 37: The Eisenhower Era, 1952-1960
1 was eisenhower s seeming cautio...,
2 was the 1950s a time of america...,
3 which writers and artists best ...
3  cards
Chapter 38: The Stormy Sixties, 1960-1968
1 did kennedy fulfill his promise...,
2 was the nonviolent civil rights...,
3 what were the causes of the vie...
4  cards
Chapter 39: The Stalemated Seventies, 1968-1980
1 could any of nixon s achievemen...,
2 what were the short term and lo...,
3 how was the civil rights moveme...
4  cards
Chapter 40: The Resurgence of Conservatism, 1980-1992
1 to what extent was the election...,
2 what were the successes and fai...,
3 what was the real cause of the ...
5  cards
Chapter 41: America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2004
1 what is likely to be the enduri...,
2 compare and contrast american f...,
3 how successful was america in p...
4  cards
Chapter 42: The American People Face a New Century
1 was the growing inequality in a...,
2 has the nature of american race...
2  cards

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