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| What group of Europeans were the first to arrive in the New World? | Vikings |
| How did Britain′s destruction of the Spanish Armada in 1588 affect exploration and settlement in the New World? | It advanced the colonizing of North America′s Atlantic coast |
| During the colonial era, the northern colonies’ economy depended mainly on fishing and lumber, the middle colonies’ economy depended mainly on growing cash crops and the southern colonies’ economy mainly depended on large plantations. Which of the following features of the economy would MOST likely be associated with the northern colonies? | shipbuilding |
| What is the system called where one grows maize, beans, and squash? | Three Sister farming |
| What did Europeans introduce to the Americas that caused the deaths of thousands of Native Americans in the 1500s and 1600s? | contagious diseases |
| What system granted freed Indentured Servants land? | The Headright system |
| What event occurred in Salem, Massachusetts in the winter of 1692? | The Salem Witch Trials |
| What is the belief called that required women to work as the happy homemaker? | The Cult of Domesticity |
| According to the Declaration of Independence, where does a government’s power come from? | Consent of the Governed |
| What was the purpose of adding the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution? | To protect the rights of citizens |
| What impact did the Northwest Ordinance have on the spread of slavery through the United States? | It was the first action by the federal government to prohibit the spread of slavery. |
| The Declaration of Independence was written to | declare independence from the British king. |
| The Three-Fifths Compromise resulted in | more representation in Congress for southern states. |
| Which event showed that Thomas Jefferson accepted a broader interpretation of the Constitution than he had before? | The Louisiana Purchase |
| Which statement BEST describes the effect of these decisions of John Marshall? | They strengthened the powers of the federal government. |
| What was the result of Hamilton’s excise tax on Whiskey? | Whiskey Rebellion |
| In order to keep the United States out of European affairs Washington proclaimed? | Neutrality |
| Which of the following was an event wanted the U.S. to pay a bribe to meet with the French Foreign Minister? | XYZ Affair |
| What theory was developed as a result of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolves? | Nullification |
| Who was sent to explore the Louisiana Territory? | Lewis and Clark |
| What famous song was written while the British bombarded Fort McHenry outside Baltimore by Francis Scott Key? | The Star Spangled Banner |
| Eli Whitney gets credit for what invention? | Cotton Gin |
| Who developed the idea of the American System? | Henry Clay |
| Which of the following is a result of the Indian Removal Act 1830? | Trail of Tears |
| What treaty ended hostilities between the Texan and Mexican Armies? | Treaty of Velasco |
| What book is Harriet Beecher Stowe famous for writing about the lives of those in bondage? | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| why did southerners object to the use of tariffs in the United States? | They primarily benefited northern and western regions of the country. |
| Why would politicians of the American South support the statement “You dare not make war on King Cotton” during the pre-Civil War era? | Cotton was the largest and most valuable export for the entire nation. |
| The poetry of Ralph Waldo Emerson is an example of which literary movement? | Transcendentalism |
| How did the reforms advocated by people like Dorothea Dix affect life in the United States? | Prisons became more focused on rehabilitation. |
| Which treaty set the boarder between the United States and Canada? | Webster-Ashburton Treaty |
| The United States acquired the Oregon Territory in 1846, and after a war with Mexico, the United States acquired the Mexican Cession in 1848. Which concept relates to the expansion of the U.S. from coast to coast? | Manifest Destiny |
| Called for the following: Maine to be a free state Missouri to be a slave state Slavery below 36/30 parallel, free states above | The Missouri Compromise |
| Document that officially ended the Mexican War in 1848. | Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
| South Carolina succeeded from the Union after the election of which President? | Abraham Lincoln |
| What was the first major battle of the American Civil War? | Bull Run |
| Which two battles were the turning point of the Civil War in favor of the Union? | Gettysburg and Vicksburg |
