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| What economic problems did the United States face after the American Revolution? | state and national debt, inflation |
| What principle did the Supreme Court establish in the case of Marbury v. Madison? | judicial review |
| What foreign policy was established by President George Washington? | avoid foreign alliances (neutrality) |
| Which territory did the United States purchase from France to gain full access to the Mississippi River? | Louisiana Purchase |
| Why did the United States declare war against Great Britain in 1812? | impressment |
| What was the first colonial legislature to be established in the British colonies? | House of Burgesses |
| What document established self-government for the Pilgrims? | Mayflower Compact |
| What was the primary cause of the American Revolution? | taxation without representation |
| Which document officially listed the reasons that the colonies separated from Great Britain? | Declaration of Independence (1776) |
| Which document established the national government of the United States after the Revolutionary War? | Articles of Confederation |
| What was created by the Great Compromise made at the Constituitonal convention | Congress have 2 houses--equal representation for each state in the Senate, representation in the House of Reps. based on state population |
| Which part of the U.S. constitution protects personal freedoms such as expression, right to bear arms, and rights of the accused? | Bill of Rights |
| Which group was used to fill the labor force on plantations in the English colonies? | African slaves |
| What were the primary features of Henry Clay's "American System"? | protective tariffs, internal improvements, national bank |
| Which compromise was made in Congress to reduce sectionalism over the issue of slavery? | Missouri Compromise |
| Which word means that the nation is divided because of regional differences between North and South during the mid-1800s? | sectionalism |
| What government policy was established regarding American Indians under Andrew Jackson? | removal (to reservations) |
| Which foreign policy opposed European intervention in Latin American nations? | Monroe Doctrine |
| What political issues were supported by Southern politicians like John C. Calhoun in the mid-1800s? | nullification/states' rights and slavery |
| What reform was supported in the Declaration of Sentiments at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848? | women's suffrage |
| Which historical event was a result of the Indian Removal Act? | Trail of Tears |
| Which reform movement had the goal of ending slavery? | abolitionism |
| Which former slave became a leader in the abolitionist movement? | Frederick Douglass |
| What was the result of the Second Great Awakening? | reform movements |
| What was the goal of the British economic policy known as mercantilism? | positive balance of trade (exports > imports) |
| Who were the separatists that established Plymouth colony for religious reasons? | Pilgrims |
| Which word describes the "god-given mission" for U.S. territorial expansion? | Manifest Destiny |
| Which conflict was a result of "Manifest Destiny"? | the Mexican War |
| Which territories were part of the Mexican Cession? | California, New Mexico and Utah territories |
| What method was used to settle the slavery issue in the Kansas-Nebraska Act? | popular sovereignty |
| What was the network of abolitionists who helped slaves escape to freedom called? | Underground Railroad |
| Which novel increased sectionalism in America on the issue of slavery? | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Which court case supported the extension of slavery into new territories? | Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) |
| Which historical event led to the formation of the Confederacy? | 1860 presidential election of Abraham Lincoln |
| What were the southern states that seceded from the Union called? | The Confederate States of America (C.S.A.) or Confederacy |
| What did the Compromise of 1850 do? | added California as a free state; popular sovereignty in New Mexico and Utah; Fugitive Slave Act |
| What was Abraham Lincoln's primary goal in the Civil War? | preserve the union |
| Which proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln to make abolition of slavery a new war-time goal for the Union? | The Emancipation Proclamation |
| Which battle was the turning point where Lee's defeat stopped any future Confederate invasions of the North? | Gettysburg |
| What ended the Civil War? | Robert E. Lee's surrender to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox |
| Which act was passed to promote farming on the Great Plains? | Homestead Act (1862) |
| What was the most important factor that led to the settlement of the West after the Civil War? | completion of the transcontinental railroad |
| What act divided Indian lands to begin a policy of assimilation? | Dawes Act |
| Which political party supported civil rights for African-Americans during Reconstruction (1865-1877)? | Republican party |
| After the Civil War, what was the re-unification of Southern states into the Union called? | Reconstruction |
| What officially freed the slaves? | The Thirteenth Amendment |
| What were states required to do under the Reconstructions Acts of 1867? | ratify the 14th Amendment; extend voting rights to black men |
| Which amendment guaranteed black male suffrage? | The Fifteenth Amendment |
| What ended Reconstruction? | The Compromise of 1877 (to elect Rutherford B. Hayes) |
| Which Amendment was passed to provide lasting citizenship rights and "equal protection under the law" to African-Americans? | The Fourteenth Amendment |
