Advocated to create public hospitals for the mentally ill and led the nurse force in the Civil War
15
True or False: The central government got weaker after the Civil War.
False
5
What was Columbus's main goals as an explorer (3)
(1) conquer new lands (2) find gold (3) plant the cross
20
What was the American System?
Plan to unite the North and South proposed by Henry Clay. (infrastructure, protective tariffs, National Bank)
15
What was the Anaconda Plan?
Union plan to conquer the Confederates - (1) blockade southern ports (2) control the Mississippi River (3) conquer Richmond
15
Why was the Alien and Sedition Acts so controversial in John Adam's presidency?
People believed the laws violated freedom of speech
10
Name two prominent Enlightenment followers in the early USA?
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams...
10
Who were the Federalists?
They group that defended the Constitution and the strong central government ideology.
10
What did the development of agriculture promote in the Native communities?
Complex societies
5
Who saved the Jamestown colony with the new crossbreed of Tobacco?
John Rolfe
15
What were indentured servants?
People who came with a temporary contract of servitude (usually 4-7 years) in exchange for their travel expenses, room and board, and sometimes land.
15
The compromise between Northern and Southern states on how to populate the western lands by dividing it at the 36th parallel is called...
Missouri Compromise
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Who was responsible for the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Stephen Douglas
10
Which colony was founded on the principles of tolerance and equality?
Pennsylvania
5
True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves.
False - only slaves in rebellious states
10
What was the name of the slave that sued for his freedom, claiming his master had taken him to free lands. One of the building blocks towards the Civil War.
