US History Midterm Review | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 36 Public

US History from 1492 - 1865

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Name five "Acts and Attacks" leading to the Revolutionary War.

Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Sons/Daughters of Liberty, Declaratory Act, Townshend Acts, B. Massacre, Tea Act, B. Tea Party, Intolerable Acts, Lexington, Concord, etc

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Who founded the Sons of Liberty?

Samuel Adams

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Who said "Give me liberty or give me death"?

Patrick Henry

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The right for state populations to vote for or against slavery is called...

Popular Sovereignty

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What is Salutary Neglect?

British policy to not enforce trade regulations in the colonies.

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True or False: The loyalists defended United States independence.

False - the patriots did. Loyalists were loyal to the crown.

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What is Manifest Destiny?

Belief that the movement to expand westward was destined and ordained by God

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True or False: The French and Indian War was very good for England´s economy.

False, they tripled their debt.

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What was the Monroe Doctrine?

Policy where US would not tolerate futher European/Russian colonization in the Americas

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True or False: Natives prefered to fight with the British in the Revolutionary War.

True .

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True or False: Natives prefered to fight with the British in the French and Indian War

False

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Who were the Midnight Judges?

Group of judges appointed by president John Adams to preserve Federalist influence when Jefferson was elected president.

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What were revivals?

Outdoor meetings that gathered 20,000 - part of the Second Great Awakening

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What was the invention that transformed the South into the Cotton King?

Cotton Gin

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Why did France expect the USA to support them during the French Revolution?

Because they supported the USA during the Revolutionary War.

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What is the cult of domesticity?

Tradition/belief that the only appropriate activity for married women was childcare and housework.

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