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True or False: The Northern states were more diversified, both in people and in its economy.
True.
Who were the Copperheads?
Northern democrats who wanted to make peace with the Confederacy during the Civil War.
What was the name of the president of the Confederate United States of America?
Jefferson Davis
What is Mercantilism?
Theory aimed at increasing self sufficiency and regulating economy. Colonies served the economic interests of the motherland.
What is the cult of domesticity?
Tradition/belief that the only appropriate activity for married women was childcare and housework.
Why did France expect the USA to support them during the French Revolution?
Because they supported the USA during the Revolutionary War.
What was the invention that transformed the South into the Cotton King?
Cotton Gin
What were revivals?
Outdoor meetings that gathered 20,000 - part of the Second Great Awakening
Who were the Midnight Judges?
Group of judges appointed by president John Adams to preserve Federalist influence when Jefferson was elected president.
True or False: Natives prefered to fight with the British in the French and Indian War
False
True or False: Natives prefered to fight with the British in the Revolutionary War.
True .
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
Policy where US would not tolerate futher European/Russian colonization in the Americas
True or False: The French and Indian War was very good for England´s economy.
False, they tripled their debt.
What is Manifest Destiny?
Belief that the movement to expand westward was destined and ordained by God
True or False: The loyalists defended United States independence.
False - the patriots did. Loyalists were loyal to the crown.
What is Salutary Neglect?
British policy to not enforce trade regulations in the colonies.
The right for state populations to vote for or against slavery is called...
Popular Sovereignty
Who said "Give me liberty or give me death"?
Patrick Henry
Who founded the Sons of Liberty?
Samuel Adams
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
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.
Dred Scott
True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves.
False - only slaves in rebellious states
Which colony was founded on the principles of tolerance and equality?
Pennsylvania
Who was responsible for the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Stephen Douglas
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
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.
Who saved the Jamestown colony with the new crossbreed of Tobacco?
John Rolfe
What did the development of agriculture promote in the Native communities?
Complex societies
Who were the Federalists?
They group that defended the Constitution and the strong central government ideology.
Name two prominent Enlightenment followers in the early USA?
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams...
Why was the Alien and Sedition Acts so controversial in John Adam's presidency?
People believed the laws violated freedom of speech
What was the Anaconda Plan?
Union plan to conquer the Confederates - (1) blockade southern ports (2) control the Mississippi River (3) conquer Richmond
What was the American System?
Plan to unite the North and South proposed by Henry Clay. (infrastructure, protective tariffs, National Bank)
What was Columbus's main goals as an explorer (3)
(1) conquer new lands (2) find gold (3) plant the cross
True or False: The central government got weaker after the Civil War.
False
Who was Dorothea Dix?
Advocated to create public hospitals for the mentally ill and led the nurse force in the Civil War