USHG Regents Review 1 (U1-3) | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Why did Southern states secede after the Election of 1860?

Lincoln was seen as a threat to slavery

Lincoln supported slavery

The Constitution changed

The North wanted war

What was the main goal of Abolitionists?

End Slavery

Preserve the Union

Increase Tariffs

Expanding West

The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to

Bleeding Kansas

Peace in the West

The start of the Civil War

California's independence

The Compromise of 1850 included

A stricter Fugitive Slave Law

Ending all slavery

Annexing Canada

Banning voting rights

The Missouri Compromise attempted to

Maintain a balance of free and slave states

Ban slavery

Give women the right to vote

Support tariffs

What was the result of the Mexican-American War?

The U.S. gained new territory in the Southwest

California stayed independent

Slavery ended in the U.S.

Texas returned to Mexico

What was Manifest Destiny?

Belief that U.S. should expand to Pacific Ocean

Belief that slavery should cover the U.S.

Renewed interest in trading with Europe

California choosing to remain independent

The Seneca Falls Convention focused on

Women's Rights and Suffrage

Ending Slavery in the States

Labor Laws in the U.S.

The Temperance Movement

What caused the growth of factories in the North in the early 1800s?

The Industrial (Market) Revolution

Southern Slavery

The War of 1812

Westward Expansion

What is judicial review?

The Supreme Court can declare laws unconstitutional

Congress can veto laws they do not approve of

The President selects judges personally

U.S. Citizens can vote on court rulings

What was the goal of the Monroe Doctrine (1823)?

Keep Europe out of Western Hemisphere

Keep Europe out of Eastern Hemisphere

Ending the slave trade with European countries

Joining a foreign alliance with the Eastern Hemisphere

The Louisiana Purchase (1803) was important because it

Doubled the size of the U.S.

Ended slavery in the West

Started the War of 1812

Created the Republican Party

George Washington's Farewell Address warned against

Political Parties & Foreign Alliances

The Constitution

Overwhelming Taxes

The dangers of Free Speech

Which early political party supported a strong federal government and national bank?

Federalists

Democratic-Republicans

Whigs

Know-Nothings

Why were the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?

To protect individual liberties

To limit the power of Congress

To prevent taxation

To increase executive power

Which document includes the principle of checks and balances?

U.S. Constitution

Monroe Doctrine

Articles of Confederation

Declaration of Independence

What is federalism?

Power is divided between national & state gov.

The president has all power

The military controls the government

Each state is a separate nation

The 3/5 Compromise dealt with

Counting slaves for representation and taxation

Ending slavery by 1800

Voting Rights for Women

Trade with Great Britain

What was the Great Compromise?

Created a two-house legislature

Agreement to end slavery

Treaty with France

Settled land disputes

What event showed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

Shays' Rebellion

Boston Tea Party

Whiskey Rebellion

Battle of Saratoga

The Articles of Confederation were weak because

The federal government couldn’t tax or raise an army

They gave too much power to the president

States couldn’t vote

It banned trade

What is the main idea of popular sovereignty?

The people hold the power to govern

Kings are chosen by God

Only Congress can govern

Judges should rule the country

Which Enlightenment thinker most influenced the Declaration of Independence?

John Locke

Thomas Hobbes

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Baron de Montesquieu

What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

To explain why the colonies wanted to break away from Britai

To write a new Constitution

To form a new government

To punish British loyalists

"No taxation without representation" was a colonial reaction to

British taxes without colonial input

The French and Indian War

The Mayflower Compact

Slavery

The Proclamation of 1763 angered colonists because it

Prevented westward settlement beyond the Appalachians

Increased taxes on goods

Banned trade with Britain

Ended slavery in new territories

What was the major cause of the French and Indian War?

Disputes over land in the Ohio River Valley

Attacks by Native Americans

Religious differences

Border disputes with Mexico

Which colonial region was most dependent on slavery due to its plantation economy?

Southern

Middle

Western

New England

The House of Burgesses was important because it

Was the first representative government in the colonies

Created the U.S. Constitution

Abolished slavery

Declared war on Britain

Which economic policy is most closely associated with colonialism and trade regulations in the 1600s?

Mercantilism

Capitalism

Socialism

Isolationism

The Mayflower Compact is best described as

An early form of colonial self-government

A royal charter for Massachusetts

A military alliance with Native Americans

A trade agreement with Spain

Why did many English settlers come to the New World in the early 1600s?

To gain religious freedom

To escape slavery

To avoid the French Revolution

To become monarchs