American History Review - 7th Grade | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Name all of the countries that occupied Louisiana.

Spain, France, and the United States

Name an invention that came about during the first Industrial Revolution.

Cotton gin, loom, reaper, spinning frame, waterpower and steam power, interchangeable parts

Which political party feared federal government having too much power, favored a strict interpretation of the Constitution, and supported the French Revolution?

Democratic-Republican Party

This trail was used to trade with Mexican residents starting in the 1820s.

Santa Fe Trail

What does popular sovereignty mean?

Government authority comes from the people

Why was President Lincoln's assassination significant?

Lincoln was assassinated only a few days after the end of the Civil War. Many were afraid because they hoped Lincoln would see the nation through the rebuilding

Who was the general that led the United States troops in the Battle of New Orleans and would later be deemed a hero of the war?

Andrew Jackson

How did the Electoral College ensure representation of less populated states?

It gave each state at least 3 electoral votes.

Who was the first Black acting Governor of Louisiana?

P.B.S. Pinchback

Who was a conductor of the Underground Railroad and helped many slaves gain freedom?

Harriet Tubman

Which of Lincoln's speeches encouraged reconciliation with the South?

Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address

This compromise led to Missouri becoming a slave state and Maine entering as free state, which led to a balance of free and slave states.

Missouri Compromise

This person supported education reform including better teacher training.

Horace Mann

How did Washington's departure from office set precedents?

He served only two terms and he set up a peaceful transition of power.

After the War of 1812, there was pride in American accomplishments which led to an increase in nationalism. What was this period called?

The Era of Good Feelings

Which of Lincoln's speeches gave freedom to slaves in the Confederate states?

Emancipation Proclamation

This court case declared the constitutionality of a National Bank and strengthened the power of Congress.

McCulloch v. Maryland

This massacre came about when a white school teacher was attacked by the KKK which led to a race war.

Opelousas Massacre

What was the name of the women's convention that led to many ideas and speeches about women's rights?

Seneca Falls Convention

Gold mining and farm jobs led to immigration to the United States. Is this a push or pull factor?

Pull

What was the term used to describe the United States god given right to expand West?

Manifest Destiny

Name the three Reconstruction amendments and what each one did.

13th= banned slavery; 14th =granted citizenship to those born/naturalized in US and equal protection of law; 15th = voting rights to African American men

What compromise marked the end of Reconstruction?

Compromise of 1877

What was the name of the treaty that permanently ended the dispute about the Western boundary of the territory of Orleans?

Adams-Onis Treaty

The potato famine and poverty led to immigration in the United States. Is this a push or pull factor?

Push

What vocabulary term means the right to vote?

suffrage

How did the Radical Republican Plan for Reconstruction differ from President Johnson and Lincoln?

It contained stricter requirements for the South including military occupation of the South to enforce all new federal laws.

Adding Texas to the United States caused issues with Mexico, which will eventually lead to a war called what?

Mexican-American War

Who fought for prison reforms for mentally ill people?

Dorothea Lynde Dix

What vocabulary term means to set free?

emancipate

This trail began as fur trapping and trading routes.

Oregon Trail

How did the development of transportation networks influence the United States?

They contributed to westward migration and the movement of people and products.

The United States wanted to build a transcontinental railroad to connect southern states to the Pacific coast. In order to do this, the United States purchased more land from Mexico. Name the purchase.

Gadsden Purchase

What was the name of the successful expedition that Jefferson sponsored to learn more about the Louisiana Purchase which was helped by Sacagawea?

Lewis and Clark Expedition

This court case involved steamboats and the use of federal coastlines. The Supreme Court ruled that the power to regulate navigation in commerce involving more than one state.

Gibbons v. Ogden

Who was a nurse that helped soldiers on the front line and later founded the Red Cross?

Clara Barton

Which document was used to inspire the Declaration of Sentiments which used the phrase all men and women are created equal?

The Declaration of Independence

Why did the US buy the Louisiana Purchase?

To gain access to the port of New Orleans and the Mississippi River

What was the name of the group of politicians in Congress that supported going to war with Great Britain?

War Hawks

Which state was annexed after declaring its independence from Mexico?

Texas

Why was President Lincoln's assassination significant?

Lincoln was assassinated only a few days after the end of the Civil War. Many were afraid because they hoped Lincoln would see the nation through the rebuilding

Name the event - French diplomats met with US diplomats and tried to make them pay a bribe. This angered the US and they began preparing for war with France.

XYZ Affair

This compromise made by Henry Clay led to California being admitted as free state and the slave trade being banned in Washington, D.C. It also added a strict fugitive slave law.

Compromise of 1850

What were the name of the strict laws that the South passed to restrict African American freedoms in response to Reconstruction efforts?

Black Codes

How did Britain's war with France (Napoleonic Wars) contribute to the War of 1812?

The U.S. traded with both countries, but blockades prevented this. Great Britain also had a policy of impressment of American sailors.

Which battle of the Civil War began the actual war?

Battle of Fort Sumter

Which battle during the War of 1812 gave inspiration to Francis Scott Key to write the Star Spangled Banner?

Battle of Baltimore

What did Louisiana have to do in order to become a state?

Hold a constitutional convention, draft a state constitution, and then submit to Congress for approval

Which political party wanted a strong federal government, favored a loose interpretation of the Constitution, and did not want to have anything to do with France?

Federalist Party

This expedition led to many issues including logjams which ultimately ended the expedition, but they were able to map the Red River and the plants and animals.

Red River Expedition

This expedition gave detailed reports of the Ouachita River and surrounding territory which included maps of the Ouachita River and hot springs, as well as plants and animals of the region.

Dunbar-Hunter Expedition

In the Election of 1860, which candidate supported states' rights to decide on the issue of slavery?

Stephen Douglas

This area was disputed between Great Britain and the US in which resulted in a treaty to split the land with what is now the Canadian border.

Oregon Territory

This trail ran from Iowa to Great Salt Lake.

Mormon Trail

Who created the Federalist Party?

Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton created this in order to help stabilize currency and the economy and to make payments as well as collect taxes.

The National Bank

Who was the first female surgeon in the United States military?

Mary Walker

Which side did Tecumseh support in the War of 1812?

British

What was the name of the organization that helped newly freed slaves transition from their life of slavery to freedom.

Freedmen's Bureau

This document led to isolationism and the protection of American interests.

Monroe Doctrine

What vocabulary term means showing loyalty to ones own region?

sectionalism

Who was the first Black Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana?

Oscar Dunn

How did the Louisiana Purchase change the geography of the United States?

It doubled the size of the country.

In the Election of 1860, which candidate supported expansion of slavery to all western territories?

John Breckinridge

Jackson created this law to establish a process for negotiations to move all Native American tribes and nations east of the Mississippi River to land west of the river.

The Indian Removal Act

Name the event that happened because of the use of popular sovereignty in Kansas-Nebraska Territory that led to pro and anti-slavery supporters fighting/killing each other in order to stuff the ballots for their cause.

Bleeding Kansas

Name the three terrorists groups that intimidated African Americans and White Republican Americans using violent tactics.

The KKK, White League, and Red Shirts

What vocabulary term means to reject?

veto

The border dispute to the East of Louisiana occurred between Louisiana and Florida. The area in question was believed to be a part of the LA purchase. What is the name of the area?

West Florida

In 1854, the idea of popular sovereignty was used in a territory that wanted to become a part of the United States in order to build a transcontinental railroad. What was the name of the act?

Kansas-Nebraska Act

A tariff on European goods in 1828 led to a problem for the South in which they refused to accept this new law. What was this called?

Nullification Crisis

Which precedent did Washington confirm in the Whiskey Rebellion?

The national government's power to tax

The United States began having border issues with Spain near the Louisiana and Texas border. This area became known as this due to the agreement that was made that no troops would occupy this region?

Neutral Strip

What two reasons did Louisiana secede from the Union?

John Brown's Raid and Lincoln's election

In Washington's Farewell Address, what did he say about foreign affairs?

He said the United States should remain neutral when other countries went to war and warned against permanent alliances with other countries.

This event was led by a Northern abolitionist who tried to encourage enslaved people to join his fight by raiding a federal arsenal.

John Brown's Raid

Who created the Democratic-Republican Party?

Thomas Jefferson

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American War and gave the United States a lot of land. Name at least two states that were obtained from this.

California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, small parts of Colorado, Wyoming, Oklahoma, and Kansas

This abolitionist wrote a book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, that inspired Northerners to support the abolitionist movement but received backlash in the South.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

This abolitionist argued that the Constitution could be used to protect all people and was not pro-slavery.

Frederick Douglass

How did the South view Lincoln's First Inaugural Address?

They view it negatively and did not like that Lincoln would not recognize the Confederate government

How was sharecropping like slavery?

Sharecropping kept former slaves working on their old plantations in a system that did not allow for them to get out of debt/poverty.

In the Election of 1860, which candidate took a neutral stance on slavery and emphasized upholding the Constitution?

John Bell

Who was the pirate who manned guns during the Battle of New Orleans?

Jean LaFitte

Name one reason the United States would want to expand West?

Land, freedom, spread religion, natural resources, gold

Which of Lincoln's speeches used principles from the Declaration of Independence and called for a new birth of freedom?

Gettysburg Address

This name given to the journey that Native Americans took during the removal process was named this due to many deaths that occurred along the way.

Trail of Tears

In the Election of 1860, which candidate opposed expansion of slavery?

Abraham Lincoln

What was the reason the United States found itself being bullied by both France and Great Britain during the Napoleonic Wars?

Their stance of neutrality.

This slave rebellion was inspired by the Haitian Revolution.

German Coast Uprising

How did the North react to Lincoln's First Inaugural Address?

They reacted positively and had a strong sense of unity and readiness to support Lincoln.

Who was enslaved person who led a daring escape on a Confederate ship?

Robert Smalls

How did the first Industrial Revolution change the United States?

It increased manufacturing in the North and led to more people including women and children working in factories

Name the court case that confirmed the power of judicial review.

Marbury v. Madison

What two battles were considered the turning points of the war?

Battles of Vicksburg and Gettysburg

Four laws worked to remove what the government saw as threats to the US, especially from France and it helped strengthen the power of the federal government. What were they called?

Alien and Sedition Acts

Who gave a famous speech about women's rights and Black American rights?

Sojourner Truth